Hyrule Warriors is a good example. Good amount of content at release, loads of FREE improvements to the game, and DLC that's actually worth something. Not to be a fanboy, but Nintendo is actually really good about DLC.
JGamer king But they do the exact same things everyone else does. Whenever people talk about dlc and say Nintendo is the only company doing it right, it makes me a little salty. To play devils advocate, a lot of companies do it right as its extra content regardless. Racing game releases dlc maps, people complain. Mario Kart does the same thing, people praise it. If people get mad at one company doing it, they should do the same to other companies and not have double standards. Sorry if that was overblown, I just kinda go on a tangent whenever I hear that.
***** True but I'm not saying nobody does it right or better but most if not all companies do dlc relatively the same and its a pet peeve of mine when people say only nintendo does it right.
***** onw a side note, About the status effects? the one that terrifies me sometimes is Petrification, like in Jade cocoon. It slowly makes you slower and less able to do anything until... you're a statue. you die. Fortunately the game hs a relic that keeps you from dying, but STILL.
Christopher Middelveen I personally loathe the miasma status effect in smite. It turns any heal that affects you into a stun instead, and some casters have wide area hot effects, which combines with sloppy teammates into a horrible cycle of stuns and poke damage.
+deathpyre42 The only game I play nowadays with status effects is Paper Mario: TTYD. I usually try to end a battle quickly if I have a bad status ailment like burn, dizzy, or poison. If freeze, sleep, or immobilization, I hope I survive the onslaught, as I can't block. (Sleep isn't as hard to deal with)
+Christopher Middelveen Petrification do suck yes, especially when it comes so early you don't have items to cure it (im looking at you cockatrice from FF1). also i don't appreciate when the game throws in status effects you *can't* equip yourself vs. Charm in BD is especially painful early on as the two bosses that use them comes early enough that you can't buy the accessory before AFTER you are done with the chapter (Rusalka chapter 2 is seriously painful if he should get the clones up, a possible quad charm is pretty much insta death, good thing special attacks are kinda broken so the fight can be ended before he ever gets there). As for unequipable status effect in that game, berserk can only be guarded with by using fairy ward.
I fucking HATE microtransactions. I'm fine with the mobile market having them, since people who play mobile games full-time are brainwashed dicks, but if it gets ported to consoles and PCs, then I'm entirely against it. Great video.
You know, what you said about people that were hypnotized by playing mobile games full-time and paying microtransactions for it. That's who I mean by 'Whales'.
I hate it mostly when a game SAYS it's free to play, then forces you to pay in order to either continue, or play at all, STARING STRAIGHT AT YOU WIZARD 101!
A comment on No.5: A way difficulty spikes can actually be well implemented is demonstrated by Fire Emblem Awakening. There's a moment after chapter 11 where things jump slightly in difficulty, but this is also where you gain access to important items to power up (i.e master seals) and begin to get higher support levels. It also serves to help you see the progress you've made from earlier chapters due to YOUR hard work and planning.
Yeah, I know what you mean with the Pay-to-Win microtransactions. (I'M LOOKING STRAIGHT AT YOU, CLASH OF CLANS!!!) At least in TF2 the weapons are freaking BALANCED. (For the most part.)
10 Well, it brings more strategy to battles, especially in RPG. 9 It's annoying, but it's not bad, I think 8 I totaly agree with you. 7 I don't realy have a problem with that. But I agree, ennemy should have problem moving around too. 6 Oh, those bosses... 5 Most of the time, yes. However, for certain games, I like these. Well, mainly the Souls games, which are famous for their difficulties, so I guess it is kinda irrelevent here. Oh, and I also disagree about SNK bosses. 4 Oh yeah, this. 3 For FF3, it's intended. 2 Seriously ? Auto scrolling ? DH : - Well, why couldn't ennemy heal themselves ? - Only some of them. - Same as above. - That's just whining. - It depends if they are done wright or not. 1 : No one will disagree
I am a fan of works so I have thought up new countdowns in video games that you should do but you really like the most: 1.Top Ten Of Your Favorite Trains 2.Top Fifteen Of Your Favorite Archenemies 3.Top Ten Of Your Favorite Rivals 4.Top Ten Of Your Favorite Comic Reliefs 5.Top Ten Of Your Favorite Spellcasters 6.Top Fifteen Big Bads You Like 7.Top Ten Darkest Moments You Have Seen 8.Top Ten Of Your Favorite Intelligent Characters 9.Top Ten Of Your Favorite Musicians 10.Top Ten Of Your Favorite Lancers (a.k.a. Sidekicks)
Micro-transactions are only a problem to me if the item in question is a consumable item, like Coins or Gems. One-time buys like Strawburst, Sap-fling, Starfruit, or other plants don't bother me.
