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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The tutorial explains things that are exactly the same as every game ever (like moving around, moving the camera, etc) but does not explain or even mention the mechanics that are unique to this game that not even someone who is an expert in every game ever would think about. Then tell the player to do a thing you didn't explain at all how to do.

I swear to fuck, this is the standard for a lot of games these days. I really shouldn't have to look up a guide or wiki to get the fuck out of the tutorial area.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 7 points 6 days ago

Oblivion's leveling system lol. Make it both possible to level yourself too much AND not enough! Then make every enemy in the game scale. Make a skill level up as you move and another level up as you jump!

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Have to make permanent choices early on. Get poor, half-assed introduction into lore that is way overcomplicated.

Just like real life.

[–] dagerdev@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There's a skip button in every cinematic but it does nothing.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

They run a click-powered miner under the hood, transforming your anger into ad clicks.

Choices once made (purchasing armor) cannot be undone later. Buy a half-assed weapon in round 1, fill that slot forever and never be able to throw it away later.

[–] blarth@thelemmy.club 4 points 6 days ago

As someone who hates souls games, make sure there are undodgeable attacks by enemies. Example, you’re walking past a wall and something attacks and kills you from behind. Also, make sure there are huge bosses with ambiguous hit boxes and indeterminable strike locations so dodging is weird and dumb.

[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

Mind you, Monster Hunter World forces every player of a hunting squad to view an unskippable story mission cutscene in their own hosted instance before being able to join another player's session of the same mission.

Lots of watching the cutscene in a solo hunt, abandoning the mission, then joining on a friend.

Game is not open-source.

Does not run fluently on a modern computer in 2024.

Requires internet connectivity even though single-player.

Enemies get way harder as you progress through the game and upgrade your weapons, making all these upgrades essentially useless.

Earned levels increase your character's size permanently. As your character grows, it can no longer sneak into small tunnels to catch precious loot.

You have to spend your earned money after every round. You cannot save it to learn what skills you actually need and then bulk-buy later.

When you die you have to re-start from the beginning. From the very beginning.

[–] anupwardtrend@lemmy.world -4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Please stop trying to normalize the stupid QAnon frog.

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Fuck that. Those losers don't get Pepe!

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 140 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

Binary morality system where you can only choose between being a normal person or a mass murdering psychopath. Then your decision has no consequences.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Or just all bad choices.

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 87 points 1 week ago (14 children)

Dialogue system that gives you 3+ options which change literally nothing

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 109 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Although it has a PC version nothing can be configured.

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[–] SelfProgrammed 89 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Menus use a virtual mouse cursor even though you're playing with a controller.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 61 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Don't forget you have to hold the button for 5 seconds while an animated circle fills to ensure you are clicking on the button you want to click on.

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[–] esc27@lemmy.world 69 points 1 week ago (11 children)

Every single shelf, cupboard, sack, discolored patch of dirt, hollow tree, etc. Is lootable. 99.9% of the loot is useless. The remaining 0.1% is key to solving several quests and/or the best stuff in the game.

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[–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 60 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Gameplay heavily based on dodging and careful movement, but you can only dodge by double tapping movement keys or the stick

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wow, my controller just broke on it's own. It was right there on my desk, and then I read your comment, and it snapped itself in half.

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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Pointless inventory management and crafting.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 41 points 1 week ago (2 children)

inventory expansion slots only available for ~~purchase~~ rent with real money.

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[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 55 points 1 week ago (21 children)
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[–] Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 54 points 1 week ago (2 children)
  • DLCs out-the-ass Paradox-style.
  • Escort quests/missions where the NPCs move at a speed between the player's walk speed and run speed.
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[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 51 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why are they starting with "starting the game"?

They forgot to start with a kernel-level anticheat and a pointless, slow to load "need an account, always online" launcher.

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[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (10 children)

Equipment can be upgraded, but only through an enormous amount of tedious grind for tiny incremental improvements.

By halfway through the upgrade tree, all the equipment is overpowered and will make any boss fight trivial, including the final boss of the game. All additional upgrades are meaningless.

You don't get to see the real ending unless you fully upgrade all the equipment.

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