I hate when people spoil game endings.

[AngloDoom]

Before I played Mass Effect 2 a while back, I had several things from Mass Effect 3 ruined from rading threads on this website that weren't even related to the game in question.

Sadface. Sadface indeed.

 

[Karoshi]

I got Walking Dead spoiled for me since some person on Tumblr couldnt tag her shit. Unfollowed her ever since. Bioshock is... almost spoiled? I have a general feeling what the plot twist is supposed to be. Let's hope I'm wrong.

Good thing that nothing about Portal 2 got spoiled for me, since the plot was incredibly good and very satisfying to watch it unfold.

 

[KingKickass]

If someone spoils the ending to a game, or anything for that matter, I'll usually not play/watch it at all or I will to see how it plays out. Some asshole I knew spoiled the ending to Borderlands and when I rented it, I got bored of it extremely quickly since I knew what was going to happen. With the release of Borderlands 2 though, I might go back and play the first all the way before playing the second to get the full experience.

 

[Scars Unseen]

In Missile Command,

Spoiler

everyone dies.

 

[Legion]

What pisses me off are the people who just casually mention it like on the facebook comments on this site. It's not like the forums where you get tags or have to scroll down. If you are reading an article you can see the facebook comments at the bottom and I had people post spoilers on that which really pissed me off.

Or you get people in topics such as "What character deaths did you hate?" or similar, where people don't think that perhaps it might be an idea to put them in spoiler tags.

I actually think it should be against forum rules, seeing as they are pretty strong against more lighter things such as using images and low content posting (not that I do either).

 

[Savagezion]

I don't care if people dislike something I do(case in point I think The Dark Knight Rises is excellent) but I like to know a bit about it before being informed of it's quality by someone else, if someone is going to say to me "Look I won't spoil anything but just so you know it's terrible" then I think they should have just kept their mouth shut and waited until I've seen what they're talking about and then I can judge the validity of their criticism.

You are right that one shouldn't let the opinions of others affect what they personally think and I don't(well for the most part anyway). But when it concerns something of which I don't have the details and spoilers are a concern then people really can't give reasons even if they have them.

I would say you do let the opinions of others affect what you think for the most part. If you want to judge AC3 and someone says it is terrible, and that affects your ability to judge, that is letting people's views affect your own. I know that when I am looking forward to a game and people rag on it, I get a little upset that there is a possibility it isn't good. I experienced this with Alpha Protocol, I braced myself and went in anyways hoping for the best. Turned out I loved it despite much of its criticism being true. To this day I won't dispute it's shortcomings with anyone but I like it. Their views didn't taint anything for me. They worried me as I had been waiting on that games release for so long but I never rule out the possibility of it disappointing me. If someone's opinion alters your ability to form one entirely on your own, then what you think is being affected by others. It's just how that works.

 

[Rack]

If you can, play through as if you don't know. make all choices as if that is a "possibility" and not a constant. That may salvage it a little. That one thing isn't all the game has to offer, I assure you. It just an really low blow.

Okay, I may give it a shot tonight then, after all. It was just that one thing spoiled, thanks. I think I will message ya to let you know what I think, and probably to thank you. Just in case, here's a thanks in advance. Thanks

I'd recommend you do,

Spoiler: Vague and roundabout talking about Walking Dead that might hint towards the spoiler Chozo saw

There are definitely events you will see and depending on your prior behaviour choices you may get that affect the impact of that particular spoiler. Whatever there are things that happen you'll want to see even with that knowledge.

 

[Abomination]

I don't read threads about games I haven't played yet but want to play.

It tends to save me from having endings spoiled.

 

[Best of the 3]

I don't really mind spoiled game endings to be honest. If the experience towards the ending is good for me, I'll forget about what the ending actually is and when it does hit me still enjoy it. Then again it's different for some people. Some want the ending to be the best experience, some want it to be the journey towards getting to that ending.

 

[Coffeejack]

The only spoiler I ever give out for a game or film is "It's shit", because that's the only spoiler I know of that can be beneficial to people. Games are expensive.

 

[MetalDooley]

It irritates me that so many people on the internet who use spoiler tags on forums to prevent from spoiling (including many a member on this site) are so fucking horrible at doing so.

