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VGAddict90 09/06/21 6:59:33 PM #1:	What game mechanics do you consider outdated? <cite>VGAddict90 posted [p:957798510] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>What game mechanics do you consider outdated? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FabIe 09/06/21 7:01:00 PM #3:	Random encounters --- Play what you love and the damage will come. <cite>FabIe posted [p:957798547] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Random encounters </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lone_Starr 09/06/21 7:01:34 PM #4:	Escort missions --- Did I miss something? When did we get to Disneyland? <cite>Lone_Starr posted [p:957798561] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Escort missions </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Derwood 09/06/21 7:01:59 PM #5:	mobilebloechel posted... Sadly, reading dialog it would appear i.e every Nintendo game every made lol <cite>Derwood posted [p:957798576] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>mobilebloechel posted... </cite> <quote>Sadly, reading dialog it would appear</quote> i.e every Nintendo game every made lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lost_All_Senses 09/06/21 7:02:48 PM #6:	Start button skipping cutscenes instead of pausing them. --- Name checks out "I don't wanna be the toughest, I just keep it 100 and think nothin of it"- Black Thought <cite>Lost_All_Senses posted [p:957798605] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Start button skipping cutscenes instead of pausing them. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gna647 09/06/21 7:03:07 PM #7:	taking control of outposts in sandbox games --- https://imgur.com/iMaDK https://imgur.com/e9OCH https://imgur.com/RnA9A https://imgur.com/LvJeR <cite>gna647 posted [p:957798615] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>taking control of outposts in sandbox games </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
spikethedevil 09/06/21 7:03:12 PM #8:	Derwood posted... i.e every Nintendo game every made lol Star Fox, Metroid Other M. Lives systems. --- A garbage pod!? It's a smegging garbage pod! <cite>spikethedevil posted [p:957798619] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Derwood posted... </cite> <quote>i.e every Nintendo game every made lol</quote> Star Fox, Metroid Other M. Lives systems. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FabIe 09/06/21 7:03:32 PM #9:	Lost_All_Senses posted... Start button skipping cutscenes instead of pausing them. Forreal this though. Press start to pause the cutscene then give me the OPTION to skip --- Play what you love and the damage will come. <cite>FabIe posted [p:957798630] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Lost_All_Senses posted... </cite> <quote>Start button skipping cutscenes instead of pausing them.</quote> Forreal this though. Press start to pause the cutscene then give me the OPTION to skip </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ToadallyAwesome 09/06/21 7:04:30 PM #10:	Bullet sponges instead of difficulty or mechanics --- https://imgur.com/QKdxwuI <cite>ToadallyAwesome posted [p:957798651] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Bullet sponges instead of difficulty or mechanics </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nestor_Cortes 09/06/21 7:05:01 PM #11:	FabIe posted... Random encounters No. <cite>Nestor_Cortes posted [p:957798659] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>FabIe posted...</cite> <quote>Random encounters </quote> No.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
whitelynx 09/06/21 7:05:07 PM #12:	Cheat codes :( <cite>whitelynx posted [p:957798664] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Cheat codes :( </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darmik 09/06/21 7:05:24 PM #13:	Save points --- Kind Regards, Darmik <cite>Darmik posted [p:957798672] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Save points </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
spikethedevil 09/06/21 7:06:31 PM #14:	whitelynx posted... Cheat codes :( Fuck achievements for basically killing them --- A garbage pod!? It's a smegging garbage pod! <cite>spikethedevil posted [p:957798702] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>whitelynx posted... </cite> <quote>Cheat codes :(</quote> Fuck achievements for basically killing them </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
g0ldie 09/06/21 7:06:31 PM #15:	in a lot of turn-based JRPGs, when you characters just stand, and you scroll through a menu to combat enemies. --- https://imgur.com/mApEnf3 <cite>g0ldie posted [p:957798703] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>in a lot of turn-based JRPGs, when you characters just stand, and you scroll through a menu to combat enemies. