10 Addictive HABITS ONLY Gamers Will Understand
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- čas přidán 8. 05. 2024
- After playing a bunch of video games every gamer develops some sort of compulsive addictive habits.
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0:00 Intro
0:25 Number 10
2:05 Number 9
4:05 Number 8
5:37 Number 7
6:57 Number 6
8:06 Number 5
9:18 Number 4
10:39 Number 3
11:47 Number 2
13:08 Number 1 - Hry
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I hate it when I accidentally choose the right path and it locks me out of going back.
Bingo. That's annoying as fuck
I cry every time.
YES!
yep... you try to go just far enough... then BAM cutscene or some shit and youre screwed. i remember i locked myself out of an entire town in Lost Odyssey cause i chose the other one then the other option was destroyed
I die a little inside every time this happens
Accidentally fired a shot from a 100 mag, I have to reload now because 99 just won't do the job
And it's the slowest reloading weapon too. Gotta make sure we always have a full mag. That last enemy could die with that extra bullet lol.
Never keep your mag on anything other than full or half
yes absolutely lol
Real
Yeah! Where tf was THAT?! 😂 the one thing in every game which haz any type of "pew pew": reload hand gun, change mag in an AR, better refill my flint lock, putting a new rock in this slingshot, reknocking up an arrow, does this launcher has one ore multiple rockets? Better check an restock. We've all been there... 😅
Here are a few more:
1. Breaking destructible items in games even after it is clear that they have nothing in them.
2. Searching every nook and cranny, every shelf, every trash can, every cabinet for items even when they are mostly not interactable
3. Walking into or hitting walls in dungeon type games looking for secret doors
4. Mashing buttons during cut (not load) screens looking for that button that will allow you to skip the scene even when there is no indication that one exists.
5. Eating a mouthful of food or taking a quick drink during a cutscene or narrative section of the game rather than pausing to eat a meal
6. Clicking on every single dialogue option in a menu just to make sure you have said them all and "greyed them out"
7. Achievements - enough said
5 bis - And getting a game over because while you were doing that, you missed a QTE. ;)
@@jamic6107 LOL Guilty
I usually dont do all achievements, but when i see that there's an achievement that looks cool, hell yeah i am doing that
As an achievement whore....I feel this to the core.
Calling an elevator or something with a push button in-game, and keep pushing it even if you know it activated correctly.
firing 1 round and reloading the magazine is another addictive habit.
buying a new game while u have a backlog of other unplayed games
Both Fr, I was waiting for these to be included.
The waterfall check. Always check behind the waterfall for anything hidden.
And under stairs
Zelda link to the past blew my mind with the fairy behind the waterfall
Break everything to check for loot. Go into a house in a game and proceed to trash it, to find nothing.
Look arisen, a ladder!
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Trying the 100% clear the first section in an open world game before continuing the main quest.
I'm so doing that with the Witcher 3 and it's next to impossible. So many things to do that I'm 50 hrs in to the first chapter lol
Dragon age inquisition hinterlands says hi 👋
@@derrikosborn8379don't worry, I did the exact same thing! I have terrible OCD and I do all side quests first before progressing through the main story😆
I have burned myself out on many games doing just this. But I can’t. Help it.
I do this all the time and often I end up breezing through the rest of the main quest because I got so OP lol
I don't know if anyone else does this but, I complete as many side quests as possible before I start the main quest. This gives me better gear and practice with the combat and mechanics of the game. Then when I'm ready, the immersion won't be broken as much as trying to learn while also trying to pay attention to the story.
Yea I absolutely do that in every game. That's probably why it took me a good 20 hours just to leave the starting island in AC Odyssey. But that's not the only game, I do it in every game. The main story almost always winds up being easier than intended because by the time I get to it I'm already loaded up on gear, level, skill points, and experience. I don't do it for that reason, I just don't like having an incomplete to-do list. Plus a lot of times it does make it less of a chore later, such as if I climb every tower to open up the map, and unlock fast travel points. So I'm not starting the next story mission going in blind with a clouded out map, and having to trek miles on foot when I can just fast travel there.
@beezyj3227 I did it in Origins, soon as I got the blade I did so many side stuff and came back to a level 10 mission as a level 35.
I totally do this in every game but I've noticed in some games this ends up burning me out before I even get very far into the story. Some games like AC Valhalla for example just have so many tedious things to do that I wore myself out before getting far in the story. That's why games like Witcher 3 and RDR are so great because their side quests and activities are just as fun, immersive and varied as the main story!
