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Your nitpickiest complaints about a game
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I think it is Nintendo's way of making sure both joycons are engaged.
Every time a Western/Japanese game introduces an Eastern European character with an outlandishly pronounced last name.
Mankind Divided's main antagonist was a Ukrainian merc with a last name MarchEnko, with a stress being on the "E". As someone who grew up in an apartment named after a Soviet tank commander MArchenko who was the first to drive into the city during the offensive to take it back from the Germans, I know that the stress needs to be on the "A". The "stress the second last syllable of of every Easter European name" is a Polish convention (they do that for literally. every. word.) that doesn't apply to other languages. But ALL non-Eastern European devs keep doing it. annoys the hell out of me every time.
Mankind Divided's main antagonist was a Ukrainian merc with a last name MarchEnko, with a stress being on the "E". As someone who grew up in an apartment named after a Soviet tank commander MArchenko who was the first to drive into the city during the offensive to take it back from the Germans, I know that the stress needs to be on the "A". The "stress the second last syllable of of every Easter European name" is a Polish convention (they do that for literally. every. word.) that doesn't apply to other languages. But ALL non-Eastern European devs keep doing it. annoys the hell out of me every time.
Many Japanese games do this, I'm thinking about the Yakuza series for example : a (loud) sound effect every time you skip to the next dialogue text box. So reading through a text-only cut scene sounds like "TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK". Sometimes less is better. Just don't put a sound effect there, I don't need an audio feedback to be aware that I'm reading a new text box after I've pressed a button to skip the previous one.
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i should probably test that, but i swear the engaged screen comes up too. so its two sets of ZL and ZR presses
If I'm wrong, I retract my gripe
(I don't)
I just tested God of War, Spiderman, Until Dawn, and the God of War artwork thing (by accident). Until Dawn was the only one to use X to advance.
I used circle to advance the main PS4 UI which, if anything is going to set a system standard, then that sure seems like what it should be.
But whatever, clearly I was exaggerating for effect. I suppose a more specific bugbear is "I hate that developers can't agree on standard buttons for 'advance' and 'cancel'."
My only other guess is that both hands would have to be on the controller(s) as a starting point. Good point about the grip order screen.
Not mine, man. Circle gets me in, X gets me out.
Whatever, amended bugbear stands.
I don't recall some games choosing to use B to advance on Xbox so this seems to be a PS4 thing.
Agreed completely. The fast-travel never felt "fast" because it always involved backtracking to a gate, plus it just never felt like there were enough gates put into the game to fast-travel to. I felt like I was still running around way too much either finding a gate or trying to get from a gate to the actual point on the map that I wanted to get to.
This is not how it is at all. There's occasional wonkiness but this video is just someone playing the game bad on purpose like they're making a dunkey vid.
Biggest nitpick I have - is with VOICE OVERS.
I know some games, mainly indie games, not having voice overs, but a game like Zelda and Donkey Kong and even Mario games - with no Voice Overs? Its 2020.
Also I have an issue with silent protagonist. Takes away so much from the game - I need more personality - and games like Half Life, GTAIII and Dead Space 1 and all...very annoying, when everybody else in the game talks and talks a lot but your main character is a MUTE. Doesn't make any sense to me. Argh. Very frustrating.
I know some games, mainly indie games, not having voice overs, but a game like Zelda and Donkey Kong and even Mario games - with no Voice Overs? Its 2020.
Also I have an issue with silent protagonist. Takes away so much from the game - I need more personality - and games like Half Life, GTAIII and Dead Space 1 and all...very annoying, when everybody else in the game talks and talks a lot but your main character is a MUTE. Doesn't make any sense to me. Argh. Very frustrating.
I don't even think it is but I've been told in some (non-ERA) posts about it that I'm being nitpicky and should get over it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Dark Souls Remastered's ambient sound issues not being f'ing patched and seemingly not being noticed by more than like 10 vocal people online. I'm exaggerating but yeah...
It's keeping me from buying it and enjoying it with glorious ReShade settings right now, arghhhh. It appears I cannot get over it and am indeed Mr. Nitpick.
Dark Souls Remastered's ambient sound issues not being f'ing patched and seemingly not being noticed by more than like 10 vocal people online. I'm exaggerating but yeah...
It's keeping me from buying it and enjoying it with glorious ReShade settings right now, arghhhh. It appears I cannot get over it and am indeed Mr. Nitpick.
It bugs you? It makes me feel clever.
"Press start."
*Presses X*
"Ha got em"
I'm currently playing Life is Strange Season 2 and I have an extreme nitpick. When it comes to the pronunciation of the word 'a', the voice actor for Daniel keeps saying 'aye' instead of 'uh'. For example, "am I aye monster?" It's really grating.
The truck in death stranding doesn't have a horn, every time the game updates i hope to see it mentioned in the patch notes.
How else am i going to be a post apocalyptic long haul truck driver without a horn to blow for the non existent children?
How else am i going to be a post apocalyptic long haul truck driver without a horn to blow for the non existent children?
Subtitles never being in the same options menu in games, some games is Accessibility, some Video, some Visuals, like, make up your mind and choose one place developers.
When a game doesn't give me the option to turn on subtitles or access options before starting
Games that don't let me pause cutscenes (With the exception of MMOs)
More specifically, in Judgment street fights don't actually start until the gang name fades away, so when I'm running toward a group I can't hit them with my running attacks because they have to go through their animations, which I can't interrupt.
It could be that your PS4 is from Asia, which would explain the swapped buttons. If that's the case, then it's probably a localization issue. Some devs probably didn't swap the buttons for eastern release like they should. That's got to be incredibly frustrating.
