Things You Hate In Gaming Megathread

[ForgetLavender]

Please have FoV sliders in your game
Just because your game is third person, doesn't mean it doesn't need an FoV slider.

I get motionsickness to the max if I don't get an FoV of at least 95, both first- and third person.

And this counts for vertical AND horizontal, FoV.
I'm talking to you, Borderlands.

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[McJob]

Please have FoV sliders in your game

Absolutely this.

I actually don't get motion sick by games that run at <30FPS and <75FoV, but I can absolutely understand how people would get sick from this. It's only acceptable on console because:

A) They need to scrape performance somewhere, so they might as well lower the rendering space
B) There's an expectation players will be sitting further away, which can sometimes alleviate the issues

Setting options is NOT difficult in any modern game engine. It takes about 2 minutes to create a simple UI menu, and 1 minute to add in some buttons linked to variables that control everything from Resolution to FoV to all the complex graphical, sound and gameplay settings.

If game developers are not going to make more interesting games, they should at the very least make more technically competent games.

[McJob]

Making a second post for this, because it's quite long.

People have been excited for what Microsoft plans to do with Windows 10 as far as gaming. Somebody on NeoGAF decided to list some reasons why it's a bad idea:

Original Post by Angelus Errare: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=88868188&postcount=177

For people getting their hopes up. This is MS's various statements on their promise to PC gaming.

    2005 - We care about PC gaming, Longhorn (Vista) to usher in modern PC gaming with "Tray and Play"
    Vista launches with none of the stuff MS promised, Vista itself sucks the ass of a thousand camels.

    2006 - MS: Don't Count PC Games Out
    MS announces GFWL and how utterly amazing it will be, suckers everywhere rejoice in the eventual ass reaming they don't know is coming yet.

    2007 - MS continues PC push
    MS launches GFWL...and it has a $50 a year fee, and they announce a whole slew of games to include Shadowrun with cross platform play and Gears of War 1! What are you paying for you ask? Jank ass software that crashes and has the most unintuitive updating system known to man. Load a game, game says you need update. Signs you out, downloads update, you jump back in...oh GFWL client has a update too! signs you out, downloads up date and you log back in...

    MS will shortly thereafter disband Ensemble because MS feels that they're (MS) moving in a different direction! But don't worry we tots <3 you PC gamers.

    2008 - MS: PC gaming is A-okay
    Yea we've looked at some money pie charts and can see that PC gaming brings in billions in revenue. Here is our open letter to how awesome PC gaming is and our promise to support it! We finally put some new titles up on GFWL! Oh and we got rid of the $50 a year fee for GFWL, see we're serious about PC gaming! If that's not a sign of commitment, I don't know what is!

    2008 - MS: PC gaming is not dead!
    Look at this event we're throwing for PC gaming, you think we'd throw this if we didn't truly care about it?! Look at these games that will be on GFWL. We <3 PC gaming. You want fixes for GFWL issues? We'll look into that.

    2008 - MS bolsters PC gaming with all new Games for Windows Live!
    Hey gaiz remember those GFWL client issues you were having...well we didn't fix those per say but....here is the same stuff in a slightly newer skin! PROGRESS

    2009 - MS: PC gaming still a priority for us!
    Okay gaiz look, this time we're serious about our upcoming push in PC gaming. It's so vital to us at MS that we give the PC our love and support!

    2010 - MS: "We're doubling down on PC gaming
    By doubling down we mean we're keeping this stufftastic GFWL client around because! We might even throw an update at it to fix the problem of game saves being randomly deleted or rendered worthless...maybe.

    2010 - MS Launches Games for Windows Marketplace
    Hey gaiz, we're making GFWL even better because it's now called Games for Windows Marketplace. Everything is brand new and easy to use, anonymous journalists have even said it's better than Steam. We had 3 interns and a janitor work on this, so you know we're committed!

    2010 - MS: Windows 8 is going to relaunch gaming!
    Hey gaiz, MS again. With Windows 8 we're totally going to put our full weight behind PC gaming just like we promised back in 2006! Pls be excite.

    2012 - MS: We won't ditch GFWL!
    We're committed to PC gaming and we absolutely think GFWL is the best play to get PC games and play with others. Our client is awesome....ly bloated and deletes stuff randomly, but that's really one of the charms of PC gaming that we captured! It's a balanced experience! Hope you rike!

    2013 - MS to discontinue GFWL
    Hey gaiz new manager here, so like a bunch of your games might stop working come 2014...but that's okay! We expect there to be transitions as we build out new investments, but we remain committed to bringing first party gaming services and games to Windows for years to come. We will share more details in the future!

    2013 - MS promises core first party games coming to PC
    We're so committed we swear!

Sorry, but all MS is doing is blowing smoke up the ass of gullible people. So yea go ahead and get your hopes up and get excited. In a year or two when none of what they say comes to fruition...I'll pretend to act shocked.

[Rigel]

I hate most MMOs for this single, simple spongebob quote:

"ARE YOU FINISHED WITH THOSE ERRANDS?"

[Niff]

I hate most MMOs for this single, simple spongebob quote:

"ARE YOU FINISHED WITH THOSE ERRANDS?"

belongs in ylyl
OT: I hate p2w games because I'm not paying $500 for a STUPID HAT IM LOOKING AT YOU TF2

[Obliviongate20]

I loving hate going through the Torvus Bog in Metroid Prime 2. That bog alone is why I don't consider it my favorite game in the series.

torvus bog is the best level what are you talking about

it's the sky city in metroid prime 3 that's a problem

[Niff]

I also hate it when default controls are forgeted up
(cough cough skyrim cough cough)

[lightbox]

When first person vertical view shift controls are not inverted

[Nal]

Can we mention ads in games and micro transactions
They're destroying gaming and other things in general

[IkeTheGeneric]

The lack of any sort of subtlety in triple a games. Everything is marketed towards a "broader" audience, sacrificing any sort of subtlety for instant gratification

[otto-san]

there's a difference between saying you don't like something and completely slamming the game and its developers and saying they suck at their job, or the people that like it. the tone is what matters, even if the base message is the same.

[e-maxx]

i hate how people think that game devs are required to update their games
you could make the most polished and finshed game ever but there will always be that one person going "lol hurr durr whens the next update coming out"

[Swat 3]

I might just drop this here:
pointless pre-ordering

Nowadays, preordering is a way from companies to make bank even though their game is stuff. All they have to do it market is well and as long as people preorder they are fine.

[McJob]

When first person vertical view shift controls are not inverted

I dislike that the Ratchet & Clank games (and Insomniac games in general) all have their default controls set to Inverted.

[Zanaran2]

belongs in ylyl
OT: I hate p2w games because I'm not paying $500 for a STUPID HAT IM LOOKING AT YOU TF2

The difference between a stupid hat and a weapon you have to buy is that the stupid hat doesn't help you.

And besides, weapons, hats, basically anything drops randomly.