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Shotgunnova 09/06/21 7:28:31 PM #17:	TFW they put an unskippable sliding-tile puzzle in the game: --- 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:957799316] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>TFW they put an unskippable sliding-tile puzzle in the game: </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ModLogic 09/06/21 7:30:41 PM #18:	key items taking up storage space ie resident evil remake --- https://youtu.be/l-iLiNCScno https://imgur.com/ZngbqJn https://imgur.com/lbSi0U3 https://imgur.com/xaRYKZM <cite>ModLogic posted [p:957799389] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>key items taking up storage space ie resident evil remake </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Vicious_Dios 09/06/21 7:31:30 PM #19:	- Rubber-banding AI's in racers. - Turn-based combat (Thank God that shit is over with) - QTEs --- S / K / Y / N / E <cite>Vicious_Dios posted [p:957799404] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>- Rubber-banding AI's in racers. - Turn-based combat (Thank God that shit is over with) - QTEs </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Panthera 09/06/21 7:33:05 PM #20:	Not really a mechanic exactly but it kind of fits - unnecessary dialogue boxes for things you see a million times. Most recent example for me being Monster Hunter Stories 2 where every damn egg you pick up brings up two dialogue boxes of a useless filler character saying literally nothing of value for the sole sake of wasting a few seconds of your time. --- Meow! <cite>Panthera posted [p:957799456] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Not really a mechanic exactly but it kind of fits - unnecessary dialogue boxes for things you see a million times. Most recent example for me being Monster Hunter Stories 2 where every damn egg you pick up brings up two dialogue boxes of a useless filler character saying literally nothing of value for the sole sake of wasting a few seconds of your time. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hexenherz 09/06/21 7:35:42 PM #21:	Lost_All_Senses posted... Start button skipping cutscenes instead of pausing them. Seriously it's like a gamble any time I start a new game then need to pause... --- FFXIV: Lucius Hexenseele (Brynhildr) \| RS3: UltimaSuende . 99 WC/Fish/Cook/Fletch/Div/Mining/Smithing/Thieving/Crafting/RC https://letterboxd.com/BMovieBro/ <cite>Hexenherz posted [p:957799529] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Lost_All_Senses posted... </cite> <quote>Start button skipping cutscenes instead of pausing them.</quote>Seriously it's like a gamble any time I start a new game then need to pause... </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Derwood 09/06/21 7:36:47 PM #22:	Panthera posted... Not really a mechanic exactly but it kind of fits - unnecessary dialogue boxes for things you see a million times. Most recent example for me being Monster Hunter Stories 2 where every damn egg you pick up brings up two dialogue boxes of a useless filler character saying literally nothing of value for the sole sake of wasting a few seconds of your time. Every shopkeeper in AC: Valhalla <cite>Derwood posted [p:957799564] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Panthera posted... </cite> <quote>Not really a mechanic exactly but it kind of fits - unnecessary dialogue boxes for things you see a million times. Most recent example for me being Monster Hunter Stories 2 where every damn egg you pick up brings up two dialogue boxes of a useless filler character saying literally nothing of value for the sole sake of wasting a few seconds of your time.</quote> Every shopkeeper in AC: Valhalla </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
unnamedsoldier 09/06/21 7:36:48 PM #23:	Turret sections <cite>unnamedsoldier posted [p:957799565] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Turret sections</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Freddie_Mercury 09/06/21 7:38:54 PM #24:	tutorials --- just another freak in the freak kingdom <cite>Freddie_Mercury posted [p:957799637] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>tutorials </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
spikethedevil 09/06/21 7:39:40 PM #25:	Freddie_Mercury posted... tutorials Nah theyre still useful. --- A garbage pod!? It's a smegging garbage pod! <cite>spikethedevil posted [p:957799660] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Freddie_Mercury posted... </cite> <quote>tutorials</quote> Nah theyre still useful. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Derwood 09/06/21 7:40:39 PM #26:	spikethedevil posted... Nah theyre still useful. Most developers have figured out how to seamlessly blend them into the story. <cite>Derwood posted [p:957799691] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>spikethedevil posted... </cite> <quote>Nah theyre still useful.</quote> Most developers have figured out how to seamlessly blend them into the story. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smackems 09/06/21 7:41:21 PM #27:	Half assed crafting like Nier Automata or any modern AC --- Common sense charged before shipping - some dude <cite>Smackems posted [p:957799706] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Half assed crafting like Nier Automata or any modern AC </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mattfrank 09/06/21 7:41:34 PM #28:	Long and unskippable cutscenes/dialogues. --- US 3ds FC:Bafflin 0533-4048-3637 Jpn 3ds FC:Mattfrank 3909-8121-4346 <cite>mattfrank posted [p:957799715] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Long and unskippable cutscenes/dialogues. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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dancing_cactuar 09/06/21 7:42:17 PM #30:	Freddie_Mercury posted... tutorials t. Arin Hanson --- According to someone on this website: $60 + $60 - $60 = $120 The PS5 has liquid metal tech like the T-1000 Terminator- AceCombatX <cite>dancing_cactuar posted [p:957799742] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Freddie_Mercury posted... </cite> <quote>tutorials</quote>t. Arin Hanson </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Apodyopsist 09/06/21 7:56:26 PM #31:	Walk and talk, especially when your character is much faster than the NPCs. Walk ahead of them, oh too far gotta back up because the NPC stopped moving, okay now wait for the NPC to catch up, okay now walk ahead of them again... --- http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/852-nofunallowed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b39VhSOxRcE <cite>Apodyopsist posted [p:957800212] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Walk and talk, especially when your character is much faster than the NPCs. Walk ahead of them, oh too far gotta back up because the NPC stopped moving, okay now wait for the NPC to catch up, okay now walk ahead of them again... </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
spikethedevil 09/06/21 7:57:22 PM #32:	Derwood posted... Most developers have figured out how to seamlessly blend them into the story. And yet people still ignore them and ask how to do things explained in them on the boards lol. --- A garbage pod!? It's a smegging garbage pod! <cite>spikethedevil posted [p:957800240] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Derwood posted... </cite> <quote>Most developers have figured out how to seamlessly blend them into the story.</quote> And yet people still ignore them and ask how to do things explained in them on the boards lol. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kafkaf 09/06/21 7:59:29 PM #33:	Missables --- https://imgur.com/rOZpeir <cite>Kafkaf posted [p:957800304] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Missables</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Panthera 09/06/21 8:00:23 PM #34:	Apodyopsist posted... Walk and talk, especially when your character is much faster than the NPCs. Walk ahead of them, oh too far gotta back up because the NPC stopped moving, okay now wait for the NPC to catch up, okay now walk ahead of them again... Or the cases where the NPC jogs faster than your walk speed but slower than your run speed, so no matter what you do you can't just hold forward to keep pace but rather have to keep doing this goofy sprint-pause-sprint-pause shuffle --- Meow! <cite>Panthera posted [p:957800332] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Apodyopsist posted... </cite> <quote>Walk and talk, especially when your character is much faster than the NPCs. Walk ahead of them, oh too far gotta back up because the NPC stopped moving, okay now wait for the NPC to catch up, okay now walk ahead of them again...</quote> Or the cases where the NPC jogs faster than your walk speed but slower than your run speed, so no matter what you do you can't just hold forward to keep pace but rather have to keep doing this goofy sprint-pause-sprint-pause shuffle </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
lilORANG 09/06/21 8:02:44 PM #35:	None of these are really outdated. Something truly outdated would be password based saves. I.e. they served a purpose at a time but now the improved tech we have has made them obsolete --- #FeelTheBern https://imgur.com/q5z4CUu https://imgur.com/6B9oFXh https://imgur.com/sy42Dlf <cite>lilORANG posted [p:957800399] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>None of these are really outdated. Something truly outdated would be password based saves. I.e. they served a purpose at a time but now the improved tech we have has made them obsolete</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dingydang166 09/06/21 8:35:28 PM #36:	I don't know about outdated but any sort of durability mechanic can go fuck itself. <cite>Dingydang166 posted [p:957801276] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>I don't know about outdated but any sort of durability mechanic can go fuck itself. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ThyCorndog 09/06/21 8:37:59 PM #37:	gear durability --- https://imgur.com/6cPXvLN https://imgur.com/hVC4i6j <cite>ThyCorndog posted [p:957801342] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>gear durability </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SrRd_RacinG 09/06/21 8:42:27 PM #38:	ModLogic posted... key items taking up storage space ie resident evil remake Wrong. --- https://media.giphy.com/media/l3vRn3I4UyDoKyWLC/giphy.gif <cite>SrRd_RacinG posted [p:957801458] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>ModLogic posted... </cite> <quote>key items taking up storage space ie resident evil remake</quote> Wrong. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kanaya413 09/06/21 8:43:32 PM #39:	Shotgunnova posted... TFW they put an unskippable sliding-tile puzzle in the game: Fuck puzzles <cite>Kanaya413 posted [p:957801486] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Shotgunnova posted... </cite> <quote>TFW they put an unskippable sliding-tile puzzle in the game: </quote>Fuck puzzles </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rideshort 09/06/21 8:45:53 PM #40:	Honestly turn-based combat. Nostalgic, but needs to go. --- I believe in the Golden Rule and you should too! https://imgur.com/63HCN https://imgur.com/aaTUdOx <cite>rideshort posted [p:957801547] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Honestly turn-based combat. Nostalgic, but needs to go. