what annoys you in games?

[Tobi/Chaos]

Like in title, I'm asking just cuz I'm curious.

As for my example i played Scarlet Maiden -> https://f95zone.to/threads/scarlet-maiden-v1-1-1-otterside-games.146209/
I rly liked that game but today i just Alt + F4 it and simply Shift Deleted that game from my disc...

My problem with that game?...
Controls... Arrows for moving is my first red flag, usualy when game is not using WASD im not interested in playing game,
but Scarlet Maiden was good game, is good game, but X for Jump, C to attack V to Magic and idk B to dash?...

Who the fuck made game only for controller and put this game for PC... and i don't have controller ( and i dont want to )
and there is no way to change key binds in this game... You are just forced to play this game with braindead controlls...


second thing that annoys me in games are these tiny tiny windows that they use... i don't know what some authors were thinking making their games...
Like these WolfRPG games and RPG Maker games that are running in 400x320px and there is no way to change it even if You use external program
to resize game window because game basicly resize window back to 400x320 as soon as u click window...

Like what were they thinking?... its basicly unplayable with window like that...
Get 1920 x 1080 screen... play game with 400x320 px... the fuck... ( but i did played some games in windows like that xD but it was pain xD )


Games that are not actually games... I started to avoid VN as many of these are just dialogue clicker with pictures
Like no matter what dialogue option You pick it only slightly change next 3/4 dialogue lines and nothing more

I don't want to play games where all my decisions are pointless and i can't decide / change story.

Games are games because You make decisions and You take consuequences of Your decisions...
How can something be called game if it don't give You option to decide what to do?...


Well... these are things that annoys me in games :x...
I'm also curious if You have some things that makes You mad / rage quit / leave game for its bad design?

 

[Thicc Lord]

Honestly? Too much text.
I’m playing a NSFW game, not The Last of Us.

Don’t get me wrong, the plot is important but it’s finding a balance between story driven plots and walls and walls of text.

I’m not going to single out Devs, but some really need to tone down how much text is in their game.

Other than that, it’s when there’s “big tits” tag and it refers to one model with a D cup who you have no sexual interaction with… fucking hell.

 

[Thicc Lord]

Games are games because You make decisions and You take consuequences of Your decisions...
How can something be called game if it don't give You option to decide what to do?...

Also, I really disagree with this. For years, games had no real impact with decisions and I disagree that this makes a game.
However I do understand the frustration, if you’re given a choice then the choice should be impactful rather than just a moot point that impacts nothing either way.

 

[bethrezen0]

ZXC... + arrow keys is a pretty common control scheme in these sidescroller games, especially eastern ones, it's how they like it i guess, i don't have a problem with that, but an inability to change controls to my liking, yeah that's just shitty. Such a feature is a must-have in every game.

Dunno about wolf rpg(only that it's an oldass engine from 1998), but RPGM is easy as fuck to use, even a child can make a simple game on it, my guess is that people who make games on it are not that much more skilled in game development than children, if they can't even use a plugin in RPGM for custom resolution.
Or can't stop using default assets, that is what annoys me more than anything in RPGM games.

Overabundance of text-clicking VNs, and VNs in general on this site is annoying to me, you can exlude VN and Ren'Py from search and get 228 pages out of 448, and still get VNs or what looks like them, also probably need to exclude RPGM since people make alot of VNs on it too, so like a quarter of actual games and lots of just barely interactive stories with pictures.

 

[anne O'nymous]

My problem with that game?...
Controls... Arrows for moving is my first red flag, usualy when game is not using WASD im not interested in playing game,

Seriously ? You're so butt stuck that you delete a game because it use a keyboard layout that exclude no one ?

but Scarlet Maiden was good game, is good game, but X for Jump, C to attack V to Magic and idk B to dash?...

Pretty standard keys layout for a game. Globally speaking, it's the one used since keyboard have an arrow keys pad, therefore around the mid 80's.

Who the fuck made game only for controller and put this game for PC... and i don't have controller ( and i dont want to )
and there is no way to change key binds in this game... You are just forced to play this game with braindead controlls...

I'll tell you something, mister "I'm the center of the world", there's two major keyboard layouts, both named accordingly to the six first letters of their first row. One, that you use, is named QWERTY, and the other AZERTY.
Like the name itself show, WASD is totally meaningless and unusable on an AZERTY keyboard. What mean that the games you prefer are those who are made by selfish ignorant guys who don't care to cut off around half their potential players. This while those you dislike are made by guys who care about all players.

 

[Xaoyu]

the lack of ambition.

 

[Doorknob22]

If you wish to contribute and don't know what to write, you can get inspired by this thread, or this one.

 

[Cosy Creator]

I'm generally quite forgiving, but games designed in such a way that you have to lose to see the H content drive me crazy. It's just so counter-intuitive compared to how games are normally supposed to work.

 

[ImperialD]

for me its playing awesome games that make the MC (male) think and act femaleish ... not all men act like females ... give me a break ..

 

[Warthief]

-So much bugs.
-Story that rush for sex scenes but make no sence and don't build up the relation between the MC and LI.
-Game start with MC dad died or left the house and he now live only with his mom and sister (joke).

 

[Count Morado]

The subgroup of entitled players who think developers owe them something.

 

[Cheedle]

All of the same teen looking protagonists of incest DAZ games.
And the use of the stock male character in HS/KK games.

 

[Meaning Less]

I'm always amazed at how much people love to complain.

There should be a pinned thread "Game Complaints" so people stop creating new threads for the same topic every week.

 

[Hagatagar]

There should be a pinned thread "Game Complaints" so people stop creating new threads for the same topic every week.

Wouldn't help much, because not only do people love to complain, they also love to ignore such threads.

 

[Trickstar]

the lack of ambition.

Sounds like they need: https://f95zone.to/threads/naked-ambition-v0-81-apollo-seven.50358/

 

[Sordos]

on most HTML-games the scrolling... the constant scrolling down when there's too much text on screen or not really too much but the spacing is off like
there's these


huge


empty


spaces between paragraphs. I know the dev probably thought it'd be easier to read but it's not, it's just annoying to scroll down.
Also on that regard animated dialogues between characters where you can't just get the whole convo instantly but... have... to... wait... a few... seconds... between... every... dialog... i mean come the fuck on!

 

[whizwart]

With you on the controls. I skip most RPGM games because I get sick of clacking the keys everywhere. I also can't stand when the dev doesn't move the camera. If I can hit FF and count seconds out loud, and the scene stays static, that's a problem. I also hate pointless grind, like giving me an event that only happens on Saturdays on a Sunday morning in-game, or doing a task 5 times over with no real payoff. Kills a lot of good games.