ITT: The little things that let you know the game you're playing is shit
>When at the top of a menu list hitting up doesnt take you to the bottom of the list and vice-versa
>When you have your character walk into a wall they keep running normally instead of stopping/pushing against the wall
>Look down in FPS, cant see your legs
>start game
>move backwards
>character takes half a second just to turn around
>requires uplay login
>>318798874
I want to blame Assassin's Creed for starting this shit, but I'm sure there were games released before that did it.
>>318798874
Does dark souls do that, or not? I can't remember, as I've played so many hours the little details are lost. I hope not, because now that's gonna bug me if it does.
>3rd person action game
>No walking animation, just slower movement in the running animation
>>318799279
Nah, its one of the things that causes backstabs in pvp, cause being locked on rotates your character.
>jump onto ledge
>hanging on ledge
>can't jump backwards off the ledge
>just climbs right up the ledge
>climb ledge
>2 enemies in front of me
>run to waist high cover and hide
>think I'm unseen and start planning my attack
>a second later they stop talking
>one of them turns toward me and says:
>I thought I saw something! I'm going to check it out.
>sprinting
>sprint off of a ledge
>land
>no longer sprinting
>have to press the sprint key again
>no jump button
>>318799329
Fucking hate 3rd person in Oblivion, goat otherwise.
>FPS legs meme
I never got this one because the way your holding the gun means you're holding it directly in front of your face, so the perspective is all fucked up if you can only see your legs and not your chest and stomach too.
>>318798130
You're being characteristically unfair. You know you just called most fps games shit. Your other two points are more indicative of what the norm is at the time they're released. The thread idea is great, but those are terrible examples.
>>318800528
>>318798130
The logical conclusion is that fps must be tps.
>new item from a store
>doesnt ask if i want to equip and sell what i had equiped
>>318798130
>music is bland, generic, or outright shit
This is a quick and easy denominator. Seriously, think of all the games you like, I bet you not only that none of them have have outright bad music, it has great music at least all around the beginning of the game.
The only exception for is Ace Combat 4, and not because the music in the beginning is bad, but because the music progressively gets better and better throughout the game.
>>318798130
To be fair actually being able to see your legs is just graphical frippanery that gets in the way and makes it harder to position yourself.
>third person pose with pistol is one-handed
>first person pose with pistol is two-handed
This drives me up the fucking wall. Pure laziness.
>>318798130
>certain gameplay options are only available at the main menu for no reason
>>318801161
Taste in music is the most subjective thing in the world. Just because you dont like a particular soundtrack doesnt mean its bad. Kill yourself.
>stand on slope/stairs sideways
>legs don't shift to match the ground
>>318798130
>When you have your character walk into a wall they keep running normally instead of stopping/pushing against the wall
Well, visual feedback is important. If you simply stopped moving you'll be left wondering if your keyboard/controller was broken.
>>318800940
Seriously, P4 (and P3P) has the best item management I've seen in an RPG. I don't understand how other devs keep making that shit a clunky chore.
>>318801415
I get the language option though, the game has to switch out all the dialogue...
>>318798130
>Look up in FPS, cant see your hair
>>318801551
Your character pushing against the wall would be pretty clear visual feedback, retard.
>>318800940
>Playing Persona Q
>buy new weapon for MC
>"Would you like to equip your new weapon?
>"Would you like to sell the old weapon?"
it's the little things.....
>>318800615
>You know you just called most fps games shit
That's because most of them ARE in fact, shit.
>No jump mechanic
fuck you, dead space
>>318801921
>P3P
>item management
All the items in the game were lumped into one large list with no sorting. The only way to know if you had enough items for a quest to be done was to check under the System tab. It was fuck.
>Xenoblade Chronicles
>All quest items and monster drops are thrown onto a single giant list
>Each new item takes up a separate slot in the menu, even items you already had
>This makes it so you will run out of space halfway through the game
>You will need to drop items to pick up new ones
>But all the items are needed for quests
>You dont know which items might be needed for quests in the future
>Which can potentially lead to wasting alot of time going back get items you dropped due to lack of space
>Game is playable
>>318798874
To this day I'm still interested to know what possessed me to play through Soulbringer.
>>318801161
My favorite games are Crazy bus and Sonic the Dark Brotherhood
>>318801161
>Sitting Duck not one of the best songs in the game
>get on ladder at the top
>no way to slide to the bottom quickly
>>318801989
>Look to the sides in FPS, can't see your ears
>game lets you be more friendly towards girls other than the main heroine
>doesn't have endings where you end up with the other girls
FFX and Star Ocean 4 can go fuck themselves sometimes.
>>318805496
>look to the sides in FPS
>you can see your ears
>playing on a holiday like Christmas or Halloween
>the game doesn't change the levels/world to have holiday themes decorations lying around
>Enemies run against obstacles trying to get to you, instead of around it.
>>318801161
This
It sounds dumb but I can't get into a game if the soundtrack or sound design is shit
>NPC starts an idle animation
>He's smoking.
>>318801161
>The Volcano music in Super Mystery Dungeon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usuKnzJLoHU
>>318798130
>final boss drops items/XP
>game doesn't let you save after defeating him
>>318803371
>>You dont know which items might be needed for quests in the future
They have an exclamation mark on them. You also get pretty clear (and annoying) visions where you see the characters say "looks like that's the last of ten buttplugs we need. Let's get them back to Old Man Jenkins, stat!"
