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Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: Animeboye on July 17, 2010, 08:38:49 PM
We all have our favorite video games. We all have games that we enjoy playing just a little bit more than others. And while these games may be super awesome, they're not perfect. There are bound to be things in our favorite games that annoy us.

BULLY

. One thing that annoys me is how easy most of the missions are. I've almost beaten the game(currently on the last chapter) and I've only struggled with maybe three missions. It's nice not having to struggle and get stressed out doing a mission but still I'd like some form of a challenge. Even the so called "hardest mission" in this game was pretty easy.

. Whenever you're on the turf of an opposing clique, they'll attack you even if you haven't done anything to them. Yesterday as I was playing Bully, I was trying to run an errand for someone and three Townies kept attacking me for no reason. Thanks to them I was knocked out and failed the errand. I tried to do the errand like three more times and kept getting knocked out. Eventually this made me so mad that I chucked my controller across the room, which also knocked my PS2 off my dresser. So now my PS2 is probably broke  :bang  Thanks Townies, thanks a bunch.


GTA SAN ANDREAS

. When you pass by an army base, you obtain an instant five star wanted level. The hell? I haven't walked into the base, I'm just walking pass it and soon enough, you have army guys trying to turn you into swiss cheese. Had the same thing happen to me in Vice City.


SUPER MARIO 64 DS

. Rainbow Ride. Just...Rainbow Ride. In the original Mario 64, I didn't have too difficult a time with this level. But in Mario DS, this level was a nightmare. Most of the time, when I died it was thanks to the stupid Dpad. Even the touch screen wasn't too effective. Eventually I just gave up after having obtained only one star from this level.

MARIO KART 64

. The A.I cheats. Get too far ahead of them, and five seconds later, you'll see one right behind you even if you were more than half the course ahead of them.

. There's nothing to unlock.
Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: Belmont2500 on July 17, 2010, 08:50:02 PM
DRIVER(ps1):

The Cops-While most of us agree that most of Driver's fun factor was its awesome police chases sometimes the cops' A.I. goes way too far proving that the police are not only going to arrest you,they also want you dead.

The First Mission-Imagine a training mission where you have to preform a mulitude of complicated tasks in only so much time, that's basicilly the first mission in story mode.
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Post by: Adder on July 18, 2010, 12:59:50 PM
In the Video Game of Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Only thing I hate about the game is that you can only play as Scratte twice and that's it.

Hopefully in the videogame of Ice Age: Continental Drift, you can play as her as a main character or the supporting character.
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Post by: brekclub85 on July 18, 2010, 01:25:31 PM
Final Fantasies 7-9: Hiding places for sidequests at the edge of the world maps, with none of the games giving you reasons to believe there's anything there.

Mario Kart Wii: the rubber band AI, and without a guide, there's no way to guess you can unlock things by merely doing time trial as well.

Wii Sports Resort: Like you'll figure how to get the Secret Strike Method in 100-pin bowling without a guide.

Ed, Edd, N Eddy The Mis-Edventures: Lack of dialogue from the other Cul-De-Sac kids.

Mario Kart DS: Poor choices for the retro tracks (Though I may forgive this one because the DS's graphics may have not allowed the more complex Double Dash and MK64 tracks.)
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Post by: pokeplayer984 on July 18, 2010, 04:38:03 PM
Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Bowser is too easy in this game.  He gets all this power to become super strong, only to be beaten by the exact same tactic 3 times.  Even the twist at the end didn't deter me and he was still easy to beat.  Such a disappointment.

Mass Effect (Both 1 & 2) - The fact that you can't make certain choices unless you have enough points.  Even more so in ME2, where you can't keep your loyalty to a number of your comrades unless you have the required points, which may take FOREVER to get and by then, it's possibly too late to apologize and make things right.