Same
@@beezyj3227 man I beat the main story of AC Odyssey at like level 5 lmfao
Playing stealthy mission without making any sound and unnecessary movement is mood, you feel like you are part of the world you are playing through and it feels great
For no.2 you didn't mention the most obvious. When you're trying to take a better look at what's over a wall, or below you on a roof, we actually tend to move our heads in real life to look over the wall when it doesn't change what's on your screen at all.
I bob around like a damn owl trying to see over walls and under roofs
I feel targeted lol
When I play traversal games I lean to try to make the ledge 😂😂
😂😂😂 me looking around a wall in cod
exactly the same thing I always do.
Pressing the hidden blade button every damn second in the old Assassin's Creed games is just absolutely unavoidable
It's the sounds, I do it with Edward but now Connor has the curse 😂
Right? It's so satisfying.
not only with hidden blades i do with no weapons equiped
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LOL If I was an assassin irl I'd constantly unsheathe it. ADHD ticks ftw
Anyone else always hold onto at least one kind of every weapon and armor just in case one of them gets an update and becomes the meta?
Cries in Destiny
The pinnacle in addictive gaming behavior is grinding a game for sometimes dozens of hours after the story is done to clean up the achievements or trophies. I spent 50 hours in God of war Ragnarok getting the platinum trophy after beating the main story after about 20 hours.
Checking every nook and cranny for loot. I try to dial it down when playing with others but playing on my own I spend at least 10% more time on searching maps to get EVERYTHING out of it.
The worst is when I spend an hour or so doing this at the beginning and it turns out to be a tutorial area and you don't get to keep the loot.
Did it a lot in Fallout 4 and often times rewarded with secret treasure
Same. Currently doing it with GoW ragnarok. Odins eyes birds are so annoying though, they're way too hard to hit sometimes.
Played co-op Baldur's Gate with my friends and one of them is Rogue-Hunter. He almost literally steals everything that didn't nailed to the ground. Spoons, forks, plates. Even a goddamn cutting board. Then there is Int 7 Barbarian who has 20 corpses in his chest.
Literally a fiend for it, I will search every single place whether it takes me 5 minutes or an hour just so I feel satisfied the area is clear of loot😂
Man, I'm 33 and when I play racing games not only do I turn the controller, I lean my body as if its going to help the vehicle get better center of gravity or something. Every time. 😂
Man I thought I was the only one that did that😂
My sisters would do this when we would play Mario cart on the Wii and it just transferred into other games after that 😭😂
I also try to lean or stick my head forward and look around corners in games, especially when I'm stealthing. Like I can see another perspective that's not shown to my face on the screen.
also pressing the forward button harder as if it would make me go faster.
I noticed myself doing it while playing F1 😂
The repeat talking to NPCs really became a habit back when Legend of Mana came out, and you had to talk to NPCs 3 times or miss out on quests/content. Though I have been doing it before that, that game made it more ingrained in my gameplay habits.
Add to that the act of coming back to previous levels or areas, just to see if progressing through the game or story in different ways change NPC behavior or lines
Haha this was an awesome video and yeah I do a couple of these! One other detail of something I do and I’m not sure if others too? But when I’m hitting my last save manually for some reason feel it’s necessary to save twice in separate files lol. Thanks gameranx and Jake, you guys r the best
Turning around and going in the opposite direction you're supposed to at the start of the game, just to see if the developers hid anything behind you (or included an easter egg) that a first-time player might not think to look for.
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands will hide loot in strange areas and then simultaneously have enemies jump out of nowhere when you try to open the chest. 😂
we learned this from the early side scrollers! haha, thank you Nintendo/Super Mario xD
Yess hahah
Yup in fact I think I’ve done this on 90% of games in my entire life, you have to check no matter how many seconds are wasted its worth it
Every 5 steps in a from software game. Same for smacking random walls
I just realized about #10, when you hoard items and don't use them you get good at not using items as part of your strategy. Therefore it makes sense that you can beat the game without them - they're like training wheels that aren't needed.
I guess in a way, it's like weighted training clothes in martial arts series like DBZ... you're hindering yourself on purpose but you get better rewards/results for persevering through it, be it pushing yourself and managing a narrow victory due to your growing skills, with the added bonus reward being the items you could have used still being in your possession.
Though also it just taps into our primal urge to hoard things in general as a "just in case"... with the phrase "better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it" coming to mind.
