10 Addictive HABITS ONLY Gamers Will Understand

After playing a bunch of video games every gamer develops some sort of compulsive addictive habits.
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0:00 Intro
0:25 Number 10
2:05 Number 9
4:05 Number 8
5:37 Number 7
6:57 Number 6
8:06 Number 5
9:18 Number 4
10:39 Number 3
11:47 Number 2
13:08 Number 1

[@BrandonCrAzYyt]

I hate it when I accidentally choose the right path and it locks me out of going back.

[@spacecoffee6706]

Bingo. That's annoying as fuck

[@MyManJFKTV]

I cry every time.

[@Nunya.Bidness]

YES!

[@greghuffman3061]

yep... you try to go just far enough... then BAM cutscene or some shit and youre screwed. i remember i locked myself out of an entire town in Lost Odyssey cause i chose the other one then the other option was destroyed

[@Rayman_Budgie84]

I die a little inside every time this happens

[@BigMobe]

Accidentally fired a shot from a 100 mag, I have to reload now because 99 just won't do the job

[@unilastation2692]

And it's the slowest reloading weapon too. Gotta make sure we always have a full mag. That last enemy could die with that extra bullet lol.

[@gilgameshdevourerofworldsg4101]

Never keep your mag on anything other than full or half

[@lkirk76]

yes absolutely lol

[@MrFabGaming]

Real

[@fusola9612]

Yeah! Where tf was THAT?! 😂 the one thing in every game which haz any type of "pew pew": reload hand gun, change mag in an AR, better refill my flint lock, putting a new rock in this slingshot, reknocking up an arrow, does this launcher has one ore multiple rockets? Better check an restock. We've all been there... 😅

[@tonykamat8356]

firing 1 round and reloading the magazine is another addictive habit. buying a new game while u have a backlog of other unplayed games

[@LoneExlporer]

Both Fr, I was waiting for these to be included.

[@Gyrfalcon312]

Guilty on both counts, I am.

[@MCBoult]

Bofum for sure

[@Arkticsnowman]

I don't know if anyone else does this but, I complete as many side quests as possible before I start the main quest. This gives me better gear and practice with the combat and mechanics of the game. Then when I'm ready, the immersion won't be broken as much as trying to learn while also trying to pay attention to the story.

[@beezyj3227]

Yea I absolutely do that in every game. That's probably why it took me a good 20 hours just to leave the starting island in AC Odyssey. But that's not the only game, I do it in every game. The main story almost always winds up being easier than intended because by the time I get to it I'm already loaded up on gear, level, skill points, and experience. I don't do it for that reason, I just don't like having an incomplete to-do list. Plus a lot of times it does make it less of a chore later, such as if I climb every tower to open up the map, and unlock fast travel points. So I'm not starting the next story mission going in blind with a clouded out map, and having to trek miles on foot when I can just fast travel there.

[@LOSTHAZE_Gaming]

​@beezyj3227 I did it in Origins, soon as I got the blade I did so many side stuff and came back to a level 10 mission as a level 35.

[@lifeisinserthere]

I totally do this in every game but I've noticed in some games this ends up burning me out before I even get very far into the story. Some games like AC Valhalla for example just have so many tedious things to do that I wore myself out before getting far in the story. That's why games like Witcher 3 and RDR are so great because their side quests and activities are just as fun, immersive and varied as the main story!

[@jordanbhugwansing12]

Same

[@Just_a_Piano_]

@@beezyj3227 man I beat the main story of AC Odyssey at like level 5 lmfao

[@KevinLopez-ht9br]

The waterfall check. Always check behind the waterfall for anything hidden.

[@MrYin90210]

And under stairs

[@SandwichGlitch]

Zelda link to the past blew my mind with the fairy behind the waterfall

[@tr4l1975]

Break everything to check for loot. Go into a house in a game and proceed to trash it, to find nothing.

[@lShandol]

Look arisen, a ladder!

[@sbjr903]

⁠l

[@KK-mk8dj]

Trying the 100% clear the first section in an open world game before continuing the main quest.

[@derrikosborn8379]

I'm so doing that with the Witcher 3 and it's next to impossible. So many things to do that I'm 50 hrs in to the first chapter lol

[@allgomesareevil6121]

Dragon age inquisition hinterlands says hi 👋

[@yodoleheehoo90]

​@@derrikosborn8379don't worry, I did the exact same thing! I have terrible OCD and I do all side quests first before progressing through the main story😆

[@UniverseGlider2]

I have burned myself out on many games doing just this. But I can’t. Help it.

