what keeps you favorite game from being perfect?

[Scorekeeper]

Pokémon, while not necessarily my favourite game, is still one I become routinely obsessed with.

The fact that IVs* exist (yet are, along with EVs**, completely invisible) really makes online battling scene very difficult for a newer player to get into, because even with proper EV training Pokémon with bad IVs won't even be able to get a hit in on perfect mons. This means that either hours (and I mean HOURS) of careful breeding, or outright cheating with an Action Replay are required to get anywhere online. It's a shame because without IVs, it'd be much easier for people to just get in there and let their strategies decide who wins, instead of the numbers.

While some argue that getting rid of IVs will eliminate the need for breeding, there are still egg moves.

*IVs - Individual Values, are hidden stats all Pokémon have that determine how high a pokémon's individual stats can get in one certain area. For instance, at level 100, a Pokémon with 31 IVs (the maximum) in attack will have 20 more stat points than a Pokémon with 11 IVs in attack (assuming EV spread is the same)

*EVs - Effort Values, again a hidden stat, with 255 being the highest in one skill and 510 being the most any pokémon can have, 4 EVs in any area (attack etc) = 1 stat point at level 100. You train EVs by having your mons fight enemies that are strong in the stat you want to train (Magikarp awards 1 speed EV, for example)

At least make the process more accessible. The game shouldn't require so much metagaming to breed good mons.

 

[AlternatePFG]

Wind Waker probably could have been harder, and the map to the pieces of the triforce part could have been cut out (getting the pieces was fun, but actually having to get the maps first and then paying Tingle to find out? Ugh.).

Still, it's easily my favorite game.

(I like the sailing)

 

[Dys]

Though claiming it as my favorite game is probably something of an exaggeration, I loved crysis but it failed in a few key areas. The forced vehicle sections felt..forced, and the aliens were silly. There were some glorious moments (the moment in the expansion where you're told 'don't fuck it up' springs to mind) but the lategame pacing and aliens really did drag down an otherwise stellar single player experience. It was also disappointing that the multiplayer felt a bit lacking, there was, and still is, huge potential to make it something fantastic but the map design and necessity of gamespy really weaken it.

Zelda: MM: No 3DS confirmation....

That is a fantastically depressing limitation. So much so that I felt the need to quote and point out I agree.

 

[moretimethansense]

Shin Megami Tensei Lucifer's Call (and by extension every other Atlus game) - playing these games feels like an abusive relationship

*sniff* It's my fault really, I knew he likes his sanwiches lightly toasted with exactly one and a half spoons of mayonaise, cheese thenlettuce onions then tomatoes in that exact order, it's not his fault I can't get it right.

 

[Sigmund Av Volsung]

Assassin's Creed 2/the whole series.
1.The Combat
2.The Endings(or the build up to them, ACB's REAL ending was awesome, but the sections before it, not so good, in AC2 as well)

 

[the_hoffs_ego]

Kotor is my favorite game. All I have to say about it pertaining to this thread is MUCHA SHAKA PAKA

 

[Azure Sky]

Minecraft

Its not finished yet =(

That and the 2x2 crafting mod doesn't have shields yet =(

 

[Schauzeit]

Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines:
The Bugs. Oh my god, the bugs. Even with several fan patches it was still bugged as hell and a lot of times impossible to finish, which is sad because the game is awesome.

 

[Dexiro]

The original Spyro would be amazing if it were a little longer and a little more difficult.

It's not my absolute favourite game but I always say it is :3

 

[Mrselfdestruct]

I can't think of many faults for MGS4. The game is kinda short when you take away the cutscenes, but that doesn't bother me much because the cutscenes are so good.
LIQUIIIIIIIID!!!!!!!

 

[CardinalPiggles]

absolute favourite game is probably borderlands, and my only issue is sniper rifles suck.

but hell i stopped using them along time ago now, and for me the game is pretty much perfect.

 

[jaketheripper]

absolute favourite game is probably borderlands, and my only issue is sniper rifles suck.

but hell i stopped using them along time ago now, and for me the game is pretty much perfect.

That was my first platinum trophy! yay! lol