Making a list: Things we like to do in games and things we hate to do

I thought it would be fun to make this list and then pray that developers everywhere stumble accross this thread and become enlightened by it. :) Or whatever.

Stuff I like to do:

*Jump over gaps- Don't know why it's fun. It just is and always has been.

*Triangle jump off walls and swing from grappling hooks- 'Cause it makes me feel like a ninja.:)

*Powerslide around corners- My real car doesn't do that

*Dodge things- Swarm of bullets? Bring it on!

*Combo things- Whether I'm keeping a string of hits together or avoiding the red things as I only kill yellow things...

*Level up- Getting more powerful is cool.

*Finding/buying a more powerful sword- Getting more powerful is cool.

*Finish the game- I don't have time to finish most games. Any game under 20 hours is greatly appreciated.

*Get set back when I continue- I want to be forced to actually make it through a section.

*Run real fast- Sonic is on to something.

*Memorize patterns and have to quickly recall them- Battletoads speederbike style.

*Twitch- my reflexes like to get in on the game.

*Create a character- I end up using my creations more than the set characters.



Things I don't like (hate) to do in games:

*Flip switches- If the switch isn't 1 foot away from the door, I'm not looking for it.

*Hunt for 1-use items to open new areas of play- No, I don't want to have to find the crystal Lee Iaccoca bust to take back to the kitchen and place it in the Lee Iaccoca bust shaped indent in the 'fridge to open the secret tunnel. NOT FUN! Do like Zelda does instead. Zelda also makes you get items to open up new sections of play, but instead of being useless one shot items the items in Zelda actually give you a new ability that you can use for the whole game. A skinny path has a hole blocking Link's progress: Link get's an item that gives him a jump ability. Now a new area is unlocked and Link has a cool new skill to use everywhere. That's the way to do it.

*Gather "X" amount of something to finish a level- I prefer a destination to a scavenger hunt.

*Walk slowly through huge games- If the world is big, don't make it take 9 hours for me to get where I'm going.

I hate having to re-adjust the camera angle in games to just the perfect angle so I can jump, then you run to the edge of the platform/pole/plank/etc and the camera moves resulting in your death.

Basically anytime a wonky camera angles messes up a game really.

I like:

Customization, in any form. Even if it's as simple as picking the sex of my character.

Purpose driven exploration. I love being in a place for a reason pertinant to the adventure.

Colors. The more colorful, the better. I dig the gritty MGS2 look as well. But there's much more to be said about Mario's happy-go-lucky, vibrant, vivid world, as well as Hyrule.

Hi-rez.

I hate:

Static characters. If a character doesn't change throughout an entire game, it bores me.

Exploration for the sake of exploration. Give me a reason to be there, damnit! Otherwise I'm not going. I've skipped countless "extras" and "side-quests" because they are insignificant. And I will continue to do so.

Driving simulation. Arcade racing is fine. Earning liscences and tweaking the thingamabob under the hood is a piss off.

Washed out, crappy colors.

Things I hate:

In roleplaying games when you get a new weapon/item/piece of armor, and when you get into a battle it doesn't show it equipped on the character.

I mean hell, if Final Fantasy could show diffirent weapons, I expect all other rpg's to do it.

One more thing I hate to do:

*finish levels before a set time limit- A cheap way to suck more quarters out of people in arcades that somehow made its way home. Anybody else think Pikmin was ruined by this? It can also lead to some really unfair deaths in the Metal Slug serries.

i hate this new trend in console rpg's where you no longer can buy new armor(ie ffx)...not to mention linear game play(ie ffx)...oh and lastly watering (dumbing)down great series to appeal to a larger market(ie ffx)...:mad:

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Originally posted by Chibi Nappa
One more thing I hate to do:

*finish levels before a set time limit- A cheap way to suck more quarters out of people in arcades that somehow made its way home. Anybody else think Pikmin was ruined by this? It can also lead to some really unfair deaths in the Metal Slug serries.

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That was my whole basis for hating Pikmin.

Anyway, I hate all swimming levels in 3D games.

I would add "Shooting Nazis" to the "Things We Like" list. It just doesn't get old.

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Originally posted by burgundy
That was my whole basis for hating Pikmin.

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Agreed. I didn't mind the set number of days so much. It was just having to get everybody back to the ship by nightfall. I never had time to do what I wanted to do, I never could explore, and it forced me devote a large chunk of playing time to getting people back to the ship and then sending them back out to do the same dang work in the morning. Threw the flow right out the window.

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Originally posted by Prince Planet
I would add "Shooting Nazis" to the "Things We Like" list. It just doesn't get old.

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Amen.