OCD vs. Video Games

[lisalover1]

It's really weird, but sometimes in games, if I press one trigger for too long, I feel like I need to press the other trigger. The same thing happens with the D-pad, and it's the worst with an analog stick; I have to move it to the opposite side every now and then. Also, I always try to pick up every single dropped item in a game, even if I don't need it. It's really annoying for me that I feel like I have to do it.

[Niode]

It's really weird, but sometimes in games, if I press one trigger for too long, I feel like I need to press the other trigger. The same thing happens with the D-pad, and it's the worst with an analog stick; I have to move it to the opposite side every now and then. Also, I always try to pick up every single dropped item in a game, even if I don't need it. It's really annoying for me that I feel like I have to do it.

This made Oblivion completely unplayable for me, I don't think I managed to get much further than the sewer before I was weighed down. I'm a bit of a horder in real life and I just could not drop anything. (to tell you the truth I have no idea how you would go about dropping anything. It's not explained at all, in the manual or in the game on the PC version)

When playing adventure games I have to explore every single nook & cranny of an area before I can simply move on. I just can't leave it, If I know I've missed something I'll have to go back, if I can't go back I have to start again. It bugs the crap out of me. Takes me bloody ages to complete games.

It's interesting how behaviours in real life affect the way you play a game. I'm afraid of large expanses of water and therefore can't swim. I HATE having to swim in games. I'm not too fond of games where you just swim on the surface, but the games where you swim underwater just gets to me. I have to get somebody else to play it for me. This has only started to affect me more recently due to the increase in fidelity. The water dungeon in OOT doesn't bother me for example. Resistance 2 with that level that fills up with water scared the bejesus out of me. It made me panic so much. Urgh, and the first boss. OMG I was literally shaking playing that bit. Not because of the boss, but more for fear of falling in the water.

[CRTGAMER]

My OCD is when I buy Video games. I will drive to 4 different Gamestops to get original case, cover art and instructions. Actually I think that is fairly normal for any Video Game Collector. But I go as far for instance in the case of Gamecube, looking for any extras. If there is say 6 copies of a particular game I will look through all the cases for Health Warning pamphlet, Nintendo Subscription offer (each game has its own custom offer inside), condition of booklets and of course the original case with memory card holder slot. Also in case of extra discs like Metroid and Mario Cart I traveled entire county district just to get that extra disc. Then asked store proprietor if I can switch the Gamecube case to a dual Gamecube case like Matrix just to get that extra holder for the bonus disc.

Okay think maybe just a tiny bit OCPD? Somebody help me ...........

[Kebo]

I used to be OCD about 'completing' games and getting everything. I still am, to an extent, but only when it's in a great game, and not overly difficult or time consuming to do so. I've had to overcome it because I knew I couldn't play all the games I wanted to if I kept doing it. Now my big OCD is having complete copies of games. I pretty much don't even want a game if it's not complete. I think part of the reason is nostalgia, I want to be able to see what the game looked like back when it was released, not just a cartridge or disc. Since I have no plan to ever sell them, that's the only explanation I can come up with. Collecting things in general, whatever it is, is often irrational like that.

I also like to read every box/case and their manual, at least the interesting sections. The older they are, the better, since they seem strange and foreign. It's like a glimpse into the past.

I want games in their ORIGINAL cases. I can switch an identical PS2 case out for another identical PS2 case, but I'm bothered by the fact my Sonic Adventure is in a case that says "Compact Disc" on the inside, when the original didn't. Definitely OCDish.

[Kebo]

I'm afraid of large expanses of water and therefore can't swim. I HATE having to swim in games. I'm not too fond of games where you just swim on the surface, but the games where you swim underwater just gets to me. I have to get somebody else to play it for me. This has only started to affect me more recently due to the increase in fidelity. The water dungeon in OOT doesn't bother me for example. Resistance 2 with that level that fills up with water scared the bejesus out of me. It made me panic so much. Urgh, and the first boss. OMG I was literally shaking playing that bit. Not because of the boss, but more for fear of falling in the water.

Here I was, thinking I was the only one like that. I've overcome a lot of it lately, depending, maybe only because of having to do it so often. I don't have fear of falling in the water so much as BEING in it with other things. Being in the water with those piranha-esque fish in Quake 2 was terrifying to me. Those water creatures in Shadows of the Empire on N64 scared me. Whenever there's water in a game, I hope it's not fully fleshed out with enemies in it. I've noticed this fear is only in 3D games, not 2D, and only when the water has depth to it. Metroid Prime 2's water parts were scary. In real life, I don't even like to stick my hand into my fish tank with small tropical fish.

