What is your video game OCD?

Ah yes video games. How we all love them. However sometimes, we love them a bit too much that it's safe to say that we all have some sort of video game OCD in some instances.
 
For some of you it may be one of the following,

• In Super Mario, you have to jump and catch the wand before it hits the ground after defeating a boss. It hits the ground, and you have failed. Might as well turn it off.
• In a game like the Legend of Zelda, you pick up every single Rupee, heart, bomb and the likes. Even though they are full and have been full for ages.
• In a FPS, you have full ammo and have slayed every enemy in the room... yet you can't leave their weapon there, so you fire off a round, reload, and then pick up their weapon for ammo.
• In an RPG like Diablo 2 or so, you pick up every available item, warp back to town, sell them, and then go back and repeat, even though you don't need the money.
• In Super Mario 64 i long jump instead of running as i believe its faster. In Zelda OoT, i roll everywhere as i also believe its faster.
• If you are playing Tony Hawk 2 and have started a good combo and bail, you might chose retry level.
  

When given the choice, always take the wrong path. 
 
Plus in survival horror games, it's an absolute must that I ''investigate/examine/observe/stare/drool'' everything possible. 
 
Also more recently, I find it very addicting to jump about in Borderlands.

I've got clinical OCD for which I see a councilor twice a week. Does this count?

In adventure games you starty clicking every single pixel there is.

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When given the choice, always take the wrong path.

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I constantly hit the reload button just in case my clip is not full.
I explore every optional path before moving on.
I will stop using a fully leveled up weapon so I can level another one.
I break every breakable object I pass.
I loot everything.

ALWAYS reload after killing an enemy or group of enemies. i reload constantly (even when i don't even need to) which is why i got the Killzone 2's "reload manually 150 times" trophy so damn fast.  
 
@Abyssfull said: 

Plus in survival horror games, it's an absolute must that I ''investigate/examine/observe/stare/drool'' everything possible. 

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When given the choice, always take the wrong path. 
 
Plus in survival horror games, it's an absolute must that I ''investigate/examine/observe/stare/drool'' everything possible. 
 

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" I constantly hit the reload button just in case my clip is not full.   

 I explore every optional path before moving on.  

  I will stop using a fully leveled up weapon so I can level another one.  

  I break every breakable object I pass.   

 I loot everything. "

• Everytime i enter a hall or room or a yard etc... i must look around and espicially know what sort of roof/sky im under 
• I blow up ANY red barrel or gas tank i see 
• I almost always look for the tricks or the catch, and rarely believe what im supposed to believe..

After killing any boss in the original NES Ninja Gaiden, I must wall hop/climb to the top of the screen, jump off, and slash *just* as the screen freezes to go dark, so I'm as high as you can be for an action pose.

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When given the choice, always take the wrong path. 
 
Plus in survival horror games, it's an absolute must that I ''investigate/examine/observe/stare/drool'' everything possible. 
 
Also more recently, I find it very addicting to jump about in Borderlands.

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• I use things to make the game more intense and yet, more difficult for myself. 
• I compulsively reload. But only when the number for my total ammo left ends in either a 0 or a 5. 
• I insist on driving generally in games such as Halo.
• I prefer helping my team kill people in games such as Bad Company, but I get annoyed when I get an assist in Call of Duty.
• I buy designs off the Forza Auction House to make my cars look more racing-ready.

Every time I boot up Phantom Brave, I play one practice round on the easy maps, even though I've already a decent understanding of the game. Also, it's episode 15. Out of 20.

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When given the choice, always take the wrong path. "

I played F.E.A.R. on the hardest difficulty, and because there was no regenerating health, and because you had that slow motion ability, I wouldn't allow myself to take unnecessary damage.  So if I ever got hit by a bullet I'd reload the last save.

I could not stop playing Fallout 3 until I had created the perfect character.

I reload unnecessarily. 
Also I'm obsessed with being quiet in any shooter if i can.    

" I played F.E.A.R. on the hardest difficulty, and because there was no regenerating health, and because you had that slow motion ability, I wouldn't allow myself to take unnecessary damage.  So if I ever got hit by a bullet I'd reload the last save. "

In rpgs like FFVI and FFVII every new materia or magicite I got, I would just sit there and grind to level them up, before I'd continue to the next thing.

I check every single corner of whatever area I'm in and I reload everytime I kill something.

I always reload all the time in FPSs. Also, don't really know how to describe it, but on 2D side scrollers, always jumping when you hit the last screen. So, like in Sonic, seeing how high you can jump when you pass that metal turnstile thingy. Same for Megaman and Metal Slug, etc.

• I  cannot and shall not play with a greasy controller / Keyboard & mouse. And will always wash my hands after eating so I don't get anything on my controller.  

In a RPG I have to talk to every da** person in town.

MUST FINISH THE MAP!
 
And I really reload way too often.
 
I also have a tendency to be stuck on the character creation screen for hours, you don't want to know how many times I restarted Mass Effect 2, and watched that stupid unskippable cutscene just to tweek my Shepard's looks...

In PC game i quicksave all the time even if i don't need to. I always keep my hand on the quicksave button.
I alway open all the doors on a map (even if it's two doors leading into the same room).

All of the ones in OP
as well as reloading after every kill in shooters. 
In a lot of open world games i always strive to get to the highest point on the map

Oblivion quicksaving, i got so used to doing it i used to press F5 before i opened the internet browser or installed something etc.