[@rosecity_chris]

I do this all the time and often I end up breezing through the rest of the main quest because I got so OP lol

[@zrxxyt3570]

Playing stealthy mission without making any sound and unnecessary movement is mood, you feel like you are part of the world you are playing through and it feels great

[@joeyscrewdriver336]

The pinnacle in addictive gaming behavior is grinding a game for sometimes dozens of hours after the story is done to clean up the achievements or trophies. I spent 50 hours in God of war Ragnarok getting the platinum trophy after beating the main story after about 20 hours.

[@SleazySpliff]

you beat the valkiery queen? holy fuck

[@abraxis59]

Here are a few more: 1. Breaking destructible items in games even after it is clear that they have nothing in them. 2. Searching every nook and cranny, every shelf, every trash can, every cabinet for items even when they are mostly not interactable 3. Walking into or hitting walls in dungeon type games looking for secret doors 4. Mashing buttons during cut (not load) screens looking for that button that will allow you to skip the scene even when there is no indication that one exists. 5. Eating a mouthful of food or taking a quick drink during a cutscene or narrative section of the game rather than pausing to eat a meal 6. Clicking on every single dialogue option in a menu just to make sure you have said them all and "greyed them out" 7. Achievements - enough said

[@jamic6107]

5 bis - And getting a game over because while you were doing that, you missed a QTE. ;)

[@abraxis59]

@@jamic6107 LOL Guilty

[@sleeper6548]

I usually dont do all achievements, but when i see that there's an achievement that looks cool, hell yeah i am doing that

[@jujuchonk]

As an achievement whore....I feel this to the core.

[@GYTCommnts]

Calling an elevator or something with a push button in-game, and keep pushing it even if you know it activated correctly.

[@2JOfficial]

For no.2 you didn't mention the most obvious. When you're trying to take a better look at what's over a wall, or below you on a roof, we actually tend to move our heads in real life to look over the wall when it doesn't change what's on your screen at all.

[@BrianMcAvoy13]

I bob around like a damn owl trying to see over walls and under roofs

[@MrYin90210]

I feel targeted lol

[@DaHomieGpa]

When I play traversal games I lean to try to make the ledge 😂😂

[@uncutfandu3179]

😂😂😂 me looking around a wall in cod

[@bryansangalang7902]

exactly the same thing I always do.

[@larrywalsh9939]

I think whoever wrote this episode doesn't understand the difference between "addiction" and "habit"

[@chancearmijo9196]

Are you gonna be the one to let them know?

[@larrywalsh9939]

@@chancearmijo9196 They can google it.

[@ChrisBreederveld]

Button mashing when waiting is what led me to the Sonic level select (on the main screen) and debug mode (in the end game animation). Never really helped me otherwise, but I still do it decades later.

[@Shroud83]

Checking every nook and cranny for loot. I try to dial it down when playing with others but playing on my own I spend at least 10% more time on searching maps to get EVERYTHING out of it.

[@Txupport]

The worst is when I spend an hour or so doing this at the beginning and it turns out to be a tutorial area and you don't get to keep the loot.

[@ariq5258]

Did it a lot in Fallout 4 and often times rewarded with secret treasure

[@rosecity_chris]

Same. Currently doing it with GoW ragnarok. Odins eyes birds are so annoying though, they're way too hard to hit sometimes.

[@anantachonnambat6701]

Played co-op Baldur's Gate with my friends and one of them is Rogue-Hunter. He almost literally steals everything that didn't nailed to the ground. Spoons, forks, plates. Even a goddamn cutting board. Then there is Int 7 Barbarian who has 20 corpses in his chest.

[@PxcmanZ]

Literally a fiend for it, I will search every single place whether it takes me 5 minutes or an hour just so I feel satisfied the area is clear of loot😂

[@goncalobaia1574]

Pressing the hidden blade button every damn second in the old Assassin's Creed games is just absolutely unavoidable

[@zDarkZone07]

It's the sounds, I do it with Edward but now Connor has the curse 😂

[@kingzach74]

Right? It's so satisfying.

