One of the reasons I steer away from online playing. Getting absolutely crushed by the old guard that have been playing for years. 
What are your gaming pet peeves?
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And SBMM compensates for that. You don't have to face the Old Guard until you're ready.One of the reasons I steer away from online playing. Getting absolutely crushed by the old guard that have been playing for years.
While not correct the quote "if there is no ownership then piracy is not stealing" but yes that's wrong in the current legal framework
What kind of system do we have when you buy something like a console and someone forbids you to mod it or fix it? If only governments could put an end to that kind of thing and have ownership be ownership by law
I am convinced that the FIFA games randomly vary their difficulty, regardless of settings. Even with a great squad, and plenty of experience playing the games, I will find a superb midfielder misplacing a pass just because, which sets up a chance for the opposing side. It grinds my gears!
What I love about Mario Kart games online is also what I sometimes loathe: the chaos. Skill at racing is less important than the items you get at any given time.
What I love about Mario Kart games online is also what I sometimes loathe: the chaos. Skill at racing is less important than the items you get at any given time.
Not really a peeve, but some unrealistic game mechanics.
One moment your character is doing fine, performing the most astonishing acrobatics, even when you've only got 1 HP left, only to be dead the next moment upon receiving a minor pinprick.
One moment your character is doing fine, performing the most astonishing acrobatics, even when you've only got 1 HP left, only to be dead the next moment upon receiving a minor pinprick.
Any game which invokes pay-to-win mechanisms is automatically awful.
Ah, this:
Gameplay and Story Segregation - TV Tropes
This occurs whenever there is inconsistency in how things work or behave between the gameplay and storyline sections of a video game, the latter of which generally consists primarily of cutscenes and dialogue. While this is generally forgivable …
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Showstopper bugs that are still in game months after release. Just encountered one while playing Dreamlight Valley the other night with Aladdin's final quest. None of what the quests needs you to do have ever been this problematic for me. Crafting a market stall and creating a market area like he asks players to do shouldn't be a difficult thing as it's part of the gameplay loop at this point, but for some reason, the game is not recognizing that I've put the some of the items down, therefore I can't complete the quest. So annoying! And if I google to try and find info, it all leads to a different earlier part of the quest that others are having issues with, but not this particular bug.
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Now before you all jump on me why, because not everyone likes the same things.
I hate when you buy a game that is popular and then find later on only after purchase that you yourself don't like it and can't get into it other people tell you it's a you thing and that's your problem because the game is super popular and getting high review scores somehow people not liking it or enjoying it are the problem. I hate that kind of mentality.
Now before you all jump on me why, because not everyone likes the same things.
I hate when you buy a game that is popular and then find later on only after purchase that you yourself don't like it and can't get into it other people tell you it's a you thing and that's your problem because the game is super popular and getting high review scores somehow people not liking it or enjoying it are the problem. I hate that kind of mentality.
Different games for different people. You shouldn't feel pressured into liking something just because something is popular. I've bounced off plenty of popular games, ie I've never felt like the Dragon Age series was to my liking, and I've enjoyed plenty of unpopular games.
Can relate there. Ran into a loop like that in Lufia the Ruins of Lore. Couldn't get past a certain point of the game, no matter what I tried. The game would just freeze.
Yeah, that would definitely be annoying. It sounds like a possible scripting error.
In the case of the bug I encountered, I was annoyed enough to submit a bug report, and at least Gameloft has a bug tracker that anyone can see.
The only other game in recent memory that managed to piss me off so much was Batman: Arkham Knight. I was surprised that even all these years later, a complaint that many still have is the game crashing almost constantly while using the Batmobile. I was playing this on my PS5 just a few months ago and the crashing got so bad as to make the game completely unplayable. You would think the use of SSDs vs hard drives would make the game more reliable, but that isn't the case. And it's not like it was a bad game. I was enjoying it quite a bit, but the technical issues forced me to stop playing.
I think I angered the Nintendo gods. My luck on Mario Kart World stinks these past couple of days, and this even extended to the bowling on Switch Sports. Absolutely nothing I do works out all of a sudden.
I think what annoys me most about modern Mario Kart games is how much luck enters the equation. Your performance relies so much on getting the right item at the right time. I'm not the most skilful when it comes to the fancy jumps and trick boosts, but I am not too bad with actually racing. I dare say time trial is a better test of actual, genuine talent, because it's all about making the best use of shortcuts, boost jumps, the racing line etc. Everything else, especially on Mario Kart World, is about chaos, and about being blessed with fortune when you need it.
I think what annoys me most about modern Mario Kart games is how much luck enters the equation. Your performance relies so much on getting the right item at the right time. I'm not the most skilful when it comes to the fancy jumps and trick boosts, but I am not too bad with actually racing. I dare say time trial is a better test of actual, genuine talent, because it's all about making the best use of shortcuts, boost jumps, the racing line etc. Everything else, especially on Mario Kart World, is about chaos, and about being blessed with fortune when you need it.
Yeah, I know what you mean. I get a little frustrated when racing games become more about luck vs skill, which happens when the games themselves feature powerups and combat of sorts. Because then, not only are you battling against rubberbanding, but aggressive AI that tend to target the player more often than it should. The joys of trying to get momentum after just having been shot, only to be shot again a fraction of a second later. These types of games often have no defense against the attacks.
I doubt we'll ever see it again, but on the original Mario Kart, you could lap the slower AI cars, and I once managed to lap a mate of mine, and lapped the last runner twice! Rubberbanding with the AI is faintly ridiculous, albeit I also faintly understand it.
It's the online mode where it really infuriates me. I have lost of track of how a stray green shell has completely derailed me, or when I get squashed, then hit by a shell, and then knocked off the course.
