10 Big Brain Experiments We Try in Games for NO REASON [Part 2]

[@joshIMPALED]

My daily dose of Gameranx, just in time.

[@isaacclarke7550]

Less goo

[@CircusFreaks666]

The addiction that can't destroy your life. But may make you less smart.

[@calebaustin5394]

@RobG6 good thing the vids are daily lol

[@foxmind2490]

This is my favorite channel for gaming culture

[@usmansadiq9]

Yep

[@paradsecar]

One of the experiments I always try is to talk repeatedly to an NPC, hoping that they will have a different dialogue option or get annoyed that you keep trying to talk to them. Certain games will let you have the same conversation over and over, but there are a few, like Mass Effect 3, where they have nothing more to say and shut you down with a one-word response.

[@TayRich93]

Lol ikr

[@bricknfleeks]

Petrus in ds1 bribes you to stop bothering him and only sells miracles if you continue to annoy him

[@PopCulturePooka]

Ahhh I loved doing that in old school RTS games

[@HellsGayngel]

Hello Desmond! Go awaaay.

[@Tsumefan2]

in radiata knights if you kick an npc enough you get to fight them

[@laavish748]

Jumping into clear water to see if you swim is a guilty pleasure of mine. Funnily enough, you can't always swim in clear water in games lol.

[@believeinmatter]

It’s always appreciated when a game fully models the underwater portions. Tomb Raider comes to mind

[@jasoncollins5504]

On the topic of taking on enemies higher level then the player, I remember when I was playing Oblivion once and decided to take on Umbra at level 1, didn't work so I went and prepared by getting the silver armor and weapons from the Shivering Isles dlc and went back at like level 2 3 or 4 and through constant determination I beat her and got a full set of Ebony before I was supposed to. you can imagine how useful that was in Oblivion at a extremely low level.

[@tonito_el_tigre]

4:05 core memory of mine was watching my dad play the original tomb raider and the game saved while he was in mid air of his accidental swan dive into a lava pit. He raged so hard he took the disc and threw it up against the wall which shattered it.. Ill never forget that

[@ronin_7773]

I was expecting to see the "flying cows" from the Just Cause franchise. Strapping a few rocket booster bombs to cows or anything that moves was one of the best parts of that game, especially with the erratic and unpredictable flight paths.

[@petrecismigiu2813]

Thank you for all the hard work you put into these videos. It may seem trivial to some people, but you bring entertainment to millions :). It does not go unnoticed. Thank you to everyone at Gameranx

[@thevideocommenter3061]

Cişmigiu

[@SixOThree]

Not all of my friends like the style of gameranx. But I watch pretty much every video. I'm right at Falcon's age but have different tastes over the years apparently which is awesome because he has a different take on everything. I don't know what goes on behind the scenes but I know these top 10 lists are not as easy as they look. More than anything though when Friday rolls around and Jake's on my TV just talking and giving the gaming news recap and I hear "pizza's on me", man it kinda just makes everything in the world alright. It literally fixes my mood and puts me in a better place. Every time. Keep up the good work guys.

[@shhshdonttellnoone6469]

npc comment

[@purpincup]

The first Red Faction is still one of my favorites to this day. Not much else at the time let you completely blow away walls and ceilings like that, good times.

[@chekote]

I collected all the teddy bears in Fallout 3 and made a Counsel of the Bears on the bed in my Megaton place. All the little ones were sitting around in a semi circle with the big one in the center.

[@lizardguyNA]

IN addition to the highest point stuff, when you got moves that let you not fall fast you can use those at the last possible second for some fun like in the Spider-man games with webswinging. I remember in Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, I unlocked a piledriver move and tried it off the highest building I could find in the city.

[@secretscarlet8249]

This is how speedrunners really get to know the game; just messing around until something sticks.

[@i0am0superBlast]

Ah yes, jumping onto fire to see if it burns. Always slightly disappointed when it doesn't happen, but also get annoyed when it does and now I know I have to avoid the tiniest of flames. Damned if you do, damned if you don't XD

[@jamsywamsy]

I did the "Ring Around the Table" with Lady D. from RE8. It was as hilarious as Falcon said it was. I just remembered, in Resident Evil 4, if you shoot Luis too many times during the cabin siege, he kills you.

