[Angelic Gardevoir]

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• Back when I first got Pokemon Yellow, I could not finish Silph Co. I couldn't find the Card Key, and after scouring the building for items that weren't behind locked doors, I came to the conclusion that the Card Key had to be in that item ball in that narrow hallway blocked by teleporters on both ends. Yet I didn't know how to get past them I went and beat both Koga and Blaine, but because the Silph Co. quest wasn't finished I couldn't face Sabrina. I basically abandoned the game for about two years, during which I actually finished Pokemon Gold. Then one day I started playing again and it occurred to me that after being teleported once I could step back on the teleporter and turn around to walk into the hallway. Cue facepalm.
• Also in Pokemon Yellow, I was stuck on Brock for a long time in my very first playthrough. While I eventually beat him with a Butterfree (that I named Hope...lol), it was only much later that I found out that I could have caught a Mankey on the route west of Viridian City...and that rock was weak against fighting, for that matter.
• My very first Zelda game happened to be Oracle of Seasons. I was stuck on the first dungeon for a while since I didn't know how to damage the dragon boss, Aquamentus. Or rather, I thought I was damaging it by hitting its body. I later realized that you had to hit the horn...and I could actually hit the horn to begin with. XD
• Also in LoZ: OoS, I had no idea how to progress in the Poison Moth Lair, and this actually forced me to buy a guide. After getting it, it turned out that the reason I was stuck was because I didn't realize that a few blocks were pushable. In fact, I think I even tried pushing them, but they wouldn't budge until I left the room through the stairs and then came back again. For the longest time I thought this "unfroze" the blocks or something, but after looking at a FAQ, that's apparently not the case. It turned out that I wasn't pushing hard enough. ^_^U
• In a Medabots RPG called Medabots Rokusho Version, I was up against Squidguts in an early battle and his Medabots happened to have this crazy powerful sacrifice attack that always wiped out my team before I could wipe out his. I got so frustrated that I cried and declared the game unbeatable. I decided to start over again, however, and I finally realized that the legs they had were for sea terrain, meaning that they were weak to anti-sea weapons. Cue another facepalm.
• All the above incidents happened back when I was a kid/early teenager, but a recent problem reminded me of how dense I could be. I got Dragon Quest VI for Christmas, and the other day I was at the Underkeep in the Dream Realm. There's a certain portion that's completely dark that has spots where you could fall to a lower floor. While activating switches lit up most of the area, there was still one portion that was dark...and it happened to have a staircase. A walkthrough told me to hug the wall near the stairs so I wouldn't fall, but I still fell even when I was by the wall. I soon realized that it was talking about a different wall and a different staircase further south. Cue epic facepalm.

Yes, I'm an idiot. But at least I admit it.

[sprinkles]

For me it's always not being able to find things in plain sight, or trying to equip my character based on any kind of logic or reason.

It usually goes something like this:
Choose lock picks as an equipment - find out later that you never need them.
Decide not to take a rope to save space - find out later that you must have a rope or you cannot progress.

-.-;

[Stephen]

When I was playing Warsong, one of my favorite games for Sega Genesis, I replayed the second battle numerous times, trying to change the outcome. I didn't realize the cutscene at the end, where one of the characters died, was not avoidable. I felt foolish, but nowhere near as foolish as I felt earlier this year when, while reading a guide for the game online, I learned that when characters die in battle, they come back to life again as long as you win the battle. I kept resetting every time one of my characters would die, thinking they were gone for good!

[Master Wolf]

Final Fantasy 5 for NES. Couldn't find something, I cant remember, and took a few years off haha. Later went and beat the shit out of it after wanding around the desert finding sand monsters or something for months to build up my strength. 2 red mages, 1 fighter, 1 white mage.

Snoopy It is still impossible to beat the river jumping. If someone actually does it, its a huge epic event and its put on youtube. Its near impossible. It really is. Fortunately, you can kick butt in the other events and still win.

Phantasy star for dreamcast. I got stuck, i gave up. I have no idea lol.

Elder scrolls morrowind. I really dont know. I tried to cheat, and screwed something up, and it was too hard to go back.

You're making me want to play games again. All i have is a computer and old school nes.

Oh, there was this nes game called magicians something. It didnt matter if u had a guide. It was still nearly impossible.

