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PesticideDream 09/26/22 2:30:41 PM #52:	I think the one thing that really bugs me to no end is forced and unskippable tutorials, especially if they're long and they try to make them "immersive" with the story. Like goddammit, I've been playing video games for 30 years, I know how to move my character, I know how to move the camera, I know how to jump and shoot a gun/strike with a weapon. Even worse is when it's like "ok, after a long string of dialogue, shoot these 20 easy stationary targets with your gun to move on!". Just let me play the damn game and if you want to so badly, give me optional prompt tutorials. I just recently started playing a game on Gamepass (Unsighted), it was pretty fun at first until I got past the lengthy prologue, then they slapped a timer on EVERYTHING. It's an open world, backtracking, Zelda type game, I don't want to be rushed around the whole fucking game, fuck that. Dead Rising pretty much did the same thing as well. <cite>PesticideDream posted [p:968308033] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>I think the one thing that really bugs me to no end is forced and unskippable tutorials, especially if they're long and they try to make them "immersive" with the story. Like goddammit, I've been playing video games for 30 years, I know how to move my character, I know how to move the camera, I know how to jump and shoot a gun/strike with a weapon. Even worse is when it's like "ok, after a long string of dialogue, shoot these 20 easy stationary targets with your gun to move on!". Just let me play the damn game and if you want to so badly, give me optional prompt tutorials.I just recently started playing a game on Gamepass (Unsighted), it was pretty fun at first until I got past the lengthy prologue, then they slapped a timer on EVERYTHING. It's an open world, backtracking, Zelda type game, I don't want to be rushed around the whole fucking game, fuck that. Dead Rising pretty much did the same thing as well. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MJOLNRVII 09/26/22 2:32:22 PM #53:	PesticideDream posted... I just recently started playing a game on Gamepass (Unsighted), it was pretty fun at first until I got past the lengthy prologue, then they slapped a timer on EVERYTHING. It's an open world, backtracking, Zelda type game, I don't want to be rushed around the whole fucking game, fuck that. Dead Rising pretty much did the same thing as well. You can turn that off in Unsighted if it really bothers you. --- https://i.imgtc.ws/WBp3VHL.gif https://i.imgtc.ws/aGc8opg.gif https://i.imgtc.ws/tQBwJ35.gif <cite>MJOLNRVII posted [p:968308075] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>PesticideDream posted... </cite><quote>I just recently started playing a game on Gamepass (Unsighted), it was pretty fun at first until I got past the lengthy prologue, then they slapped a timer on EVERYTHING. It's an open world, backtracking, Zelda type game, I don't want to be rushed around the whole fucking game, fuck that. Dead Rising pretty much did the same thing as well.</quote>You can turn that off in Unsighted if it really bothers you.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shotgunnova 09/26/22 3:26:03 PM #54:	Unskippable cutscenes Sliding tile puzzles collecting X MacGuffins, only for the bad guy to steal all of them in the eleventh hour --- Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame <cite>Shotgunnova posted [p:968309124] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>Unskippable cutscenesSliding tile puzzlescollecting X MacGuffins, only for the bad guy to steal all of them in the eleventh hour</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Imit8m3 09/26/22 3:30:41 PM #55:	The latest corporate trend of "let the consumer play-test the game for us" Games get released broken as all hell. It's not even worth it to buy games until it goes on sale for 50% off. --- Yes, I am aggressively handsome. Thanks for noticing. <cite>Imit8m3 posted [p:968309225] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>The latest corporate trend of "let the consumer play-test the game for us"Games get released broken as all hell. It's not even worth it to buy games until it goes on sale for 50% off. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Glucian 09/26/22 3:49:18 PM #56:	Popups asking if you would like to lower the difficulty. <cite>Glucian posted [p:968309609] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>Popups asking if you would like to lower the difficulty. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SSJ2GrimReaper 09/26/22 3:51:31 PM #57:	rpgs having vague secret items/scenes/bosses that have very specific requirements that you'd never figure out unless you have a guide --- Big Apple, 3 A.M. http://i.imgur.com/YzjFA85.jpg http://i.imgur.com/CqukfNH.jpg <cite>SSJ2GrimReaper posted [p:968309644] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>rpgs having vague secret items/scenes/bosses that have very specific requirements that you'd never figure out unless you have a guide </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ArchNemo 09/26/22 3:52:36 PM #58:	Underwater levels Stealth sections in non-stealth games Respawning enemies --- Down with the Signess. <cite>ArchNemo posted [p:968309671] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>Underwater levelsStealth sections in non-stealth games Respawning enemies </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ozarhok 09/26/22 4:04:27 PM #59:	Any attacks where you have to mash buttons to get out of --- oops <cite>Ozarhok posted [p:968309923] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>Any attacks where you have to mash buttons to get out of</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dorfmann_ 09/26/22 4:11:24 PM #60:	RPG lite mechanics in nearly every game Stealth sections in non-stealth games <cite>Dorfmann_ posted [p:968310069] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>RPG lite mechanics in nearly every gameStealth sections in non-stealth games</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
bruplex 09/26/22 4:13:54 PM #61:	Of course, nearly all escort missions. Absolute momentum killers. This one may be outdated, but not knowing when a game has multiple endings (or has a good ending that you didn't get). Lots of older RPGs are guilty of this, but the game I remember most for this phenomenon was Revenge of Shinobi on the Genesis. I assumed I had beaten it for years until reading an FAQ. I had only gotten the "bad" ending. There's nothing in-game to inform you of any other ending. So maybe the larger gripe would be secrets/endings that could be mentioned in-game but aren't. Modern 2D games that insist on the "oval of darkness" around the gameplay area, ala Hollow Knight, and many, many others. --- Use your computer mouse to navigate the internets. Be sure to talk to everyone you meet. You're sure to gain lots of valuable information. <cite>bruplex posted [p:968310124] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>Of course, nearly all escort missions. Absolute momentum killers. This one may be outdated, but not knowing when a game has multiple endings (or has a good ending that you didn't get). Lots of older RPGs are guilty of this, but the game I remember most for this phenomenon was Revenge of Shinobi on the Genesis. I assumed I had beaten it for years until reading an FAQ. I had only gotten the "bad" ending. There's nothing in-game to inform you of any other ending. So maybe the larger gripe would be secrets/endings that could be mentioned in-game but aren't. Modern 2D games that insist on the "oval of darkness" around the gameplay area, ala Hollow Knight, and many, many others. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ozarhok 09/26/22 4:38:09 PM #62:	Not relevant anymore but old games with long passwords where if you made a mistake you have to input the whole thing again --- oops <cite>Ozarhok posted [p:968310584] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>Not relevant anymore but old games with long passwords where if you made a mistake you have to input the whole thing again</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Crimsoness 09/26/22 4:45:36 PM #63:	K181 posted... Games that "get good" after x hours. f* you, make a game with an engaging opening that isn't a slog to work through. This so much. I played FF14 and was told this constantly and even 200hrs later it wasn't good and since this is a game that requires a monthly fee I wasted even more money. As for the topic, enemies that summon more enemies part of the reason I quit Elden Ring was obnoxious horn enemies. --- CrimsonAngel, she/her <cite>Crimsoness posted [p:968310732] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>K181 posted... </cite><quote>Games that "get good" after x hours. f* you, make a game with an engaging opening that isn't a slog to work through.</quote>This so much. I played FF14 and was told this constantly and even 200hrs later it wasn't good and since this is a game that requires a monthly fee I wasted even more money.As for the topic, enemies that summon more enemies part of the reason I quit Elden Ring was obnoxious horn enemies.