Step 1: State the name of whatever it is you are about to put in your spoiler tags
Step 2: Put said spoiler in spoiler tags
Step 3: There, was that so fucking hard?

So many people just put up tags without anything else. I've had Arkham City and both Infamous 2 endings spoiled for me on this site.

You know what irritates me?

Someone clicking on a spoiler tag and then complaining that something is spoiled for them.

Step 1on't click on spoiler tags
Step 2:There, was that so fucking hard?

 

[saintdane05]

<spoiler=So Do I>It's an illusion. Captain Walker killed everyone, and Konrad was dead the whole time.
Lee is bitten at the end of Episode 4, and Connie has to kill him.
Cortana dies.
Aerith dies.
Sephiroth is controlled by Jenova.
You were being mind controled, and Atlas is Fontine.
Bowser and Peach are actually lovers, and Mario is a stalker.
You were just building the Atom Bomb

 

[Ljs1121]

I've had major plot details spoiled for me recently about Far Cry 3 and Skyward Sword, two games that I really got immersed into the story of. That absolutely made me mad.

 

[Peahats]

I had someone spoil the twist in Dishonored for me. We were talking about the game and it's the first thing he blurts out. Needless to say, I was annoyed.

 

[Tallim]

Youtube comments are bad for this.

Sometimes there will be spoilers in the comments that are completely unrelated to the video -_-

Random unrelated Youtube comment completely ruined the big moment from Bioshock for me before I played it. By the time I realised exactly what I was reading about it was too late :/

 

[Something Amyss]

Spoilers don't usually bother me or ruin things, but I found people intentionally spoiling Red Dead Redemption for others to be insanely dickish.

 

[King Billi]

I would say you do let the opinions of others affect what you think for the most part. If you want to judge AC3 and someone says it is terrible, and that affects your ability to judge, that is letting people's views affect your own. I know that when I am looking forward to a game and people rag on it, I get a little upset that there is a possibility it isn't good. I experienced this with Alpha Protocol, I braced myself and went in anyways hoping for the best. Turned out I loved it despite much of its criticism being true. To this day I won't dispute it's shortcomings with anyone but I like it. Their views didn't taint anything for me. They worried me as I had been waiting on that games release for so long but I never rule out the possibility of it disappointing me. If someone's opinion alters your ability to form one entirely on your own, then what you think is being affected by others. It's just how that works.

I'm confused with what you're trying to tell me here? If other people have a different opinion than I do and I'm aware of it then I can't help but have my opinion altered by them?

So if I get around to finishing this game and end up loving it, it won't be because it what I honestly believe but just because I want to spite all those people who said it was terrible or something..?
I'm sorry but I don't understand, I was just talking about something which annoyed me.

 

[TheVampwizimp_v1legacy]

Spoilers are a big thing for me. As I've gotten more and more into video games and matured as a player of them, it's become more important that nothing gets ruined for me with the games I most look forward to.

I assiduously avoided everything regarding Mass Effect 3 for ten months until it came out, and was still a bit upset that a handful of things reached me anyway. I am endlessly grateful to my friend who loaned me Bioshock that he didn't spoil anything about it for me. That same friend is now playing Dishonored and I have avoided any and all information on it until I get a chance to play.

It is just very important that I come to a game with a fresh set of eyes, knowing as little as possible, so the experience can take full effect on me. It's the engrossing, absorbing experience I am after, and knowing plot points and character arcs before hand damages that feeling. I don't even want to know gameplay mechanics, I want to find those out on my own; I don't want to see the art style or setting, I want to be surprised by what I see...

Ugh, I'm starting to take games way too seriously...

 

[infinity_turtles]

A friend of mine who doesn't really play video games but watches a lot of Let's Plays almost spoiled The Walking Dead for me. I tackled him midway through his sentence. There's dick moves and then there's specifically ruining something someone is looking forward to.

 

[josemlopes]

I honestly didnt mind being "slightly" sploiled with the Mass Effect games, if I read somewhere that X character died I wouldnt mind because I knew that the games could end up with most characters dead (or not) depending on my actions.