It's objectively the worst thing in the world. That's why.
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Instant and irrational turn offs in videogaming
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I love what From Software did with the King's Field and Souls series, and find the opposite to be about 500 billion times worse.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
It seems to be the new whipping boy to represent "animu," for a while it was "Tsudere" characters.
Games that are so Japanese that any sort of inner logic or sense of rationality basically goes out the window.
It's irrational because, in many ways, I'm a Japan-o-phile.
EDIT: also like the above poster said, overt attempts at Japanese devs imitating a western mechanic or aesthetic. Demon/Dark Souls are one of the few notable exceptions.
It's irrational because, in many ways, I'm a Japan-o-phile.
EDIT: also like the above poster said, overt attempts at Japanese devs imitating a western mechanic or aesthetic. Demon/Dark Souls are one of the few notable exceptions.
Electivirus
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-Time limits over the entire game. Fuck that shit, I wanna take my time.
-Open world games. I've tried to get into them, but I just can't. When you give me a giant world with no real direction on what to do, I freeze up and just go play something else.
-Oh, and giant titties. Hate those.
-Open world games. I've tried to get into them, but I just can't. When you give me a giant world with no real direction on what to do, I freeze up and just go play something else.
-Oh, and giant titties. Hate those.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
You mean like Harle in Chrono Cross?
I am kind of like that, I complain when games go exclusively on PS3 or 360, and I have both consoles.
More Fun To Compute
Member
I'm sure that someone will do a mod to replace all the clowns in skyrim with dancing bears.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
Now that I can agree with, I like the anime style, but I hate it when there are too many cute/loli/shouta characters (and mascots).
DontTouchMe
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Someone hasn't played dark souls.
There are no individual characteristics in what turns me off of a game, something is either fun to me or it isn't. And I don't know that until I've played it.
That said, I'm saddened that many people seem to hate "anime" type games. I instantly get an image in my head of some bully who likes beating people up when they say they hate anime.
That said, I'm saddened that many people seem to hate "anime" type games. I instantly get an image in my head of some bully who likes beating people up when they say they hate anime.
That is a Harlequin, I'm alright with those.
DontTouchMe
Member
The only one that matters.
I agree.
LamerDeluxe
Member
Games about war, might as well make a game about how cool cancer is.
RPGs the thought of turn based battles, fantasy settings and endless talking gives me narcolepsy.
Free to play sounds like it's going to rip you off.
Games with a fantasy setting, wizards, elfs etc. no thanks.
'Retro' style games with ugly graphics Learn how to do proper pixel graphics and stop hurting my eyes with horribly amateurish looking blocky graphics.
Games with pointless customisation options, so boring, especially when there is a load of customisation DLC as well.
Crafting / DIY games, like minecraft (which has those horrible 'retro' graphics as well) and Little Big Planet (also terribly floaty physics), an elaborate form of digital boredom and a colossal waste of time.
MMO I get depressed just thinking about it.
RPGs the thought of turn based battles, fantasy settings and endless talking gives me narcolepsy.
Free to play sounds like it's going to rip you off.
Games with a fantasy setting, wizards, elfs etc. no thanks.
'Retro' style games with ugly graphics Learn how to do proper pixel graphics and stop hurting my eyes with horribly amateurish looking blocky graphics.
Games with pointless customisation options, so boring, especially when there is a load of customisation DLC as well.
Crafting / DIY games, like minecraft (which has those horrible 'retro' graphics as well) and Little Big Planet (also terribly floaty physics), an elaborate form of digital boredom and a colossal waste of time.
MMO I get depressed just thinking about it.
Darias
Member
I second this. Or third. Or whatever number it is by now... n++
Just curious, any examples of Retro style games with you'd consider good graphics?
Well, make up your mind, man. Those ARE Japanese games. Believe it or no, Japan DOES happen to have a few games of decent variety and quality that come over here. I dislike hyper-sexualized little girls and spikey-haired teen JRPG heroes as much as many other Gaffers do, but to say that you don't like or play Japanese games really does limit your fun. So are you saying that you've never played Demon Souls, or Katamari, or Radiant Silvergun, or Rhythm Heaven, or House of the Dead, or ICO? Wow man. You're missing out on fun games, broham.
krameriffic
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Timed platforming sections in Assassins Creed games. They make me want to throw my controller through the screen every time the game misinterprets my inputs as a desire to jump off the wrong ledge and have to start over again.
Same here. So many people recommended me Totori but whenever I looked at the promotional media of the game I found myself rolling my eyes.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
Aside from one character the game is not that bad on the cutesy thing.
Interfectum
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Whenever I read about a new MMO I get really excited.
Whenever I read actual impressions of said MMO and hear things like "class balance", "bad dps", "min/max builds", etc I almost immediately lose interest.
Whenever I read actual impressions of said MMO and hear things like "class balance", "bad dps", "min/max builds", etc I almost immediately lose interest.
krameriffic
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So I take it you're not a fan of TF2 then.
I blame WoW for shifting the focus from sandbox-y virtual worlds to theme parks where you get to stand in line to do battle with a fearsome spreadsheet.
It's bad enough for me. Even Totori's ridiculous running animation rubs me the wrong way.
Typographenia
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That's what the GAF boxart redesign thread is for!KingJ2002 said:
Nealand Liquor
Member
Ummm, ok?!?
It's kinda strange, imo, to get so oddly angry over people not liking the things you like you fantasize about some magical "bully" beating people up because they have different tastes. Unless that was a typo and you stereotype everyone that doesn't like anime as some atypical Hollywood dickbeard that screams "NERD" before dating raping the prom queen. AND if that is the case, maybe you should analyze why you feel so self-righteous that you treat another person not sharing your interests as a threat.
Holy Order Sol
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Fighting game characters whose mechanics involve randomness. Platinum, Dampierre, Yoshimitsu... I generally won't touch those. I'm alright with Shingo though.
LamerDeluxe
Member
No, don't like those either
I like racing games, open world sandbox games, frantic shooters like Unreal Tournament, adventure games, platform games, old school shooters, twin stick shooters, pinball games etc. EDIT: And fighting games, like Tekken and DOA.
LamerDeluxe
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Only one I can think of right away is Scott Pilgrim, even though the pixels are huge.
Sierra adventures used to be able to do amazing things even with CGA graphics. 8-bit computers, like the Commodore 64 had some great looking games despite the low resolution and limited color palette. It really is an art form of its own.
Air Zombie Meat
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This kind of thing is especially bad in Dead Rising 2 when escorting survivors. Go through one long loading screen only to find a survivor didn't follow. Go back through another loading screen, let them catch up then go through another loading screen. Just painful, the load times are already bad enough without having to sit through a triple load.