gaming Those 'what were they thinking' moments in video games

[Veil 260]

I feel like there's moment in every video game where I ask myself "who's idea was this to put this in the game"? For example I was playing Super Metroid and I was in that part in Maridia where you have to power struggle with the controls to jump threw all that sand and those monsters are shooting at you at the same time.

[That Guy with the CMB 5,873]

I had one of those when I played Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas recently. The flight mechanics are awful and I was thinking this at every single flight mission - or actually, just N.O.E. and beyond.

[Veil 260]

I had one of those when I played Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas recently. The flight mechanics are awful and I was thinking this at every single flight mission - or actually, just N.O.E. and beyond.

Lol, I feel like all GTA games have terrible flight controls. I feel like I've had to train myself to be good at them.

[That Guy with the CMB 5,873]

Lol, I feel like all GTA games have terrible flight controls. I feel like I've had to train myself to be good at them.

I suppose they do. Thing is, I didn't grow up with GTA: SA like a lot of people - I just got it the other day because I've always head it was amazing and it was pretty cheap for the reload on my console. I started with GTA 4's helicopter flight mechanics, and then GTA 5's. I then moved to SA's a while later. I'm already used to GTA 5's flight mechanics, which makes San Andreas' mechanics impossible.

[Megas 27,743]

The "big" reveal at the epilogue of MGS4

Edited March 18, 2016 by Megas

[Sunset light 302]

Wonder why my brother had to leave me when they know I needed help

[Veil 260]

I suppose they do. Thing is, I didn't grow up with GTA: SA like a lot of people - I just got it the other day because I've always head it was amazing and it was pretty cheap for the reload on my console. I started with GTA 4's helicopter flight mechanics, and then GTA 5's. I then moved to SA's a while later. I'm already used to GTA 5's flight mechanics, which makes San Andreas' mechanics impossible.

The more I think about GTA. The remote control helicopter mission in Vice City was pretty dumb for just too many reasons. The biggest one being controls also.

[That Guy with the CMB 5,873]

The more I think about GTA. The remote control helicopter mission in Vice City was pretty dumb for just too many reasons. The biggest one being controls also.

Yeah, I recently remembered that mission. I saw it way back when I first got into the game...or at least the internet, heh. Oddly, I was thinking about this one as I was posting. Luckily, I never had to deal with it. However, if they release Vice City for the Xbox 360 as well, guess whose blood pressure is going up when I get it? :diamondtiara:

 

 

The only reason it was never a problem for me is because I was terrible at the game when I was young so I could barely make it past the first, like, eight missions. >.>

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,685]

Forza 6 has a particular thing that makes me question Turn 10's logic to no end: Where the hell are multi-class racing options???? Not ocunting just private lobbies that is. Forza 5 had that with no issues and yet they are completely absent from the sequel. Again, except for private lobbies online. Forza 6 is actually a better game than Forza 5 in every conceivable way, EXCEPT for that. Multi-class races even happen during events in the career mode and showcases, but you have no real options to set them up yourself, EXCEPT in private lobbies, but why not have it be a general thing? 

[bronywhocodes 218]

hmm. lets see. gran turismo 1's strict AF time limits.

[cmarston1 5,959]

All of the glitches and balancing issues found in the first generation Pokemon games sure make me wonder how the games were even released to the public. (Or at least without being checked or polished as much as they should have before being released.)

[Veil 260]

All of the glitches and balancing issues found in the first generation Pokemon games sure make me wonder how the games were even released to the public. (Or at least without being checked or polished as much as they should have before being released.)

I can understand where you coming from with this one, but the old pokemon games were huge for gameboy. They might have felt like they couldn't just wait till the next lifetime to get the game out and released it. That's just what I see alot of other developer's do these days like Skyrim. "Lets get it on the shelves guys, we can patch the 1000+ glitch's later". I didn't really like that idea for Skyrim, but I also don't think that the pokemon glitch's inconvenienced the game that much. Unless its the missingno glitch. That was kinda over top.

