What features should be eliminated from all games?

Here's some things I think should be eliminated from games altogether. Any time these things come up, I usually end up turning off a game and never playing it again.

1. Infinitely respawning enemies: For god's sake when I clear an area let me be done with it! I end up feeling like all that hard work was for nothing!

2. Time limit on finishing the game: When I started playing Dead Rising and then saw that I had a time limit in which to finish the game, I turned it off and never played it again.

3. Fetch quests: I'm not a dog. Don't send me around to hunt for and fetch things when they serve no purpose other than artificially lengthening the game.

So those are my ideas. Can anyone think of others?

Quick Time Events. They worked in Shenmue, but that's about it.

Ungodly long cutscenes. Sure, you can skip them, but then you're left with half-baked gameplay segments, and more often than not, your next objective is revealed near the end of the cutscene.

Time limit for sure (except fighting games)

I like to WALK in my adventure games, to get full mood effect going. But noooooo. Capcom always makes me rush or I won't unlock all the goodies and get bad rating.

Let me play on my own pace damn it.

And as much as I LOOOOOVE cut scenes (I mean I LOOOOVE cut scenes), all cut scenes should be skippable.

I'm going to have to disagree on quick time events. Don't you think they worked quite well in God of War and Resident Evil 4?UT_Wrestler

Quick Time Events. They worked in Shenmue, but that's about it.

Ungodly long cutscenes. Sure, you can skip them, but then you're left with half-baked gameplay segments, and more often than not, your next objective is revealed near the end of the cutscene.

Zwei_Thanatos

the enemy respawning in NGS annoyed me to no end. I understand why they have them but for god sakes they should let to travel from one screen to the next w/o having to face the same enemy every single time. Especially when you're jus trying to explore an area you've already cleared.4NGoods

I'm going to have to disagree on quick time events. Don't you think they worked quite well in God of War and Resident Evil 4?UT_Wrestler

1. Infinitely respawning enemies: For god's sake when I clear an area let me be done with it! I end up feeling like all that hard work was for nothing!UT_Wrestler

As soon as I read the title I wanted to come in and say Dead Rising, for it's pointless time limit. That put a damper on the experience for me, BIG time.

Achievement on PC games.thusaha

Nice thread.

I dont have a list of my own, but most of the aforementioned features should be extinct by now.

1. Regenerating health - I still prefer looking/carrying/equiping health packs or med kits or whatever thing that replenishes the health.

2. Save points (in adventure games) - it's an adventure, so we must be able to save anytime anywhere and it should also load EXACTLY where we saved (of course except during battles).

3. Add ons that needs to be purchased especially if it's just a costume/skin - why pay another $5-10 just for a costume? IMO...non-free add ons should change the gameplay even the slightest, like a costume that has a special ability. :D

LIVES. The same goal can be accomplished with checkpoints, and having to start a level over just because you lost all your lives is sort of a slap in the face.Timbydude

As soon as I read the title I wanted to come in and say Dead Rising, for it's pointless time limit. That put a damper on the experience for me, BIG time.

mynameisdumb

I don't know what I din't want... but I do want to be able to save at any point in any game if I so choose, but also the choice that if I don't want to I don't have to.skingus

Unskippable cutscenes for sure. But something I'd like to see in more games is the ability to pause cutscenes. Let's say you're watching a long cutscene then the phone rings, or you hear a doorbell. What are you supposed to do? I'd like to have the ability to pause, fast forward, and rewind cutscenes so we don't miss anything.

Turn based rpgs....why do i have to stand there and let u hit me....i guess they all shouldnt go away but id like to see a lot less of themwebbut

Some stuff that I hate to experience on videogames:

-Unbalanced difficulty: games that start much too difficult or rather continue being much too easy once you've progressed significantly aren't much that worth.

-Non-modifiable control schemes: I WANT TO PLAY THE VIDEOGAME, NOT FIGURE MY WAY AROUND THE BASIC CONTROLS!!

-Non-skippable loading/introduction/presentation screens when you fire up the games: I'm losing valuable gaming time.

3. Fetch quests: I'm not a dog. Don't send me around to hunt for and fetch things when they serve no purpose other than artificially lengthening the game.

