5 elements of games I never want to see again

It’s so easy to be negative these days, especially on the internet. So sometimes it is good to see people take the time to write more positive pieces.

Unfortunately, I have gone a different way, and these are five of the things I never want to see in games again.

Games that have offline capabilities, but don’t make it easy

If your game can let me play offline, make it easy. Don’t wait for the network to time out and give me the option to play offline, don’t make me create a private lobby to invite nobody.

Let me be antisocial as I see fit. That way my terrible gaming can stay in my lounge with me, where it belongs.

Cut Scenes you can’t Pause

DO NOT DENY ME THE ABILITY TO PA– USE YOUR CUT SCENES.

If you decide that cut scenes will not be paused, I’m going to miss bits of the plot. If the plot becomes nonsensical, then it may stop me buying your next game.

There is no good reason for not allowing pausing cut scenes. When my toddler comes in the room, and I’m playing a game that has violence, I need to pause the game, no matter what it’s doing. Or if the partner wants help with something, I need to be able to pause your game at any point.

Let me pause your games.

No subtitles

This is fortunately becoming rarer, but I want all old games to be updated with this so if I want to play a game with no sound, I can still follow the plot.

Everyone here with a partner who likes to do their own things, has had this issue. You can’t have your game blasting, so your option is headphones, but then you get in trouble for ignoring your partner. With subtitles, you can do the same thing, but not get in the same amount of trouble.

Menus that use Tiles

More specifically, ones with huge boxes that make a handful of options, take up four or more pages that could be confined to a short list.

I know you want to show your pictures, and use different sized boxes to draw my eyes to what you want me to see, but make your game good enough and I will play it. There is no need to make other options a pain to get me to play a mode. Make that mode good.

Tiles will never make me think more of a game, but it may make me miss content. Stick it in a good list, and I will only judge the part after the list, also known as the game.

I don’t want to know how much money these companies probably spend on stupidly over-complicated, or over designed menus.

No default Name

Let’s be clear. I’m not that creative. That’s why I critique games and don’t make them.

Let’s also be clear, giving options in games is always great. The more choice, the better.

But if you are going to be nice and give me the option of naming my protagonist, or any character in game, put a default name in there for me. People who want to name their characters can remove it, and I don’t have to stare at the screen for way too long, before eventually giving up and naming my character Anna, Nala, or Elsa. Or if I play a guy, Jeff.

So, these are five things I would love to never see in a game again. If you think I’m wrong, or missed something, then comment below.

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