[Angelic Gardevoir]

For me it's always not being able to find things in plain sight, or trying to equip my character based on any kind of logic or reason.

It usually goes something like this:
Choose lock picks as an equipment - find out later that you never need them.
Decide not to take a rope to save space - find out later that you must have a rope or you cannot progress.

-.-;

Stuff like that happens in real life: You buy something, yet you never use it. The thing you need, however, is something you can't get. XD

As for missing things in plain sight, I don't think I even knew that there was a road west of Viridian until much later. ^_^U

When I was playing Warsong, one of my favorite games for Sega Genesis, I replayed the second battle numerous times, trying to change the outcome. I didn't realize the cutscene at the end, where one of the characters died, was not avoidable. I felt foolish, but nowhere near as foolish as I felt earlier this year when, while reading a guide for the game online, I learned that when characters die in battle, they come back to life again as long as you win the battle. I kept resetting every time one of my characters would die, thinking they were gone for good!

Aww... :(

[Ziwosa]

And that's why I don't play games where you can get "stuck".

[Jennywocky]

Stuff like that happens in real life: You buy something, yet you never use it. The thing you need, however, is something you can't get. XD

yes, but I play games to be entertained and feel happy -- not to constantly repeat the endless mistakes of my day to day life!

I'm having trouble recalling things right now, but I know I've had lots of these experiences.... especially with my ability to gloss over small details if I'm focused on the big picture. Durrrr....... I just have these vague memories in my head of repeating certain scenes in adventure/RPG games over and over because I was stuck, and then finding out later the answer was some dumb little door I overlooked, or some item that I didn't realize what it did, etc.

EDIT: I started playing SWTOR on opening weekend and when I went to choose an advanced class, I tried to kick out to some other menus to read and make sure it's what I wanted, and the class choice panel vanished. What? Did I just lose my chance to advance my class? Do I have to start over and level to 10 again now???? Arrrrgggg....

I decided to write the in-game helpdesk first. Put in the help ticket. Let it go for some hours. Kept playing around either with that character or another.... and then realized that my skill tree was lit up on the overhead menu. When I went there, the panel popped back up. DOH! I picked an advanced class and canceled the ticket.

I had something similar happen where I tried to look at inventory before picking a quest reward, and the quest reward panel vanished. I felt like I lost my quest reward. A bit later, I triggered another quest reward panel, and both popped up. I realized also that in the top right-hand corner, there is a tiny field that will say "# pending' if I haven't accepted a reward option and the panel is cleared somehow; I just click on it, and there's my panel!

[Donkey D Kong]

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[LIST][*]Back when I first got Pokemon Yellow, I could not finish Silph Co. I couldn't find the Card Key, and after scouring the building for items that weren't behind locked doors, I came to the conclusion that the Card Key had to be in that item ball in that narrow hallway blocked by teleporters on both ends. Yet I didn't know how to get past them I went and beat both Koga and Blaine, but because the Silph Co. quest wasn't finished I couldn't face Sabrina. I basically abandoned the game for about two years, during which I actually finished Pokemon Gold. Then one day I started playing again and it occurred to me that after being teleported once I could step back on the teleporter and turn around to walk into the hallway. Cue facepalm.

I did nearly the same thing. Except it didn't take me too long to figure out how to get it.


Also, I was stuck in the water temple on OoT for 5 years because I couldn't find a key. Decided to play it one day and found the key.

ALSO, DON'T FORGET THIS LITTLE BASTARD

[Dylio]

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[*]Also in Pokemon Yellow, I was stuck on Brock for a long time in my very first playthrough. While I eventually beat him with a Butterfree (that I named Hope...lol), it was only much later that I found out that I could have caught a Mankey on the route west of Viridian City...and that rock was weak against fighting, for that matter.

I love pokemon yellow! Ive finished the game countless times. Id always get a Nidoran and get it to level 12(? I think thats it... its been a while haha) so that it learned double kick, which double kicked ass against Geodude and Onyx! Lol

[Donkey D Kong]

I love pokemon yellow! Ive finished the game countless times. Id always get a Nidoran and get it to level 12(? I think thats it... its been a while haha) so that it learned double kick, which double kicked ass against Geodude and Onyx! Lol

I always had a Nidoking by the time I made it to Mt. Moon in that game. lol