Games or developers you hate on principle

[skywalkerlion]

Is activision a developer? If it is, than I have to go with them.

I hate IW now too. Jesus guys, how the hell could you mess up what was once better then Halo, and turned it into utter shit.

I really, really hope that Treyarch fixes the massive hole they put into the franchise for me.

 

[freedomweasel]

EA (duh)
Square because of FF13
Codemasters since F1 2010

What did codemasters do to F1? I've been waiting on a few more reviews before purchasing.

The pro reviews seem to be based on 3 lap little shootouts. Nothing really goes wrong there, just like in all the demo videos prior to release.

The driving is fun although the car is a bit unpredictable. You don't get much feedback from the track so you might spin without knowing why. The AI doesn't work, the FIA rules penalize you even when you're not at fault, your opponents don't have to pit even when it's mandatory, you get stuck in the pits...

I'll let the reported bug list speak for itself, it's likely they built the game and never tested it.

http://community.codemasters.com/forum/f1-2010-game-1316/429298-unofficial-f1-2010-bugs-errors-list.html

That's a drag. I had my worries as I don't like codemaster's other driving games. Maybe a patch will fix some of that. I sold my 360 along with forza3 to get my ps3, so hopefully GT5 doesn't dissapoint..

Bethesda. I said it.

I hate them because of what they did to Fallout 3, and more importantly, the fact that they're greedy pricks who took legal action against Interplay over NOTHING!

Bethesda. There, I said it too.

I don't like Bethesda games either, though it's more of a gameplay/concept/design thing than anything involving Interplay.

 

[crowbarlove]

Can someone tell me why I don't like Bioware? I really don't know why but after being really excited for mass effect 1 I got bored with it half way through and because of it have no interest in other Bioware games. I don't hate them but I don't understand all the praise. A few negative comments one of the heads said about jrpgs kinda made me mad but other than that I don't really know why I don't like them.

Bioware had half-decent storytelling skills. Some people feel this makes up for the lackluster gameplay their games exhibit. A smaller number of people feel that placing in the Special Olympics that is video game storytelling makes them the second coming of Jesus.

You sir are correct and hilarious but the funny thing is I thought for as "good" and "well written" as the mass effect story was I thought it wasn't really exciting and was kinda generic and safe like something you would get out of the paperback sci-fi section of a bookstore. The terrible item management and copy paste missions were also contributing factors of just being bored with the game. I heard the second gets rid of those problems but I need the will power to finish the first in order to get the second.

 

[Souplex]

I was fairly neutral towards Valve until I played Half Life 2.
Now I hate them with a fiery passion.

 

[Gardenia]

Bethesda. I said it.

I hate them because of what they did to Fallout 3, and more importantly, the fact that they're greedy pricks who took legal action against Interplay over NOTHING!

Bethesda. There, I said it too.

I don't like Bethesda games either, though it's more of a gameplay/concept/design thing than anything involving Interplay.

I just want a game almost free of crippling bugs. Which Bethesda has failed to deliver.

I was fairly neutral towards Valve until I played Half Life 2.
Now I hate them with a fiery passion.

You are free to elaborate.

 

[migo]

Any game by Activision, although I'll still play Geometry Wars and such because I didn't know they were shit at the time I got it. No new Activision game at all for me. Also, no Blizzard games, although since I was always more of a fan of Warcaft than Starcraft, and never a Diablo fan, that isn't an issue for me. I don't think there's any other dev that bothers me. Activision games are the only ones I won't play on principle, although all the Halo fans do get on my nerves.

 

[JordanJefferson]

I'm not condemning Blizzard. And your long-winded explanations don't change the fact that Wings of Liberty is still 1/3rd of the whole game.

Well you don't like the fact they did something they felt would appease the consumer,]

I just don't agree with it.

 

[Kaez]

Well you don't like the fact they did something they felt would appease the consumer,]

I just don't agree with it.

Clearly you haven't read my posts and just skimmed it. I am all for providing the consumer with a longer experiance, and Blizzard wins this in my books. They are providing you with seperate, but yet coheisive games with an overarching storyline. Something many game companies are trying to do. Blizzard does this successfully by offering polished games (despite what people think about "balance" it's still a polished game).

I've given you reasons that show massive faults with your principals on buying and playing "unfinished games". Essentially any game with DLC/Expansions/Massive, Noticable bugs are unfinished games. Hence why your probably only play Nintendo games (although a few have their bugs to) becuase it doesn't fit the the requirements of unfinished.

Despite what you say, this is true for most games since early in pc gaming. Though DLC has soon changed the need on expansions as most of the content an expansion provides are now going into DLC... the most notable exception that I can think of is Dragon Age : Awakening. And even that game initally was "unfinished" according to many people.

 

[Riddle78]

I HATE JoWood on principle,because of the DISASTER that was Gothic III and what I assume Arcaia will be as well. Also,the pats-on-head retarted fellows (thanks,Mr.Croshaw!) behind Guitar Zero and Rock Bland should die in a hole. Filled with Hellfire. Also,any Final Fantasy with a number greater than nine,and in between six and eight.