[@madmax_58]

not only with hidden blades i do with no weapons equiped

[@gameranxTV]

👍

[@CrabSully]

LOL If I was an assassin irl I'd constantly unsheathe it. ADHD ticks ftw

[@RKramer105]

Surprised in #2 Jake didn't talk about standing to play at particularly hard moments in games. Also either physiclally jumping up a bit or kind of making your controller "jump" a bit in your hands when trying to nail particualrly tough and/or close jumps in platformers like Mario XD

[@kurupt2012]

Haha this was an awesome video and yeah I do a couple of these! One other detail of something I do and I’m not sure if others too? But when I’m hitting my last save manually for some reason feel it’s necessary to save twice in separate files lol. Thanks gameranx and Jake, you guys r the best

[@awhisperofroses]

Man, I'm 33 and when I play racing games not only do I turn the controller, I lean my body as if its going to help the vehicle get better center of gravity or something. Every time. 😂

[@user-pl4eb5en5l]

Man I thought I was the only one that did that😂

[@HoneyToker]

My sisters would do this when we would play Mario cart on the Wii and it just transferred into other games after that 😭😂

[@jujuchonk]

I also try to lean or stick my head forward and look around corners in games, especially when I'm stealthing. Like I can see another perspective that's not shown to my face on the screen.

[@MrValour]

also pressing the forward button harder as if it would make me go faster.

[@vaishnav_mallya]

I noticed myself doing it while playing F1 😂

[@draconusfrigidus]

Turning around and going in the opposite direction you're supposed to at the start of the game, just to see if the developers hid anything behind you (or included an easter egg) that a first-time player might not think to look for.

[@kingzach74]

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands will hide loot in strange areas and then simultaneously have enemies jump out of nowhere when you try to open the chest. 😂

[@briondalion3696]

we learned this from the early side scrollers! haha, thank you Nintendo/Super Mario xD

[@zain1smith]

Yess hahah

[@kurupt2012]

Yup in fact I think I’ve done this on 90% of games in my entire life, you have to check no matter how many seconds are wasted its worth it

[@spottypongo7591]

Every 5 steps in a from software game. Same for smacking random walls

[@raphyangel9828]

My addictive thing to do in games is exploring Everywhere, not for the sake of spending more time in the game, but for the sake of treasure, instead. I love the shineys! I hate when it turns out to be sucky loot I could get anywhere, but love it when it was something I needed, or really wanted, or it just turned out to be incredibly cool loot. I also love it when there's an achievement attached to exploring & finding all the loot. It just incentivizes me to explore even more. Another thing I used to have an addiction to, is talking to every NPC. Back when gaming was still new, hardware couldn't support a lot of NPCs, so game devs had to make every single one of them important to the game...either to give vital info to progress the game, or important lore about the story/world, or to play a vital role, such as blacksmith to repair/sell new armor or weapons, or to sell you other items. Now that gaming hardware can support loads of NPCs, even ones that don't care to talk, & are just there to populate the world, I don't feel as incentivized to talk to them unless they have a ! above their head. However, some games (like the Tales series) have achievements for talking to everyone, so there's still motivation to talk to them for that, but unless they're useful to progress the plot, or are shop keepers, I typically don't bother to talk to every NPC anymore, unless it's a game where it seems important to talk to every NPC, such as with LoZ: BotW & TotK.

[@steveg6199]

Old school gamers may relate to this: Playing old Wolfenstein & Spear of Destiny using your "open door" button and spamming it on ALL walls EVERYWHERE in the game looking for secret passages. That habit took a while to break when I went on to play other games. LOL

[@mav2553]

Yes! The secret doors in Wolfenstein. That blew me away back then 😄

[@michaelhorne8366]

"Ungh-Ungh-Ungh-Ungh-Ungh-Ungh-Ungh-Ungh-Ungh-Ungh"

[@goldbigeagle6772]

I just realized about #10, when you hoard items and don't use them you get good at not using items as part of your strategy. Therefore it makes sense that you can beat the game without them - they're like training wheels that aren't needed.

[@SorcererLance]

I guess in a way, it's like weighted training clothes in martial arts series like DBZ... you're hindering yourself on purpose but you get better rewards/results for persevering through it, be it pushing yourself and managing a narrow victory due to your growing skills, with the added bonus reward being the items you could have used still being in your possession. Though also it just taps into our primal urge to hoard things in general as a "just in case"... with the phrase "better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it" coming to mind.

