catbarf on 14/10/2009 at 19:28
I'm interested in hearing what people find most irritating in games- general concepts or gameplay mechanics.
Personally, I hate when an enemy is revealed through a cutscene, while the enemy is in the same room as me, so I can only wait as the camera slowly flies back to my head before I can do anything.
I also strongly dislike games where enemies don't react to being shot. A lot of games have enemies that require a lot of ammo to bring down, but it's made worse when they don't flinch or otherwise respond to having bullet holes through them.
Xenith on 14/10/2009 at 19:35
I hate NPC babysitting missions which can be more or less worse depending on the AI. Every time I have to protect someone from bullet fire or something else, I feel like choking the guy responsible for that whole ordeal.
I can deal with failing an ingame objective by dying myself or not figuring out what to do. But failing said objective because a dummy of an NPC gets shot is just not cool.
Fringe on 14/10/2009 at 19:39
Unforgiving and arbitrary save systems.
I have things going on in real life, developers. Don't think that you can make me replay a dull-as-rocks half-hour stretch because, earlier, I had to get up and go do something else. Your game is not so incredible an experience that it can't be interrupted.
catbarf on 14/10/2009 at 19:42
That last one reminds me- unskippable cutscenes, especially in games where you can't save right after the cutscene. Although I suppose the horse has been beaten, killed, and buried by this point.
Sulphur on 14/10/2009 at 19:44
GTA is a pretty god-damn annoying element of games
Melan on 14/10/2009 at 19:48
Probably not the most irritating, but repetitious and time-consuming mini-games rank pretty high. Playing the pipe puzzle in Bioshock for the 200th time wasn't even close to fun.
Jason Moyer on 14/10/2009 at 19:50
The people who play them.
Ostriig on 14/10/2009 at 20:00
Countdown timers. I don't care if it's a countdown to exit a building before it blows, or to kill a certain enemy, or shit like the life diminish in Soul Reaver 2 or the spirit meter in MotB - I hate it with a passion. I like to take my time to explore my surroundings, and even if there's not much to explore, I hate not having the option to proceed at my own pace.
Also:
Quote Posted by Xenith
NPC babysitting missions
Quote Posted by Fringe
Unforgiving and arbitrary save systems.
Quote Posted by Melan
repetitious and time-consuming mini-games
And then there's plenty of shit in MMOs, but there's little point going through that since it's all intentionally there to make games less fun and more like a long, boring job. I assume we're not talking about
that kind of games.
N'Al on 14/10/2009 at 20:09
"Gather your party before venturing forth."
Sulphur on 14/10/2009 at 20:13
Aaaaaaaaand we have a WINNAH! :thumb:
