i have been thinking a bit, about my favourite FF game: FF9. During this i realized something...there are a few small things about this game that annoy me. it doesn't ruin the game as a whole, but it does bug me a fair bit.

For example.

Quina. Why do you exist? When has a blue mage ever been useful in ff? They're annoying and gimicky and not very useful, and usually weird as hell. Please Quina...go away. You scare me. You and your 4 foot tongue and unblinking gaze.

Vivi's ultimate spell. I think it's doomdsday, but i'm not sure. Either way it smashes the enemy with massive meteors. AND YOUR PARTY! I have tried several tactics to protect myself but ultimately they fail. Why Vivi? AIM! AAAAAAAAAAAIM! It's a giant flippin meteor, this isn't...rocket...science...
...
oh shut up.

Lastly, a storyline one. Beatrix and Steiner.

Those of you who look at a picture of beatrix will note that she has an eyepatch, during training, Steiner cut her eye out.

Now, later in the game, steiner and beatrix get together. Ignoring for a moment that I HATE Steiner, Beatrix just seems to be a better choice of character.

I mean think about it, she wants to prove she's the best, but also learns that she has to make her own judgement calls, even when her queen gives her orders. Steiner only learns to make his own choices.

Because of this, Steiner and Beatrix could've easily have been switched. In my opinion, this would've worked well, and they didn't need the part where the two fall in love out of the blue, with no hints at it earlier.

okay i think i'm done.

what about you escapist,

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction.

The textures can be shoddy at times, the AI soldiers can be really stupid (but once they get in a vehicle...), control can be a bit stiff at times and the controls themselves are just weird ("o" for jump?).

The storyline is also kind of choppy at times and takes a backseat but the characters completely make up for that with their interactions along with the games backstory.
_{Wow, I can't even criticise Mercenaries without simultaneously praising it and pulling punches.}

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing does, in fact, have a few compatability issues.

Mass effect had a shitty colour coded ending.

Skyrim, I just get bored. Theres nothing to drive my forward on the main quest.

KOTOR. It doesn't have modern shiny graphics (thats actually the best I can do... that game pwns.)

Fallout:NV - too buggy to finish. And Cazadores.

Far cry 2: Dat Malaria

Final fantasy 6 . It's my favorite game , things that annoy me are .... Ummm....uhhh ... I got nothing that game is perfect . I guess if i WANTED to be nitpicky it COULD use some updated graphics? Nah it's perfect how it is . BUT What the hell is the step counter for ? I mean really!

Xenoblade Chronicle. Why couldn't they make a bigger Quest givers icon on the radar and also mention their exact location on their bio within the character chart? Also less recolour weapons and armours would of been nice.
Lastly a creature list would of been an nice feature.

Forza Motorsport 4 cut a lot of great tracks out from Forza 3, for no good reason.

Okami has a lower poly count and resolution than I would like. If it were on current gen consoles then it would be able to look unbelievable.

The intro sequence to Twilight Princess was way too long. But compared to Skyward Sword it's much better.

EDIT

Skyrim has some patchy graphics in places.

Darksiders was too short and had almost nothing to do apart from the main storyline.

The league of legends community is in fact a giant pile of **** that has somehow learned to communicate via keyboard.
It's also really kinda unbalanced, I love it but the balance tends to suck.

Also Prototype has an incredibly **** story. I thought it was so badly done, I usaully preferred to try and pretend that Alex Mercer is a silent protagonist since his lines are terribad.

Arcanum - Of Steamworks and Magicka Obscura has outdated graphics. The companions have limited impact on the game and some are effectively pointless. Some of the skills are poorly balanced and Technology, in general, starts off as extremely difficult.

Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines has outdated graphics. For being on the source engine, the animations are abysmal. There are numerous bugs in the game that were never fully fixed and require external patching to correct. Some of the bugs are entirely game breaking. The game is rushed towards the end and loses itself in filler content (oodles of combat) which is against the general narrative/theme of the rest of the game.