AnthonyM the Gamer Artist! I'm okay with microtransactions as long as i can get the item normally without it being nearly impossible, that's just me though.
+thetimmon I see your point. To me, microtransactions are *paying real money for consumable items.* This is like PvZ 2's Coins or Gems. DLC is *paying once for an unlimited usage of an item, whether it be day-one or not.* This is like Smash 4's Mii Fighter costumes and DLC fighters, PvZ 2's premium plants (and to an extent, Gem-iums), or even Angry Birds's Mighty Eagle powerup or Bad Piggies's Field of Dreams sandbox level.) DLC is the better of the two practices.
AnthonyM the Gamer Artist! yea, i see what you mean, i think as long as it doesn't affect gameplay much, or is mainly cosmetic (keep in mind, i classify "microtransactions" as being little things in the game that are being sold for at most 5 dollars, and DLC is typically more than that, and you get more with DLC.) there are games that don't do DLC very well, a very obvious example being call of duty, where in the latest game one of the DLC weapons is really powerful, and is probably the Best LMG in the game, unlike previous the previous two games where the guns were mediocre at best, and you felt penalized trying to use them. well, I'm excluding the ripper from cod ghosts, because let's be honest, cod ghosts was the biggest flop the series ever saw.
Hey QG. Ever since I saw your Megaman's Top series, I've been wondering this: Of all the series, one of my favorites is the Starforce series, not only because of the stories, but of the characters they present. And one of the spotlights of this series is the EM Warrior battles. Could you please do a Top 10/15 of the best EM Warriors (but only if you ever touch this series)?
I must be one of the few in the world that DOESN'T hate on Forced-Loss Scenarios so much. I actually like some of them. It gives me a reason to want to overcome the challenge and it makes for good story-telling when done right.
It just depends on when they come up. If it's at the beginning of a game with an enemy that you fight later on then I'm fine with it. Any other time and it just annoys me.
Good ol' "Cowboy Killers"... Seriously, Marlboro went through like, 5 different actors who played as the "Marlboro Man" because they kept dying of smoking-related illnesses.
#10, stone/petrify and doom are the worst of them all. #9, couple that with the fact you waste 1 of 4 move slots for flash in pokemon and you have to get an npc to remove it later on #8, there's been moments when this has been done real bad, that being when the limit is cutthroat, gives you no breathing room and for what? so you can complete the game faster when the only consequence of running out of time is your character commiting suicide. #7, why is this a thing in platformers, it always screws me over... and down the cliff i go... AGAIN! #6, if the damage sponge is an optional superboss that adds an extra challenge for those that weren't satisfied with the final boss, fine by me to an extent, however ff12 managed to screw that up. #5, shin megami tensei nocturne in a nutshell #4, looks like i got this in the ba... wait what the hell happened? #3, hmm, there's a door up ahead and no save point, it can't possibly be the boss now can it? it's the boss... I WASN'T PREPARED FOR THIS!!!! #2, now we are going to force you to pan to the right without a good reason to... but i want to get the hidden reward in the level... too bad, you missed it, play the level from the start! #1, here's a free game, now pay to have a chance to win.
+Axl EXE I was about to say that game wasn't bad if you knew what you were doing then I saw your comment. Ah yes the fucking matador I hate that accursed bullfighter.
The annoying thing with scrolling level is when you cannot outspeed them. losing when you're to slow and the pursuer/lava/whatever catch up to you at least makes sense. But if I'm fast enough, there is no reason I shouldn't be able to move to the rest of the level.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Did you want Cloud? Well, too bad, here's Shantotto!" I consider that an upgrade. We trade out the original whiny emo Tomato in the Mirror RPG protagonist for one of the better characters to come out of XI.
Well, then the problem comes down to preference; the "too bad" doesn't apply to you, since you don't like Cloud in the first place, while many others can like Cloud for one of several reasons, aside from his cringe-inducing scenes in the movie.
The biggest problem I see with random is when you get same char over and over again. Often, the "random" odds are rigged so that the biggest fan favorites are the most rare drop. Some games are nice and give you an auction house or a market to allow you to exchange the useless extras. Some are bigger cash drains by allowing you to make them more powerful by obtaining multiple copies and fusing together...
