Admittedly, I usually automatically write off games that do this.As for my gaming turn-off, it'd have to be boxart featuring a CGI render of a bald protagonist:
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Instant and irrational turn offs in videogaming
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FrontalMonk
Banned
whenever a game, RPG or otherwise, touts how many hours of gameplay it has as a selling point. You have to expect at least half of that is padded grindy non-gameplay to come up with this magic number.
biggest turnoff for me IN a game though has to be poorly spaced checkpoints/lack of autosaves. When I have to replay the last 3 difficult firefights, or sometimes upwards of an hour of gameplay because I got killed for whatever reason, I call it there and won't return to that game for the rest of the day.
biggest turnoff for me IN a game though has to be poorly spaced checkpoints/lack of autosaves. When I have to replay the last 3 difficult firefights, or sometimes upwards of an hour of gameplay because I got killed for whatever reason, I call it there and won't return to that game for the rest of the day.
Meh North is great in Uncharted and still great when not being told "do the drake thing!" so stuff like Desmond in the AC series is still good.
Even when it's "do the drake voice!" stuff like in Dark Void it's still better than the vast majority of voice actors.
I refuse to buy games with online passes or PC games with DRM beyond steam.
Metalmurphy
Member
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
You should NEVER watch a Starcraft 2 stream
I've watched a few, and for some reason it doesn't bother me. I guess because hearing the fast clicking in that context shows the insane APM of the pros, which is itself impressive.
When I'm watching a video preview though, and hearing some dickhead slam control sticks back and forward like he's trying to break the controller, it drives me absolutely mad. I can't sit through those videos, and have no idea how they're making that much noise, or why their audio editors didn't fix the levels and mix out the controller sounds.
Maybe it's deliberate to make the hands-on video seem more authentic or something. I don't know. All I know is it is my nails on a chalkboard moment.
Like the hat?
Banned
iOS games with virtual sticks or dpads. I don't really think its irrational though. People need to learn to use the touchscreen for what it is, not as a terrible button substitute
chaostrophy
Member
Games with protagonists that look like ogres, like Gears of War.
In before Dudebros, anime, sports games and slutty chicks?
no....................
Dudebros and sport games have not been mentioned yet!
Nah I think it was this year or the end of last year. I'm trying to remember, but can't sorry. By the way I don't mean the classic/symphonic heavy metal as in Brutal Legend, which I totally dig, but death metal with grunting and screaming.
Whoops, should have got that.
Dark Octave
Banned
My issue would be with the lack of racial and gender diversity than anything.I can't stand that either! It's even worse in real life when a friend is using your controller, and for some reason they feel the need to slam the analog sticks from side to side and mash down on buttons like they're trying to tear your controller in half.
As for my gaming turn-off, it'd have to be boxart featuring a CGI render of a bald protagonist:
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You lie! The dudebro character homogeny jpg is just a few posts above this.
There aren't really things that keeps me from actually playing the game, but there are some that distracts me and kind of bugs me:
Main protagonist with a weird looking face
Character with oversize boobs
The thick outline in cel shaded games
I don't know why, but I fucking hate those bolded lines in some of the celshaded games, it's an irrational hate, and it's why I liked windwaker.
Main protagonist with a weird looking face
Character with oversize boobs
The thick outline in cel shaded games
I don't know why, but I fucking hate those bolded lines in some of the celshaded games, it's an irrational hate, and it's why I liked windwaker.
Sorry, man. Thought this was the bald space marine meme.
PetriP-TNT
Member
Sonic The Hedgehog on the cover if it doesn't have "MEGA DRIVE" with it.
I should expand on that single line and amend it to "17-year-olds in ridiculous positions".
Ico is a great game because of its kid protagonists; Link is better as a kid (though, I admit, Zelda is dead to me because
Link has gone to the dark side of right-handedness
That's hardly irrational. Although I would urge you to try Generations. It's like almost good make up sex.
I don't mind subtitles as long as its not a cliche'd subtitle. Admittedly I hate that this AC game is subtitled "Revelations" I expect the next few to be:
Redemption
Reckoning
Evolution
Revoltion
Insurrection
Judgement
am I missing any?
Resurrection
Ever notice how many academic books use the "Catchy Title: More Descriptive Subtitle After a Colon" system? It's enough to drive you batty, and I'd wager that an entire PhD thesis could be written in any subject, with no loss in quality, if the author referred only to books that used this titling system. Once you notice it, you can't un-notice it.
Any Quick Look on Giant Bomb with Ryan Davis is going to have tons of clicking. I don't know how the man manages to make the Xbox 360 controller's analog sticks click and clack so much. It's almost a super power. My controllers are all completely silent when I play.
Also:
Why do you need a terrible subtitle? It's the first game in a series!!