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Shamino 09/26/22 6:01:42 PM #65:	People giving me an item or using an item, and their hands are empty. Just put the item in their hands!! --- Nintendrone/PC Elitist 16 GB 6700k GTX 1070 Cards/Suns/'Yotes/Diamondbacks/ASU Fan <cite>Shamino posted [p:968312406] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>People giving me an item or using an item, and their hands are empty.Just put the item in their hands!!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shamino 09/26/22 6:02:42 PM #66:	Crimsoness posted... This so much. I played FF14 and was told this constantly and even 200hrs later it wasn't good and since this is a game that requires a monthly fee I wasted even more money. As for the topic, enemies that summon more enemies part of the reason I quit Elden Ring was obnoxious horn enemies. TBF, this happens very infrequently, and the enemies aren't summoned out of thin air. --- Nintendrone/PC Elitist 16 GB 6700k GTX 1070 Cards/Suns/'Yotes/Diamondbacks/ASU Fan <cite>Shamino posted [p:968312428] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>Crimsoness posted... </cite><quote>This so much. I played FF14 and was told this constantly and even 200hrs later it wasn't good and since this is a game that requires a monthly fee I wasted even more money.As for the topic, enemies that summon more enemies part of the reason I quit Elden Ring was obnoxious horn enemies.</quote>TBF, this happens very infrequently, and the enemies aren't summoned out of thin air.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ForsakenHermit 09/26/22 6:13:45 PM #67:	Bloody screens, it would be one thing if they were a unique quirk of the Call of Duty series but they're in everything these days. It would be bad enough if they were omnipresent in shooters but when they infect genres like jrpgs and wrestling games you know it's gotten out of hand. At the very least players should have an option to turn them off in games where they aren't necessary for determining health. --- Beware the fanatic! Too often his cure is deadlier by far than the evil he denounces!-Stan Lee RIP Make Arcades Great Again! <cite>ForsakenHermit posted [p:968312637] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>Bloody screens, it would be one thing if they were a unique quirk of the Call of Duty series but they're in everything these days. It would be bad enough if they were omnipresent in shooters but when they infect genres like jrpgs and wrestling games you know it's gotten out of hand. At the very least players should have an option to turn them off in games where they aren't necessary for determining health.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cleo_II 09/26/22 6:55:32 PM #68:	Escort missions <cite>Cleo_II posted [p:968313507] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>Escort missions</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Etna 09/26/22 7:00:29 PM #71:	Constant voice clips when doing a super common action. Really bad in the Neptunia games when jumping. Even worse in Xenoblade when picking up loot --- https://i.imgur.com/OlKhtDy.gif https://i.imgur.com/ZtoMK5o.gif https://i.imgur.com/74NcmdK.gif https://i.imgur.com/UOQ9An8.mp4 <cite>Etna posted [p:968313580] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>Constant voice clips when doing a super common action.Really bad in the Neptunia games when jumping. Even worse in Xenoblade when picking up loot</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smiffwilm 09/26/22 7:45:06 PM #72:	Etna posted... Constant voice clips when doing a super common action. Really bad in the Neptunia games when jumping. Even worse in Xenoblade when picking up loot "LIKE A KANGAROO!" --- My Mario Maker 2 ID is 6RG-5XK-JCG <cite>Smiffwilm posted [p:968314591] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>Etna posted... </cite><quote>Constant voice clips when doing a super common action.Really bad in the Neptunia games when jumping. Even worse in Xenoblade when picking up loot</quote>"LIKE A KANGAROO!"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
11110111011 09/26/22 8:04:27 PM #73:	Splash screens Loading Times Hour(s) long un-skippable tutorials un-skippable cutscenes Best Weapon/Armor/Etc. is at the last 10 minutes of the game so you never get to use it. <cite>11110111011 posted [p:968315012] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>Splash screensLoading TimesHour(s) long un-skippable tutorialsun-skippable cutscenesBest Weapon/Armor/Etc. is at the last 10 minutes of the game so you never get to use it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
