Top 10 Useless Items In Video Games

"Ever since the dawn of the inventory years ago, games have been flooded with various tools, items and pieces of equipment over the years. Initially the reserve of RPGs and adventure games, extensive item lists have since translated over to nearly every genre under the sun. Not all collectibles are created equal though, so here are the top ten useless items that you’d be better off avoiding."

[zeal0us]

Not really an item but it piss me off in alpha protocol it offer to save last checkpoint, which was quite useless. I think Ninja blade did it too.

I did find coins in Super Mario to be useless b/c i'm not competing against anyone and they don't prevent death like in Sonic.

[jriquelme_paraguay]

COins 1UP

[NukaCola]

What about the 1/12 scale Shinra Model Doll from Final Fantasy VII? I never could figure out if it's worth anything or tradable.

[badz149]

like 95% of guns in Borderlands! there are so many of them but only few I use for the whole game!

[Klaykid123]

YEAH BUT THE 5 % THAT MATTERS STILL MAKES UP FOR LIKE... 1 Million Guns! LOL.

[CryofSilence]

The best part of that article was the GTA 4 drunken video.

[iamnsuperman]

How dare you Magikarp was awesome. His splash was always super effective on me s/

Good list

[Shubhankar]

Not half the Pokemon, but yeah, a lot of Pokemon are useless. And remember, Magicarp evolves into Gyarados, one of the most awesome Pokemon ever.

[brish]

If you collected enough coins in Super Mario Brothers you got an extra life. That's not useless.

[e-p-ayeaH]

So its like saying that apples were usseless in Crash Bandicoot...

[_Aarix_]

Theyre called wumpa fruit

[aGameDeveloper]

What DO the apples in Crash Bandicoot give you?

[NAGNEWS]

life

[banjadude]

The potion one is so true, lol! Deathspank is the most recent example of my potion hording. I mean, I never even use them (except for a very select few boss battles), since you have regular food to heal with.

[BiggCMan]

Brass telescope in Demon's Souls, maybe not a top 10, but definitely the most useless thing in the game.

[e-p-ayeaH]

Fallout 3´s BB gun is not far from it either.

[iamnsuperman]

The bubble gun in Just Cause 2.

[saladthieves]

I'll agree with the Brass Telescope. It doesn't even have something like a scope or anything...I had assigned it as a quick inventory item because it was a telescope- something new and different.

Funny thing is after 10 minutes of playing, I gave the sucker to the old man in the Nexus to hold it for me.

[e-p-ayeaH]

All those items may be useless to progress the game but if you think about it a videogame is for entertainment so their usefull at some point.

[Furesis]

assassins creed 2 poisoned hidenblade they were just for fun not useful at all

[BlmThug]

WTF are you on about. With the poison you can kill someone in front of a crowd and they wont know plus the poisoned person attacks others for you for a limited time

[Furesis]

but you don't really need it

[QuodEratDemonstrandm]

While the poison blade obviously wasn't as useful as the hidden blade or the crossbow, it did come in handy for me a few times. If I had to choose a useless item for Ezio's inventory, it would have to be the throwing knives. Between the pistol and the crossbow, I never used them.

[Furesis]

that is true

[DeadIIIRed]

Hell, the flame thrower in LA Noire was even more useless than the one in Dead Space

[Cablephish]

I have to disagree with you there.

You know those tiny buggers that pop out of the fat guys in droves? I found the flamethrower to be the most effective against them, as opposed to picking them off with the pulse rifle or something else.

[Blaine]

I rarely ever use flame throwers in games, because they've let me down time and time again. So I can't think of a single game where they were actually effective. Either they lack the damage, the range, the spread, the stopping power (they hurt but they don't stop your enemy advancing on you), or they (and this actually happens more often than it should) set yourself on fire! I just avoid them...

[HaHa_Ostrich]

The flamethrower in Dead Space actually saved my life several times. You cant go running and gunning with that thing. See, when overrun by monsters I ran into neariest corner, I waited, and sent them to hell all at once.

[Braid]

Binoculars in ANY game. I mean, who actually uses them? I don't need to stop and investigate where the enemies are, I usually go Rambo on them! (Unless it's a stealth game, of course).

[Rainstorm81]

yea like the binoculars in RDR, i think you use it once in a mission

[Blaine]

I would've used them a couple times to stake out some wanted gangs, to figure out how many people I had to kill before I could lasso the wanted one, and how many horses he had and where they were, so I could make sure he didn't try to get away. Could have been useful, or at least given me a bit of fun! But you get them so damn LATE in the game, that there's nowhere to use them anymore. You use them once, and that's where the game forces you to.