[@FoxHowell]

Falcon's humor is not only accurate af but hilarious

[@antonionguyen9636]

Y’all are corny

[@FoxHowell]

@@antonionguyen9636 n you're a bored hater

[@LCInfantry]

You his supportive family member or something?

[@FoxHowell]

@@LCInfantry you write like a Arkham game goon

[@LCInfantry]

@@FoxHowell Thanks

[@Mark-mu4pj]

It's always fun testing stuff out in games.

[@brodriguez11000]

Watch dogs traffic jams.

[@Mephilis78]

People get paid for this too. And I resent them so much

[@jscott4reel]

Number 10 made me think about Far Cry 4. Conversely, if you actually listen to Pagan Min and wait in the opening sequence, you get a secret early ending to the game.

[@anubisvel]

In addition to jumping from high points in Tomb Raider, that’s also where I learned to see what games do when you drown. 😅 The Sims is also great for seeing what happens in all sorts of scenarios.

[@dr_kopic]

Gameranx Is good you guys make my day 💚

[@mdgeisto8953]

@gameranx Whenever you do a Part 2 video, you really should leave a link to Part 1 in the description.

[@ollyjackson8733]

You cant pass a waterfall without checking for a cave underneath, maybe not for this list but it's off my chest now.

[@9and344]

Love you guys, thank you for the quality you’ve maintained over the last 6 years (which is excellent might I add) Jake Baldino before bed has been a ritual at this point… Pause

[@Steel-101]

Oh boy number three. That reminds me of Sepharoth from kingdom hearts one and two. The horror lol 😂.

[@stevenstump246]

This entire video becomes waaay darker when you realize the reason we like to test these things in a simulation is because they have already been tested by someone somewhere in the real world.

[@FranWest.]

#8 - As someone who has acrophobia, I check to see if ledges are dangerous enough to let me fall off... If they are, I am constantly scared anytime I have to walk a tight rope or narrow ledge where falling is an option. If they don't let you fall from edges, my anxiety is reduced to 0%.

[@nikethunner2732]

Concerning the explosives: In the original jedi knight (from 1996? 1998? don't know) you could plant an unlimited amount of mines over antoher if you used unlimited ammo cheat. And the force of the explosion pushing you back was actually proportional to the number of mines. So, naturally, with unlimited ammo and godmode on, I found myself launching me as high up in the air as possible. There is one level in particular, with a imperial building in the middle of the map, which is very huge vertically and allows you to launch you up that building (if you get it right). Ah, great memories.

[@miragemain105]

When I used to play Alien Isolation anytime I ran across human enemies, I’d see if I could prod the Alien into fighting them so I would just run through the chaos to my objective or to loot 😂

[@JoshB100]

3:05 in Watch Dogs 2 covering a vehicle in explosives an controlling it with my drone was one my favorite things to do 😂

[@ethant.g6536]

I always liked the mirrors edge 'falling off a building' animation

[@VongolaXZax]

I'd say a big brain moment is, when you get all enemy types to fight against each other, on top of the boss. Sit back and watch the show.

[@ofcrgry]

And that is why the classic Doom games (and WADs) are big brain games.

[@mkm7251]

As far as point #9, I remember playing the first Mercenaries game and planting the max number of C4 blocks (which was 8) next to all kinds of objects and launching them into the stratosphere. Launching large cargo containers off of a dock was particularly fun.

[@brodriguez11000]

Sticky mines and either deus ex or the splinter cell series.

[@ledumpsterfire6474]

Probably the most hysterically a game has ever made me laugh was the first Mercenaries. Planted C4 on the road, waited for a tank, and I must have hit it at just the right time so that the physics engine didn't know what to do. That tank literally flew all the way over a very distant mountain.

[@brodriguez11000]

@@ledumpsterfire6474 War would be so much more interesting with game physics.

[@ledumpsterfire6474]

@@brodriguez11000 Militaries would probably hire field physicists to figure out how they can exploit the wonkiness to get the maximum effect out of the fewest resources.

