Games you liked but quit playing due to an (arguably) stupid problem.

[girzwald]

I stopped playing metroid other M and returned it. The cutscences, the story, the voice acting. I could not stand one more second of it.

 

[girzwald]

fallout 3. i had beaten literally 75% of the game(including every DLC) and then my brother clogged up the xbox with all his saves so i couldn't see the difference between my save files and his. before i knew 24 hours of gameplay were all GONE in one effort to clean up my hardrive. after that i just did not feel like doing the effort to re-do all the DLC's.

Pretty sure that does not count. That wasn't an issue with the game.

 

[isometry]

Deus Ex: Human Revolution seems cool, but it bother me that I can't change the gamepad configuration. All I need to do is to swap the sprint button and the grenade button, but the lazy developers thought one config was good enough for everyone.

And before people say "L2P not every game should have controls like Call of Duty", I favor the right-handed buttons because I have an injury in my left. In games like Skyrim with fully customizable controls it's no problem, but in lesser games I often give up due to this simple issue.

 

[LeKiller]

Bad UI, overencumberment, plot moves too slowly and I don't have the time to wait 3 hours for another battle, something about the look or voices seems off.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

I stopped playing Just Cause 2 because, to me, everyone sounded like a really annoying and poorly acted stereotype.

That was deliberate. I mean come on, nobody sounds like this:

 

[Hawk eye1466]

Halo I liked 3 and ODST was passable if a little annoying because I had to play through twice because of someone screwing with the memory but someone I knew watched Arby n the Chef and I hate that series with a passion and since they can't stop parroting all his lines like a brain damaged child I got sick of halo. So yes someone actually made me hate a game because they were quoting a show about the game.

 

[Hawk eye1466]

I stopped playing Just Cause 2 because, to me, everyone sounded like a really annoying and poorly acted stereotype.

That was deliberate. I mean come on, nobody sounds like this:

That's the only reason I kept playing the game!
I just wanted to hear more hilariously bad acting it made the game so much more fun for me.

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

I stopped playing KOTOR 2 because I got to a point where I liked 3 characters too much, but could only have 2 on my team! It annoyed me so much that I had to leave the 3rd behind that I stopped playing!

The same thing happens to me in Dragon Age... I hate dissapointing any character! I want to be good friends with them all! In real life I am friends with nearly everyone I meet, so why can't I do that in game without someone whining that they have seen me with someone else?

 

[samaugsch]

Bioshock 2 kept crashing at the last half of Fontaine Futuristics where I'm looking for ADAM-infused plants to lure Gil out. That kind of pissed me off. That, and the fact that I couldn't even kill Sofia myself. Apparently, to get some douchebags killed, you have to be one yourself. :/

 

[samaugsch]

Fallout 3, I when you learn that you need something to purify the ocean of radioactive material. RADIATION DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT. It's been 200 years, so most of the extremely dangerous radioactive materials will be in very small amount, it's the GODDAMNED OCEAN, dropping every atomic weapon would barely affect the radioactivity of one of the great lakes, let alone the fucking ocean. And it's set on earth, so it's not like Bethesda has the excuse of saying it's in another universe. Not to mention if they wanted to 'purify' the water, all they needed to do was create a proper fucking filter.

God I hated that so much. Companies need to do their goddamned research if they want to set a game on earth.

I've heard of people complaining about soda dehydrating you in Fallout: New Vegas. What's your stance on that?

 

[samaugsch]

Fallout 3, I when you learn that you need something to purify the ocean of radioactive material. RADIATION DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT. It's been 200 years, so most of the extremely dangerous radioactive materials will be in very small amount, it's the GODDAMNED OCEAN, dropping every atomic weapon would barely affect the radioactivity of one of the great lakes, let alone the fucking ocean. And it's set on earth, so it's not like Bethesda has the excuse of saying it's in another universe. Not to mention if they wanted to 'purify' the water, all they needed to do was create a proper fucking filter.

God I hated that so much. Companies need to do their goddamned research if they want to set a game on earth.

Well Bethesda has never been good with writing just making a large place with a lot of padding. A lot of people also have a problem with Little Lamplight for not making any sense as well.

You would think they would at least try basing society there on Lord of the Flies or something.

 

[wintercoat]

Fallout 3, I when you learn that you need something to purify the ocean of radioactive material. RADIATION DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT. It's been 200 years, so most of the extremely dangerous radioactive materials will be in very small amount, it's the GODDAMNED OCEAN, dropping every atomic weapon would barely affect the radioactivity of one of the great lakes, let alone the fucking ocean. And it's set on earth, so it's not like Bethesda has the excuse of saying it's in another universe. Not to mention if they wanted to 'purify' the water, all they needed to do was create a proper fucking filter.

God I hated that so much. Companies need to do their goddamned research if they want to set a game on earth.

I've heard of people complaining about soda dehydrating you in Fallout: New Vegas. What's your stance on that?

