Gamers of SaidIt: When did a video game punish you with "instant karma"?

submitted by Choclate1893Pepsi from self.AskSaidIt

So, you're playing a game and you do something stupid, cause mayhem for no reason, or maybe even just was a total douche to everything you see, and then the game decided it has had enough and instantly punishes you for what you did. This is what is known as "instant karma", a different form of regular karma. Instant karma happens instantly, while regular karma just happens later on down your life or playthrough. I wanna know when a video game punished you with "instant karma"? I'm curious to hear your stories.

Here is my story of a video game punishing me with instant karma: So, I was playing Goat Simulator 3 where the sole purpose is to cause havoc as a goat and ruin the lives and days of everyone you see and/or come across. This happened today (as of writing this, it's December 7th). I was playing with a friend online via multiplayer, and I was driving my car down the road to get to Fairmeadows Ranch. My online friend was in the other seat wanting to be shrunken, so that's why I drove over there. Anyways, because he was a giraffe, I couldn't see the road. Out of nowhere, out of the blue, a black car spawns in front of us, and I ram into it with full force, sending the car tumbling across the street. I kept my speed slow to ensure I wouldn't run into it again, and then the back of the black car falls down onto the hood of the car I am driving, making the car do a backflip as a result. I instantly saved that moment cause that was one of the best moments of a game getting so fed up with me. It was perfect, because it was Goat Simulator as well. Maybe I wholeheartedly deserved that.

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[–]Myocarditis-Man 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Playing The Nameless Mod. There's a part where you have to hire a pilot to take you to the last location in the game. The game itself is all about experimentation and exploration. So what'd I do? That's right, I killed the pilot, just to see what would happen. Would the game even let me do that? Would it force me to restart?

The reaction was hilarious. My character wound up having to fly the helicopter himself to the next area of the game (done in cinematics, not actually controlled by the gamer). And instead of a safe landing, the helicopter crash-lands (because the player character is not a trained pilot), and the result is that you start the final, hardest chapter of the game with no equipment whatsoever and minimal health.

This game is all about consequences for player behavior; stealing from the shops catches up with the player later, as does how you treat other characters. It isn't just about how you respond to them in dialog, but if you e.g. agree to help them and screw them over.

[–]Hadit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

When I keep crashing my helicopter to send a police agent to stop a robber who's stuck on a weird part of the building in Sim Copter?

[–]Musky 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

How about doing some impressive jumping to get somewhere you weren't supposed to be, only to fall through a hole in the map and die, or get stuck behind/inside the map.