• Caveman@lemmy.world
    18·
    6 days ago

    Exponentially growing requirements that out pace rewards. I don’t want to spend 10 hours grinding just to level up.

  • pishadoot@sh.itjust.works
    41·
    7 days ago

    Stat/EXP loss on death.

    Unskippable cut scenes, especially before a boss. I want to play on hard difficulty, which means I WILL die to bosses. Do not force me to watch that shit 5+ times or I’m out like trout.

  • Puni@lemmy.world
    402·
    7 days ago

    The worst game mechanic is artificial difficulty where enemies aren’t challenging. Instead, they are just damage sponges.

  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
    33·
    7 days ago

    2 sets of teeth, the first only lasting 1/9 of your life and the second being 8/9. 2/9, 7/9 would be much better or just 2/9, 4/9, 6/9.

    Oh, hair falling out and all your joints hurting for 5/9 of your life kinda blows as well.

  • ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    6 days ago

    A multiplayer game that pits you against lousy AI bots with human looking names for your first "games’ so you feel like you know how to play and makes the game seem fair and fun.

    Then after you’re comfortable, you get pitted against a lobby of 12-year-olds who haven’t seen daylight since birth who annihilate you and curse you out on coms.

  • ryathal@sh.itjust.works
    37·
    7 days ago
    • Games with designated save points only.
    • Skill/Tech trees that really only have one viable path.
    • Games that reward stealth until the boss battle.
  • JoeTheSane@lemmy.world
    291·
    7 days ago

    Relationship mechanics. If I give someone a pumpkin twice a week, they’re just going to be confused and pissed.

  • Strider@lemmy.world
    142·
    6 days ago

    Achievements.

    I want to enjoy the game, not artificial milestones for bragging rights.

  • MotoAsh@piefed.socialEnglish
    201·
    6 days ago

    Limited inventory space in an otherwise unrealistic RPG.

    You’re telling me I can carry six two-handed weapons and 500lbs of gold, but seven is just too much?! Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.

    Specifically, this especially sucks when the inventory is a grid, like in the Diablo series, or Grim Dawn, or WoW, FFXIV or… many other MMOs.

    especially when you can spend real money to alleviate the artificial limitation they fucking designed in to the game.

    It’s so unnecessary and these days absolutely makes me instantly not care to continue playing. FUCK artificial limitations that don’t have clear, valid reasons.

    I’m here to play a game, not Inventory Management Simulator 33.45