[@kurupt2012]

Good philosophy there

[@MrYin90210]

I *always* go the wrong way first when met with a crossroad, because I'm that guy that needs collectibles. It's normally twinned with me saying "because I've played a video game before"

[@mihaelniko]

YES!

[@joostinatortje]

Exactly this, that's why it frustrates me when I accidentally take the correct path immediately and get locked out from going back...

[@briondalion3696]

Same!

[@timelessteek561]

Same

[@Native_Creation]

The exception to #6 is Alien: Isolation, if you have a mic plugged in, it will actually hear you making loud noises and cause the Alien to find you. I beat the game and expansion on hard and never realized till I read it online. Genius move.

[@jaryncovell2538]

The habit that immediately comes straight to my mind is reloading as soon as any bullet gets fired from my gun no matter how many are in the mag

[@Saihamaru]

checking every little interactable things, opening every cabinets, destroying every destructible things (or just end up hitting them if it's indestructible) all for just 1 more item or a bit of cash

[@steveg6199]

That was my obsession when I played all the Fallout & Elder Scroll games. Check/open everything because you never know if you'll find something helpful/powerful.

[@joesunday199]

If you have ever played the Otogi games (OG Xbox); it rates you on destruction %.

[@Steel-101]

The main habit that I have now, is hitting the save button frequently. Obsidian, Bethesda, & Bioware, have made me soooo paranoid when it comes to game crashes and NPCs(quest givers) glitching out(or they would attack me for no reason). The punchline is that sometimes my game will run a bit slow because I have so many save files. Lol 😂

[@rogueprince1341]

I developed this after playing Fallout 4 on ps4. Any time I would use a door in Nuka World, the game had a huge chance to crash. So I had to save every time before I used a door.

[@TheDarkNimbus]

That and multiple back up saves for me...thanks skyrim 😂😂

[@Steel-101]

@@rogueprince1341 my “paranoid journey” started with Fallout 3 and it got even WORSE with New Vegas lol 😂

[@Steel-101]

@@TheDarkNimbus Yup Skyrim turned us into save file maniacs 😂.

[@virionspiral]

I get paranoid saving the glitch and soft locking myself

[@doctorwyvern9992]

For me, hoarding items in Pokemon games carried over into every generation, even today despite leveling up having become almost ridiculously easy in the past couple of generations. I tended to do this most often with items that restored attacks if I spammed strong moves against tough opponents.

[@squiddyhs]

I legitimately *love* how you worded many of these descriptions, Jake. As a lifelong writer/editor and fellow goofy English major of yore, your interestingly explanatory language is fucking dope.

[@Wolf359inc]

My missus absolutely loves the Crash Bandicoot games. I love watching her play them. She becomes extremely animated. Bobbing and weaving. Swaying from side to side. Leaning forwards and backwards. Turning the controller in her hands. Lifting it up when she needs to double jump. Etc. She is aware that she does it, and knows that it makes no difference to the game, but does it anyway. It is incredibly endearing. And she only does it when playing Crash games. :) One day, I will, finally, play Skyrim using the motion controls on the Switch, with a Stealth Archer build. Will look silly, but I think it will be fun… :) Cheers,

[@portiforowest3361]

I definitely would of added my habit. Walking around in a circle while talking to friends. Waiting on them to join me.

[@kingzach74]

Done that so many times. Especially in Borderlands games. I often add jumping around randomly.

[@Moscatinka]

Back when headsets still had wires, we had to walk figure eights.

[@Devo_gx]

Does moving the camera in circles when characters are talking to see if the voices go all around my surround sound setup count? I TOTALLY do that far too often!

[@adamasd516]

Number 9: Its a trait from old JRPG or ARPG games, where there is chance of hidden quest, or additional information when you speak to NPC multiple times. Take Diablo for example, their NPC has multiple dialogues, often giving you clues to a quest if you do not know what to do. Zelda is notorious in that aspect. If you are playing a blind play through, you never know what are the per-requisite for the side quest to be activated.

[@jimobrien7315]

This is the best video I've seen all month. Maybe longer. I do soooo many of these behaviors!