[Niode]

I'm afraid of large expanses of water and therefore can't swim. I HATE having to swim in games. I'm not too fond of games where you just swim on the surface, but the games where you swim underwater just gets to me. I have to get somebody else to play it for me. This has only started to affect me more recently due to the increase in fidelity. The water dungeon in OOT doesn't bother me for example. Resistance 2 with that level that fills up with water scared the bejesus out of me. It made me panic so much. Urgh, and the first boss. OMG I was literally shaking playing that bit. Not because of the boss, but more for fear of falling in the water.

Here I was, thinking I was the only one like that. I've overcome a lot of it lately, depending, maybe only because of having to do it so often. I don't have fear of falling in the water so much as BEING in it with other things. Being in the water with those piranha-esque fish in Quake 2 was terrifying to me. Those water creatures in Shadows of the Empire on N64 scared me. Whenever there's water in a game, I hope it's not fully fleshed out with enemies in it. I've noticed this fear is only in 3D games, not 2D, and only when the water has depth to it. Metroid Prime 2's water parts were scary. In real life, I don't even like to stick my hand into my fish tank with small tropical fish.

Yeah people think I'm mad. These are the people who are just as surprised to find I can't swim. "how can you not swim?" they ask. "Simple, I don't float" I reply. I hated the bit in Half Life 2 when you get warped and then fall into the water and that huge creature tries to eat you. OMG WORST NIGHTMARE. That thing haunted my dreams for weeks. I would be having a nice dream, and then all of a sudden I would fall through the floor into water and one of those things would attack me. Then I'd wake up.

[lisalover1]

It's interesting how behaviours in real life affect the way you play a game. I'm afraid of large expanses of water and therefore can't swim. I HATE having to swim in games. I'm not too fond of games where you just swim on the surface, but the games where you swim underwater just gets to me. I have to get somebody else to play it for me. This has only started to affect me more recently due to the increase in fidelity. The water dungeon in OOT doesn't bother me for example. Resistance 2 with that level that fills up with water scared the bejesus out of me. It made me panic so much. Urgh, and the first boss. OMG I was literally shaking playing that bit. Not because of the boss, but more for fear of falling in the water.

Yeah, the same happened with me when I was a kid, playing Super Mario 64 and I simply could NOT play the Jolly Rodger Bay and Dire, Dire Docks levels. That air meter always freaks me out.

[Anapan]

I find I do that as well, but I have a definite breaking point. If it takes more than 1 hour to increment a counter (farming for a rare items) and I realize I'm not having fun anymore, that's one of the few times I'll cheat a game. I either find or manufacture a luck modifying code that will bump it up to the point where I figure the game should've either given me the items or not included them. I don't feel guilty for it. I play games to have fun, not to wander around the same small area for hours at a time.

[Josh]

I'm afraid of large expanses of water and therefore can't swim. I HATE having to swim in games. I'm not too fond of games where you just swim on the surface, but the games where you swim underwater just gets to me. I have to get somebody else to play it for me. This has only started to affect me more recently due to the increase in fidelity. The water dungeon in OOT doesn't bother me for example. Resistance 2 with that level that fills up with water scared the bejesus out of me. It made me panic so much. Urgh, and the first boss. OMG I was literally shaking playing that bit. Not because of the boss, but more for fear of falling in the water.

Here I was, thinking I was the only one like that. I've overcome a lot of it lately, depending, maybe only because of having to do it so often. I don't have fear of falling in the water so much as BEING in it with other things. Being in the water with those piranha-esque fish in Quake 2 was terrifying to me. Those water creatures in Shadows of the Empire on N64 scared me. Whenever there's water in a game, I hope it's not fully fleshed out with enemies in it. I've noticed this fear is only in 3D games, not 2D, and only when the water has depth to it. Metroid Prime 2's water parts were scary. In real life, I don't even like to stick my hand into my fish tank with small tropical fish.

Yeah people think I'm mad. These are the people who are just as surprised to find I can't swim. "how can you not swim?" they ask. "Simple, I don't float" I reply. I hated the bit in Half Life 2 when you get warped and then fall into the water and that huge creature tries to eat you. OMG WORST NIGHTMARE. That thing haunted my dreams for weeks. I would be having a nice dream, and then all of a sudden I would fall through the floor into water and one of those things would attack me. Then I'd wake up.

I know the feeling. This may sound pitiful, but when I first got The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, I was never able to beat it until I turned 12, and I got the game when I was 8 I believe. The sailing scared me to no end, and the Big Octos and other enemies just made it worse. Even to this day, I haven't been able to beat it 100%.

[Weekend_Warrior]

I understand the fear of drowning. But why are so many people afraid of water on here? The human body is comprised of roughly 60-70% water. There's no reason to be afraid, kids!