Poll of the Day > Gaming pet peeves?

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Right now my biggest one is when a game has allies that do fuck all damage or only there for show. I mean I don't want them over powered or anything, but I don't like it when five allies "attack" a lonely grunt for 10 minutes and do nothing to it.

Games like The Last of Us that won't let my character do the floss.

mandatory multiplayer grind achievements... IE: junk like "play 1000 rounds of Arms Race/Demolition" in Counterstrike

I hate when character creators won't let me change up my internal organs. Like maybe I want my brain in my butt cheeks so that I'm immune to head shots in COD multiplayer

hypnox posted...

Right now my biggest one is when a game has allies that do fuck all damage or only there for show. I mean I don't want them over powered or anything, but I don't like it when five allies "attack" a lonely grunt for 10 minutes and do nothing to it.

While I agree I do like that in Gods eater you can have AI allies that can heal you and draw some aggro unlike the one monster hunter game I played.

Anyways forced stealth sections in a non stealth game.

Struggle cutscenes, where you have to hold/tap buttons in the correct sequence in order to survive.

DLC. Just make the full game flat out. Also, remakes that remove things instead of just adding on to. Example is REmake of 1 is a remake done right but remakes of RE2 and 3 are a disservice and RE4 remake is also a disservice because in the original Ada is wearing the red dress and in the remake she'll be wearing a red sweater. As I said, REmake of 1 is a remake done right and there's no excuse to have RE2 and 3 not done like that and there's no excuse to have Ada in a sweater instead of the red dress.

MagicalPrincess posted...

DLC. Just make the full game flat out. Also, remakes that remove things instead of just adding on to. Example is REmake of 1 is a remake done right but remakes of RE2 and 3 are a disservice and RE4 remake is also a disservice because in the original Ada is wearing the red dress and in the remake she'll be wearing a red sweater. As I said, REmake of 1 is a remake done right and there's no excuse to have RE2 and 3 not done like that and there's no excuse to have Ada in a sweater instead of the red dress.

Some dlc is fine. As long as the game feels like a complete game without it.

I've been playing Secret of Mana lately and the combat system is totally pissing me off. If an enemy attacks at the same time as you, it doesn't matter that you're level 70 and it's a level 1 rabbite, your attack is cancelled and nothing happens. Charged attacks are worthless because half the time your attack gets overridden by the enemy's attack. And don't even get me started on how enemies become invulnerable while they cast a spell.

Who cares about 60FPS. 30FPS makes the game look more cinematic and epic. 60 or more looks like you're on crack.

Also games don't need to be realistic. You want realism, go outside.

Almost every game needing a day one patch and most DLC.

I'm so sick of the looting + crafting that plagues a lot of open world games now. It's all bloat, I'd rather just find arrows than craft them. It's a little better when you craft meaningful stuff, but I'd also rather that just be a reward for completing a special puzzle or dungeon. That shit sucks when you have to get an unusual item to craft it and then most of the time even when you find the right enemy it's a low drop rate anyway

Babysitting.

Thats what killed Hyrule Warriors for me tbh.

Yeah dont let me go exploring and finding neat things. Gotta go all the way back to the other side of the map because my allies over there cant fend for themselves.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/8/5/AAFUswAAD3ER.jpg

Overly long intro sequences. If I am not playing the game within 10-15 minutes of starting it up, I am going to get bored pretty quickly.

On that note, non-skippable cutscenes. I don't want to watch the same cutscenes my 2nd/3rd/4th time through a game.

Metalsonic66 posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/8/5/AAFUswAAD3ER.jpg

this reminds me of a map in Xenosaga Ep. 2 there was a garden you went through and I swear one of the turns was blocked by a twig lol.

Dikitain posted...

Overly long intro sequences. If I am not playing the game within 10-15 minutes of starting it up, I am going to get bored pretty quickly.

Yeah it has to be a good build up to getting the party together and it can't be painfully long especially as an individual character's story.

Dikitain posted...

On that note, non-skippable cutscenes. I don't want to watch the same cutscenes my 2nd/3rd/4th time through a game.

I feel like this is must-have feature in New Game + rpgs. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 did a good job of allowing the user to fast-track/skip cutscenes.

KJ_StErOiDs posted...

Struggle cutscenes, where you have to hold/tap buttons in the correct sequence in order to survive.

Resident Evil 4?