No knockback damage? It is one of the worst things i had ever come across next to crappy bosses! There are points where you are either at a high area or a area with bottomless pits and is filled with tons of enemies! What's worse is that you will take knockback damage if you come into contact! It can lead to an insta-kill or force you to do all that climbing all over again! The worst offender would be the hard as balls "La-Mulana"! In this game, every single monster you fight, including the rats and bats, do knockback damage!
Oh yeah, i forgot about that! There are lots of bottomless pits and due to knockback damage, you will die more from bottomless pits then you could die to the enemies themselves!
In the RPG Lost Dimension for PS3 and Vita,when an enemy's or ally's Sanity stat drops to 0,they'll start attcking randomly,hurting allies AND enemies alike,so...would that be an example of the Confusion status ailment?
I would say the kirby series is the only platformer with non annoying ice physics. They aren’t that slippery ,At least compared to other games like Mario and theres a-lot of ways to circumvent them if they still annoy you that much. Its a-lot more of a genuine obstacle rather than an unfair annoyance
@@axlexe8639 The Lantern is great in Minish Cap; you don't get it it until halfway through instead of early on like in most Zeldas it's in, and it turns out to be for damn good reason: the TMC Lantern functions less like tossing matches on the ground in front of you and more like a *flame shield* that fries enemies when you walk into them with it out, even killing the powerful Wizzrobes in one hit!
For Gen 7, if the dark caves come back. Instead of teaching a Pokemon Flash, you should have a key item that can light up rooms like a flash light or night vision goggles. Also as bad as Micro Transactions are I could think of something even worse, games that FORCE you to be online 24/7 even if they have a single player mode. ( Cough *Diablo 3 for PC!* Cough)
Here are most features I HATE in video games: 1. Back Tracking 2. Time Limits 3. Tutorials where you can't even skip them 4. Escort Missions 5. The Camera controls 6. When you go into a shop you have to buy stuff one at a time by mashing the button 7. No Objective or Goal that tells you what you need to do 8. RNG 9. AI sometimes being a pain 10. Auto Scrolling mostly in Mario Games.
I despise confusion in Pokémon! Why do I want my Pokémon to kill itself? As much I as I somewhat dislike paralysis and falling asleep, I down right despise confusion in Pokémon, because of the chance of my Pokémon attacking itself.
10: I agree about confusion... IT BITES! And Marlboros should burn in hell! With Teemo. Who's basically the Devil. 9: WHO THE HECK TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS?! But seriously... darkness is a peeve that isn't too big to me. 8: Time limits aren't too much of a deal to me either. 7: I agree about the Ice physics to a degree. Polar Knight's stage did give me trouble, and WE GET IT, ED WOOD! 6: Oh, Masochistic Damage sponges... LOOKING AT YOU, DURAMBOROS, YOU ANNOYING BRUTE WYVERN! 5: Oh, boy. Where to start... Norman and the Mossdeep twins in Pokemon Sapphire and Emerald. The Temple of Darkness in Dragon Quest 8. QURUPECO IN MONSTER HUNTER 3 ULTIMATE. And, as made famous by Max... Geese... GEESE! GEEEEEEESE!!! 4: Yeah, reading AI can be a jerk, especially Killer Instinct 2013 Skynet- er, I mean, Kyle difficulty. And rubberband isn't too big of a deal, but still problematic at times. And we all remember Parace... ADAM WILL DEFEAT YOU, YOU PAIN IN THE JACKALOPE! And Snake too. 3: Bad save points can be a hassle, I admit... but it's yet another peeve that is not a huge deal. 2: OH MY GOD, IT'S STARDUST CRUSADERS!! YES! YES! YES! YES!!! But back on topic... yep, it's a pain indeed... As Joseph Joestar would say: SANADABEETCH!! 1: Micro-transactions... SCREW THEM!
Trust me if you hate status ailments than if you play Dark Souls avoid basilisks like the plague. Cursed is probably the worst status ailment in gaming history. Halves your health, lasts indefinately, and can only be cured with a rare and expensive item.
Sa2's Rouge level has context. she has to go first in the level to get he emeralds, and get out, but gets stuck with said emeralds. the time limit was a precaution. unless you wanted a 15 muinite time limit total for both stages and he boss fight.
