Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Having to press A+B instead of Start on Wii games. Especially games that support the Classic Controller and force you to press A+B on that too. It's like...WHY?
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ITT: we bitch about annoying little things
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Milk Lizard
Banned
I hate my penis.
permutated
Banned
Console games still not supporting full button mapping.
I played NFS:Shift on the PS3 yesterday and using the L2/R2 combo for gas/brake felt incredibly uncomfortable.
I played NFS:Shift on the PS3 yesterday and using the L2/R2 combo for gas/brake felt incredibly uncomfortable.
DangerStepp
Member
Seraphis Cain said:
Finally...I can't believe it took the second page to get to this one.
Fable 2 is the definitive annoying little things experience. Really could have used another 6 months.
Some more examples for Fable 2:
- Having to hold (A) to open some doors.
- No complete map (it's broken up into areas)
- (like the first Fable) Nothing is directly connected. It's all separated by load times and imaginary distance. Totally breaks what immersion it had.
-Almost forgot about that fucking orb collecting system. It worked fine in the first Fable but for some reason it's broken in Fable 2. More often than not they get stuck under the map and you have to sit there like a jackass holding (RT) forever.
Some more examples for Fable 2:
- Having to hold (A) to open some doors.
- No complete map (it's broken up into areas)
- (like the first Fable) Nothing is directly connected. It's all separated by load times and imaginary distance. Totally breaks what immersion it had.
-Almost forgot about that fucking orb collecting system. It worked fine in the first Fable but for some reason it's broken in Fable 2. More often than not they get stuck under the map and you have to sit there like a jackass holding (RT) forever.
fistwell_old
Member
If i die right after a check point, why the hell is there a loading screen to get back to the checkpoint? I mean, i was right there, why do you have to RE-load everything? It was already loaded, it was there, i was already playing in it you fucking fuck!
Same thing if i want to restart a race. Some games just looove to re-load shit.
Same thing if i want to restart a race. Some games just looove to re-load shit.
outunderthestars
Banned
confused said:
This X 1000. How hard is it to fix MS?
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
reading all of this at once makes me imagine a game where every single one of these things occurs. anyone want to take a swing at what such a game would be?
"Press A to jump."
Game stops and doesn't let you do anything until you press A.
"Good. Now use the analog stick to move."
Game stops and doesn't let you do anything until you use the analog stick.
"Good. Now..."
FUCK YOU. There are some instances where a tutorial is necessary, but freezing the goddamn game until I do what you want isn't the way to introduce mechanics, especially if they're basic things that you should know if you have ever played a video game in your life, and even if you haven't you could figure out pretty easily by just pressing every button on the controller and saying, "What does this do?"
Game stops and doesn't let you do anything until you press A.
"Good. Now use the analog stick to move."
Game stops and doesn't let you do anything until you use the analog stick.
"Good. Now..."
FUCK YOU. There are some instances where a tutorial is necessary, but freezing the goddamn game until I do what you want isn't the way to introduce mechanics, especially if they're basic things that you should know if you have ever played a video game in your life, and even if you haven't you could figure out pretty easily by just pressing every button on the controller and saying, "What does this do?"
- Checkpoints right before cutscenes.
- Stick sensitive FPS animations that speed up/slow down the standard jogging speed animation for the gun/hand rather than having actual animations based on how fast you're moving.
- Having to pick memory unit every time I load up a game.
- No invert aim in games. Fuck you, Double Helix.
- Dodging based combat where dodging rarely works. Fuck you again, Double Helix.
- Elevators.
- Flashlights that don't produce dynamic shadows.
- Assault rifles that have their damage per shot reduced. One shot from an AK would kill any man, yet in a game they have to compensate for the rate-of-fire.
- Melee attacks that are stronger than assault rifles.
- Stick sensitive FPS animations that speed up/slow down the standard jogging speed animation for the gun/hand rather than having actual animations based on how fast you're moving.