How did I forget that? I can just see Assassin's Creed: Resurrection and it would probably be about
Lucy Stillman
In fact its probably in Jade Raymonds timeline.
PjotrStroganov
Member
Not a turnoff but an instant lack of interest occurs with generic game titles, even from established series. I think I've missed quite a lot of fantasy games because of that. Heroes of whatever, Dungeon whatever, Gothic whatever.
NinjaBoiX
Member
Far from irrational. That shit flat out breaks games.Seeing this is an instant skip for me
Wat?
I remember hearing that this is totally an EA decision. The developer doesn't even like it, and just calls the game "Reckoning" internally.Also:
Why do you need a terrible subtitle? It's the first game in a series!!
Animu and sneaking missions.
If it requires me to sneak i aint fuckin' doin it. It's been murder for me in Skyrim. Sometimes a mission will pop up that simply implies that i have to sneak somewhere (even though it's not even required) and I'll just quit. I hate sneaking missions. The logic just isn't there yet and i hate being in situations where failure is likely simply because the logic or mechanics aren't completely there and probably never will going by trends over the last couple years.
If it requires me to sneak i aint fuckin' doin it. It's been murder for me in Skyrim. Sometimes a mission will pop up that simply implies that i have to sneak somewhere (even though it's not even required) and I'll just quit. I hate sneaking missions. The logic just isn't there yet and i hate being in situations where failure is likely simply because the logic or mechanics aren't completely there and probably never will going by trends over the last couple years.
Baron_Calamity
Member
Card Battles. Any game that has you using a card for combat or as a collectable to do well in some made up card game just turns me off.
Some of my instant turn-offs are:
-multiplayer-only games (not a fan of MMO's, online shooters, etc)
-homophobia and misogyny, though there can be a fine line between satire and camp (ie. I thought Bayonetta was hilarious) and just plain ugly and offensive
-anything with the word Madden in the title
-multiplayer-only games (not a fan of MMO's, online shooters, etc)
-homophobia and misogyny, though there can be a fine line between satire and camp (ie. I thought Bayonetta was hilarious) and just plain ugly and offensive
-anything with the word Madden in the title
Fimbulvetr
Member
VeryGooster
Banned
This is perfectly rational. Stealth sections are almost always tacked on and often don't make sense regarding the storytelling.
I don't care if Sonic Generations and Colors are good. Been done with the franchise since 2005.
Boogalogist
Member
Does monthly fees count? If yes, that's mine.
Great post. Highlighted the irrational parts.
Why would you be done with the franchise in 2005 when 1995 would have been the latest to jump ship? And why won't you try the good newer games?
I don't watch Smash Bros videos/streams because of that!
I admit it's irrational.
Nope, it's fine. I do it too.
digita1alchemy
Member
Any non-Japanese games that aren't sim racing, Nintendo-published or Battlefield. From the character designs, to the music, and even the general UI design, I go into these games generally expecting to hate them (and usually do). I don't remember how or when I got this way.
Action sections in stealth games.
Wonko_C
Member
Irrational? Anything Bioshock then. 
Seriously though, "ugly" characters are a huge turn-off for me, I'm looking at you Bethesda with your Elder Scrolls and Fallout games, I'll never, ever touch your games as long as you keep doing those hideous faces. Learn from the Witcher 2, please.
Seriously though, "ugly" characters are a huge turn-off for me, I'm looking at you Bethesda with your Elder Scrolls and Fallout games, I'll never, ever touch your games as long as you keep doing those hideous faces. Learn from the Witcher 2, please.
VeryGooster
Banned
Because Sonic Rush for the DS was the last complete Sonic game I played, in 2005. I gave the demos of Sonic 4 Episode I and Sonic Generations a try and did nothing for me. The franchise is no longer appealing or interesting to me, not even in a mocking "Sonic Cycle hurr durr" way.
TheJollyCorner
Member
Main protagonist with a weird looking face
I remember when Max Payne came out, but I can't recall- was there ever any kind of backstory behind why they went with such a ridiculously laughable face for their title character? There's always a mixture of hilarity and repulsion whenever I see that goofy-ass face.
Huge, sprawling open worlds. I think that's anathema to good game design. It's like the developers sat down and decided they didn't really want to make a game, just a map. Stuff like Oblivion and GTA4 were unplayable to me since everything in them was so shoddy and glitchy to accommodate the size of the world. You just have to make your own fun and it sucks. I like games to be polished. I'm all for nonlinearity and even an open world when it's done well (Red Dead Redemption/inFamous) but some games take it way too far and sacrifice too much polish and gameplay for it. I rarely buy open world games unless I know there is a quality game inside the map.
Not limited to Free to Play, but I find it hard to trust games that have consumable items as DLC.