Little things that annoy you in games.

[Drakul]

I downloaded Sonic 1 on my 360 and I've been playing it between sessions of Fable II. The games great and has always been one of my favourites but there is one thing that has always, always annoyed me.
Namely, the speed shoe. Maybe it's just me but I hate it that SEGA put that power up in areas full of enemies and obstacles. I fail to see where you gain the advantage in those areas.
I get higher speed so I'm faster and have less time to react yet they decide to put more enemies and obstacles in my way so I have more to avoid at a faster pace.
Yeah its awesome when you are going fast and managing to avoid everything but still, it sort of takes away from the power up. Shouldn't areas with the speed shoe be full of loops and hills and stuff so we can actually enjoy the maximum speed of Sonic?

Does anyone have their own gripe? Big or small.

[Kane Knight]

Allied AI. I've been playing a lot of Saints Row 2: Fight For Stilwater, and I'm thinking it's been years since we've had AI teammates, and we still can't make one that's smart enough to not light me on fire, run between me and the guy I'm shooting, or manage to not pin me in a corner?

[El Fangel]

How 95% of shooters is just you against thousands.

[Blitz]

In any of the Koei Warriors games, when you need to escort an ally somewhere and their AI is programmed not actually run towards wherever they need to go until EVERY LAST FUCKING ENEMY THEY COME WITHIN 12 MILES OF IS DEAD.

[U-Warrior]

Not being able to skip cut scenes. Particularly if you have to watch it again, after you die.

[Boomer]

I could probably list a lifetime worth of these if I wanted to.

My first would be online glitchers. I understand that some people might find it fun, but I am frequently amazed by how many people use glitches to their advantage to ruin the game for everyone who doesn't use the same glitch.

[Bad Company]

Allied AI. I've been playing a lot of Saints Row 2: Fight For Stilwater, and I'm thinking it's been years since we've had AI teammates, and we still can't make one that's smart enough to not light me on fire, run between me and the guy I'm shooting, or manage to not pin me in a corner?
Yeah, dogmeat didn't last too long for me in Fallout 3.

[El Fangel]

In any of the Koei Warriors games, when you need to escort an ally somewhere and their AI is programmed not actually run towards wherever they need to go until EVERY LAST FUCKING ENEMY THEY COME WITHIN 12 MILES OF IS DEAD.

Just reminded me.

Last night I was playing WoW and you go an escort quest where you make sure someone doesnt die along the way.

You have to take them to Point Z from Point A

However if you are walking along and the person is at Point F and your at Point J clearing the way, they will run to point J to help and after the monster is dead will run back to Point F to continue walking.

So fucking annoying.

[.44 Magdalene]

Empty barrels or crates everywhere

Escort missions

Bad cel shading

In-game phone calls

XBox 360 text being too small on a standard def TV

Features or powers that don't actually do anything outside of one fight or one level

Fighting games that don't have enough unlockables

Not being able to hop a knee-high pile of debris

Not being able to enter a door because "the lock's broken" or it's "stuck fast"

Invincible enemies in a game that normally lets you kill the enemies

Invincible enemies that you're obligated to fight for some reason

First person shooters where I'm a floating, disembodied head with a telekinetically hovering gun right under my chin

[.44 Magdalene]

Hero sequences in a game that doesn't need them and don't really make sense in context either


Lookin' at you, Web of Shadows.

[Kalyx triaD]

Online modes with no Guest functionality.

Online modes with no Party System (yes Halo 2 innovated it, yes is standard, get over it and implement it arrogant fucks).

Pfft, online modes with no lobby (c'mon now).

Bad controls, I have no sympathy for this.

Licensed games based on properties that practically write themselves gameplay wise, but a developer still fucks it up.

Obnoxious post boot-up company logos (a 7 second vid just telling me Neversoft had something to do with the game? Seriously?).

Need For Speed. Stop it.

[El Fangel]

Sports games with more realistic looking characters. Seriously NHL 96 was the best game ever get over it.

[Kane Knight]

In any of the Koei Warriors games, when you need to escort an ally somewhere and their AI is programmed not actually run towards wherever they need to go until EVERY LAST FUCKING ENEMY THEY COME WITHIN 12 MILES OF IS DEAD.

