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Ryuko_Chan 07/20/21 6:55:08 PM #153: |
Spooking posted...
Oh, I just remembered: Borderlands 2 slagging. That was fucking annoying. If you never played, then allow me to explain: you used a weapon (or grenade) to slag (cover enemy with purple goo) an enemy to do more damage to it. Then switch to another weapon to do DPS.AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH --- - silverhyruler post ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MegamanXfan21xx 07/20/21 6:59:20 PM #154: |
Spooking posted...
Oh, I just remembered: Borderlands 2 slagging. That was fucking annoying. If you never played, then allow me to explain: you used a weapon (or grenade) to slag (cover enemy with purple goo) an enemy to do more damage to it. Then switch to another weapon to do DPS.And with how Ultimate Vault Hunter mode gave enemies quadrupled health that regenerated, plus the boosted potency of slag, you HAD to have some reliable way of slagging everything or you were just fucked. Some people took to calling it Ultimate Slag Hunter Mode. I'm glad they reduced the importance of defense-lowering elements in 3. --- Number of fellow Poets of the Fall fans: 28 Want: Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe, Psychonauts 2 (PS4), No More Heroes 3, Bully 2, Atomic Heart, Callisto Protocol ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Umbreon 07/20/21 7:04:25 PM #155: |
JaleelWhite posted...
I just remembered a really shitty one. Literally came back to this topic to see if anyone remembered this one. Holy shit of all the blatant "Buy our strategy guide, LOL!" bullshit there is I can't stand this. Literally punishing the player for getting treasure in a fucking RPG, literally punishing the player for one of the most basic parts of the entire fucking genre. --- Black Lives Matter. ~DYL~ (On mobile) 12-18-19 and 01-13-21: Times Donald Trump has officially been impeached. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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spikethedevil 07/20/21 7:06:42 PM #156: |
Winning a boss fight but loosing in the cutscene afterwords..
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HylianFox 07/20/21 7:11:05 PM #157: |
Games that intentionally mislead you with red herrings
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mooreandrew58 07/20/21 7:15:14 PM #158: |
HylianFox posted...
Games that intentionally mislead you with red herrings I remember a game where you eventually die if you had a certian item and the game never clued you in on what item it was. Wanna say the original alone in the dark --- Cid- "looks like that overgrown lobster just got served!" Bartz-"with cheese biscuts AND mashed potatoes!" ... Copied to Clipboard!
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HylianFox 07/20/21 7:18:09 PM #159: |
mooreandrew58 posted...
I remember a game where you eventually die if you had a certian item and the game never clued you in on what item it was. Uninvited for NES, the item is a ruby that the game gives you no clue about being cursed if you pick it up. --- This is my signature until I can think of a better one. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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mooreandrew58 07/20/21 7:23:07 PM #160: |
HylianFox posted...
Uninvited for NES, the item is a ruby that the game gives you no clue about being cursed if you pick it up. Huh. Thats exactly what I'm talking about but ive never heard of a game called uninvited. I played it on a PC from a disc that had multple games. Starting to think it was some bootleg shit cause now I recall a 2d side scroller duke Nukem titled game --- Cid- "looks like that overgrown lobster just got served!" Bartz-"with cheese biscuts AND mashed potatoes!" ... Copied to Clipboard!
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spikethedevil 07/20/21 7:25:59 PM #161: |
mooreandrew58 posted...
Huh. Thats exactly what I'm talking about but ive never heard of a game called uninvited. I played it on a PC from a disc that had multple games. Starting to think it was some bootleg shit cause now I recall a 2d side scroller duke Nukem titled game The first Duke Nukem was a side scroller @mooreandrew58 --- A garbage pod!? It's a smegging garbage pod! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Shotgunnova 07/20/21 7:26:08 PM #162: |
mooreandrew58 posted...
I remember a game where you eventually die if you had a certian item and the game never clued you in on what item it was.I think Koudelka did something like this. Maybe @threetimes remembers better than I. --- Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame ... Copied to Clipboard!
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HylianFox 07/20/21 7:27:58 PM #163: |
Unintuitive solutions to puzzles, such as throwing a pie at a rampaging yeti or using moldy cheese to activate a magic device (both King's Quest 5)
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mooreandrew58 07/20/21 7:28:45 PM #164: |
spikethedevil posted...
The first Duke Nukem was a side scroller @mooreandrew58 Ah ok. Maybe my memory sucks swore the game was titled alone in the dark. Perhaps both games where on there and alone in the dark is just what stuck in my head --- Cid- "looks like that overgrown lobster just got served!" Bartz-"with cheese biscuts AND mashed potatoes!" ... Copied to Clipboard!
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threetimes 07/20/21 7:37:29 PM #165: |
Shotgunnova posted...
