Is shit.

IS shit.

Ninjask and Shedinja.

Gimmicky as hell, but oh my gosh they're so fun if your opponent isn't prepared.

lol

i don't even know what it means, beyond some kind of vague implication of something

i don't take shit in the sense that if someone's spreading misinformation about me, i'm going to correct them

but i mean

Like, not really?

If anything, my Internet persona is me, cubed. But I think that's more a result of the people I choose to surround myself with. Offline, though I'm quiet, I tend to be the dominant person in a conversation, just like I am here, but I can't say I've ever really went out of my way to insult or hurt someone's feelings, if I ever find myself in the middle of an argument with someone--because people tend to be a lot more courteous offline.

I'm sure if people acted as stupid offline as they do online, I'd probably be just as vituperative as well.

pokemon is actually one of the better examples, because even though there's a lot of RNG, you can still win and have it be largely based on your wits (i don't think competitive battling would be anywhere near as popular if it was all just bullshit)

there are far worse examples out there

I have a bunch more, but they kinda straddle the line between "bullshit" and "pet peeve".

less popular users than me got to mythic just as fast

>kinder

i'm just saying, that's probably her reasoning

• Sex scenes/romance scenes (always awkward, always unnecessary, and always forced)
• Loading screens that show you what all of the buttons do (as if I'm ever going to memorize all of that) instead of letting me figure out what all the buttons do on my own
• Tutorials that insult your intelligence--I don't need to be told how to walk or jump or shoot. Thank you.
• I think Isara mentioned this one: Microtransactions. In-game purchases that have you spending as low as $0.05 for some little garment for your character.
• Over-casualization of a series once lauded for its competitive merit; or the jettisoning of all the nuance that made a game good in order to appeal to a wider audience (from melee to brawl).

nope

Quote from: Verbatim on March 23, 2015, 09:38:07 AM

• Mods

I'm gonna regret asking but

why?

Every single time someone asks me this question, and I explain it, a shitstorm starts, so I'm gonna keep it simple.

I prefer to play games strictly in vanilla.

That's how the developers made the game, that's how the developers intended the game to be, and that's how I'm going to play the game.

To me, there is no such thing as a "lore friendly" mod. Any mod that could be conceived as "lore friendly" is something that the developers should have done themselves. For example--better graphics mods. It shouldn't be up to the community to fix your broke-ass game. The game should be good out of the gate. I shouldn't have to mod the game just to enjoy it, and if I have to, then why even bother? Play a game that's good even without mods.

I wouldn't be surprised if less man hours were put into a game's development, just because the developers knew that there would be a whole community of people who would be willing to fix everything for them through mods. I mean, I don't know if that's ever actually happened, but I don't think it's too far-fetched of a scheme.

i guess it's just the principle that you shouldn't lie

but game devs lie all the time--they're basically salesmen; it's their job to lie
and i don't see as much uproar over all that other shit they lie about

i mean, there's a little bit, but the fps issue seems to hit a soft spot with a lot of gamers
and it's just really bizarre to me

-Illusion of Choice. Games like AC 3 and Dying Light have moments where it presents to you a moment where you may have to make a big choice. Only to literally just play through like a cutscene and control is never given to you.

that's a good one

• RNG-centric gameplay where the outcome of a battle is determined less by your own skill/mental finesse, and more by a series of arbitrary digital coin flips (very common in RPGs)
• When a well-received new feature does not recur in the next sequel
• When you can only have one save file (kind of an irrelevant complaint these days, but whatever)
• Mods
• Overly sexualized characters to the point where it seems less like artistic expression and more like pandering (which is 99% of all cases)
• Fake difficulty, especially when used for the purpose of extending the game, making it seem longer than it is (an enemy that takes one million hits isn't hard; it's just tedious)
• Too much dialogue/text (I actually have high tolerance for this, but some games go way overboard)
• NG+ (tends to be a lame substitute for whatever replay value there could have been)
• Everything about Team Fortress 2--everything
• Quick-time events (no exceptions)
• Overly intricate character customization (why would i give a FUCK where my cheekbones are)
• Illusion of choice (as Brute mentioned below)

i could go on and on but i have class

i actually hear more whining from people who think that "tier whores" are trying to impose tiers on everyone, and marginalize their favorite characters by calling them "useless" and shit

when the reality is, no one's imposing anything and you can do whatever the fuck you want

but like i said, i don't play any MMOs like LoL, but i mean, who gives a shit if you'll get "crucified" for playing in an unorthodox way? it's shitty that people seem to react that way, but i mean, shouldn't that incentivize you to prove them wrong?

it would for me