- Having to pick memory unit every time I load up a game.
- No invert aim in games. Fuck you, Double Helix.
- Dodging based combat where dodging rarely works. Fuck you again, Double Helix.
- Elevators.
- Flashlights that don't produce dynamic shadows.
- Assault rifles that have their damage per shot reduced. One shot from an AK would kill any man, yet in a game they have to compensate for the rate-of-fire.
- Melee attacks that are stronger than assault rifles.
Vercingetorix
Banned
This is clearly a redundant thread. There are literally hundreds of others on GAF just like it, with less honest thread titles :lol
One of my pet peeves is when a game ALWAYS asks where you want to save your file before playing, so you have to select the same thing every time.
One of my pet peeves is when a game ALWAYS asks where you want to save your file before playing, so you have to select the same thing every time.
HiddenWings
Member
- Position of the A/B and X/Y buttons on the 360.
It's a small thing, but did you really have to reverse what Nintendo did?
It's a small thing, but did you really have to reverse what Nintendo did?
Why would you do that?
Member
- Unskippable text that goes by reeeeeallly slowly.
- No skit viewer in Tales of Symphonia 2. The skits are voiced, making them much more interesting than the slow, unskippable text in older ones, so now that I actually care about seeing every single one of them, they don't include a skit viewer.
(Europe will get it, though. Lucky Europe...)
Start is such an antiquated button. It's really weird, but it is likely here to stay. I have no problems with it, though.
- No skit viewer in Tales of Symphonia 2. The skits are voiced, making them much more interesting than the slow, unskippable text in older ones, so now that I actually care about seeing every single one of them, they don't include a skit viewer.
(Europe will get it, though. Lucky Europe...)Start is such an antiquated button. It's really weird, but it is likely here to stay. I have no problems with it, though.
You know what? I agree with this post.stuminus3 said:
This is also truer than true. I've gotten to the point that I kinda accept it, and applaud the games that don't reload everything upon death.Fistwell said:
crazygambit
Member
Firebrand said:
THIS a million times this. And I'm not too keen on 4 slots either, but I can let it slide. This is not a small thing either. What the hell do they expect? everyone in the family buying their own copy of the game? Retarded and just fucking evil. No excuse for this shit in 2009.
Urban Scholar said:
Fixed that for you.
confused said:
Xbox 360 not starting up (but still doing something) unless you have a video signal. This is bullshit. I usually start my PS3 while I'm watching TV and switch over when I know it's done. Can't do that on the 360, you have to see the damn logo.
Jeff Albertson
Member
beast786 said:
Well aren't you Mr Popular.
Mine is getting through U2 and my Ps3 deciding it no longer wants to read discs, normally I'd just sack it off and get a Blu Ray player but hot damn U2 is awesome and I need to complete it
methane47
Member
Mandoric said:
X has been confirm for EVERY SINGLE GAME I"VE EVER PLAYED on Sony consoles except for ones made in Japan.
First time I played MGS it took me a good 10 minutes to get passed the start screen
My small gripe about gaming these days.. is fricking FPS's using L2/R2 for shoot...WTF!!! get that Xbox control scheme crap off my PS3!!
It is THE most uncomfortable thing for me.... R1/L1 ALL THE WAY
Shotgun Kiss
Member
- Not being able to save exactly whenever and wherever I want to.
- Cutscenes that cannot be paused; only skipped.
- Games with only one save file. Particularly large games that would require you to erase a lot of hard work in order to restart. Examples include the Pokemon games, and Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts.
- Cutscenes that cannot be paused; only skipped.
- Games with only one save file. Particularly large games that would require you to erase a lot of hard work in order to restart. Examples include the Pokemon games, and Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts.
I like playing games with their original voices with spanish subtitles. I don't care about spanish voices, but the damn console (looking at you xbawx) force you to play with them if the console is set to that specific lenguage.