I also have to agree with the AI cheating in the Mario Kart games.  Even in Wii.  How else do you explain Red Shell, Blue Shell and Thunderbolt, in that order, and in perfect sync?
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Post by: brekclub85 on July 18, 2010, 05:35:59 PM
The cheating AI in wii wouldn't bother me so much if it weren't for the fact you have no temporary invincibility flicker after every time you're hit!  :anger
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Post by: Serris on July 18, 2010, 09:58:08 PM
PokÈmon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time - Stupid f---ing escort missions! The "escortee's" AI is suicidally aggressive and all the enemies want them dead, not to mention they are always level 1 so they die easily.

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Post by: MrDrake on July 18, 2010, 10:02:05 PM
Lego Harry Potter Years 1 - 4:  I was playing one of the bonus levels in Gringotts banks for a gold brick and it was me as a Death Eater and the AI as Ron.  Anyway, one part on the level, I had placed a piece down, enough to be able to jump across the gap, went all the way over to where I needed to be, but needed the AI's help for one of those two people standing on a button thing.  Turns out the bridge wasn't good enough for the AI to jump across, so I had to go all the way back and add more to the bridge before he would become satisfied and jump across the gap.....and yet, the AI can still be suicidal at other times <_<
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Post by: Nick22 on July 18, 2010, 10:03:35 PM
long load times on ratchet games...
Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: MrDrake on July 19, 2010, 02:13:25 AM
Then obviously, you have not played ModNation Racers and had to sit through their tedious loading screens for...well....everything.
Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: Kor on July 19, 2010, 12:59:59 PM
Morrowind: Having to fly so much in Morrowind and there are to many mountain areas around.  And what they call running speed is the speed I slow walk in rl when tired.  Their walking speed is the speed I can move when I lay down on the floor and just use my elbows to move my body.  

Might and Magic 6-8 (Doubt anyone has heard of these games): having to buy food when for some reason folks in the party with alchemy can make all sorts of potions, but have no idea of what plants are eatable, nor do Druids.  And mages and druids who have attack spells that never miss can't hunt for food, both are pretty stupid. With all those things together a party could feed themselves in the wild easily between having attack spells that never miss, and alchemists who should know about eatable plants, druids should as well.  Pretty stupid I think.
Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: WeirdRaptor on July 19, 2010, 04:48:28 PM
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: The necessity to plug in two-four Bameboy Advances just to multiplayer? Why?! I own four Gamecube controllers, that should do the trick. I also hate having the moogle 'get tired' in of carrying the bucket. Especially in the middle of boss fights.

Final Fantasy X: Blitzball, that is all.

Kingdom Hearts: the levels never really capture the charm of the films and characters they portray. That always bugged me.

Super Mario 64: Rainbow Ride  :wacko . So unnecessarily difficult, annoying, tedious, monotonous, repetitive, and maddening that I almost couldn't get all 120 stars of the original. I also don't like a Mario game not having Luigi as a second character to play.

Luigi's Mansion: Luigi being a coward. That is all.

Final Fantasy VII: 32-Bit graphics. As opposed to Super Mario 64's 64-bits. It came out a year later and Sony and Square didn't even try to match Nintendo.

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island: Crying baby Mario. Enough said.

Duck Hunt: take a guess.

Resident Evil 4: POV too limited. Would have much preferred if the camera angles were wider, like Eternal Darkness.

Resident Evil 5: too much the same as RE4. Oh, and Spider-Jill.

Any Metroid game: skin-tight jumpsuit or bikini clad Samus. Seriously, Nintendo?

Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria: Silmeria.

ObsCure: too limited on health items and too much potential for getting the crap beaten out of you.

New Super Mario Bros for the DS: Baby Bowser. Flat, uninteresting character. I'm so glad they brought the Kooplings back.
Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: Animeboye on July 19, 2010, 09:07:40 PM
Quote from: WeirdRaptor,Jul 19 2010 on  03:48 PM
Luigi's Mansion: Luigi being a coward. That is all.