[@ARIXANDRE]

Reloading after firing just one bullet. 😅

[@MrYin90210]

Omg it me 😆

[@chefbreccia2642]

Helldivers is trying to cure this habit in people. it's not working.

[@FelisImpurrator]

​@@chefbreccia2642The big brain moment when you realize HD2 has ammo pickups everywhere so you can just throw those mags out half the time anyway.

[@niveketihw1897]

#2 -- back in the NES days I noticed a lot of kids would raise the controller quickly in their hands -- every time they jumped.

[@Dick_Valparaiso]

I did a thing where I'd stick my tongue out every time I jumped. I'd do it when I played basketball irl and in games.😛

[@jamic6107]

Guilty as charged.

[@dennis2376]

Do not play NES, but do that when I play PC games.

[@Invertex13]

This is like a combination of two of these, but when I play games like Warzone or Valorant, and I'm using a sniper, when I'm ADS, I actually breathe out and "focus" like the character sniping in the game

[@Cromwell2903]

One of my biggest habits is in shooters, straight after killing an enemy I'd reload regardless of how many bullets I have left in the mag. Playing helldivers has helped me break this somewhat but I feel like its still a little bit there

[@bryandrummond9236]

I reload way too much and try to keep my reserve ammo at an even number when I play cod zombies

[@chairisatable]

Compulsive reloading is 100% the most common one

[@MyManJFKTV]

Helldivers 2 made me cut down on this habit.

[@Spillow-C]

@@MyManJFKTV more games should make reload like that, the reload becomes and actual game mechanic that way.

[@MyManJFKTV]

@@Spillow-C - I seriously hope Helldivers 2 is the catalyst to make more games embrace that mechanic.

[@archersterling6726]

I blame survival horrors, half-mag in a bad surprise can cost ya

[@claytalian9091]

Hey, I might need those 99 Megalixirs after I defeat Sephiroth.

[@RENEG4DE4NGEL]

[RUBY WEAPON HAS ENTERED THE CHAT]

[@Norightnowrong1]

Rebirth’s gilgamesh 😑

[@azalago]

Chrono Trigger actually made you use those damn Megalixers since the Lavos Core could make all of your party members have 1 HP at once.

[@anantachonnambat6701]

Ember is non-renewable resources that can only be obtained from killing a boss (Which is in limited number, of course). Me : Finished the game with 69 embers remaining because I might need it later.

[@FelisImpurrator]

​@@anantachonnambat6701Nice.

[@Jianichie]

I am absolutely guilty of most of these. Another I'm surprised you didn't mention is preemptive reloads. "I shot twenty rounds of my two hundred magazine; I should probably reload..."

[@virgiliocarneiro3810]

Cool video! Another one I have is always checking behind me in a metroidvania or action platformer for secrets before moving forward.

[@hogepief]

I'll up you one on the "taking the wrong path first." If I get the impression I have taken the path you are supposed to, I will go *back* to the fork to complete the dead-end first. Great video, love this list! I guess I can consider myself 80% of a true gamer 😊

[@cheesepincher2166]

Yep. Always finish the wrong way before going the right way 💪

[@nightmarelycanthrope2230]

That one more run because RNG was very good to you until you realize it's 3am

[@craiglittle5118]

That " One more game" turns into 3-4 more hours, hehe 😂😂😂

[@jessesarrazin8713]

Worse *5am

[@CalebFox-om9el]

First time coming across this channel and definitely had to subscribe seeing as i do every single one of these whilst gaming 😂.

[@juanpabloflores8179]

It's for videos like this that you know the people at Gameranx are gamers and not some random journalists. Keep up the good work!

[@Mia-bixoxo]

Gamer ranks is goated.

[@RenegadePandaZ]

Not being able to shoot the twins in Bioshock Infinite actually makes sense in-universe.

[@ZkOHR-zb1ix]

i was hoping someone would say this

[@juanpabloflores8179]

Technically, they were not twins, but the same person with different genre from different universes.

[@rmcgowa1987]

@@juanpabloflores8179 No technically about it they weren't twins they were the same person from alternate universes.

[@refractyt]

Number 7 is so true. In ac 3 I was picking all the wrong path in the catacombs on purpose just to have a full map of them. Made it way longer (and useless since you never go back once you unlock everything) but I had fun doing it for some reason.

