My biggest mistake is saving special “items” for the next Boss but not using them in fear of needing them for next, next Boss. Then ending the game with out ever using any of them.
My constant mistake is getting a really difficult boss down to one hit and for no reason abandoning the strategy that got me there and rushing in like a lunatic only to get absolutely annihilated.
In contrast with Ash, I manually save anytime I can for every miniscule progress. What's wrong is, I usually use one to three slots if there are points in the game I want to go through differently. A mistake I usually do is OVERWRITE THE WRONG SAVE FILE. It hurts. Every time.
As a kid, I was only allowed one save slot per game in our PS1 and PS2 memory cards. Up until now, I get guilty saving on a fresh slot in my own PS4 Pro😅
My biggest mistake is probably the fact. I like to take my time with video games. To "make them last longer" this has now resulted in a massive never ending backlog that continues to grow because I continue to drag out games longer than I need to
I used to do that but eventually found myself not finishing games. So now I'm forcing myself to finish a game before starting another one. And just in the past month I finished 6 games, it feels so good sticking till the end.
My biggest mistake is being too much of a completionist. Why? Half the time, I’ll go through an area and go out of my way to explore areas I might not have to yet, only to end up having to go there and beat those enemies again for the purposes of an actual quest, essentially meaning I go through half the places in games twice.
I'm with Dave. I constantly hoard usable items (Hi Potions, Ethers, combat items, etc.) in RPGs. Always end up at the end of the game with far too many.
A mistake I always tend to make is making sure to get the "good ending" if I find out that a game I'm playing has multiple endings. Of course, this usually leads to me spoiling the game for myself. I just wish I could play a game and accept whatever ending I get, but if I hear even the smallest rumor that a game has multiple endings, I just can't help myself and have to get the "good" one.
Playing Mass Effect LE, I'm trying to save everybody as much as possible while going as close to pure paragon. Yet, there are times when you have to choose renegade options and it just feels wrong.
Mine is thinking "yes, this character looks good" and then getting into game and seeing that I've made some potato-headed meth addict and having to start the entire game over again, spend another hour in the character creator, sit through all of the opening cutscenes and then... do it all over again because I didn't like my characters eyebrows.
This happened to me starting Dragon Age Inquisition. The character creation screen has skinny mirrors and fake lighting is my excuse! Didn't have the patience to start over because of the aforementioned time sink of character creation plus cinematics and quit after a few hours, despondent.... Went back to it once, but it also turns out the game is a bit too generic somehow, despite the glorious visuals you encounter regularly. That my overly bony, pasty skinned with makeup like a harlot elf really doesn't fit in with
With Rob saying he's played Skyrim 8 times, it just hit me that with this being a Playstation show, we're never going to his impressions on Elder Scrolls 6 now. Or Starfield, for that matter
Realistically though, are they likely to limited ES6 to just Microsoft platforms? It’s one of the biggest franchises on the planet. Just on a financial level it makes absolutely no sense
@@Sandmancoast I think it's pretty much a given, seeing what they are doing with Starfield. Besides, the biggest market for Elder Scrolls has always been PC, so they'll still do well financially with that platform alone. Add in the people that will buy an Xbox for it (evidenced by a couple people in this very thread) and you can see Microsoft's plan starting to work.
I forget to explore menus in games. I went through half of Horizon Zero Dawn before I realised I could upgrade my storage pouches. Having to craft arrows after 6 shots or never having room for components from downed machines. Felt like an idiot when I found it on the crafting menu 😂
The Skyrim "never putting anything down" thing is so real with me that I actually made an add-on to boost my encumbrance to the point I could carry a castle or two without ill effect.
My constant mistake is fighting a boss very strategically, spending time to circle and learn their weakness and exploiting them, then getting it down to 20% health and just rushing in to tank it and getting squished by my hubris. And the boss' club/feet/hammer/body...
This has actually become a 'problem' for spoiled gamers with disposable income and more games to play than time to do it in.... Fear of missing out, looking for the next best thing then going back to the good old ones you know you can always fall back on. The backlog just keeps growing like Monica's shame closet from Friends
I play games that give me motion sickness for too long and always end up having to go have a lie-down afterwards. I'll sometimes need to take painkillers as well. I also don't read the instructions as well as I should before starting some games. I remember I completed Mafia 3 and didn't realize you could whistle to lure the enemies closer until after I completed the game.
I got the opposite of Rob. I start every game with the intention of being the stealthy silent assassin. Then 30 minutes in, I'm kicking in doors and spraying the place with bullets.
Gotta sympathize with Rob for, when given an open-world game, trying to commit to a new playstyle (with a new run or character) but instead relapsing into your old playstyle. I have three Skyrim characters and while each one has a different _focus,_ (melee, archery, and magic) all of them share a love of the crafting skill trees and just plain stealth in general.
I played through Def Jam Fight For New York without remembering how to do Power moves. I beat the game without once using one after the tutorial. Man, that was hard to do.
I can get behind the autosave one, and basically.... the game jumping one for sure. So many games and not enough time, and patience to wait one by one. Couple of times, I regretted only having one save for a game too. oh we gamers. lol.