+Wevee Remastered to me this doesnt really make sense. when you control as her to get the emeralds, you have 15 minutes and its assumed she does it in five. when you get to her location as shadow, you have 8 minutes. are they expecting us to think the boss battle, the cutscenes and the first sonic/shadow duel all took two minutes in total?
very mad guy no, the bomb is 15 muinits TOTAL! for all 3 levels, and both boss fights. of course, it would be SO much better if you had 15 mutinies for the dark missions.
You want an example of cheating AI? The f*cking Battle Maison from pokémon gen 6 and 7. I have had three Rhydons in a row activating quick claw on the first turn.
Micro transactions i notice always affect mostly the rpgs and the puzzle games on the phone sense for rpgs or build a team rpgs you have to spend cash just to make sure your team is full of legionaries and all the best monsters or units. while with puzzle games they just make you have a small amount of turns or gives you you very difficult requirement that takes alot of thinking. At worst they would put both together pretty much making it that you have to spend cash if you don't want to start from the beginning
To number 9....I would introduse you to the final boss in Forbidden Forest. You'll need a Hemalayian salt mine.....The entire battle is done with the boss shrouded in darkness and only when lighting strikes to you actually see the boss. Love your list, well done! Love the usage of a great game like Final Fantasy Dimensions and a shit bomb like All the Bravest to describe your point. This is one of your best videos! 10/10 man love it! If that is the future of gaming I'll go back to Pen and Paper, by the way I need to ask Carothion to host a session.
dragon ball z budokai 3 is a HUGE victim of that. i am litterally yet to pull off a SINGLE full dragon rush on z3 opponents. where as they do it all the time. for people who don't know, the dragon rush is where the attacker picks a button and the defender needs to pick the same button. this goes on for 3 rounds and can do a ton of damage if the attacker is successful. neither player can see the other one's button presses.....except in the case of Z3 FUCKING OPPONENTS!!!! i mean i get that it's the hardest difficulty and all, but that's no excuse to make the AI aytomaticly superior to any human because they can see through your controller.
It's almost been 8 whole years since this video came out, and the state of modern gaming is just surrounded by Microtransactions. So yeah, QG pretty much predicted the 'modern video game norm' of making games exclusively for making money. It needs to change desperately, or else gaming is going to die as a whole.
16:47 “If something is free, you’re not the customer; you’re the product.” ― Bruce Schneier, Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World
So the raging begins again. Bracing for 4th wall damages: 10. I don't like them either, even in pokemon. 9. Yeah limited visibilty bombs too 8. I shouldn't rush things! Never! 7. It's fifteen years ago all over again! (I feel old...) 6. Just die already Yismat! 5. Dang difficulty spikes. I understand being hard but come on! 4. I prefer the term cheap AI but the gist is the same. 3. Yeah I agree with this. I need to save but there's nowhere that you can! 2. Let me go faster or slower if I want! 1. Wow... I actually agree with this. Candy crush is a big example of this.
I wonder why stuff that you can't skip after dying rarely gets mentioned, and I don't just mean a game over screen or a death scene. What I mean is when you try again and have to do or watch something over and over again. Maybe it has something to do with me choosing the hardest difficult 99% of the times, but it must be frustrating for others as well.
If you want to talk about bad save points, there's a save point in the game Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy that prevents you from continuing to play the game after you save there. And it's a crucial save point!
At least Pokémon GO doesn't force you to spend money on an item every 10 minutes or so. As long as you have Poké Balls, you can keep catching Pokémon to your heart's content. Also, I'm no money expert, but why would I spend $3.99 for the smallest number of gems in Dungeon Keeper Mobile when I can get the smallest number of Poké Balls in Pokémon GO for just 99 cents?
At 3:35: "Be thankful that A Link to the Past doesn't have a lantern as an item." Uh... yes it does? I mean, you are forced to get it before you enter any dark areas, and the lit up portion of the screen is automatic, but there still is a lantern item and you'll need it (or the Fire Rod) to light torches to improve visibility...
Puzzle Fighter probably isn't the best example of rubber banding since the closer you are to losing, the closer you are to a monster combo. Also, if you're going to bring up rubber banding in racing games, may as well mention RC Pro-Am, where it's so blatant it's pretty funny.
One of the things I hate in gaming are Guide Dang It Sidequests. These are sidequests that you can easily be locked out of if you do not go to certain area or use a certain item with in a certain time, made even worse when the game gives you no reason to do those things. On a side note, I am happy to see all of the Ys game footage. It is an excelent series and Ark of Napishtem is available on Steam.
