A. No it isn't 20 minutes.
B. You do see it updated in the remake.
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What's the pettiest reason you've ever quit a game?
- Thread starter Cruxist
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B. You do see it updated in the remake.
That's not a bad/petty reason. I loved FFXV but I agree with your assessment.
As for me, it's MHW. I keep trying to play but it takes me forever and a day to kill any of the bosses, and there's not enough feedback about if I'm winning against them, if I'm close, etc.
I downloaded Dead Space from Game Pass because I wanted to replay it before starting Dead Space 2 for the first time.
I got to the medical deck, hadto levitate a power core into a slot to power an elevator lift. The core would not stay in and activate. I watched a youtube vid where the player just clicked it into place with no problem. I tried again and said fuck it and deleted both games.
I got to the medical deck, hadto levitate a power core into a slot to power an elevator lift. The core would not stay in and activate. I watched a youtube vid where the player just clicked it into place with no problem. I tried again and said fuck it and deleted both games.
This just reminds me that the majority of the vocal work and voice direction for this game desperately needed to be in a different game entirely. The over the top anime movements just don't fit the voices well. Not to mention this shit.
Yesterday I was trying Little Town Hero hoping to breeze through the game on easy. The 4th battle in the game has a huge difficulty spike along with introducing gimmicks into battles. Which resulted in 2 15m battles that I lost. On the 3rd attempt I won after having the right moves on the right gimmicks but it feels like a game of chance which rubbed me the wrong way.
Reminds me of that video where the lady who voices that red girl is streaming the game and complains about this scene.
But i finished the game and i don't recall any other scene even getting close to this, it gets worse in a multitude of other ways.
I'm not sure so many of these are what I call 'petty' reasons. Bad controls, lack of representation, poor VO or script, etc. All seems like valid reasons to me.
Here's my petty reason.
First time playing COD4 multi, choose deathmatch. Spawn in, move forward a few feet to see a blind thrown grenade arcing over a wall, lands at my feet and kills me. Respawn, blind thrown grenade arcs over a wall, lands at my feet, while still at the spawn point, and kills me. Two deaths, never fired a shot, or even saw an enemy.
Uninstalled, never played COD multiplayer of any varient to this day.
Here's my petty reason.
First time playing COD4 multi, choose deathmatch. Spawn in, move forward a few feet to see a blind thrown grenade arcing over a wall, lands at my feet and kills me. Respawn, blind thrown grenade arcs over a wall, lands at my feet, while still at the spawn point, and kills me. Two deaths, never fired a shot, or even saw an enemy.
Uninstalled, never played COD multiplayer of any varient to this day.
The last game I actually gave up on was years ago. I usually try to see the bright side or hate-play a game I'm neck deep in.
But last time was the original Demon's Souls a few years back. I had already beaten DS1, DS3, and Bloodborne, so I figured it would be more of the same. Boy did I bounce off that game hard.
I got to this swampy/black tar-like pit, where I had to descend to the boss. Got killed once by the boss, and didn't see any bonfires in the whole zone to get to the boss. I didn't even look up if there was a short cut, online. Just uninstalled and boxed the game forever.
But last time was the original Demon's Souls a few years back. I had already beaten DS1, DS3, and Bloodborne, so I figured it would be more of the same. Boy did I bounce off that game hard.
I got to this swampy/black tar-like pit, where I had to descend to the boss. Got killed once by the boss, and didn't see any bonfires in the whole zone to get to the boss. I didn't even look up if there was a short cut, online. Just uninstalled and boxed the game forever.
Was playing the tutorial in that cyberpunk bar tending game. The 2nd drink required to be served on ice, so I add the ingredients and mix the drink, then click the ice button and go to serve but it's saying it's wrong... turns out you gotta hit the ice button either before you mix or before adding ingredients..... quit.
But now you've learned a valuable life lesson about making cocktails.
Megaman X3 on the PS2 Collection. Beat the first two then eagerly fired up the third anticipating the amazing opening music. Only to realize in horror it was the arranged version. Skipped right to X4.
