I hate when people spoil game endings.

[Something Amyss]

Spoilers don't usually bother me or ruin things, but I found people intentionally spoiling Red Dead Redemption for others to be insanely dickish.

 

[King Billi]

I would say you do let the opinions of others affect what you think for the most part. If you want to judge AC3 and someone says it is terrible, and that affects your ability to judge, that is letting people's views affect your own. I know that when I am looking forward to a game and people rag on it, I get a little upset that there is a possibility it isn't good. I experienced this with Alpha Protocol, I braced myself and went in anyways hoping for the best. Turned out I loved it despite much of its criticism being true. To this day I won't dispute it's shortcomings with anyone but I like it. Their views didn't taint anything for me. They worried me as I had been waiting on that games release for so long but I never rule out the possibility of it disappointing me. If someone's opinion alters your ability to form one entirely on your own, then what you think is being affected by others. It's just how that works.

I'm confused with what you're trying to tell me here? If other people have a different opinion than I do and I'm aware of it then I can't help but have my opinion altered by them?

So if I get around to finishing this game and end up loving it, it won't be because it what I honestly believe but just because I want to spite all those people who said it was terrible or something..?
I'm sorry but I don't understand, I was just talking about something which annoyed me.

 

[TheVampwizimp_v1legacy]

Spoilers are a big thing for me. As I've gotten more and more into video games and matured as a player of them, it's become more important that nothing gets ruined for me with the games I most look forward to.

I assiduously avoided everything regarding Mass Effect 3 for ten months until it came out, and was still a bit upset that a handful of things reached me anyway. I am endlessly grateful to my friend who loaned me Bioshock that he didn't spoil anything about it for me. That same friend is now playing Dishonored and I have avoided any and all information on it until I get a chance to play.

It is just very important that I come to a game with a fresh set of eyes, knowing as little as possible, so the experience can take full effect on me. It's the engrossing, absorbing experience I am after, and knowing plot points and character arcs before hand damages that feeling. I don't even want to know gameplay mechanics, I want to find those out on my own; I don't want to see the art style or setting, I want to be surprised by what I see...

Ugh, I'm starting to take games way too seriously...

 

[infinity_turtles]

A friend of mine who doesn't really play video games but watches a lot of Let's Plays almost spoiled The Walking Dead for me. I tackled him midway through his sentence. There's dick moves and then there's specifically ruining something someone is looking forward to.

 

[josemlopes]

I honestly didnt mind being "slightly" sploiled with the Mass Effect games, if I read somewhere that X character died I wouldnt mind because I knew that the games could end up with most characters dead (or not) depending on my actions.

 

[Savagezion]

I'm confused with what you're trying to tell me here? If other people have a different opinion than I do and I'm aware of it then I can't help but have my opinion altered by them?

So if I get around to finishing this game and end up loving it, it won't be because it what I honestly believe but just because I want to spite all those people who said it was terrible or something..?
I'm sorry but I don't understand, I was just talking about something which annoyed me.

You claimed earlier that if someone said a game you hadn't finished yet was terrible it would "colour" your perception. Unless you are going into the game thinking that is an absolute impossibility then I don't see how that could colour it. Do you think it impossible for AC3 to be bad? Do you think it impossible that someone may think it is terrible despite it being good to you? Do you think it impossible for them to be wrong? I wouldn't think so, so why is it annoying to you and how does it colour you experience. Why feel the need to defend the title to them? Especially if you haven't completed it yet? I am just pointing out that the opinions of others shouldn't have any bearing on your experience, especially if it is as simple an opinion of "It did or didn't suck". Do you also get upset if someone says "It's wonderful" or is it only if they are talking down on it?

 

[Soxafloppin]

Yea recently with AC3, I was looking at some promotional videos and just looked at the side bar and there was a video called

Spoiler

Achilles' Death

Though to be fair I pretty much assumed that would happen.

 

[Yabba]

I got Walking Dead spoiled for me since some person on Tumblr couldnt tag her shit. Unfollowed her ever since. Bioshock is... almost spoiled? I have a general feeling what the plot twist is supposed to be. Let's hope I'm wrong.

Good thing that nothing about Portal 2 got spoiled for me, since the plot was incredibly good and very satisfying to watch it unfold.

Oh my God, that reminds me of when I was watching a portal 2 trailer 2 days before it came out and a guy in the comments said the whole plot twist and how it was resolved for no apperant reason.

 

[Nouw]

Spoiling something is a heinous sin for me because I will never be able to be unspoiled. It won't heal over time and it dampens the experience I could have had. I have had Bioshock and Kotor spoiled for me and while the former was still a great experience, the kick to the head wasn't as surprising. If someone casually spoils something for someone, I won't think very highly of them.

 

[Fuzzed]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that game endings have never impressed me that much. Actually, I still think story-telling in games in general right now is a work in progress. So likewise, spoilers don't bother me.

 

[Satan]

I got spoiled in bioshock and halo reach, plus one ending of far cry 3. Probably loads more but that's all I can think of right now.

 

[chozo_hybrid]

If you can, play through as if you don't know. make all choices as if that is a "possibility" and not a constant. That may salvage it a little. That one thing isn't all the game has to offer, I assure you. It just an really low blow.

