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What are some things that just get under your skin about games?

For me, it's games that do not allow controller rebinding. I have neuropathy and my fingers don't all work. If I can't rebind buttons so that I have necessary moves (for example: parry) be on buttons I can reliably press the entire game becomes unplayable.

And on console, where I can't refund a game after I downloaded it (fuck you Sony) then it really screws me over wasting what limited funds I have on games I just can't play.

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[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 4 points 6 days ago

Live service games that start getting long in the tooth adding too much content.

There's plenty to hate on with Dead by Daylight, but I was at one point pretty good at it both killer and survivor. Eventually I started to feel there were too many perks and characters to keep track of and I lost interest.

I felt the same about Team Fortress 2 when they started adding new weapons. That's probably not a popular opinion but the initial updates tying weapon unlocks to achievements really soured me on the game, permanently. I stopped playing.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

OP, you would love the Steam Deck, or in a few months the Steam Machine. Or any other PC with Steam for that matter. With Steam Input you can rebind the controls of even the most stubborn game.

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Unfortunately, I have a PC but can't use it cause of circumstances which don't allow me space to set it up.

I do prefer PC over console for this very reason. PC is just better with customization and accessibility thanks to the option for modding and stuff.

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[–] yakko@feddit.uk 2 points 5 days ago

Repetitive character dialogue.

It's less of an issue these days, but still incredibly grating when I see it.

[–] callouscomic@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 days ago

Abuse of quick time events. Some overrated games are horrible about it. I think it should never be used.

[–] termaxima@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Every game has controller remapping with Steam ! But the on-screen hints might get mighty confusing 😅

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Too bad PS5 doesn't have steam.

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Gawwdan preventing rebinding is so annoying! Or it's monkey paw wish cousin, letting you rebinding but the on-screen prompts are hard coded to display the default key.

In a simmiliar accessibility vein, I'm hard of hearing so when a game has no option for subtitles then at best I catch 1/3rd of the story.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Games with bird sounds. This wouldn't be too bad if i could turn them down or off but because of this I can't play some games or spend time in specific areas of some games because it make my birds go crazy because they think there's another bird in the house.

I wish we could individually turn up or down all of the different elements if sounds not just music/sfx/voice etc

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)
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