2D Puzzles/ mini games that don't use core gameplay mechanics. Thinking about the pipe rotation hacking in Bioshock and Spider-Man as examples.
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What games or sections in games fit the "nobody asked for this"?
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Splinter Cell Blacklist has a first person mission with the sidekick. It's not terrible but was a bit what the hell. Same with Sam having a flashback to Iraq or somewhere and going all 3rd person action shooter but there was lots of barrels to blow up.
Doesn't ruin an otherwise really good game.
Doesn't ruin an otherwise really good game.
I know I'm not alone in saying I love the modern parts and they help tie together/provide different perspective to the events in the past.
So I asked for this.
Yeah. I feel like they took half of what they wanted with a modern game and wanted to make a new IP, thus Watch Dogs. It would have been cool if it turned into another take on Hitman but with a different size /scope.
No lies detected. Didn't play a lot of AC games, but man, I still don't know why they thought it was a good idea. Boring shit. AC works better as a vague "assassins were always here for some reason!" kind of deal. I never asked for Dan Brown-esque shlock.I'm gonna have to go with the modern parts of Assassin's Creed series. I just could care less about these parts and blitz through them.
This is the no one asked for this, but I will now be asking for more going forward cause it's hella good!
Ugh stealth with one catch restart. Plenty of victims here. Played dragon quest heroes 2 not too long ago and one area with some robots I had to look up to do.
It wasn't hard but days gone also has this where you get caught you start over. They were short but lame. Slow walking sections as well. Tremendous game but no one needs that.
excessive backtracking sucks as well.
It wasn't hard but days gone also has this where you get caught you start over. They were short but lame. Slow walking sections as well. Tremendous game but no one needs that.
excessive backtracking sucks as well.
The crossbow target side quest in Dragon Quest XI. For those who don't know, somewhere around ten hours into the game, you get a crossbow that you can use to draw enemies to you (which in and of itself is pretty much a useless function, at least for me). There are also several hidden crossbow targets in every overworld region, and if you find and shoot them all, you get a prize. I had no desire to go hunting for tiny objects all over the world for a small reward, and since I beat the game with everyone's best equipment, it was clear that none of the rewards were necessary for anything in the long run.
Apparently I wasn't the only one who didn't like this, because the hidden targets were completely removed in the Definitive Edition of the game. Although I have to admit that doing that is a little strange - since they're so easily skippable, why go through the trouble of removing them entirely? You still get the crossbow for drawing enemies' attention, but that's all it's used for.
Apparently I wasn't the only one who didn't like this, because the hidden targets were completely removed in the Definitive Edition of the game. Although I have to admit that doing that is a little strange - since they're so easily skippable, why go through the trouble of removing them entirely? You still get the crossbow for drawing enemies' attention, but that's all it's used for.
Yeah this, I never understood why they put this in. 99% of the game is a third person stealth game and suddenly they switch you into a first person shooter for some reason.
I'm gonna have to go with the modern parts of Assassin's Creed series. I just could care less about these parts and blitz through them.
Oh yea. I stopped paying attention to them a long time ago. If they were even in Black Flag that would have been when - because that was the only one I hundred platinumed and I can't even remember.
I disagree with the Assassin's Creed thing only because they could be good but they're just not. I'm still asking for a good modern-day section.
I'll say Sheila in Spyro 3 that I'm playing for the first time now. She has super slow horizontal movement, some levels take advantage of her vertical movement but most do not, and all the hidden areas in her levels are basically the same, consisting of several ledges covered by rock walls you have to jump up to and kick. Even if they made improvements, I'd still rather play as Spyro.
This goes for a lot of these cartoony 3D platformers that sacrifice their core gameplay for "variety." Great, variety to have a shittier time.
I'll say Sheila in Spyro 3 that I'm playing for the first time now. She has super slow horizontal movement, some levels take advantage of her vertical movement but most do not, and all the hidden areas in her levels are basically the same, consisting of several ledges covered by rock walls you have to jump up to and kick. Even if they made improvements, I'd still rather play as Spyro.
This goes for a lot of these cartoony 3D platformers that sacrifice their core gameplay for "variety." Great, variety to have a shittier time.
i'm pretty sure after this long they just can't make the modern day stuff good, they are either incapable of doing it or it's some kind of high level joke
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I don't know why I still have hope but I do. I'm like Luke looking for the good in Darth Vader
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what about giant clank?
"platforming" in games that aren't platformers
single player FPSs seem to do this a lot and it really pissed me off, if i wanted to play mario or tomb raider i would not be playing your shooty bang game
came damn close to quitting Doom Eternal but i came around on it since the game is essentially a series of killboxes and it did break the monotony a bit
single player FPSs seem to do this a lot and it really pissed me off, if i wanted to play mario or tomb raider i would not be playing your shooty bang game
came damn close to quitting Doom Eternal but i came around on it since the game is essentially a series of killboxes and it did break the monotony a bit
A lot of people feel this wat about these sections, but I like this aspect of the story.