I'm a perfectionist, so I play each game needing to do everything possible (every side quest, follow each step to make sure I get perfect ending, etc) and so I look up guides before I even start the game and I've almost always spoiled something about the game I'm playing (one of the bosses in Persona 5 Strikers most recently) but I keep looking up guides like an idiot. The most painful mistake though was manual uploading what I realized too late was an old save to the cloud/online PS+ storage which overwrote the newest save and I had to replay about 2 hours to get back to the place I'd actually gotten to in the game.
I was actually thinking about this earlier. I'd love to see a game that, once you complete a playthrough, like skyrim, you're locked out of the previous playstyle
Kind of with Rob on this, though I wouldn't call it a mistake too much, but regressing to what one would feel as their optimal play style for certain games is something I am guilty of. Skyrim: I always make a stealth warrior who is pro with bow or Fire Emblem Three Houses: I always end up recruiting every student into my house regardless of play through despite saying I will try a different approach. Those are some examples. Old habits are hard to break often at times.
DAVE!!!!!! I feel for you, man. That is exactly my mistake always! Trying a smaller game after being 20% through an amazing AAA game that I waited for years and bought day 1. … also, un encumbered all the flipping time with cures or food that I actually never use.
The consumables. My mentality in RPG is always "well what if i need it later?". But it's the final boss, man, use it up! But what if there is an ultimate boss that needs my elixirs and full revives and stuff? So i end up with a full bag of unused consumables by the end of an RPG. Every. Single. Time.
I'm also always guilty of not paying attention to the character build at the beginning Rob. And then I get stuck with a Mele build for the rest of the game.
i have a problem similar to dave. I have a bad habit of trying a game i've just bought, play for an hour or two and then just completly ignore it for months. My sins include among others, Fallout 4, Red Dead Redemption 2, Wolfenstein: A New Collosus, Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Tales of Vesperia, Control and Bloodstained
This definitly used to be a problem for me. No matter how many times i played the game its gettin 100% for a hundreth time. AC games esspecially, replayed them all multiple times, 100% every time
My mistake is that I keep adding games to my backlog. Just counting the games I havent even started I am at 42. Then there is at least another 20 games I have started but havent finished.
Don't worry, your backlog isn't that bad yet. With steam library of around 600 I have long since forgotten what I have started and what I simply own. Steam Summer / Winter sales are an addiction.......
That is me especially when a new system comes out. And I don't really go back to older systems and games that are unfinished. So I get excited when those old games get ported to new system.
The way I see it. If you haven't finished a game. It's not a good game in your opinion as you don't consider it worthy of your attention. A great game will always pull you in.
Dude.... The hoarding.... Going back through HZD and I have 5 of every machine heart and lens (except deathbringer, only one or 2 of those). At least 200 of each crafting component... I have every weapon and outfit.... I have no use for the lenses and hearts....
Keep forgetting about the water room every time I excitedly begin yet another RE4 replay. You get to that point in the Castle and it's like "Ah... right".
Dave is looking super healthy 👌 also, my video game mistake is thinking I have found a shortcut to a destination, only to loop back around and take the same route I took again because I have forgotten I already took it and it was the wrong way 🤦♂️
I love Nath's entry. I don't have a lot of time for gaming so I just want to play, not sit through tutorials, but then I have to search online for basic tips when I get stuck because I don't know how to jump, or whatever.
Admittedly, i haven't watched your videos in a while, so, i'm probably out of the loop, but seeing you guys filming in the office again feels heartwarming.
#1 this can also be incredibly risky in the game Lisa. You need to sleep in order to restore health and power, but sleep can lead to all kinds of punishment: items getting stolen, allies leaving you, allies getting kidnapped and you needing to make a tough bargain to get them back. Sleep at your own risk.
I had Rob’s problem with Skyrim until I literally forced myself to become a mage. I played as a Breton and the only physical weapons I carry around in Skyrim is a dagger and some kind of staff in case I do run out of magicka. When I got to Whiterun, any septim I earned went towards buying spellbooks from Farengar, whenever I levelled up, I only invested in magicka at the start, and then I just paid however many septims it cost for the wagon to take me to Winterhold where I then did the mages quest line. Being a mage becomes a hell of a lot easier when you get the archmages robes, his amulet and circlet. It was hard but so worth it!
No matter how hard I try, I always wind up playing the stealth/infiltrator class in any rpg I play. So I totally get you. Yeah, I also did the entire mages guild line with a bow and arrow.
Totally feel Dave on the overencumbered thing, to the point where when I finally played Fallout 4 I installed a mod to remove that status so my inventory and weight-limit was infinite....come to find out, installing that plus any other game-modifier mod removed the ability for PS4 to unlock trophies for the game. So lame, but...I completed the game anyway with no trophies unlocked.
Mine are: 1. Picking the wrong option that ruins an alliance, results an ending I didn't want, ruins a romanic option, or romancing someone & then finding another option later down the road that I like better 2. Wanting to pick the knight or more tank style class but always being a mage or stealth class w/ the exception of Dark Souls in which case I always pick the knight class because it's so satisfying to obliterate things w/ a massive sword 3. Missing out on lore when I start a new game. No matter how hard I try I always miss like a note, scene, or dialogue & then have to look up a guide to make sure that I don't miss any on my next playthrough 4. Hording items especially when I don't have a limited inventory space. There's a reason I have a mod that allows me to horde even more on Skyrim & I have a house full of piles & piles of books 5. Putting a important or powerful item/weapon in a chest, selling it, or dropping it for inventory space
Dave! I'm also a notorious consumable hoarder, and I have a bit of a suggestion that may or may not help depending on who tries it, and in what game... This doesn't work for all games because balance varies from game to game, but for a lot of them the solution can be to increase the difficulty. That way you end up getting in positions where you kind of need to use your consumables or you have trouble progressing. I'll sometimes not do this because I find I actually don't want to use the consumables, but at the end of the day the game ends up being so much more rewarding when you do need them and they save you!
