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In Persona Q I completely forgot skill cards existed.

In kid Icarus Uprising weapon fusion was...above my head lol. Never quite got how the intricacies worked.

Like half the entire fucking game in Xenoblade Chronicles X. A complex web of mechanics + stupidly small text and yeah your gonna miss stuff.
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Inb4 a Neanderthal mentions FFVIII junction system
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I didn't use a single GF summon in FF8
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The first playthrough of Star Ocean 3 I skipped the tutorial for crafting. I was like 10-11 and quickly decided to nope on out of there.

Other than that I know there's more I'm not thinking of but can't recall. All children stuff in Fire Emblems I disregard and just don't touch. I did on one playthrough and broke the game. Skipped it on all the rest.
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XCX - probably used Overclock less than 3 times after 200+ hours. I eventually equiped a time extender and quickly learned what I had to do. Basically a new game lol

S3&K - Didn't know about insta shield

Tales of games - Cooking, but less of 'didnt know how's and more 'cant bother with it'. Now most the time it's automatic
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Oshawottownage posted...

Like half the entire fucking game in Xenoblade Chronicles X. A complex web of mechanics + stupidly small text and yeah your gonna miss stuff.

Oh man, the game sucked at teaching you how to play. Even reading through the electronic manual only served to help a little. Had to do a lot of my own research to get to the point I was confident that when I won a fight, it was on purpose.

Even then I ignored some of the mechanics like elements on armor, augments etc. Everything had pros and cons to balance and I was never really sure if I was helping or hurting myself. I had a great time with the game in the end, sublime combat system once you discovered how it worked (still never re-arranged soul voices or any of that stuff though) but I opted to focus the story because I didn't even want to know how deep the rabbit hole was going to go if I started looking into post-game content.
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Bringit posted...

Oshawottownage posted...

Like half the entire fucking game in Xenoblade Chronicles X. A complex web of mechanics + stupidly small text and yeah your gonna miss stuff.

Oh man, the game sucked at teaching you how to play. Even reading through the electronic manual only served to help a little. Had to do a lot of my own research to get to the point I was confident that when I won a fight, it was on purpose.

Even then I ignored some of the mechanics like elements on armor, augments etc. Everything had pros and cons to balance and I was never really sure if I was helping or hurting myself. I had a great time with the game in the end, sublime combat system once you discovered how it worked (still never re-arranged soul voices or any of that stuff though) but I opted to focus the story because I didn't even want to know how deep the rabbit hole was going to go if I started looking into post-game content.

Yeah. Its what turned me off on the game. Fucking beautiful world but the story and user friendleiness needed a lot of work.

Also sound options.
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Bullet editor in God Eater
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Mines in literally any shooter, rpg, action game, etc
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Also the "perfect dodge" or w/e in BOTW feels incredibly inconsistent
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Items in Blue Reflection. Even though I'd see all of them in the crafting menu when upgrading skill fragments... never crafted or used any of the ones I got from quests

I never played Gwent except for the initial tutorial in Witcher 3. I also never parried in any Dark Souls game unless it was by accident, I just rolled.
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Wavedashing
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Magic or whatever its called in Dark souls and bloodborne even though its much easier there.

Most LMGs in most call of duty games.

Team Style in the megaman battlenetwork games.
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Crafting in Yakuza 0, lmao weapons
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Secondary weapon functions in Perfect Dark. I didn't know they existed until I was almost done with the game.
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Light/Dark weapons in Eternal Sonata. After looking it up I'm still not entirely sure how they work, so I always just stuck with neutral while playing.

Updating my guns in Persona 5, except for like, endgame or whenever the game gave me a free one. I didn't know how to make money efficiently at first so I could only barely afford weapon and armor upgrades most of the game. I'd nominate Iwai for least useful Confidant if Ohya didn't exist. >_>
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I never really messed with the alchemy in Oblivion. It was pretty complicated iirc.
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Try_Another___ posted...

I never really messed with the alchemy in Oblivion. It was pretty complicated iirc.

Same, it never interested me in any Elder Scrolls game to gather shit and make potions. I never went this route.
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I never made my own Gummi Ship in Kingdom Hearts 1 or 2.
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That sport in FF10
I never figured out how it works. Only game I ever finished was the one required in the plot and I don't even know how I managed that

The skill learning system in Tales of Zestiria.

