Poll: pet peeve: nighttime

[dhvo]

I created an account just to share a new(ish) pet peeve of mine; I usually hate nighttime in video games.

In Red dead redemption I found that I couldn't really hunt at all at night, and I preferred to do missions during the day so that I could see what I was shooting at/watch cutscenes. By the end of the game I would just try and time it so that I was waking up in the morning to do as many missions as possible then sleep 2x to skip the night.

I'm playing fallout3 for the first time now (I should have picked it up a long time ago.) I'm really enjoying it, but again I really hate nighttime. I feel like traveling anywhere at night is a waste of time because I know that I will miss things that I would have seen during the day (cave openings, loot on the ground, etc)

I really wish game developers would have a 'disable nighttime' feature. I know that they are going for realism but does it really affect the atmosphere of the game if things are in perpetual daylight? I really don't think so. I feel that if a developer really wants you to experience part of the game at nighttime they should make it so that reaching that point in the game triggers nighttime automatically. Either that or take WoW's approach i.e. we all know that it's night in the world but it's still light as hell so that we can see what we're doing.

 

[Sikachu]

Wouldn't use it myself but if it makes you happier then yeah sure, that'd be a useful option to have. I usually like night-time sections - it makes everything that little bit harder, and I think our way of playing games is quite fundamentally different (I don't really give a shit if I miss quite a lot of stuff on the way through a game, reasoning that it can't be that important - yeah, I don't really like games heavy on their exploring).

 

[Kirkby]

If i ever get too pick a role in a game i always pick a stealthy character... Creeping through the night unnoticed is pretty fun if u ask me. Though i suppose that might be different if i was being crept up upon as opposed to doing the creeping (man that makes me sound like some kinda stalker)

 

[The Funslinger]

well both red dead and fallout are free roam games. I'm usually bound to cross through somewhere a few times, so I'll find all the caves etc eventually.

 

[Link_to_Future]

I actually prefer playing at night. Riding along the plains of Red Dead in the dead of night is just peaceful.

Just my opinion though.

 

[Manga_nerd247]

I enjoy having a day/night cycle in games, but if it's an option rather than just not having nighttime then I'd be for it. Or maybe they could have something like in OoT where you can make it day/night. That was nice.

 

[TheKwertyeweyoppe]

Or maybe they could have something like in OoT where you can make it day/night. That was nice.

well in fallout there's a 'stand around doing nothing for six hours and skip ahead' option.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

I freaking love nighttime in Fallout 3. I can sneak around and barely anyone sees me, so I get all sorts of kills I wouldn't be able to get in the daytime. Given that usually my character is an absolute pansy but brilliant at criticals and long range sniping or close in assassination the night suits me perfectly. Also, I have a tendency to sneak aorund in rocks and stuff, so I mainly stumble across things at night. For me daytime is a time for doing boring stuff like collecting gear and finishing off sidequests, whereas night is when I do most of my exploration and travel.

Don't really know about any other games though, I don't tend to play that many that have a nighttime unless it's specific for a mission.

 

[SovietX]

I like night in games. It changes the atmosphere and it can make for a more challenging experience.

 

[dhvo]

from the replies/votes I can see that I am just a whiner, duly noted

 

[The Wykydtron]

Looking up at the sky at night in Fallout 3 makes me all pensive...