I agree with dave on the starting new games before finishing wjat I'm playing... I'm now trying to go back and play through some of the games properly I have only played for an hour and are sitting at 1 or 2% on my profile to get some more game time out of them. Have actually enjoyed going back to some older games...
Thank you PlayStation Access team I get to unwind and sleep when listening to you guys, which helps me a lot Especially the Tuesday checklist and Friday features I’m simply grateful for the number of times I’ve gotten some rest while listening to your videos which most times I find calming especially when I’m tired and sleepy 🙏🏾
Don't worry Rob, there is a reason why most people end up playing stealthy archer in Skyrim. It Works! Basically the entire game is set up to accommodate this build both in difficulty and enjoyability. Regardless of what build you go for you're gonna want to level up archery anyway, and stealth is just a really good compliment to it so it's only natural that people end up doing it that way the whole game. And you're not missing out on much by not going destruction magic build anyways. Even with the vampire necromage bug destruction spells don't do comparable damage to anything else you could use unless you use mods and/or level alchemy to max and neck potions of buff magic damage 500% constantly.
I think there does need to be a series where the team goes back and finishes the games they should of had or wish they had and call it 'The forgotten ones' then again this sounds like a series dedicated to just Dave lol How can you have not finished those games honestly. I am astounded!
Jane would sweep it all under the carpet, completely horrifying Andy while Mike just shakes his head, because Jane does that every Friday, really Andy, get used to it. (I watch too much Oxbox, obviously XD)
Mine has to be being perfect in combat and stealth encounters and this was appitomized in the summer of 2019 when i finished all Arkham games without getting hit or being seen on either hard or very hard (or its equvivalents, cant quite remember). My greatest gaming achievement and last because i am never attempting anything like that ever again, even if i recently tried doing something similar with MGR Revengence and i actually did get the S rank on the 3rd mission on hard. But yea, im done losing my nerves, i just wonder how much more nerves would i lose have i played DMC or Bayonneta. Im not trying to brag, i just cant help myself than to try to be better. If only i was like that irl
I always do this thing in any RPG or game with an RPG-style progression system: I find a nice, comfortable little leveling niche where I can just go around in a circle, farming lovely experience and lovely items, over and over and over again until I become blisteringly overleveled and wonder why nothing is fun anymore.
I had the same problem of being stuck in the same class across playthroughs. What you have to do is ease into and blend them. Want to be a magic user but cant seem to stop being sneaky stab arrow shot? Conjure all your weapons. Don't even carry any weapons.
I'm so with Dave. The mistake I always do, but have been working on it, is to start a game, play it a bit, but then a new game appears (doesn't have to be a new release, maybe just a new game I got with a discount), and start playing that one before finishing the previous one (at least the SP Campaign). And then I feel guilty that I haven't finish the first one so I leave the second one and go back to the first but since it has been a while I have forgotten the controls so have to start it over again... but then another game appears and the cycle starts again... and so that's my videogame problem. I have an enormous backlog...
Yep, my first thought for this one was about hoarding everything, all the good full-team healing items in final fantasy etc. Can be on my knees but I still won’t use them 😂
Somewhat like Nath's mistake, is I'm constantly forgetting mechanics and features of a game or stat bonuses on items. "Oh yeah, you can craft that!" or "Oh, I forgot that piece of armour/weapon has that buff!"
Rushing through new games I love because I just, "have to finish them so I can say that I've played them." And so I won't have anything spoiled for me, but in doing so I blitz through them instead of just taking it in and truly appreciating them. These games that I've waited years for too, you only get to play em for the first time once.
Dave, you and I are video game-twin brothers! Lol when you stated your first problem of not finishing games and jumping right into the next big release, I was like: "Yep.. same here, man.. same here. I work so much and it's hard to keep up!" But then you went on to talk about your hoarding issue, and I was like; "Yes! I do the exact same thing! I hoard the best weapons and ammo, and cripple myself in boss fights to save it, and I finish a quest but refuse to ditch or sell the items associated with it, even if it's just a journal in Skyrim, I HAVE to keep it!! -It's not a "Dave problem", bud.. its a "Sam & Dave problem"!!
Using consumables (healing elixir, ammo, etc) If I find myself fighting a boss and forced to use a consumable to win, I'll save in a different slot after the battle Then I load the previous save and try a several more times to beat the boss without using the consumable
Completely relate to Skinny Dave in this - I'm the same with FFVII. Couldn't bear to part with any old weapons, armor or accessories to the point when even at the end you're obviously not going to equip a bronze bangle when you have a dragon armlet LOL but still can't sell it.