Oh yeah, that's fucking annoying. Especially when there is an unsealable gate between point a and point B. There were three or four of these in SW and again in SW2.

Not being able to skip cut scenes. Particularly if you have to watch it again, after you die.

Yeah, unskippable cut scenes should be a war crime.

Escort missions

They wouldn't be so bad if the AI wasn't always so motherfucking painful.

XBox 360 text being too small on a standard def TV

There's NO excuse for this.

Not being able to hop a knee-high pile of debris

Not being able to enter a door because "the lock's broken" or it's "stuck fast"

Especially in destructable environments. You mean I can blow up skyscrapers but a locked door is too much for me? Six inches of debris can't be bested?

On a side note, keys/fetch quests in a game where there's no reason you can't simply breach the door with a shotgun or similar. I can blow up cars, but I need to find a key to unlock a door?

Invincible enemies in a game that normally lets you kill the enemies

Enemies that can only be killed by one counterintuitive fashion, by metagaming, or in a way that will only ever be usable just this once for some reason.

[Fox]

Considering I really only play Halo 3, I'll say little kids screaming "VETO!" at the top of their lungs, even after the map has been vetoed.

Also, in the old 2d side scroller beat 'em ups, I hated it when you were in the middle of a combo on one guy, and another enemy just walks up behind you and starts punching you in the back. Cheap bullshit. Some of the games fixed this problem, but it occurs frequently in others.

[Kane Knight]

Anyone ever play the original Hunter: The Reckoning game? The escort AI for this little girl in a cemetary was terrible. She was terrified of the evil undead thingies, but she'd run right at them. Usually while you were being clusterfucked on the other side of the screen.

"To be continued" endings. It's not an ending if it doesn't actually end. I'm fine with games which leave a sequel open, but games which have limited or no resolution piss me off.

[BigDaddyCool]

Lava levels.

[BigDaddyCool]

Unbalanced weapons.

[Kalyx triaD]

Considering I really only play Halo 3, I'll say little kids screaming "VETO!" at the top of their lungs, even after the map has been vetoed.

Also, in the old 2d side scroller beat 'em ups, I hated it when you were in the middle of a combo on one guy, and another enemy just walks up behind you and starts punching you in the back. Cheap bullshit. Some of the games fixed this problem, but it occurs frequently in others.

I love Halo 3, but I can go on forever about how the community is utter shit.

[BigDaddyCool]

I've never really played online games much...or atleast with other people.

[Kris P Lettus]

Not being able to skip cut scenes. Particularly if you have to watch it again, after you die.

I got a copy of Farcry and couldn't even play it cause of that long ass cutscene before you even get to the main menu..

[BigDaddyCool]

Not being able to replay what a character just said. Cause you know sometimes someone else in the room is talking or whatever so you just missed an important part of the story.

[Kalyx triaD]

Videogame sites that preview games and make them sound like the second coming, and when review time comes; they pan the very features they were so excited about months prior. I understand an unfinished game can have a positive outlook because it may improve, but I have safely guessed how games will play based on cross studied previews and I'm thinking these journalist should be that much more skilled than me at spotting a dead duck.

[Savio]

Not being able to replay what a character just said. Cause you know sometimes someone else in the room is talking or whatever so you just missed an important part of the story.Yes times 10

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Having to do pointless shit over after you fail a mission (looking at you GTA)

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Nintendo's Online Policy

[Kane Knight]

Not being able to replay what a character just said. Cause you know sometimes someone else in the room is talking or whatever so you just missed an important part of the story.

Or the phone rings. Or something similar.

On a related note, I hate how cooperative games like Rock Band disable pausing online. FFS, life goes on. I can understand it when you're in a death match, or even when you're doing score duel in Rock Band, but for fuck's sake....

[Kane Knight]

Nintendo has an online policy?

Nintendo has online?

I know Sony has the "We'll rape you, and if you're very lucky, we'll use a rubber and some lube" policy, but isn't Nintendo still trying to appeal to the Amish market?

[BigDaddyCool]

Having to do pointless shit over after you fail a mission (looking at you GTA)

More importanly, you died during the mission, so you are out of ammo and armour and need to replace the ammo and armour, or couldn't we just restart with all the states from the beginning of when you started the mission.