That's what I absolutely hated about RDR: you get all the interesting stuff at the very end of the game, or after, when you have NO USE for them anymore. Also, the game holds your hand way too much, forcing you to do things exactly as it wants you to, not as you would do them. Wasn't this supposed to be a sandbox game?

[despair]

Far Cry binoculars were very useful, tagging enemies were a must and binoculars were the way to do it.

[MARKUS_MAX1MUS]

Arma II says hi

[tigertron]

I like to use binoculours, especially in FPS games so I can get an idea as to what I'm up against, and create some sort of mental strategy based on their position.

[JellyJelly]

Cigarettes in Vanquish are useless but one of the most AWESOME items in any game. Blowing up a gigantic enemy and directly after rolling into cover lighting a cig makes it one of the best and coolest games ever.

[MARKUS_MAX1MUS]

They should add all the sniper rifles from BF3 in there, A bolt action that doesnt kill with a chest shot.....

[KarateExplosion]

Massamune blade from FF7. Most useless item ever.

[caseh]

3. Alcohol – Most games (WHY?!)

In Yakuza 3/4 getting pissed was important, it meant your heat gauge would charge much faster in fights so you could curb stomp the enemy sooner and more frequently.

I can't really recall any useless items in games but there are no doubt many.

[tiffac008]

Getting drunk in Yakuza will also allow you to do some of those epic drunken master moves as well. XD

[Snowii]

what about all the shit in fallout 3 and oblivion?

plates cups useless swords

[caseh]

'plates cups useless swords'

in Fallout 3 they aint useless, theres that gun that can be used to fire any object you can find. So you can get headshots with teddybears n stuff. :D

[Snowii]

they still take alot of weight

in any house there are like atleast 10 plates

[HaHa_Ostrich]

Yeah, that stuff was useless, but it made the game more lifelike. The more interactive the world objects are the more believable the game feels. Also, the silverware was my main target for building reputation among thieves guild.

[Kee]

How about the bubble gun in just cause 2? That was pretty useless.

Watch this video: it validates my point.

[Cablephish]

lol he's just trying to have some fun with the locals.

[bozebo]

80% of the items in any Elder Scrolls game.

[tiffac008]

The cigarette in MGS actually has some uses. If you run out of diazepam or pentazemin to steady Snake's aim while using a sniper rifle you can use the cigarette as a substitute.

Of course the light and smoke from the cigarette will make it more easier to spot you. Especially against Sniper Wolf ^^;;

In MGS4 it helps the old Snake relax and regains his composure and mental toughness.

[Wintersun616]

What a lame list, while not the most useful items, they do also serve their purpose. But I wouldn't actually expect anything better from gamingbulls#!t..

Cigarettes in MGS were not useless. You could also use it to steady your aim when sniping. And they were a blessing if you missed your thermal goggles, which happened to me on some very first times I played the game.. Also it's a nice little detail.

Pokemons.. Not useless at all, maybe useless in combat, but for those completionists who want to catch 'em all, every pokemon is useful. And also, how stupid would it be if early stages of pokemon which weren't very useful at battles would have been left out completely??

Early potions weren't useful for the later game, but you could always sell them and they're also better than nothing in a tight situation. And still they were very helpful in the beginning.

Junk.. How boring would it be if every item in the game had a use for it? You can also usually sell them and in some games they have their uses too.

Collectables. Even in those games where you don't seem to get anything from it, you actually do, especially if it's a sandbox game. You learn your way around very well when finding collectables, also they often lead you to other fun and/or useful places. Not to mention all of those games that actually reward you for them. I personally enjoy collecting them.

DUI in GTA4 was pretty fun actually, and trying to walk drunk was even funner. So again, no, not useless. Also in Fallout 3 I did use alcohols occasionally to raise my str for example.

Unrelated evidence in LA Noire really shouldn't be there. Who would enjoy the game if every evidence found lead to the truth? "Does he really need to investigate everything?" YES! That's what detectives do!! They're not psychics!!

Also coins in Mario weren't useless, seems like someone already forgot the days when we had limited amount of life points in games.

[Xenial]

The cigarettes in MGS were for snakes persona and made the game seem somewhat more realistic. The Dead Space flamethrower was meant to be that way and it improved in DS2. Can't defend L.A. Noire though.. I had fun collecting the reels and getting my trophy. xD

[one2thr]

The Rose in Bioshock 2

[Tzuno]

Try to launch a flamethrower gas tank in dead space when you are outnumbered and see if the flamethrower is useless.

[Blaine]

Castlevania SoTN: Red Rust sword! Completely useless.