 

[theSovietConnection]

I hate PC gaming, because the people that do it are always so condescending and elitist. They just anger me.

The only reason PC gamers act elitist, is because most console gamers (MOST, maybe and probably not you) act like snot nosed little children who just bought a new console with daddys wallet, who think they are all the finest thing to graze gods green earth. It's a bit unrealistic to say that all PC gamers are elitist, but when you see the 'typical' squeaking arrogant American 12 year old playing COD, it kinda just proves my point.
Not saying there are no pc gamers like that, but you need a LITTLE bit of pc know-how to be a pc gamer, especially if you are building yourself.

I wouldn't say most console gamers are like that. It's the same problem as with PC elitists, the wrong crowd is getting the most attention.

Anyways, I wouldn't say I hate Valve because of their fanboys, but they did manage to ruin Half-Life 2 for me. Continually being told I would be playing God's veritable gift to the gaming world, and just finding a rather bland shooter, you can say I was more then a little disappointed. I will admit I didn't play the original, though I did read up on as much of the story as possible so I wouldn't be going in blind. However, between lack of narrative, physics puzzles, linear gameplay, physics puzzles, driving sections, physics puzzles, and very samey enemies, I just wasn't having fun. And at the end of the day, I have to say that HL2 dropped the ball on the most important part of any game I play by not being fun.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

GTFO and play Half-Life 2. Just do it. You won't be disappointed.

ANYWAYYYY: In before Kotick.

(As an aside, my copy of Half Life 2 - which I received as a present - doesn't like the way I plug my Xbox 360 into a computer monitor instead of a TV to play, so it doesn't work. I have this problem with a lot of original Xbox games, it's irritating as I can't find out for myself whether the game is any good or not.)

Yeah. Like I said, irritating.

I know, but find a way. To quote our god, mr. Croshaw, "sometimes things are popular because they are good". It's one of those times.

Well it's not as simple as you make it sound, lol. I mean, who knows, I might enjoy Half life 2 if I played it. But right now at least, I can't, and I don't know any friends who have it either. It looks possible I may get a proper TV for my 360 at Christmas, so I'll wait till then before I do anything.

Know anybody with an Xbox 360 connected to a TV? Bring it there, play it, see if your hatred is founded or not.

Yes, Valve biggest fanboy's are over zealous about Valve game, and are willing to put down other title just because it has a space marine in power armor in it (ignoring the fact that Gordon Freeman kind of invented that concept) but so are Halo fans, Sonic fans (oh god the Sonic fans) fans of ANY game will put you down for not liking their games (you do not want to start me on what I heard in defence of Sonic '06). Just remember this, the most vocal group of anything is the group that lives and dies by it.

Know that, and your travels through the internet will suddenly become much easier and much funnier if you read all the complainers in chimpmuck voices.

 

[repeating integers]

Know anybody with an Xbox 360 connected to a TV? Bring it there, play it, see if your hatred is founded or not.

Yes, Valve biggest fanboy's are over zealous about Valve game, and are willing to put down other title just because it has a space marine in power armor in it (ignoring the fact that Gordon Freeman kind of invented that concept) but so are Halo fans, Sonic fans (oh god the Sonic fans) fans of ANY game will put you down for not liking their games (you do not want to start me on what I heard in defence of Sonic '06). Just remember this, the most vocal group of anything is the group that lives and dies by it.

Know that, and your travels through the internet will suddenly become much easier and much funnier if you read all the complainers in chimpmuck voices.

I might do that if HL2 has a co-op mode (seems selfish and pointless to go round my friend's house with a 360 only to play a singleplayer by myself).

I also think I've figured out how the hell I've managed to avoid the rabid Halo fans that are definitely out there somewhere on the Internet - I only visit three forums, including this one. One of the others is a teeny tiny fan forum for an internet author where nobody seems to care about FPS games in general (though there are lots of big Mass Effect threads); the other is a not-quite-so-small and very civil forum - which, at its core, is a Relic fan forum, packed full of old-timers who love Homeworld. You do get threads about pretty much all the big releases, but anybody trying to troll them gets quickly punished...

And finally... I think I would actually like to hear what you heard in defence of Sonic 06 .

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Know anybody with an Xbox 360 connected to a TV? Bring it there, play it, see if your hatred is founded or not.

Yes, Valve biggest fanboy's are over zealous about Valve game, and are willing to put down other title just because it has a space marine in power armor in it (ignoring the fact that Gordon Freeman kind of invented that concept) but so are Halo fans, Sonic fans (oh god the Sonic fans) fans of ANY game will put you down for not liking their games (you do not want to start me on what I heard in defence of Sonic '06). Just remember this, the most vocal group of anything is the group that lives and dies by it.

Know that, and your travels through the internet will suddenly become much easier and much funnier if you read all the complainers in chimpmuck voices.