bigtiggie23 09/26/22 8:11:49 PM #74:	Bragging rights rewards, doing a lot of work for something that has little use. Like Dragon Quest 8, your reward for fighting one of every monster including bonus fights is a ring that prevents battles. MGS2 was bad with this too. Later prizes for tag collecting were items that granted unlimited grip and underwater breathing. Things make make up about 5% of the total gameplay. They should have given you one of those gadgets Ocelot had that made bullets miss as a tag reward. --- I don't know about urinals. Half the guys are afraid to use them and most who aren't afraid can't hit them <cite>bigtiggie23 posted [p:968315176] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>Bragging rights rewards, doing a lot of work for something that has little use. Like Dragon Quest 8, your reward for fighting one of every monster including bonus fights is a ring that prevents battles.MGS2 was bad with this too. Later prizes for tag collecting were items that granted unlimited grip and underwater breathing. Things make make up about 5% of the total gameplay. They should have given you one of those gadgets Ocelot had that made bullets miss as a tag reward.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sufferedphoneix 09/27/22 6:57:27 AM #75:	[LFAQs-redacted-quote] Fucking Oblivion. Horrible lighting in the creat a character portion so often they don't look as good as you hoped by the time you see them in full light. Shoulda been a editor mode to let you see them in different lighting. Anyways I'll name a very specific one. Mgsv last mission. Can't back out of the mission once you start unless you think to Fulton yourself out on a shipping container. It everyone is gonna think of that. I almost gave up on the game cause of that. Plus the sniper tank. Thing had very good accuracy and would one shot you even with just splash damage. I refused to succumb to using chicken hat so this was a struggle for me the first time around --- Cid- "looks like that overgrown lobster just got served!" Bartz-"with cheese biscuts AND mashed potatoes!" <cite>Sufferedphoneix posted [p:968323418] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote><cite>[LFAQs-redacted-quote]</cite> Fucking Oblivion. Horrible lighting in the creat a character portion so often they don't look as good as you hoped by the time you see them in full light. Shoulda been a editor mode to let you see them in different lighting. Anyways I'll name a very specific one. Mgsv last mission. Can't back out of the mission once you start unless you think to Fulton yourself out on a shipping container. It everyone is gonna think of that. I almost gave up on the game cause of that. Plus the sniper tank. Thing had very good accuracy and would one shot you even with just splash damage. I refused to succumb to using chicken hat so this was a struggle for me the first time around</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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YugiNoob 09/27/22 7:52:37 AM #77:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS0j7-GB_7U Especially at 41 seconds :< --- ( ^_^)/\(^_^ ) Maya High-Five! <cite>YugiNoob posted [p:968323900] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS0j7-GB_7UEspecially at 41 seconds :<</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fluttershy 09/27/22 7:59:13 AM #78:	Bragging rights rewards, doing a lot of work for something that has little use. Like Dragon Quest 8, your reward for fighting one of every monster including bonus fights is a ring that prevents battles. i think that's kind-of okay, because at that point you'd probably want to avoid the hassle and you could do without recasting repel over and over. you get it after you've told the game you've solved it, and i think that's the right place and time. what i would argue is that games should give players an earlier chance to say that. i've always thought the moogle charm (does the same thing, no encounters) in ff6 should've been on top of the fanatics' tower. --- https://i.imgur.com/a7zbPmp.gif <cite>Fluttershy posted [p:968323972] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>Bragging rights rewards, doing a lot of work for something that has little use. Like Dragon Quest 8, your reward for fighting one of every monster including bonus fights is a ring that prevents battles.i think that's kind-of okay, because at that point you'd probably want to avoid the hassle and you could do without recasting repel over and over. you get it after you've told the game you've solved it, and i think that's the right place and time. what i would argue is that games should give players an earlier chance to say that.i've always thought the moogle charm (does the same thing, no encounters) in ff6 should've been on top of the fanatics' tower.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Thompson 09/28/22 3:21:38 AM #79:	Rewards that really aren't worth it. At all. Like, would you want to find and collect hundreds of elusive and hard-to-get items so that you can replace your character's red scarf with a green one? --- Sigs are rather pointless, except if it's to showcase animation and images. <cite>Thompson posted [p:968345216] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>Rewards that really aren't worth it. At all.Like, would you want to find and collect hundreds of elusive and hard-to-get items so that you can replace your character's red scarf with a green one?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
