Things That Annoy Me In Gaming

 

 Here is a little list I wrote up of things that really annoy me about gaming.

5. Games that claim to be real
Think about this, how often have you played a game and thought “this really does feel like I shot somebody.” I understand games have car physics down and whatnot, but it never replicates “that real feel” they all claim to have. Just stop it already, I play games to escape reality, not find a way to link them together. Sure I get stuck in the experience in times, but my imagination has never tricked me into thinking I was actually a goblin with magic.

4. Stupid sidekicks
This is one thing that can really ruin a story for me, especially in JRPG’s (which I’m at the point now of swearing that genre off, but for other reasons that I’ll write about one day.) the main dude is badass, or super smart, or can fly or some shit, yet his main sidekick is some idiot with acrophobia. The worst is when the sidekick was working with the enemy all along. “Hey sidekick, who you talking with over there?” “Nobody… just my mother.” One more point to make with the sidekick is when he goes on missions with you and they give him a voice. “This direction hero” or something like it uttered over and over again makes me just want to kill him with my entire arsenal. “Don’t point that gun at me hero.”  

3. Recycled minibosses
I’m sure I’ve stated my hatred about recycled minibosses but I want to say I mean within one game. For instance, Batman: Arkham Asylum did this. A ton of games have done this where they have a mini boss that you fight multiple times, and it’s the same each routine each time. Then, you know you are getting close to the end when they throw now one but TWO of them at you making it twice as hard but also twice as annoying.

2. Games that continue when it should have stopped.
This is a weird one to explain so let me just tell a little story:
Hero: “Finally, the bridge is lowered so I can get into the “boss’s” lair and destroy him once and for all. Wait… the gate is locked, what does these three symbols mean?”
Mysterious voice:’” hero, you need to find the three pieces to get through this gate.”
Hero: “I just went through like nine caves to find all the pieces to lower that stupid bridge. Why wouldn’t you just tell me to grab these pieces as well?”
Mysterious voice:………… “I must have forgot”
Hero: “well, are they at least nearby so it won’t take long to get?”
Mysterious voice: “……………………………”
Hero: *sigh

1. Grievers
This is my most frustrating aspect in gaming online games. It’s one of the reasons why I rarely play online games. You hop in a room, and sometimes you luck out and gamers are just talking normal talk. This is the rare scenario; most of the time you get one of three things: gamers yelling racial slurs, gamers stating they make love to your entire family, or they talk about how much you suck when they just met you. No matter how much they pull the ban hammer, these gamers still lurk around and can only have fun if they piss others off. Fuck them.  

What are some things that annoy you in gaming? 
 originally written for 64bitbastard