Consumable Items (and why I barely use them)

I guess what I'm trying to say is… Sometimes, you just need to inject yourself with some red stuff, and kick the shit out of people for the sheer fun of it

You guys ever feel like your youtube recommendations feels like this guys inventory?

Berserker: Doubles the damage but with a 5 minute cooldown

Threat that could kill me: appears

Me: WHAT IF SOMETHING WORSE HAPPENS??

Sekiro designed access to consumables in a really interesting way. Early in the game (aka when I sucked at it) I was DESPERATE for my consumables bc I would have to fight enemies over and over again before I would win. This, combined with the very limited inventory that prevents spamming, forced me to ration them almost too much, only using them only when I thought I would win (and being incredibly upset when I was wrong lol). However, this forced me to focus on improving my skills in the core game mechanics so that I could survive without them. As they became easier to access, bosses got much harder, so they were still very difficult even though I had ample access to debuff and health items. Forcing players to ration items so they can “”get good”” before rewarding them with more access was definitely brutal, but it made the experience more enjoyable for me after I got through the early parts of the game.

Recently I played through Dragon Ball Z Kakarot, and the game lets you make dishes that give you a boost in certain stats. I straight up, never used that system besides the tutorial. I did how ever stock on health items to use in battles because to me that was more reliable. I think that dish system didn't make a whole lot of sense to me consider how easy and straight forward the combat was, enough to the point where you can defeat an enemy wayyy out of your league (e.g. lvl 70 vs lvl 100). It would take a lot of time to do so because you wont do as much damage, but it was very doable. The health potions helped a lot in those situations because they would do way more damage then they would take. So if I was low on health I would just spam potions. Which is weird, because in something like Dragon Ball Xenoverse, you could buy hundreds of potions, but you could only use one of each per battle. That allowed you to act more strategic with when you would use it, or if you needed to. DBZK's approach to potions just made the game too easy imo.

"I'm tired of always choosing harder difficulties" Wow dude flex

redownloaded far cry 5 thanks to the outro and started using the consumables
i cleared a whole outpost and MAN that feels amazing

That moment when you know for sure that this is the final boss in the game and decide to binge on every consumable you always put off using. After which, you proceed to wreck the boss into oblivion.

Here before the boys supporting boys crew comes through

here from gus and ed pod cxast

Thing is, I d this with special moves as well. The last GOW God Rage I only used becaus eit also restored some health. This first time I played Kingdom Hearts 2 I only used the Drives when fighting a boss because I needed to restore them afterwards (near the end I realized they improved some basic skills so you needed to use hen as often as possible to level up).

Nice to see Child of Light in this video, if only for a second. That game would be perfect if it weren’t so easy, and the potions are a big part of that: walking around with 30 of each type, never using them, and still doing all the sidequests and explorations to get more, because the journey is so fun even when the reward isn’t.

I know it’s irrelevant but this is the opposite in terraria expert/master because everything can kill you and everything will kill you early game aka potions are necessary even if you aren’t battling they help you in everything else. Plus they are relatively easy to craft a bunch

Meanwhile I built my Gerald around chugging as many potions as possible. Turns out it’s overpowered as hell.

For me a lot of it is bad value. "Here's a damage item that's worse than a skill or basic attack you can use consistently."
Okay, worthless. ESPECIALLY in turn-based games. I have never used an Antidote during a Pokemon battle and I never will because why waste that turn instead of just killing everyone and recovering at my leisure?
I have similar problems with time-based buffs. I just hate having a clock on me. In level-based games, consumables would be better if they just lasted for one level, but otherwise, I'm not interested in clock-watching.
The only consumables I both think to use and bother to use are ALTERNATIVE attacks. I've been playing Mafia III lately and grenades instakill cars, so I get use out of them. Knives silently kill enemies at a range, so they're cool to have. Other consumables…exist, I guess I'll use them if I think of it and am at max.
It helps that there's a constant influx of them. If a consumable is rare and temporary, it's unusable.

I have thought about this from time to time, usually i hit the idea that these items have value. They could be sold to better myself in other ways that are more permanent.
I often hate when at item is required to progress, like removing an otherwise unbreakable shield from an enemy or its the only type of damage that affects them.
Arguably, if i need to use a consumable, i was not properly prepared for this fight as the fight is now an emergency situation.

Try playing terraria