I hate how shooter games have these quick-timey savepoints. So like you have to clear this destruction in x seconds, and if you don't then it reloads on you and you have to do it again. SO then the destruction is going over again and again as you fail. I would rather games have a smoother process occur when you die rather than forcing a reload to make it obvious that you have to perfectly choreograph this or this.
Cappuccino
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Atomic Playboy
Lifer
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Computer cheating to make up for weak AI. This always bugged me in Mario Kart; you could memorize the track, get a line that was 10 seconds per lap faster than the AI, but as soon as you built a lead, the computer would cheat and all their karts would speed up to stay with you... it was ridiculous. AI is a tricky thing to do well, so a lot of games fudge it with nonsensical cheating tactics when you start doing too well.
Also, I hate hate HATE mandatory stealth missions. Worst gameplay idea ever. Especially because they almost always offer no freedom in how to approach the stealth; it's just, oh, failed again, next time I'll try hiding under that crate, because that's what the game designers apparently wanted me to do. It's lazy design and infuriating as a mechanic, because it slows everything to a crawl while you try to figure out just what "clever" path the designers had in mind. No matter how good the Assassin's Creed games have gotten, they've always had this in them and it's TERRIBLE literally every time they use it.
I'm getting pretty sick of patches too. Sure, it's nice to have a patch that fixes something that's legitimately broken, but it was nicer when video games were released in a working state to begin with. And almost every time games get patched, it breaks something else or ruins something that everyone was enjoying. It's like George Lucas tinkering with Star Wars; LEAVE IT ALONE. PEOPLE LIKE WHAT YOU MADE, LET IT BE. "What, players are enjoying the loot cave in our broken-ass game? Let's take that away from them." It's Greedo shooting first for the new millennium.
Also, I hate hate HATE mandatory stealth missions. Worst gameplay idea ever. Especially because they almost always offer no freedom in how to approach the stealth; it's just, oh, failed again, next time I'll try hiding under that crate, because that's what the game designers apparently wanted me to do. It's lazy design and infuriating as a mechanic, because it slows everything to a crawl while you try to figure out just what "clever" path the designers had in mind. No matter how good the Assassin's Creed games have gotten, they've always had this in them and it's TERRIBLE literally every time they use it.
I'm getting pretty sick of patches too. Sure, it's nice to have a patch that fixes something that's legitimately broken, but it was nicer when video games were released in a working state to begin with. And almost every time games get patched, it breaks something else or ruins something that everyone was enjoying. It's like George Lucas tinkering with Star Wars; LEAVE IT ALONE. PEOPLE LIKE WHAT YOU MADE, LET IT BE. "What, players are enjoying the loot cave in our broken-ass game? Let's take that away from them." It's Greedo shooting first for the new millennium.
TheSlamma
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MagnusTheBrewer
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Oddball interfaces. DOTA2 anyone?
Pay to win.
Griefers
Crafting that creates significantly lower quality items than what can be found in the wild.
Pay to win.
Griefers
Crafting that creates significantly lower quality items than what can be found in the wild.
So many things I could put here. But, I guess, at number 1, I'd go with bad console porting, with everything that entails.
Nothing chaffs my crack like bad UI's, quick saves, sucky controls, or controls that cater to controllers instead of keyboard/mice, and very little control over video and sound options.
If given a chance to list 2, then my second least favorite thing would be open world pvp, in any mmo. I'm not particularly fond of pvp at all. But, I will every once in awhile jump in a battleground/pvp instance/whatever it's called in the current game I'm playing. But, to be forced into pvp when all I want to do is go out and complete a few quests, is so incredibly not fun, I just can't figure out why other people love to deal with it. What makes it worse, is I generally level up slowly, taking my time. So, I"m pretty much cannon fodder to all the people that have to race to end game, and then find the only thing left for them to do is go and make life miserable to anyone left behind.
I try to stay away from games with open pvp. There have been a few that I've played in spite of it having open world pvp (lineage 2 and aion come to mind), but those are few and far between.
Nothing chaffs my crack like bad UI's, quick saves, sucky controls, or controls that cater to controllers instead of keyboard/mice, and very little control over video and sound options.
If given a chance to list 2, then my second least favorite thing would be open world pvp, in any mmo. I'm not particularly fond of pvp at all. But, I will every once in awhile jump in a battleground/pvp instance/whatever it's called in the current game I'm playing. But, to be forced into pvp when all I want to do is go out and complete a few quests, is so incredibly not fun, I just can't figure out why other people love to deal with it. What makes it worse, is I generally level up slowly, taking my time. So, I"m pretty much cannon fodder to all the people that have to race to end game, and then find the only thing left for them to do is go and make life miserable to anyone left behind.
I try to stay away from games with open pvp. There have been a few that I've played in spite of it having open world pvp (lineage 2 and aion come to mind), but those are few and far between.
SteveGrabowski
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I worked QA before, and it was a really frustrating experience at times. There was one major FPS I was on that shipped with this completely game breaking bug in MP making the player almost invincible if he did the right thing on his controller (and not something all that strange). We found it the night before they were sending it off to Microsoft/Sony/etc for certification testing but they sent the same broken build anyways, those QA teams never found it, and it shipped with it. Yeah, big deal, can download the Day 1 patch, right? Well no, one of the systems this occurred on was PS2.
Grinding (specially in jRPGs). I hate grinding with a passion, and when considering a new jRPG to play, first thing I do is Google "<name of the game> grinding", if anybody says grinding is needed, it's a no go for me.
Stringjam
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Junk collecting.
It almost keeps me from playing Borderlands. Having to constantly open boxes to keep your supply up.
It wouldn't be so bad if you could just auto open / ingest those boxes, but having to manually do it and sit through that animation over and over and over is maddening.
It almost keeps me from playing Borderlands. Having to constantly open boxes to keep your supply up.
It wouldn't be so bad if you could just auto open / ingest those boxes, but having to manually do it and sit through that animation over and over and over is maddening.
mikeymikec
Lifer
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QTE was the first thing that sprang to mind, and most of my other pet hates have also been mentioned already.
Obligatory, "If Quake was done today":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1ZtBCpo0eU
Obligatory, "If Quake was done today":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1ZtBCpo0eU
Anubis
No Lifer
Unlocking - why can't I use all the weapons and gadgets that I paid for when I bought the game without having to first use a bunch of crap that I don't want? In BF for example I end up getting a few guns that I like and never use the rest because I can't be assed to unlock the addons that make them effective.
Gamers - 10-15 years ago PC gamers and the internet community were a much more intelligent and respectful group. Now it's riddled with dbags, just look at youtube comments, reddit, etc. Who knew the whole world consisted of nazis and ******s?
Gamers - 10-15 years ago PC gamers and the internet community were a much more intelligent and respectful group. Now it's riddled with dbags, just look at youtube comments, reddit, etc. Who knew the whole world consisted of nazis and ******s?
the worst thing about checkpoint saves is like when you enter a high-action moment, and then die. So you have to replay it. And it is difficult.
It feels like you're rewatching part of a movie over and over again while doing some bullshit activity to get to the next part.
CPA
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I don't mind QTE's. I think they have their place.
I don't like most other gamers, particularly in MOBA's. People take MOBA's was too seriously, even in the casual games. If you don't want to play with noobs or folks that are just playing casually, GO PLAY RANKED! Otherwise, stop being an ass.
I don't like most other gamers, particularly in MOBA's. People take MOBA's was too seriously, even in the casual games. If you don't want to play with noobs or folks that are just playing casually, GO PLAY RANKED! Otherwise, stop being an ass.
UberNeuman
Lifer
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