Some side quests where you have to collect things that are way way out of the way of your main quest.

I like certain games where you can send parties of characters to complete missions/quests if you have leveled them enough and/or are the right class for the quest (Final Fantasy Tactics A2 and Xenoblade Chronicles 2)

Inverted axis cameras with no option to change

MrMelodramatic posted...

Inverted axis cameras with no option to change

oof, what game doesn't allow you to change it?

that's a tough pill to swallow lol

Too many splash screens. It can take 5 minutes before I'm playing some games.
Non-skippable cutscenes or dialog.
Hour-long tutorial to start the game that isn't optional.

Dmess85 posted...

oof, what game doesn't allow you to change it?

that's a tough pill to swallow lol

As someone who has to play with Y inverted, Beyond Good and Evil will invert both X&Y if you choose to invert. There's no option to do them separately.

I loved the game but I was fighting the controls the whole fucking time

bo_danvers posted...

Too many splash screens. It can take 5 minutes before I'm playing some games.

https://youtu.be/vI7JDTlixb8

Far-Queue posted...

I hate when character creators won't let me change up my internal organs. Like maybe I want my brain in my butt cheeks so that I'm immune to head shots in COD multiplayer

i specifically only aim for dicks and asses in call of duty

hypnox posted...

Right now my biggest one is when a game has allies that do fuck all damage or only there for show. I mean I don't want them over powered or anything, but I don't like it when five allies "attack" a lonely grunt for 10 minutes and do nothing to it.

this might also be my biggest one, but specifically in musous. it's why age of calamity is utter shit and why three hopes sorta kicks ass. in age of calamity, your allies literally do NOTHING but run to a fight and wait until you tab into them. in three hopes, if you send a bow user into a horde of flying enemies, you will see an enemy drop every few seconds. it's not perfect because i've noticed that the AI is significantly less potent against the map boss, but you can actually just play one character in this game and still get map objectives accomplished

some of the dynasty warriors were better or worse about AI strength (iirc 6 allies could actually solo the map for you?), but none of them felt as good or bad as three hopes or age of calamity

Vidya gamers that don't vidya game.

my issues with games that have allies is when everyone just focuses on you no matter what

it's annoying game design

Extremely low drop rates for something with no way to increase the percentage / no bad luck protection

Hard_Light posted...

my issues with games that have allies is when everyone just focuses on you no matter what

it's annoying game design

ok three hopes does do this and it pissed me off. i'm running past an enemy that someone else is fighting and the enemy disengages to run at my face. incredibly blatant with monsters

In online games when one class/build/deck/character is released as clearly overpowered and unfun to play against and the devs take forever to fix or remove it.

I dont like certain forces tutorials Not all of them are bad But some really make me mad

Sufferedphoneix posted...

Some dlc is fine. As long as the game feels like a complete game without it.

This. DLC is fine if they didnt cut the game to make DLC, and if the game is still complete. without it. Not to mention that some DLC is made after the game is/has been out

rexcrk posted...

Babysitting.

Thats what killed Hyrule Warriors for me tbh.

Yeah dont let me go exploring and finding neat things. Gotta go all the way back to the other side of the map because my allies over there cant fend for themselves.

The. Ever games fixed that by letting you have multiple characters

Metalsonic66 posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/8/5/AAFUswAAD3ER.jpg

Reminds me of this one

https://i.imgur.com/Q6ugMfk.jpg

LinkPizza posted...

I dont like certain forces tutorials Not all of them are bad But some really make me mad

forced tutorials are a nonfactor if implemented right (either one quickskip button you can hold for like a second, or you can mash one button to get thru it fast). but SO many games will either do a very slow noninteractive tutorial or make the button mashing obtuse by requiring different buttons to advance then finish out the tutorial (harvestella)

agesboy posted...

forced tutorials are a nonfactor if implemented right (either one quickskip button you can hold for like a second, or you can mash one button to get thru it fast). but SO many games will either do a very slow noninteractive tutorial or make the button mashing obtuse by requiring different buttons to advance then finish out the tutorial (harvestella)

No. Those are fine. I mean forced tutorials where they make you do something. Like when it wanted me to learn how to equip accessories. And I literally couldnt move my character. It made me pause the game, go to the character screen, and equip before I could exit and move again. If I push any other button, or tried to choose another choice, it would make a sound, or just not work. At that point, they might as well just did it themselves. If its just showing a screen, I wouldnt care

brther i agree on a primeval level

maybe the only thing worse than "autopilot tutorial where they slowly go thru every option" is basically the same thing but they MAKE you do the inputs, in a fucking obtuse way, and additionally add lag after inputs

agesboy posted...

brther i agree on a primeval level

maybe the only thing worse than "autopilot tutorial where they slowly go thru every option" is basically the same thing but they MAKE you do the inputs, in a fucking obtuse way, and additionally add lag after inputs

Yeah. I had to go through the motions. And they gave me instructions after every input. It was horrible It took WAY too long

SilentSeph posted...