 
And apparently Nintendo thinks that keeping Luigi as a man who's terrified of his own shadow is a brilliant move.
Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: DarkHououmon on July 19, 2010, 10:03:48 PM
I'm not even sure why Nintendo wants to paint Luigi as a coward. If he was, would he have joined his brother on a quest to rescue Princess Peach in games like Super Mario Brothers and Super Mario World?
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Post by: Animeboye on July 19, 2010, 10:42:12 PM
^Or have been so eager to join Mario's party in Paper Mario?
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Post by: WeirdRaptor on July 20, 2010, 03:07:13 AM
All I know is that Miyamoto has never been very fond of Mario's bro and has gone out of his way not to include him. Good thing us fans have every bit as much fondness for green as we do red.
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Post by: Kor on July 20, 2010, 08:41:16 AM
Sounds like he is prejudiced against him for some reason.
Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: Animeboye on July 20, 2010, 01:12:35 PM
Prejudiced against little brothers, perhaps :shrug: ?
Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: WeirdRaptor on July 20, 2010, 07:04:52 PM
Well, Luigi did just start out as a color change-out of Mario for his first appearances to give players a two player mode and then he later developed his own identity. I don't think Miyamoto is outright prejudiced against him so much as he just doesn't care about Luigi and would rather focus on Mario. Its been made abundantly clear that without fan demand for him, that Luigi would have vanished a long time ago, though.
Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: Nick22 on July 20, 2010, 11:10:38 PM
Yes Drake the Modnation loading times are long, but at least the commentary is funny..
Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: Nintendoofah64 on July 22, 2010, 06:03:12 PM
Banjo-Tooie -Framerate issues especially in Terrydactyland and Hailfire peaks.

Mariokart wii -Cheap rubber band AI, battle mode forces you into teams and the balloon battle isn't a last man standing game anymore.

Mario party series -Any of the sheer blind luck based mini-games.

Donkey kong 64 -Unwarranted difficulty at some points of the game.
Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: Vek on July 22, 2010, 09:01:32 PM
On my N64, not much :

Mario Kart 64 - Yoshi Valley, the most frustrating map ever created.
Donkey Kong 64 - Almost all the mini-game, specialy the 2 for the nintendo and Rare coin. I hate the level: Gloomy Galleon too.
Banjo-Tooie - Lag in open areas.
Banjo-Kazooie - Engine room inside Rusty Bucket Bay. I fall at least 1 time each time i go in it. Its the most frustrating map ever created.

On PC :

Empire : Total War - Corrupted save that prevent you to continue your game.
Aliens vs. Predator (2010) - Can't crouch.
Rome : Total War - Constant Rebellion when you have a large empire.
Medieval 2 : Total War - The Pope and all the system around him.
Rise of Nations - The nuke / armageddon.
Crysis / Crysis Warhead - The french voice of the nanosuit is atrocious. I looked some videos on youtube and the english one is so much better.
Warhammer 40.000 Dawn of War 2 - There is no Necrons... yet.
Guild Wars - Henchmen are totaly retarded, mostly monk.
Napoleon : Total War - In Campaign of the Coalition, the Frenchs are cheating. If i do nothing, all the other nations will inevitably be defeated. Even if i give them all my gold and technology.

Oh and...

LBT RPG - Cera have red eyes.
Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: StarfallRaptor on July 28, 2010, 03:48:29 AM
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire:
-The absolute INSANE damage gap between some enemies and you.  Example:  Enemies can usually 1-hit a body part off your mobile suit with ANY gun.  It takes the heavy weapons for you to do the same.
Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: landbeforetimelover on July 28, 2010, 03:54:26 AM
Fable and Fable TLC were just too damned short.  I can beat the whole thing and level up fully on every skill in under 6 hours in TLC.  I can do it in 4 in the regular version.

It's a good thing I didn't get TLC just because it was an "extended" version of Fable.  There was hardly any new content at all!  I would have been PISSED had I bought it in addition to Fable thinking that it would be a lot more fun and gameplay.  Fortunately for them, my original Fable disk got scratched so I decided to buy TLC afterwards.