[@torgranael]

I used to use the magnetic grenades in Crackdown 2 to dangle cars from the top of a suspension bridge. You have to alternate between bridge and car so don't gat many at once but it was amusing. You can also use them on a person and a car a moderate distance away to utterly flatten them. If the car is too close, it won't build up enough momentum to do more than knock them over or possibly even reach them in the first place. If it's too far, you just despawn the old grenade. Watching a guy get walloped by a fast flying police cruiser is almost as brutal as pinning a guy to a wall a few metres off the ground with a harpoon gun headshot.

[@VongolaXZax]

We try em', but it's awesome when we succeed in achieving such a feat.

[@PrplexedMG]

Most realistic game everyone has done the whole jumping. Is in minecraft jumping into a water block or any game that you can jump into water to see if you’ll take damage from going in

[@GlennDavey]

The video clips used weren't quite up to par with the awesome potential of each experiment

[@shanetaylor761]

Another plus that can come from jumping off stuff in games is that sometimes you end up seeing secret caves or paths on the way down that you never would know about otherwise. Thats happened all the time to me in games like elden ring, spyro and it takes two. Doing dumb stuff like that with the help of save points can just be an extreme version of exploration.

[@TomDarkwulf87]

#9 I remember people doing this in Battlefield multiplayer and using their own vehicles as driving anti-tank mines

[@jsullivan2112]

Man there are so many on this list that apply to the Souls games it's hilarious. They pretty much encourage you to experiment with dying, lava, fall damage, etc. etc. One of the best vids in a while, love it!

[@believeinmatter]

Anybody know what that beat is in the beginning of this video? It kind of slaps lol

[@imitenotbe]

SO glad to hear Spore mentioned. it was so far ahead of it's time

[@ledumpsterfire6474]

Something special, but also something depressing because of the sheer potential that was missed by the studio being under EA's thumb.

[@Joreel]

@@ledumpsterfire6474 So much potential in that game if it had been managed right.

[@dwirtz0116]

NICE! Just Cause is one of the best for messing around with explosives IMO.

[@TranceCowboy]

I always loved exploring the massive maps out of bounds in Resistance the fall of man. Me and my buddies would spend hours checking out all the hidden spaces or unused areas of those massive maps.

[@yesimyes7939]

Is it weird I tried 7/10 of these

[@rakuraimaster9925]

In 1 minute of viewing?

[@ArchAngelCastielMoto]

It’s funny that I’m subscribed to you so I can watch you tell me things I already know.😂 and somehow you’re one of my favorite KZbinrs.

[@vanntooot]

Speaking of #9: I remember watching shows that featured an entire segment dedicated to Warthog Jumping (if I remember the term correctly) in the original Halo multiplayer. I have never played Halo so I haven't experienced it, but it looked like it was one of the most satisfying examples of physics engine manipulation in a video game using explosions

[@pompidoudog]

I thought Dark Souls 2 had a nice take on killing NPCs. Once they’re dead, if you wait a few n game hours, a tombstone will appear. You can then talk to the ghost of the NPC, but it will cost you some souls.

[@nintendians]

10. it's nice to troll those enemies. 9. it's fun to blow things up. 8. just testing it out. 7. same as #8. 6. same as #7 and 8. 5. customization is fun. 4. it's okay. 3. got to test your skills. 2. got to explore outside the game area. 1. don't tell me what to do.

[@TheLoneGameMan]

In Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, I tranquilized EVERY guard in the bank and stuffed them all in the same vent.

[@themusesquad8554]

Did anyone practice body ripping in the first Solders of Furtune game?

[@nedson6503]

That game was 70% loading screen on the Dreamcast.

[@soleroplong8664]

LETS GAME IT OUT , Is a youtuber who's primary goal is the break the games...

[@MasterAlt]

You could abuse the ai of the stalker enemies in Dead Space 2 by standing in the doorway you came in. If you walk out of the room as they start to charge they just turn around and run away, it was great fun.