[BigDaddyCool]

Oh, and coming across choices in the game that seem like they should effect the long term story, if not the short term story, but they don't. Looking at you Raw v Smackdown 2008.

[LoDownM]

Any Command & Conquer made by EA after Generals.
Adding a 3rd faction to games that where fine with 2(coughc&c3,redalert3cough)
darkpower
Escort missions
Cel shading
Mirrors Edge
Not being able to swim
Shooting somone in the head and they don't die, looking at you call of duty 4
Any Halo games community
Games being labeled other game killers(Halo Killer, WoW Killer, etc)

[Hanso Amore]

When games tout new pointless features but ignore past errors and glitches that ruin the game (Madden Franchise)

I hate when the AI can spot you from a mile away, with their back turned, and you are hiding.

[Kalyx triaD]

Basketball games.

[BigDaddyCool]

Point less running about missions with no enemies really blocking the way.

Wow, I just spent 10 minutes running around the map, didn't fight anyone, barely progressed the story, and didn't get any points or money.

[BigDaddyCool]

Myst. That game was gay.

[Vietnamese Crippler]

Arcade-style car games, Need for Speed in particular, where you get to the end of the game, buy the last unlocked car, and you have no need for it when the previous cars you've bought are already faster and/or better than the final car(s).

[BigDaddyCool]

Speaking of racing games, where you blow up one of your opponets only for them to regnerate.

[Kane Knight]

Any Command & Conquer made by EA after Generals.
Adding a 3rd faction to games that where fine with 2(coughc&c3,redalert3cough)
darkpower
Escort missions
Cel shading
Mirrors Edge
Not being able to swim
Shooting somone in the head and they don't die, looking at you call of duty 4
Any Halo games community
Games being labeled other game killers(Halo Killer, WoW Killer, etc)

:y:

I hate "X Killer," especially when it's a shitty knockoff on the "rival" platform (Halo killers on the PS3, Metal Gear killer...Kojima should be called that)

I'm going to toss in: Removing features. The three factions thing reminded me. In the first Samurai Warriors, you have a lot of maps where you have three factions that are actually at odds with one another. In SW2, you may have a couple, but mostly three way battles are more of a 1 on 2 or 2 on 1. I like three way battles. That's a minor deal.

But then, like Smackdown games removing CAW options or GM mode. Those are bigger deals.

Point less running about missions with no enemies really blocking the way.

Wow, I just spent 10 minutes running around the map, didn't fight anyone, barely progressed the story, and didn't get any points or money.

Howabout tutorial missions which stretch shit out?

Also, I hate the game industry spending so much money combating the used market and piracy. You hear the new one where one of the guys from Epic wants to charge us for the ending of a game unless we purchased it new? That's especially good for those people who still don't have broadband to get on Live or PSN, since the ending would be DLC even new.

I doubt anything will come of it, but it irks me that combatting piracy eats millions of dollars a year that could go to making games better. Or even--this one will stun you--profit! Piracy isn't going down, the used market isn't going away, and spending money on it means you have less money to spend on the games or horde. Motherfuckers.

[Boomer]

I was pretty floored when Metroid Prime 3 had no multiplayer when Metroid 2 had it. I don't care if it sucked or not (it did), how can you just remove it? At least attempt to make it better, even if it means a few tweaks and two new game modes.

[LoDownM]

Yeah, removing features and taking things out really annoy me. Kinda why I don't want to get Dynasty Warriors 6, only a handful of characters have a story and some characters share movesets AND less characters. wtf, really? So the PS3 is more powerful then the PS2 and Xbox, but yet the first next gen DW game has less diversity?

There's other reason's I don't want DW6, but those are more to do with being a die hard Three Kingdoms era fan.

[BigDaddyCool]

Howabout tutorial missions which stretch shit out?

Or reversely they give you a quick tutorial mission, then toss you straight into a really hard level. I seem to remember a lot of old NES games would do that.

[Funky Fly]

Aside from everything that was mentioned, I'll say blatant glitches or glaring issues that could be resolved with patching that don't get it.

How many big budget games have some glaring issue that could be fixed via patch that never do? Pisses me off to no end.

