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What is the smallest detail that had the largest negative impact on your enjoyment of a game?
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Not being able to manually holster Sheppard's weapon in Mass Effect 3 drove me a bit mad.
Running around pointing your gun at everything, even outside combat, was very frustrating. I mean, you could do it in 1 and 2, why not in 3?
Apparently, it was restricted due to memory limitations, but really, how complex could it be to implement this in the game?
Running around pointing your gun at everything, even outside combat, was very frustrating. I mean, you could do it in 1 and 2, why not in 3?
Apparently, it was restricted due to memory limitations, but really, how complex could it be to implement this in the game?
The facial animations in Alan Wake annoyed me the entire game. I get that it's old and everything, but my god is it terrible.
Fable II had motion blur whenever you spun the camera. It made me motion sick. I got an hour in.
I had a similar problem with God of War 2018 where the game as a whole just made me motion sick. I think it had to do with the way the camera stuck to Kratos. I managed to finish that one, but it wasn't a good time.
I had a similar problem with God of War 2018 where the game as a whole just made me motion sick. I think it had to do with the way the camera stuck to Kratos. I managed to finish that one, but it wasn't a good time.
The feel and control of Geralt in TW3. I just couldn't get into the swing of it and it was constantly demoralising knowing the game is probably over 70hrs as I take my time with games. 70+ hours of being annoyed with controls? Nah.
I remember turning candles on and off trying to open doors too. It's a bit amusing in hindsight.
I remember turning candles on and off trying to open doors too. It's a bit amusing in hindsight.
Say wha? Never heard of that type of thing though I have played none of the games.
Was playing Vampyr, which has a lot of dialogue, but okay, I read pretty quick. Say a character has four lines of dialogue, only two lines are displayed at a time. I would read the first two lines, but when I press the button to advance the dialogue, it doesn't go to the following two lines, it skips the whole rest of the dialogue.
So you have to wait for the NPC to finish speaking the first two lines, then you can read the next two and skip. Sometimes dialogues are longer. Sometimes you'll read the end of a sentence, but then from context you'll figure out that the NPC had another line and you have to listen to them talk again.
The game has a lot, a lot, of dialogue. I just want to read, yo!
So you have to wait for the NPC to finish speaking the first two lines, then you can read the next two and skip. Sometimes dialogues are longer. Sometimes you'll read the end of a sentence, but then from context you'll figure out that the NPC had another line and you have to listen to them talk again.
The game has a lot, a lot, of dialogue. I just want to read, yo!
Trying to play persona 3 original. And not being able to compare wew weapons in the store to your party or unequal there stuff
So annoying.
Also not being able to be friends with any of the girls without having multiple relationships. So dumb
So annoying.
Also not being able to be friends with any of the girls without having multiple relationships. So dumb
I wish fall damage could be removed from every game except for the very very few exceptions where it makes sense (like Zelda BOTW).
Why Xenoblade 2 has fall damage back when Xenoblade X got rid of this shit is beyond me.
Why Xenoblade 2 has fall damage back when Xenoblade X got rid of this shit is beyond me.
Spoiler warning since noticing this glitch in Bioshock Remastered on PS4 might potentially ruin some enjoyment of the game
The water fx in that game are iconic so it legitimately makes it less fun to play for me.
In Fort Frolic the water fx when water is supposed to cascade down staircases is completely broken
The water fx in that game are iconic so it legitimately makes it less fun to play for me.
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I actually thought the friction between Zelda and her father in BOTW was more sympathetic toward Zelda and made her a stronger character overall. The fact that she ultimately was the chosen one didn't put a damper on this impression.
Not being able to skip dialogue line-by-line drives me CRAZY. It happened in Vampyr and Deus Ex Mankind Divided and I hated it lol, despite really enjoying the games. I read faster than the actors speak, so I just want to skip to the next line but if I hit skip, it skips the entire dialogue... nooooo why xD
Slow movement speed can also almost ruin a game for me. I almost dropped FF4 back in the day because I played it after Phantasy Star IV and the movemement speed was excruciatingly slow. Fortunately I stuck with it, but yeah... FF6 introduced the running shoes which helped but just... why not make it the default speed??
