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Bullshit That Ruins Games


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DarknessDeku
Title: Deku Scrub
Joined: Dec 08 2007
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PostPosted: Jul 12 2008 08:39 pm Reply with quote Back to top

feel free to add on to the list

Bullshit That Ruins Games:

1. Unskippable cut scenes that repeat every time you die.


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Adrenaline
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PostPosted: Jul 12 2008 08:40 pm Reply with quote Back to top

I think a thing that ruins games is when they suck..


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Douche McCallister
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Title: DOO-SHAY
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PostPosted: Jul 12 2008 08:47 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Horrible voice acting that you can't turn off.


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Laminated Sky
Title: Extra Crispy
Joined: Feb 25 2008
Location: Etobicoke
PostPosted: Jul 12 2008 08:47 pm Reply with quote Back to top

For the sake of anyone playing online, how about lag?


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to fill it up with explosive gases,
and close it back,
with a lit match in it,
while I sit back, and just hope it catches.

Blow you to fragments,
laugh,
roll you, and smoke the ashes.

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McScurvy
Joined: May 16 2008
Location: Shermer. Illinois
PostPosted: Jul 12 2008 08:52 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Boss battles your suppose to lose.


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Mr. Bomberman
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PostPosted: Jul 12 2008 09:00 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Extraneous RPG elements.


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Dii Infer
Title: Boobie Engineer
Joined: Jun 01 2007
Location: Texas
PostPosted: Jul 12 2008 09:02 pm Reply with quote Back to top

How about those annoying chasing parts? For example, I got tired of having to chase Venom or some random boss in Ultimate Spider-Man (they usually led to kick-ass boss battles, on the bright side).


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Knyte
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PostPosted: Jul 12 2008 09:59 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Arcade-Like Mini Games in Turn Based Fantasy games.
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Avian
Joined: Jul 16 2006
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PostPosted: Jul 12 2008 10:17 pm Reply with quote Back to top

--Racing games with time limits between check points (Fuck you, Rad Racer!)

--Unskippable/unpausable cut scenes

--Lame, weird shit that the Japanese think is cool (Cait Sith in FFVII, Chu-Chu in Xenogears)


"Wolfman's got nards!"

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Teralyx
Title: Master Exploder
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PostPosted: Jul 12 2008 10:28 pm Reply with quote Back to top

turn-based combat.


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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
PostPosted: Jul 12 2008 11:24 pm Reply with quote Back to top

An infuriating ending.
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Char Aznable
Title: Char Classic™
Joined: Jul 24 2006
Location: Robot Boombox HQ
PostPosted: Jul 12 2008 11:33 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Rubberbanding AI in racing games.

Fighting game bosses with unfair attacks and screen-filling super moves.


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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
Joined: May 25 2008
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PostPosted: Jul 13 2008 12:21 am Reply with quote Back to top

Sub-games that are long, tedious, interesting for maybe 5 minutes, and are required to get the best stuff (I'm looking at YOU, Square!)

Endings which do nothing but set up a sequel (again, Square.)

Developing extra side stories for joke characters...Y'know, I think I'll just say "nearly everything Square does".

Oh, and knowing that Hideo Kojima's goal in life is to cause us pain and destroy our minds, yet we still play his games.
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DarknessDeku
Title: Deku Scrub
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PostPosted: Jul 13 2008 12:46 am Reply with quote Back to top

UsaSatsui wrote:
Developing extra side stories for joke characters...Y'know, I think I'll just say "nearly everything Square does".


That's called pulling a George Lucas.


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Looter
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Joined: May 15 2008
Location: California
PostPosted: Jul 13 2008 01:09 am Reply with quote Back to top

BAD CONTROLLS
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Char Aznable
Title: Char Classic™
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PostPosted: Jul 13 2008 01:13 am Reply with quote Back to top

Bad level design.


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Chunx
Joined: May 23 2007
Location: CA
PostPosted: Jul 13 2008 01:22 am Reply with quote Back to top

Jump! Jump! Slide! Slide!
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Char Aznable
Title: Char Classic™
Joined: Jul 24 2006
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PostPosted: Jul 13 2008 01:35 am Reply with quote Back to top

Seconded. Whoever thought of that concept can go fuck the devil in hell.


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DarknessDeku
Title: Deku Scrub
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PostPosted: Jul 13 2008 02:30 am Reply with quote Back to top

Chunx wrote:
Jump! Jump! Slide! Slide!


... what do you mean by that?


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sidewaydriver
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PostPosted: Jul 13 2008 02:38 am Reply with quote Back to top

Boring swimming stages in action platformers.


Shake it, Quake it, Space Kaboom.
 
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Char Aznable
Title: Char Classic™
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PostPosted: Jul 13 2008 02:43 am Reply with quote Back to top



The bullshit starts at around a minute ten.


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DarknessDeku
Title: Deku Scrub
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PostPosted: Jul 13 2008 04:26 am Reply with quote Back to top

Char Aznable wrote:


The bullshit starts at around a minute ten.


Damn, I saw you pick Frost Man and instantly knew you were talking about the snowboarding.


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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
Joined: May 25 2008
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PostPosted: Jul 13 2008 05:46 am Reply with quote Back to top

Quote:
That's called pulling a George Lucas.


Hmmm...

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...it all makes sense now.
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SSNintendo
Title: Likes to Blow Sh*t Up
Joined: Oct 14 2006
Location: Virginia
PostPosted: Jul 13 2008 09:01 am Reply with quote Back to top

All the hard work you put in a Battletoads game, and then get a crummy ending.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
PostPosted: Jul 13 2008 10:36 am Reply with quote Back to top

freezing / failure to save on an old abused NES cart. Mad



 
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