Good philosophy there
This is the best video I've seen all month. Maybe longer. I do soooo many of these behaviors!
It’s so impressive that yall pump out content at such a high quality every single day. Keep it up!
I *always* go the wrong way first when met with a crossroad, because I'm that guy that needs collectibles. It's normally twinned with me saying "because I've played a video game before"
YES!
Exactly this, that's why it frustrates me when I accidentally take the correct path immediately and get locked out from going back...
Same!
Same
checking every little interactable things, opening every cabinets, destroying every destructible things (or just end up hitting them if it's indestructible)
all for just 1 more item or a bit of cash
That was my obsession when I played all the Fallout & Elder Scroll games. Check/open everything because you never know if you'll find something helpful/powerful.
If you have ever played the Otogi games (OG Xbox); it rates you on destruction %.
First time coming across this channel and definitely had to subscribe seeing as i do every single one of these whilst gaming 😂.
Surprised in #2 Jake didn't talk about standing to play at particularly hard moments in games. Also either physiclally jumping up a bit or kind of making your controller "jump" a bit in your hands when trying to nail particualrly tough and/or close jumps in platformers like Mario XD
The main habit that I have now, is hitting the save button frequently. Obsidian, Bethesda, & Bioware, have made me soooo paranoid when it comes to game crashes and NPCs(quest givers) glitching out(or they would attack me for no reason). The punchline is that sometimes my game will run a bit slow because I have so many save files. Lol 😂
I developed this after playing Fallout 4 on ps4. Any time I would use a door in Nuka World, the game had a huge chance to crash. So I had to save every time before I used a door.
That and multiple back up saves for me...thanks skyrim 😂😂
@@rogueprince1341 my “paranoid journey” started with Fallout 3 and it got even WORSE with New Vegas lol 😂
@@TheDarkNimbus Yup Skyrim turned us into save file maniacs 😂.
I get paranoid saving the glitch and soft locking myself
I definitely would of added my habit. Walking around in a circle while talking to friends. Waiting on them to join me.
Done that so many times. Especially in Borderlands games. I often add jumping around randomly.
Back when headsets still had wires, we had to walk figure eights.
Does moving the camera in circles when characters are talking to see if the voices go all around my surround sound setup count? I TOTALLY do that far too often!
I legitimately *love* how you worded many of these descriptions, Jake. As a lifelong writer/editor and fellow goofy English major of yore, your interestingly explanatory language is fucking dope.
Cool video! Another one I have is always checking behind me in a metroidvania or action platformer for secrets before moving forward.
My missus absolutely loves the Crash Bandicoot games. I love watching her play them. She becomes extremely animated. Bobbing and weaving. Swaying from side to side. Leaning forwards and backwards. Turning the controller in her hands. Lifting it up when she needs to double jump. Etc. She is aware that she does it, and knows that it makes no difference to the game, but does it anyway. It is incredibly endearing. And she only does it when playing Crash games. :)
One day, I will, finally, play Skyrim using the motion controls on the Switch, with a Stealth Archer build. Will look silly, but I think it will be fun… :)
Cheers,
Reloading after firing just one bullet. 😅
Omg it me 😆
Helldivers is trying to cure this habit in people.
it's not working.
@@chefbreccia2642The big brain moment when you realize HD2 has ammo pickups everywhere so you can just throw those mags out half the time anyway.
My favourite thing years ago was watching my brother try and play my PS2 copy of GTA SA, and with every turn, he wouldn't just tilt the controller, but his whole body. Not sure why I found it amusing, but it definitely made me chuckle.
My personal habit is that I tend to go "I'll just complete this mission", then several days go by. I've been trying to break this habit recently, but I still do it to this day.
I am totally guilty of the “moving left and right” when playing a racing game, or like with pattern/quick time events. Love the content keep it up!
#2 -- back in the NES days I noticed a lot of kids would raise the controller quickly in their hands -- every time they jumped.
I did a thing where I'd stick my tongue out every time I jumped. I'd do it when I played basketball irl and in games.😛
Guilty as charged.
Do not play NES, but do that when I play PC games.
I reload way too much and try to keep my reserve ammo at an even number when I play cod zombies
Compulsive reloading is 100% the most common one
Helldivers 2 made me cut down on this habit.
@@MyManJFKTV more games should make reload like that, the reload becomes and actual game mechanic that way.
@@Spillow-C - I seriously hope Helldivers 2 is the catalyst to make more games embrace that mechanic.