Extremely low drop rates for something with no way to increase the percentage / no bad luck protection

I actually like very low drop rates. The joy of getting something is so much better. I mean you don't get reactions like this if you get the item every 10 runs:

https://youtu.be/RqcoOHoPM4k

LinkPizza posted...

I mean forced tutorials where they make you do something.

https://youtu.be/qxwy8kpFwZ0

I hate how some games have tutorials that doesn't fit the story line.

Sorta like Megaman Battle network 2+, Its like "Hey Lan! you saved the world at least one time with Virus busting, but heres a sequence so you can learn how to bust some viruses!"

hypnox posted...

I actually like very low drop rates. The joy of getting something is so much better. I mean you don't get reactions like this if you get the item every 10 runs:

https://youtu.be/RqcoOHoPM4k

A 25 minute reaction video?

Revelation34 posted...

A 25 minute reaction video?

With how many years he was working on that, you should be thankful it was only 25 minutes.

In competitive games, when comeback mechanics are too powerful. It kind of cheapens the point of gaining better skills than your opponent. Some are fun and exciting......some are derpy.

captpackrat posted...

I've been playing Secret of Mana lately and the combat system is totally pissing me off. If an enemy attacks at the same time as you, it doesn't matter that you're level 70 and it's a level 1 rabbite, your attack is cancelled and nothing happens. Charged attacks are worthless because half the time your attack gets overridden by the enemy's attack. And don't even get me started on how enemies become invulnerable while they cast a spell.

Whenever I saw art for Secret of Mana, I was like 'whoaaaa, I'll love this game'. Every time I try it it feels clunky as hell.

Secret of Mana is sad solely for the fact that the soundtrack is way better than the game. I heard some of the soundtrack before I had even played it so I thought it was gonna be like a legendary 10/10 game. I know it does have its fans, but it's pretty weak among the top SNES RPGs

BigOlePappy posted...

In competitive games, when comeback mechanics are too powerful. It kind of cheapens the point of gaining better skills than your opponent. Some are fun and exciting......some are derpy.

Thats why I HATE Mario Kart. The stupid rubberband mechanics and the "Random" power ups that completely based on pole position.

dud posted...

Secret of Mana is sad solely for the fact that the soundtrack is way better than the game. I heard some of the soundtrack before I had even played it so I thought it was gonna be like a legendary 10/10 game. I know it does have its fans, but it's pretty weak among the top SNES RPGs

That applies to chrono cross too. I remembered really enjoying it as a kid but playing the remaster the only things great about it are the music and vibrant colors

Biggest gaming pet peeve is just 90% of open world games, and that it's become the primary model for single player games. I find them super shallow and repetitive. I really don't want to spend 120 hours riding around on a horse and constantly having dragons attack you as if it's this big epic thing that hasn't already happened six times on this one trip.

My pet peeve is when that one menu or that one image is just barely off-centered (by like a pixel or two) and I just can't unsee it. That, and asymmetrical sprites that were clearly designed to be symmetrical. Damn you Mojang!

BADoglick posted...

Biggest gaming pet peeve is just 90% of open world games, and that it's become the primary model for single player games. I find them super shallow and repetitive. I really don't want to spend 120 hours riding around on a horse and constantly having dragons attack you as if it's this big epic thing that hasn't already happened six times on this one trip.

That's why I did as much of the side content as I could before triggering the random dragon attack main quest in Skyrim.

Revelation34 posted...

That's why I did as much of the side content as I could before triggering the random dragon attack main quest in Skyrim.

I usually activate it and avoid levelling past 16 or so to farm the base level dragons for the dragon armour and weapons. Getting Smithing to 100 is painfully easy if you know what you're doing.

-a TES nerd