I think Koudelka did something like this. Maybe @threetimes remembers better than I.Yep. At the very beginning of the game Koudelka drops a pendant while she's climbing on the roof of Nementon monastery. Three discs later you get the chance to find that pendant when in the courtyard of the building. If you don't, you can't get the good ending and will lose the final boss battle. However, you can get another one if you fight some enemies near the boss area and they might drop the item. (But you wouldn't know that.) --- The bells haven't stopped ringing yet. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Nathaniel2018 07/20/21 8:17:54 PM #166: |
Also
Those classic warriors games where if one of your heroes die its game over ... Copied to Clipboard!
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spikethedevil 07/20/21 8:29:20 PM #167: |
Nathaniel2018 posted...
Also I forgot about this BS. Persona where if the protag gets KOd its game over. --- A garbage pod!? It's a smegging garbage pod! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Cemith 07/20/21 8:31:16 PM #168: |
Water levels are almost exclusively shit
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SystemEgo 07/20/21 8:36:40 PM #169: |
I'm only counting this as a mechanic because EA do, but 'Surprise Mechanics' are pretty much Satan incarnate.
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spikethedevil 07/20/21 8:40:25 PM #170: |
SystemEgo posted...
I'm only counting this as a mechanic because EA do, but 'Surprise Mechanics' are pretty much Satan incarnate. Yep as well as pay to win games. --- A garbage pod!? It's a smegging garbage pod! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MegamanXfan21xx 07/20/21 8:41:22 PM #171: |
SystemEgo posted...
I'm only counting this as a mechanic because EA do, but 'Surprise Mechanics' are pretty much Satan incarnate.Hey, those are fun and very ethical! --- Number of fellow Poets of the Fall fans: 28 Want: Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe, Psychonauts 2 (PS4), No More Heroes 3, Bully 2, Atomic Heart, Callisto Protocol ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Collat 07/20/21 8:44:10 PM #172: |
Letting players pay for currency.
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mooreandrew58 07/20/21 8:45:08 PM #173: |
Lootboxes even if no real money is involved. Love injustice 2 hatee it took month to get my superman how I wanted him to look cause fucking lootboxes
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Ivany2008 07/20/21 8:51:27 PM #174: |
unskippable cutscenes.
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Wii_Shaker 07/20/21 8:52:21 PM #175: |
Umbreon posted...
Literally came back to this topic to see if anyone remembered this one.Yes! But thank the gaming gods that this has changed since the days when Nintendo Power was required reading. --- "He busted in, blessed be the Lord Who believe any mess they read up on a message board" -MF DOOM 1970-2020 (G.O.A.T.) ... Copied to Clipboard!
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codey 07/20/21 8:53:22 PM #176: |
HylianFox posted...
Unintuitive solutions to puzzles, such as throwing a pie at a rampaging yeti or using moldy cheese to activate a magic device (both King's Quest 5) I swear when I was a kid playing monkey island it felt like some of the puzzles just straight up came down to trying to use every item on everything in sight. --- *runs out of topic naked* ... Copied to Clipboard!
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spikethedevil 07/20/21 8:58:18 PM #177: |
codey posted...
I swear when I was a kid playing monkey island it felt like some of the puzzles just straight up came down to trying to use every item on everything in sight. Yep its known as adventure game logic. --- A garbage pod!? It's a smegging garbage pod! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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lilORANG 07/20/21 9:02:29 PM #178: |
codey posted...
Cover the manhole with prosthetic skin to make a trampoline! --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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008Zulu 07/20/21 9:14:31 PM #179: |
Stealth missions in games that were clearly designed to not be stealth games.
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Atralis 07/20/21 9:17:25 PM #180: |
Probably already been said but weight/inventory management. Whenever I can I mod it out of the RPGs I play on the PC.
The only games I feel like its justified are survival games that have you making supply runs for goods like State of Decay. Otherwise its just bullshit and if I'm playing on the PC its gone because I mod it to death. Honestly if you want to know what mechanics suck about a game look at what mechanics people go out of their way to mod out regularly on the PC for that game. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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spikethedevil 07/20/21 9:19:37 PM #181: |
Weapons that degrade.
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Cemith 07/20/21 9:21:03 PM #182: |
Ivany2008 posted...
unskippable cutscenes. Oh this makes repeat playthroughs of early RPG's and Adventure games nightmarish --- CE's resident Smash Player || https://i.ibb.co/2vRbyC0/Rosa-6.png "Friends don't let friends watch The Big Bang Theory" - mogar002 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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spikethedevil 07/20/21 9:25:38 PM #183: |
Unskippable credits.
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mooreandrew58 07/20/21 9:30:09 PM #184: |
spikethedevil posted...
Unskippable credits. Fable with its skippable credits but if you do you dont get to save and play post game (before the expansion) credits where almost 30 minutes long as they decided to even list all the food they ate during productions and other asinine shit. --- Cid- "looks like that overgrown lobster just got served!" Bartz-"with cheese biscuts AND mashed potatoes!" ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Ivany2008 07/20/21 9:30:50 PM #185: |
Cemith posted...