So, I'm forced to change the console lenguage to english, but the damn subtitles are in english too. So, it's english voices with english subs, or spanish voices with spanish subs. If all the data is on the disc, let me choose whatever the hell I want. That sucks balls.
The only games that did this right were Brutal Legend and Uncharted so far.
So, I'm forced to change the console lenguage to english, but the damn subtitles are in english too. So, it's english voices with english subs, or spanish voices with spanish subs. If all the data is on the disc, let me choose whatever the hell I want. That sucks balls.
The only games that did this right were Brutal Legend and Uncharted so far.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Putting a fucking button to run, what the point of having analog sticks? why are you wasting a button to make a character run? it's ok when you have both options, but not only the button option. it's specially annoying in SO4. *loads new scenario* AH! damn I need to press the fucking button again *enters in a house* Agh! again, damn it!!!.
Poohblaster
Member
My Xbox 360 asking what storage device I want to use when I only have a hard drive.
Ganondorfo
Junior Member
Truant said:
Someone doesnt like silent hill homecoming...
Lumpy Onion
Member
Almost never skippable.
Also Dragon Quest when visiting the church to save. Too many questions. :lol
methane47 said:
That's why it's so annoying--the positioning worked perfectly well on the NES, the SNES, almost all PS1 games until 1998, and most PS1 games not from US developers after that, and it fits perfectly well with the symbols on the buttons. X as confirm is completely backwards in terms of symbolism and exists because a middle-manager in SCEA's approvals department decreed it sometime in '98; it's not even an ergonomic adjustment to bigger western hands or the controller just plain would've been redesigned to have O on the bottom. It's just a pointless annoying change from things have always worked; it's like swapping the power and eject button functions without changing the symbols or positions.
cooljeanius
Member
When a game ends and there's no way to get out of the screen it ends on besides turning off/restarting your system. Games I have played recently in which I have run into this: Cave Story, Ocarina of Time (VC).
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
jmdajr said:
THIS. I've never understood why a game would have to reload everything into memory just because you die/lose. Everything's already in the memory. At most, all that would be required would be to reset everything back to it's default position.
Mandoric said:
This too. And it's especially confusing for those of us who play American and Japanese games.
Nintendo games that won't let you copy the save file. Why the hell can't I copy my Smash Bros save? If I wanted to go round to a friend's house who hasn't completed Smash Bros yet and play with the unlockable characters I can't just take an SD card, I would have to take my Wii.
mysticstylez
Banned
My biggest pet peeve is when a game says 'Press Start", yet if I hit any button it triggers the same response as pressing start. Just fucking say "Press Any Button".
Monocle
Member
- The unskippable cutscene at the beginning of the Bayonetta demo's falling clock tower level. Being forced to sit through that thing every time I restart is driving me nuts. I can't decide if it makes me feel better or worse that all the other cutscenes can be skipped.
- The 360's d-pad for fighting games. It's a goddamn miracle I managed to figure out how to perform Summon Suffering in Soul Calibur 4 with some sort of consistency.
- Games with one save file. I wanted to share a single The World Ends With You cart with someone, only to find that the most basic feature ever—multiple slots—skipped Square Enix's minds.
- Action games that lack new game +. (God of War, Ninja Gaiden, I'm looking at you.) Way to kill your replay value. Seriously.
- RPGs that lack (or might as well lack) new game +. Hi Lost Odyssey.
- Tripping in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Good job ruining an otherwise great game, Sakurai.
- Tank controls. I'd rather floss my teeth with a screwdriver than play Resident Evil or Onimusha 1 or 2.
- Region locks. (Oh wait, this isn't a minor thing at all. Why can't you follow Sony's lead and get with the program, Microsoft?)
- The 360's d-pad for fighting games. It's a goddamn miracle I managed to figure out how to perform Summon Suffering in Soul Calibur 4 with some sort of consistency.
