The Weirdest Habits of Gamers
Reloading after a single shot, saving supplies for a rainy day that never comes; saving the game every two steps – these are just a few of the unusual habits that we all have.
Table of Contents
- The Weirdest Habits of Gamers
- Pushing gamma settings
- Squirreling first-aid kits and grenades away
- Only tens and even numbers
- Gotta know the progress
- One save is not enough
- Always choose the longest path
- Bothering random people
- Coming up with your own plot
- Buying games we can’t afford
Pushing gamma settings
I can pretend that I believe the developers, that the DLC released a month after the game's release is absolutely not a brazenly cut-out content from the original version of the game only to make a few dollars more. That the announced microtransactions system will only concern cosmetic items or aspects of the game that don't have any real impact on the game balance. That this particular bug is actually a feature – not a glitch which no one knows how to fix.
However, I'm pretty sure that no one will make me believe that setting the brightness level in such a way to make the left square barely visible and the right square invisible is the best possible setting to play the game. Actually, it's the best way to get pissed off, because I become blind in every darker corridor or alley. Also, I will skip many ammo packs or first aid kits, because it's hard to spot them in dark rooms.
I don't know if it's a matter of screen displays of game designers which have other settings than those used by ordinary mortals or an enthrallment associated with the (in)famous night battle of the last season of Game of Thrones. Or maybe it's some kind of strange conspiracy theory? But I do know that the brightness settings recommended by developers almost always have nothing to do with reality. I've learned how to solve this issue a long time ago and every time the game asks me about brightness settings I deliberately choose the brightness level that is a few times higher than the recommended one in order to have fun. I've been using this method for years and it turns out it works – I've managed to shoot every enemy and the graphics never seemed too bright.
