Embarrassing Video Game Confessions

[TheEchosOfTheCyborg]

This thread is dedicated to those moments in our gaming history we're embarrassed about, either because of weird silly practices we do, embarrassing matches etc. For example with me:

1. The reason I liked Reptile in Mortal Kombat is because I've always wanted a pet Iguana.
2. once had 37 losing streak in Tekken 7
3. When I play Silent Hill 2 for the first time, I only knew Pyramid head from Cultural Osmosis and the movies which had made me think he was more like a latter day Jason Vorhees and was like a murderuous cheeky scamp or an Anti-Hero... So let's just say I had a VERY BIG surprise when I saw his introduction in 2.
4. I fully admit I had a crush on Symmetra because I've always wanted more cool and badarse autistic characters that I could play as that weren't stereotypes. a power fantasy for me who grew up being mocked for it.
5. And my biggest embarrassment and gaming shame is accidentally saying RvB: Recovery One sucked when I was 14 while playing with a member of Rooster Teeth... I hate my teen self for that and I wish I could sorry for it or yell at my teen self for that.

Some ground rules though:

Please don't post anything illegal
Please don't abuse, mock or harass others about their confessions and be respectful.
If you don't feel comfortable posting a confession, don't, their is no peer pressure and do what feels comfortable for you.

 

[Landford]

I paid one month of Origin Premier to play Anthem.

 

[Soulflarz]

I smurf when stressed because mindless wins are fun in games I'm good at and it helps keep me sharp-ish.

 

[Plasma]

I bought Fallout 76 at launch.

 

[SolidChamp]

Back in the day I thought the Virtual Boy was Nintendo's successor to the SNES, so I sold my beloved SNES with an insane number of incredible games and three controllers AND the Super Scope 6 to get a VB.

After a while, I had amassed a library of the most worthwhile VB titles...and then one day decided I needed to trade it all away for an Atari Jaguar with...and here's the cringe-inducing kicker...Dragon The Bruce Lee Story video game. I had somehow got it in my head that I needed the Jaguar for the Alien vs Predator game that was released for it...a game which I never found.

I ended up trading that piece of shit to my brother for a Sega Genesis and NHL.

Probably the most inane series of decisions I've ever made in my life relating to material possessions.

Like...fack! Someone invent a time machine so I can go back in time and slap the shit out of my younger self.

 

[Pascal]

I like Sonic games. More than Mario games as a matter of fact.

 

[Lakershead22]

I listened to people hyping up a game. Went out and bought it and hated it lol

 

[Aurc]

I don't do it as much as when I was a teenager, but sometimes I still go out of my way to get the stupidest or least fun trophies in games.

I spent way too many hours playing Destiny, from its launch in 2014, to around mid 2017.

As a kid, I found Carmelita Fox from the Sly Cooper series attractive.

Spoiler

I still do, and I'm not that embarrassed by it, or I wouldn't have posted it here

 

[Bear and bird]

X360 launch year: I bought Perfect Dark Zero twice. Second time because I scratched the disc by accidentally knocking down my 360. I stopped placing my 360 vertically after that day.

I wish I had known that I wasn't even going to like that game that much. Should have bought Kameo instead.

 

[mxbison]

I got that Nier Automata trophy without a guide

 

[honest_ry]

I frequent ResetEra

 

[Aaron D.]

I swapped my Intellivision + 30-some games with a friend for Vectrex + maybe 5 titles.

I did it mostly for the portability factor as I was travelling between DC & Boston a lot at the time, visiting family.

Worst trade ever. SMH.

 

[Deleted member 9971]

I have a lewd callie and a lewd marie tattoo squid sisters from splatoon 👀 Not as embarrasing as it sounds tbh cuz people seem to love those thats irl. Rest of my videogame tats are pretty sfw tho and they are hidden in casual clothes anyway.
(They are pin-up like)

Also got like over 80+ amiibo.