Not being able to skip cutscenes or endcredits of already finished games. My mind tells me: "Those people worked hard to create this, I have to show appreciation for it." So I'm sitting there watching the (MK11, …) credits for the 50th time and I can't bring myself to skip it.
I think the biggest mistake I always make is mainly when I play ratchet and clank ng+ and I want to upgrade all my other guns but an hour in I see myself using the same guns I use all the time and not the others
Playing a game's opening sequence and then abandoning it either for several months before going back or just abandoning it completely. Happens with the large majority of the games I buy these days.
I have the EXACT SAME issue as Rob (AND Dave) with Skyrim. Plus, every time I restart it, I SWEAR "This is the time I don't save scum mining the rocks for gems"...and wind up save scumming them....
I’m right there with Rob, Ash, and Dave. However, a issue I have is the “one more”…whether it’s a level, quest, mission, or an online round. And the one more often leads to “what’s over here?” in open worlds. So yeah…when distraction leads to a lack of sleep 😴
Oh dear, have you played any entry of Civilization? Jesus, if you haven't then just this comment cuz I may have just exposed you to crack. Apologies. lol
I didn't catch it the first time through this video but Ash playing Mass Effect 2 with autosaves off....that's how you get full heavy weapon ammo at the beginning of every mission. I'm on to you.
Rob, skyrim rewards you so much more, and faster, for being a stealth archer than any other play style, so you are not the only one. I will say, that if you do put in the work to be a full mage class, it’s very rewarding. Especially in VR.
My biggest mistake is saving special “items” for the next Boss but not using them in fear of needing them for next, next Boss. Then ending the game with out ever using any of them.
No self-respecting rpg player actually uses the best items when they're needed. Gotta hoard 'em all lol
I figure when my character finishes the game, he can start his own potion shop and live for the rest of his life on the proceeds.
Ah yes, the “finishing with an embarrassment of kit” play-style. Welcome to the club - we have jackets. And RPGs.
Gotta have atleast one of every item in them game, knowing full well i will never use them
This is every game.. ever
My constant mistake is getting a really difficult boss down to one hit and for no reason abandoning the strategy that got me there and rushing in like a lunatic only to get absolutely annihilated.
Yep, been there my friend.
I feel this 👍
All the time.
Ah, you play Dark Souls, too…
Guilty
In contrast with Ash, I manually save anytime I can for every miniscule progress.
What's wrong is, I usually use one to three slots if there are points in the game I want to go through differently.
A mistake I usually do is OVERWRITE THE WRONG SAVE FILE. It hurts. Every time.
I'm playing Bioshock 2 in Hard and I literally save after everything that I do, even if it was getting to the other side of a room who has no enemies
When ever this happens in rpgs it's infuriating
As a kid, I was only allowed one save slot per game in our PS1 and PS2 memory cards. Up until now, I get guilty saving on a fresh slot in my own PS4 Pro😅
ouch; been there. My progress!
I know that pain!! I'm sorry!
My biggest mistake is probably the fact. I like to take my time with video games. To "make them last longer" this has now resulted in a massive never ending backlog that continues to grow because I continue to drag out games longer than I need to
As long as you are having fun, does it matter if it's over 1 game or several? This is FOMO, fear of missing out.
I used to do that but eventually found myself not finishing games. So now I'm forcing myself to finish a game before starting another one. And just in the past month I finished 6 games, it feels so good sticking till the end.
My biggest mistake is being too much of a completionist. Why? Half the time, I’ll go through an area and go out of my way to explore areas I might not have to yet, only to end up having to go there and beat those enemies again for the purposes of an actual quest, essentially meaning I go through half the places in games twice.
This is exactly my problem too.
I do this too
I'm with Dave. I constantly hoard usable items (Hi Potions, Ethers, combat items, etc.) in RPGs. Always end up at the end of the game with far too many.
Mistakes I will always make, expecting the Tuesday checklist on a Tuesday
Atleast you get it on a Wednesday while us in Australia have to wait till Thursday.
@@clockworkNate maybe it's yours that go backwards. The moon here is upside down as well.
This comment is so underrated
Chuesday*
A mistake I always tend to make is making sure to get the "good ending" if I find out that a game I'm playing has multiple endings. Of course, this usually leads to me spoiling the game for myself. I just wish I could play a game and accept whatever ending I get, but if I hear even the smallest rumor that a game has multiple endings, I just can't help myself and have to get the "good" one.
I'm curious how you can even decide which one is the 'good' one? Or do you actually read up on or watch these ending prior to playing?
@@AppleSauceGamingChannel depends on the game
Playing Mass Effect LE, I'm trying to save everybody as much as possible while going as close to pure paragon. Yet, there are times when you have to choose renegade options and it just feels wrong.
Mine is thinking "yes, this character looks good" and then getting into game and seeing that I've made some potato-headed meth addict and having to start the entire game over again, spend another hour in the character creator, sit through all of the opening cutscenes and then... do it all over again because I didn't like my characters eyebrows.
Me after playing 10 hours of Divinity 2. Nah, I want to change characters
I just stoped caring, i had to, pop on a massive helmet and even if not, most of the time im looking at the back of their head anyways
@@ABadassDragon haha I'm actually ok with it. I kinda like tweaking my character. I just wish games would make it an easier process to edit them...
@@ABadassDragon I wonder if this is why a lot of games have helmets available?