I don't understand why they didn't listen to the complaints by the players.  The #1 complaint was that it was too short, so what do they do in the "extended" version?  Just add 2 extra hours onto a 4 hour game. :rolleyes: When you pay $50 for a game, you expect more than 4-6 hours of entertainment. :anger
Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: Campion1 on July 28, 2010, 11:48:32 AM
Doom 1/2: I never liked that you couldn't look up or down. Source ports fix that.

Diablo 2: Attack rating.

Doom 3: Its underrated.

Final Fantasy X/Metal Gear Solid 2: The main character offends me. Oh wait no, I didn't like these games. Nevermind.

Half Life 2: Barney. BARNEY... BARNEY!!!

Unreal Tournament: Sometimes I feel I've lost my skill. Also, suicides count against you.

Nfl2k3: The presentation can get in the way of the game.

Another world: It's too short.
Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: Animeboye on July 29, 2010, 01:24:57 AM
BULLY (again)

. I hate the Shop class and the art class. In art, you have to draw a series of lines which, if you "sketch" 80% of, will reveal a picture. I've beaten three of the art classes but the fourth is absolutely maddening! When you're drawing a line, if an eraser or something else comes into contact with said line, you lose a life. Not only if it comes into contact with you, but if it comes into contact with the line you've drawn. Then you have to start over! And Shop Class I hate because it would keep telling me that I'm putting in the wrong commands. If I rotate the left analog stick(I have it for PS2) clockwise, then it says I'm doing it right. But if I try to rotate it counterclockwise, it says I'm doing it wrong, when I'm very clearly rotating it the EXACT way it says to rotate it!


ETERNAL SONATA

. Very poorly told story! Nothing is ever explained, for instance, the main character is dying. From what, you ask? Well don't ask me because I don't know either, and I've beaten the game. Also, the game claims to be about 17th century pianist Frederic Chopin when he's not even the main character. Sure you get to play as him but his character is so vapid and uninteresting that after awhile, you just don't care anymore.

. And that's the second problem: these were some of the dullest, boring and most one dimensional characters I've ever seen in an RPG. They were so boring it was mind numbing(not even kidding). The conversations between the characters was about the same as staring at a wall for two hours. I also love how the developers tried to make the characters seem deep by having them spout off philosophical nonsense during the credits.

. The cutscenes. Oh, my God the cutscenes!! So boring!! I swear that every cutscene is the same length as the ending to any RPG. Also, this game is infamous for having the world's longest death scene. Go ahead and see for yourself http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTOI4Pps0PE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTOI4Pps0PE)  
To sum up this scene, let's just say that when you start screaming for a main protagonist to die already, then something's wrong.

So what did I like about this game? The character designs and the battle system. That's really it. This game was a boring, seriously bland piece of tripe. It's not a completely horrible game but it is nowhere near as good as Kingdom Hearts or Tales of Symphonia. There are more things I can't stand about this game but if I listed them all, this would have turned into a review(it just about has).
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Post by: Belmont2500 on August 05, 2010, 12:59:18 PM
LBT RPG-Whats with Littlefoot's eyes?

Castlevania:Symphony Of The Night-The Rock Armor and Blue Venus Weed  enemies, shall I say more?

Ecco The Dolphin:Tides Of Time- the 3D segments, enough said.

Castlevania(all)- Medusa Heads and Fleamen, enough said.

Soul Calibur IV-Why the short story mode?

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance- The laws.

Assassin's Creed II-You can't ride horses in cities, shall I say more.
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Post by: babidikrakenguard on August 05, 2010, 02:21:43 PM
Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
Evil Mode.. I was all hyped up when i heard that they would give the option to play as the villains.. Unfortunately, they never said that it would only be in the battles..

