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Feel the Hatred: Not To the Point
ceark \| 4:24 PM on 09.03.2008	16 comments

I'm gonna make this to the point. There is only one thing I actually "hate" in games, and that is things that are pointlessly not to the point.

IE:
- Scrolling text with no option of all text at once. I read like a demon on crack don't give me that slow shit and make me read at a kindergartner pace.
- Unskippable cutscenes.
- Shoddy controls trying to be innovative and making a good game take 10 times longer to play.
- Filler shit put in a game to waste time rather then add meaning.

That is all.

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16 comments | showing # 1 to 16

blehman says:
(# 0) on 09/03/2008 16:39

I need me some ark pheremone(sp). Can you help me with that?

That is all.

ceark says:
(# 1) on 09/03/2008 16:40

yeah I'll bottle some and send it to you blehman.

riomccarthy says:
(# 2) on 09/03/2008 16:56

Can you send me some of your talent in a bottle as well? Also maybe one of those back-cracking hugs in a box if it's not too much to ask :P

ceark says:
(# 3) on 09/03/2008 16:59

rio I"m about to just ship myself over to you. you can have all the back cracking hugs you want.

Y0j1mb0 says:
(# 4) on 09/03/2008 17:03

- Filler shit put in a game to waste time rather then add meaning.

I forgot that one. :D

RHWeeeee6 says:
(# 5) on 09/03/2008 17:10

- Filler shit put in a game to waste time rather then add meaning.

Agreed.

Scary Womanizing Pig Mask says:
(# 6) on 09/03/2008 17:20

- Filler shit put in a game to waste time rather then add meaning.

Thrided, this is why I haven't touched Persona 3 yet, I'm too afraid it's going to be 100 hours of fluff :(

Anus Mcphanus says:
(# 7) on 09/03/2008 17:40

@Scary Womanizing Pig Mask:

I didn't find much fluff in Persona 3 until just before the very end but it's easily skipable stuff. It's only really there if you want to grind and get all the best gear and the non fluff easily makes up for it though :-)

"Shoddy controls trying to be innovative and making a good game take 10 times longer to play"

Amen to that

Scary Womanizing Pig Mask says:
(# 8) on 09/03/2008 18:46

@Anus McPhanus
That's encouraging :) Still need to beat MGS 2 and 3 before I can play it though :P

Usedtabe says:
(# 9) on 09/03/2008 18:53

I agree with all your sentiments. Annoying indeed.

Takeshi says:
(# 10) on 09/03/2008 19:51

If I was Ceark I would put this in my top picks...

F Whipple says:
(# 11) on 09/03/2008 20:28

tl;dr

Unskippable cutscenes are the bane of my existence. That damn laughing scene in FFX was probably the only time I've been ashamed of being a gamer.

DanMazkin says:
(# 12) on 09/03/2008 20:57

May I add Capcom and their "make you fight every boss over again for the last quater of the game" bullshit.

DynamicSheep says:
(# 13) on 09/03/2008 21:15

This is the most elegant C-blog I've ever seen on Destructoid! Good jerb!

bahss says:
(# 14) on 09/04/2008 09:13

TL:DR
Also, yes.

welkstar says:
(# 15) on 09/09/2008 14:37

"- Scrolling text with no option of all text at once. I read like a demon on crack don't give me that slow shit and make me read at a kindergartner pace. "

That's at the top of my list. In fact, that's the entire list!

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