Single player:
1) Hype. If a game has been touted as the epitome of gaming and every single review has come out for it proclaiming it to be better than sex and sliced bread, and then once you play it, its terrible, monotonous, and short, that ruins games for me.
2) Lack of Customization. Unless a game is in an established series, and you are playing a well thought out, well characterized in game avatar, why can't i change their appearance? Why can't i color my armor or my hair or the tint of the blood on my blade? Games are a way to live vicariously doing things that you normally could not.
3) Rushed or Contrived endings. This speaks for itself. If a game has you questing/progressing for over 40+ hours and then shits itself in the end. It ruins the games replay value. Its not an excuse to have them shoe-horn in 'multiple' endings. God no. If a game is building to an explosive climax and then trails the words 'Thanks for Playing, see you next time' ( Looking at you Ultima) Then it should be burned at the stake.
Multiplayer:
1) People with no sense of 'Teamwork'. The main culprit of this that i see is LoL. (League of Legends). There are people that will see you going in for the kill, and walk up, use their ultimate ability, and take the kill. Which robs you of gold, experience and even Items. If you call them on it, they will say one of 3 things.
(1a)'What are you talking about?
(1b)'U mad bro?'
(1c)'Its just (bots or another player). Relax and STFU
I only mention that, because if you are in a group fight and mis click and take a kill, same person from taking your kill, will immediately flame you. Until the game ends. Now you can attribute it to chaos when there are 17+ things going on in the screen, but if i watch my mini map and see someone run up from their lane and take the kill by ulting and directly targeting my target, it tends to get old after awhile.
2) Campers that use cheap tactics as 'skill'. Mostly FPS and other games like this are where you can see the guilty parties. No. You are not elite by spamming grenade launchers or hiding in a corner sniping people. Try running around and engaging in shoot-outs. They are fun. People can laugh about how they were out of ammo and darting in for a 1v1 knife encounter. Nobody likes campers. NOBODY.
1) Hype. If a game has been touted as the epitome of gaming and every single review has come out for it proclaiming it to be better than sex and sliced bread, and then once you play it, its terrible, monotonous, and short, that ruins games for me.
2) Lack of Customization. Unless a game is in an established series, and you are playing a well thought out, well characterized in game avatar, why can't i change their appearance? Why can't i color my armor or my hair or the tint of the blood on my blade? Games are a way to live vicariously doing things that you normally could not.
3) Rushed or Contrived endings. This speaks for itself. If a game has you questing/progressing for over 40+ hours and then shits itself in the end. It ruins the games replay value. Its not an excuse to have them shoe-horn in 'multiple' endings. God no. If a game is building to an explosive climax and then trails the words 'Thanks for Playing, see you next time' ( Looking at you Ultima) Then it should be burned at the stake.
Multiplayer:
1) People with no sense of 'Teamwork'. The main culprit of this that i see is LoL. (League of Legends). There are people that will see you going in for the kill, and walk up, use their ultimate ability, and take the kill. Which robs you of gold, experience and even Items. If you call them on it, they will say one of 3 things.
(1a)'What are you talking about?
(1b)'U mad bro?'
(1c)'Its just (bots or another player). Relax and STFU
I only mention that, because if you are in a group fight and mis click and take a kill, same person from taking your kill, will immediately flame you. Until the game ends. Now you can attribute it to chaos when there are 17+ things going on in the screen, but if i watch my mini map and see someone run up from their lane and take the kill by ulting and directly targeting my target, it tends to get old after awhile.
2) Campers that use cheap tactics as 'skill'. Mostly FPS and other games like this are where you can see the guilty parties. No. You are not elite by spamming grenade launchers or hiding in a corner sniping people. Try running around and engaging in shoot-outs. They are fun. People can laugh about how they were out of ammo and darting in for a 1v1 knife encounter. Nobody likes campers. NOBODY.