Spore
I cant get the disk to work!! :(

Morrowind
Same reason as Kor. I also dont like it when you're trying to whack the enemies attacking you and doing no points of damage while the bandits are just eating away at your health! Game gives me nightmares sometimes and that is one of the reasons.. (Plus trying to run away and your low on health)

Cant really think of any others at the moment.
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Post by: LBTFan13 on August 05, 2010, 08:48:31 PM
Soul Calibur IV

1. The story mode was way too short.

2. There is some missing equipment from the third game.

3. Yoda............. :bang

Any Shooting Game

1. Camping noobs online who think they have skill

Any Fighting Game

1. Spamming noobs online who think they have skill
Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: MrDrake on August 09, 2010, 01:41:41 AM
Resident Evil 5

1. The AI taking ammo when you have infinite ammo for the weapon Sheva has on her at the time.  For example, a handgun with infinite ammo....she still wishes to pick up ammo for the handgun for no apparant reason at all.  Reason why that sucks....cause if she has ammo, there would be no room for herbs and first aid spray in the end, which you need on Professional Mode.

2. The Ndesu boss battle....nuff said >.<
Okay, let me put into perspective, throughout the entire boss battle, you are on the back of the truck, on the turret of the vehicle trying to gun it down, unable to leave the truck for some stupid reason....which is just insane on Professional Mode....getting many, many deaths against the giant bastard.
Why on Earth, when it reveals the plagas to you, you just can't jump off the back of the damn truck and fire a rocket at it to kill it, is beyond my comprehension....
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Post by: Serris on August 09, 2010, 11:11:47 AM
Scribblenauts - the bizarre controls. Touching the screen moves Maxwell AND causes him to interact with stuff. It is possible to ram a platform down a bottomless pit and fall into the pit afterwards.

Total Annihilation - the "default AI" is hilariously easy.
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Post by: JitteryDragon on August 09, 2010, 11:49:52 PM
Total Annihilation - Multiplayer matches are some of the greatest RTS moments I've ever experienced especially when modded to allow epic 5000 unit battles (you really cant have it any other way), but good lord does it take time. It can be over in less then 10 minutes with a well planned rush, or about 9 hours if you set up a proper defence. The worst problem is when the game crashes about halfway through said 9 hour match. Much screaming ensues.

Also, it never got a proper sequel. Supreme Commander sucks, and so does SC 2. TA Spring is great, but still has issues with multiplayer.

Guitar Hero - Expert is waaaaaay too hard. My friends and me do not feel like Guitar Heroes(tm) when we keep failing the first 5 seconds. I can't even move my bloody fingers that fast!

Aaaaand then Vocals on Expert is too easy. :bang
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Post by: Spartanguy88 on August 10, 2010, 12:31:03 PM
Crackdown 2 That stupid announcer guy talking into your ear every ten seconds.
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Post by: LBTFan13 on August 10, 2010, 11:27:15 PM
Quote from: JitteryDragon,Aug 9 2010 on  10:49 PM
Guitar Hero - Expert is waaaaaay too hard. My friends and me do not feel like Guitar Heroes(tm) when we keep failing the first 5 seconds. I can't even move my bloody fingers that fast!
 
The problem I have with Guitar Hero is that the songs are usually charted with more notes than the song really has. Now this may depend on the guitar part that is being charted, but I've played songs on both Guitar Hero and Rock Band and I usually find Rock Band charts more realistically and therefore easier.
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Post by: babidikrakenguard on August 11, 2010, 12:00:45 AM
Oblivion: The Lag! :p

