StaceyPowers Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 What are the absolute worst instances of lazy shortcuts you can think of that developers have taken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 With what Ubisoft did when making Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag shows how lazy they have become with the game as it's a direct copy from their previous iteration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m76 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 To me the most annoying shortcut that many developers take is making a character creator where you can only choose between a few presets and not actually create a custom character. Another one is hard coding buttons and keys and not allowing the player to redefine the inputs. But the checkpoint based save system is in of itself a shortcut compared to a regular on demand save system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 On 12/29/2021 at 11:10 PM, m76 said: To me the most annoying shortcut that many developers take is making a character creator where you can only choose between a few presets and not actually create a custom character. Another one is hard coding buttons and keys and not allowing the player to redefine the inputs. Expand If they allow me more option to tweak my characters customization, it wouldn't be a big problem at all because I can create my character as I see fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head_Hunter Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 What do you mean by tweaking your character? How is that possible? You're talking about video game, and everything can't be realistic with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Here's a pretty funny but lazy implementation of a train - https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/heres-whats-happening-inside-fallout-3s-metro-train/ In Fallout 3, there is a train that has not even been developed as a proper train system. It's just an accessory of a NPC who apparently runs around which makes it look like the train is actually functioning properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin11 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Games being hard is okay, but it shouldn't be too hard for gamers. Because, I don't like being stuck to a particular for longer duration of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane99 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 On 12/29/2021 at 11:01 PM, Heatman said: With what Ubisoft did when making Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag shows how lazy they have become with the game as it's a direct copy from their previous iteration. Expand That's kinda expected with yearly releaes like that. They're going to reuse assets, animations etc. I'd say COD is worse, considering they do it all the time. I don't know how many "new engines" they used, but every game pretty much looks the same in terms of graphics, assets, gameplay, etc. On 12/29/2021 at 11:10 PM, m76 said: To me the most annoying shortcut that many developers take is making a character creator where you can only choose between a few presets and not actually create a custom character. Another one is hard coding buttons and keys and not allowing the player to redefine the inputs. But the checkpoint based save system is in of itself a shortcut compared to a regular on demand save system. Expand I would love to have more customization options. I wish games allowe for creating out own character as close as we can get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 On 1/3/2022 at 12:49 AM, Kane99 said: That's kinda expected with yearly releaes like that. They're going to reuse assets, animations etc. I'd say COD is worse, considering they do it all the time. I don't know how many "new engines" they used, but every game pretty much looks the same in terms of graphics, assets, gameplay, etc. I would love to have more customization options. I wish games allowe for creating out own character as close as we can get it. Expand Yeah, that's the case with the lot of them now. They are not really prepared to make any effort in changing to what's expected of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boblee Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 On 1/3/2022 at 12:49 AM, Kane99 said: I would love to have more customization options. I wish games allowed for creating out own character as close as we can get it. Expand Characters customization is really a big thing for me when it comes to what I do fancy the developers make available for me in games because they can never build any character to my taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 On 1/3/2022 at 7:58 PM, Boblee said: Characters customization is really a big thing for me when it comes to what I do fancy the developers make available for me in games because they can never build any character to my taste. Expand It's always going to be very difficult for gamers to have their perfect characters made which is why characters customization is very important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane99 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 1/3/2022 at 12:24 PM, Heatman said: Yeah, that's the case with the lot of them now. They are not really prepared to make any effort in changing to what's expected of them. Expand It's because they are lazy and do the bare minimum in terms of character creation. On 1/3/2022 at 9:37 PM, Heatman said: It's always going to be very difficult for gamers to have their perfect characters made which is why characters customization is very important. Expand I think it's needed when it comes to online multi-player games. Especially when it's a massive online game. I want to be able to make a unique character that is close to what I look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 1/4/2022 at 5:14 AM, Kane99 said: It's because they are lazy and do the bare minimum in terms of character creation. I think it's needed when it comes to online multi-player games. Especially when it's a massive online game. I want to be able to make a unique character that is close to what I look like. Expand It's really frustrating to see developers become so lacky the way they are. These guys are supposed to super in making games worthwhile to the gamers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boblee Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 1/4/2022 at 7:52 AM, Heatman said: It's really frustrating to see developers become so lacky the way they are. These guys are supposed to super in making games worthwhile to the gamers. Expand It's actually only the money they are going to make from the games that they are willing to go to any extent to make use of all in game strategy to get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 On 1/4/2022 at 10:28 PM, Boblee said: It's actually only the money they are going to make from the games that they are willing to go to any extent to make use of all in game strategy to get it. Expand Exactly, when it comes to the making money part, they are never lazy in that part because it's what they live for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