Walking simulator.
I dont hate anything more than forced walking sections.
Forced myself on uncharted series since I love indiana jones like adventures and thise amazing set pieces but fuck any dev who force walking.
Gimme a cut-scene if you want me to FORCE me too look at something. If its interesting i do it myself
I dont hate anything more than forced walking sections.
Forced myself on uncharted series since I love indiana jones like adventures and thise amazing set pieces but fuck any dev who force walking.
Gimme a cut-scene if you want me to FORCE me too look at something. If its interesting i do it myself
I lost two hours of progress in Persona 5 Royal due to basically bad/unclear dungeon design. I figured out what I needed to do, went to leave, died going for the door.
Haven't touched it since.
Haven't touched it since.
I've done this a lot, including with Deadcells. I just get a really great run that takes me to or through the final boss then I'm just deflated after and don't feel like grinding out another dozen runs hoping for comparable drop luck.
I think Children of Morta was one of the first Roguelikes that really nailed a perfect balance of the replay cycle, progression, and story for me.
you can buy it so you can grind souls anywhwere. I agree I prefer the refillable estus flask approach but that has its own limitations as there is a cap on your ability to recover each run
I can only buy the moon grass that heals like 10% of my HP though which stinks. If better choices unlock later I'll get back into it.
Honestly,
If something doesn't feel good, no matter how exciting it is, you wouldn't enjoy it anyway.
I was spoiled on The last of us 2 which made me to lose interest in the game. I know its an amazing game but I wouldnt enjoy it anyway. Maybe when it hits ps5 with a remaster I might give it a go. Right now interest is 0 haha
I don't think these are that petty, but for some people they might.
When Call of Duty: Black Ops came out, I was talked into buying it to play with someone, despite tapping out of CoD with MW2. Bought the game new, full price. Played about 2 hours of multiplayer and the lag/netcode was so awful and frustrating, making shootouts even worse/more chaotic and terrible than they were by default. Turned around and returned the game same day and have never been back to Call of Duty since, even when people have begged me.
Like CoD, I was convinced into buying Battlefield V, though I'd also played some of the pre-release beta and enjoyed the game enough, despite never really caring for BF for the most part. I'd had some fun playing it and was enjoying myself alright. Then DICE did that first big radical change to the gunplay and I fucking HATED IT. Ruined the game, and I have a real hard time playing any game where they change the core game feel/gameplay on a whim, based on how the winds are currently blowing (online).
I refuse to give the Call of Duty brand money, and feel basically the same way about Battlefield too tbh.
When Call of Duty: Black Ops came out, I was talked into buying it to play with someone, despite tapping out of CoD with MW2. Bought the game new, full price. Played about 2 hours of multiplayer and the lag/netcode was so awful and frustrating, making shootouts even worse/more chaotic and terrible than they were by default. Turned around and returned the game same day and have never been back to Call of Duty since, even when people have begged me.
Like CoD, I was convinced into buying Battlefield V, though I'd also played some of the pre-release beta and enjoyed the game enough, despite never really caring for BF for the most part. I'd had some fun playing it and was enjoying myself alright. Then DICE did that first big radical change to the gunplay and I fucking HATED IT. Ruined the game, and I have a real hard time playing any game where they change the core game feel/gameplay on a whim, based on how the winds are currently blowing (online).
I refuse to give the Call of Duty brand money, and feel basically the same way about Battlefield too tbh.
Crash Team Racing Refueled on the switch. I love the game and the remake has a weird difficulty curve but I am not waiting 2-3 minutes between level loads to play. Fuck that.
Wasn't enjoying the game part of Last of Us, as I found it pretty at odds with the story they were telling, and when a Boomer from Left 4 Dead burst through a door, vomiting acid everywhere in a school gym, I quit the game and have not gone back. I'll never be able to take that story seriously.
In Solasta, I stopped playing the instant they put my cleric in a forced stealth insta fail if you're seen steal something "tutorial". I refuse to play it again until that crap's removed.
