The other thread about favorite mechanics is great, so let’s also do the opposite: what are some of your most hated mechanics?

  •  Banana   ( @Banana@kbin.social ) 
    13•1 year ago
    • Excessive grinding or padding in a game just for the sake of it or for microtransaction reasons.
    • Microtransaction and pay-to-win models in full price $70 games…
    • Overuse of Quick time events Press E to dodge etc etc
    • Escort missions when developers want to pad their game out
    • Terrible stealth mechanics when an enemey spots me when im standing still in a bush from the other side of the map
      •  smikwily   ( @smikwily@beehaw.org ) 
        2•1 year ago

        I decided a few years ago that I play games to have fun and if a game isn’t fun, I don’t play it. I don’t have much time these days to dedicate gaming, so I want to enjoy the time I do.

        I’ve had a few I’ve really enjoyed until I hit some really terrible game mechanic or even a boss encounter I can’t get past. I’ll usually give it a few days/tries, but I’ll flat out just bail and uninstall a game if it is causing me too much stress.

    •  BeardedSingleMalt   ( @BeardedSingleMalt@beehaw.org ) 
      2•1 year ago

      I’ll never forget playing my first Assassins Creed game, killed someone and ran to hide from the soldiers. I ran up a ladder, jumped 3 rooftops away and hit in a bail of hay.

      A soldier climbs straight up nearby stairs, walked right up the bail of hay, and stabbed me with the bayonet. In the hay