Sorry, short post.. :(
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Post by: DarkHououmon on August 11, 2010, 12:05:34 AM
One thing I dislike about shooter games in general (like Halo) is people who call other people n00bs simply because of what strategy they employ. Camping is a good example of a good strategy that seems to be frowned upon. While I can see where it can be annoying, especially if you are on the receiving end, I still regard it as a good strategy which I tend to employ when I can. I like to remain hidden. Of course, camping can get boring when you're waiting for someone, and it would get even more boring if everyone in a match decided to camp.  :p
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Post by: 2007excalibur2007 on August 11, 2010, 12:05:45 AM
Quote from: JitteryDragon,Aug 10 2010 on  10:49 AM
Guitar Hero - Expert is waaaaaay too hard. My friends and me do not feel like Guitar Heroes(tm) when we keep failing the first 5 seconds. I can't even move my bloody fingers that fast!
You know what they say: Practice makes perfect. :p

It's not really their fault if the charts are "too hard". :nyah :nyah :lol
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Post by: Blitz on August 11, 2010, 12:56:07 AM
Super Smash Bros. Brawl - It may be an awesome game, but its online play can be a bit on the "laggy" side. You can also sometimes get disconnected from it.
Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: Animeboye on January 05, 2011, 04:06:36 AM
While I have liked the game so far, there's one thing I really don't like about Red Dead Redemption: The fact that you have to actually make clothes in the game. I wouldn't have too much of a problem with it, but it's so hard to do it. On top of that, most, if not all of the tasks you need to complete in order to unlock the clothes seem rather pointless(What does playing a game of horseshoes have to do with making a coat for John Marston?

Speaking of horseshoes, that's another thing about the game I can't stand. Why did Rockstar have to turn what is such a simple and easy game in real life into an agonizing, hair ripping, controller breaking nightmare? The controls for the horseshoe minigame are terrible. I never know when my throw will be good enough and whenever I think it is, I end up messing it up.
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Post by: DarkHououmon on January 05, 2011, 10:13:43 AM
Metroid Other M: I am enjoying this game a lot, even though I only get to play in short bursts. But there's some things about it I don't like, mostly referring to gameplay. The dramatic cutscenes focusing on Samus don't bother me that much; I just wish they were a tad shorter at times and Samus didn't narrate as much. But again it doesn't really bother me that much. Now what does bother me is the gameplay aspect itself.

First, I'm not fond of the search mode. I don't like being locked in place and having to look around for something without any clue on what I'm supposed to be looking at. And another annoying thing is that what you're supposed to be locked on isn't immediately noticed. You have to move the wiimote slowly, steadily, over every inch of the screen, up and down, until you find what you're supposed to be focused on. It would have been easier if the developers gave a more noticeable hint on what you're supposed to be looking at. I end up trapped in search mode for longer than I should be because of this.

Second, platform jumping is a lot harder in Other M than it had been in previous games. There's two reasons for this. The first is that you cannot move the camera yourself while in third person. So if you're running towards the screen, you cannot see what's in front of you unless you switch to first person momentarily to take a look. This also means that, when in a more open area and having to jump from one platform to the other, you cannot adjust the screen so you can more easily see where you are facing in relation to the next platform. This makes it more difficult to know if you are positioned right until after you try to jump only to fall down. Also, when running towards the screen, jumping to dodge, it's more difficult to see where you're going to land. I fell in the lava about three times while fighting a boss (dunno the name, but it's the one you have to fish out with the grapple beam).

Another thing that makes this harder is the invisible walls around ledges. This actually slows Samus down. Without a running start, it makes it harder to reach platforms. I've constantly failed reaching a platform twice in the game, constantly falling back down, having to start over. I even had to restart the game once and start again from another save point because of this. And the second time it happened, I was about ready to give up because of how hard it was to platform jump in third person view in this game. I have platform jumped before in third person, like in Spyro, and never had a problem. But in Metroid Other M, they made platform jumping difficult for me.

Oh and while I'm at it, the view also makes it difficult for me to tell if I'm in the right position for something. For instance, I can't tell if I'm in the right position to wall jump on that spinning thing that you sometimes have to wall jump on. I keep falling down, having to try again and again. There's another part where lava is rising and you must outrun it and there's a ledge that you can just barely see in side view. You have to grab onto that, but you must be in the exact right position for that. Same thing with another opening, just above lava, that you must grab onto, and again you must be in the exact right position for it, otherwise you just fall down into the lava.