- Games with one save file. I wanted to share a single The World Ends With You cart with someone, only to find that the most basic feature ever—multiple slots—skipped Square Enix's minds.
- Action games that lack new game +. (God of War, Ninja Gaiden, I'm looking at you.) Way to kill your replay value. Seriously.
- RPGs that lack (or might as well lack) new game +. Hi Lost Odyssey.
- Tripping in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Good job ruining an otherwise great game, Sakurai.
- Tank controls. I'd rather floss my teeth with a screwdriver than play Resident Evil or Onimusha 1 or 2.
- Region locks. (Oh wait, this isn't a minor thing at all. Why can't you follow Sony's lead and get with the program, Microsoft?)
Ganondorfo
Junior Member
No cheat codes like unlimited health and unlimited ammo in every game.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Monocle said:
Same with the fight against Shen Gao Ren in Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. So damned annoying.
Monocle said:
You sir, are my hero.
Ganondorfo said:
Today we call that "DLC". :lol
Baron Doggystyle von Woof
Member
I only hate non-skippable movies/logo's etc. Gaming now is pretty sweet.
FleckSplat
Member
Limiting the number of save slots when a hard drive is connected to the system!
methane47
Member
Mandoric said:
Welll some times when you have a check box some people put an X inside to signfy confirmation of choice..
Also in schools here... Which are taught by alot of dutch people... The symbol used to signify correct was actually like... a kind of X sign... only with the top two prongs connected with a another line (hope that made sense)
Also to sign or attest to a document people would someimtes just sign a big X instead of their signature..
Different folks different strokes i guess
Zeouterlimits
Member
Dual-Shock 3 costing €50 retail. FFS, I'm still using the cruddy sixaxis because of it.
120GB HDD costing €129 retail.
The speed at which SCEE delivers content.
Miranda's and Hood's dialogue in Halo 3.
Elena & Chloe's eyes in Uncharted 2.
120GB HDD costing €129 retail.
The speed at which SCEE delivers content.
Miranda's and Hood's dialogue in Halo 3.
Elena & Chloe's eyes in Uncharted 2.
bernardobri
Steve, the dog with no powers that we let hang out with us all for some reason
About the logos at the opening screen: is a contract-based matter. Don't blame the devs for that.
I've already been beaten to the punch with the whole MGS X/O thing. Whenever I play the games for the first time in a while, I keep going back and forth in the menus because I'm so used to X being select.
An annoying little thing for me, is to have 780 microsoft points in my account when I want to buy an 800 point game, or any variation of that. Spending an extra 7 dollars just to add 50 cents is shitty.
An annoying little thing for me, is to have 780 microsoft points in my account when I want to buy an 800 point game, or any variation of that. Spending an extra 7 dollars just to add 50 cents is shitty.
Jin
Member
- Games that make you lose all your equipment once you reach a certain point.
- Quite a few people mentioned the lack of inverted controls. I still can't bring myself to play Silent Hill Homecoming because of this. Seriously, why do developers do this?
- Swimming levels. All of them.
- Massive amount of loading for every little thing you do. Go into the menu to change weapons? Loading... Opening a door? Loading... In the middle of an intense combat? Loading.... See: Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 and Mass effect.
- A section of a game that lets you temporarily control a big mech/monster/turret only to have it destroyed in 5 hits.
- Respawning enemies.
- Quite a few people mentioned the lack of inverted controls. I still can't bring myself to play Silent Hill Homecoming because of this. Seriously, why do developers do this?
- Swimming levels. All of them.
- Massive amount of loading for every little thing you do. Go into the menu to change weapons? Loading... Opening a door? Loading... In the middle of an intense combat? Loading.... See: Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 and Mass effect.
- A section of a game that lets you temporarily control a big mech/monster/turret only to have it destroyed in 5 hits.
- Respawning enemies.
Lumpy Onion
Member
bernardobri said:
Good to know there's a reason for it. Doesn't make it any less annoying though.