• Prime@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 years ago

    In Serious Sam there was a secret you could only reach by starting running backwards while the level was still loading. The hint was that you heard a “door closing” sound from behind.

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    2 years ago

    This is the exact same instinct that drives us to run away from the obvious path first. “Clearly that’s where the final boss is. Let me just check what’s down this way first…”

    “…oh no wait, there’s a point-of-no-return ledge here. Ok, so maybe that other way was actually where the secret was. I’ll go back…”

    “…hmm, there’s another ledge on this side too. Let me just put in a save point and…ok, yeah, this one is the final boss. Let me reload and check the other path…”

    “…ugh, it restarted me way back here? And respawned all the enemies when I reloaded? That’s frustrating…”

    “…THEY BOTH. LED. TO THE SAME. EXACT. PLACE.”