In addition to that - remember that crappy, pace breaking Tears of Light parts in Twilight Princess?
We brought it back for Skyward Sword!!! Yay...
God I hate Skyward Sword... It's some miracle that BOTW exists in the form that it does.
Any content in the Mario Party series that isn't the core board game or mini-games that happen on those boards. I don't know anyone who wouldn't rather have more boards and mini games instead.
Also, take a shot every time a gamer says "forced."
Also, take a shot every time a gamer says "forced."
I asked for this. Chapter 3 is the only part of the game I enjoyed. lol
In JRPGs, maybe not.
But in horror games like Resident Evil? Of course we want more of that. Sewers are rife with gross and icky things that lend themselves really well to a horror setting.
LOL what? Dragon Quest Heroes 2, a musou game, has forced stealth? OK, this is a new low haha
Nah fam. I'd rather have spooky clock towers over drab samey mazes.
I liked the silent realm stuff but boy was Skyward Sword packed with tedium. Bokoblin Base is another set piece that no one really wanted.
For me the modern story is what instantly sold me on the first game and it had my interest untilI'm gonna have to go with the modern parts of Assassin's Creed series. I just could care less about these parts and blitz through them.
Desmond died
This was the on I was gonna post .
DP2 being disappointing doesn't mean nobody asked for it. Every fan I knew was extremely excited when it was announced.
Radiant or "infinite" quests in any Bethesda game. Nobody actually enjoys killing a wolf for someone a million times or defending settlements again and again or finding a generic book in a cave.
I get you want to be able to say your game can be played forever but nobody actually wants that and the very few people who do should not be catered to, or for goodness sake at least let me turn it and any npc dialogue about it off.
I get you want to be able to say your game can be played forever but nobody actually wants that and the very few people who do should not be catered to, or for goodness sake at least let me turn it and any npc dialogue about it off.
On the contrary, I love it when platinum does this, it's part of the Platinum magic. I love those genre shifts in bayonetta and nier Automata does it even better. Going from balls to the wall action to shitty forced stealth is a million times worse than action fighting to action bike chase to action shmup and back to the fighting.
Oh my god, the perfect answer. I can't think of anything more ill suited to DMC gameplay that having to suffer through those underwater sections. Utterly baffling inclusion.
In terms of games no one asked for, i know it's already been mentioned but Metroid Prime Federation Force is forever the answer. So tone deaf even by Nintendo's standards, the epitome of not being able to read the room. I feel bad for anyone who had to work on that.
Sometimes, but they often go on for too long and can turn into literal nightmares if you try to get Platinum ranks. The last mission of Wonderful 101 has an utterly baffling gimmick section where you have to control two ships, one for each analog stick, and dodge lasers. Mess up only a couple times, and you get a game over, massively lowering your rank. So if you want a Platinum, you have to replay the entire mission up to that point and try, try again. The genre shifts in Bayonetta aren't as bad, but boy is it frustrating to have to do that Space Harrier bit every time you want to try the Jeanne fight.
I really want to say Sonic Forces, evidenced from how poorly it controlled, how terrible the story was, and how awful the levels were designed.
However, I unfortunately remember various places in social media being hyped as fuck because the game "finally" lets you create your own character.
So I guess, we did ask for it?
However, I unfortunately remember various places in social media being hyped as fuck because the game "finally" lets you create your own character.
So I guess, we did ask for it?
There's a particular chapter in Astral Chain where it's just a collection of horridly boring and frustrating minigames, and I just can't imagine why Platinum looked at the game and though "you know what this creative and fun character action game could use? A minigame chapter"
I really love Astral Chain but there are some parts of it that just...why
I really love Astral Chain but there are some parts of it that just...why
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AC modern day stuff peaked with Brotherhood for me and has been forgettable ever since. Origins it was just meh but Odyssey is where it became actively infuriatingly bad, like just the worst voice acting in the entire series and nothing made sense.
Valhalla actually had me interested genuinely but they... didn't really do much with it? I was expecting to do a lot more in the modern day throughout the game but it's kinda one and done.
On top of that have the NPC you're following walk slower than your slowest possible pace so you have to constantly stop and start.
The best answer so far for me lol
Valhalla actually had me interested genuinely but they... didn't really do much with it? I was expecting to do a lot more in the modern day throughout the game but it's kinda one and done.
On top of that have the NPC you're following walk slower than your slowest possible pace so you have to constantly stop and start.
The best answer so far for me lol
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