Okay, I may give it a shot tonight then, after all. It was just that one thing spoiled, thanks. I think I will message ya to let you know what I think, and probably to thank you. Just in case, here's a thanks in advance. Thanks

I'd recommend you do,

Spoiler: Vague and roundabout talking about Walking Dead that might hint towards the spoiler Chozo saw

There are definitely events you will see and depending on your prior behaviour choices you may get that affect the impact of that particular spoiler. Whatever there are things that happen you'll want to see even with that knowledge.

I'll take that on board, thanks

So Do I

Lucky for me, I already knew all that stuff. Why the need to do that, without listing what was under the tag. Hopefully no one looked at it, because it spoils a few games, some new, some old.

 

[MetalMagpie]

It irritates me that so many people on the internet who use spoiler tags on forums to prevent from spoiling (including many a member on this site) are so fucking horrible at doing so.

Step 1: State the name of whatever it is you are about to put in your spoiler tags
Step 2: Put said spoiler in spoiler tags
Step 3: There, was that so fucking hard?

So many people just put up tags without anything else. I've had Arkham City and both Infamous 2 endings spoiled for me on this site.

You know what irritates me?

Someone clicking on a spoiler tag and then complaining that something is spoiled for them.

Step 1on't click on spoiler tags
Step 2:There, was that so fucking hard?

I think the point is that people are bothered about different things being spoiled for them, so it's helpful to give some idea what the tags are hiding. If a thread is about a game I've already finished, I'll happily click on any unlabelled spoiler tags, because I assume they'll be about the game. It's a bit disappointing if they turn out to be about a completely different game/film/book that I haven't yet finished.

I agree that the safer option is never to click on unlabelled spoiler tags, because you have no way of knowing for certain what the contents is (beyond that it's probably a spoiler for something).

Spoiler: Like this one. Click if you dare!

Rosebud is the sled. Darth Vader is Luke's father. The Planet of the Apes is Earth. Soylent Green is people. Dumbledore dies.

 

[Eddie the head]

I don't mind so much. It's vary rare that I find a game that I don't guess the ending for. Like MGS4 ending or Infamous ending, they where both foreshadowed so much, I don't know how you could be surprised.

 

[MetalDooley]

[I think the point is that people are bothered about different things being spoiled for them, so it's helpful to give some idea what the tags are hiding. If a thread is about a game I've already finished, I'll happily click on any unlabelled spoiler tags, because I assume they'll be about the game. It's a bit disappointing if they turn out to be about a completely different game/film/book that I haven't yet finished.

I agree that the safer option is never to click on unlabelled spoiler tags, because you have no way of knowing for certain what the contents is (beyond that it's probably a spoiler for something).

Spoiler: Like this one. Click if you dare!

Rosebud is the sled. Darth Vader is Luke's father. The Planet of the Apes is Earth. Soylent Green is people. Dumbledore dies.

They're called spoiler tags for a reason though.If you click on one then you've pretty much given up your right to complain when something is spoiled for you

Look at it this way.There's a red button with a sign saying "Press at your own peril".I decide to press it anyway and a boxing glove on a spring punches me in the face.If I complained most people would call me an idiot because I was given fair warning.A spoiler tag is the equivalent.It's warning you that you may not like the contents so if you decide to go ahead and click on it anyway then it's your own fault when it spoils something for you

 

[MetalDooley]

Balls.Double post.Thanks captcha

 

[Monster_user]

Given the uproar of the ME3 ending, I had to watch it on youtube. Then I had to go spoil it for one of my co-workers. He never played ME1, and was likely never going to play ME3 as he hated the gameplay of ME2. A die-hard WoW player,...

Anyway, I agreed, the original ending was crap. I just played the game last week, to see if the game actually justified the ending. The game was good, until that crappy ending. I may have liked it better, having been warned about certain choices. Still it doesn't make sense in context.

Apparently, the ending is justified with DLC. Without that DLC, you have one hint during ME3, and the great McGuffin is introduced. I still think that somebody must have been smoking something when they came up with the ending.

Spoiler: Like this one. Click if you dare!

Rosebud is the sled. Darth Vader is Luke's father. The Planet of the Apes is Earth. Soylent Green is people. Dumbledore dies.

Not all of these are equally as well known.

Rosebud is a classic, but one I've never seen. Probably is slowly being forgotten.

Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, that is one of the most well known spoilers ever. I'll let this one pass.

The Planet of the Apes: Well, pretty obvious, especially if you watched the most recent ones first. Still not a very popular movie.

Soylent Green. Another of the most well known spoilers. I have never seen the movie, but it was spoiled years ago. I'll let others experience the horror of having this movie spoiled for them.

Harry Potter #? Whichever movie this is, I haven't seen it, but was going to. Thanks a lot,...

 

[Exius Xavarus]

Spoiler: Harry Potter

*vroom* Snape kills Dumbledore!

What I hate it going on the internet, searching something unrelated and getting massive spoilers. It sucks.

Spoiler: Star Ocean: The Last Hope International

I was trying to see wtf was up with the bosses because I couldn't do jack crap to the first boss. One of the search results showed that apparently Faize gets replaced with Arumat later in the game and I was greatly upset because Faize is my favorite character. Google can screw itself sometimes. .-.