Worst Gameplay Mechanics

[CappuccinoJak]

ninja gaiden 2's mentor and above difficulties. sure a few ICS ninjas make it a challenge but make all enemies ICS, gunner, and rocket ninjas and you get 3 helpings of "OMGWTF IS THIS CRAP?!" (can't wait to get raped in ninja gaiden 3)

everything about COD's multiplayer, don't think this requires explanation.

collectibles in EVERY game! i don't wanna spend 5000 hours trying to find all the tears in Bayonetta or all the feathers in AC2.

throwing in multiplayer for the sake of having a multiplayer (i'm talking to you bioshock 2 and dead space 2). it takes away from a game that should've stuck to it's awesome singleplayer (mass effect 3 better not have one).

a lame story in an action game like bayonetta or devil may cry. yes i come to them for the spectacular action they are.....now if only someone can give them a better story.

 

[Rekano]

• COD - Dat Knife!!!

The knife + the care package marker speed boost(aka Mt.Dew Can) was one of the most fun I've had in a game. And though I was the complete bastard, better players knew how to deal with my shenanigans and would put me down before I could even commando lunge them(at the very least, a second time would never again happen).

Once the speed boost got patched out, I quit playing. The thrill and fun disappeared instantly.

 

[JetSetDizzy]

Lol how in the world can you say vanilla knife is OP? Of course a melee weapon is going to kill faster than a gun at short range. What the fuck would be the point of it otherwise?

Having to exploit a system in a deliberate manner (i.e. having to look up how to do it in online forums, etc.) just to make the game playable proves the mechanic is a lousy one.

wekk if you just let it go normally it works out okay, yeah the game gets hard as you level up but as long as you don't abuse the fact that you can stay level one it just becomes a standard difficulty curve where the game gets harder as you go without restricting your freedom of where you actually can go. Its not perfect but how else would you do it in a game that is so open?

 

[Seven7Swords]

• MvC - X-Factor....oh you do block string? Guess what fuck your agenda X-factor! Free kill!
• COD -Kill Streaks...when you have a game where there are soooo many ways to get a lucky kill simply by laming nades in areas randomly, a mechanic like kills streak is simply stupid. I can be 1 underneath my awesome Harrier strike and then out of no where a grenade takes me down by someone who just randomly guessed. The game just DRASTICALLY changed because now I don't get a harrier because of some random BS.
• COD - Grenade buffs/restock...no grenades should EVER do that much dmg with that much range in an FPS with tiny maps and so my legit places to randomly toss them, especially when you can instantly keep refilling them with things like One Man Army and firing upward across the map
• MK9 - JF Blocking...I don't care if it's an old mechanic, it's fucking terrible. There's no visual que, no practice to test timing, and numerous other reasons why it's fucking retarded. If I block your string that's -2 I don't wanna get fucked over because i held block for a frame too long and just created a frame trap, that just means we're both fucking guessing who's at advantage.
• COD - Dat Knife!!! Nothing has made me rage harder than the COD knife, and no I'm not talking about with buffs and other stuff that makes it incredibly stupid, no I'm talking about vanilla knife. In COD while running or moving, guns have a delay before firing, knifes do not. Knifes also have a 10' range and a 90 degree angle of "fuck you!". This means that when you round a corner it's who ever hits the knife button first because there is no counter at all, no gun can beat it and there's no way to avoid it. What makes it really broke is mainly the size of the maps, the design of the stages that allows for easy ways to get close on an enemy, the speed of a character, and the speed of the strike and recoil that allows you to drop multiple targets in seconds. I have literally gotten nukes before using knife ONLY just to prove how OP that fucking thing is. Other games have 1 hit kill knifes, but all of them are much harder to do either due to stage design, walk speeds, slow attack speed and recovery, range issues, angle issues, etc... Only a gun that shoots COD knives could ever top it.

*n00b tubes this post with Danger Close Perk. Refills with Scavenger*

LoL

I think dual wielding shotty is the stupidest thing Block Ops ever brought to the series, and I was a big advocate against Cammando/Sprint/knife.

Always thought COD was meant to be more realistic until they started dual wielding shit. Mondern Warfare and block ops to me is all about finding the most abusive perk/weapon set up, IMO. I get alot of complaints with last stand/final stand and the quick shooting/reloading revolver. Or better yet, Stoner with FMJ or extended clip.

 

[ArcticKomodo]

...melee weapon is going to kill faster than a gun at short range.