Little things that can make a game unenjoyable...

I was on vacation for this past week and decided to make a run through Assassin's Creed. I thought it was a fairly good game, but there was just one (huge) oversight. No subtitles. I'm fairly hard of hearing and subtitles can be potentially game-breaking for me if it's a story-driven game. I don't see how, in the modern day gaming world, subtitles are not standard. Shouldn't they be located right underneath the sliders for Sound Effects and Music. Little things like that can determine whether I buy a new game for full price or wait until it hits a bargain used bin somewhere.

Anyways, I just wondered if anyone has any other pet peeves when it comes to games. I know a lot of people can't stand that not every game institutes a "save anywhere" feature, and I can agree with that.

I hate invisible walls.

like in oblivion and fallout 3.I know that you cant make the world FOREVER,but atleast give me an exuse,like silent hill.

Lots of obvious visual clipping annoys me.

Really dumb AI and AI that can see you from miles away and have perfect aim (Far Cry 1)

Poorly optimized/poor framerate.

Annoying music

Escort missions.

bad controls

bad user interface.

I hate invisible walls.

like in oblivion and fallout 3.I know that you cant make the world FOREVER,but atleast give me an exuse,like silent hill.

Bad music in places where you have to listen to understand what's going on.

-Too few checkpoints. Fight, die, start the ENTIRE level over again...sometimes 30-45 minutes of replay.

-Cutscenes that you can't skip.

-Monotonous hack n' slash gameplay.

-Bad/annoying voice acting (I'm looking at you Burnout 3!)

i hate al those things with the addition of Bad voice acting in RPGs. jeez it is soo annoying when the voice doesn't fit the charracter.

and yeah buddy subtitles should deffintly be in todays games.

Controls. I bought Genma Onimusha back in the summer based on some good reviews, sat down to play it, and I'm debating on just throwing it out. The game controls like crap, worst movement control ever.Legendaryscmt

- when there's no jump...but it depends on the game if able to jump is helpful.

- not able to climb over low things...in some games there are 2-4 feet objects blocking the way but you can't go over it

- at this gen...can't save anytime anywhere is unenjoyable

Agreed jumping is fun :3 ^

Invisi Walls, Stupid Voices, crap graphics, too many glitches, long loading times, bad music, repetitive.

etcetc you get me

[QUOTE="Legendaryscmt"]Controls. I bought Genma Onimusha back in the summer based on some good reviews, sat down to play it, and I'm debating on just throwing it out. The game controls like crap, worst movement control ever.Cherokee_Jack

Oh yeah, it has tank controls, as does the second game in the series (which is my favorite one). The game basically plays like a hack and slash Resident Evil, minus the scares, but I still think it is quite a solid action game, once you wrap your head around the tank controls.

Bad music in places where you have to listen to understand what's going on.

The_Sand_Man

It seems like all games make it mandatory for you to not hear the talking that's drowned out by music.