Confusing. Incoherent. Convoluted.
It's like trying to play something resembling Scrabble with Sanskrit characters but without any explanation or understanding of what any results may be.
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the skill system in atelier rorona. i ended up 100% the game without spending a single skill point lol.
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Skyrim - shouts (my bow took care of everything)
Witcher 1 - bombs
Witcher 2 - blocking & traps
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I didn't use the Forms in Kingdom Hearts 2 for the entire game. The only time I used them was just to level them up for completionists sake.
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Anything that wasn't Aard in witcher 3
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wdlp posted...

Anything that wasn't Aard in witcher 3

They are all cool and useful, but yeah aard just outshines all of them in combat.

Knockdown to insta-kill. Why bother burning or stunning them? Yrden trap is only useful for wraiths.

Only quen comes close.

But on thaaat note: secondary forms of signs.
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I barely used the Parry move at all in Dark Souls
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Tetra Master was such a major disappointment after Triple Triad.
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I never bothered to properly use the gambit system in FF12. I just made everyone auto attack and switched from character to character during a fight.
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EternalDivide posted...

The skill learning system in Tales of Zestiria.

Confusing. Incoherent. Convoluted.
It's like trying to play something resembling Scrabble with Sanskrit characters but without any explanation or understanding of what any results may be.

They do explain it but all 3 sections of the tutorial on it is spread over ~6-8 hours of content. Meaning yeah, you'll probably forget some of the stuff because they throw so much at you in each tutorial.
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I could never understand the Xenosaga Episode 2 battle system or how and why anyone could make something so shitty.
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Alchemy in any of the Elder Scrolls games
I never played engineer Shepard in Mass Effect
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Crafting in New Vegas.
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Chicken posted...

Crafting in New Vegas.

Best ammo in crafting
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josifrees posted...

Inb4 a Neanderthal mentions FFVIII junction system

It's been so long I don't remember but I could really see myself not using that right my first playthrough. >_>
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in nier automata i didnt know you could heal in battle or switch weapons or anything in battle
i thought you had to pause the game and navigate the menu to heal
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Assassin's Creed Origins: the tools, don't ever feel a need to use them and they're a little bit of a pain in the ass to use, imo.

Chicken posted...

Crafting in New Vegas.

Truth.

Ammo crafting was almost pointless because you only made a couple bullets at a time, and it used A LOT of resources. It was far more time efficient to just wait at Vendortron and buy ammo as it comes up for sale.

Food crafting was garbage as well.

Literally the only decent item you can craft is the Bottlecap mine.
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MechaKirby posted...

XCX - probably used Overclock less than 3 times after 200+ hours. I eventually equiped a time extender and quickly learned what I had to do. Basically a new game lol

This for the most part. Couldn't even beat the final boss I was so bad at the game. Then I made improvements to my build and learned overdrive. Beat the final boss in 5 minutes. Then post game, now I can beat Luciel the Eternal in 5 seconds, and Telethia Endbringer in 7 minutes. Gravidius legit takes a half hour though....
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Zikten posted...

That sport in FF10
I never figured out how it works. Only game I ever finished was the one required in the plot and I don't even know how I managed that

its easy when you realise that its hardcore rng based, but you can cheat by using Jecht Shot once for an easy score and then hiding behind your own goalie to bug out the AI

although with the required match sometimes you just outright lose, as in they get the ball first and they just outplay your shitters until they get a score even though you havnt been able to control anyone even once
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ROBANN_88 posted...

I barely used the Parry move at all in Dark Souls

People who spam parry are known as parrycucks. A real man doesn't parry.
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FFVIII junction system

Pretty sure I skipped the tutorial the first time I played and then never used it for that entire playthrough.

Granted, I was nine.

Beyond that, I tend to not use crafting systems until endgame in RPGs, until making very strong gear is needed.

Also, fuck everything about that one jewel system in I Am Setsuna.
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Pretty much everything in Star Ocean 2.
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Countering in Bloodborne. Never got the timing down, and didn't want to waste blood vials learning.
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Any item/potion/ammo crafting system in any game.

I can't be bothered to collect minuscule things for a slight buff in a game to me that's not fun or worth it.
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Skyrim - cooking
AC: Brotherhood - bombs
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St0rmFury posted...

AC: Brotherhood - bombs

That was rev. But yeah, it was a neat system but not one that was worth opening up the menu to use.
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Pokemon Musicals in Pokemon Gen 5.

Probably the most pointless addition to any Pokemon game. Especially with them replacing the Contests.
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