Top Ten Pet Peeves of Modern Games
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Is blood filling your screen? Are you pressing buttons you're prompted to kill a boss? Are meaningless numbers interrupting your gameplay? Did you just buy a gold-plated bunch of pixels for $10? Chances are you're playing a modern game. And they're beginning to piss me off.
Find out what are the top annoyances you face whenever you load up a game these days.
The thing that annoys me more than anything else is unlocks. I'm sick of every game locking 95% of the fun stuff until I dump dozens of hours into it.
***** i agree also nice profile pic XD
Adamzki Likewise.
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Agreed with mostly everything here especially dynamic cutscenes, hand holding, bloody screen, DLC, and QTEs.
This one I found a little perplexing myself. But I remember that if manuals were available only online I'd print them out on full A4 size paper, wasting more trees in the process. I know other people that do the same. A small manual outlining how to play the game is all I really want and amazingly all the Harry Potter manuals did exactly that.
Absolutely. Metal Gear games have such great re-playability that when I'm going for the titles like Big Boss you pretty much have to skip them stay within the time constraints. I actually ended up panicking because I didn't have Meryl's frequency which was on the back of the game box.
I like dynamic cut scenes, but you make a credible point, for those who could care less about the story, all it does it interrupt gameplay and waste time; though there may be some games out there that mix the gameplay in, I've just been yet to find them.
In Sonic Unleashed and Generations the motion blur was made pretty nicely - only ceirtain things cause a blur, like Sonic quick-stepping or Classic Sonic's legs while running fast. That looks nice and does not make me feel sick at all.
a fantastic list for multiplayer it is xp level ups that are the most annoying and single player hint prompts
I'm firmly of the belief that most of the good games are the older ones, and it's a rare thing indeed to find a modern game that can hold a candle to greats like Asteroids, Super Mario Bros, Sonic, Zelda, and of course, Pac Man.
No DLC, no overbearing piracy regs, it's just you vs the mooks or the high score chart. Video, pinball, it's all good in retrogaming, 'nuff said.
That's true. But I had to fiddle with all of the buttons to figure that out. I was wondering why there wasn't an option to disable them entirely. It's kind of like the Codec in the Metal Gear Solid series where I find myself sighing as it comes up and I hold my finger on the triangle button for 30 seconds until it finally goes away. "Snake try and remember some of the basics of CQC"
I can understand games giving you button prompts, because what's more annoying that performing an action thinking you're in the right position and having nothing happen?
Being a PC gamer I'm actually surprised you didn't mention multi-platform game's lacking FOV options in their PC iterations. That can be a pretty big deal.
Also, going back to cutscenes, one thing that really makes ME go WTF is PER-RENDERED cutscenes being used FREQUENTLY in a game...current-gen engines can't be that limited!
About the manuals - I want to add something about Sonic Generations. I noticed that in the USA they got a really shitty 4 pages long manual. And yet, here in Europe (Poland, probably a UK import) I got a pretty decent 22-pages long one! No kidding, it explains Characters, main menu, controls, hud, lives and rings, white space, acts, challenge acts and more!
Atlus still cares about manuals. The manual for Catherine is 23 pages long (per language) and is completely in color.
I agree about that. The numbers in your face thing mostly refers to getting leveled up in games rather than some score you get for the stage. I was playing Battlefield 3 and I found it a little annoying that all of the contributions were being listed. And then they were listed again at the end of a map. So why not just have the latter?
Very good list although I would add mandatory turret sections where you get shot from all sides and cliffhanger endings (aka you better buy our next game if you want the actual ending).
Um.. numbers "if your face" were here for quite a long time - remember hi-scores? Mario? Sonic? Donkey Kong? Pac-man?
Love this video...,everything is well explained, and the video moves fast enough too keep anyone entertained..., kick ass video!
BTW: Welcome back :)
I don't mind dynamic cutscenes, especially compared to regular cutscenes.
Yeah. Video games used to be so awesome back then. There are only a few modern games I know that still sticks to its roots. Two of them I already bought for the PS3 a day ago. Demon's Souls (Hack'n Slash) and Bodycount (Run'n Gun FPS). At least Bodycount is like a fast paced run'n gun type of gameplay. I rarely ADS in that game, there is no need too.
Motion blur doesn't make it more realistic. It just makes it more cinematic as motion blur is a product of the nature of film equipment. Something we don't have to deal with in a completely computer generated environment. That's why I believe every game should have the option to turn it off and I know that motion blur is one of those things I turn off immediately when I do a first time set up and configuration.
It's most unfortunate that console games routinely forget to give the player options like that.
