Gameplay mechanic trends that need to die.

I'm going with quick-time events (QTE). They are becoming archaic. They were fun in games like RE4 and the first GOW because no one had used them as well. Now, they sort of take away the experience due to the scripted animations and the fact that you are just pressing a button to pull off ridiculous moves on some behemoth of a beast.

scripted death animations are pretty bad IMO..They are almost dead though.Shattered007

Also, cars exploding at %100 damage.

What people are missing is that QTE allows the user to do something that the normal mechanics wouldnt allow you to do. So in other words, those same QTE that some of you guys claim to "hate", wouldve instead been a cutscene instead.

Slicing a building using QTE in KH2 > watching him do it

What people are missing is that QTE allows the user to do something that the normal mechanics wouldnt allow you to do. So in other words, those same QTE that some of you guys claim to "hate", wouldve instead been a cutscene instead.

Slicing a building using QTE in KH2 > watching him do it

peaceoutmedusa

[QUOTE="peaceoutmedusa"]

What people are missing is that QTE allows the user to do something that the normal mechanics wouldnt allow you to do. So in other words, those same QTE that some of you guys claim to "hate", wouldve instead been a cutscene instead.

Slicing a building using QTE in KH2 > watching him do it

G-O-M-J

Its not like they take out all of the cutscenes :lol:

Waist high barriers all over the place. Learn from Uncharted 2 devs, the levels in that game still felt natural compared to Mass Effect 2. AAllxxjjnn

It's funny playing ME2 because when you turn the corner and there are a bunch of chest high walls, you know a flood of enemies are coming.

To many QTEs. Seriously they need to stop.

[QUOTE="G-O-M-J"][QUOTE="peaceoutmedusa"]

What people are missing is that QTE allows the user to do something that the normal mechanics wouldnt allow you to do. So in other words, those same QTE that some of you guys claim to "hate", wouldve instead been a cutscene instead.

Slicing a building using QTE in KH2 > watching him do it

peaceoutmedusa

Its not like they take out all of the cutscenes :lol:

QTEs are not bad par se. In GoW they work in a lot of other games - no.

Metro 2033 PC, borrowing from the 360 version, I guess, has key tapping which is kind of ridiculous.

[QUOTE="peaceoutmedusa"]

[QUOTE="G-O-M-J"]i would rather relax and watch a cutscene than push a few buttons and miss all the action.G-O-M-J

Its not like they take out all of the cutscenes :lol:

[QUOTE="G-O-M-J"][QUOTE="peaceoutmedusa"]

Its not like they take out all of the cutscenes :lol:

regenerating health. it takes all the skill away and leaves no room for consequence. "oh what i just got shot a million times, i'll just go around this corner and wait 1 sec then i will be fine again." i feel it takes away from the tension an action sequence is supposed to create

pointless cutscenes. for example, having a stylised cutscene just to open a door (DMC4 had something similar to this in one cut scene)

Escort Missions! :x

No jumping. I like to jump around in games, and I feel very limited when I can't.Mr_Cumberdale

this, i hate it when i can't jump, or when jumping doesn't help me (like in Killzone 2)

also i hate infinitely respawning enemies

QTE's can be fun in games like Heavy Rain, but i found on my second playthrough (attempt) of that game that they totally lose any sense of fun on your second go

which i guess is why they decided that when you die in that game... you die, because if you didn't die, and you had to do the same QTE sequences again for 30 minutes leading up to the moment you screwed up last time, everybody would hate heavy rain with a passion

Stealth sequences in non-stealth games. Very,very few times do they end up being entertaining.

QTE irritate me but I'm sure developers love them.

Games look their best during cut scenes because the developers have complete control and there is little processing work, however a game full of them is more akin to a film than a game. The solution? Make cut scenes interactive using pre determined actions.

It's just one of many solutions that keep the graphics w***** happy, as close to cut scene quality real time graphics you can get; while maintaining some game play.

"Cover me while I fix the _______"

"Cover me while I fix the _______"

Nitrouz

Cut scenes that you can't skip... that's like not allowing me to press fast forward when watching a movie... if I find the scene boring I should be allowed to skip it.

Damage from ground stomping/pounding attacks. Complete BS

Segments that require you to mash a button for a while irritate me... They're not fun, just a pain.

People who say the same line over and over and over. It's so ******* annoying! This seems to happen most in sandbox games. Like in Rivet City in Fallout 3 I must've heard "One of the new immigrants died last week, I heard she was drinking river water," twenty times in ten minutes.

CPU auto aim attacks...You know the ones where you clearly dodge there attack yet they pivot 90 to 180 degrees and connect with there horizontal or VERTICAL attack. GOW 3 is full of this...it's 2010, enough with pirouette attacks.

Escort Missions, regenerative health, and excessive QTE's.

cut-scenes.

Ohh i got a good one

Games were you need to repeatedly hit a button, to beat the other person.

I cant do this and any game that has it i will never beat

Randomly placed medpacks that absolutely make no sense at all. Followed by instant 100% health when picking up these medpacks.

Repeatly button pressing.

Dissappearing items. Where the hell do some items appear from? In Mass Effect the weapons are on your back and you can actually see them being switched, other games switch from pistol to bazooka in 2 sec with no sign from where it came from.

Explosion sounds in space, seriously.

Models that keep running even when you reached a wall. That simply makes it look stupid, really.

Not able to jump.

[QUOTE="AAllxxjjnn"]Waist high barriers all over the place. Learn from Uncharted 2 devs, the levels in that game still felt natural compared to Mass Effect 2. me_rock

It's funny playing ME2 because when you turn the corner and there are a bunch of chest high walls, you know a flood of enemies are coming.

when AI don't attack each other in RTS's or strategy games, and they all go after the Human controlled units, damn that makes me angry!

People who say the same line over and over and over. It's so ******* annoying! This seems to happen most in sandbox games. Like in Rivet City in Fallout 3 I must've heard "One of the new immigrants died last week, I heard she was drinking river water," twenty times in ten minutes.

brickdoctor

Nothing compares to the hundreds of times I heard "Can I get you a ladder so you can get off my back?" (Dragon Age). Jesus Christ...

long gaps in between checkpoints. nothing worse than playing on a hard difficulty and almost reaching the next checkpoint before dying and having to go all the way back and repeat what youve been doing for the last 15 or more minutes...

when AI don't attack each other in RTS's or strategy games, and they all go after the Human controlled units, damn that makes me angry!

LEGEND_C4A

[QUOTE="brickdoctor"]

People who say the same line over and over and over. It's so ******* annoying! This seems to happen most in sandbox games. Like in Rivet City in Fallout 3 I must've heard "One of the new immigrants died last week, I heard she was drinking river water," twenty times in ten minutes.

Floppy_Jim

Nothing compares to the hundreds of times I heard "Can I get you a ladder so you can get off my back?" (Dragon Age). Jesus Christ...

Owh wow....that was awful. I hated that game.

Explosion sounds in space, seriously.

CAPSROGUE

Of course that's not just in games. Along with always seeing stars in space, people have just sorta come to expect this.

Not able to jump.

CAPSROGUE

Ugh, that frustrates me to no end! Especially when it keeps you from bypassing an obstacle that is knee high!

regenerating health. it takes all the skill away and leaves no room for consequence. "oh what i just got shot a million times, i'll just go around this corner and wait 1 sec then i will be fine again." i feel it takes away from the tension an action sequence is supposed to create

ironman388