Slow movement speed can also almost ruin a game for me. I almost dropped FF4 back in the day because I played it after Phantasy Star IV and the movemement speed was excruciatingly slow. Fortunately I stuck with it, but yeah... FF6 introduced the running shoes which helped but just... why not make it the default speed??
Oh that's a good one. Not to mention making speed runs incredibly annoying to watch... >_>
Another good one. I kind of insta-hated Destiny because of it.
I don't think any of those are "minor" or "small".
I tried to get into the Wonderful 101 on Wii U, but the first level's theme music just was unbearable. It's been awhile since I can't bring myself to go back, but I felt the lyrics were just "The Wonderful 101!" over and over again. I just couldn't play anymore.
Thanks for starting off this thread by highlighting the real travesty that was the PS4 remake of Shadow of the Colossus. Shadow of the Colossus is a game that is driven by the aesthetics, yet they changed so many visual and sound elements for the worse that it drove me insane the entire time. The lighting is technically amazing, yet it absolutely changed for the worse as it significant altered the saturated look of the original and HD versions. They even took out the debris effect in the final battle that created so much atmosphere. The small changes in the art design cumulate to a lesser than experience.
You'd hate it. It's as bad as it sounds. I still have no idea how I finished such an absolute slog of a game.
The angle that the pistol is held in Prey 2017
Thank goodness that the shotgun is a much better weapon anyway, though it's a little off too.
Thank goodness that the shotgun is a much better weapon anyway, though it's a little off too.
BotW having voice acting, regardless of the language. There are barely any cutscenes in the game but it's still something that really bothers me.
For more recent examples, I just got Art of Balance on Switch and it sucks having to enable motion controls manually every time you boot up the game (And the button for re-centering the cursor is also uncomfortable to reach, should've been the L/ZL button).
CTR:NF makes you go back to the main menu every time you want to check the Grand Prix challenges instead of letting you see those between races or while the game is paused.
For more recent examples, I just got Art of Balance on Switch and it sucks having to enable motion controls manually every time you boot up the game (And the button for re-centering the cursor is also uncomfortable to reach, should've been the L/ZL button).
CTR:NF makes you go back to the main menu every time you want to check the Grand Prix challenges instead of letting you see those between races or while the game is paused.
I think ICO remaster is missing a lot of post processing too, unless they patched it back in.
Invincible NPCs in Bethesda games. Seriously it takes me out of the game when I beat a enemy & all they do is fall down for a few minutes.
Level in scaling in RPGs. I one hand I get it's to keep the game challenging but on the other hand it makes me feel I'm not making any progress.
Hollow form in Dark Souls. I like to spend a lot of time creating characters & having them turn into a ugly zombie everytime I die makes the game less enjoyable for me.
Level in scaling in RPGs. I one hand I get it's to keep the game challenging but on the other hand it makes me feel I'm not making any progress.
Hollow form in Dark Souls. I like to spend a lot of time creating characters & having them turn into a ugly zombie everytime I die makes the game less enjoyable for me.
Oh yeah, that's a pain. I really hope they address it with the next GP.
Even smaller is how when you go to pick a character, you can tab through different subcategories for smaller, more selective lists. However, if you pick a character from one of those categories and then back out before picking a skin, you're suddenly back in the full list, rather than the subcategory tab.
Horizon Zero Dawns vignetting around the screen and how my games brightness would fluctuate every time I moved the camera and changed my focus. It drove me crazy. It flat out ruins the game for me.
I always thought it was my tv causing the issue but it doesn't do this in ANY other game I play, whether it be SDR or HDR.
I always thought it was my tv causing the issue but it doesn't do this in ANY other game I play, whether it be SDR or HDR.
Watch_Dogs 2 having ESC to cancel radio communications, which is the same button you press to go back to playing as the main character if you're hacking something or using the Jumper/Quadcopter.