samsungsalt 09/28/22 11:51:31 PM #80:	No fast travel --- my old computer died and i didn't feel like resetting the password to my original account, so i created this one instead. yeah, i know, what a shocker >_> <cite>samsungsalt posted [p:968365479] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>No fast travel </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Vyrulisse 09/28/22 11:53:30 PM #81:	Cutscene hero villains/bosses where you absolutely kick his ass in combat then suddenly a cutscene starts and they wreck you six ways from sunday. It always feels cheap to me. --- http://i.imgur.com/6VeX04D.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9-l8_t4AS8 <cite>Vyrulisse posted [p:968365512] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>Cutscene hero villains/bosses where you absolutely kick his ass in combat then suddenly a cutscene starts and they wreck you six ways from sunday. It always feels cheap to me.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
yillin 09/29/22 12:39:41 AM #82:	I hate when games take control away from me and my camera. Never take control away from the player. If you have to do it to teach them something then their is better method and your lack of creativity is ruining my experience. An example being when it whips your camera 90 degrees or something and tracks an object or event. NO, I will discover it organically. --- There's a calm before the storm and the western front is quiet. I've got Rembrandt as my right hand and Solo as my pilot. <cite>yillin posted [p:968366137] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>I hate when games take control away from me and my camera. Never take control away from the player. If you have to do it to teach them something then their is better method and your lack of creativity is ruining my experience. An example being when it whips your camera 90 degrees or something and tracks an object or event. NO, I will discover it organically.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gobstoppers12 09/29/22 12:41:53 AM #83:	Time limits. Even if they're generous time limits, I hate the feeling of being timed. World of Warcraft started leaning heavily on timers when they introduced Mythic+, which is essentially the main method of gearing now. It sucks. I hate timers. I hated the timer in Majora's Mask, too, even knowing the ocarina could slow it down a lot. --- I write Naruto Fanfiction. But I am definitely not a furry. <cite>Gobstoppers12 posted [p:968366165] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>Time limits. Even if they're generous time limits, I hate the feeling of being timed. World of Warcraft started leaning heavily on timers when they introduced Mythic+, which is essentially the main method of gearing now. It sucks. I hate timers. I hated the timer in Majora's Mask, too, even knowing the ocarina could slow it down a lot. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sufferedphoneix 09/29/22 12:43:42 AM #84:	Gobstoppers12 posted... Time limits. Even if they're generous time limits, I hate the feeling of being timed. World of Warcraft started leaning heavily on timers when they introduced Mythic+, which is essentially the main method of gearing now. It sucks. I hate timers. I hated the timer in Majora's Mask, too, even knowing the ocarina could slow it down a lot. Why I couldn't get into lightnings return and I otherwise loved the XIII games --- Cid- "looks like that overgrown lobster just got served!" Bartz-"with cheese biscuts AND mashed potatoes!" <cite>Sufferedphoneix posted [p:968366189] in Things in ... [t:80178797]...</cite> <quote>Gobstoppers12 posted... </cite><quote>Time limits. Even if they're generous time limits, I hate the feeling of being timed. World of Warcraft started leaning heavily on timers when they introduced Mythic+, which is essentially the main method of gearing now. It sucks. I hate timers. I hated the timer in Majora's Mask, too, even knowing the ocarina could slow it down a lot.</quote>Why I couldn't get into lightnings return and I otherwise loved the XIII games</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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