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Questionmarktarius 09/07/21 9:50:45 PM #42:	tiny inventories <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:957834017] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>tiny inventories </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Xethuminra 09/07/21 9:51:11 PM #43:	Guides <cite>Xethuminra posted [p:957834025] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Guides </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ermac 09/07/21 9:54:37 PM #44:	Slow movement speed --- We are many, you are but one <cite>Ermac posted [p:957834102] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Slow movement speed </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
fohstick 09/07/21 9:55:21 PM #45:	shoryuken input <cite>fohstick posted [p:957834119] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>shoryuken input </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ShyGuy420 09/07/21 9:55:22 PM #46:	huds with dozens of missions showing wherever you turn in the far distance, where you have to travel five minutes to get to that mission <cite>ShyGuy420 posted [p:957834122] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>huds with dozens of missions showing wherever you turn in the far distance, where you have to travel five minutes to get to that mission </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarthAragorn 09/07/21 10:05:10 PM #47:	Forced slow walking because of a conversation or to hide loading Random item properties + intensities --- MSI MEG X570 Unify \| Ryzen 7 5800X \| 32GB DDR4-3600 \| RTX 3080 Samsung Odyssey G7 32" - 1440p, 240hz, GSync <cite>DarthAragorn posted [p:957834396] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Forced slow walking because of a conversation or to hide loading Random item properties + intensities </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ElatedVenusaur 09/07/21 10:05:50 PM #48:	Turn-based combat is great if you're actually going to use it to make players think and plan(PvP Pokemon is a great example of this). And if the average encounter can be beaten by button mashing, well...is it really a big difference? Lives are 100% an outdated concept though. I know it's getting a lot of attention for being a glitchy mess, but Sonic Colors apparently scrapped lives entirely. Instead, you collect Tails tokens: if you fall into a pit while you have one, Tails airlifts you back to roughly where you fell from. If you don't have one, or just die to an enemy, you simply get bounced to the last checkpoint, however close or far it may be. If even one of the old guard platformer series is toying with the idea... Passwords have been a legacy thing roughly since the advent of the 16-bit era. --- She/her <cite>ElatedVenusaur posted [p:957834420] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Turn-based combat is great if you're actually going to use it to make players think and plan(PvP Pokemon is a great example of this). And if the average encounter can be beaten by button mashing, well...is it really a big difference? Lives are 100% an outdated concept though. I know it's getting a lot of attention for being a glitchy mess, but Sonic Colors apparently scrapped lives entirely. Instead, you collect Tails tokens: if you fall into a pit while you have one, Tails airlifts you back to roughly where you fell from. If you don't have one, or just die to an enemy, you simply get bounced to the last checkpoint, however close or far it may be. If even one of the old guard platformer series is toying with the idea... Passwords have been a legacy thing roughly since the advent of the 16-bit era. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gamerman57 09/07/21 10:09:14 PM #49:	Button mashing to run/sprint. <cite>gamerman57 posted [p:957834519] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Button mashing to run/sprint. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tsukasa1891 09/07/21 10:09:41 PM #50:	Nestor_Cortes posted... No. After recently playing through FF 1-6, yes it is. If a game wants to have random battles then there should be a option in the menu to turn them off. Another route they could go is to have a limited number of random battles, then if you want more there's a option in the menu to get one. This was done in Breath of Death 7 and Cthulhu Saves the World. --- (edited 2/30/2021 10:51:12 AM) <cite>Tsukasa1891 posted [p:957834531] in Outdated g... [t:79649081]...</cite> <quote>Nestor_Cortes posted... </cite> <quote>No.</quote>After recently playing through FF 1-6, yes it is. If a game wants to have random battles then there should be a option in the menu to turn them off. Another route they could go is to have a limited number of random battles, then if you want more there's a option in the menu to get one. This was done in Breath of Death 7 and Cthulhu Saves the World. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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