Current Video Game Trends You Wish Would Die

[Zog the Equalizer]

For me personally it's the weapons limit in First-person shooters. Yes it makes it more realistic, but I miss the days where I could run around with like 12 weapons and not have to pick and choose as I went.

[Brandatello]

i would really like halo and call of duty to go away..im just sick of the people who play and bost about it...its annoying...ppl are way too into fps thats why i only play the F.E.A.R games

[Barkworm]

I foresee that this thread will be terrible.

[愛]

I'll try and save it, Barkworm.

This isn't really a video game trend, but I'm rather unsatisfied with the views on the casual market by the more hardcore crowd.

Being a former hardcore subscriber, I can understand where they are coming from, but on the same coin I can also relate to real life getting in the way of long gaming sessions. So while I'm not exactly a fan of casual-geared games like the Kinect-enabled games, I sort of like the introduction of things like regenerating health and being able to save anywhere. I just don't have the time anymore, and I am easily distracted by other things.

In addition, complaining about "casuals ruining the video game industry" won't exactly flip the world of gaming upside down overnight, and since the discovery of the profit that can be made by the casual market, I can't see focus on that disappearing anytime soon. Business first, as they say.

[Zog the Equalizer]

I agree with being tired of "hardcore gamers" complaining about casual gaming. The mentality they have about it being for them and no one else tends to bother me. But I also agree with them to an extent on it's effect on the quality and artistry of some games.

Also my intention for this thread wasn't really to dump on specific franchises that you have a personal grudge against. More like things that entire genres of games in general are doing that you've grown tired of

[The Stryker]

i would really like halo and call of duty to go away..im just sick of the people who play and bost about it...its annoying...ppl are way too into fps thats why i only play the F.E.A.R games

Wow. This is the craziest thing I have ever read on this forum.

You're a crazy person.

Can I just say that I hate Jonathan Blow? He's not really a trend but I just hate that guy.

[Iroh]

i would really like halo and call of duty to go away..im just sick of the people who play and bost about it...its annoying...ppl are way too into fps thats why i only play the F.E.A.R games

Yes, I would like for those two games to go away also. Street Fighter Rocks!

[Peanut]

Unsurprisingly, Barkworm was right. This thread is AWFUL.

[Zog the Equalizer]

^ Sadly I am forced to agree

[Cure]

^ Sadly I am forced to agree

Partly your fault, dawg.

[deadpoolRKO]

Three Dee.

[Logan]

i would really like halo and call of duty to go away..im just sick of the people who play and bost about it...its annoying...

^ This.

Also, MMORPGs and sports video games in general.

I also wish Konami would take a break from Metroidvania gameplay in Castlevania and make something more like Rondo of Blood.

Nintendo constantly making their games with the nunchuk and wiimote and just making lame games for the device in general. The first thing that came to mind when I first heard Nintendo were using that type of controller was "lightsaber". I have yet to see a Star Wars game that utilizes it as it should. Heck, just port Trilogy Arcade and things would be fine.

[Peanut]

Your points aren't good.

[Redeemer]

Call of Duty jst needs to die!!!

[XERO]

Call of Duty jst needs to die!!!

That'll never happen as long as people don't get bored of headshots and knife kills.

[Redeemer]

That'll never happen as long as people don't get bored of headshots and knife kills.

still needs 2 die

[XERO]

Nice "point repellent" vest you got on there.

[Peanut]

still needs 2 die

Get over it, kid.

[愛]

I still love headshots. A little bit of FPS Doug's soul rests inside of me.

[XERO]

Man, is that show even still around?

[愛]

They have their own TV show now. The web episodes are a thing of the past.

[Jester]

I wish they would stop making games about portly Italian stereotypes, I mean who does Nintendo think they are, promoting such rampant racism.

[愛]

In retrospect, I probably wouldn't find Pure Pwnage funny anymore now that my sense of humor has changed, but I still find FPS Doug to be pretty hilarious on its own.

EDIT: Watching the TV series. I take it back. This is still pretty funny.

[Peanut]

The name alone was always enough to make me vomit.

[pannoni1]

I'm glad that the Rock Band/Guitar Hero trend has pretty much died, and that World of Warcraft has pretty much peaked, only to be replaced by this Halo/Call of Duty and it's dozens of clones crap. The games I enjoy the most lately are Facebook games as many are free and you don't need a separate controller and the instructions are on-screen. I miss the old days when games were more "fun", had a good storyline. That's why I'll always view the '90s as the best decade for video games (before it was simply called gaming!) There are many classics that I continue to play on ports/emulators/systems and has an innocence that 21st century games lack. I just wish there were more good platformers/adventure games being released!

But I'm just a nostalgia nut; it reflects it. Getting game overs and starting all over; remembering how awesome Game Genie was, as well as simpler controls. There was even a time in the late '80s/early '90s when you dialed a 900 number for hints/cheats!

[XERO]

I'm glad that the Rock Band/Guitar Hero trend has pretty much died, and that World of Warcraft has pretty much peaked, only to be replaced by this Halo/Call of Duty and it's dozens of clones crap. The games I enjoy the most lately are Facebook games as many are free and you don't need a separate controller and the instructions are on-screen. I miss the old days when games were more "fun", had a good storyline. That's why I'll always view the '90s as the best decade for video games (before it was simply called gaming!) There are many classics that I continue to play on ports/emulators/systems and has an innocence that 21st century games lack. I just wish there were more good platformers/adventure games being released!

But I'm just a nostalgia nut; it reflects it. Getting game overs and starting all over; remembering how awesome Game Genie was, as well as simpler controls. There was even a time in the late '80s/early '90s when you dialed a 900 number for hints/cheats!

I was with you until the Facebook game crap. Who the hell actually plays those?

[pannoni1]

Facebook has lots of games based on game shows. I currently play Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, The Price is Right, Family Feud, and the $100,000 Pyramid regularly, plus there's also Deal or No Deal, 1 vs. 100, and Who Wants to Be a Millionare? available, and my mom enjoys playing some of those games as well. It's basically the fun of the old school generation of gaming updated with better graphics/sounds.

[The Stryker]

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I don't want to live in a world where I can't do things like that.

Also you enjoy dying and starting over and playing a game pure but then state your love for Game Genie. Confusing.

[oldmanwinters]

I wish they would stop making games about portly Italian stereotypes, I mean who does Nintendo think they are, promoting such rampant racism.

And dare I even mention "Punch-Out! (http://www.gamesradar.com/fun-with-stereotypes-starring-punch-out/)" ?

[tj96]

most people's obsessions with 1st person shooters/cod

[Peanut]

My new one is people who like Dark/Demons Souls being condescending assholes about liking Dark/Demons Souls.