[@themusesquad8554]

The weirdest fall damage is in the Assassin creed games. U can fall 500 feets land on ur legs and die But if u jump 700 feet but grab a lege in the last second, u will survive damage free hehehe

[@logansrevenge1214]

I test the red skulls all the time I've probably wasted so many hours cuz I tried and got close to killing them and just kept trying.

[@stainedboxerz]

one of my favorite experiments is to mess with the weather effects, and how NPCS react or how my character reacts, or driving through a storm, driving in snow, or on red dead or gta, swimming underwater and seeing how rain falls on top, just weird weather experiments.

[@miraveta]

I absolutely LOVED the gummi ship creations you can make in kingdom hearts games. And ruining great dark souls weapons with ridiculous effects and seeing someone not know what the hell is happening when I use it.

[@jahras66]

Every game I play, if there's a TV or radio, I have to shoot it. It's weird but I can't help it.

[@kornboy22]

Taking on enemies that are higher level than you. Elden ring. Going far east when just started the game on first play through.

[@DESTRUCTINATION2]

Relating to number 7, in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, you can attack Eva during that one section of the game and she'll tell you off or even attack you back.

[@uberpwn00bs0785]

Gameranx will do anything but name mercenaries when taking about destructible environments

[@NGMonocrom]

#2 ~ Fallout 3: Sure as heck enjoyed clipping through the game to get power Armor training right from the start of the game.

[@badams4982]

I use to make a team in the old madden games of all max weight and max height players with good stats and then another team of the smallest players I could create with better stats and let them play eachother

[@ruiagostinho9559]

I always try to walk straight onto walls and see if the character will stop walking or keep walking in the same position. And use a knife agasint walls to hear the feedback and how it cuts the wall. And finally act like an NPC until an NPC tells me i am not supposed to be there.

[@brothernemiel6465]

number 2: I grew up with "Id_clip" in Doom1 and 2, so first thing I did in many FPS games was clippging through games until I later realized that I actually am supposed to play the game and enjoy the story. SiN was a mix of both. I enjoyed the story...however, after I found the secret Janitor room observing Elexis Sinclair in her hot-tub...I clipped straight through the level to find that room ...ahh well...I can forgive my adolescent self...sometimes

[@Eleonora_16p]

Bro, try the muller-powell, but I don't know when it's coming out

[@KennyMcCormic0]

Hope we get part 3, beacuse this video was awesome!

[@sethyork1164]

Back in the 2000s it was waiting for the game intro to cycle into the cinematics

[@DrNothing23]

Covering a Cycle, in GTA V, with sticky bombs, driving it into a corner market or clothing store and then detonating it... Life is good.

[@jamesmacker]

Ahh the peaceful religion special as we call it here

[@sam034forever]

It’s in our nature to do the opposite what people wants you to do

[@VooshSpokesman]

Love from a Vaush and Shark3ozero Fan!

[@christianhagman4350]

GTA 5 is the perfect game for experiments!

[@grimmace4154]

Please stop saying clip, its magazine!!!!!!!

[@firepenguin38]

Getting knocked back to oblivion in Skyrim by a Giant is always nice lol

[@brodriguez11000]

Golfing with giants.

[@hazetko7586]

hitching rides on the roof of npc vehicles

[@Mortiel]

My girlfriend *totally* doesn't roll her eyes every time I find a high ledge in any video game because she knows I'm going to jump... I swear!

[@PhilSmith94420]

What's the main reason to do these "big brain" actions? -Entertainment. What's tge main reason to play video games? -Entertainment. So what's rhe problem? 😉

[@salsatheone]

Was anyone going to tell me it's possible to customize your gun in MGSV or was I supposed to find that out in a KZbin video?!

[@Nijonibi]

4:00 omg yes, I remember in one of the last levels in the pyramid you could jump into the center lava pit in the pyramid and Lara would scream 3 times before she hit the bottom! you would fall for what felt like a whole minute!

