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Buzz words/features that make you go “nah”

hikarutilmitt

hikarutilmitt

Member
Dec 16, 2017
11,393
Cinematic is pretty high
Realistic is too
Immersive
"Living breathing world" used to drive me up the wall but I hardly hear it used anymore
 
Jegriva

Jegriva

Banned
Sep 23, 2019
5,519
"Biggest map ever"
"live game"
"mature", which usually means or hyperviolent or hyperserious and dramatic.
 
UshiromiyaEva

UshiromiyaEva

Member
Aug 22, 2018
1,679
"Social" features, especially any sort of "Guild" or "Faction" features at this point for something that isnt an MMO

"Crafting"

"Always evolving"
 
D.Lo

D.Lo

Member
Oct 25, 2017
4,347
Sydney
Mullet2000 said:
"Loot" is damn close to being ruined for me.

When I hear loot at this point I think "game with shallow combat and grindy content".

There are loot games I have loved but at this point it puts me on the defensive.
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This. It seems mostly that designers turn to loot as 'reward' when the combat isn't rewarding in and of itself.

xendless said:
roguelike
loot
metroidvania
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The holy trinity of 'designed to waste your time as meaninglessly as possible' signals.
 
Gelf

Gelf

Member
Oct 27, 2017
5,291
"Immersive" except for when it's immediately followed by "sim".

Similarly "cinematic". I imagine a story heavy game where I have little agency and am railroaded into slow walk and talk sections.
 
RPGam3r

RPGam3r

Member
Oct 27, 2017
13,427
Gacha
Rogue
Postgame - Especially as a main focus, I care about the regular damn game, I have no interest to rush to some grinding BS at the end
 
Aranjah

Aranjah

Member
Oct 27, 2017
2,185
I know I'm repeating some that have already been said, but here's mine:
  • waifu
  • gacha/lootbox (they're the same picture, change my mind)
  • gathering
  • crafting
  • survival (occasionally I'll get a craving for one of these, but mostly this seems to mean busywork and have overlap with crafting)
  • battle royale
  • live service (I have enough of these already and those have poisoned that well for me)
  • cash shop/microtransactions
 
PaulLFC

PaulLFC

Member
Oct 27, 2017
3,159
"Roguelike"
"Survival"
"Ultra-hardcore/difficult"
"Permadeath"
"Multiplayer-only"
and in many cases "Free to play" because it usually means "lootboxes"
 
dude

dude

Member
Oct 25, 2017
4,624
Tel Aviv
Cinematic
"Best graphics"
New game in long running series
If it's a Japanese game and the emphasis is on story. Stories in Japanese games are mostly nonsense outside of a few standouts.
 

stefanomusilli96

Banned
Jun 13, 2020
1,302
When SE announced at E3 that Avengers was going to be an "ever-expanding universe" that would evolve over several years was the moment I stopped having any interest in it.
 
RelaxedOtter

RelaxedOtter

Member
Oct 27, 2017
357
" FPS; hobby-grade coop campaign; genre-blended, multi-mode competitive e-sports; meta-growth, choice + epic "

 
dancingphlower

dancingphlower

Member
Oct 27, 2017
12,050
Crafting, cards, procedural generation, roguelike, and Metroidvania are usually turnoffs, although there are games that are exceptions.
 
Shurp

Shurp

Member
Nov 29, 2017
283
"Idle"

I don't understand why these games are popular. If I wanted to consume an entertainment medium that involves little to no interaction from me, I would watch TV or a movie
 
HardRojo

HardRojo

One Winged Slayer
Member
Oct 25, 2017
26,081
Peru
  • Online co-op (for a game that clearly should be a SP title, think of Gotham Knights)
  • Destiny-like
  • Gacha (as a main mechanic, for extras and collectables with in-game currency it's fine)
  • Roguelike: Now this one is probably the fastest reason to make me lose interest in a game
 
Dogui

Dogui

Member
Oct 28, 2017
8,771
Brazil
Not a total gamebreaker, but crafting will make me enjoy a game less. Not a problem if it can be ignored though.
 
Sande

Sande

Member
Oct 25, 2017
5,973
Gushing about about map size is usually a shorthand for having meaningful content replaced with dull treks through nothing or open world checklist "content".

"See that mountain in the distance? You can climb it, but not only will it be boring, there's no payoff."
 
RPGam3r

RPGam3r

Member
Oct 27, 2017
13,427
Sande said:
Gushing about about map size is usually a shorthand for having meaningful content replaced with dull treks through nothing or open world checklist "content".

"See that mountain in the distance? You can climb it, but not only will it be boring, there's no payoff."
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I feel like this one varies by dev (like I believe Bethesda or Nintendo when they say this).
 
noinspiration

noinspiration

Member
Jun 22, 2020
2,000
Gacha
GaaS
MOBA
Open world
Base clearing
Roguelike/roguelite
Deck-based
Procedurally generated
Metroidvania
Loot
Gear
Crafting
Cinematic

There are a lot. It seems like I don't like popular genres, so most things that come out these days raise my hackles at least a little bit.

Edit: The worst one is RPG elements. AKA our game is three times as long as it needs to be and we're masking it with numbers go up.
 
EVA UNIT 01

EVA UNIT 01

Member
Oct 27, 2017
6,729
CA
Crafting
Base building
Survival
Open world depending on the series.

Used to include rogue like but since then I've found good rogue likes.
Souls like
Cinematic
Experience
 
Alek

Alek

Games User Researcher
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Oct 28, 2017
8,465
Gatcha
Loot box
Paid surprise mechanic
FOMO
Always online
 
trappedinsap

trappedinsap

Member
Jul 26, 2019
472
I'm not trolling and I know people won't believe that, but...

"You can pet the dog"

I don't want to pet the dog in real life, and I definitely don't want to in a video game. I know that's just me.
 
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