Almost done with the game, definitely one of my biggest issues with the game.
Almost done with the game, definitely one of my biggest issues with the game.
That is a good one. I am glad DS3 has you human by default and the embered state is what opens you up for invasions.
Plus DS3 let you choose whether to play online or not. Bloodborne as well. I don't think Dark Souls 1 has that option, meaning you have to disable internet entirely if you want to play as a human but don't care about PvP. Now I am sure purists will say that is the way the game is meant to be played. But I prefer the DS3/Bloodborne method.
Just played the Oninaki demo that came out today and thought of this topic immediately. There's a serious lack of music throughout the demo and it actively made me dislike the game to the point that I just turned it off without finishing it. Not having music isn't even a small detail imo, but it left a VERY LARGE negative impact on my enjoyment with it.
I think they patched that? It's still tricky because XBC2 has a lot of vertical movement and this isn't reflected on the mini map but December saw a bunch of improvements to the extent that by the time I played it, it wasn't something that I noticed.
Makes a good case not to play games on launch day!
If they fixed this issue I might repurchase it later at a discount.
Oh that wasn't an endorsement of XBC2, I just thought I'd mention that that issue might've been resolved. To say nothing of whatever else might've been the catalyst of dropping it.
I don't think those posters are trying to make that point. I don't think people are saying they're "minor" in the sense that they're insignificant (because this thread is about things that had a large negative impact on their enjoyment of the game). They're saying they're minor in the sense that a few lines of dialogue are ultimately a very small part of the overall product, with its myriad gameplay systems and technical resources and years and years of development and testing and balancing — and yet a few lines of homophobic/transphobic dialogue can ruin the whole game for people, and none of the rest of that stuff will matter.
It's like an unforced error, nailing the hard part of making a "good" game but tripping up on what should be the easy part of not creeping out the player or making them feel like shit. I think that's what people are saying; a developer can spend half a decade making a complex JRPG with exceptional production values but if they include a conversation that makes the player feel like a second-class citizen, they're going to lose the player's goodwill, and none of the carefully-tuned gameplay systems or high production values matter. 99.9% of the developer's time and budget is going to things that are not that one creepy scene, but that's the part that ruins it even the rest of the game is great.
When I read the thread title, the first thing I thought of were games that have romance options that don't allow same-sex romances. In a lot of games that wouldn't impact the mechanics of the game at all, but the developers still don't allow it. It feels a little bit like a deliberate FU, which is why it's so bothersome to me.
Oh, yeah, the Danganronpa is not - the blasé attitude and "brushing-off"
(moreso murder) of a cross-dressing character and how reductive the game made that character
Games where weapon models are just magnetically attached to the character instead of having proper sheathes/scabbards/holsters/straps. Uncharted 4 and RDR2 were goddamn revelations with the weapon straps.
Also, it bugs me to no end in games when you can't sheathe/unsheathe your weapon whenever you want.
Also, it bugs me to no end in games when you can't sheathe/unsheathe your weapon whenever you want.
Depends on the person. I go more for story so not a Dark Souls combat person. Most extreme I go is Monster Hunter. Combat isn't the end all be all for me and I've played some games where the combat was eh because the story was so engaging. This was... not so much.
Fast travel in Bethesda games. Instant rewind functionality in games.
I guess those aren't very small.
I guess those aren't very small.
All sports games on Nintendo consoles since Wii U (fifa, nba2k) have been lacking clothing physics. Something simple but I can't get over it. Not sure why EA or 2K can't implement those into the games even on switch. It turns me off as other games have had them for years.
The magic system added to Warriors Orochi 4. Made regular combos feel like meaningless busy work to build up your magic.
those old JRPGs were characters would do a walking animation despite staying in the same place.
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Definitely an old quirk that I can see bothering someone, although I don't think I ever personally minded it. If I had to guess at the intent there, maybe it was just an attempt at adding some movement to town scenes so it looked more lively and less static?