I might do that if HL2 has a co-op mode (seems selfish and pointless to go round my friend's house with a 360 only to play a singleplayer by myself).

I also think I've figured out how the hell I've managed to avoid the rabid Halo fans that are definitely out there somewhere on the Internet - I only visit three forums, including this one. One of the others is a teeny tiny fan forum for an internet author where nobody seems to care about FPS games in general (though there are lots of big Mass Effect threads); the other is a not-quite-so-small and very civil forum - which, at its core, is a Relic fan forum, packed full of old-timers who love Homeworld. You do get threads about pretty much all the big releases, but anybody trying to troll them gets quickly punished...

And finally... I think I would actually like to hear what you heard in defence of Sonic 06 .

Everything from, "You have to forgive all the flaws because they were forced to rush it" to "you have to play it for the story to keep the continuity straight."

Yes, they thought I had to play through "Shadow and Silver's time traveling adventure: with some appearances from Sonic" where the at the end the entire story deletes it self from existance and causes 12 different kinds of plot holes by including Blaze the Cat in the story period.

Edit: Sorry, no Co-op

But, you can always play manual "when one of us dies we switch who is playing" co-op that people who played Portal often used.

 

[HonorableChairman]

I really don't understand this concept.

I will admit, I am one to succumb to hype aversion (Although this is only in like Halo-tier cases, anything less than that and I feel like it's just silly). But that applies to games, not whole companies. I don't understand how you can discount any game that a dev has made or will ever make for a (usually trivial) arbitrary reason. If anything, devs only enter into the equation when it's a dev I like, and thus makes me want to get the game more. Devs I don't like end up just not registering on my radar, so I just treat whatever game they're making like any other game.

 

[repeating integers]

Everything from, "You have to forgive all the flaws because they were forced to rush it" to "you have to play it for the story to keep the continuity straight."

Yes, they thought I had to play through "Shadow and Silver's time traveling adventure: with some appearances from Sonic" where the at the end the entire story deletes it self from existance and causes 12 different kinds of plot holes by including Blaze the Cat in the story period.

Edit: Sorry, no Co-op

But, you can always play manual "when one of us dies we switch who is playing" co-op that people who played Portal often used.

Hmm. "They were forced to rush it" sounds like a good reason to forgive the company for letting the flaws through, but not for forgetting they're there. That's just silly. As for Blaze the Cat, who is that? I don't know my Sonic.

Manual co-op could work, I guess, but it sounds imperfect - perhaps a certain time limit before each swap would be better. I could try it.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Everything from, "You have to forgive all the flaws because they were forced to rush it" to "you have to play it for the story to keep the continuity straight."

Yes, they thought I had to play through "Shadow and Silver's time traveling adventure: with some appearances from Sonic" where the at the end the entire story deletes it self from existance and causes 12 different kinds of plot holes by including Blaze the Cat in the story period.

Edit: Sorry, no Co-op

But, you can always play manual "when one of us dies we switch who is playing" co-op that people who played Portal often used.

Hmm. "They were forced to rush it" sounds like a good reason to forgive the company for letting the flaws through, but not for forgetting they're there. That's just silly. As for Blaze the Cat, who is that? I don't know my Sonic.

Manual co-op could work, I guess, but it sounds imperfect - perhaps a certain time limit before each swap would be better. I could try it.

No, they were expecting forgiveness for that.

As for Blaze, she is a cat that first appeared in the handheld Sonic Rush games that were actually pretty good (2D games), but she was thrown in with 06 after all the fans fell in love with her (I don't know why). It is a confusing problem since in the Rush games she was a princess gaurdian thing from another demension, while 06 she was a cat from the future (a future that ceased to exist).

Try wrapping your head around that one for a moment.

 

[Blackpapa]

0. If there's ever a developer I was seriously tempted to mail a horse's head to, it was Bethesda, for Failout 3.

1. Ubisoft, for letting them know they think of players as thieves. You know, the corporate equivalent of a shopkeeper staring at your hands with a stern look.

2. Square Enix, for everything. They release Final Fantasy games, which I never was very fond of, in the way I'm not very fond of malaria. A horrible combat system, a main character that's about as an angsty emo as it can get and a flimsy, insultingly stupid plot that despite it's disfigurment and helpless stagerring still takes itself seriously.

They screwed over Supcom 2, kind of defeating the whole point of the franchise. They screwed up DXHR with no-less-than-retarded dialogues and screwed the setting overall.

Also, for releasing a movie called Advent Children. I downloaded this film for a friend of mine and decided that as long as I have it, I might as well watch it. In all honesty, the first 15 minutes I thought the film to be some sort of super-surreal absurd animated comedy. And I laughed. Then I realized it's supposed to be srs, and the idea of a spikey-haired angsty teenager superman-ripoff and his no less hilariously hyperbolic supporting characters are made to make me shiver in excitement.

3. Anything Sony has had dealings with, this means all PS titles. I will NEVER trust a company that puts a rootkit on it's audio CDs or buy it's hardware.