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Things that instantly turn you off from games.
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RedNumberFive
Banned
Let's make that 20.
DidntKnowJack
Member
Long, unskippable tutorials which feature voice overs. Two that come to mind - Little Big Karting with Steven Frey going slowly and painfully every little detail that could be explained quickly in one sentence. It's supposed to be charming, but I find it annoying as hell. And way back in the day Burnout 3 where you had to listen to DJ Stryker explain for way too fucking long about crashing and how to boost.. You just want to play, but you're forced to listen to this bullshit. Anything unskippable is incredibly irritating, actually.
Also, and this seems to be a Japanese thing - when there's a cut scene or a narration and the voice actor speaks soooo slooowly. Like in Deadly Premonition where you first meet the twins in angel form. "This....won't....take....long." Yes it will, you little bastard, get on with it. Or some of the narration in Final fantasy FF XIV's cut scenes.
Also, and this seems to be a Japanese thing - when there's a cut scene or a narration and the voice actor speaks soooo slooowly. Like in Deadly Premonition where you first meet the twins in angel form. "This....won't....take....long." Yes it will, you little bastard, get on with it. Or some of the narration in Final fantasy FF XIV's cut scenes.
hushlorentz
Member
A cluttered HUD. Let me see the fucking game world dammit. The HUD should be customizable in every game. Let me choose if I want interactive / key items to glow in the game, or tool tips popping up over every thing. UbiSoft drives me crazy with the amount of information they spoon feed you instead of letting you explore.
nkarafo
Member
You're right, i should have quoted the other guy, well, nevermind.
Indeed.
archnemesis
Member
- Excessive handholding.
- Microtransactions.
- Poor performance.
- Too much text, especially if it's poorly written.
vicoakland
Member
...even worse with cloying Voice Over.
Shmuppers
Member
May I ask what about an anime artstyle turns you off to a game?
MaximusPayne
Member
Something about Need for Speed:Rivals turned me off big time.
David Incorporated Esq.
Member
Fussy controls. I really wanted to like Witcher 2 but playing that game after playing Demon's Souls made the controls absolutely unbearable.
Exploratory
Banned
Anything that looks like the artists couldn't give any less of a shit about appealing to women. Like Dragon's Crown (makes me embarrassed to be a gamer).
Also when you're watching a JRPG gameplay video hoping for kingdom Hearts gameplay and it ends up looking about as fun as calculus. I'm looking at you X! Such a disappointment.
Also when you're watching a JRPG gameplay video hoping for kingdom Hearts gameplay and it ends up looking about as fun as calculus. I'm looking at you X! Such a disappointment.
Solid Samus
Banned
Meaningless trinket collectables
Baka Sempai
Member
Just one ,...
Long, difficult button learning-curves which don't adhere to traditional layouts from similar titles of the genre.
For example racing, which most arcade-based games tend to have a pretty common layout, here came NFS Rivals and threw everything out the window.
Another example could be fighting games ... ughhh !!!
Long, difficult button learning-curves which don't adhere to traditional layouts from similar titles of the genre.
For example racing, which most arcade-based games tend to have a pretty common layout, here came NFS Rivals and threw everything out the window.
Another example could be fighting games ... ughhh !!!
BouncyFrag
Member
Hazard platforming levels with some sort of rising body that will insta-kill you (water, lava, spiked floor, etc) when touched.
Triggerhappytel
Member
Prolonged tutorials.
Lots of stick-waggling or QTE bullshit.
No jump button.
Really bad writing.
Lots of stick-waggling or QTE bullshit.
No jump button.
Really bad writing.
Alcoholikaust
Member
-games without achievements/trophys
-excruciating first boss battles
-IAP/pay to win/etc
-excruciating first boss battles
-IAP/pay to win/etc
guggnichso
Banned
Military shit. US Military shit the most. Anything with soldiers or american military. US "morals".
Stupid fucking bullshit marines. Gruff guys with guns on the cover.
That shit just screams "pandering to 13 Year olds".
Stupid fucking bullshit marines. Gruff guys with guns on the cover.
That shit just screams "pandering to 13 Year olds".
quickwhips
Member
Single Player only. Local Co-op but no online...
This- if I've booted up the game and it's more than a couple minutes later and I'm not actively playing the game, I'm out.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Transparent arbitrary bar filling and checklisting, as the design foundation for why you are to interact with the game world at all.
Looking at you, Creed and Skyrim. I just cant do it.
Looking at you, Creed and Skyrim. I just cant do it.
TeddyShardik
Banned
I literally destroyed the left analogue stick on my older ps3 controller while going through Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen. Can't say I was very amused.
The game is still great though.
gigantor21
Member
And include the likes of G Gundam and the Street Fighter II animated movie? Fuck that shit. I wouldn't even say 15, frankly.
To begin with, it's not even anime visuals in general that I don't like. I love the look of Guilty Gear Xrd, for instance. It's the fanservice vehicles like this shit that turn me away.
Exploratory
Banned
I find if a developer doesn't have any sort of DLC available shortly after launch or at launch they're pretty lazy. Or they better be bringing something else to the table since the time between going gold and release is valuable and shouldn't be squandered.
On the other cases like Mass Effect 3 is basically criminal in my eyes.
terrisus
Member
All the stuff in this thread
Granted, "words" and "things" are slightly different terms, but nonetheless.
Granted, "words" and "things" are slightly different terms, but nonetheless.
leveling/perks in non rpg/story oriented games. I'm okay with it in say mass effect or would be okay in a mmo fps hybrid like destiny. or in bioshock level trees. But I cant stand perks / leveling in fps multiplayers like cod etc. I want the old cs (/halo/q3) days where is pure skill only.
oh and normally non cosmetic microtransactions make me wary.
oh and normally non cosmetic microtransactions make me wary.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Shitty Anime Artstyles (not saying anime is shitty but some styles)
Insane Hype (tLoU, Souls series etc usually means I go in expecting much more than the game delivers)
Poor controls
"Humour" (saints row 3 was the biggest example of this. SR1 and SR2 are solid games if feeling a little GTA cloney but SR3 jumped the shark and was awful for it. Stupid humour that just made me shake my head and by the end of the I wanted it to just end so I can fulfill the completion in me)
Insane Hype (tLoU, Souls series etc usually means I go in expecting much more than the game delivers)
Poor controls
"Humour" (saints row 3 was the biggest example of this. SR1 and SR2 are solid games if feeling a little GTA cloney but SR3 jumped the shark and was awful for it. Stupid humour that just made me shake my head and by the end of the I wanted it to just end so I can fulfill the completion in me)
PensivePen
Member
Forced AI companions in action oriented games. I was so happy that I could throw my pawn off a cliff in Dragon's Dogma and play it as a solo adventure even if it made the game a great deal more difficult. I just hate having an AI around against my will for the majority of gameplay.
If it's something like Ashley in RE4 I can deal with because she sits behind you and doesn't really do anything without the player commanding it (and she's really only there for about half the game). But when they act of their own accord it really gets on my nerves, especially if they use up your supplies.
If it's something like Ashley in RE4 I can deal with because she sits behind you and doesn't really do anything without the player commanding it (and she's really only there for about half the game). But when they act of their own accord it really gets on my nerves, especially if they use up your supplies.
Yep!
Your first point helped me dislike bioshock
Your second point is something I like to call "slot machine difficulty". It's not hard to play but winning seems to depend on luck because it's so damn cheap.
Because of your third point I went from loving KZ Shadowfall in the earlier levels to trading it in thanks to the later ones. What a fucking slog the second half of that game is.