View Full Version : "Droplets.... of doom!" (Another game annoyance)
Veepa
07-26-2005, 06:20 AM
I've expressed how much deadly birds annoy me in video games.. but there are other, more ridiculous, ways to get harmed. I'm talking about water droplets... Sometimes they might call them "acid droplets" are something silly like that, but it's still incredibly stupid.
Picture this.. You're just standing in your home.. minding your own business.. and a droplet of water leaks from your ceiling and onto your head. Do you suddenly find your life being threatened? No, I wouldn't think so.
I can't even possibly begin to concieve what kind of weird hydrophobic (www.dictionary.com) game designer came up with the idea... Was he trying to create a bad name for water? I really am curious to know where these bizarre natural obstacles all started. The deadly falling leaves.. What the hell were they thinking? The vicious acorn-throwing squirells.. I mean,.. come on! I've never been attacked by a squirell!
It doesn't end there... the list goes on and on..
Why do I find the need to complain about pointless things?
McBacon
07-26-2005, 06:24 AM
But, its a videogame, its not a real life situation.
Flashback to 1991 -- playing Ren & Stimpy: Space Cadets. Enemies include water droplets, toasters, floating lamps, batteries, and a vacuum cleaner. This might seem amusing. Play the game and be assured it's just stupid. And not "so stupid it's funny" so much as "so stupid I'm going to playing Wario now". The toasters in particular are nonsensical, since your health power-ups are slices of powdered toast!
Veepa
07-26-2005, 06:53 AM
But, its a videogame, its not a real life situation.
I've been playing videogames a while...
I have trouble distinguishing between the two....
Phosphor Dot Fossils
07-26-2005, 06:58 AM
Hey, after 25 years of Crazy Climber, I gotta say, you learn to take the flaming bird poop that can knock you right off the side of a building to your death pretty darn seriously!
Push Upstairs
07-26-2005, 01:31 PM
I remember hating the Genesis version of "Tail Spin" because you took damage from squirting water.
Why would an anthropomorphic bear. whose own body is largely made up of water, be hurt *BY* water?
Damaramu
07-26-2005, 01:45 PM
Maybe it's germy poo-water? Yeah, that's the ticket. 8-)
fpstream
07-26-2005, 03:15 PM
Video games just don't make sense, they're an escape from reality, when was the last time you saw an Italian plumber ride a green dinosaur. It'd only be stupid if water hurt you in a game that strives for realism, like Ghost Recon. Which, thankfully, it doesn't.
diskoboy
07-26-2005, 10:49 PM
*best Seinfeld impression*
....And whats the deal with those pies in Donkey Kong? How would a friggin' pie kill you?
(yes, I know it's supposed to be a cement bucket :D )
Push Upstairs
07-27-2005, 12:15 AM
Mmmmmm......pies.
Lothars
07-27-2005, 02:00 AM
hmm it's a game what can you do :D
GameSlaveGaz
07-29-2005, 11:11 PM
Video games just don't make sense, they're an escape from reality, when was the last time you saw an Italian plumber ride a green dinosaur. It'd only be stupid if water hurt you in a game that strives for realism, like Ghost Recon. Which, thankfully, it doesn't.
I'm Italian, and I ride green dinosaurs to work everyday. So there. Granted, I'm not a plumber, but that's neither here nor there
fpstream
07-30-2005, 01:27 AM
Video games just don't make sense, they're an escape from reality, when was the last time you saw an Italian plumber ride a green dinosaur. It'd only be stupid if water hurt you in a game that strives for realism, like Ghost Recon. Which, thankfully, it doesn't.
I'm Italian, and I ride green dinosaurs to work everyday. So there. Granted, I'm not a plumber, but that's neither here nor there
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you, I'm sure the IPTRGD (Italian Plumbers That Ride Green Dinosaurs) won't be happy. They have some very strong lobbyists in D.C.
Neil Koch
07-30-2005, 01:54 AM
Personally, it always annoys me when you have a game where your character automatically dies when they hit water. Like in GTA 3/VC... you guy can jack any vehicle, carry tons of weapons but god forbid he hits the water!
theguyonthecouch
07-30-2005, 03:46 AM
The vicious acorn-throwing squirells..
Don't joke around, they get aggressive during mating season, I was victim to one who chuck hard little pine cones at my head from the top of a 60 foot plut tree. x_x