Games that you felt were ruined by one game mechanic
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The repair system itself or the fact that every item in the game was made out of butter and the repair skill capped how well something could be repaired, making it absolutely vital that you maxed it as soon as possible?Dr. Pepper Unlimited said:
Honestly I disabled weapon degradation pretty quickly via modding. It still means repair would govern how good your items were, but not if you could even use them three or four times effectively.
Either way, at least New Vegas fixed that, repair governs how much you repair, and dialog checks, items degrade slower (or at least seem to), and there's a maintenance threshold, where an item will work perfectly, well before it hits maximum condition.
On Topic: Deus Ex 2's Universal Ammunition.
The butter. I would stockpile weapons to make sure I had extras to repair my more frequently used items, but having to repair them so often got to me after about 10 hours or so. It never occurred to me to mod the repair function in such a way, so I might look into that so I can play it, considering I loved everything else aside from the clunky repair process.Starke said:
This. I hate it to fucking death, especially in FF13 when you have the lead character changing every 2 minutes at the start.Aurora Firestorm said:
It affected BG less I feel because death was a major issue for most of the game. If a character died and you weren't loaded, or didn't have a high level cleric in the party, chances are they were dumped on the road side.
In FF13, everyone dies all over the place, but if the lead character dies, it's G.O. what the fuck.
In oblivion, a way around the level up system is: instead of choosing 7 skills you want, choose seven you DON'T want. They won't level up as quickly and they don't start at 25, but it beats leveling up. You can eventually run around one-hitting everything.
A lot of games I feel have been ruined by one traditional mechanic: flinching. How many players have died after flinching into a pit, or being stun-locked to death? More specifically, I really hate how if your party leader dies on a Persona game, that's it. Why? Not only is it easily possible for the other characters to revive you, but entire battles can be lost in a matter of seconds if the enemies decided to bully your character.
Oblivion - Levelled MOBS!
I want to encounter big things at low levels too, and smalls things at big levels.
I want to encounter big things at low levels too, and smalls things at big levels.
Final fantasy tactics and its sloooooooooooooooow paced combat, I would probably have been wooing at the game and bought all it sequels and off shoots if it was say 2x faster with things being performed, generally speaking you already spend a good portion of time thinking of tactics so it was kind of unnecessary to spend another 30 seconds showing every move done even after you already know what move is being done because generally speaking you told it to be done -_- 30 seconds isn't a long time but when u have 12 enemies your up against you end up waiting a good 6 minutes to command your guys and its just exasperating. the same game also had retarded places to ask if you wanted to save.
Disgaea had a nice pace though and made up for this fail.
Disgaea had a nice pace though and made up for this fail.
Final fantasy tactics and its sloooooooooooooooow paced combat, I would probably have been wooing at the game and bought all it sequels and off shoots if it was say 2x faster with things being performed, generally speaking you already spend a good portion of time thinking of tactics so it was kind of unnecessary to spend another 30 seconds showing every move done even after you already know what move is being done because generally speaking you told it to be done -_- 30 seconds isn't a long time but when u have 12 enemies your up against you end up waiting a good 6 minutes to command your guys and its just exasperating. the same game also had retarded places to ask if you wanted to save.
Disgaea had a nice pace though and made up for this fail.
Disgaea had a nice pace though and made up for this fail.
I have to disagree - I think that D&D rules can work very well in computer games. I know they're complex for people who've never played D&D, but it allows for a great deal of diversity in terms of character creation and advancement. Also (as a D&D player) it's nice knowing how the rules actually work - i really hate RPGs where I have only the vaguest idea of what my bonuses are actually doing (as an example, in one game I had a total armour bonus of about +50 from a variety of items, but it seemed to make no difference either in terms of enemies hitting me, or in the damage they dealt). Strangly though, whilst I like the 3/3.5 D&D rules better, my favourite games tend to be the one's that use the 2nd edition rules (primarily BG2).varulfic said:
Assassin's creed 2. In the first game, grabbing would result in Altair grabbing the enemy by the collar, and almost immediately hurling them in what ever direction you flipped the analog in. In addition, enemies could do the same thing to you, making the combat feel real and organic.
In the sequel, the grab mechanic is replaced with a grab and hold, which allows ezio to hold on to an enemy for an extended period of time and slit the throat with a button press. This time around, enemies couldn't do the same. This change had 2 effects: Scaffolding and merchant stands became obsolete (whereas in the first game they were fun and rewarding to use), and enemies became less aggressive, ruining combat for the game. It sounds like a small change, but it really made a huge difference.
Don't get me started on brotherhood.
Another prime example is F.E.A.R. 2.
It made 2 mistakes, one of which was exclusive to consoles.
It's first fault was that it made me use the bottom triggers to shoot (I had it for ps3...yeah.).
The second problem was that there was too much combat. The first game made outstanding use of suspense and paranoia, but I never felt that in F.E.A.R. 2 because I spent all my time shooting. And honestly, the shooting wasn't even as awesome as in the first game.
In the sequel, the grab mechanic is replaced with a grab and hold, which allows ezio to hold on to an enemy for an extended period of time and slit the throat with a button press. This time around, enemies couldn't do the same. This change had 2 effects: Scaffolding and merchant stands became obsolete (whereas in the first game they were fun and rewarding to use), and enemies became less aggressive, ruining combat for the game. It sounds like a small change, but it really made a huge difference.
Don't get me started on brotherhood.
Another prime example is F.E.A.R. 2.
It made 2 mistakes, one of which was exclusive to consoles.
It's first fault was that it made me use the bottom triggers to shoot (I had it for ps3...yeah.).
The second problem was that there was too much combat. The first game made outstanding use of suspense and paranoia, but I never felt that in F.E.A.R. 2 because I spent all my time shooting. And honestly, the shooting wasn't even as awesome as in the first game.