Okay, 1 complaint that doesn't come up *often* in a game, but when it does, you want to throw the controller. I'm talking about when the game gives you a prologue cutscene, then *drops you into the game without a button tutorial*!!! Looking at you, Anna: Extended edition for Ps3... My psych drama in game doesn't need to extend to not knowing how to *pick up or do anything without button mashing to figure out how!*
The thing I hate the most in games is what I call scavenger missions. basically it's a mission when all of your stuff is taken from you and you have to get thourgh the level using only what you find
Pokemon Go is actually a good example of a free app with currency items. You can save up coins to get what you need through having pokemon at gyms, or you can pay to get them sooner. But it does not affect the game to make other people better than other players.
10: A neccecery evil but annoying 9: Screw those 8: Yup 7: Wolfang is the absolute WORST example of all of these 6: I would not call this really a "thing". 5: I do hate this 4: Not much to say 3: Or here 2: Fuck that to hell. And nice JJBA reference 1: ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!!!!! Except I hate encounter rates more. They are in RPG's only but I don't want to be interrupted in a peaceful stroll
15:53 The Mentions: Self-Healing Enemies: Keep Recovers All Damage You Did To Them! Escort Missions: Why Do We Have To Escort This Person Or Thing Through An Dangerous Area Again? Water Levels: Sonic Games Are One Of The Most Infamous Examples. Forced-Outcome Scenarios: (Homer Simpsons Voice Clip From Simpsons Hit And Run) Oh, Do I Have To? Vehicle Sections: Sometimes Car Controls Can Be Janky.
No No No..Best JJBA refrence in your videos! As a young indie game developer..I agree with you in most of the things..Specially the Pay-to-win Microtransitions..First, games like LoL and WoW..Need gameplay techniques..But sadly, you may find noobs which pay to get the highest things without even playing the game..Companies care for *"MONEH!!!"*
These are the things that vex me the most. __________________________________________ Turn-Based Combat Fall Damage Reloading Limited Ammunition Repetitive One-liners Pressing "Up" to jump No jumping at all Auto-scrolling Levels Level Grinding Time Limits (unless they make sense) Drowning Limited Stamina Friendly Fire Enemies that take forever to kill Self-healing Enemies Enemies that magically know where I am at all times Constantly Respawning Enemies Having to protect people
+darkruler64 We're so different: 10) Annoying partners 9) Arbitrary time limits 8) OHKO 7) Difficulty spikes 6) Silent protagonists 5) Awful villains/bosses 4) Crap story/ no story at all 3) Rushing 2) Microtransactions 1) Lack of memorability comparing to novels or other art forms, copyrights and overall how capitalism has ruined gaming.
One I hate a lot is what I call "boss battle reinforcements". Bosses on their own are tough enough, but they get more annoying them spam reinforcements to whittle your health down. As much as I hate to say it, Xenoblade offends this a lot. Many of it's bosses abuse bringing in reinforcements. I can't count how many times I got beat because the reinforcements would take forever to defeat and the boss would kill me in the meantime.
10: I ADORE these effects, when used properly. 9: If they're completely dark the whole time, then no. But otherwise, I like them :D 8: I don't like time limits. No one likes time limits. Burn in a fire, please. 7: Can occasionally be annoying, but add an idea a strategy to the game. 6: UGH, they suck! 5: Read "6" 4: Read "5" 3: Okay, I seem to be saying "Read #" a lot. Trust me, this will be the last one. Read "4" 2: I actually kinda like these ones. I especially loved them in Smash. Yeah, I'm different! DISHONORABLE MENTIONS: 1: This one is always fun. 2: I LOOOVE Side Quests. Even if they don't make sense, I love 'em anyways :D 3: If there is an oxygen bar, then they... are still pretty fun :D 4: What's so bad about em? 5: See "1" 1: KILL IT WITH FIRE!
i dont really mind the forced outcome scenarios. without them the plot can be very predictable. the forced outcome scenarios show you that you arent god just because you are the main protagonist
More like 10. I adore them as long as I can apply them to the enemies. As for the rest of the points. 8.- It's fine if there's context as he said, but most of the times they're not needed. D4.- It depends on how they handle that trope, if they still let you use items then they're doing it wrong. Because you'll waste them on an outcome that is written in stone instead of giving you an edge.