Constant Reload. 
Constant weapon switch (mostly in Counterstrike, just to hear the noise of the gun when i cock it) 
Once I know which path to go,  i take the other. 
Constantly collect rupees when my wallet is full. 
Break every box. 
Fire a bullet to pick up the extra ammo. 
In games like Half life, if I pass a health station with full health, then 5 minutes later i lose just one health point, I have to go back and refill. 

I'm playing Fallout 3 on the PC (didn't get too far into it on the 360) and I've noticed that my OCD is in full gear in this game, same as it was in Dragon Age and the original Mass Effect.  I check every box and every container multiple times.  I guess I am always worried that I missed a chest and so I recheck them all to make sure.  I'll leave the area and if I have to come back, I'll recheck all the crates.  The same is true of bodies if they are persistent.  If something might contain loot, I'm gonna make sure I cover every nook and cranny for the spoils of battle.  The funny thing is, I can't carry all that stuff (well I could carry a lot in ME1)  so I wind up discarding or returning items in hope of recovering them later, which by then, I've found something better.  Still, I need to know for certain that I've not missed a thing.

"I'm playing Fallout 3 on the PC (didn't get too far into it on the 360) and I've noticed that my OCD is in full gear in this game, same as it was in Dragon Age and the original Mass Effect.  I check every box and every container multiple times.  I guess I am always worried that I missed a chest and so I recheck them all to make sure.  I'll leave the area and if I have to come back, I'll recheck all the crates.  The same is true of bodies if they are persistent.  If something might contain loot, I'm gonna make sure I cover every nook and cranny for the spoils of battle.  The funny thing is, I can't carry all that stuff (well I could carry a lot in ME1)  so I wind up discarding or returning items in hope of recovering them later, which by then, I've found something better.  Still, I need to know for certain that I've not missed a thing. "

I have a tendency to hoard ammo.

Currently Im working Forza 3, getting the solid gold achievement. That means win every race event. Its gotta be like 200 events.

Playing RPG's I never use any potions, herbs or anything consumable... I always think i'll save them for a rainy day.. that never comes/ or the items become obselete.

"Playing RPG's I never use any potions, herbs or anything consumable... I always think i'll save them for a rainy day.. that never comes/ or the items become obselete. "

" Playing RPG's I never use any potions, herbs or anything consumable... I always think i'll save them for a rainy day.. that never comes/ or the items become obselete. "

In stealth games, I can't get seen. If I do, I either a) get myself purposely killed or b) load the last save.

" I've got clinical OCD for which I see a councilor twice a week. Does this count? "

When I started playing the Mega Man X series I forced myself to keep my buster cannon charged constantly.  That's probably universal, but I couldn't move a single step without charging.  To that end in any game where the jumping seems faster then the walking, even with that half second delay before you can move again, I'll always be jumping every I go.  And ya, I like to grind out levels, so I like to max out everything I can in any game with those mechanics...which is pretty much every game these days.

I always reload after I killed something and I break every box in the room hoping to find something. In rpgs, I always talk to everyone in the towns to.
@Abyssfull said:

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When given the choice, always take the wrong path.

I have serious Mario OCD. I want every coin and every One-Up I see, no matter how long ago I hit the 99 lives cap.

Back when I was playing Tony Hawk 3 on ps2, a bail meant an automatic retry haha
 
And in RPGs, I'm very obsessive about checking every corner and alternate path for any possible form of loot.

1. I constantly reload like many people. but that's because I suck at shooters and hate dying.  
2.In an RPG, if I lose one battle and I can go back, I will grind for an hour no matter what. Final Fantasy has trained my mind to do this. It is NEVER the fault that I don't go out of the way to get the best armor or skills. 
3. Back when I used to play Star Wars Battlefront 2, I would A. turn on invinciblity and B. always play the following maps in this order: Kashyyyk Rebels with a sniper on that sweet perch, Dagobah Empire first person because it's cool, Mos Eisley Assault (CLASSIC) and even though Dark Side had better characters, I could NEVER win as them, and I cap it off with a random space battle where I go straight for the enemy ship, disable everything, and then fly around like a maniac until my team wins.

" I've got clinical OCD for which I see a councilor twice a week. Does this count? "

• I reload after EVERY firefight.
•  In RPGs I never start another fight no matter how easy it is unless my health bar is like 98% full.
• Back when I was a kid and I played pokemon 24 hours a day I always had to beat gary in the first fight. If I didn't then I would turn it off and start over.
  

" @Hitchenson said:

" I've got clinical OCD for which I see a councilor twice a week. Does this count? "

I imagine that might actually extend into your gaming, wouldn't it? "

I tend to reload extremely often as pretty much everyone else, just something from some old game reminding me to never go into a firefight with an half empty clip. Quicksave after everything. One of my many issues with console games is that I can't quicksave.  
 
In RPGs I do pretty much everything. And I have a strong urge to complete one town or whatever, everything in it, and then move on to the next. Just Cause 2 have brought this thing to full blown proportions. If I visit one location and it's 0% completed, that's fine. But man oh man I hate picking up one weapon upgrade and getting like 10% completed or whatever, because then I REALLY must do all the shit there and get it to 100%. 
 
There are 2700 locations in Just Cause 2.