[Savio]

^Yeah like that ladder shit in SvR 2006
Nintendo has an online policy?

Nintendo has online??
Oh they let you get on line but you just can't to anything with any other users online.

[Gertner]

GOD DAMN FUCKING RING OF DEATH!

[BigDaddyCool]

RROD is a glaring issue, not a little thing, ass.

Addictive/over hyped games that end way to fast with little to no replay value. Like, wow, I beat it in 3 days...I know I had a hard time putting it down, but still should have lasted a little, longer. I'll play though it again? Hmm, maybe this weekend after if forget some of the levels. Then this weekend turns into next month, and next month turns into never. And you reliazed you payed $60 for 10 hours of fun.

[BigDaddyCool]

On thing that never bothered me is when the end levels start to get impossible hard and my thumbs are already sore and cramping and I'm 8. Looking at MegaMan 2 and Super Mario Brothers, I never beat those as a kid without game genie. But I'm completely fine with that.

[Drakul]

Another thing I don't like is water levels or any level that hinders my movements. Again, Sonic 1, it's annoying how slowly he drags himself through the water. Espeacially when I'm trying to avoid those spears that pop in and out the floor and ceiling. Mario isn't as bad because he can swim quite fast but as a child playing Mario64, I despised the water levels. With it being my first proper 3D game and only being 8 or so it was a real chore.

Another thing is pop up in racing games (Or racing in GTA 4 to be exact). Nothing worse the ripping down a highway only for a bus or a whole grid of traffic to pop up, seriously, just a second before you make contact and at one point after I made contact. Lost an online race that way a few times.

[.44 Magdalene]

While we're at it


Volcano levels
Train levels
Sewer levels
Mine levels
Slippery ice levels
Elevator fights, ninjas almost guaranteed
Any underwater level because pretending to swim just isn't that fun.

[BigDaddyCool]

Volcano levels

I already said lava levels.

Create stacking puzzles get old as well

[Kane Knight]

I was pretty floored when Metroid Prime 3 had no multiplayer when Metroid 2 had it. I don't care if it sucked or not (it did), how can you just remove it? At least attempt to make it better, even if it means a few tweaks and two new game modes.

Yeah, I don't get the reasoning. Most people wanted MP in MP2 to be better, not removed.

Yeah, removing features and taking things out really annoy me. Kinda why I don't want to get Dynasty Warriors 6, only a handful of characters have a story and some characters share movesets AND less characters. wtf, really? So the PS3 is more powerful then the PS2 and Xbox, but yet the first next gen DW game has less diversity?

There's other reason's I don't want DW6, but those are more to do with being a die hard Three Kingdoms era fan.

17 Musou modes, and only a handful of unique movesets. I could get into the skill trees and renbu, but instead, I'll go into another pet peeve, the reasoning behind this glaring problem:

We're building a new engine from the ground up.

I don't give a shit. If you must build a new engine, put out a complete game along with it. I hate being hit with this whole "But the next GTA game will be good," or "We'll add back characters in DW7/6XL."

One of the greatest things about WO is that you get all the characters from both games, plus new ones. I don't care that it's not optimised for the 360/PS3, I don't have to worry about Renbu, I can play anyone in story mode (Even if there are only 5 unique storylines), and I get more than ten different movesets.

By the way, they're releasing a 2 Disc version of DW6 for the PS2, with added Musou modes and features. How's that for a big fuck you to the PS3 and 360 owners who bought the game for the revolutionary next gen BME?

[BigDaddyCool]

I want to make a game the purposely includes all of these elements just a fuck you to gamers.

[LoDownM]

17 Musou modes, and only a handful of unique movesets. I could get into the skill trees and renbu, but instead, I'll go into another pet peeve, the reasoning behind this glaring problem:

We're building a new engine from the ground up.

I don't give a shit. If you must build a new engine, put out a complete game along with it. I hate being hit with this whole "But the next GTA game will be good," or "We'll add back characters in DW7/6XL."

One of the greatest things about WO is that you get all the characters from both games, plus new ones. I don't care that it's not optimised for the 360/PS3, I don't have to worry about Renbu, I can play anyone in story mode (Even if there are only 5 unique storylines), and I get more than ten different movesets.