Love Demon's Souls. It was exactly the kind of thing I was looking for. And one of the greatest parts about it is that the community make their own hints and leave them in the game world instead of the developers. My ass still gets kicked constantly by some of the bosses.
I'd argue QTE's are one reason why I liked Heavy Rain, otherwise I'd never have to make split second decisions.
This is funny because I was actually going to put it in the video to demonstrate that they'll put it in a game like Catherine which is mainly comedic but not a super serious Western game. But I'm embarrassed about letting people know I own Catherine (even though it's a pretty funny game)
- online only/always connected DRM
- escort missions
- boss attacks that leave you with 1HP
- boss attacks that are designed to be 1 hit KO
- that point in EVERY RPG where you must "farm" for experience in order to progress. At no point in any single player RPG should anyone have to do this, it takes too much away from the game and turns the game into a chore than something to sit down and have fun with
- repetitive gameplay
- silent protagonist but still somehow interacts with other NPC's
Great choices of remixes! Well thanks to the things happening in the indie (not a good word, but it stuck) scene, hopefully the big boys will get a hint and start making games the "right" way.
Just found your videos, they're pretty good! My only exception for QTE's would be Asura's Wrath, I loved that game.
awesome song choice at the start.love digital devil saga.
I concur. Bonus concurrence, what the hell is happening to all the manuals at used games shops, they are never there in the box. Manual gnomes?
Oh btw, you should really play NecroVision, it's a FPS made by former People Can Fly producers, and to me at least it's more of an actual PainKiller evolution then BulletStorm ever was, for instances, NV has a kill combo system but it's integrated in the gameplay, so the more combos you do the more rage you fill (rage grants you with elemental supernatural passives), while the combos in BS felt very frustrating to me due to being mostly a way to unlock everything the game has to unlock.
i remember playing quake 3 arena and being a noob in front of other players, and after a few months later getting real experience by playing the game a lot and getting really good at the game and memorizing the maps and where the weapons are without dumb XP systems limiting what weapons you are aloud to use because you are low level, and then other players start beating the crap out of you just because you are low level. WTF happened with something called actual skill in games today.
He reviews only some new games, but those ones are actually good.
Of course. If you like WoW you'll love Warcraft 3. It's got all of the same great qualities and will fill you in on some of the story like the Lich King. One of my favorite strategy games.
a pet peeve for me is making nearly every shooting game play just like Call of Duty. If I want to play Call of Duty, I'd play Call of Duty, and no I don't want to play Call of Duty thank you. I haven't had a fresh meal in 10 years.
Tutorials and motion blur can be disabled mostly. Interactive cutscenes are not cutscenes as it doesn't cut anything. Otherwise I agree with all points. My pet peeve is scripted events.
On the XP Systems problem, for certain games it works, Bulletstorm being one of them, Devil May Cry series as well, although for random shooters and shit, it doesn't.
Also it's great to see you back again dude. =)
You can fire your pistol while sprinting in syndicate
I'ts not motion blur what makes you dizzy, it's the really low FoV consoles have, some of them are around 65 when you need something like 90 or more but having a higher FoV requires more graphics power and they have to stick with 65 so they render less stuff, the bad thing goes to pc gamers when we sometimes can't change that value.
Game nowadays have become more casual, "press this" "do that" "go there" and developers think "let's add a shit load of lens flare and bloom" *cough*Halo 4*Cough*
Can you please make a "top ten peeves of classic games"? I would really like it :)
Awesome list I pretty much agree with all of it expect for DRM I think that should've been at the top personally, but hey we'll always have GOG.
Sorry for the multi-comment rant, had to randomly get that out there. Those differences aside, gotta agree with ya on a lot of it. Not all of it, but a lot of it. Keep up the good work dude. :)
i don't u could tell if you were dying with a 'yelp of pain' in the heat of combat...
funny cuz when i played old games even if you are on 10 health you can kill 1 last person before you die. Now when you are on the edge of dying there is F**King blood all over the screen and I can't see a damn thing...
that is a good price for a sparkle pony
The new manuals are something that really bugs me. I used to like to go through manuals and see all the characters and weapons and enemies and artwork to get me excited aboutplaying a game again. What happened?!
Anyone remember a little thing called A HEALTH BAR?!
My opinion is mixed. I tend to look at games as both a form of entertainment and as an artform, so when they try to do the cinematic stuff, I can appreciate it if it's done right. QTE can be VERY hit or miss. I'll accept them in adventure games (Heavy Rain would be really weird without it), but most action games really just tack it on.
I actually don't mind motion blur, sometimes movement looks a little too unnatural without it, which can be kinda weird (at least in single-player games).
