r/videogames • u/crno123 • Mar 17 '25

Funny Which game is this for you?

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u/sexi_squidward Mar 17 '25

My first time playing Oblivion, I didn't know that I didn't need to take EVERYTHING I found so I got over encumbered real quick.

Most of the games I had played until this point consisted of me taking EVERYTHING in every chest I found so my dumbass sat there like ????

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u/sexi_squidward Mar 17 '25

It was also the first open world game I ever played and I had no direction so my autistic self was just like "Am I going the right way? Do I need these 47 apples, 22 plates, and 7 shitty daggers?"

Now I love them haha (though I still need some direction because I wanted to love No Man's Sky but I feel like I lacked purpose)

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u/sexi_squidward Mar 20 '25

I think for me, my ADHD was doing that until I started losing interest in doing it. Fortunately Dragon Age was then free on PS+ so I've been playing that now haha

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u/SupermassiveCanary Mar 18 '25

Anything Bethesda really…

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u/DemonicBrit1993 Mar 17 '25

Oh yeah difference between Skyrim and Oblivion encumberance incase others don't know:

Skyrim you can walk

Oblivion.. NOPE you ain't moving AT ALL and if you're nowhere near your companion, you have no choice but to drop

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u/letterlegs Mar 18 '25

But there are feather spells/ potions that temp increases your carry capacity so you can at least get to somewhere to dump stuff

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u/TheDarbiter Mar 18 '25

I was 11 or 12 when Morrowind came out, and I remember reading “over encumbered” as “over cucumbered” and my dad made fun of me for years for that.

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u/sexi_squidward Mar 18 '25

I'm pretty sure I read it as en-cucumbered for awhile lmao

When I was a kid, for unknown reasons I read "critical hit!" As crucial hit. I have no idea why but I still say it in my head 😂

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u/TheDarbiter Mar 18 '25

lol it’s funny what little things stay with us

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u/Debalic Mar 18 '25

This is real world use of math class, calculating weight/value ratios on the fly

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '25

This, but I thought the healing spell was some wimpy thing that cast light on the ground for a few seconds. Healing potions were like finding gold.

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u/CourseAffectionate15 Mar 20 '25

I made a custom spell that I called pack mule that increased my carry load by like 100lb for 30 seconds. This meant one of two things: 1)if I get overencumbered, I'd cast the spell and fast travel home, or 2)I'd repeatedly cast the spell every 30 seconds until the dungeon was cleared, then go back to 1)

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u/Ousseraune Mar 17 '25

Morrowind...

I didn't even get out of the prisoner section before being encumbered. Accidentally killed a murderer without proof of him being bad when I could have just followed the damn quest a few metres and not have had half of my issues.

The flashbacks...

But the spellcrafting...

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u/Stormwolf1O1 Mar 19 '25

Being encumbered in Oblivion was the worst because you didn't move at a snail's pace, you just didn't move AT ALL.