Oh this makes repeat playthroughs of early RPG's and Adventure games nightmarish The worst one, and one not a lot of people I would imagine have played was Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter. No save points until you beat the first boss, no skippable cutscenes. First boss isn't a pushover. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Breaker 07/20/21 9:32:05 PM #186: |
When a boss summons common enemies. Always seemed like a cheap way to add difficulty because they couldn't be bothered to actually spend time making the boss fight difficult on it's own.
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marthsheretoo 07/20/21 9:34:48 PM #187: |
*beats boss*
*boss joins your team* *boss's stats now suck* --- "Even MarthKoopa has jumped on the MarthKoopa hate wagon." -DevsBro ... Copied to Clipboard!
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mooreandrew58 07/20/21 9:36:34 PM #188: |
Breaker posted...
When a boss summons common enemies. Always seemed like a cheap way to add difficulty because they couldn't be bothered to actually spend time making the boss fight difficult on it's own. Odd was on the streets of rage 4 boards and people complaining about bosses being too easy often say add more regular enemies would be great. But I guess that's cause in a beat am up game being outnumbered is the real challenge. --- Cid- "looks like that overgrown lobster just got served!" Bartz-"with cheese biscuts AND mashed potatoes!" ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Ivany2008 07/20/21 9:36:41 PM #189: |
Thought of another one and one of the reasons I can't stand some of if not all of the fire emblem games. Permadeath party members. If I wanted to play a Nuzlocke, I'd play a Nuzlocke. I want to grow attached to characters not have them as cannon fodder to an unfortunate focus target.
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Vicious_Dios 07/20/21 9:38:01 PM #190: |
Enemies able to clip through objects and walls, while the game hinders mine.
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mooreandrew58 07/20/21 9:39:20 PM #191: |
Ivany2008 posted...
Thought of another one and one of the reasons I can't stand some of if not all of the fire emblem games. Permadeath party members. If I wanted to play a Nuzlocke, I'd play a Nuzlocke. I want to grow attached to characters not have them as cannon fodder to an unfortunate focus target. For me just made the games a "any character dies its game over" kinda game. Granted ive only played the first American release and then path of radiance --- Cid- "looks like that overgrown lobster just got served!" Bartz-"with cheese biscuts AND mashed potatoes!" ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ultimate reaver 07/20/21 9:39:38 PM #192: |
Horror game segments that mainly revolve around running from things through scripted chase scenes. Trial and error bs
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Nathaniel2018 07/20/21 9:40:57 PM #193: |
ultimate reaver posted...
Horror game segments that mainly revolve around running from things through scripted chase scenes. Trial and error bs Lemee guess RE8? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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spikethedevil 07/20/21 9:42:43 PM #194: |
Nathaniel2018 posted...
Lemee guess Doesnt have that. --- A garbage pod!? It's a smegging garbage pod! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NoxObscuras 07/20/21 9:50:17 PM #195: |
Ivany2008 posted...
Thought of another one and one of the reasons I can't stand some of if not all of the fire emblem games. Permadeath party members. If I wanted to play a Nuzlocke, I'd play a Nuzlocke. I want to grow attached to characters not have them as cannon fodder to an unfortunate focus target.They made the Permadeath an optional feature starting with Fire Emblem Awakening. So if you wanted to try Fire Emblem Three Houses (the newest game), you can just turn permadeath off. When it's turned off, characters that die in battle, return after the mission is over with no consequences. --- PSN - NoxObscuras Z490 | i9-10900K | EVGA 3080 FTW3 Ultra | 32GB DDR4 3600 | 4TB SSD ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ultimate reaver 07/20/21 9:52:29 PM #196: |
Nathaniel2018 posted...
Lemee guess first thing that came to my mind was outlast --- I pray god will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in truth ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Derwood 07/20/21 10:34:56 PM #197: |
spikethedevil posted...
Unskippable credits. Trophies for NOT skipping the credits ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Payzmaykr 07/20/21 10:36:03 PM #198: |
I think its called ATB? What Im talking about is when youre watching a cutscene and youre suddenly prompted to press buttons.
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Tyranthraxus 07/20/21 10:38:14 PM #199: |
Payzmaykr posted...
I think its called ATB? What Im talking about is when youre watching a cutscene and youre suddenly prompted to press buttons.That's called QTE --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://imgur.com/dQgC4kv ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Payzmaykr 07/20/21 10:39:29 PM #200: |
Tyranthraxus posted...
That's called QTELol thanks --- So long, Thanks for all the fish! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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mooreandrew58 07/20/21 10:51:03 PM #201: |
Payzmaykr posted...
Lol thanks Yeah atb (active time battle) is a spin on turn based combat in rpgs commonly used in final fantasy up until the last game or so. --- Cid- "looks like that overgrown lobster just got served!" Bartz-"with cheese biscuts AND mashed potatoes!" ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Nathaniel2018 07/20/21 10:53:59 PM #202: |
Tyranthraxus posted...
That's called QTE When I hear QTE, shenmue comes to mind ... Copied to Clipboard!
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