Awesome video! Keep up the good work :)
How about cover systems? People talk about cover based games like they are a new genre and a new gameplay system but all they are really just animations in place of pushing a button to duck or strafe in and out of cover.
This is truly a great video, keep up the great work.
Ho the manuals, as a kid I remember when somebody bought me a new shiny game... I kept reading the 200 pages manual on my way home and during the installation proses, getting even more exited to play the game and knowing how to play it... Good times!
Great video man!
I was wondering if you would recommend the Warcraft Battlechest?
I've only played WoW but the series looks pretty interesting and it's extremely cheap over here.
Dear god THERE ARE 2 OF US! The gaming industry is just dying. they only target the casual gamer, which they think, only has an attention spend of 4 seconds before he forgets how to move or press the use key!
Yahtzee once said:
"There are two kinds of games in this world, those that are made manly because the developers thought it would be a lovely thing for everyone to play. And those who the developers thought it would be lovely to add another ballroom to their money palace"
Please review Deus Ex HR. Keep up the good work!
Dynamic cut scenes work in half life and metro 2033 because it's about immersion. Gears of war? Not so much, shut up Marcus, you're not solid snake. Bloody screen doesn't seem to bother me in bf3, maybe because it's not that obtrusive or maybe the game just drums into you that you're terrible at shooting when you're eating bullets. Manuals though...that does upset me, does anyone remember the combat flight sim manual, pretty large book.
You've opened my eyes.
Yes but it will probably be very harsh. I'm sure the gameplay is actually pretty good but as for the story and setting it's not looking very noir. Also why did Max become John McClane?
Great video. This shit is seriously turning me off gaming. I just keep playing the good old classics over and over again.
On a recent post from Kotaku, a blogger stated that video game are dumb and so are the people enjoying them, while he went a bit extreme with his banter can you really blame him, how many times are devs going to continue with these blatantly old and odd practices, do they think that "simplifying" their games makes for a better experience, I certainly think not...
OK thanks for responding
Nice vid.But i just hate how gamers limit them self's to just modern or old school games.Both have pros and cons.So just enjoy both.
thank god manuals are thinner than ever, as they should be removed completely...
they were useless from the jump haha (unless you have some crazy lengthy rpg I understand)
but great list though. agreed with every point
You are very nostalgic and I see why, back ten or twenty years ago it was all about gameplay, making games fun and extremely challenging although I think you need to recognise that in the modern era games have become more about the story they tell rather then the gameplay experience, yes it's a huge aspect and of course some do a fantastic blend of both but most games centre around either A or B, I like your reviews but don't you think that sometimes you nostalgia clouds your judgment?
4:00 hey whats that game shown i'm just curious
Good video.. really important nuisances are listed here..
You SKIP Metal Gear cutscenes?! You better have played the games several times with the cutscenes then!
3:38 what is the name of that game?
I complete agree with you. :(
Dissagree with Pet Peeves #1, #2, #4, #8, #9
Agree with Pet Peeves #3, #5, #6, #7
Mixed on number #10
Hell yeah! platformers are my favorite genre.But developers and modern gamers don't they are "hardcore"or "mature enough" oh well at least nintendo has made some great ones this gen.and a few indie developers on PC.
I love this video...
How about - TOO MANY FUCKING SHOOTERS (and RPGs recently)!
I want more platformers....
What's your PC specs?
God why is youtube so fucking broken.
Anyway, gog does at times get new games that are DRM free such as witcher and Chronicles of Riddick. Which isn't hat new now but it's not that old either.
Many people accept Steam for DRM but I still take issue with it. What if the servers go offline some day.
Meh... I love dynamic cutscenes...
Great video, though.
can you pls review ass effect 2?
one more: god boys who think they're the shit always on their high horse who constantly bash casual gamers just because they don't take it seriously enough, who gives a crap games are supposed to be something to sit down and pass time with, what it shouldn't be though is a professional sport
Also rip awesome art in instruction manuals :(
...But hey it's like preaching for the quire, nobody besides a handful of people want to change, that is why I have given up on supporting the "mainstream" industry a long time now, and decided to invest on more innovative works from independent game developers out there, in the end I think that's the only way for us to get our voices heard.
well do you want to waste millions of trees on a manual that only read once? (if you even reed it) or do you prefer to save millions of trees by putting all that information on the fucking game or online?
think*
GoG dosen't provide new games DRM free. I would love to have a legit DRM free copy of Far CRy 3, Dishonored, Deus EX 3, Bioshock 2 and Infinite, Crysis 3 and many more. It sucks balls.
Some of these peeves aren't really... modern. :P
Metro 2033
All of the games are fine. Quit whinning.
No fucking shit?