Bigest gaming sins

[Vault101]

Oh trust me I HATED steam..but its so wide spread now I don;t have much choice plus at least it gives me the option...But yes you are probably right

Maybe its just me not being the best computer person in the world but I honestly do not see any negative aspects of steam or impulse. Granted I have to register my games to the program basically removing the need for a CD all together but I do not have to be connected to ubisoft's website to play my games like I do with any of their new games. Plus if I happen to lose my CDs for my games I can just download them to my computer again. And with my laptop not having a CD drive it makes it simpler to get my games on it.

What bad things does steam do because I am frankly not seeing them...[/quote]

Steam does have alot of good points but it can be frustrating to no end for those of us not blessed with a super internet connection, it also makes the installation process more long and frustrating

also the very Idea of having to be connected to the internet 24/7 just to play single player makes me very angry...If I buy somthing I want to OWN it and play it when I want to

to put it another way When the apocolypse comes and I'm the only one left I want to be able to play my games when I'm not killing zombies or raiders[/quote]

Ok granted yes Downloading a new game and having it take HOURS is down right annoying especially after its something I have been waiting to play, But you can still play your games that you have installed, And if you happen to retain the disks for them just install them back on to your computer and play them again. What I mainly actually buy off of steam are the games I can not buy, like cool little small time developers and games I just can not find anymore. Those ya when Zombies come out to play and all the interwebz dies I will lose but hey! Left 4 Dead for real at that point I do not think I'll be thinking about playing some Half life 2 at that point [/quote]

thats what I ment steam dose have good points...Its the ubisoft systm I have real issues with

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

1. Dual-Wielding shotguns

Spoiler: 2. The part in Uncharted 2 when....(spoilers, obviously)

The train crash. There's this big build-up since the very first TEASER for the game came out, and how does it happen? Drake just shoots some convenient barrels of fuel in a cut-scene. Really, Naughty Dog? You can't even let us PLAY your incredibly generic, cliched, cop-out? I thought there would be another thrilling, fast paced action sequence ending in disaster, but instead we get this crap? Unforgivable, Naughty Dog. Simply unforgivable, especially in such an otherwise great game.

3. The spawning in Black Ops, made up for slightly by the time when my friend and I spawned right behind a group of four enemy team members and mowed them the fuck down. Anyway, let's expand this to encompass all unpolished games in general.

4. All Spyro games after the third one. That was a piece of my childhood right there.

5. When there's a really difficult challenge that gets introduced by a quick cutscene, and the game autosaves right before the cutscene, so that you have to re-watch it every goddamn time you die.

6. The incredible amount of trolling Valve gets up to.

7. The final boss/ending of Bioshock. Way to go out on a low note, guys.

8. Seriously, though. Dual-wielding shotguns.

 

[MikeOfThunder]

Rage Quitting!

 

[Omikron009]

Neglecting the single player campaign is horrible. I don't have Xbox live, so if a game has a short single player campaign it better have a metric fuckton of replay value.

 

[helldragonX]

#1: Final Fantasy X-2

That is all...

 

[Redwall]

I hate it in games (namely platformers) when after getting an ability that let you, say cross a gap that your jump would not allow you to the, game decides once you have used that ability for a bit that there are new gaps that require a new ability for no apparent reason,

 

[Vault101]

Neglecting the single player campaign is horrible. I don't have Xbox live, so if a game has a short single player campaign it better have a metric fuckton of replay value.

My thourghts EXACTALLY

 

[KalosCast]

Having as many Steam games as I do.

Granted, I'm aware of the myriad of cracks and workarounds available, but I shouldn't have to commit a felony in order to play my single-player games without an internet connection. Anybody who mentions Steam's 100% broken offline mode will get their eyeballs scooped out with a tablespoon.

 

[Vault101]

1. Dual-Wielding shotguns

Spoiler: 2. The part in Uncharted 2 when....(spoilers, obviously)

The train crash. There's this big build-up since the very first TEASER for the game came out, and how does it happen? Drake just shoots some convenient barrels of fuel in a cut-scene. Really, Naughty Dog? You can't even let us PLAY your incredibly generic, cliched, cop-out? I thought there would be another thrilling, fast paced action sequence ending in disaster, but instead we get this crap? Unforgivable, Naughty Dog. Simply unforgivable, especially in such an otherwise great game.

3. The spawning in Black Ops, made up for slightly by the time when my friend and I spawned right behind a group of four enemy team members and mowed them the fuck down. Anyway, let's expand this to encompass all unpolished games in general.

4. All Spyro games after the third one. That was a piece of my childhood right there.

5. When there's a really difficult challenge that gets introduced by a quick cutscene, and the game autosaves right before the cutscene, so that you have to re-watch it every goddamn time you die.

6. The incredible amount of trolling Valve gets up to.

7. The final boss/ending of Bioshock. Way to go out on a low note, guys.

8. Seriously, though. Dual-wielding shotguns.

Valve trolling? this sounds interesting, any examples?

 

[maninahat]

Shitty, lazy endings that haven't had any time put into them.

Many games are only a step away from the days of "Conglaturation You have completed a Great Game. And prooved the justice of our culture. Now go and rest our heroes."