[@kennythefrog1]

I suck at flying vehicles that need any type of precision. Every time I have to do it. I sit ram rod straight, no blinking, slow breaths. Like I'm trying to be a statue. I can have no distractions, all 100% of my focus is getting through that stupidly narrow gap in an airfield or whatever.

[@CasualGamerist]

top 1 for me is grinding too much before progressing

[@imag2000]

a few worth noting are reloading after shooting like 5 bullets , spamming ping buttons {like the scan in destiny2} and jumping nonstop to go "faster"

[@chaviciesotsu5362]

If you can't place a marker on the map or the game doesn't placed by itself, opening and checking the map multiple times to check if you're going to the right direction. This is especially exclusive to open world games.

[@eCuller]

10/10 for me 😂 glad I am not the only one! Great video ❤

[@billmackenzie1172]

being quiet during a stealth mission is like turning down the radio in the car when you get lost.

[@allie12212]

The number 6 is so true… I always compare it to turning down the music in your car when you’re trying to find a certain street name lol

[@HarmonicWave]

Being physically quiet and still while sneaking in a game is just about immersion and getting into the mood. Since I sit too much for work I often try to stand up while I'm playing adventure games and if I'm climbing in a game I'll make physical climbing motions with my body just to get more movement in.

[@aggroxan-179]

Been a subscriber since like 2016, gameranx narrators never fail to make me laugh 😭

[@WinterIgnatius]

Reloading any weapon after you've cleared the immediate area without fail, every damn time.

[@manuelquerochang2275]

Things that we learnt by the hard way

[@rmcgowa1987]

Reloading a weapon after you've cleared an area makes sense. Reloading after every shot no matter what makes no sense.

[@DamienBudd]

How many people hold their breath when underwater in a game?

[@RebelRising22]

This! I do it while watching movies too, just to see if I would make it in that scenario

[@solesoulsorrow]

Excellent list!

[@hill2hell]

The #10 habit is because of RE, when I was younger I was so trigger happy and there's these enemies that were ammo sponges that were so tanky that I used my grenade launcher ammo, I didn't know that I needed the ammo on the boss instead so I ended up redoing the whole game since I didn't have multiple saves. #7 is also a habit that pays off in games because in most RPGs the "wrong" way most of the time has some items or a collectible, or in final fantasy fashion an optional boss you encounter because you went the wrong way first.

[@felurfalas4427]

Number 9: The real reason people talk to NPCs multiple times is because devs like to hide quests or items behind random NPC dialogues that you can only activate by talking to them more than once. These quests often give insanely good rewards or story and worse of all, they tend to be missable.

[@eddieford9373]

Anyone else always hold onto at least one kind of every weapon and armor just in case one of them gets an update and becomes the meta?

[@HalaSantiago]

Cries in Destiny

[@Whomecouldntb3]

Me in Destiny.

[@bitteroldhousecat9304]

When I look around a wall in a game, I catch myself leaning over.

[@60yashrajgupta98]

This is one of the most relatable videos i have ever come across

[@leeyan9049]

I once recorded my brother playing online in Tekken 7 with all his leg shaking, lip biting, shoulder movements, and wrist turns) he then admitted that it was hilarious

[@kingzach74]

Yep me too. You're not alone.

[@GigaChadow]

I am totally guilty of the “moving left and right” when playing a racing game, or like with pattern/quick time events. Love the content keep it up!

[@alxds]

One of my favorite gaming moments was playing old school rainbow six games. The suuuuuper hard ones. I remember they were one of the first games with lean for a shooter. I was playing, and my two buddies were watching me while my sister was in the room. When I leaned around the corner me and my two buddies watching leaned too. My older sister called us all dorks for leaning like it was going to help me not suck. I also totally lean forward in racing games when it’s that clutch moment to cross the finish line with someone close to crossing the line as if me leaning will make me cross it first.

[@wolfinthesno]

When it comes to "move gaming" the controller tilting in racing games, goes a lot further than that for me, I actually lean my body, and it causes a lot of tension through my back.

[@Immudzen]

Sometimes that hoarding has been useful. I remember an area once in Fallout 4 that had a bad spawn and too many deathclaws there. I got killed multiple times and said screw this and pulled out my mirv 2 shot fatman and .... the problem was SOLVED. All the enemies around ceased to be an issue .... for a pretty significant area around and it was very fun to use it.