I don't think that's petty at all though. That sequence is dog trash.
I don't think that's petty at all though. That sequence is dog trash.
I dropped Bloodborne permanently in large part when I saw enemies spawning behind me / wall corners during camera moves. Really ruined the 'tough but fair' illusion of the brand for me. This "Lose All Your Progress" subgenre of ARPG's isn't for me and never will be.
If someone else in my family is playing the same game, there's a 99% chance one of us will drop it. Happens every single time, doesn't matter what the game is, how much any of us are enjoying it, we cannot be playing the same game at the same time. It's like an unspoken rules between all of us.
I stopped playing RDR2 when I got to Valentine because I was fucking around and got a 200 dollar bounty on my head and didn't know how to remove it. I kept getting into shootouts and didn't want the bounty on my head so I deleted the game and save file.
2 years later I gave it another go recently because I have it on disc and my psn account was recently banned. I quit again by the end of the first chapter because it was too slow and I had already played it. So I deleted the game again but this time without deleting the save file.
And just yesterday my psn account got banned again for a day so I installed the game again to give it another go. I played it for 6 and half hours straight last. Holy fucking shit this game man! I have been sleeping on it for 2 years now. It has completely consumed me. RDR2 puts other open world games to shame. It's straight up an open world masterpiece. It feels like a western genre simulation. I haven't even been playing the story missions. I am literally just exploring the world itself. The last time an open world game pulled me in like this was Skyrim. And this game puts Skyrim to shame. I have spent hours chasing and capturing horses, hunted a bear, killed a farmer, skinned his cows, robbed his house, got into multiple bar fights, got locked up a few times, captured a snake oil salesmen and turned him in, drowned a man because he pissed me off, saved a few people from other outlaws or wild animals, attempted to rob a moving train and played the knife/hand game. This game is on another level. And it's so ridiculously fucking good looking. I keep stopping randomly to take in the view. And it runs and plays smooth as butter.
2 years later I gave it another go recently because I have it on disc and my psn account was recently banned. I quit again by the end of the first chapter because it was too slow and I had already played it. So I deleted the game again but this time without deleting the save file.
And just yesterday my psn account got banned again for a day so I installed the game again to give it another go. I played it for 6 and half hours straight last. Holy fucking shit this game man! I have been sleeping on it for 2 years now. It has completely consumed me. RDR2 puts other open world games to shame. It's straight up an open world masterpiece. It feels like a western genre simulation. I haven't even been playing the story missions. I am literally just exploring the world itself. The last time an open world game pulled me in like this was Skyrim. And this game puts Skyrim to shame. I have spent hours chasing and capturing horses, hunted a bear, killed a farmer, skinned his cows, robbed his house, got into multiple bar fights, got locked up a few times, captured a snake oil salesmen and turned him in, drowned a man because he pissed me off, saved a few people from other outlaws or wild animals, attempted to rob a moving train and played the knife/hand game. This game is on another level. And it's so ridiculously fucking good looking. I keep stopping randomly to take in the view. And it runs and plays smooth as butter.
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I quit playing Spelunky 2 because they changed the whip hit box from Spelunky 1. It feels like the dev put the change in to fuck with me specifically. I could get used to it. But I would have to waste a bunch of time retraining muscle memory for no real reason.
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I had the exact same issue, compounded with byzantine menus, that prevented me to pick it up again after the first boss
Oh I think I had a related petty problem. I had the vanilla version of FFXV. I was making steady progress but was feeling kinda down about the pacing of the story. I opened one of the FFXV threads to complain but first, I read a bunch of posts discussing supplementary lore, dlc and Royal additions and endgame stuff. The thought of needing to wade through that to have an educated voice in the discussion exhausted me so much I gave up on playing.
Now If it comes up, I just post uneducated FFXV dissatisfaction posts.
Some people seemingly aren't able to even see things like that. I told my housemate about it and he literally didn't believe me until I slowed it down in a gif.
Looking at that hurts.