By the way, they're releasing a 2 Disc version of DW6 for the PS2, with added Musou modes and features. How's that for a big fuck you to the PS3 and 360 owners who bought the game for the revolutionary next gen BME?

Yeah I read about the PS2 version having more things then the current gen versions. Big wtf moment when I was reading about it.

[Kalyx triaD]

They need to have focus groups playing near finished games. Not play testers, focus groups made up of common gamers. There is a difference that I think would impact game development positively.

[Gertner]

How about characters dying when they fall into water. They can jump higher than fuck and can run very fast, but the minute they hit water they die.

[El Fangel]

How about characters dying when they fall into water. They can jump higher than fuck and can run very fast, but the minute they hit water they die.

I always wondered where the volcano that sprewed the molton liquid called water was in Vice City

[BigDaddyCool]

It bothers me when I make a clean head shot on a boss with a gun or something, and he is still alive.

[CSL]

-When all the games I like come out in the same 2 month period

-Teammate AI in BAL on the new Pro Evo

-The majority of online gamers

-Americans not responding to my shipping questions on eBay

-The fact I still haven't finished GTA

Not so much in game things but gaming things nonetheless

[Vietnamese Crippler]

How about characters dying when they fall into water. They can jump higher than fuck and can run very fast, but the minute they hit water they die.

I was thinking the same thing when I was playing Assassin's Creed.

Really, Altair? You can fly across rooftops and murder anyone you please, but you don't know how to swim? :wtf:

[BigDaddyCool]

I was thinking the same thing when I was playing Assassin's Creed.

Really, Altair? You can fly across rooftops and murder anyone you please, but you don't know how to swim? :wtf:

To be fair, Assassin's Creed was set in the time when they didn't bathe. I doubt they would swim. Plus Europe's water is nasty and gross.

[.44 Magdalene]

-When all the games I like come out in the same 2 month period

This this this. Currently fumbling between Banjo Kazooie, Little Big Planet, Deadspace, Fable II, and Mirror's Edge. And probably something else I forgot.

[BigDaddyCool]

You know, if you were broke, then it wouldn't matter if they came up all at the same time.

[.44 Magdalene]

I work at Gamestop and can check games out for free.


But only one at a time. D:

[Fryza]

I work at Gamestop and can check games out for free.


But only one at a time. D:

We got our check-out privs. taken because someone stole about four new releases.

[Kane Knight]

I work at Gamestop and can check games out for free.


But only one at a time. D:

Is it true that when they promote you, they graft an alien creature to you to insure that you push pre-orders, one which saps your soul and leads you to lie about store policies?

And is it true that if you are fired, they don't remove it?

[.44 Magdalene]

I dunno. I won't be promoted until Monday. D:


Gamestop used to legitimately fire people for not pushing pre-orders, though. While they cut that shit out before I started working there, alot of the older guys still have this Post-Traumatic-Stress thing going on about it--like, if someone steps on a twig, they'll think Charlie's in the trees and they're gonna be motherfucking canned if they don't get some reserves. I only personally know one guy like that, and he's a huge pain in the ass to work with.

[Destor]

Not being able to skip cut scenes. Particularly if you have to watch it again, after you die.YES

Yeah, dogmeat didn't last too long for me in Fallout 3.
Yeah, I've left Dogmeat at Vault 101 cause I don't want him to die. :(

[El Fangel]

Cheap ass bosses.

[Funky Fly]

Cheap ass bosses.

Word. Especially in fighting games or action games. WTF, buddy? You have 1 HP left, bullshit you're suddenly gonna counter every attack and whittle me down to nothing.

[El Fangel]

Sheng Tung or whatever his name was in MK.

Magneto in Xmen: Mutant Academy

[AKin3D]

The fact the two levels before the last level is 150% harder.

I hate the fact I've spent 2 hours, reset the game 90 times, and broken 3 controller, on the two levels and now here I am in the final level and it's the easiest level of the whole danm game! I mean it's like they forgot they had the final boss/level and quickly pulled something together at the last minute.
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I also hate random guards that do nothing. They're just standing around (mostly doorways) watching you kill other 30 guards that are attacking you.
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Having to go into Bathrooms
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And just death by anything stupid: Water, Chicken, falling into a pit, ect...

