Plague Doctor
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As the title suggests, what's buzzwords, lingo, or marketing terms raises red flags for you about a game or a service?
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Marketing and corporate buzzwords that you dislike
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Freedom Gate Co.
Banned
"Streamlined experience"
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Game is hand holding and dumbed down because the developers think the average gamer an idiot.
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"Player Choice"
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Excuse for various money eating features and microtransactions, used because the developer think the average gamer is an idiot and will throw their money at all scams.
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Game is hand holding and dumbed down because the developers think the average gamer an idiot.
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"Player Choice"
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Excuse for various money eating features and microtransactions, used because the developer think the average gamer is an idiot and will throw their money at all scams.
Jubenhimer
Member
"Immersive experience" is often an overused phrase meant to oversell an open-world game.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
Anything that have the phrase Battle Royale.
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LOL!! xDDDDD
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LOL!! xDDDDD
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Mr Hyde
Member
"Our game is part of a 10-year longevity plan, and offers new and exciting ways to play with infinite possibilities. Don´t forget to pre-order and the be the first to discover a whole new immersive, authentic open-world game that changes from the choices you make."
Translation: Upon release, our game is a barren wasteland in terms of content that we will fill out with paid DLC during a 10 year-stretch (that´s actually 2.5 years). The game plays awful with unresponsive controls, clunky combat and the infinite possibilities is just a fancier way of saying that it only features three starting classes you can choose from, since the rest of the content is hidden until future updates. Pre-order our game so we can take your money before the reviews drop and everyone notice that our game is just another run of the mill, glitch ridden games as a service piece of shit-game.
Translation: Upon release, our game is a barren wasteland in terms of content that we will fill out with paid DLC during a 10 year-stretch (that´s actually 2.5 years). The game plays awful with unresponsive controls, clunky combat and the infinite possibilities is just a fancier way of saying that it only features three starting classes you can choose from, since the rest of the content is hidden until future updates. Pre-order our game so we can take your money before the reviews drop and everyone notice that our game is just another run of the mill, glitch ridden games as a service piece of shit-game.
Red Crayon Aristocrat
Member
Diversity.
It's always code word for "we have contempt for the core audience of gamers and reallllllly wish everyone but them were playing our games"
It's always code word for "we have contempt for the core audience of gamers and reallllllly wish everyone but them were playing our games"
Angry_Megalodon
Member
" ..... but its very fun if played with friends"
Before that sentence goes usually the review of the game having a piss-poor campaign, multiple bugs and other unforgiveable stuff that is given a pass because "it's fun with friends" which is the new wild card for a certain kind of games.
Before that sentence goes usually the review of the game having a piss-poor campaign, multiple bugs and other unforgiveable stuff that is given a pass because "it's fun with friends" which is the new wild card for a certain kind of games.
JareBear: Remastered
Banned
Timed console release exclusive
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
"This game has X hours of content"
In reality, the number of hours to go through and beat the game is more like X divided by probably 3.
In reality, the number of hours to go through and beat the game is more like X divided by probably 3.
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ALIEN-gunner
Member
"includes blah blah blah ...and more"
There's never any more!
There's never any more!
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
GaaS, Cloud powered, Pre-order Demo, I mean Betas.
The Mad Draklor
Member
This game makes you really feeeel like *insert superhero here*.
Plague Doctor
Member
"Hours of Mindless Fun"
Wow you set the bar real fucking low.
Wow you set the bar real fucking low.
SlashBringingHasher
Banned
"cinematic"
fuck you naughty dog. ruining the industry
fuck you naughty dog. ruining the industry
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GnomeChimpsky
Member
Haha what does that even mean?
mcz117chief
Member
Nothing brings my piss to a boil like the word "addicting".
"Oh my GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD, this game is so addicting!!!!!!!!!1!1!1!1!1!11!!!1!1!one!!!"
"Such a good game and so addicting."
Seriously wtf is this? Since when has the word "addicting" become a positive. Fuck off with that nonsense. I don't want to be addicted to a piece of software.