[@NenjiAvero]

Gameranx is the only news and info-source I follow :D I think it would be great if you could put the title of videogames currenlty shown in the video somewhere. Otherwise, perfect gaming channel, keep going!

[@kingzach74]

They do sometimes but often they don't. I agree though it would be nice especially for top 10 lists that are about specific and or obscure games.

[@poltergeist_pen]

Awesome list! I definitely do most of them. Also, another weird behavior I have is once I check a room and leave, I seem to be able to convince myself to check it one last time just in case I forgot something important the first time around 😅 I can spend hours going back to places, walking paths I've already gone down, just talking myself into the possibility there's something new, when deep down I know there isn't 😂

[@Justforvisit]

About Number 9: There's this funny little Sidequest in Sacred 2's "Ice and Blood" expansion where there's an NPC named "Saddest Simon" or sth. alike and to solve it you just have to click his slightly changing dialogue boxes about 50 times or so :D

[@budsellers]

Essentially the same as #1... "I'll just clear out this small map section of collectibles before bed." Especially when you're close to finishing the game and looking for reasons to play without finishing, but it is also trouble early game when you haven't ever visited that area of the open world yet.

[@TheElement2518]

Just one more gameranx video before adulting😅

[@nicholasborden3458]

7:37 Number 6: Actually, “Alien Isolation” on XB1, if you had the Kinect Sensor active, did monitor sounds in your room and if you talked or coughed, could cause the Alien or NPC’s to be aware of your presence.

[@mltr5799]

Yep. I've been there too. Definitely. Good vid.

[@rougphantom]

Number 0: Watching a whole video where you're being called out to feel like other people can relate to you.

[@Rokbraker]

Obsessive grinding to get some skin or upgrade, then once I get it I go 'meh' then start on the next one.

[@KrisKillam]

Number one was definitely dangerous playing something like Returnal where “one more” can turn into a 2 hour run. And I don’t want to walk away from that cause I’m in a groove and really in tune and if I stop, the run will end and I won’t progress.

[@TheJmack90]

This is a good video! Ive done ALL of these lmao felt!

[@jimithi5543]

Item hoarding. When I try to use consumables, they often feel like it's not worth it. Like a bomb that does less damage than my regular attacks. Or buffs with a short duration and a niche effect. When limited by turns or pressed for time, it's better to use more reliable actions. So the inventory fills up. Usually.

[@andybrown4284]

The sneaky approach often leads to more controlled fights as you can get into a better location or take out enemies that would otherwise be a pain to deal with during combat. City builders are the ultimate time vampires because there's always just one more thing needing done because even if you write down a reminder you know you'll start the game up and take ages to get around to doing it.

[@hi_tech_reptiles]

A "microphone mode" in a stealth game would be cool, where you have to have a mic plugged in and any noise it picks up can alert enemies lol. Obviously you could cheat it (unless it had to be maybe a special mic or something) but still. Could be a fun hard mode. Especially streaming it to your friends or for streamers lol

[@JaymesGarland]

Doing something over and over again expecting a different outcome is the definition of hope.

[@matthewhibbard9807]

Manhunt with the headset was one that encouraged you to be quiet IRL until you wanted to lure someone.

[@Neopulse00]

7:30 - (Laughs in Alien Isolation)

[@Mr.TSuave]

Possible Solutions For some Habits but mostly just coming to understand yourself: 10 - Sell excess potions to a 5th left. Got 100 potions? sell 80, you have 20 left. / Test Best Guns SPECIFICALLY on boss fights or "tough" enemies. You made it this far without doing so, you can handle what's next. I believe in you, believe in yourself. 9 - A game design issue. Great dialog has something more to say when you have new relative information. 8 - Nothing wrong for exploring the limitations of the game. But I suggest doing this after finishing the game at least once to understand the direction of the story. 7 - Nothing wrong for exploring. This is also a useful ability to have in interactions, if you can convert it. Someone trying to pick a fight with you? See how they are attempting to use you as an escape from their own responsibilities (Ex: their fault for the car crash so now they’re trying to blame you on an Assault charge to even out the cost.) 6 - This is part of the immersion. You are playing a character, you are that character. 5 - Game design issue. No one has Perpetual knowledge of your location and doesn’t make sense unless the game specifically mentions why they have that knowledge. (Ex: a tracker is on you) 4 - It used to be a way to check that the game hasn’t frozen. But we all have different reasons. No issue here. You do you 3 - Be honest with yourself. But yeah, sometimes the game’s hit box doesn’t make sense either or the controller is starting to show signs of degradation. 2 - This is also an immersion thing also. Sit laid back = play style is laid back. Sit focused = playing focused. People also play to reverse the comfort. Laid back sit = focused sit for deceptive play. Also, comfort matters. 1 - Set a Realistic Limit for yourself and Keep Your Promises so you Remain Productive naturally. If your deaths in a game are far in between, don’t set your checkpoints on deaths. Use an hour to start. An timed hour of play for an untimed hour of work. Or set a daily limit of time. Accept an hour of play. Anything more is excessive. So if you should stop, you would stop because you already accomplished that hour.