Modern Smash Bros. (3DS/Wii U and Ultimate, to be precise) are pretty guilty for inconsistent AI, where it either reads your every FOOTPRINT or just gives up when trying to recover.
A few days ago, I downloaded a game called Dream Cat Paradise, I at first had lots of fun, but then I ran out of most of my money in a game where food costs 100 coins while I only had 60 coins, and there is no easy way to get money, no minigames or anything, just nothing, and it barely gives you any money for selling items, AND IT'S FRICKEN ANNOYING.
10) No...NO NOT THE PARAFLINCHERS! ANYTHING BUT THE PARAFLINCHERS DX 9) Easily the WORST part of Shovel Knight. 8) Oh no...MARIO SUNSHINE...(Red Coin secret stars, Blue Coins, etc.) 7) Ice is not very n-ice. At least in Mario Galaxy you could skate. 6) Yiazmat...ooooooooooh Yiazmat...heh...hah...HAHA...50M HP PEOPLE! 4 FREAKING HOURS!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH 5) OH SONIC! What is another name for the Labyrinth Zone? Oh yeah PAIN IN THE DRAIN SLOW-FEST! LoZ2: all for a hammer...4) PEACH YOU DAUGHTER OF A- 3) Thank Palutena for Restore Points. 2) SMB3 airships. Nuf sed. DM: 1] Miltank... 2] (Those people who are always kidnapped) 3] ...BLUB! 4] Oh Thousand-Year Door! 5] No comment. 1) CANDY CRUSH...SUBWAY SURFER...ANGRY BIRDS (sequels)...NINTENDO BADGE ARCADE...(NOT EVEN NINTENDO?!) SO MUCH MONEY...WASTED...!
First Rabbidluigi, then Fawful, now you do this list. Oh man! I can't wait to see this! Sorry I can't see it now Adam. I'm in the middle of something now.
One thing I hate in games is everyone's worst buddy, RNG. Especially in Pokemon games (possibly my all time favorite game series). Random crits, random status afflictions, Confusion status, Paralysis, Flinch chance, catch rates, and my personal hell, random natures. Nothing feels more frustrating than trying to catch a new team member, going to the nearest PC, and then seeing your new catch has a Nature or Ability (or sometimes both) that actively hinders it's battling capability. Case in point, reseting my Turtwig starter cause the first one I got was a Modest nature (+Sp. Attack -Attack........on a slow bulky physical Attacker. Thanks game....). One other gripe I have with Pokemon games that's somewhat related to Natures is when the game asks if I want to nickname my starter before ever letting me check it's nature. Is it so hard to ask if I want to nickname my Starter AFTER letting me check it's nature first? Instead of going straight to nicknames and forcing me to wait till I reach the games Name Rater (who sometimes is pretty far into the game) just to name my first team member?
Completely agree. This is why I don't play much on my phone other than Angry Birds 2 and Solitaire. AB2 is perfectly fine in its microtransactions, and solitaire is just solitaire.
Something I hate is sometimes called a difficulty spike I call it a bordom barier it's when you get stuck on a boss or puzzle or something like that so you try for hours and fail over and over so you quit playing then come back 3 months later and it starts all over
ok but ice physics in Mario usually never bothers me. Maybe that's just because enemies almost always abide by the same physics assuming thay aren't say Goombas with actual spiked shoes, I dunno
#10 Oh I agree completely but what urks me more is the fact that most of the time you get attacks that do the same but you can never inflict enemies with them!
I will admit that some of these items on the list CAN be acceptable if done well. I hate when things like Vehicle Sections and auto-scrolling appear for no reason other than killing pace and boasting "variety and challenge." Also, DLC is very easy to mess up in most cases. While Mario Kart and Smash aren't great with it, they at least are not mandatory and are just there to add a few sprinkles to an already delicious cake. But yes, forced or pay-to-win Microtransactions are just unforgivable. Here's to hoping Pokémon Go doesn't fall into it.
One of the biggest things I personally hate in video games is when games go so far out of their way to emphasize random things like realism or humor that it causes the gameplay to suffer. I have never liked a single game that does this, and it's why I can't stand Shadow of the Colossus or Conker's Bad Fur Day.
