[Videogames] Which new console game trend bothers you the most?

quick thing about BIAHH it's more of a SP game than a MP. the MP was basically tacked on by a different developer. the MP sucks IMO compared to other FPS.

i'm a PC gamer so i dont really have a problem with DLC. publishers put crazy deadlines on stuff so devs have to leave stuff off that is not polished.

expansions again are pushed more by publishers i think. best thing to do is just not buy the product.

 

Damn it Drexler, get out of my head!

I agree completely about the local multiplayer thing. Sometimes you and a friend just want to play a split screen/co-op game.

Though I will say that, as I've gotten older I find the online to be the area I spend the most time if I do any multi. Little harder to have friends just drop by and hang out for hours now that I'm married....

Still, it seems like most developers just care less about putting that stuff in nowadays. A shame.

 

Expansions packs bother me the most, BUT if you combine #2 and #3 you get the perfect storm. Releasing a game that is bigtime buggy AND not fixing it because they are working on releasing the expansion pack.


It is basically our fault for allowing this though. If we could actually boycott the pack until the OG game is fixed.

 

Trust me, the developers are not the problem when it comes to releasing games with bugs.

DD

 

These aren't really trends but,

-Xbox 360 only releases... Ugh.

-PS3 still lagging behind in 3rd place behind Wii and 360

-I want another game just like Bioshock to come out

 

I don't like buggy releases, but at least with current consoles, they can patch those after they are released. I remember I hit a bug in Jak 2 on the PS2, which basically stopped me at 92% completed. The only remedy I had was replaying the game to avoid the bug or sending in my memory card. With this generation it could be fixed with a download.

I'm all right with local co-op not being there. I never have friends over to play video games, but I do meet up with a few buddies now and then to play online. Being married with a kid curtails the big game parties of my college days (Doom or Bomberman + Strawberry Hill = FUN!).

I think DLC is probably the most annoying, but I understand it. I've always believed in buying the game and unlocking content by achievements in the game. I don't want to have to buy skins or extra levels. However, I've also completed great games and gladly would have paid extra to extend the game. This is where the market's going. Maybe it's a good thing. I'd be down with paying less up front for a new game, and shelling out the extra money for more content if I like it. At least I wouldn't be out the full dough if I couldn't stand the game.

 

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The reason there are so many bugs at release is directly related to patches though. NCAA 09, GTA4, Resistance 2, NBA 2k9, etc... All these games came out with broken features with the intention to fix them eventually.

 

Looks like Starcraft II is going to do something similar. They'll release three CD's (one per race) in different time periods rather than release them all at once. I'm a sucker for Blizzard though. I'll buy everything.

 

With RPGs specifically, they need to get back to the story and gameplay and less about the visuals. FF12 was basically Star Wars.

Every game should do their best to incorporate multi-player (
coop preferably). We could in our generation eliminate social anxiety.

 

The increasing number of people who are buying into the gimmicky Wii.

 

Since im a JRPG nut.

I hate how the rgps take so long to develop now with all the fancy graphics while being short as hell. I rather have my once a year final fantasies =(

 

FPS players think of themselves as hardcore gamers (i.e. post Halo world).

 

I voted for the bugs (I think it's the worst) but this really pisses me off. Anyone who owns Beautiful Katamari has the worst case of this of all.

The DLC levels are actually ON THE DISC. You have to pay to unlock them. You don't actually download anything of substance. They are making you pay for something you already bought. They tried to claim it was because the game retailed at 40 bucks brand new, but I'm pretty sure when I paid my 40 damn dollars I paid for that disc and everything on it.

 

People who play these fake plastic toys and screech to songs and think they're rockin'...

 

Definitely local co-op ...my friends and I may not have huge game nights like in the good ole days...but we still get together every few weeks or so. The only games these days you can play local coop are of the rock band variety, and I'm not a big fan of those games. What the hell happened to racing games and fps offering split screen. Bugs the hell out of me.

I'm gonna also add the lack of truly innovative games for the Wii....I'm talking games for the die hard fans...instead we get crap that appeals to the casual fan that might not be there a few years down the road...stuff like Wii Sports, Fit and Animal Crossing (that was just basically a clone of its predecessors). I can see they are tapping into those casual gamers, they brought in a whole new base; that's cool and all. But how bout something for the die hards too. But instead we get Wii Music. Truly dissapointing. Shoot even the virtual console has become a letdown, I can't remember when I last bought a nes or snes game. Though there seems to be some positive games on Wiiware.