[@Nijonibi]

Lara: Screams* Lara: Big Breath in* Lara: Screams again* Lara: Big Breath In* Lara: Screams Yet Again* Lara: SPLAT*

[@gamerroom4519]

First

[@LostProgress133]

I don't know why but every time I see a campfire in a video game my monke brain tells me to stand in it just to see if something will happen, even in games where damage doesn't exist like vrchat for example I am drawn to the deadly flames all the same and it makes me wonder if I'm safe irl

[@Avriel_Mimiga]

one time i mixed 9 and 4 and i made this huge chain of cars exploding in GTAV that lasted like 30+ minutes

[@rymikai]

point 3 is literally what i did on pokemon violet with the last 2 titans vs my lvl30 pokemons 😂 and it worked! somehow!

[@heofonumheo3174]

99.9999999% of KZbin halfway through video and 3 KZbin ads later: Let's take a moment and thank our sponsor, "Check out...!" Falcon: "F* them (And some of you too but not all of you...)" Straight. Content. 👍👏

[@kalter_wind]

Essential NPCs...I learned that the hard way in Ultima VI. Pretty much the first thing I did after arriving in Britannia and meeting Lord British was descending into the sewers below Castle Britiish where I was constantly harassed and poisoned by the pesky rats down there. I barely managed to escape with ca. 1 hit point left and ventured forth into the kitchen to help myself to a delicious slice of cake or some such. The moment I entered I spotted some pixels moving on the ground. "Rats in the good lord's kitchen?" I mumbled to myself. "This will not do!" With one strike of my mighty +1 short sword, I struck down the dastardly do-no-gooder and proceeded to fill my belly with His Lordship's delicacies. Many hours later, I found that I needed Sherry the Mouse - for no rat it has been - to progress in the story. With just one lonely save game sitting on a 3.5'' floppy disk, I started the game from scratch. Sherry and me became good friends later on, nonetheless. So, my friends, show compassion - or at least apply common sense ;)

[@jamesdevore3022]

I just try to shoot everyone and everything, if the guns don't do it then I'll try grenades, if those don't work I try mines, and I just keep escalating... I also try to collect one of every car in games like GTA and Cyberpunk just to see what crazy customizations I can do. Racing games I always ALWAYS try to hit the crowd or any animals if there isn't a wall to stop me (how tf can my 2000 lb class B rally car going mach Jesus not break a hay bail and twine?) I test if getting hit by cars actually does damage. Oh anybody test squish damage? Like you stand under heavy stuff that falls and see if it hurts.

[@danieldonnelly4036]

For #9, Ghost Recon Wildlands. 4 player coop, as many mines as possible on an explosive barrel. Gather around. And detonate 😆 #8 every Spiderman & Prototype game 👌🏻 #7 classic shooting too many Halo Marines.

[@BartRunning]

I LOVE your videos. But I REALLY don’t get why the countdown screen has to be a flashlight with a number in it. In daylight it’s annoying. But when it’s dark, or even worse, I’m lying in bed. It completely ruins the experience. I quit the video after number 6 most of the time. And then forget to watch your stuff. Please, please consider choosing for another solution than Man In Black our eyes to introduce the next number.

[@STÖs-Allerlei]

Going Apes in Red Faction Gorilla 😆.....it is called GUERILLA....Please stop calling it Gorilla 😄...

[@travishunstable5283]

Gotta say I love this group because even when I don’t agree with them (elden ring was not goty material) at least they present it in a way where I can be like hmmm I don’t agree but I respect your opinion. I’m so sick of the “you hate elden ring cuz you suck at games” idiots. I’ve beaten Nioh 2, Surge 2, Remnant from the ashes and in my opinion the only good from soft games Bloodborne and Sekiro. All of which are as hard if not harder than elden ring. I mean there were several things I don’t like about the game be it the lackluster setting (although to be fair I’m not a big dark fantasy guy) completely forgettable characters (seriously can’t even remember gold armor bitch’s name she was that forgettable) recycle and reused bosses (elden watch dog 6 times but no changes was just lazy) or the borderline non existent story. I will proudly and honestly say to me it was the biggest disappointment of 2022. I mean even Gotham Knights was more enjoyable to me. Honestly it’s really sad that my two favorite games this year were evil west (super fun game) and Witcher 3 getting a next gen upgrade (I freaking love having the game on my ps5). Wish the best to Gamerranx moving forward and Merry Christmas

[@GirlVersusGame]

I once spent 3hrs fighting a monster in Conan Exiles, about 10mins into my first playthrough. Worth it for the XP/lvls, the same goes for pretty much any game that lets you damage anything that's a much much higher level. I'm also quite partial to making art out of naked guys in Hitman too.

