I would say fun, since it seems that a lot of people enjoy that and I'm a selfish prick who thinks the world revolves around me and my efforts to spite everybody.
Remove a Game Mechanic from Existence
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Things like slide puzzles in a game that doesn't require them. If I'm not playing Professor Layton, I don't want to have to do an old school puzzle, especially if it's a "Oh yeah, somehow moving these weird statues around onto their proper squares means you can move on." I'm looking at you Twilight Princess.
To clarify, I don't mean any kind of puzzles, just really arbitrary ones, that require less intelligence and exploration, and more sheer dumb luck or puzzle knowledge.
To clarify, I don't mean any kind of puzzles, just really arbitrary ones, that require less intelligence and exploration, and more sheer dumb luck or puzzle knowledge.
I would get rid of the mechanic that has RTS games play without bases or economies... Oh, wait, that doesn't count. Darn.
I don't think I've ever experienced swimming in a game to be enjoyable or even feel justified at all, so unless someone can make swimming meaningful, getting rid of that would be nice.
Also, morality systems, especially ones that give rewards for maxing out evil or good, are lame. I really enjoy variety and moral problems in games, but I prefer to be able to be the moral judge of my own actions and their consequences, rather than having the game tell me what's good and what's bad, and forcing me to go good or evil to get the best rewards.
I don't think I've ever experienced swimming in a game to be enjoyable or even feel justified at all, so unless someone can make swimming meaningful, getting rid of that would be nice.
Also, morality systems, especially ones that give rewards for maxing out evil or good, are lame. I really enjoy variety and moral problems in games, but I prefer to be able to be the moral judge of my own actions and their consequences, rather than having the game tell me what's good and what's bad, and forcing me to go good or evil to get the best rewards.
I can't believe no one has called this yet ...
FUCKING ESCORT MISSION!
It's difficult enough fighting wave after wave of enemies without having to protect a worthless lil' ***** (Leon Help!) who bends over to any hostiles she sees, and likes to plant her face into walls, because she was born without a brain. As if that isn't bad enough, her health bar is slightly bigger than a hamster's penis (she dies in 2-3 hits) and of course you can't give the important person you're protecting some protection, or a gun! Nooooo, now that would be silly ... FUCK YOUR ESCORT MISSIONS! AND FUCK YOU FOR CREATING THEM!!!!
Oh and also - Grinding and fetch quests. Seriously RPGs, please don't pat it out, if you ran out of ideas just tell me, i'll understand
FUCKING ESCORT MISSION!
It's difficult enough fighting wave after wave of enemies without having to protect a worthless lil' ***** (Leon Help!) who bends over to any hostiles she sees, and likes to plant her face into walls, because she was born without a brain. As if that isn't bad enough, her health bar is slightly bigger than a hamster's penis (she dies in 2-3 hits) and of course you can't give the important person you're protecting some protection, or a gun! Nooooo, now that would be silly ... FUCK YOUR ESCORT MISSIONS! AND FUCK YOU FOR CREATING THEM!!!!
Oh and also - Grinding and fetch quests. Seriously RPGs, please don't pat it out, if you ran out of ideas just tell me, i'll understand
Regenning health in FPSes.
I know I've probably been Ninja'd x a billion.
If I had to go with something else, probably... Wow, with the obvious out of the question this is really hard to answer.
Ok, I've been sitting here for 10 minutes trying to think of something. I can't.
I know I've probably been Ninja'd x a billion.
If I had to go with something else, probably... Wow, with the obvious out of the question this is really hard to answer.
Ok, I've been sitting here for 10 minutes trying to think of something. I can't.
Not trying to sound like Yahtzee here, but quicktime events. Seriously, it's such a lame way of trying to make a cutscene interactive. You press a few buttons, and your character does all sorts of crazy sh!t that you really didn't cause... I was really driven crazy in the Force Unleashed (1 and 2) boss fights. Once you whittled down the bosses' health enough, you could enter a quicktime event to finish them off. You press I think a total of 3 buttons, and Starkiller does crazy acrobatics with his lightsaber and the force. I would honestly rather have to watch it as a regular cutscene and revel in the awesomeness, then participate in a weak attempt to get me involved.
Yes yes yes, a thousand times yesShadow flame master said:
Also, I would like to point out that objectively there is nothing wrong with regenerating health or cover based mechanics in and of themselves. However, you have to make sure they work within the theme of the game, and furthermore you shouldn't use them both together. Either regenerating health and no cover, or cover and no regenerating health.
Canid117 said:
OMFG YES!!!!
and QT events, i hate them because instead of watching the action you are just waiting for a another icon to show up
I'm curious. For those of you who hate QTEs, do the reaction commands in KH2 count?
You know, I'm talking about the ones where you're mashing x and triangle over and over during the final boss, or the ones during the Hydra boss fight. The ones where you pick up an enemy and use his beam to kill other enemies don't really count IMO because that's more of a context-sensitive command than an actual QTE.
You know, I'm talking about the ones where you're mashing x and triangle over and over during the final boss, or the ones during the Hydra boss fight. The ones where you pick up an enemy and use his beam to kill other enemies don't really count IMO because that's more of a context-sensitive command than an actual QTE.
Hmm, to spice things up a bit, no weapons. See if anyone can make an appealing game without weapons. There is some like limbo or amnesia so it could be interesting.
Escort or defense missions. These kinds of missions really piss me off, and I just want them gone.
Although I heard Ico, a game where you had to escort some girl almost the entire time, was pretty good.
Although I heard Ico, a game where you had to escort some girl almost the entire time, was pretty good.
I know this sounds stupid in comparison to everything everyone else says but.
What I hate
hate so much
Is games where when you play them online... you have no option to mute individual people.
(or where it is so obscure to do so that most people are unaware of the option)
First one springs to mind. I was playing RDR with some buddies today and there was like a 9 year old announcing everything he was doing.
"I just shot a guy! WADHASKHWWOOOOWWW"
"OMG! I LEVELED!"
"I like horses!"
We had to switch servers only to find the next one had a guy playing his Jay Z as loud as he could into the headset.
Next server was same as the first only this kid spoke Spanish.
edit: Okay you can mute in that. I hadn't played in in like 5 months and forgot how. My point remains valid though.
What I hate
hate so much
Is games where when you play them online... you have no option to mute individual people.
(or where it is so obscure to do so that most people are unaware of the option)
First one springs to mind. I was playing RDR with some buddies today and there was like a 9 year old announcing everything he was doing.
"I just shot a guy! WADHASKHWWOOOOWWW"
"OMG! I LEVELED!"
"I like horses!"
We had to switch servers only to find the next one had a guy playing his Jay Z as loud as he could into the headset.
Next server was same as the first only this kid spoke Spanish.
edit: Okay you can mute in that. I hadn't played in in like 5 months and forgot how. My point remains valid though.
invisible boundaries. i know that levels cant stretch on forever, but if im going to get to the edge, either make it a bottomless cliff, or a 50 ft wall made of diamonds so i cant break it down, cause if i see another 2 foot ledge or it just plain stops me, i will break.... stuff. thats preferably not mine.
Many many people have stated why regenerating health is better for design and difficulty, so that's not gonna ever go away.
I'd choose stunning from MMORPGs. Nothing like literally being unable to fight back.
I'd choose stunning from MMORPGs. Nothing like literally being unable to fight back.