What's the Point of Critical Hits?
591K views · Apr 30, 2021 · Gaming
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@DesignDoc · 5 years ago · pinned
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@Anna_Rae · 5 years ago
Fun fact: Earthbound’s critical hit (known as smash attacks) don’t increase damage output, but instead they ignore the defense stat of the enemy.
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@SigiL2 · 5 years ago
When you're showing clips of games on screen, would you mind adding a small label to one of the corners to let us know what the game is?
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@vitoremanueldelyrasantosna1607 · 5 years ago
Super Mario RPG has an item critical system. There's a chance that every item used in battle will be a freebie, so you get the effect but keep the item for another use.
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@tekayo63 · 5 years ago
I find it funny how you talked about TFC's headshots and TF2's backstabs, but not the random crits that are extremely notorious in TF2
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@scienceteam9254 · 5 years ago
Darkest dungeon:<br>"Critical hits are meant to make the player suffer even further."
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@Creed329 · 5 years ago
Goliath to david : what you gonna do? Kill me in one hit?
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@MayHugger · 5 years ago
Because it makes my dopamine go crazy when I see big numbers.
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@justaClippy202 · 5 years ago
The simple answer: so we can hear Frederick shout "Pick a god and pray" before sending someone to the afterlife.
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@maorivirs8752 · 5 years ago
In wargroove, crits are based on unit specifics. For example: pikeman crit when they stand next to eachother, archers crit if they don't move this turn, mages crit when standing on mountains, knights when they move in a straight line ... Adds alot to the strategy.
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@GamesDeconstructed · 5 years ago
I really enjoy seeing additional effects on crits (status, self-heal, etc.). Makes them feel more "special" and rewards speccing into critical hit chance with more than just large numbers.
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@j.u.n.e-v2 · 5 years ago (edited)
Nothing better then hitting an enemy with Null in SMT4 and then seeing the enemy smirk and critical hit you into oblivion.
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