Trust me you were right about Parace L’sia I got pwed my sorry ass by her Cheap moves like about 15 or 17 times and I was using Maori with her Earth Arcana I even have the Achievement to prove I finally beat her
Dynasty Warriors had time limits too, but they weren't too bad and the limit changed depending on what difficulty you were on. Easy gave you 90 minutes to finish the battle. Normal gave you you 60 minutes. Hard mode gave you 30 minutes. Chaos mode gave you 15 minutes. I never minded it much because these time limits with the difficulty settings actually made you think and plan out your strategy on the battle prep screen before the real battle, and if your strategy doesn't work, you're always able to go back and try again.
I'm gonna talk about the places from the dishonorable mentions, because this is really one of my fave topics in the countdown comunity alongside the clitches one. Dishonorable Mention #1: I don't find it that annoying because you ARE doing it yourself and mostly than not you can heal unlimitely unlike them, though it CAN be bad, I actually hate this more when it's PvP like vs a Medic combo in TF2 or someone with a healing support or the Heal ability or Life Steal or Spell Vamp in LoL. DM #2: This one can be really the worst thing ever, I hated Peach in Superstar Saga alone, but for me the worst offender is Ashley from Resident Evil 4, I prefer the game when I have no partners at all thank you very much. DM#3: Other than the breathing mechanic I don't find water levels hard at all, I even find them relaxing at times, this is why Acuatic Mine in SA2 is one of my fav levels. DM#4: I just learn to cope with them, when it involves a death is the only time I hate them, more if it could be unavoidable, like Modern Warfare 2 with the death of Roach and Ghost and the infamous No Russian. Dm#5 I actually find them fun as hell (Ratchet and Clank series).... as long as the vehicle controls well (Sonic 06), or it isn't THE CORE OF THE GAMEPLAY ON A FRANCHISE THAT DOESN'T NEED IT!!! (I haven't play an Archam game myself yet I have seen the gameplay and the idea of "The Battank" is dumb.) Now onto the real shits: #10 Necessary evil, but it's so good to be the one that's dealing these, you can't imagine the sadistic grin on my face everytime I play Teemo, he's satan himself and I love him, more when I use Poison Hex, or Toxic Heal or the sorts, Poison and Toxic are my fave, unless the pokemon has Guts, in that case it's burning because you don't have to sacrafice Attack power, the one I really hate is Paralyzis though... and Stun aka Sleep aka Freeze. #9 Which is why Flash is the worst HM ever, at least Cut can deal damage, seriously I had a Emerald gameplay where I didn't use HM slaves and it pain me not to give my poor Gardevoir good attacks because of this godforsaken problem, I still love Lost Colony from SA2 though. #8 I never had a problem because I usually rush things, although if it require collectables this thing is the worst ever, but I don't usually play games with timers and the hardest one I've play is Security Hall in SA2 and even still it was easy to A rank them, let alone White Jungle and Green Forest... and those are just the required ones, though the 4th mission in them can be rough, I still can't A rank Eggman's in Lost Colony and Cosmic Wall #7 Pokemon Puzzles, may I say more? At least Zelda lets you have some movement and going as a Goron in Mayora's Mask isn't really that hard... if I remember, I don't remember if Darmany was affected by Ice Physics or not. #6 Thankfully I haven't really encounter this trope yet, at least that I can remember... I think the highest HP I ever face was Shepiroth in KH 2 and even then he was hard not because of this but because he hit like a truck. #5 Going back to Pokemon... Misty is this for me when I don't choose Bulbasaur, Wattson in Hoenn and so forth... also in a fun fact, this happens with the E4 for me with Lorerei but after her everyone's easy to take out, EVEN GARY!!! #4 Rubber band, Rubber balls... wait, this isn't Phineas and Ferb... hmm... I don't remember much of this as I have good luck in Mario Kart :/ ... but F-Zero GX on the other hand, oh that game .... that fucking game, that magnificent bastard of a game.... #3 Three words for this one... MAYORA'S "FUCKING" MASK!!! #2 Annoying and really tedious, yet not hard for me :/ #1 Ahem.... and a 1 and a 2 and a 3 Pay to win, 'till you broke, 'till the bank accounts are low Pay to win, take it all, just keep buying 'till you fall Day by day, kickin' all the way, I'm not cavin' in Paying for another game, Pay to win Pay to win Pay to win Yeah, pay, yeah, win
Microtransactions are the fucking worst with games that you ALREADY PAID MONEY FOR. The most recent and worst example of this is EA's Star Wars Battlefront 2. Should've put RNG as an honorable mention. It's can be the best and the worst part of a game in many aspects.