The Mass Effect series has, for an RPG, extraordinarily little consequence to the actions it takes, even before considering the ending which shall not be mentioned. The game is much more a 'cinematic RPG' with a highly linear plot. The plot itself is overall quite average (and thus mediocre for an RPG).

Portal. ... shit. It... could go longer? Heck even the length is just right. I just don't know how to improve this one.

mass effect 2 could've done with more nudity i mean better 3rd person shooting, the combat was the only weak part to this game that i couldn't ignore as you have to do it so often and the weak combat mechanics of mass effect 1 are the main reason i hate that game with a rare passion

Beatrix lost her eye to Steiner? I'm surprised, from way she were portrayed it always seemed like Beatrix was too OP to struggle with any of your partymembers.
Also me fav character in ff9 was steiner :P So obviously we think differently in regards to him but I do agree with you in regards to steiner and beatrix hooking up kinda suddenly at the end. Guess the devs wanted to give the both of em a happy ending to go with zidanes fancy wedding.
And quina is supposed to be THE most OP character in the game for some reason, wouldn't know as I never used "it" either.

Anyways now to bitch a bit about games I like, not neccesiraly my favorites but just ones that pop into my head.

Skyrim: I always lose interest once I reach a certain point where the game simply doesn't challenge me anymore and I get the impression I'm basically playing a guided tour of local caves. Bethesda games as a whole tend to start out really well but get boring fast for me towards the endgame. At least fallout series had gunplay elements to spice things up.

Deus Ex 3: Not a bad sequel at all, but character customization and your overall selection of abilities is so poor compared to original... Iirc by the halfway point of the game I had all the main upgrades and didn't really have many new skills and abilities to look forward too.

Total War Shogun 2: Those loading times are retarded. Everytime I tried coop we just ended up abandoning our games because 2 mins+ to load battles is just ridiculous, dunno if its a computer problem or what (and yes, graphic settings are as low as they can be). It results in both me and my opponent fearful to play battles or play casual skirmishes so we would just autobattle everything but the most important fights. Not a good sign for a total war game at all :\

Alpha Protocol: Why must you be so buggy and be this gem in the rough that will never get a sequel because 1st game sold so poorly? Sniff.

The Legacy of Kain series are getting rebooted instead of finished. Also, the games are full length movies plus some gameplay. The combat is repetitive. Blood Omen 2 does not exist.

Bloodlines is buggy and prone to crashing. The mechainics from the TT are not more than guidelines. It has too many redheads.

Heroes 3 is not balanced easily and it has some weird and annoying bugs, like when your hero starts at level 5. Also, the random map generator sometimes makes extremely stupid maps, like when you can only reach your saw mill on the second month and only after fighting some level 6 or even level 7 monsters. Some skills suck giant balls. Others are even worse. for Might and Magic, Magic totally pwns everything.

Portal is too short.

chinangel:
i have been thinking a bit, about my favourite FF game: FF9. During this i realized something...there are a few small things about this game that annoy me. it doesn't ruin the game as a whole, but it does bug me a fair bit.

For example.

Quina. Why do you exist? When has a blue mage ever been useful in ff? They're annoying and gimicky and not very useful, and usually weird as hell. Please Quina...go away. You scare me. You and your 4 foot tongue and unblinking gaze.

Vivi's ultimate spell. I think it's doomdsday, but i'm not sure. Either way it smashes the enemy with massive meteors. AND YOUR PARTY! I have tried several tactics to protect myself but ultimately they fail. Why Vivi? AIM! AAAAAAAAAAAIM! It's a giant flippin meteor, this isn't...rocket...science...
...
oh shut up.

Lastly, a storyline one. Beatrix and Steiner.

Those of you who look at a picture of beatrix will note that she has an eyepatch, during training, Steiner cut her eye out.

Now, later in the game, steiner and beatrix get together. Ignoring for a moment that I HATE Steiner, Beatrix just seems to be a better choice of character.

I mean think about it, she wants to prove she's the best, but also learns that she has to make her own judgement calls, even when her queen gives her orders. Steiner only learns to make his own choices.