UT_Wrestler

I actually enjoy fetch quests if you get good rewards and if they aren't unreasonably tedious. :D

Here's some things I think should be eliminated from games altogether. Any time these things come up, I usually end up turning off a game and never playing it again.

1. Infinitely respawning enemies: For god's sake when I clear an area let me be done with it! I end up feeling like all that hard work was for nothing!

2. Time limit on finishing the game: When I started playing Dead Rising and then saw that I had a time limit in which to finish the game, I turned it off and never played it again.

3. Fetch quests: I'm not a dog. Don't send me around to hunt for and fetch things when they serve no purpose other than artificially lengthening the game.

So those are my ideas. Can anyone think of others?

UT_Wrestler

[QUOTE="UT_Wrestler"]1. Infinitely respawning enemies: For god's sake when I clear an area let me be done with it! I end up feeling like all that hard work was for nothing!Cube_of_MooN

Respawning enemies *CALL OF DUTY COUGH COUGH*

Time-limit games

INK RIBBONS *but these have been eliminated ;)

and I believe in every action adventure game, there should be a "mega man 64 dodge" Cause in some games, its dumb how immobile your character is.

Unskippable cutscenes. Do you know how many times I've memorized a cutscene because I can't skip it?

Kairi! Kairi! Open your eyes!
You....you're not Riku!
It is I....Ansem....the seeker of darkness!
You'll never take Kairi's heart!

1. Pop-ups informing you of achievements

2. Invulnerable bosses with one weak spot (aim for the flashing red spot on his head!). This should have never left the 16-bit era.

3. Designated save spots

4. Annoying one-liners repeated endlessly through the whole game

Here's some things I think should be eliminated from games altogether. Any time these things come up, I usually end up turning off a game and never playing it again.

1. Infinitely respawning enemies: For god's sake when I clear an area let me be done with it! I end up feeling like all that hard work was for nothing!

2. Time limit on finishing the game: When I started playing Dead Rising and then saw that I had a time limit in which to finish the game, I turned it off and never played it again.

3. Fetch quests: I'm not a dog. Don't send me around to hunt for and fetch things when they serve no purpose other than artificially lengthening the game.

So those are my ideas. Can anyone think of others?

Hard modes that do nothing to improve enemy AI but instead rely on cheap tactics such as infinite spawning enemies, more damage dealt with their guns, psychic AI in cover mechanics, seeing in the dark, echolocation and the list goes on and onsmerlus

Voice acting in cutscenes and mini-scenes is fine, i love it, but pleeeeease employ more than 5 actors for an entire universe! It's, if nothign else, just damn confusing... "Wait aren't you the merchant from Imperial City? :O AND The master Hammersmith in Bravil!!" Sneaky BethesdaTerracata

4. Annoying one-liners repeated endlessly through the whole game

mysterylobster

Like, "Carpets this thick. THIS thick!"? That's one of the reasons I love games without voice acting.

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4. Annoying one-liners repeated endlessly through the whole game

Video_Game_King

Like, "Carpets this thick. THIS thick!"? That's one of the reasons I love games without voice acting.

[QUOTE="Video_Game_King"][QUOTE="mysterylobster"]

4. Annoying one-liners repeated endlessly through the whole game

mysterylobster

Like, "Carpets this thick. THIS thick!"? That's one of the reasons I love games without voice acting.

It was from the new Prince of Persia, and it's one of the things keeping it from being perfect.

[QUOTE="mysterylobster"][QUOTE="Video_Game_King"]

Like, "Carpets this thick. THIS thick!"? That's one of the reasons I love games without voice acting.

Video_Game_King

It was from the new Prince of Persia, and it's one of the things keeping it from being perfect.

After playing Star ocean: first depature on the PSP, I agree with you guys...

If I have to hear "I'd give this battle a 10 out of 10" one more time...! :evil:

Here's some things I think should be eliminated from games altogether. Any time these things come up, I usually end up turning off a game and never playing it again.

1. Infinitely respawning enemies: For god's sake when I clear an area let me be done with it! I end up feeling like all that hard work was for nothing!

2. Time limit on finishing the game: When I started playing Dead Rising and then saw that I had a time limit in which to finish the game, I turned it off and never played it again.

3. Fetch quests: I'm not a dog. Don't send me around to hunt for and fetch things when they serve no purpose other than artificially lengthening the game.

So those are my ideas. Can anyone think of others?