Name one absolutely annoying flaw that ruins games for you

Not of fan of games lacking a jump button..I dont know why, I just get annoyed that I cant even freaking jump. Also, random encounters, and turn based battle systems. Not a fan. Steakdinner

Devs trying to do too much with the graphics that the technical problems coming out of it ruins the whole experience.

FEAR2 demo in this case, I'm not getting the game.

Missables, steep learning curves. In other words, games that forces you to look at guides.Zerocrossings

i agree with this in full. i hate having only one opportunity to do something big, get certain items, etc.

Regenerating health

Removes any challenge of the game - if there's no challenge I don't see a reason to play it.

This is why modern shooters suck so hard.

framerate for me.ps3_owns_360Wii

Same with me, low fps make my eyes bleeding and i get headache.

LAG! and long loading.

I'll name 3.... #1. Bad Save Systems #2. Escorting NPC's with bad AI and #3. Having #1 & #2 combined with a time limit.

I hate Capcom for ruining what could have been 1 of my top games this gen.

Two things: framerate issues and screen tearing.

framerate for me.ps3_owns_360Wii

I'll name 3.... #1. Bad Save Systems #2. Escorting NPC's with bad AI and #3. Having #1 & #2 combined with a time limit.

I hate Capcom for ruining what could have been 1 of my top games this gen.

whatsazerg

[QUOTE="-Jiggles-"]Linear-esque gameplay. I always favored games like Crysis and Left 4 Dead over games like Far Cry 2 or Gears of War 1/2.bearbones

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^ FC2 is incredibly liniar.

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^ Low/mediocre/inferior console standards and design choices.

This includes:

- no (quick) save-load system

- console low difficulty levels and gameplay choices (flashing enemies, auto-aim, I win buttons)

- poor/inferior/missing controls/movement options (missing jump/lean-peak/prone/ineficient or useless crouch)

- poor/inferior/missing interface (customisation options)

- poor/inferior/missing AI (when it's due to console poor/inferior/missing branch predictor)

- poor/inferior/missing (hardware) physics-tesselation/collision-detection (undersandable on low-end and some mainstrean PC with low(er) options, but come on when you can do hardware per-poly collision detection there's no excuse)

- poor/inferior lights and shadow system (undersandable on low-end and some mainstrean PC with low(er) options, but lack of shadow casting on higher PC is annoying like in Fallout 3 is annoying)

- either highly liniear gameworld and gameplay or high repetitive open gameworld with highly liniear missions/objectives/quests ( Peter Jackson's King Kong and Far Cry 2/PoP on the other side)

Glitches or bugs.

Gears 2 had a lot in the campaign. I had a couple of spawns on top of the level after dying. Luckily it happened n co-op only so all my buddy had to do is to get to the next checkpoint. Still very annoying when it happens.

Another example is when you're at that monster in the lake. The tentacles attack the boat, I rolled forward and couldn't move after the roll animation. So the tentacle pulled the boat down. Happened a couple of times as well.

The following aren't exactly flaws, but I hate 'em in games:

Bad vehicle levels

Escort missions where you have to protect your stupid AI partner

Time trial missions.

Time-based missions (GTA)

Escort Missions (basically the last half of Silent Hill 4. Yay!)

Graphical lock-ups when there's alot going on onscreen

Crappy Multiplayer

Control issues that make you wonder how much drugs the developers were doing (RE4-5)

Continued Gameplay that requires DLC and excludes the end-user that doesn't have it. (Halo 3)

Random enemy encounters. JPOBS

Indeed,but I wouldn't go as far as saying random enemy encounters outright "ruin" every game for me (unless it's completely and utterly excessive).Usually,it just leaves a bad taste or slight disappointment in a game that is otherwise well-designed.Final Fantasy VI Advance comes to mind.

Mine? Not being able to see your own feet in an fps; Really, if someone here understands coding and performance talk and can explain why your feet seem to be almost always absent from an fps, then please say it and I'll happily shut up about this problem. Just add them, I hate feeling like an orb.

Another would be about crapping all over the single player gaming market. Dont short on a great single player for some last second hand me down(aka l4d, dont jump on that people, please heh heh)

Graphics being trading for fun and game factors. Thats all I have to say. If you can do both, be my guest but dont make the game a powerhouse if Im never going to want to play it again.

This 2 weapon system. Get the hell out of here with that trendy rubbish. Be unique, Resistance 1 went old school and it couldn't have been better. Cant say the same for R2 (ok game btw). Hell get three weapons like the first killzone, I dont care just stop biting off of mediocre ideas that only fit certain types of games.

Another would be a.i. Im tired of these half assed a.i enemies in games. Get it right or stop the game right now. Fear 1, for petes sake...still better than half the ai out today. Half life, of course, stalker, Halo, killzone2; I was literally shocked too at how good Kz2 ai is for being a ps3 powerhouse title) I know the main ones like mgs4 and uncharted were givens to have good ai when CONSIDERING their type of genre and feel/Creator's creativity but kz2 duck taped my mouth from spewing more doubt. Not that I really doubted it that much to begin with. Bad ai, and even though I love the game to death, I still have to point out motorstorm 1. When the ai near the end of the game is fully concentrated on teaming up (literally) and happily sacrificing themselves (literally), instead of winning the race, you have a problem. Red steel, wii game or not... I have to point that out too, yuck. When it comes down to it, I dont have to explain what makes good/bad ai. Its obvious and it does make or break a game.

I used to be picky about alot more things. I notice alot more than the average joe when not going all techwiz since I'll fall flat on my face there :lol:....but as time keeps moving and I keep getting older, Im starting to pay more attention to the good details, and artistic value in creativity, look, feel, and vibe that games and movies give away. Its easy to see games for what they are now and give them the respect they deserve.

I'd have to say lack of local multiplayer, there were SOOOOOO many games on ps2 that had this, but this gen it's like they're forcing you to play online, and most of my friends have 360's and not ps3's so it really kills the value of some games for me

example: last gen i had games like SSBM, 007: Nightfire, SW: Battlefront 1/2, Soul Caliber 2/3 where i could wake up saturday morning and play them with my brother for a couple hours, and this gen i havent seen many games with local multiplayer like this on 360/ps3 (Wii has a decent amount though)

For me it has to be when you enter an area you can't leave at the end of a game. If your underpowered your screwed. Also the icing on the cake for this is when afterwards they make you do some stupid event that if you screw up, you must start from scratch. The latest game I've played to be an offender of this design flaw, Parasite Eve. Hard boss battle, win, run from creture, DON'T TURN RIGHT, DON'T TURN FRICKEN RIGHT, you'll thank me later. Thats mine, name yours.ActicEdge

To name a few:

• Save points
• Unskippable cutscenes
• Unpausable cutscenes (especially incredibly long ones)

They don't really ruin games, but they're incredibly annoyingsaruman354

controls for me and RE5 helped make my mind up.TX360

For me it has to be when you enter an area you can't leave at the end of a game. If your underpowered your screwed. Also the icing on the cake for this is when afterwards they make you do some stupid event that if you screw up, you must start from scratch. The latest game I've played to be an offender of this design flaw, Parasite Eve. Hard boss battle, win, run from creture, DON'T TURN RIGHT, DON'T TURN FRICKEN RIGHT, you'll thank me later. Thats mine, name yours.ActicEdge