Games that don't let me pause cutscenes (With the exception of MMOs)
More specifically, in Judgment street fights don't actually start until the gang name fades away, so when I'm running toward a group I can't hit them with my running attacks because they have to go through their animations, which I can't interrupt.
That's really odd. The only games I know to use Circle to advance are typically Japanese. Gundam Breaker 3, a game I imported, is the only one that does. Horizon Zero Dawn, Judgment, Spider-Man, and Dragon Ball Fighterz all use X to advance. And while I don't have God of War anymore, I'm sure it used X when I played, it's the standard in just about every western game. It's also pretty weird that you can use Circle to advance the PS4's main menu because I don't think westerners have the option to change from the default X.
It could be that your PS4 is from Asia, which would explain the swapped buttons. If that's the case, then it's probably a localization issue. Some devs probably didn't swap the buttons for eastern release like they should. That's got to be incredibly frustrating.
First of all, seconded and seconded! Not sure how this is still a thing.
Do you know, the more I think about it the more that's not only possible, but maybe likely.
I bought a 500 Million Limited Edition (was very late into PlayStation this gen - which has been awesome, by the way!)
I don't live in Japan, the USA or Europe and so I had to import. I have a slight inkling this came from Japan? Did they all?
Yeah it sucks man. There's no consistency.
And now I'm worried that when I get my Westernised PS5, and I have to go back to X to advance, I'm going to have all sorts of readjustment issues!
It appears you have a Japanese PS4, or perhaps one from another Asian territory.
PlayStation only uses Circle to advance on Japanese systems. This is why you are having the problem you are having. :O
Edit: Ah, I'm late.
Maybe this is more weird than nitpicky but the custom character option in Divinity 2 makes me feel paralyzed. I legit haven't been able to start because of it, I'm terrible with picking between lots of options.
Anime fan service, anime shit in general. Scantily clad, questionable aged still frames of anime girls usually with angel wings or something, filling the whole screen while doing a special attack. I hate it and it's one of the reasons I avoid most things Japanese anymore especially jrpgs and stuff. Playing Luminous Avenger and in between every level I am reminded that I hate every aspect of this game that doesn't involve me dashing around the screen while killing things. Is that a nitpick? Idk.
In Destiny 2 if you're not paying really close attention the resource indicator triangle thingy looks almost exactly like one of the patrol indicators.
Oh and you can't change gear while flying to a locked gear activity.
And if you go to orbit (which takes a second), forget something and need to back down to the planet the loading isn't any faster.
And you can't accept invites while flying. I get it, I can't join at that exact moment, but quit the thing I'm doing and/or queue the thing I want to do.
Oh and you can't change gear while flying to a locked gear activity.
And if you go to orbit (which takes a second), forget something and need to back down to the planet the loading isn't any faster.
And you can't accept invites while flying. I get it, I can't join at that exact moment, but quit the thing I'm doing and/or queue the thing I want to do.
Having to go to specific places/posts/waypoints in order to fast travel in open worlds.
Just let me pop up a menu and go wherever.
Just let me pop up a menu and go wherever.
The giant eyeballs on the bosses of MM 3D and the special effects for the Zora swimming turn me off so much that I don't feel like buying the game. I just find them so silly looking that it kind of throws off the immersion for me.
Games (especially fighting games) that don't give you full control of your button configuration. In Street Fighter 5, you can only change the buttons to their pre-determined list, and that list is missing 2-button presses (i.e. light + heavy punch, or medium + heavy kick). Some characters have variant EX moves depending on the two buttons you press, and sometimes it can be tough to press certain combinations on a pad. I would've appreciated the option.
-I hate how there still isn't a "mark all as seen" button in Modern Warfare(and other relevant games). Especially considering that the menu is still kinda glitchy in regards to not properly identifying what you got new and having to find out what is new buried in the menus.
-Also permanent letterboxing in games. The Order 1886, the Evil Within(which thankfully got it patched I believe) and Dragon's Dogma(360 version at least) i'm looking at you!
-Also permanent letterboxing in games. The Order 1886, the Evil Within(which thankfully got it patched I believe) and Dragon's Dogma(360 version at least) i'm looking at you!
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swapped buttons at the menu indicate the console is from Japan. I can confirm as I got a psvita that was from Japan and natively has O as confirm accept X in the menus. I think you can change it in the settings now, but I think it permanently swaps everything in game as well too though.
What about Raiden? He has the best tactical ninja high heels ever.
In Luigi's Mansion 3 there's a hotel room with, I don't know what it's called, a golf putting stand? You can blow a golf ball around the room and into the hole and it does... nothing.
No hidden gem, no coins, no achievement, nothing. Annoyed me way too much.
No hidden gem, no coins, no achievement, nothing. Annoyed me way too much.
The swinging->jump animation in Uncharted 4 is a quick snap and doesn't blend into a smooth transition.
The stuttering loading screens in Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze drove me absolutely insane.
Because you don't use those buttons when using a single joy con sideways. By pushing those buttons, you are telling the system you are using two joycon like a regular dual stick controller.
Nah its cool, the heels are so that he can grab his sword with his feet lol.
Is that the sound that sounds like a mouse squeaking into a microphone
You're not alone, all sound in that game is compressed to shit.
It's laughably obvious when the game first transitions from the opening cutscene to the beginning of gameplay. The voiceover continutes ("Yes, this is your fate" or something like that) but with a completely degraded sound quality from just seconds prior.
Don't get me wrong, DS:R was my first experience with the game and it's now one of my favorite games of all time. I put 200+ hours into that baby. But as an audio-guy, those kinds of things are less "nitpicky" and more "offensive" lol.