 

Lol, speaking of Skyrim. Releasing a game with the crashes and freezes on top of many other game play issues. I didn't even give it the chance to patch. I was just done with that BS.

Edited March 20, 2016 by Veiled Storm

[Scrubbed user 3,416]

hmm. lets see. gran turismo 1's strict AF time limits.

 

I can achieve gold on all the license tests with a little effort.

Edited March 20, 2016 by Azure Flare

[Mothra 668]

How hated will I be if I said the majority of the sonic games? Specifically changing the formula from anything "Go fast" related, even then there were some bad ones in the bunch. Also gonna throw in the Mario party "everybody moves in the same car" BS, again, something that didn't need to happen in the slightest

[bronywhocodes 218]

I can achieve gold on all the license tests with a little effort.

Jesus Christ. I really struggle on those. I usually get a damn millisecond past the gold.

[Dracu98 139]

 

 

Lol, speaking of Skyrim. Releasing a game with the crashes and freezes on top of many other game play issues.

 

this one right there! but since you already mentioned it, I'll just take something else...

 

does anybody remember "Vampire - The Masquerade"? I sure do because I just found out about it like two weeks ago. But it's an old game, so I was kinda thrilled for it. A pre-twilight vampire-game! Finally I'll see some gory and brutal vampires again, WOHOOOYEEEAaahno. the character-creation is not really a "creation", and the Nosferatu-type is the only vampire that looks like one. all the other idiots look like they were taken directly out of a boyband of some sort. while I like the game-mechanics and the masquerade-stuff, I can't just stop cringing at this vampire-mafia-mashup, where vampires dress like stars from the 20's and...OH HOLY HELL they all look and behave like they just jumped out of a teenie-magazine! WHAT THE **** WHERE THESE GUYS THINKING WHEN THEY MADE THIS?

[Scrubbed user 3,416]

Jesus Christ. I really struggle on those. I usually get a damn millisecond past the gold.

 

Granted, I couldn't do it in 1998. I can nearly 20 year later though! 

Edited March 20, 2016 by Azure Flare

[Castle Bleck 19,376]

Any escort mission with stupid escortee AI and/or friendly fire that can't be turned off.

[Chuckles4lyfe 441]

The Sonic series has a lot of these "What were they thinking moments" for me. Especially with the recent release of Sonic Boom for the Wii U. How could they release that unfinished mess to the general public!?!?? I will forever be baffled by Sega's decision :comeatus:. It's embarrassing when I have to withhold my enthusiasm and set the bar extremely low whenever a new Sonic title is announced :okiedokielokie:. 

 

This year is Sonic's 25th anniversary, so they better not let something like that ever happen again!

[Veil 260]

Any escort mission with stupid escortee AI and/or friendly fire that can't be turned off.

Lol, Resident Evil 4. The whole game is an escort mission.

[Castle Bleck 19,376]

Boomer's AI in SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs.

 

First off, unlike Jester and Spectre, he can't be ordered to "HOLD POSITION" for some reason.

 

Secondly, he'll automatically "FIRE AT WILL" even if you order him to "HOLD FIRE."

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTNP792ykYM

Edited March 21, 2016 by A.V.

[KatonRyu 1,033]

The bombchu mini-game in Majora's Mask. You're on a spinning platform and bombchu's are a nightmare to aim even when you're standing still. The game also costs 50 rupees per try, but that's just a nuisance rather than truly bad.

[Radiance64 7,053]

Handheld games where you can't save anywhere or at least don't have a consistent save system... like, why would you do that?

[Jackleberry 1,923]

XCOM 2's dodge mechanic. Who the hell thought this was a good idea? Well ... I'm pretty sure I know the answer to that, but still.

 

"Oh, that shot didn't actually miss? Too bad, the enemy dodged it!"

[VengefulStrudel 1,495]

Mine's not so much of a moment, but rather a whole idea - Nightmare difficulty in Doom games. Don't get me wrong, it definitely lives up to its name, but the thought of constantly respawning monsters is quite ridiculous to me. Doom 3's wasn't much better, degenerating health, no medkits and enemies dealing quadruple damage. Sounds fun.