This happened to me starting Dragon Age Inquisition. The character creation screen has skinny mirrors and fake lighting is my excuse! Didn't have the patience to start over because of the aforementioned time sink of character creation plus cinematics and quit after a few hours, despondent.... Went back to it once, but it also turns out the game is a bit too generic somehow, despite the glorious visuals you encounter regularly. That my overly bony, pasty skinned with makeup like a harlot elf really doesn't fit in with
With Rob saying he's played Skyrim 8 times, it just hit me that with this being a Playstation show, we're never going to his impressions on Elder Scrolls 6 now. Or Starfield, for that matter
Yeah I was so sad to see Bethesda bought up. I'll have to buy an Xbox now at some time in the future. XD
I had the same thought. The Bethesda aquisition is what got me to purchase a Series X, which is the first Xbox console I've ever owned.
@@chasemagee1227 yep me too :(
Realistically though, are they likely to limited ES6 to just Microsoft platforms? It’s one of the biggest franchises on the planet. Just on a financial level it makes absolutely no sense
@@Sandmancoast I think it's pretty much a given, seeing what they are doing with Starfield. Besides, the biggest market for Elder Scrolls has always been PC, so they'll still do well financially with that platform alone. Add in the people that will buy an Xbox for it (evidenced by a couple people in this very thread) and you can see Microsoft's plan starting to work.
Pre-ordering 😳
Deluxe Edition
Cyberpunk flashbacks
@@Pessidog10 …I wasn’t going to speak its name 😂
👏👏👏 comment of the day
I learnt my lesson after Cyberpunk 2077. Should've kept expectations low since the only good game CD Projekt made was The Witcher 3 and 2.
Rob has really been calling it the Chooseday Checklist this whole time so that he can choose which day it's posted on
Nice.
I forget to explore menus in games.
I went through half of Horizon Zero Dawn before I realised I could upgrade my storage pouches.
Having to craft arrows after 6 shots or never having room for components from downed machines.
Felt like an idiot when I found it on the crafting menu 😂
Feel ya buddy i have done the same 🤣
Everyone who makes the Donald doesn’t heal you joke hasn’t explored the menu because that’s where you find out you can configure his AI.
The Skyrim "never putting anything down" thing is so real with me that I actually made an add-on to boost my encumbrance to the point I could carry a castle or two without ill effect.
when playing an RPG I always spread out my stats equally and never make an aspect more powerful than the others. It rarely goes well
My constant mistake is fighting a boss very strategically, spending time to circle and learn their weakness and exploiting them, then getting it down to 20% health and just rushing in to tank it and getting squished by my hubris. And the boss' club/feet/hammer/body...
I can totally relate to all of these, but am most guilty of Nath's "Skip the Tutorial" mistake.
The closest I ever came to being magic user instead of sneaky archer in Skyrim is maxing Conjuration and learning the spell Bound Bow...
Totally with Rob I think I am going open minded into a game that has multiple classes. Nah. I am a hack and slasher at heart. Every game without fail
New Game Disease: when you stop playing a good game and never go back to playing because a new game just released.
This has actually become a 'problem' for spoiled gamers with disposable income and more games to play than time to do it in.... Fear of missing out, looking for the next best thing then going back to the good old ones you know you can always fall back on. The backlog just keeps growing like Monica's shame closet from Friends
We love a Tuesday checklist on a Wednesday♡
I always try to do an evil playthrough, but then almost instantly being mean makes me feel bad.
I play games that give me motion sickness for too long and always end up having to go have a lie-down afterwards. I'll sometimes need to take painkillers as well.
I also don't read the instructions as well as I should before starting some games. I remember I completed Mafia 3 and didn't realize you could whistle to lure the enemies closer until after I completed the game.
I feel you Rob, I’m a sneaky stabber too. Every game is a stealth game when I play, even if it doesn’t want to be 😈
Same. If the game has even the most basic stealth i will play stealthily and even when the game has no stealth what so ever i'll still try
well it doesn't help that the stealth in Skyrim is ridiculously overpowered in the players favor.
U say stealth, I hear "bitchly caution". lol.... Thats how I play every first play though.
Stealthy Doom
Hoarding everything
Example: Fallout 4
I had 58 mini nukes and never used one
My precious cores, power armour harms them, yessss it does. Keepssss all my coresss for myselfs yes, Gollum, Gollum. Preciouuuuussss
I'm so sick of looting in games! It's never-ending, and not rewarding. But I'll keep doing it, dangit!
I totally expected Rob to say something about killing NPCs.
That! Is not a mistake
@@FragginCap unless said NPC is a quest giver...?
Killing _all_ the NPC's lmao
I love the energy in this video - Post lockdown office morale boost?!? 11/10 would recommend
I got the opposite of Rob. I start every game with the intention of being the stealthy silent assassin. Then 30 minutes in, I'm kicking in doors and spraying the place with bullets.
Me too lol 😂
I live in New Zealand so I get the Tuesday Checklist on a Thursday, it's so confusing every week
Dave's "Dave only" putting a game down with the honorable intent to come back hit WAY too close to home.
What I got from this video is that Access is going to do a video series called “Noob plays Demon Souls” starring Rob.
FF7 Remake normal mode:
I'll save this mega-potions, turbo ethers, remedies for hard mode.