[El Fangel]

Akin, if you hate that. Dont play God of War.

I love the game but the end fight was a million times easier then the second last.

[AKin3D]

Akin, if you hate that. Dont play God of War.

I love the game but the end fight was a million times easier then the second last.

I did play GoW. I try to over look the end, since I did like it though I was easy to beat.

[El Fangel]

Very fun game.

However

Why the fuck would they have the hardest fight (The Dopplegangers) Before fighting Ares?

[AKin3D]

Very fun game.

However

Why the fuck would they have the hardest fight (The Dopplegangers) Before fighting Ares?

The only thing I can even think up is, they thought they made him hard to beat.

[BigDaddyCool]

One thing with Fable 2 I've noticed is that is become tedious fighting guys. I'm not scared I'm going to die. It is more like, great 10 zombies are on me, guess I'll burn them to hell.

[El Fangel]

I hate when epic fights are ridiculously easy.

[El Fangel]

The only thing I can even think up is, they thought they made him hard to beat.



You can use the twirl-poke combo over and over until he dies. How is that hard.

[Kane Knight]

I dunno. I won't be promoted until Monday. D:


Gamestop used to legitimately fire people for not pushing pre-orders, though. While they cut that shit out before I started working there, alot of the older guys still have this Post-Traumatic-Stress thing going on about it--like, if someone steps on a twig, they'll think Charlie's in the trees and they're gonna be motherfucking canned if they don't get some reserves. I only personally know one guy like that, and he's a huge pain in the ass to work with.

Yeah, I pulled the rest from Babylon 5. The alien bit.

I know some people who got canned for not meeting the preorders. They really aren't the same after.

Also, another bit in Saints Row that's pissing me off:

It's not a SR only thing, but I hate the way you can get punked no matter what vehicle you're driving. Like, I've been driven off the road in the Compensator and Bear by a run of the mill motorcycle. This only works one way, too. Like vehicles are badass until you get into them. Then you can spin out with the slightest provocation, and no amount of speed lets you outrun the cops.

Also, I hate omniscient guards/cops/whatever.

[El Fangel]

Oh Oh Oh

"Realistic" Driving ala GTA 4

[Kane Knight]

Ah yes. Cars that drive like bricks.

[El Fangel]

Ah yes. Cars that drive like bricks.

No, Bricks can turn.

[Kane Knight]

No, Bricks can turn.

...Really? Maybe I should try the e-brake.

[Kalyx triaD]

Online games that don't have an intuitive way of telling me if I'm lagging or not. Sure the gameplay will be an obvious tell, but a fucking colored bar takes like an hour to render. I'd appreciate it.

[El Fangel]

Insanely hard optional bosses that take alot of skill and time, however give nothing much in the way of making the game easier (I.E Items/Weapons) afetr you beat them

FF7 - Emerald and Ruby Weapon
KH2 - Sephiroth

[LoDownM]

lol, Emerald was easy as hell.

[SuperSlim]

I know for me it was having to fight Akuma at the end of the new Street Fighter that came out on XBL.

It's like I breezed through every single fighter with ease. The first time I lost a fight so I had to fight Bison and after a few tries I beat him. But I fight through everyone and only lose one round. And so I get to fight Akuma and it's like they put him on a totally different level than anybody. I'm fighting him as Akuma and he's stronger, quicker, everything.

So much so that no matter who I used I couldn't even win a single round against him after about 20 fights so I quit.

[.44 Magdalene]

I don't mind super hard secret bosses, but I hate it when a final boss is a huge fucking pussy. I don't give a shit if there's crazy hard side bosses or not, the final boss should be the hardest damn thing in the game, unless there's an alternate ending in for it, or I can't actually access said side boss until after the final boss is done with. Last thing I do in the game should be the ultimate challenge; having a harder boss prior to the actual last boss in the game just makes the ending seem weak.

[Fignuts]

I hate that in force unleashed they have all these awesome character skins, but they all look dumb cause he still holds the lightsaber behind him.

I also hate thet you have to restart from the last checkpoint afer each costume change. Unskippable cutscene and all.