"Oh my GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD, this game is so addicting!!!!!!!!!1!1!1!1!1!11!!!1!1!one!!!"
"Such a good game and so addicting."
Seriously wtf is this? Since when has the word "addicting" become a positive. Fuck off with that nonsense. I don't want to be addicted to a piece of software.
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Deleted member 740922
Unconfirmed Member
People on forums saying "IP", SKUs" and about how they "consume their media" are infuriating to me.
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hariseldon
Unconfirmed Member
Alternatively, the number of hours to go through and beat the game is padded by enormous amounts of shit busywork. Honestly I prefer a game that respects my time.
The Scrivener
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Ulysses 31
Member
Any variation of "Most powerful console".
Shadowcoust
Member
"Open world" and "exploration".
Pretty much the orgasmic keywords of newfags and casuals that the marketing teams have figured out for a few years now.
Pretty much the orgasmic keywords of newfags and casuals that the marketing teams have figured out for a few years now.
Shadowcoust
Member
Player choice: "Your choices matter! The world will be shaped according to your actions!! Just not that much. Like in real life. Sucks. I know."
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MrTroubleMaker
Member
lol I agree with most of the posts in this thread! There is a lot of 
angelic
Banned
Just about everythng that comes out of a publishers mouth is bullshit. All of it. Experience, diverse, engagement, content, wide linear, exclusive, console launch exclusive, control over your experience (ie: buy our fucking coins), mobile experience, investment etc etc etc
They take customers for granted, the hobby is still fun because of the 1 per 100 games I connect with, but to an outsider coming in, they'd just think it's a total crock of shit. So to play these little electronic games I need to pay £350 for the pro console, 50 for a 2nd pad, 50-60 per game, 50 for a season pass, 20 for 2400 virtual currency shit, log in every day else it resets my loyalty bonus, 50 for the online subs per year, and I need to preorder anything I want else I miss some content.
I often think fuck these idiots, next gen I'll completely ignore it and spend the rest of my gaming days with emulators and back catalogue. How's that for player choice.
They take customers for granted, the hobby is still fun because of the 1 per 100 games I connect with, but to an outsider coming in, they'd just think it's a total crock of shit. So to play these little electronic games I need to pay £350 for the pro console, 50 for a 2nd pad, 50-60 per game, 50 for a season pass, 20 for 2400 virtual currency shit, log in every day else it resets my loyalty bonus, 50 for the online subs per year, and I need to preorder anything I want else I miss some content.
I often think fuck these idiots, next gen I'll completely ignore it and spend the rest of my gaming days with emulators and back catalogue. How's that for player choice.
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hariseldon
Unconfirmed Member
Funny thing - there was so much hype around that with the Walking Dead games and the likes but it's vastly less impressive than the work done in the KOTOR games. There your choices really DO matter. See also the Westwood Blade Runner game.
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ValiantTraveler
Member
The only meaning left is "we're excited to take your money".
Shadowcoust
Member
There definitely are games out there where choices do matter. Most of them just don't is my point. I actually really liked how Witcher 2 did their choices matter, where you made a huge decision at 3 or 4 points in the game that pretty much determined how the remainder of the plot unfolded.
angelic
Banned
Player choice has long stopped referring to narrative choices, it now means "you can either pay us or grind".
cireza
Member
Back then, player choice would be something like this :
It would alter the entire game.
But yeah, this choice is fine for male gamers and lesbians only, I admit. Maybe non-binary, I don't know anymore.
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Superkewl
Gold Member
This one was the first one that came to mind. I remember it distinctly being used for Dragon Age 2. What a mess!
ZehDon
Gold Member
Yeah, "cinematic" has become a four letter word to me. All we end up with is masturbatory cinematic sequences interrupted by boiler plate game design, all written by people who'd fail in any other medium.
Also, I wouldn't say ND are ruining the industry - they're not EA, after all - but they're no longer contributing to the direction of the industry that I enjoy; I prefer more 'game' in my games.
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