I blame survival horrors, half-mag in a bad surprise can cost ya
10/10 for me 😂 glad I am not the only one! Great video ❤
It's for videos like this that you know the people at Gameranx are gamers and not some random journalists. Keep up the good work!
Hey, I might need those 99 Megalixirs after I defeat Sephiroth.
[RUBY WEAPON HAS ENTERED THE CHAT]
Rebirth’s gilgamesh 😑
Chrono Trigger actually made you use those damn Megalixers since the Lavos Core could make all of your party members have 1 HP at once.
Ember is non-renewable resources that can only be obtained from killing a boss (Which is in limited number, of course).
Me : Finished the game with 69 embers remaining because I might need it later.
@@anantachonnambat6701Nice.
I'll up you one on the "taking the wrong path first." If I get the impression I have taken the path you are supposed to, I will go *back* to the fork to complete the dead-end first.
Great video, love this list! I guess I can consider myself 80% of a true gamer 😊
Yep. Always finish the wrong way before going the right way 💪
Its the always jumping if there is a jump button or always running if there is a run button. I hop everywhere in Halo and it became a habit and in Mario, I always push the run button so it also became a habit.
Gamer ranks is goated.
a few worth noting are reloading after shooting like 5 bullets , spamming ping buttons {like the scan in destiny2} and jumping nonstop to go "faster"
Being physically quiet and still while sneaking in a game is just about immersion and getting into the mood. Since I sit too much for work I often try to stand up while I'm playing adventure games and if I'm climbing in a game I'll make physical climbing motions with my body just to get more movement in.
being quiet during a stealth mission is like turning down the radio in the car when you get lost.
The number 6 is so true… I always compare it to turning down the music in your car when you’re trying to find a certain street name lol
That one more run because RNG was very good to you until you realize it's 3am
That " One more game" turns into 3-4 more hours, hehe 😂😂😂
Worse *5am
Number 1 and 2 hit home hard. That's why I almost never start up FPS games these days. The neck craning and the "just one more" gives me a whole lot of neck tension. Maybe there needs to be a gamer posture controller to correct bad posture and a game timer in Steam that force quits the game when it is bedtime (e.g. maybe could be Steam overlay integrated to cleanly auto-exit the game - such that it gets to know when you are back in the game menu system).
I’d like to note : in games like alien isolation for full immersion it makes use of your microphone, and the enemy ai can find you if your making noises so, it’s something that is very cool and should be added into more stealth games
top 1 for me is grinding too much before progressing
Reloading any weapon after you've cleared the immediate area without fail, every damn time.
Things that we learnt by the hard way
Reloading a weapon after you've cleared an area makes sense. Reloading after every shot no matter what makes no sense.
Number 9: Its a trait from old JRPG or ARPG games, where there is chance of hidden quest, or additional information when you speak to NPC multiple times.
Take Diablo for example, their NPC has multiple dialogues, often giving you clues to a quest if you do not know what to do.
Zelda is notorious in that aspect. If you are playing a blind play through, you never know what are the per-requisite for the side quest to be activated.
Old school gamers may relate to this: Playing old Wolfenstein & Spear of Destiny using your "open door" button and spamming it on ALL walls EVERYWHERE in the game looking for secret passages. That habit took a while to break when I went on to play other games. LOL
Yes! The secret doors in Wolfenstein. That blew me away back then 😄
Not being able to shoot the twins in Bioshock Infinite actually makes sense in-universe.
i was hoping someone would say this
Technically, they were not twins, but the same person with different genre from different universes.
@@juanpabloflores8179 No technically about it they weren't twins they were the same person from alternate universes.
Essentially the same as #1... "I'll just clear out this small map section of collectibles before bed." Especially when you're close to finishing the game and looking for reasons to play without finishing, but it is also trouble early game when you haven't ever visited that area of the open world yet.
Great video, will share with my friends. I'm guilty of all of them!
When it comes to "move gaming" the controller tilting in racing games, goes a lot further than that for me, I actually lean my body, and it causes a lot of tension through my back.
Sometimes that hoarding has been useful. I remember an area once in Fallout 4 that had a bad spawn and too many deathclaws there. I got killed multiple times and said screw this and pulled out my mirv 2 shot fatman and .... the problem was SOLVED. All the enemies around ceased to be an issue .... for a pretty significant area around and it was very fun to use it.
Item hoarding.
When I try to use consumables, they often feel like it's not worth it. Like a bomb that does less damage than my regular attacks. Or buffs with a short duration and a niche effect.
