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Forum Topic: worst game mechanic/gimmick.

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Posted at: 7/8/08 10:01 PM

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what game mechanic do you think is the worst. I've never liked rails in sonic games except for SA2. in heroes they were glitchy as hell,and also...FUCK RAIL CANYON. also,the rails were never as fast as SA2's rails. I also hate intricate combos in fighting games,no matter how much damage they do. you shouldn't have to do up,down,x,a,b,b,up,up,left,right,jump,a, to do an attack,even if it's a super strong move.
what game mechanics/gimmicks make you mad?


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I generally dislike fighting games for exactly that reason, they're fun to play with people like yourself who don't know all the moves, but all it takes is one person who knows how to 'SUPER DOOPER HADAKA BLAST' and you just can't win.

v + > + HP = HADOKEN

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The ink ribbons in the early Resident Evil games, you can only save the game if you have one, so you better be damn sure to find them all.


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The Nintendo Wii's motion sensor.

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At 7/8/08 10:07 PM, WilliWowza wrote: I generally dislike fighting games for exactly that reason, they're fun to play with people like yourself who don't know all the moves, but all it takes is one person who knows how to 'SUPER DOOPER HADAKA BLAST' and you just can't win.

v + > + HP = HADOKEN

Some Japanese kid I knew pulled an Ultimate Fatality on me.

1: Fatality
2: Deadly Fatality
3: Killer Fatality
4: Bloody Fatality
5: Mortal Fatality
6: Brutal Fatality
7: Evil Fatality
8: Vicious Fatality
9: Savage Fatality
10: Extreme Fatality
11: Ultimate Fatality

So in like 8 seconds, he went through all those.

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Light world/Dark World gameplay, at first it was cool with Zelda: A link to the past, but then it got annoying.


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At 7/8/08 11:51 PM, Doom-Fan wrote: Some Japanese kid I knew pulled an Ultimate Fatality on me.

I've done that before, using a character with a sword makes it a lot easier to do.


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At 7/8/08 11:49 PM, Flak wrote: The Nintendo Wii's motion sensor.

Damn, beat me to it.

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the main reason i like smash bros. is that there are no super duper combos. that 3 moves for each direction you face.


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Halo 2+3 and Call of Duty 4: Lunge attack melee system: This throws me off every time I try to play a game without this melee system.

Narrow Field of View on widescreen monitors: This puts you at a bigger disadvantage when playing against people who have standard 4:3 monitors, typically you lose your peripheral vision on the top and bottom, instead of gaining more on the sides.

Random Battles: No further explanation.

Space Marines: Stupid plotline.

Realism: Why do we have to have more "realistic" games instead of fun games?

Sniper Rifles: The only weapon that should be made "realistic" since I am getting sick of seeing everyone whore the sniper rifle.

Bullet Hell games where the enemy is too fast and too strong (health wise:) This only makes dodging bullets harder than it should be, since killing enemies helps reduce the number of bullets appearing. I'm looking at you, Subterranean Animism.

Excessively long combos: Self explanatory. Gets even worse when there is an infinite combo glitch with said combo.

Overpowered boss: Dead or Alive 4. End of comment.

Un-skip able cutscene: "We are going to make great graphics, so why not make the cutscenes un-skip able to make gamers admire it?"

Un-skip able [insert developer/publisher] intro: I hate this so much. When you start a new game, it's fine seeing: [game developer] presents:, but when I have to see this before I get to the menu in un-skip able form, I get pissed. One forced viewing is fine. I don't need constant reminders that I am playing their product. I know already.

Lack of auto-balance team options in multiplayer: Don't you just hate it when all of your team mates quit on you?

Matchmaking: I am not stupid, I know how to host/join a fucking match. Let me do this on my own, thank you very much.

Regenerating health: Stupid, takes away from the challenge of the game. They should combine this with a health bar instead, only allow you to regain a little bit of health from damage.

Overdone HDR bloom effects: I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING.

Bullet physics calculations that make no sense: So I can't shoot through a cinder (sp?) block, but I can shoot through both 1-inch thick steel container walls?

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wow sniperwolf,thanks for posting so much. I also hate button pressing sequences. like the ones i resi 4. if i'm watching a cutscene,i don't want to press buttons(unless i can skip it) then all of a sudden,A, flashes on the screen. i'm not paying attention,and leon gets a spike through his heart(really happens).


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At 7/9/08 12:02 PM, SniperWolf1564 wrote: Regenerating health: Stupid, takes away from the challenge of the game. They should combine this with a health bar instead, only allow you to regain a little bit of health from damage.

Damn right.
Regenerating all of the wounds after sitting in a corner is even more unrealistic than a health bar.

Anyway I hate the tacked-on Wii controls. Only the first party and very few third party companies got them right.

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Quick-time events where you have to mash buttons in the correct order, with only a second to register whats happening.

I don't mind them in some as there usually was some indication that they were about to start, but in quite alot of games, it's merely a case of:

"Ah cut scene, I'll just sit back and watch this for a bit."
"THE FUCK? I have to press Circle within half a nano-second or I'll die! Where the hell did I just put my controller?!?!?!"

It's a cut scene people. For watching, not playing.

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The GTA4 civilan AI. There not as smart as they said they would be.

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