And gaming wise as in like in gaming truly probably my anger issues in the past where i deatroyed a tv out of anger cuz i lost in gta v. Well that was a good lesson cuz now i count to 10 or take a break if it gets too much sure a expensive one tho. I still curse tho altho i dont aim it at people around me or in games but to the game or myself.

 

[Red Devil]

I am terrible at LoL. Not just playing, but watching a match on stream. I mostly have no idea what's going on, any time.

Actually, the same can be said to most of eSports games. Overwatch, Starcraft, stuff like those....

 

[PintSizedSlasher]

- I once purchased DLC for Sleeping Dogs, just to get the platinum trophy (faster)...

- I think both DICE Battlefront games are better than the original games...

 

[Bazooka Joeker]

I pre-ordered Operation Raccoon City and picked it up on launch... Luckily I returned it the next day.

 

[Oldmario]

i need strategy guides to play RE1-3 and Silent Hill 1-4 because i get lost in them pretty easily

tho i did beat the RE2 remake by myself so i don't really know anymore

 

[WestEgg]

Several of my childhood video game controllers have teeth marks on them from when I would get so mad at the game I felt I had to bite something.

 

[Clive]

I bought X-Blades and no denying that a contributing factor was the cartoon booty on the cover art. I was younger though and I learned my lesson.

 

[EarthPainting]

I completely mis-read the set-up of Shadow of the Colossus.

Spoiler: Shadow of the Colossus' set-up and ending

I thought the game was about a dude who brought a human sacrifice to some kind of dark god for power, immortality or whatever. Made enough sense to me. They never bothered to explain your relationship to the lady. You're warned not to go to the forbidden place. The disembodied voice you sought out was clearly cartoonishly evil. A lot of those colossi you slay leave you alone until provoked. You slowly become visually corrupted as the game goes on.

Even when you transform and die, you still kinda die and get re-incarnated, making it seem like the mission was mostly a success, save for the whole being trapped in the barren wasteland bit.

When talking about the game with my friends, they were really confused. I don't remember why I was wrong, but I've accepted that I probably was.


Another recent one happened when I was playing Lost Vikings with someone. That game is kinda confusing in co-op, since it's not always clear who is in control. A rather tricky section came up, but I was really pleased to see me ace it from the first try. ...Except it turns out I wasn't the person in control. I was just pressing buttons like a little sibling with an unplugged controller. I felt pretty embarrassed, especially since I acted smug and obnoxious right after. I suspect she didn't realise though, and thought I was being silly and encouraging to her instead.

 

[VonGreckler]

- I think both DICE Battlefront games are better than the original games...

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Me too buddy.

Also, I bought the Collector's Edition of The Force Unleashed II at midnight release.
Beat the game before 3am.
Immediate regret

 

[Shambala]

I never got pass chapter 2 in red dead redemption 2. Deleted it off my ps4 😪

 

[AudioEppa]

I played the 360 a few times... 😖

I was disloyal for a minute, wasn't worth it.

 

[Deleted member 54320]

I like video games.

 

[ckareset]

Couldn't beat wind waker for years cause of the arrow in tornado thing.

 

[SnatcherHunter]

I bought Fallout 76 at launch.

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/End Thread

 

[JustJavi]

I think the wii u wasn't as bad as everyone thinks it was.

 

[Nachtfalke]

I play almost every JRPG with a guide.

 

[ThisThingIsUseful]

My brother, neighbor and I lost to Glass Joe repeatedly as a kid because we didn't know you could dodge, so we'd punch until tired and then get punched to the ground.

 

[Sgt. Demblant]

When I first played WoW in like 2006 / 2007, I played for a few hours without realizing that I had acquired new abilities that I could map to the hotbar, which was not automatic at the time iirc.
So I basically played with just auto-attack until I reached like level 10 or 15.
To be fair, it was my first MMO and one of my first western rpgs.

The funny thing is, I remember fighting some random mobs and thinking that the combat was really strategic and interesting, lol. Because I had to run around, trying to dodge them and regain health mid-fight.

