>I do however always accumulate/optimize for maximum ammo/currency/gear/weapons/items, to the point where I believe I completed >80% of Half-Life with the crowb

>I do however always accumulate/optimize for maximum ammo/currency/gear/weapons/items, to the point where I believe I completed >80% of Half-Life with the crowbar, to conserve ammo. I tend to do that too, but I hate it. Ruins the fun. Though, one time I did tell a friend playing Doom 3 to conserve ammo as much as possible because he'd "need it later". He wasn't too happy with me after his hard work was stripped from him mid-game. :) It's even worse though when the game itself incentivizes the behavior. Deus Ex: Human Revolution, for example. Melee kills awarded more XP, so it made sense to just melee everything to max your skill progression. Then you finish the game (and its terrible ending, unfortunately) with enough ammo to fight a one-man ground war.