FF7 Remake hard mode:
Items are not allowed.
Looking forward to Sunday.. for the Friday Feature of course
Gotta sympathize with Rob for, when given an open-world game, trying to commit to a new playstyle (with a new run or character) but instead relapsing into your old playstyle. I have three Skyrim characters and while each one has a different _focus,_ (melee, archery, and magic) all of them share a love of the crafting skill trees and just plain stealth in general.
I love that Tuesday checklist joke is still going after all these years ❤
Dave is looking SLIM!! My skinny legend!!!
Agreed! Well done Dave.
I thought that. Noticed a difference
For real! Now they need to update that "stock" image in the thumbnail.
For sure! He is looking great!
Yeah, but I can't deny that I liked it when he was a cute little bear 🐻
I played through Def Jam Fight For New York without remembering how to do Power moves. I beat the game without once using one after the tutorial. Man, that was hard to do.
I'm definitely a hoarder too. What if I neeeeeed all these level 5 weapons even though I'm level 25 and will never actually use them?!?!?!?
I can get behind the autosave one, and basically.... the game jumping one for sure. So many games and not enough time, and patience to wait one by one. Couple of times, I regretted only having one save for a game too. oh we gamers. lol.
I'm a perfectionist, so I play each game needing to do everything possible (every side quest, follow each step to make sure I get perfect ending, etc) and so I look up guides before I even start the game and I've almost always spoiled something about the game I'm playing (one of the bosses in Persona 5 Strikers most recently) but I keep looking up guides like an idiot.
The most painful mistake though was manual uploading what I realized too late was an old save to the cloud/online PS+ storage which overwrote the newest save and I had to replay about 2 hours to get back to the place I'd actually gotten to in the game.
I was actually thinking about this earlier. I'd love to see a game that, once you complete a playthrough, like skyrim, you're locked out of the previous playstyle
Kind of with Rob on this, though I wouldn't call it a mistake too much, but regressing to what one would feel as their optimal play style for certain games is something I am guilty of. Skyrim: I always make a stealth warrior who is pro with bow or Fire Emblem Three Houses: I always end up recruiting every student into my house regardless of play through despite saying I will try a different approach. Those are some examples. Old habits are hard to break often at times.
DAVE!!!!!! I feel for you, man. That is exactly my mistake always! Trying a smaller game after being 20% through an amazing AAA game that I waited for years and bought day 1.
… also, un encumbered all the flipping time with cures or food that I actually never use.
I love how it's been like a year since the Tuesday checklist moved to Wednesdays and you still haven't changed the name.
The consumables. My mentality in RPG is always "well what if i need it later?". But it's the final boss, man, use it up! But what if there is an ultimate boss that needs my elixirs and full revives and stuff?
So i end up with a full bag of unused consumables by the end of an RPG. Every. Single. Time.
I'm also always guilty of not paying attention to the character build at the beginning Rob. And then I get stuck with a Mele build for the rest of the game.
I was looking for this yesterday and I forgot that the Tuesday checklist is on Wednesday.
i have a problem similar to dave. I have a bad habit of trying a game i've just bought, play for an hour or two and then just completly ignore it for months. My sins include among others, Fallout 4, Red Dead Redemption 2, Wolfenstein: A New Collosus, Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Tales of Vesperia, Control and Bloodstained
i save all my elixers for the final boss knowing ill need them get there at max level and have no need for them
I miss the subtitle for the one who talked behind the camera
I genuinely feel sorry for Rob probably not being able to play ES6 on PS anymore. He loved Skyrim
Wait why can't he?
@@heisenberg4136 Bethesda got acquired by Xbox last year. All upcoming Bethesda titles are Xbox console exclusive from now on.
@@heisenberg4136 because bethesda were bought by microsoft and now their upcoming games will be xbox exclusive
@@thrilhous I said on PS. He can play it on PC/Xbox
Video Games that we have to finish 100% everytime we play it!
It’s always a collectathon when it happens to me. Crash, spyro, mario, banjo-kazooie
Mass Effect trilogy!
This definitly used to be a problem for me. No matter how many times i played the game its gettin 100% for a hundreth time. AC games esspecially, replayed them all multiple times, 100% every time
this only happens to me when i'm playing those old platformers for some reason
Luckily I'm not like that
My mistake is that I keep adding games to my backlog. Just counting the games I havent even started I am at 42. Then there is at least another 20 games I have started but havent finished.
Don't worry, your backlog isn't that bad yet. With steam library of around 600 I have long since forgotten what I have started and what I simply own. Steam Summer / Winter sales are an addiction.......
That is me especially when a new system comes out. And I don't really go back to older systems and games that are unfinished. So I get excited when those old games get ported to new system.
The way I see it. If you haven't finished a game. It's not a good game in your opinion as you don't consider it worthy of your attention. A great game will always pull you in.
"oh this fall looks manageable." I will never learn.
I too am a hoarder. I don’t want to sell or drop anything!
Dude.... The hoarding.... Going back through HZD and I have 5 of every machine heart and lens (except deathbringer, only one or 2 of those). At least 200 of each crafting component... I have every weapon and outfit.... I have no use for the lenses and hearts....
Keep forgetting about the water room every time I excitedly begin yet another RE4 replay. You get to that point in the Castle and it's like "Ah... right".
