Most Annoying Popular Video Game Trends?

I'd like to post this open question. Why the hell do rubbish ideas get to prosper through out the industry. And which ones really get your goat, case in point the QT event... Why oh why do designers think that these methods of making sure you are engaged in the story of what would otherwise be a cut scene are a good idea, I actually enjoyed them in the earliest incarnation that i know of -Shenmue- but now ugh. I know i'm by no means alone.

But anyway the one that is really bugging me at the moment is the cliffhanger ending (coz about 5 minutes ago [potential spoiler] i just finished crysis [well not that much of a spoiler admittedly]) almost every high budget release i play these days seems deliberately unfinished, i think it started with HL2, but im more than likely wrong.

Any particular trend that you feel like getting irritated over here?

7H single player pisses me off!

Checkpoints as opposed to saving anywhere comes to mindToriko42

Less Single Player games, and more multiplayer games.

The heavy focus on graphics in today's games. Because most of them have very short and repetitve game-play and are more about showing the graphical abilities of a system or a game than offering immersive game-play. I also agree with most of what have been mentioned in this topic especially QTEs. I hate QTE with passion that I avoid games with QTE.

Cliches

Ice level, Fire level, Space level

Always playing the good guy

Cliches

Ice level, Fire level, Space level

Always playing the good guy

eregol

Cliches are ot trends. It's immoral to play as a bad guy because it's like encouraging people to do immoral acts like killing and stealing.

I'd like to post this open question. Why the hell do rubbish ideas get to prosper through out the industry. And which ones really get your goat, case in point the QT event... Why oh why do designers think that these methods of making sure you are engaged in the story of what would otherwise be a cut scene are a good idea, I actually enjoyed them in the earliest incarnation that i know of -Shenmue- but now ugh. I know i'm by no means alone.

But anyway the one that is really bugging me at the moment is the cliffhanger ending (coz about 5 minutes ago [potential spoiler] i just finished crysis [well not that much of a spoiler admittedly]) almost every high budget release i play these days seems deliberately unfinished, i think it started with HL2, but im more than likely wrong.

Any particular trend that you feel like getting irritated over here?

Raven87

The interactive cutscene is something that pisses me off, developers need to stop taking pages from the God of War playbook and start using that little thing called innovation.

I live in the US but it bothers me to know that Australia will ban anything that isn't essentially the video game equivalent of a PG-13 movie. They need to get their act together.

The fact that Final Fantasy is considered an RPG when you have no say in the progression of the story or your character, which amounts to little more than a slightly interactive movie. If people like these games, fine. They are entitled to their opinions, but Final Fantasy is not an RPG.

$60 games. 'Nuff said.

The media bashing video games without any basis in fact, playing the part of an inquisition whose zealotry is a manifestation of their ignorance. Fox News, die.

Lastly, people being so negative about everything. If a sequel is true to its predecessor then it lacks innovation, if it has evolved even the slightest bit the forums go up in flames about how the developers should all be the victims of gruesome acts of violence. It's disgusting.

This has been around for a while but always annoys the buhjeezis out of me... -Vehicle sections/levels in FPS's. Usually tacked on, usually have horrific controls (Halo, Prey). If I wanted to play a driving game, I'd play a driving game. The only FPS where I remember vehicles being implemented well and actually enjoyable is Half-Life 2. But the rest of them...ugh.

Checkpoints are good in say, 3rd person action adventure games and FPS because it gives you more sense of danger. You don't want to die! you got to get better at the game to progress, skill and all that. If you just add a feature to save anywhere then you take away all the tension out the game and it's just...crap.

People who can't handle checkpoint system shouldn't be playing skill / twitch games. Go learn Bowl or something, leave my games alone. I don't want your easy mode 'special' person save system.

Checkpoints are good in say, 3rd person action adventure games and FPS because it gives you more sense of danger. You don't want to die! you got to get better at the game to progress, skill and all that. If you just add a feature to save anywhere then you take away all the tension out the game and it's just...crap.

People who can't handle checkpoint system shouldn't be playing skill / twitch games. Go learn Bowl or something, leave my games alone. I don't want your easy mode 'special' person save system.

TristanShand

You know, you could always not save. Just a thought.

The Guitar Hero and Rock Band fad.VGobbsesser

I don't think this is a problem. Those are two franchises. Konami is going to jump in, but they're just trying to jump in on a genre that helped create. So all together, that's... 4-5 Rock band style games. How many first person shooters are there? How many RPGs? If this "fad" can lead to a game that's as good as Rock Band without such lofy demands for money and living room space, I'm all for it.

[QUOTE="VGobbsesser"]The Guitar Hero and Rock Band fad.MicWazowski

I don't think this is a problem. Those are two franchises. Konami is going to jump in, but they're just trying to jump in on a genre that helped create. So all together, that's... 4-5 Rock band style games. How many first person shooters are there? How many RPGs? If this "fad" can lead to a game that's as good as Rock Band without such lofy demands for money and living room space, I'm all for it.

I agree with the checkpoints instead of saving. It gets really frustrating and annoying when you keep dying right before a checkpoint. Sometimes you want to just give up, then you realize that you'll be screwed and have to start at the previous checkpoint if you dont get it done.

I also dont like the fact that companies create games just because they have popular movies/shows. Games that come to mind are Iron Man and Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm. I havent really seen a good game that was based on a movie/TV Show. If anyone knows of any, please enlighten me.

I agree with the checkpoints instead of saving. It gets really frustrating and annoying when you keep dying right before a checkpoint. Sometimes you want to just give up, then you realize that you'll be screwed and have to start at the previous checkpoint if you dont get it done.

I also dont like the fact that companies create games just because they have popular movies/shows. Games that come to mind are Iron Man and Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm. I havent really seen a good game that was based on a movie/TV Show. If anyone knows of any, please enlighten me.

wasiangamer

Goldeneye 007, The Thing, The Warriors, DragonBall Z Budokai 3, Spider-Man 2, South Park...

[QUOTE="TristanShand"]

Checkpoints are good in say, 3rd person action adventure games and FPS because it gives you more sense of danger. You don't want to die! you got to get better at the game to progress, skill and all that. If you just add a feature to save anywhere then you take away all the tension out the game and it's just...crap.

People who can't handle checkpoint system shouldn't be playing skill / twitch games. Go learn Bowl or something, leave my games alone. I don't want your easy mode 'special' person save system.

Killburglar

You know, you could always not save. Just a thought.

You know if a games too easy, you could always try playing it with your feet, just a thought. You know if you don't like cut scenes, you could always pretend your playing them and squiggle the controller around, just a thought.

No!

Console online combined with multiplayer being an acceptable excuse for a developer delivering a piss-poor singleplayer.

Console gaming is about plug-n-play and playing with friends in the same room. If I wanted to play games online I would do it on PC. Now that the consoles are becoming more and more like PC's every day, I wouldn't be surprised if next generation you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the two besides the "consoles" being closed and heavily controlled PC platforms with much less customizablility.foxhound_fox

^That because sadly...console online doesn't exist here in my home country.

The #1 thing I hate in this current gen is that online gaming is one of the games' strength. You can;t really enjoy games if you don't play it online.

2nd is that most games are just graphics. Honestly, I'm ok with PS2's graphics. The reason why I bought a new gen is to play great sequels or new title like MGS4 and GTA4, not for enhanced graphics.