Tetraeon
Member
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Words that automatically turn you off from games
- Thread starter terrisus
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nailed it.
"100+ hours of gameplay!"
Oh how i loathe this shit, on almost every occasion this means all the crappy, boring added padding is counted to make the number seem impressive.
Anime
Do not care for this style 99% of the time. It looks goofy, the characters these days look like popstars bordering on looking like strippers (females). I cannot take any of these worlds seriously.
Microtransactions
No need to explain this shit.
Motion controlled
Motion controls suck. They never worked. Never. Regardless of the platform, regardless of the publisher, regardless of the developer, no game with heavy use of motion controls ever functioned 100% of the time. Anyone who says otherwise is lying. I consider my copies of Donkey Kong Country Returns, New Super Mario Bros Wii, Galaxy 1 and 2 as great games that suffered somewhat because of the shitty motion controls added to them. They are like diamonds that were harmed by greedy miners, like escaped prisoners, who despite all odds made it, somewhat unscathed. If there was a gravestone with "Motion Controls" somewhere, i would go take a piss on it right now, i am that thrilled its mostly gone. /rant
Oh how i loathe this shit, on almost every occasion this means all the crappy, boring added padding is counted to make the number seem impressive.
Anime
Do not care for this style 99% of the time. It looks goofy, the characters these days look like popstars bordering on looking like strippers (females). I cannot take any of these worlds seriously.
Microtransactions
No need to explain this shit.
Motion controlled
Motion controls suck. They never worked. Never. Regardless of the platform, regardless of the publisher, regardless of the developer, no game with heavy use of motion controls ever functioned 100% of the time. Anyone who says otherwise is lying. I consider my copies of Donkey Kong Country Returns, New Super Mario Bros Wii, Galaxy 1 and 2 as great games that suffered somewhat because of the shitty motion controls added to them. They are like diamonds that were harmed by greedy miners, like escaped prisoners, who despite all odds made it, somewhat unscathed. If there was a gravestone with "Motion Controls" somewhere, i would go take a piss on it right now, i am that thrilled its mostly gone. /rant
PensivePen
Member
Moba, RTS, Grand Strategy, MMO
Basically just genres I know I have no interest in.
Basically just genres I know I have no interest in.
Visualante2
Member
This one really gets me lately. You would hope, right?
- DLC
- Premium
- Collector's
- Edition
- Season Pass
- Micro-transactions
- Early Access
- Community
- Exclusive
- Truly
- Experience
- Indie
Yes, Indie. I was one of those who really liked the trend some years ago, but now all the games are basically some kind of 8-bit pixel/cartoonish graphics, side-scrolling gameplay and annoying puzzles all the way to the end.
And soon enough, the industry will be able to describe a new game with all those words in a single sentence. This is sad.
'Mature' when used to refer to adolescent-bait games with showers of blood, tits and awkward sex everywhere. I'm cool with it being used for decent stories that aren't appropriate for kids for various reasons though.
'Cinematic' when used to refer to games that make me watch thirty-minute-long cut scenes as if it's a good thing in an interactive medium. This doesn't apply to games that build storytelling into actual gameplay.
'Social' when used to refer to annoying the shit out of your friends with stealth viral marketing. I quite like Streetpass though, or other online functions where you only bother other players who are already playing it. The pawns in Dragon's Dogma were fun.
'Downloadable content/IAP' when referring to things that should have been included with the main game. I'm cool with RPG expansions etc though. Skyrim is a good example- I thought 'hearthfire' was a complete waste of money and something that should have been on the disc, but 'dragonborn' was an excellent expansion to the campaign for someone who wanted more.
'FTP' when referring to games that are free to download but it's quickly apparent that, if you don't intend to pay anything, they are mindnumbingly tedious busywork and have cooldowns measured in hours rather than enabling fun play. They need a new description, 'FTD' is more generous, or how about 'CFW', for Crack For Whales.
'Cinematic' when used to refer to games that make me watch thirty-minute-long cut scenes as if it's a good thing in an interactive medium. This doesn't apply to games that build storytelling into actual gameplay.
'Social' when used to refer to annoying the shit out of your friends with stealth viral marketing. I quite like Streetpass though, or other online functions where you only bother other players who are already playing it. The pawns in Dragon's Dogma were fun.