Dave is looking super healthy 👌 also, my video game mistake is thinking I have found a shortcut to a destination, only to loop back around and take the same route I took again because I have forgotten I already took it and it was the wrong way 🤦♂️
I love Nath's entry. I don't have a lot of time for gaming so I just want to play, not sit through tutorials, but then I have to search online for basic tips when I get stuck because I don't know how to jump, or whatever.
Admittedly, i haven't watched your videos in a while, so, i'm probably out of the loop, but seeing you guys filming in the office again feels heartwarming.
#1 this can also be incredibly risky in the game Lisa. You need to sleep in order to restore health and power, but sleep can lead to all kinds of punishment: items getting stolen, allies leaving you, allies getting kidnapped and you needing to make a tough bargain to get them back. Sleep at your own risk.
I had Rob’s problem with Skyrim until I literally forced myself to become a mage. I played as a Breton and the only physical weapons I carry around in Skyrim is a dagger and some kind of staff in case I do run out of magicka. When I got to Whiterun, any septim I earned went towards buying spellbooks from Farengar, whenever I levelled up, I only invested in magicka at the start, and then I just paid however many septims it cost for the wagon to take me to Winterhold where I then did the mages quest line. Being a mage becomes a hell of a lot easier when you get the archmages robes, his amulet and circlet. It was hard but so worth it!
I’m in same boat with Dave. Always starting new game before finishing old one.
And that hoarding… gotta collect everything, absolutely everything.
No matter how hard I try, I always wind up playing the stealth/infiltrator class in any rpg I play. So I totally get you.
Yeah, I also did the entire mages guild line with a bow and arrow.
I'm sad that we won't get to hear any of Robs tales from Starfield 😔
Yeah, I can get in one more level before I go to bed.
*the level is an hour long*
Cool.
Totally feel Dave on the overencumbered thing, to the point where when I finally played Fallout 4 I installed a mod to remove that status so my inventory and weight-limit was infinite....come to find out, installing that plus any other game-modifier mod removed the ability for PS4 to unlock trophies for the game. So lame, but...I completed the game anyway with no trophies unlocked.
Mine are:
1. Picking the wrong option that ruins an alliance, results an ending I didn't want, ruins a romanic option, or romancing someone & then finding another option later down the road that I like better
2. Wanting to pick the knight or more tank style class but always being a mage or stealth class w/ the exception of Dark Souls in which case I always pick the knight class because it's so satisfying to obliterate things w/ a massive sword
3. Missing out on lore when I start a new game. No matter how hard I try I always miss like a note, scene, or dialogue & then have to look up a guide to make sure that I don't miss any on my next playthrough
4. Hording items especially when I don't have a limited inventory space. There's a reason I have a mod that allows me to horde even more on Skyrim & I have a house full of piles & piles of books
5. Putting a important or powerful item/weapon in a chest, selling it, or dropping it for inventory space
Glad that noone chose dialog skipping! Everything else is forgivable.
Dave! I'm also a notorious consumable hoarder, and I have a bit of a suggestion that may or may not help depending on who tries it, and in what game...
This doesn't work for all games because balance varies from game to game, but for a lot of them the solution can be to increase the difficulty. That way you end up getting in positions where you kind of need to use your consumables or you have trouble progressing. I'll sometimes not do this because I find I actually don't want to use the consumables, but at the end of the day the game ends up being so much more rewarding when you do need them and they save you!
I always forget to upgrade. I get half way through a game before I remember I can upgrade.
I agree with dave on the starting new games before finishing wjat I'm playing... I'm now trying to go back and play through some of the games properly I have only played for an hour and are sitting at 1 or 2% on my profile to get some more game time out of them. Have actually enjoyed going back to some older games...
Thank you PlayStation Access team
I get to unwind and sleep when listening to you guys, which helps me a lot
Especially the Tuesday checklist and Friday features
I’m simply grateful for the number of times I’ve gotten some rest while listening to your videos which most times I find calming especially when I’m tired and sleepy 🙏🏾
Don't worry Rob, there is a reason why most people end up playing stealthy archer in Skyrim. It Works! Basically the entire game is set up to accommodate this build both in difficulty and enjoyability. Regardless of what build you go for you're gonna want to level up archery anyway, and stealth is just a really good compliment to it so it's only natural that people end up doing it that way the whole game. And you're not missing out on much by not going destruction magic build anyways. Even with the vampire necromage bug destruction spells don't do comparable damage to anything else you could use unless you use mods and/or level alchemy to max and neck potions of buff magic damage 500% constantly.
I think there does need to be a series where the team goes back and finishes the games they should of had or wish they had and call it 'The forgotten ones' then again this sounds like a series dedicated to just Dave lol How can you have not finished those games honestly. I am astounded!
Great video guys! Really related to all 5 of the mistakes haha. Haven't been on this channel in ages, did Dave lose weight? He seems more fit now.
No one can ever be a better narrator than Rob
“Let’s all talk about this murder” really sounds like something Ash would say .... or, more likely, Jane from OXBOX.