The only other complains I have about the game don't bother me as much though they are still annoying. The first one is how you can only replenish health at a navi station or with a new energy tank. I liked it better when you could get more health when killing enemies. The reason this annoys me is that, sometimes I could be fighting a lot of enemies, getting drained, going where I need to go, and end up fighting a boss without getting to a navi station first (this happened once) and not having enough energy to fight the boss. The other thing that bothers me is the lava. When Samus falls in, not only does she move slow, but there is a significant delay to where she jumps out, increasing the damage she gets. I've died a few times in the lava because of how slowly she moves and reacts.

Despite these complaints, though, I do enjoy Metroid Other M. There are some aspects about it I am enjoying, such as Samus's character becoming even more fleshed out and developed than it had been in previous installments. And I love the Concentration ability.
Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: Truttle on January 05, 2011, 11:33:39 AM
Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. I've been playing this game as I recently obtained it.  And what I dislike about it is that there's way too much story development and dialogue or character interaction than there is game battles. I'm 1/3rd into the game and all I've done is run around cities checking things and talking to people or fixing their problems than fighting enemies or bosses. Nothing like the previous games. I feel that they tried simplifying this game for the casual gamers which is a trend that's spreading way too much. Ruining the good challenging games we used to love.
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Post by: LBTFan13 on January 05, 2011, 05:09:31 PM
Quote from: Truttle,Jan 5 2011 on  10:33 AM
Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. I've been playing this game as I recently obtained it.  And what I dislike about it is that there's way too much story development and dialogue or character interaction than there is game battles. I'm 1/3rd into the game and all I've done is run around cities checking things and talking to people or fixing their problems than fighting enemies or bosses. Nothing like the previous games. I feel that they tried simplifying this game for the casual gamers which is a trend that's spreading way too much. Ruining the good challenging games we used to love.
I have to respectfully disagree with your opinion about Dark Dawn. Dialogue and story development have always dominated over actual fighting and battles in the previous games. I think the only reason why people are being so hard on it now is because most RPG's have started to put more depth and detail into the dialogue and story, the biggest and probably best example being Mass Effect. This game is meant to serve as a look back to what RPG's used to be like in terms of the combat and overall structure, in which I think it succeeds greatly at. Sure, the talking can get annoying at some points, but I don't really mind it that much.


Halo Reach

I know t'bagging has been around forever, and I don't really care if the opposing team is winning. It's when the opposing team is losing that t'bagging gets on my nerves. I mean yes it's not a big deal and only serves as a minor annoyance, and I know people do it just to be d****, but still it can be very annoying some times.

Mass Effect 2

This may be a spoiler for those who haven't played the first game. In the second game, you get to use Garrus again, which I was very happy about. However, I was highly disappointed that you could not use Wrex, as he was my favorite character from the first game. If the story makes a deal about whether or not Wrex dies, you would think you could use him in the second game.
Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: oogaboo on January 05, 2011, 05:28:11 PM
Super Smash Bros Brawl; Lagging wifi battles and disc is unable to be read issues come up too easily.


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Halo Reach

I know t'bagging has been around forever, and I don't really care if the opposing team is winning. It's when the opposing team is losing that t'bagging gets on my nerves. I mean yes it's not a big deal and only serves as a minor annoyance, and I know people do it just to be d****, but still it can be very annoying some times.
:exactly

Sonic Colors; co-op play is a bit weak.

Dead Rising 2; It is just too similar to the first and it feels like nothing new was added.

Donkey kong country Returns; Don't play with your younger siblings or both of you will get killed.

Call Of Duty wii; connectivity issues.
Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: Truttle on January 05, 2011, 08:08:20 PM
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Super Smash Bros Brawl; Lagging wifi battles and disc is unable to be read issues come up too easily.

