Things that bug you in (old) games

[Norton Canes]

Or new games I guess, but anyway...

In Quake II the railgun projectile leaves a "distinctive blue corkscrew" in its wake. How does that work then? Surely if some kind of gas/vapour is emitted from a single aperture of a spinning projectile, it won't maintain a straight course. Unless there's some clear gas/vapour of an equal density being emitted from an aperture on the opposite side of the casing.

I mean I'm not losing any sleep over this even though I've had a good couple of decades to think it over.

[the]

A crisps-loving cheetah in sunglasses runs and jumps through five obstacle-laden stages? Yeah as if mate

[bgmnts]

In Resident Evil and Final Fantasy, run should be the default animation. Having to hold down a button to run sucks balls,.

[Huxleys Babkins]

In Resident Evil and Final Fantasy, run should be the default animation. Having to hold down a button to run sucks balls,.

Yeah, Mario and all.

And seriously fuck whoever thought that making Mario's walk analogue in Super Mario Maker 2 was a good idea.

[madhair60]

Nothing to be honest, except for Rolo to the Rescue not having passwords.

[Twed]

Yeah, Mario and all.

And seriously fuck whoever thought that making Mario's walk analogue in Super Mario Maker 2 was a good idea.

Fuck using analogue controls for digital things

[Mister Six]

Having a limited number of lives in home video games. You're not trying to get money out of my pocket in an arcade, I've already paid for this so don't make me lose all my progress, you fuckers.

Especially egregious in puzzle-solving stuff like Dizzy. Can't you just bump me back a few screens?

[Ambient Sheep]

That reminds me:

Going seriously old-skool shoot-em-ups here:

Inclusive life counters.

In other words, when the little row of ships in the corner of your screen, or the picture of the ship and a number, includes the one you're using.  So you think you've got one more ship left... BANG... oh no you don't after all, that was it.

Petty but always annoyed me.

[The Boston Crab]

Accessibility options.

Just go and do sth else instead you colour blind/crip cunt

[madhair60]

Having a limited number of lives in home video games. You're not trying to get money out of my pocket in an arcade, I've already paid for this so don't make me lose all my progress, you fuckers.

Especially egregious in puzzle-solving stuff like Dizzy. Can't you just bump me back a few screens?

Just watch TV mate

[NoSleep]

Having a limited number of lives in home video games. You're not trying to get money out of my pocket in an arcade, I've already paid for this so don't make me lose all my progress, you fuckers.

Especially egregious in puzzle-solving stuff like Dizzy. Can't you just bump me back a few screens?

Where's the challenge?

You can play an emulator with "quick save" and "quick load" as we're talking about old games.

[madhair60]

Sure, if you don't actually like retro games, you could do that.

[Mister Six]

Where's the challenge?

In solving the puzzles and successfully negotiating the obstacles. Being made to replay the last 30 minutes of game is just a lazy way of artificially extending the game's life.

[NoSleep]

Sure, if you don't actually like retro games, you could do that.

He surely doesn't.

[Mister Six]

Yeah having standards and not constantly feeling the need to recreate my youth to make up for a miserable present-day existence gets in the way of looking past crippling deficiencies in underperforming games.

CHECKMATE, ATHEISTS.

[NoSleep]

Quick save and quick load it is then. And no adrenaline.

[NoSleep]

Why are you considering playing underperforming games anyway? There's plenty of great old games.

[Sebastian Cobb]

up to jump. fuck off.

[madhair60]

Being made to replay the last 30 minutes of game is just a lazy way of artificially extending the game's life.

People have actually convinced themselves of this instead of just going "haha yeah it's hard im bad at it"

[Kelvin]

I think the problem is that most old games aren't good enough to keep replaying until you get good. We only did it back then because kids are idiots with more time than money.

[Kelvin]

Plus, loads of hard games from back then were cheap rather than mechanically challenging. Enemies spamming in endlessly, bosses that can only realistically be killed with an exact weapon you won't have if you die once. It's just a load of shite.

[Jerzy Bondov]

No story
No idea what to do next
No online multiplayer
No season pass
Nothing to say about depression

[madhair60]

I think the problem is that most old games aren't good enough to keep replaying until you get good. We only did it back then because kids are idiots with more time than money.

Plus, loads of hard games from back then were cheap rather than mechanically challenging. Enemies spamming in endlessly, bosses that can only realistically be killed with an exact weapon you won't have if you die once. It's just a load of shite.

Sure, that's what it is.

[Kelvin]

I was joking in the first post, but the second is definitely true. Those games were artificially lengthened by the inclusion of all kinds of cheap shit, and the games were good in spite of, not because of it.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Maybe the real game is the friends we make along the way

[NoSleep]

Yeah, that bugs me, too.

[Cold Meat Platter]

Cryptic icons with no tooltips.
Keyboard control schemes designed by a madman
"fuck you" deaths
hammering start but they were really keen on making you watch their shitty title screen or animation in full every time. (Get fucked Moonstone)

[madhair60]

I was joking in the first post, but the second is definitely true. Those games were artificially lengthened by the inclusion of all kinds of cheap shit, and the games were good in spite of, not because of it.

Uh huh. :)

[The Boston Crab]

Madhair60 is the guy riding round the Arndale Centre on a Penny Farthing of games.

[madhair60]

I accept that with gusto