[@shadedskys]

I’d like to note : in games like alien isolation for full immersion it makes use of your microphone, and the enemy ai can find you if your making noises so, it’s something that is very cool and should be added into more stealth games

[@mrfisher7220]

The repeat talking to NPCs really became a habit back when Legend of Mana came out, and you had to talk to NPCs 3 times or miss out on quests/content. Though I have been doing it before that, that game made it more ingrained in my gameplay habits.

[@thorsteinnorman7133]

Add to that the act of coming back to previous levels or areas, just to see if progressing through the game or story in different ways change NPC behavior or lines

[@flussymaze5859]

Never using that master ball

[@kingzach74]

Right? Because there juuust might be another Pokemon that's even harder to catch than the legendary your trying to get.

[@ghostyuki-kfpinquisitor1038]

(Insert wandering legendaries)

[@gameranxTV]

👍

[@torgranael]

There are two kinds of gamers: - Those who save/quicksave every few seconds "just in case". - Those who haven't haven't saved in the last six hours, and not even the looming threat of a power outage with no autosaves will cause them to falter.

[@ahmadrh1386]

6:44 The returning in deltarune was crazy to show as a example of going the "wrong way"

[@KopaPguiN]

With racing games, going a step further: leaning from side to side IRL as you turn in the game. I still do this all the time.

[@MyUsualComment]

As an RPG player, "Just one more quest" kills me every time.

[@johnstark9164]

Discussing move gaming, I love watching some people play sports games like Madden or FIFA. From gaping mouths to tongues sticking out, something about trying to score in sport game really makes gamer faces animated

[@lilBugger35]

My cousin would lift the NES controller higher every time she jumped in Mario. If she jumped 3 or 4 times in a row she would have her arms almost fully extended above her head. This was about 30 years ago but I've never forgotten it.

[@Jaderosefox]

One you didn't mention: smash/push/pull/climb/throw *everything*! Especially if the texture/color is just a little off. Lol Zelda style RPGs are *really* bad about training you to do that. Also, a thing I tend to do when it comes to No. 2 is if there's a fishing element, jerking back the controller when there's a bite. Doesn't help a bit but it makes me feel better.😁 I also do the whole straining my neck to peek over/around things on screen without actually moving my character.

[@kingzach74]

Pretty sure we've all done those at some point. I definitely have.

[@thegamingchef3304]

I don't know if this qualifies, but I became addicted to doing things on 2 games Resident evil village and Dying light 2...I would run out into the darkness and trigger a chase with volatiles letting them get close only to run Into the UV light at the last second 😂. That was so fun to me for some reason. And Resident evil Village Lady Dimitrescu would come at you in the mansion, but you could run into the safe room at the last second. Those were fun and addictive to me lol..

[@eskimo7176]

Really good tip. While in the rage of your always check your inventory to see if there's anything you've saved for that specific occasion.

[@privacyvalued4134]

Number 1 and 2 hit home hard. That's why I almost never start up FPS games these days. The neck craning and the "just one more" gives me a whole lot of neck tension. Maybe there needs to be a gamer posture controller to correct bad posture and a game timer in Steam that force quits the game when it is bedtime (e.g. maybe could be Steam overlay integrated to cleanly auto-exit the game - such that it gets to know when you are back in the game menu system).

[@notproductiveproductions3504]

Things only niche gamers will understand: no one else in your social circle plays what you play, getting called a “sweat” just cuz it took you two attempts or less to learn a play style they consider “try-hard” (says more about them than it says about Mr. Niche Gamer imo)