'Downloadable content/IAP' when referring to things that should have been included with the main game. I'm cool with RPG expansions etc though. Skyrim is a good example- I thought 'hearthfire' was a complete waste of money and something that should have been on the disc, but 'dragonborn' was an excellent expansion to the campaign for someone who wanted more.
'FTP' when referring to games that are free to download but it's quickly apparent that, if you don't intend to pay anything, they are mindnumbingly tedious busywork and have cooldowns measured in hours rather than enabling fun play. They need a new description, 'FTD' is more generous, or how about 'CFW', for Crack For Whales.
Emperor_EL
Member
Gritty
Edgy
Cinematic
Nolan/Dark Knight Inspired
Unreal 3
Ninja Theory
Spark Unlimited
Keiji Inafune
Retailer Exclusive
Uplay
Edgy
Cinematic
Nolan/Dark Knight Inspired
Unreal 3
Ninja Theory
Spark Unlimited
Keiji Inafune
Retailer Exclusive
Uplay
cloudzack117
Banned
"We want the _____ audience"
"More Accessable"
"Redefining what (series name) is all about"
"More Accessable"
"Redefining what (series name) is all about"
Deadly Joker
Gold Member
Fighting game.
terrisus
Member
I guess in that sense it's more when it's in the phrase "Action-RPG" (as opposed to traditional turn-based RPG)
I also like this reply very much.
sindbadthesailor
Member
Microtransactions
DLC
JPRG
Mobile
Turn-based (except Pokemon)
Free to Play
Season Pass
DLC
JPRG
Mobile
Turn-based (except Pokemon)
Free to Play
Season Pass
The usual shameful shit here -- "mature" translates to "there will be blood, cuss words, awful characters and lots of brown," any variation of "DLC," "microtransactions" or "season pass" translates to "we didn't quite finish this game, but we'll definitely make you pay for it when we do, little by little."
On a related note, I immediately stop reading any review that begins with the phrase "let's face it."
On a related note, I immediately stop reading any review that begins with the phrase "let's face it."
blizzardjesus
Banned
Naughty Dog
Call of
God of
Jaffe
Molenux
Dyack
Call of
God of
Jaffe
Molenux
Dyack
DaciaJC
Gold Member
ElectricKaibutsu
Member
Three pages in, but at least someone feels the same way I do.
"Epic"
"Like Skyrim"
And by far my most hated to the point where I assume people who use it are oblivious to video games
"Like Dark Souls, Dark Souls in [x] form, ect" - Welp Dark Souls is the hardest game I played better use it as a synonym for difficult xDDDDD
And the sad thing is people are using these more and more.
"Like Skyrim"
And by far my most hated to the point where I assume people who use it are oblivious to video games
"Like Dark Souls, Dark Souls in [x] form, ect" - Welp Dark Souls is the hardest game I played better use it as a synonym for difficult xDDDDD
And the sad thing is people are using these more and more.
jadedm17
Member
Nailed it.
Pre-order at Best Buy for this, Gamestop for that, and Wal-Mart for some other thing.
Worse yet when games have physical things you can only get with each edition : Gears of War 2 had an RC Car at Best Buy or life-sized Lancer at Amazon. If I want both I just get two games?
Fucking
7DollarHagane
Banned
Free to play
energy
boosts
ios
google play
facebook
arc system works
loli
tactics
pen and paper
simulator
gaming goodness
call of duty killer
mlg
esports
professional gamer
energy
boosts
ios
google play
arc system works
loli
tactics
pen and paper
simulator
gaming goodness
call of duty killer
mlg
esports
professional gamer
zackmorris
Member
Hm just out of curiosity what do you dislike about difficulty-related trophies?
7DollarHagane
Banned
I'd just like to post again in hopes that gaming goodness gets retired from human memory
noctis_pls
Banned
DLC
Microstransactions
Multiplayer
Appealing to _________ (insert fanbase here)
Accessible
Microstransactions
Multiplayer
Appealing to _________ (insert fanbase here)
Accessible
punkmaggit
Member
Came for this. It literally kills any enthusiasm/ interest i have in any game.
Well, that about does it...
JinjoUnchained
Member
Cinematic
Sandbox
Remastered
Definitive/GOTY/Director's Cut/Any "edition"
Companion App
Classic now on iOS/Android
New (as in the way Nintendo uses it for Mario and Yoshi)
Sandbox
Remastered
Definitive/GOTY/Director's Cut/Any "edition"
Companion App
Classic now on iOS/Android
New (as in the way Nintendo uses it for Mario and Yoshi)