 

[Kemono]

- i really liked Dragon Age 2 (and Platinumed it)

 

[Rotobit]

FFVII was a formative game of my childhood but I didn't finish for like 10 years, same goes for most RPGs besides Pokémon. Ironically I have the opposite problem now, I finish way more traditional RPGs but Pokémon is an absolute slog for me to get through.

I've been playing FFXIV since May 2017, the month before Stormblood came out, and I haven't even finished the MSQ yet. Hoping to do it by the time Shadowbringers comes out but I ain't the type to dedicate all my free time to an MMO.

The Redeads in Wind Waker still give me the heebiejeebies and I have to look away from the screen whenever I have to beat one.

I'm pretty sure I spent something like 3 hours on the final boss of Mario + Luigi Partners in Time, and my DS battery ran out. Turns out it's just a really bad difficulty spike and you have to fight every single enemy you come across in the rest of the game to stand a chance.

I like almost every Sonic song with vocals, the one exception being Seven Rings in Hand. We Can is a jam and no one can ever tell me otherwise.

 

[Deleted member 46414]

I spent five dollars on the trash that was Pokemon go.

 

[Skyebaron]

I bought Battleborne for 40 bucks

 

[FullNelson]

I have never played FFVII. Should I start the journey now, Era?

 

[LocoRoco]

I bought Anthem at full price

 

[Zacmortar]

Embarrassing in a lighthearted way: I don't know why but most of the male character models in Dying Light were weirdly attractive to me. That game's artstyle wasn't even particularly stylish and every dude just wore Cargo pants.

This did not sooth my rage at the colosseum boss fight, however, where I broke my first PS4 controller.

Embarrassing in a more personal not light hearted way:

Spoiler

I used to(and instinctively still do) looked to Heather Mason of Silent Hill 3 as an older sister figure, as I played that game constantly when I lived in a bad home as a kid and Silent Hill(especially 3) helped me cope. I always hate telling people that the disturbing sounds/music/atmosphere are legitimately relaxing to me because it always sounds like im being edgy, but I just genuinely get calmed by them. Whenever I'm upset, 3's soundtrack is my go to uplifter, and Heather Mason just has a permanent place in my heart.

 

[Alastor3]

I have more than 600 games on steam, but lately i've been pirating indie games to save money.... :(

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Mercilessly made fun of a neighborhood friend for buying Earthbound; thought it was a baby game with shit graphics.

Then I (reluctantly) played it... and the shame and embarrassment of my opinion blasted over me like PK Flash.

 

[Simon-chan]

I bought (and never played) Final Fantasy Type-0 HD at launch just for the demo of FFXV.

Spoiler

I was more animal than man.

 

[Deleted member 2791]

i backed mighty n°9

 

[mopinks]

when I fell into the Etecoon pit in Super Metroid I couldn't figure out how to wall jump my way out and had to start the entire game over

I still can't wall jump in Super Metroid

 

[Henchman]

Sekiro is my first From Software game.

 

[Con85]

I changed my PS2 clock to kill The End in MGS3.

 

[ckareset]

I have more than 600 games on steam, but lately i've been pirating indie games to save money.... :(

Click to shrink...

Feds did a sweep

 

[Moves]

I've never played Chrono Trigger, FFVI or FFIX and I absolutely love JRPGs.

 

[speedomodel]

I have never played a Final Fantasy game.

I have never played a 3D Zelda game, only the Gameboy games. To me, 3D Zelda doesn't even look like what I consider Zelda.

The only Mario game I have played is Mario Kart on the Wii.

 

[JumbiePrime]

While using my PS4 controller on PC and having my PS4 on at the same time, I some managed to navigate to the PSN store and buy Airheart..

 

[Etrian Darkness]

I only play as characters I find hot.

 

[Sailent]

I don't have that much time to play games anymore, and I'm only interested in the story, so I'm often using trainers to cheat my way through.