Also it isn't until very near the end game that you run out of space on pick-ups that aren't weapons/armor (which you should be selling off anyway).
Also also, I'm pretty sure there are separate menu lists for key items and monster drops. "Quest items", as in "side-quest items" will pretty much always be monster drops, so of course they would be in with the rest of the drops. Special items like that one that lets you open High Entia seals would not be in the same item list.
>can't sell/buy/use multiple copies of a single item at once
>>318807079
The exclamation marks and visions are only for the more important side quests. For someone who wants to 100% complete all the sidequests, item management becomes a nightmare about halfway through the game.
>>318807178
>you can use multiples of the same item at once
>they dont stack
>>318802662
You don't need to jump in Dead Space though.
>game doesn't have any secret postgame areas
>game doesn't have new game+
>Options
>Video
>Resolution, quality, fullscreen/window, back, apply
>JRPG
>Can learn new skills
>Doesn't tell you what they do
Also
>unique status effects or damage types that the game doesn't explain
>>318807903
>Game has tons of status effects
>Bosses are immune to nearly all of them
>lesser enemies die too quickly to justify using them
>casual enemies have instant-death spells
>"LOL GIT GUD ANON XD"
>JRPG with multiple party members in fights
>If the MC dies its instant game over even though revival spells/items are commonplace and the other party members could easily just revive the mc
>Extreme mode
>"whoa there bro! This is for hardcore gamers only!"
>Game is exactly 1:1 but they dumped a fuckload of health into enemies and bosses.
>>318809216
The only time this was ever acceptable was Persona 3, because Death would crawl out of MC if he died.
Everywhere else is unacceptable.
There's 3 animations I use to judge a game quality:
>Idle animations (if they are cool/original and/or fit the character)
>Running/walking animations (same as before, I fucking love squiggly walking animation)
>in ARPG/Hack'n'slash/beat'em'up games, if you suddenly stop a combo and there's an animation to return to idle stance in EVERY move usually means the game is good (The ones in Revengance are amazing, some last 2-3s for an animation 90% of people will never see)
>difficulty settings are easy, medium, hard, and ultimate/hardcore/whatever the fuck
>easy is a fucking joke, medium is easy, hard is only sometimes a challenge
>last difficulty is complete bullshit with all enemies having more than doubled HP, all of your attacks do no damage, and you die in two hits
>>318807903
>that one status ailment that needs it's own spell/item to cure
Holy shit FFXII, Disease was the most fuck thing ever.
>attempt to climb ladder
>fall off and die
>attempt to descend ladder
>fall off ledge and die
>guns dont have slightly exaggerated recoil
>guns do fuck all damage
>there is a character that is most easily described as "the gay one"
>barriers are short little fences that your character could easily climb over
>>318813352
>attempt to jump over
>actually get on top of it
>unfundable wall in the way
>>318800281
But there is a walking animation isn't there.
>>318813760
>unfundable wall
Did you not have enough money?
>>318798874
literally every wrpg
>>318798130
Having to come to a dead stop for walking into a wall is retarded, being able to keep running is the best option for people who arent brain dead children.
>>318798130
>Crouch+Jump allows you to reach heights unknown to man.
>>318798130
>on ps3
>on ps4
>on psp
>on ps vita
>on Xbox 360
>on xbone
>on Wii
>on Wii U
>on DS
>on 3DS
>>318798130
>Invisible safety rails on virtually perilous ledges.
Takes me so far out of the immersion.
>>318798130
I want to stretch Haruka's young tight pussy with my fat cock
>>318798874
>Have to fenagle with shitty walking mechanics in witcher 3 when dealing with any investigation scene
>Every other quest involves an investigation
>>318824381
Good man.
>go down zip-line
>land on platform at the end
>too much momentum
>fall off the edge
>you don't automatically latch onto ladders
Fuck I hate this I want to go down the fucking thing not jump to my death
I know this really only applies to MMOS but it still pissed me off
>entering combat while on a mount dismounts you
>First person lets you turn instantly
>Third person has that pause where the model tuns around. Bonus points if it takes a long time.
Most recent game that did this is Fallout 4.
>>318798130
>Look down in FPS, cant see your legs
Nigger what all of the best FPS games you could only see your gun and hands.
>>318809216
>JRPG
>you can't control your party members in battle
>>318801421
Taste in games is subjective. Kill yourself.
>>318821784
>is a video game
Sluggish menus for me. Nothing bothers me more than having sluggish menus, especially if going from one menu to another has that 'lag' to it and you just have to wait a second or two before the game registers any further input.
>>318810748
Doesn't that explanation only work for the first 3/4ths of the game sincedeath is no longer inside you for the last couple of months?
>>318829124
Im sorry you have shit taste in music, anon.
>>318807339
This, especially since there are only ~50 quests that are missable aside from the Alcamoth quests, so I always justify keeping items that will be used for any future quests.
>>318803371
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
>ran out of space
>dropped what seemed to be junk
>it turned out to be an item you needed to start a quest
>could not complete all the quests because they all chain together
>there was no way to get the item I dropped back
>>318824707
>Toggle walk mode
It's easy.
>>318834548
still clumsy as fuck
>>318801161
>Favorite games
>Banjo Kazooie
>Final Fantasy 4
>Ocarina of Time
>Metroid Fusion
>Burnout 3 Takedown
>All have stellar soundtracks
Huh...
>>318798130
>Player-hosted servers