[El Fangel]

Also end bosses should make sense too. \

[.44 Magdalene]

Nah, I don't totally agree with that. I love it when end bosses are forty foot tarot angel tentacle castles with tits and statues and ramble on about time, love, futility, humanity, and ambiguous religious references, all while having at least one attack with the word Judgement in it.

Especially if said boss has abso-fucking-nothing to do with the rest of the game, and literally showed up for no particular reason at the last possible second.

[.44 Magdalene]

Oh, and don't forget the ominous Latin choir for background music. Gotta have it.

[Dorkchop]

This isn't about playing the game, but I've always hated black and white instructions. I'm not too bothered by it when the game is made by a small team with little a small budget.

I also hate all these warning labels and screens in games and packaging. I know why they're there. I still find them annoying.

[El Fangel]

Nah, I don't totally agree with that. I love it when end bosses are forty foot tarot angel tentacle castles with tits and statues and ramble on about time, love, futility, humanity, and ambiguous religious references, all while having at least one attack with the word Judgement in it.

Especially if said boss has abso-fucking-nothing to do with the rest of the game, and literally showed up for no particular reason at the last possible second.

Played FF9 have we?

[.44 Magdalene]

And to some extent, 8

[.44 Magdalene]

And the Shin Megami Tensei series

[.44 Magdalene]

Certain Breath of Fires

[.44 Magdalene]

Saga Frontier

[.44 Magdalene]

I think you get the idea.

[El Fangel]

No, Not really.

Im going to play Twisted Metal: Black and thinking on it.

[Blitz]

God the end of FF9 fucking pissed me off. Beat Kuja and then this fucking Necron dude shows up out of nowhere and is the real final boss. Fuck you.

[.44 Magdalene]

Squall: So this sorceress was really working for another sorceress.

From the future. Psh.

Ultimecia: AND NOW I'LL JUNCTION WITH THIS THING THAT'S NAMED AFTER YOUR NECKLACE I GUESS TO MAKE THIS WEIRD ANGEL FISH SNAKE LION MONSTROCITY. WITH MY TITS STICKING OUT OF IT. TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME HAI GUYZ DIG THESE TANTRIC TRIBAL BEATS. TIME TIME TIME ETC

[.44 Magdalene]

And don't get me started on Dragon Quest.


After you beat the final boss of DQII, it turns out that he worshipped Satan and now you have to fight Satan.

[Drakul]

It's probably just me being greedy but I dislike it when I 100% beat a game and still want more but I've done everything, sometimes twice.

[Kalyx triaD]

God the end of FF9 fucking pissed me off. Beat Kuja and then this fucking Necron dude shows up out of nowhere and is the real final boss. Fuck you.

Thanks for that. SPOILER!

[El Fangel]

It's probably just me being greedy but I dislike it when I 100% beat a game and still want more but I've done everything, sometimes twice.


I have played GTA: SA, completed it with 100% in absolutely everything, yet still had fun just fucking around.

I finished MGS3 and was deeply saddened after I became an incredible badass with everything that I couldnt go any farther.


Thanks for that. SPOILER!

Sephiroth Kills Aeris/Aerith

[Nowhere Man]

I always hated the 2-second cutscene ending. After all the work that goes into working my way through the levels, going through whatever fetch-quests or dungeon-crawls I have to do, hacking through countless bad guys, taking out the insanely hard bosses, exploring every nook and cranny of the game world, and then all I get for it is a cutscene of my character striking a pose (or better yet, my character's ship flying away from an explosion)? Fuck you.

And speaking of stupid endings, why is it that they're incapable of putting out a Star Wars game with a Dark Side ending that doesn't completely screw up the canon? I mean, I expected that from the Force Unleashed, since it was mind-bogglingly retarded, but et tu Jedi Academy and Knights of the Old Republic? If you go by all the Dark Side endings, they've gone through a good half dozen Emperors by now.

[.44 Magdalene]

Metal Gear Solid IV rewards you with five hour cutscenes just for killing some dudes

[Mr Regal]

The demon doors in Fable two piss me off, they could have put something half decent behind them...a cool outfit or a kick ass weapon. As it stands they are utterly pointless.