Dodge offset is such a strange omission. I would have never figured that out in my own. if not for the internet I wouldn't know it exists at all.
The game effectively doesn't. There's no tutorial and no good way to stumble upon it, and I think there is only an off-hand explanation in the PSP version's manual of its existence, but not how to do it.
Resident Evil 6 - most of its melee moves.
i assumed it was something like that because when i googled it the wikis said it like it was the most obvious thing ever
Uhh, when you start a new game, the game asks you if you want to do the tutorial or not, and there's a segment in that tutorial that explains parries properly.
Actually, nope, enemies are blocked from doing this. All except for in Map30 of Doom2/TNT/Plutonia, however except for one very specific instance in TNT they never get a chance to do that either. Of note, the enemy spawning behaviour from the IOS is not a telefrag, though it runs the same stomp function when they spawn (making sure they clear the occupied space from other enemies), which is why that rule exists.
You have 45 unseen "health points" in Halo 3 along with your 70 "shield points" that are on the HUD. It's typically inconsequential, since losing your shields already means your one melee or BR headshot away from death. However, health recharges independently from your shields - I believe shield recharges after 5 seconds of no damage, but health recharges after 10. Health also recharged at a slower rate (9 health/sec as opposed to 40 shield/second). All of this could lead to a situation where you could face someone with the same amount of shield, but one of you still has an unseen health advantage due to being out of combat for longer. This can make a difference in a lot of situations, such as needing less AR rounds to kill than someone with full health.
Oh, fuck me I guess.
If jumping on the barrel didn't make it move so much, this would have been easier. The way it is makes it seem like jumping would work when it actually doesn't. Like, everyone figures out that you press up/down to ride the elevators in Metroid, but the Sonic barrel is infamous.
Resident Evil 6 - most of its melee moves.
And shiny Pokémon and all the chaining mechanics, as well as the Masuda Method.
The actual worst hidden mechanic, I'm glad it's getting more and more visibility in the games but goddamn
Not properly explaining how to play the game is a mainstay in the genre. I've yet to actually play a great fighting game tutorial. The closest I've seen to "good" is being able to see the combo they are expecting from you by pressing a button.
Even certain moves aren't included in the move list.....!
It's been a minute, but wasn't Dodge Offset not explained in Bayonetta. I can get not teaching taunting in W101 since it's pretty much only for high-end players and the game already has a gigantic learning curve (I didn't even start to understand it until my second playthrough), though leaving it out of any kind of in game controller information is odd, but Dodge Offset is a core aspect of the combat that should have been taught in the open tutorial sectionTaunting in W101
The devs did tell you about it but outside the game lol:
W101 Blog Ep. 25: Tips & Tricks | PlatinumGames Official Blog
Hello everyone, it’s Ichi! The Wonderful 101 has been out in Japan and Europe for a while now and we’ve receiv […]www.platinumgames.com
Wasn't the "tutorial" just an awful qte-fest where Leon carries an injured Helena that doesn't teach you anything but "herbs heal?"
I didn't see any explanation for that either when playing through the base game, but I think I saw loading screen tip explaining how you can weapon switch to bypass reload/cooldown animations in the DLC. Maybe they added something in later.
