The 10 comandments of Gaming

[tomtom94]

Thou shalt use the face buttons for combat and the right analog stick for camera
Thou shalt not slow the game down every so often so I can watch someone beating up an enemy in "cinematic mode"!
Thou shalt use colours other than brown and grey
Thou shalt put the actual goddamn voice actors in your game if it is licensed. (it's not vital, but it really pisses me off that Path of Neo only retained Morpheus from the actual movies)
Thou shalt not update your game every year at full price just for minor gameplay alterations and slight in-game changes.

 

[Kushin]

Devs:
Honor Thy Player And Thy Critic
Thou Shalt Not Force Romance Sub-Plots
Thou Shalt Read From The Book Of Schafer
Thou Shalt Respond To Feedback Positively
Good Testing Is An Idol I Allow
Thou Shalt Not Hunger For Ammo Nor Be Gluttonous With It
Remember Thy Mission, Complete Said Mission.

Players:
Thou Shalt Smite The Followers Of Leet
Thou Shalt Provide Criticism Of The Constructive Kind Only
If Thou Owns A Match In The Highest Degree, Be Grateful For Thy Win And Not Covetous
Developers Are Human, Treat Thee As Such
Opinions Are Changeable, Fanboyism Is Not

Critics:
No One Aspect Is Everything, Judge Games Fairly.
People Will Listen To Thou, Others Will Call 'noob'
Oft, Majority Rules
Rip Devs A New One For Franchise Games, They Are Spawn Of Devil
People Will Hate Thou At Times, Respect The Position, Then Spit On Them


Any good?

 

[high_castle]

Developers:
Thou shalt not end a unique title with a sequel hook when a sequel is not guaranteed.
Thou shalt not release a buggy, broken game or DLC.
Thou shalt not attach an arbitrary morality system with no middle ground.
Thou shalt not tout a choice system with little bearing on the actual story.

 

[warlored]

thou shall not create anoing team mate unless they are killabull and there is an achivment for it

 

[henrebotha]

For players: Thou shalt not create hax0red items and try to pass them off to innocent RPing players as legit - especially if thou dost not standeth to gain from such a transaction. Amen.

 

[Ren3004]

Developers: Thou shalt not use the sixaxis for quick-time events


You know who you are

 

[NinjaSkills]

Thou shall try real hard not to kill anyone, unless of course they pray to a different invisible in man from the one you pray to. (I had to say it)

OT:
Game developer: Thou shalt always create original games that have more than one color or spectrum of colors.
Player: Thou shalt use microphone for intelligent words or thoughts and not shouting stupid shit.

And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it...

Nice. I want this commandment in the final ten as the first commandment.

 

[Woodsey]

Game Design: Thou shalt not replace boss fights with cutscenes.
Player: Thou shalt not play Zelda.

Amen brother.

Thou shalt not believe the one named Peter Molyneux.

 

[MetallicaRulez0]

Thou shalt not camp in FPS games.

 

[TZer0]

Thou must punctuate

Thou shalt not be a hypocrite.

 

[quiet_samurai]

DEVS

Thou shalt not make auto save points near drop offs or hordes of enemies.
Thou shalt not use wooden crates as filler any longer.
Thou shalt not make hedges or waist high walls impenatrable and impossible to traverse.

PLAYERS

Thou shalt not accuse one of cheating if they are beating you.
Thou shalt not tell another player what class to play ot which weapon to use.
Thou shalt not mic spam.

 

[Yokai]

The Seven Commandments of Developers
-Thou shalt make games with a Full Colour Palette.
-Thou shalt make games with Ragdoll Physics, if the Budget permits.
-Thou shalt not make Movie Tie-Ins.
-Thou shalt not display in Cutscenes what Players cannot accomplish In-Game.
-Thou shalt not make games that end in a Cliffhanger, with no Sequel in the works.
-Thou shalt not make Real-Time Strategy or First-Person Shooters that are exclusive to Consoles. This is is due to Gamepad Limitations and is a practice to be Frowned Upon.
-And above all, thou shalt NOT utilize the Innovation known as "Whip Select".

The Seven Commandments of Players
-Thou shalt not instruct other Players unasked, if these Players in question are in the process of completing the Objectives required of them.
-Thou shalt not engage in the practice of Mic Spam.
-Thou shalt not engage in the practice of Tea Bagging, for it is Infantile and a Dishonor to your Team.
-Thou shalt use Discretion when engaging in the practice of Griefing, and said Grifeing must be Innovative enough so it is more than just a Source of Annoyance to the Victims.
-Thou shalt Play for Fun, and this must take precedence over Experience Points and Achievements.
-Thou shalt be Humble in thy Victory, and not spread such verbal poisons as GTFO and L2P n00b.
-And finally, thou shalt not Idle on Servers, but rather inscribe Angry Letters to Valve Software about the forced Rarity of the commodity known as Hats.

 

[Biosophilogical]

Game Design:
1. Thou shall not replace boss fights with cutscenes.
2. Thou shall not make cheap rip-offs of well-loved games
3. Thou shall make full use of a system's functions when it can improve game quality.
4. Thou shall not make a game under the hyped levels of awesome.
5. Thou shall not begin advertising more than 6 months before the release date (looking at you final fantasy 13)
6. Thou shall not reduce gameplay for graphics (vice-versa).
7. Thou shall make all attacks types equally useful (each requiring a different fighting style)
8. Thou shall not sacrifice story-line for earlier release dates.
9. Thou shall not abuse the moral system (do it right or not at all).
10. Thou shall not make useless gimmicks a part of the game.

Gamer Commandments:
1. Thou shall not wish for earlier release date at the loss of game quality.
2. Thou shall not stop playing before the end of the tutorial.
3. Thou shall not use strategy guide expect when your failure is the fault of the game developers.
4. Thou shall use cheatcodes only after completing the game.
5. Thou shall not abuse super-moves.
6. Thou shall not restrict yourself to one movement style.
7. Thou shall not act like a D**k to less experienced players.
8. Thou shall not be an achievement whore.
9. Thou shall not be a noob except for the first 30 minutes of ACTUAL gameplay (not including cutscenes.
10. Thou shall not be afraid of casual gaming and gamers.

 

[DaMan1500]

Thought shall include fucking splitscreen.
Thought shall not abuse the motion controls of the Wii through overuse/stupid QTEs/wanton mini-game collections, nor shalt though mock the Wii for motion controls and then rip them off three years later.
Thought shall not force the player to pay to unlock things that are already on the disk.
Thought shall not assume that better graphics=better games.
Thought shall never limit save points. Ever.

 

[Ben7]

Game Design: Thou shall refrain from milking a once succesful series for cheap cash injections.

 

[Gondito]

And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it...

(This isn't really relevant to anything but I felt like posting it.)

Win post is Win.

OT: Thou shalt not throw controller across the room in rage

 

[MetaKnight19]

And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it...

(This isn't really relevant to anything but I felt like posting it.)

awesome reference

 

[SweetNess_666]

Thou shall not quit games early just cause someones come from 2-0 down to score 3 against your fcuking ass!!! (fifa 09)

 

[AvsJoe]

Required reading for this thread - http://www.cracked.com/article_16196_7-commandments-all-video-games-should-obey.html