When limited by turns or pressed for time, it's better to use more reliable actions. So the inventory fills up.
Usually.
Awesome list! I definitely do most of them.
Also, another weird behavior I have is once I check a room and leave, I seem to be able to convince myself to check it one last time just in case I forgot something important the first time around 😅 I can spend hours going back to places, walking paths I've already gone down, just talking myself into the possibility there's something new, when deep down I know there isn't 😂
No. 6 reminds me of the only feature I liked on the Kinect… alien isolation and a few other games had sound capture so if you was hiding from the alien and you sneezed or your cat meowed it would find you, best immersion ever
The sneaky approach often leads to more controlled fights as you can get into a better location or take out enemies that would otherwise be a pain to deal with during combat.
City builders are the ultimate time vampires because there's always just one more thing needing done because even if you write down a reminder you know you'll start the game up and take ages to get around to doing it.
Gameranx is the only news and info-source I follow :D
I think it would be great if you could put the title of videogames currenlty shown in the video somewhere. Otherwise, perfect gaming channel, keep going!
They do sometimes but often they don't. I agree though it would be nice especially for top 10 lists that are about specific and or obscure games.
For me, hoarding items in Pokemon games carried over into every generation, even today despite leveling up having become almost ridiculously easy in the past couple of generations. I tended to do this most often with items that restored attacks if I spammed strong moves against tough opponents.
I recently started limiting my gaming sessions to 2 hours at a time. It's enough to make good progress and feel satisfied without being excessive and not to mention cause physical strain on my back and neck especially as an older gamer. I only allow myself one session in the AM (on weekends only) and one session in the PM. It works for me.
How many people hold their breath when underwater in a game?
This! I do it while watching movies too, just to see if I would make it in that scenario
I once recorded my brother playing online in Tekken 7 with all his leg shaking, lip biting, shoulder movements, and wrist turns) he then admitted that it was hilarious
Yep me too. You're not alone.
Number 7 is so true. In ac 3 I was picking all the wrong path in the catacombs on purpose just to have a full map of them. Made it way longer (and useless since you never go back once you unlock everything) but I had fun doing it for some reason.
Modification to #2: Some games let you tilt the controller to steer in that direction, but those usually also let you use the joystick or directional buttons as default option. One such game is Flower, which actually require tilting your controller to navigate. Any other input just speed up your movement.
Number 9: The real reason people talk to NPCs multiple times is because devs like to hide quests or items behind random NPC dialogues that you can only activate by talking to them more than once. These quests often give insanely good rewards or story and worse of all, they tend to be missable.
Obsessive grinding to get some skin or upgrade, then once I get it I go 'meh' then start on the next one.
Number one was definitely dangerous playing something like Returnal where “one more” can turn into a 2 hour run. And I don’t want to walk away from that cause I’m in a groove and really in tune and if I stop, the run will end and I won’t progress.
I can relate to almost everything here because i'm playing games since childhood, but i think another strange behavior that wasn't included on this list is when you're playing games that require exploration, we end up looking all around the map, rooms or areas for hidden secrets or treasures before moving forward in the game.
Now, 1 is more accurate for me in strategy games, like when i did play Tactics Ogre or Final Fantasy Tactics, and similar games in the PS1, to just end up fighting in more maps, "just this one more area", or when the first time i played Rome Total War back in 2004, most of the time i went to bed after 4 or 5 "just one more round". Though i still do this...
And about 4... Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A
Thanks for this great video!
Number 0: Watching a whole video where you're being called out to feel like other people can relate to you.
My whole body leans when I'm going round a messy corner in a racing game
Training instead of playing. I remember in the old game Dungeon Master, one of the early levels had a big square room. I spent hours training with throwing stuff corner to corner for ninja skills, casting fireballs, slashing at nothing, all to raise stats instead of walking down the corridor and entering the next level.
A "microphone mode" in a stealth game would be cool, where you have to have a mic plugged in and any noise it picks up can alert enemies lol. Obviously you could cheat it (unless it had to be maybe a special mic or something) but still. Could be a fun hard mode. Especially streaming it to your friends or for streamers lol
Manhunt with the headset was one that encouraged you to be quiet IRL until you wanted to lure someone.
The dragon ball Z load screen brought back memories 😭😭
One of my biggest habits is in shooters, straight after killing an enemy I'd reload regardless of how many bullets I have left in the mag. Playing helldivers has helped me break this somewhat but I feel like its still a little bit there
I wish games had a audio settings in game that would listen to your real works environment.
