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Games designed to be one thing, but are commonly played other than intended? (pawb.social)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Kolanaki@pawb.social to c/gaming@lemmy.world

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Not sure how to title this better 😅

Are there any games that you tend to play contrary to how they are intended?

What prompted this question was playing Project Zomboid; but I am all comfortable and snug in my home base that it doesn't feel like playing a zombie survival game anymore. I feel like I am just playing The Sims with a character that mimics my introverted ass. I never leave the house and just spend all day reading, watching videos, learning new crafts, and just staying alive. I have no need to scavenge since I am loaded up with tons of armor, guns, ammo, food, a source of water, a generator and acess to a near limitless supply of fuel from an underground fuel tank generated in the basement.

How 'bout y'all? Do you prefer Surf to actual Counter-Strike? Have an unconventional way of playing Pokemon? I wanna know! 😃

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[–] Jesusaurus@lemmy.world 33 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

I have played probably 2000 hours of Counterstrike, but maybe only a dozen or so of playing the game as intended.

The majority of my playtime is surfing - a mechanic that allows you to slide on sloped surfaces that is exploited to make whole maps that you go down. I play on servers that make compete with other players for time and rank among all other players on the server across maps.

[–] any1th3r3@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh the memories, thanks for mentioning it!
I used to play on surf maps a lot with my friends back in the mid to late 00s; that and scout only maps.

[–] Jesusaurus@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Forgot I also did a lot of bunny hop maps, kz climbing maps, zombies,and a little prop hunt too!

[–] afk_strats@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Can anyone recommend a good video of this? I want to see something representative not whatever YouTube feels like should have been picked up by the algorithm

[–] Jesusaurus@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Here's a world record compilation (best completion times) from the server I used to play on.

https://youtu.be/0NYwrkZGHMI

Their channel has tons of WR videos that are quite impressive!

[–] afk_strats@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Wow! Mesmerizing