 

[airplanedude550]

My biggest 'pet peeve', in gaming, would be using the right analog stick for something other than camera control in third person shooters. I played Too Human and I agree with Yahtzee on this one. Using the right analog stick for melee attacks (or combat in general) is poor game design, because it works perfectly (in the broadest sense of the word) fine controlling the camera.

 

[RikSharp]

my pet peeve is difficulty sliders not making things harder, just take longer. also when the computer controlled opponent cheats.

exaMples:
in an FPS this equates to you having less ammo and enemies having more health but still running herp derp into your line of fire.
in strategy games (im looking at you civilisation) this equates to other countries getting resources for free.

 

[k-ossuburb]

Pyramid Head.

Stop putting him in the sequels, he should only have been in one of them and then vanished. If he shows up in every game then the entire series just gets stupid; different people experience different things, unless it's James in a sequel, don't include Pyramid Head.

And please don't put James in a sequel, I liked him, but no... just, no.

 

[Bakuryukun]

In Beat 'em Ups: Not making the Player Character on the highest sprite layer at all times. Castle Crashers is guilty of this. Good game otherwise though.

 

[Mr. Gency]

When a developer throws their dignity out the window.

Valve trolling? this sounds interesting, any examples?

Four words: Game For Windows Live.

This is an especially big pain in the neck when it's included in a game sold on Steam. Hello! Steam does everything GFWL does, does it better than GFWL, and it doesn't get in the way.

Patch your Steam releases to remove the GFWL crap and the third-party DRM. If you're selling on Steam, you don't need either.

Games For Windows never bothered me.

 

[Veldel]

The whole Banjo-kazooie nuts and bolts sequal I agree on I hate when they take a game and change so much of it it feels nothing like a past game its why I cant stand playing Resident Evil 4 or 5.


The 2008 version of Prince of Persia is anouther example I truly hate that game but I loved the orginal Sands of Time games.


Thats the greatest sin of gaming I feel



On anouther note STOP TAKING CLANK AWAY IN RACHET & CLANK LET US HAVE HIM FROM START TO FINISH

 

[Neverhoodian]

Mortal sins by game publishers:

-Fleecing customers of more money through needless DLC. Though some add-ons are enjoyable and worth the admission fee (Borderlands DLC anyone?), too many of them add practically nothing to the experience besides a few cosmetic changes, half-baked epilogues, or bugfixes that should have been addressed before launch.

-Implementing DRM for PC titles. It does nothing to stop the piracy of the game, and it just pisses off those who legitimately bought the game. If you want to reformat your hard drive or have to get a new computer, you shouldn't have to be punished for it by exceeding some arbitrary install limit. Even worse are the ones where you have to be online 24/7 to play the game (even for single player!).

Mortal sins by game developers:

-Unskippable cutscenes. My time is precious, and on some days I can't play games for very long. If I beat the game the first time, I don't want to watch the five minute intro the second time around!

-Frustrating escort missions. Hate to break it to you guys, but it's not fun babysitting a defenseless target for fifteen minutes against hordes of enemies. It's even more of an exercise in hair-pulling if there's no checkpoints. At least give my escort some means of fighting back so I don't have to do all the work myself.

-Neglecting single player mode. I may have finally jumped on the Xbox Live bandwagon, but that doesn't mean I suddenly only want to play multiplayer. I always play single player mode first for any game regardless of the platform. Also, we all know there's no shortage of douchebags online, and sometimes I just don't want to deal with those idiots. Finally, the multiplayer population WILL disappear over time. When everyone else is gone, there better be something left for the few die-hards.

 

[Burnhardt]

Multiplayer

Seriously, just because consoles now have online functionality it doesn't mean that every game released has to have a multiplayer function. It doesn't work for some and won't work for others.

Even worse in some cases, the main game can suffer due to an overhyped multiplayer mode.

Cutscenes

Valve did it best with Half-life 1 and 2. I can't remember a point where i didn't loose COMPLETE control of Gordon. You could either look directly at the person speaking to you or completely ignore them the like the bad-ass he is.

Realism

Yeah it was a nice touch a couple of years ago, but it seens that the 16 bit era had more colours on the one screen at any one point, than most games these days have in them from start to finish.

I may have finally jumped on the Xbox Live bandwagon, but that doesn't mean I suddenly only want to play multiplayer. I always play single player mode first for any game regardless of the platform. Also, we all know there's no shortage of douchebags online, and sometimes I just don't want to deal with those idiots. Finally, the multiplayer population WILL disappear over time. When everyone else is gone, there better be something left for the few die-hards.

I agree. I accidently booted up Modern Wardare 2 instead of Team Fortress 2 a few days ago.

People online? Less than 30000.

 

[Neverhoodian]

I agree. I accidently booted up Modern Wardare 2 instead of Team Fortress 2 a few days ago.

People online? Less than 30000.

30,000? Psh, try less than 500 when the Jedi Outcast community was dying a slow, painful death. Now you're lucky if any servers are populated at all, though they'll almost always be password protected.

It's a shame that I'll never be able to relive the online glory days of that game again. Good thing there's still the single player with plenty of custom levels to tide me over.