In many games I do weapon checks like shooting at objects when I'm alone. Once it paid off in Hitman I realized the gun had blanks before I realized why it had blanks. It was a setup.
7:30 - (Laughs in Alien Isolation)
Just one more gameranx video before adulting😅
When I was a kid remember playing Super Mario Bros. for the NES and jumping every time I hit the jump button. I was just getting ready for the Wi and dance pads. Ahead of my time.
Going on 9 years sober after struggling with alcohol in my youth, now I am using video games (and learning how to make them) as a coping mechanism. For example, in Rain World I use the time-limited runs and try to play only 3 sessions. It helps! ✌️
I don't know if this qualifies, but I became addicted to doing things on 2 games Resident evil village and Dying light 2...I would run out into the darkness and trigger a chase with volatiles letting them get close only to run Into the UV light at the last second 😂. That was so fun to me for some reason. And Resident evil Village Lady Dimitrescu would come at you in the mansion, but you could run into the safe room at the last second. Those were fun and addictive to me lol..
One you didn't mention: smash/push/pull/climb/throw *everything*! Especially if the texture/color is just a little off. Lol Zelda style RPGs are *really* bad about training you to do that. Also, a thing I tend to do when it comes to No. 2 is if there's a fishing element, jerking back the controller when there's a bite. Doesn't help a bit but it makes me feel better.😁 I also do the whole straining my neck to peek over/around things on screen without actually moving my character.
Pretty sure we've all done those at some point. I definitely have.
I love these kind of topics, things only gamers know or do. Thanks.
Whenever I play an open world game and start to explore outside of the story, I always seem to discover places that are amazing and full of mysterious wonders, only to go back to the main story and have to return to that same place in a later mission.
With racing games, going a step further: leaning from side to side IRL as you turn in the game. I still do this all the time.
I once completed dmc 4 without using devil trigger cause I didn't knew wtf it was i thought it's only for cut scenes and ya I was playing with keyboard so i didn't knew the key for devil trigger as well i guess this counts into the 10th behaviour
Fun Loading screens are awesome. Dark Alliance having the right analog stick able to manipulate the fire that covers the word "Loading," or Crash Tag Team Racing (by far one of the best Crash Bandicoot games) having far and burp sounds on the loading screens. I'm also guilty of trying to crane my neck to see under the truck I'm sniping under lol.
I would totally agree with you on the being silent during the sneaking part wouldn't have any bearing on the video game except for the game alien isolation when you play it on the mode where the alien can hear you when your headset is on
Never using that master ball
Right? Because there juuust might be another Pokemon that's even harder to catch than the legendary your trying to get.
(Insert wandering legendaries)
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I think whoever wrote this episode doesn't understand the difference between "addiction" and "habit"
Every single time I get my hands on a new game, the very first thing I always do before start playing is going to the settings to look around and change some of the default stuff.
Even if there's nothing interesting or it's a basic game, I always go to the settings first.
I don't know if this counts under number 2 or not. But i have found myself doing this multiple times (mostly in shooter games), its where you try to do something in real life that you actually want to do in the game. For example in a shooter game I often find myself doing a lean to peek a corner or if I'm going over a hill, I move a bit forward from where im sitting and raise my head, trying to see what's on the other side
Things only niche gamers will understand: no one else in your social circle plays what you play, getting called a “sweat” just cuz it took you two attempts or less to learn a play style they consider “try-hard” (says more about them than it says about Mr. Niche Gamer imo)
It breaks my immersion every time I talk to an NPC multiple times and they start repeating lines. All devs have to do is put a “…” instead of a repeated line to let me know they have nothing left to say, and not break the illusion.
But after they say that they have nothing to say, you're gonna I interact again, and they'll repeat that line, unless there's chatgpt dialogs in games it'll never end
To add onto the racing thing, tilting in the direction you're turning. Unless it's some VR game, tilting is not going to do anything yet myself, and others I know, do this.
Also, just in general, making weird faces while playing, especially when concentrating. Sticking out your tongue a little, chewing on your lips, clenching your jaw (not good for you!), or other weird things. The individual may not notice, but it is quite entertaining to observe.
Been a subscriber since like 2016, gameranx narrators never fail to make me laugh 😭
Meanwhile, when I try to play stealthily in games;
"I AM THE VERY MODEL OF A MODERN MAJOR-GENERAL...."