Jane would sweep it all under the carpet, completely horrifying Andy while Mike just shakes his head, because Jane does that every Friday, really Andy, get used to it. (I watch too much Oxbox, obviously XD)
Mine has to be being perfect in combat and stealth encounters and this was appitomized in the summer of 2019 when i finished all Arkham games without getting hit or being seen on either hard or very hard (or its equvivalents, cant quite remember). My greatest gaming achievement and last because i am never attempting anything like that ever again, even if i recently tried doing something similar with MGR Revengence and i actually did get the S rank on the 3rd mission on hard. But yea, im done losing my nerves, i just wonder how much more nerves would i lose have i played DMC or Bayonneta. Im not trying to brag, i just cant help myself than to try to be better. If only i was like that irl
My biggest one is giving up on games as long as I see something new and shinny , even if the current one is genuinely a great one.
I always do this thing in any RPG or game with an RPG-style progression system: I find a nice, comfortable little leveling niche where I can just go around in a circle, farming lovely experience and lovely items, over and over and over again until I become blisteringly overleveled and wonder why nothing is fun anymore.
All Skyrim characters evolve into stealth archers, there's a whole meme about it.
I had the same problem of being stuck in the same class across playthroughs. What you have to do is ease into and blend them. Want to be a magic user but cant seem to stop being sneaky stab arrow shot? Conjure all your weapons. Don't even carry any weapons.
I'm so with Dave. The mistake I always do, but have been working on it, is to start a game, play it a bit, but then a new game appears (doesn't have to be a new release, maybe just a new game I got with a discount), and start playing that one before finishing the previous one (at least the SP Campaign). And then I feel guilty that I haven't finish the first one so I leave the second one and go back to the first but since it has been a while I have forgotten the controls so have to start it over again... but then another game appears and the cycle starts again... and so that's my videogame problem. I have an enormous backlog...
Yep, my first thought for this one was about hoarding everything, all the good full-team healing items in final fantasy etc. Can be on my knees but I still won’t use them 😂
RPGs.... Ranger style class. Kite to fight!
Side note: Dave's lost weigh.
Somewhat like Nath's mistake, is I'm constantly forgetting mechanics and features of a game or stat bonuses on items. "Oh yeah, you can craft that!" or "Oh, I forgot that piece of armour/weapon has that buff!"
Rushing through new games I love because I just, "have to finish them so I can say that I've played them." And so I won't have anything spoiled for me, but in doing so I blitz through them instead of just taking it in and truly appreciating them. These games that I've waited years for too, you only get to play em for the first time once.
Dave, you and I are video game-twin brothers! Lol when you stated your first problem of not finishing games and jumping right into the next big release, I was like: "Yep.. same here, man.. same here. I work so much and it's hard to keep up!" But then you went on to talk about your hoarding issue, and I was like; "Yes! I do the exact same thing! I hoard the best weapons and ammo, and cripple myself in boss fights to save it, and I finish a quest but refuse to ditch or sell the items associated with it, even if it's just a journal in Skyrim, I HAVE to keep it!!
-It's not a "Dave problem", bud.. its a "Sam & Dave problem"!!
Using consumables (healing elixir, ammo, etc)
If I find myself fighting a boss and forced to use a consumable to win, I'll save in a different slot after the battle
Then I load the previous save and try a several more times to beat the boss without using the consumable
Completely relate to Skinny Dave in this - I'm the same with FFVII. Couldn't bear to part with any old weapons, armor or accessories to the point when even at the end you're obviously not going to equip a bronze bangle when you have a dragon armlet LOL but still can't sell it.
Not being able to skip cutscenes or endcredits of already finished games.
My mind tells me: "Those people worked hard to create this, I have to show appreciation for it."
So I'm sitting there watching the (MK11, …) credits for the 50th time and I can't bring myself to skip it.
I think the biggest mistake I always make is mainly when I play ratchet and clank ng+ and I want to upgrade all my other guns but an hour in I see myself using the same guns I use all the time and not the others
Playing a game's opening sequence and then abandoning it either for several months before going back or just abandoning it completely. Happens with the large majority of the games I buy these days.
I have the EXACT SAME issue as Rob (AND Dave) with Skyrim. Plus, every time I restart it, I SWEAR "This is the time I don't save scum mining the rocks for gems"...and wind up save scumming them....
I’m right there with Rob, Ash, and Dave. However, a issue I have is the “one more”…whether it’s a level, quest, mission, or an online round. And the one more often leads to “what’s over here?” in open worlds. So yeah…when distraction leads to a lack of sleep 😴
Oh dear, have you played any entry of Civilization? Jesus, if you haven't then just this comment cuz I may have just exposed you to crack. Apologies. lol
@@shadow_psych7069 yes, I did…but the Heroes of Might & Magic series was worse for me. Many hours were lost to those back in the day.
@@chrishennings531 lol yeah, good times. :D
I didn't catch it the first time through this video but Ash playing Mass Effect 2 with autosaves off....that's how you get full heavy weapon ammo at the beginning of every mission. I'm on to you.
i usually listen to these and happened to pop over to the video window when dave was up and DAMN DAVE!
way to go man
Rob. With the conjuration school you can be a mage and a sneaky archer and never have to worry about ammo again.
Rob, skyrim rewards you so much more, and faster, for being a stealth archer than any other play style, so you are not the only one. I will say, that if you do put in the work to be a full mage class, it’s very rewarding. Especially in VR.