There is something I have to add about Smash Bros Brawl. Tell me if any of you have noticed this when you attempt to play online against other people. But I have entered many matches and it seems like all the other four players know each other and won't lift a finger against them, but instead they all team up on you. How is this possible? Do they Lan 3 Wii's together? Do they randomly keep playing until they meet someone they recognize with some sort of secret code dance or something?! What kind of cheap thrill is this?! 3 against 1! That's not fair and it's just not fun! :anger
Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: F-14 Ace on May 16, 2016, 12:47:59 AM
The modern day segments in the newer Assassin's Creed games.  Let's face it.  The modern day story has gone absolutely nowhere since Assassin's Creed 3, and I wish Ubisoft would just get rid of it altogether.  It adds nothing important to games, and nothing kills the immersion worse than suddenly being sucked out of whatever adventure you were having alongside Blackbeard in the 18th century Caribbean and being made to do boring, mundane crap like running around an office hacking servers and computer terminals.
Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: Littlefoot fan 1990 on April 03, 2017, 11:30:10 PM
Sonic the Hedgehog 2

I do enjoy this game; but there is a flaw in it. If you lose all your lives in the act you're currently playing and have to use a continue, it takes you back to the beginning of the act; which always annoyed me.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Underwater sections in levels; Sonic doesn't move fast under water; which makes him an easier target for enemies. Another thing is the level select code; I never understood why there couldn't be a sound test menu at the load up screen without having to use the level select code. (Argh!) And yet, there's a menu for multiplayer mode; then again, it's technically a two player game.

Simpsons Hit & Run

This game is okay; except that EVERY mission is timed (Argh!)

Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: Sneak on April 04, 2017, 03:10:58 AM
Half of possible games:

I dislike... easy puzzles and boss fights in the most of them.
Why it happens? Because I don't know what happened to people and why they forgot about what challenge is and reason why games give you that challenge. It appears people don't want to waste a time on the game more than 1 day. And developers surrender, take scissors, and cut a challenge from a game, even without leaving normal hard mode or something.
Title: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: F-14 Ace on April 04, 2017, 10:36:16 AM
The fact that all the recent DLC for Grand Theft Auto 5 has been exclusive to GTA Online, and that GTA Online gets all the best stuff while Rockstar basically flips a big fat middle finger to people who prefer single player.

The way the animals in Red Dead Redemption behave could have been done better.  Predatory animals like bears, wolves, and cougars are ALWAYS hungry and ALWAYS attack in groups.  It takes the challenge out of hunting and sorta ruins the experience when you can't explore the wilderness because you're literally constantly being chased by an army of carnivores that respawn as fast as you kill them.  Let's hope RDD2 fixes this issue.  I could understand predators being randomly aggressive toward the player but it doesn't need to happen with literally every one you come across.
Title: Re: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: HotelValleyfornia on April 30, 2022, 10:12:32 PM
Ratchet and Clank (original): That segment in Rilgar where you open up a sewer lock and have to escape super-fast rising water before drowning...nightmares! :rhett_ohno

Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled: You can fire off your shield by hitting the powerup button a second time. This has gotten me hit by WAY too many warp orbs due to muscle memory :neutral

Nintendogs: Pik the sheltie is the absolute worst :ceramad

Sonic Heroes: Two words: giant alligator :doofahCringe
Title: Re: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: chomper94 on May 01, 2022, 02:40:15 PM
The thing I dislike the most about Wii Sports Resort is the controls going literally out of control sometimes.

I know Nintendo created an accessory for the Wii, just so they can create a game with an more accurate gyroscope, but it tends to be inaccurate so much, it makes me appreciate the original Wii Sports better.
Title: Re: Things You Dislike About Video Games You Enjoy
Post by: fried-longneck on May 02, 2022, 02:04:42 AM
Epic mickey: no free roam after completing the game

Poppy playtime: so many contoversies surrounding it