Annoying Trends In Modern Videogaming

[ACTPanthers]

Yeah online only and forcing to spend extra for credits and such are my 2 (seems to be the main ones for most)

 

[simmo1]

Small text in menus and HUD. How do developers keep getting this wrong?

 

[Captain Apollo]

How about having implementing a matchmaking system that does not work as expected, post release (see 2017's Star Wars: Battle Front 2 as a prime example). All it really needed was team scarmbles in the same lobby at the end of each map instead of the clusterf' of a "system" they implemented.

 

[billygilmore]

Not particularly recent but yearly sports games that are nothing more than roster updates, seriously who the hell is buying them.

The lack of affordable 4k 120hz plus monitors with OLED quality picture.

The cost of Sim racing gear and VR headsets.

What happened to Rare when they went to mocrosoft.

The lack of use of using games as a way of telling a story, I mean a good movie or series quality story, I think it's coming along but still very much under utilised

 

[Eelementary]

I go to fire up my PS4 copy of NBA 2k20 to play some MyCareer - nope! Need to download an update.

Download takes 3 minutes - installation has been 30 minutes, and counting.

I f**king hate this trend in modern gaming.

 

[myrrh ken]

Not particularly recent but yearly sports games that are nothing more than roster updates, seriously who the hell is buying them.

I think its really only if you want to play online with other people. Everyone eventually jumps ship - at least with FIFA

 

[Captain Apollo]

The whingeing from new players to a game which has been out for a while about having to go up against high level players, intimating that the high level players should not play at all. If you play online gaming, especially for a game which has been out for a while, there will be players who love it who keep playing. They paid their hard earned money too, so why the heck should they stop playing because of whiney newbies?

Heck growing up, if you played another person at a game, sometime you beat them, other times they'd beat the proverbial pants off you. Its the nature of gaming. All this "we want equal/fair games" stuff, I mean who said life was fair? There are always going to be players who are better at a game than you either due to experience, or just inherent natural ability. If you can't deal with that, then you should never play any game in online modes.

 

[reanimate]

What happened to Rare when they went to mocrosoft.

One of history’s great tragedies.