Considering I've gone several months drinking nothing but soda, I found it to be bullshit. Hell, water it down and add a bit of salt, and you have pedialite!

OT: The Witcher. The animations were just god awful during conversations. It annoyed the hell out of me.

 

[Berenzen]

Fallout 3, I when you learn that you need something to purify the ocean of radioactive material. RADIATION DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT. It's been 200 years, so most of the extremely dangerous radioactive materials will be in very small amount, it's the GODDAMNED OCEAN, dropping every atomic weapon would barely affect the radioactivity of one of the great lakes, let alone the fucking ocean. And it's set on earth, so it's not like Bethesda has the excuse of saying it's in another universe. Not to mention if they wanted to 'purify' the water, all they needed to do was create a proper fucking filter.

God I hated that so much. Companies need to do their goddamned research if they want to set a game on earth.

I've heard of people complaining about soda dehydrating you in Fallout: New Vegas. What's your stance on that?

It bugs me, but you can mod it out on PC, and it's not central to the plot. The whole water purification thing is central to the plot is.

 

[orangeban]

Deus Ex Human Revolution, I loved that game, but I was playing a non-kill character on the hardest difficulty and I have spent like half an hour trying to take down the third boss (naked muscle man guy), desperately scavenging for weapons, plugging him with the stupid tranq rifle which I hate. He. Just. Won't. Die.

You can hack a turret to kill him for you near that point as I remeber my friend did that.

Oh really? I was unaware of this, though I'd pretty much forgotten you could reprogramme turrets, since I was trying to avoid killing people and I didn't realise you could use them against bosses.

 

[Toilet]

Oh God to many games to mention, bad writing really turns me off and off putting character designs are the biggest culprit.

Assassins Creed 2 when you had to do that mandatory look at the macguffins to progress the story and reach the ending. I got really really put off and just watched the ending on youtube.

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 after hearing some of the shit they spew during cut scenes, I cant invest in a story when professional soldiers talk about dreams while waiting to spring an ambush. Also the character designs really annoy me, Zach looks like a girl and his voice doesn't match his face or character.

Jak & Daxter The Lost Frontier pretty much turned me off for the same reasons for Crisis Core, except all of the script is needless exposition for everything. "Jak we need to find a new Eco source so I can become a Sage AND SAVE THE WORLD". All of the cutscenes are like this and it just really annoyed me.

Skyrim after trying all different play styles, Magic is R1 to win and chug Mana Potions, Melee Weapons made me motion sick with the floaty swings and archery is really boring.

Also I stopped playing Assassins Creed Brotherhood when I realised it was Assassins Creed 2 with little extra bits.

 

[zombieshark6666]

HL2 Episode 1: I got stuck in the level right after a checkpoint. I couldn't physically get past that point, so fuck it.

 

[TheKruzdawg]

I was staying overnight at my cousin's house and couldn't sleep, so I put in his copy of GTA IV to give it a try. I quit playing because I thought the intro sequence was boring and I couldn't skip it. Haven't picked it up again, due also to other problems I heard about in the game a.k.a. stupid cousin guy missions.

EDIT: I just realized my response probably doesn't count since I really didn't play the game.

 

[Seagoon]

Grand Theft Auto 4 and Red Dead Redemption. the fucking movement

OH MY GOD YES! I know what you fucking mean! When I got Red Dead Part of me was thinking: Is this game broken? are they going to patch this? But nobody else seemed to care about it or think it was a problem! (Although GTA IV was fine for me, I didn't think it was as much of a problem as i RDR)

 

[OldNewNewOld]

Deus Ex: Human Revolution. The controls are just awful. The lag in the controls is awful. How the hell can the camera lag 2 seconds behind my mouse? And it's not my hardware's fault. I play Skyrim on 1680x1050 on max details without lag. DE can't require more on the lowest settings.

Also, Monster Hunter Tri. That damn camera... Y U NO WORK?!?! It was "playable" until you get tot he Barioth. But then... he jumps to much and you can't move your camera as fast as he is. You never know where he is.
But some months later (few days ago), I remembered I had the classic controller. The controls are so much better... I beaten that damn Barioth on at the second try. First time I lost because I wasn't used to the controller. I always pressed the button to use items instead of attacking. Now imagine what happens when you start sharpening your blade in front of that insane jumping bastard.

And Just Cause 2.
I loved the game until I had to fly an air plain. Then I stopped playing it. Worst controls EVER.
But everything else about the game, I fucking loved it. Especially the grappling hook/parachute travelling. Fuck the game, just fly around. ^^

 

[darkcalling]

I almost quit playing Dead Island when (after dying on one mission about 9 times) I realized that, while you can play single player, the game doesn't feel like it was ever balanced FOR it. Enemy balance and numbers are the same as in multiplayer (according to a friend who's played in multiplayer) and that just feels lazy.

I still intend to finish it but it's on the back burner for now.