[@nickllama5296]

In Crysis, I'd always gather up every vehicle in a level, put them in a big pile, add all the explosive barrels, then blow them up. Cars would fly across half the level. And beforehand, I'd always say "Jamie wants big boom" (from Mythbusters.) I amused myself with that for hours. I'm easily amused.

[@landonewts]

Awesome video! I don't know how big brain it is, but in Horizon Zero Dawn I kept getting killed no matter how I approached an enemy stronghold early in the game. I got killed on every kind of approach before I could even get into the building for the fight that would happen inside. Just for fun, I hopped on a Charger and rode it right in the front door, and that actually worked. Plus - FUN.

[@holyheretic3185]

During GoW 2018 when atreus was being a dick I was throwing my axe and swing at him and he goes " knock it off!" and if you keep doing it he screams "stop it! Your doing it on purpose!", I was like yeah your being a little shit! (it was after he found out he's a God.)

[@AbsoluteSkycaptain]

Me and a friend used to take turns dying and respawning in Rainbow Six Vegas to stack up dozens of blocks of C4. If you stood on them when they detonated you'd get launched out of the level. Good times. Edit: 5:01 Hi Paul, long time no see.

[@DamagedF0X]

I remember discovering my first "Get out map" glitch. Gran Turismo 2. If you can find a sharp wall and keep the camera just right, apparently the game doesn't render collision that the camera isn't facing. So you can do a very sharp 90degree turn into a wall the camera isn't facing and just pass through the barrier and outside the boundaries.

[@clarkkent1177]

I literally played Watch Dogs 2 for 6 hours straight just blowing stuff up, killing people and hacking stuff just to see if I could be stopped. I couldn't. I just stopped on my own.

[@wolfinthesno]

I am azes you didn't mention the original Mercenaries game when talking about stacking explosives to send objects flying. If you stacked the c4 charges around a car, and then detonated them, you could send the car so high that it wouldn't come back down. It looked like a rocket ship taking off. Seriously Mercenaries needs a remake.

[@glocklesnar9559]

Video suggestion, games where you can get the NPCs to riot, or however you guys want to word it but example. I’ve spent hours playing watch dogs 2 just starting fights with different gangs and watching the mayhem ensue. Would love to kno what other games game similar features

[@chisaten]

Thatgamecompany is the best developer for glitchers. In Sky: Children of the Light, easter eggs are intentionally hidden OOB for glitchers to find. Some of them are interactive, and one of them rewards you with in-game currency once a day.

[@lawrencesanchez2136]

You guys are one of my favorite channels on KZbin.

[@a_921]

Yup, always stand in the flames. Especially in games where some monsters attac via burning ground, or burst into flames when killed. I just keep healing until the fire goes out (unless I am in a hurry to get somewhere). Dunno why.

[@milan.980]

Should have mentioned Battlefield in Number 6 Watch Dogs 1clips in Number 4 Read Dead 2 in Number 2

[@ryanrothrock7051]

A buddy and I were playing splinter cell on PS2, back in the day, and I decided I needed to test if the c4 could be blown up with a pistol shot. And also while at close range. My first shot from the waist missed, but visually looked like a hit so I thought I was safe, so I aimed down the sights and shot again... You can guess what happened next 😂

[@torgranael]

Taking on pointless challenges that involve endless grinding to do something "early". The main point of these is to get what sounds like a benefit at first, but is easily not worth it when taking time into consideration. For example, in Far Cry 5 you can grind world events to build your resistance meter. Once you've filled the meter and killed a zone's boss, you get bonus cash instead of resistance points. You also don't get these world events appearing anymore so may as well enjoy them while they last. It's entirely unnecessary though as you build resistance faster from missions and can easily make money from hunting at any point in the game.