Because of this, Steiner and Beatrix could've easily have been switched. In my opinion, this would've worked well, and they didn't need the part where the two fall in love out of the blue, with no hints at it earlier.

okay i think i'm done.

what about you escapist,

Okay WoW, Enough with the damn Alliance losing streak would it kill anyone in real life if the Alliance had a victory streak or much less a victory that does not get turned around once in a while.

Huh. I always found Quina to be one of my most favorite characters and party members. :)

Also about Doomsday, I think what you need to do to use that effectively is to protect your entire party in equipment that nullifies or absorbs Shadow damage.

OT: Shadow of the Colossus. I'll admit, some of the colossi aren't nearly as fun to fight as others. *cough* no 9 *cough*

Psychonauts's graphics have not aged well. Some of the platforming is very shoddy in places when exploring levels for secrets. The controls for the rolling ball power are extremely floaty and difficult. The little exploding guys are annoying as hell.

.Hack G.U. Trilogy. God I love those games, despite it's obvious flaws. I've played through them more times than any other game I own.

The combat is way too simplistic even for a hack and slash game. It pretty much boils down to press X until everything dies. Even the Avatar battles are simple, just dodge and attack until you win.

It's also too easy. In the original four games once you left the first server you started to die a hell of a lot more. You actually had to plan out a strategy based on what kind of monsters you were fighting and who you had in your party. In the G.U. games if you somehow manage to lose a fight all you have to do is go level up one or two times and then you can win.

Halo:CE - Repetitive level design, although it was not uncommon back then. Also The Library was a boring chore to play.

Age of Empires 2 - God awful AI. Your strategy can consist of nothing but mass spawning light cavalry and if you survive about 2-3 attacks from your enemies, you are guaranteed a win on the hardest difficulty.

Dota/HoN - God awful balance.

CS 1.6 - Most of the weapons aren't viable even casually. Its ridiculous.

Dark Souls - awful framerate issues during some parts of the game. And also the big huge bosses (Gaping Demon, Stray Demon). They don't require any combat oriented skill, rather just learn their pattern followed by dodging attacks and hit their fat ass, rinse and repeat. Very boring.

krazykidd:
BUT What the hell is the step counter for ? I mean really!

I think its to work out how much damage the 'traveler' ability does. Not entirely sure though, never actually seen it used, only heard about it in a walkthrough.

LoL : The Community is horrible and most of the female champions are really boring (in appearance/design, not gameplay).

Disgaea 3/4 : Item worlding/grindin in general can get VERY boring.

Hisoutensoku : Mokou was scrapped from the expansion.

Silent Hill 2 is unintentionally(?) funny in places. "How can you sit here and eat pizza?"

Pokemon series in general has serious issues :-
1.)sh*t graphics (and I mean really bad)
2.)A tedious level grind system
3.)Combat gets repetitive after a while
4.)None of the new Pokemon are as cool as the old ones
5.)You can predict the plot; Collect badges whilst defeating an fighting an evil gang, catch legendary pokemon, defeat league. Then not bother with the pokedex
6.)No interesting Characters
7.)You cannot obtain wifi event pokemon (even though I have wifi)
I could go on. The only reason I like it is because Pkmn Red was my first ever video game, and I am a collector maniac.

Final Fantasy VIII . . . Well I gotta start somewhere.

1) What I've decided is an attempt to use limited third-person to create intimacy with Squall frankly should've been more obvious, if it was the real intent. Having every other character besides our lead be under-developed was an undue swerve from the persective under which we view all JRPGs (third-person omniscience), but when considered in the context of limited third-person is actually kind of brilliant. Just warn me a bit next time, kay?

2) I like "Don't Be Afraid" quite a bit, but I think "Man With The Machine Gun" with a title change should've been the main battle music for the entire game.

3) The intimate scenes of character development for Squall, while I believe were well placed, should've been made to happen earlier if empathy or sympathy was what you were going for as opposed to just trying to relate to a very specific niche of fans like me: angsty jerk.

4) It's a real shame you had to use Deus Ex Machina to get that awesome romantic scene, especially since an even better one happens about 3-4 hours earlier with no such silliness.

I really could go on. But I still love you, and all your flaws.

Hal10k:
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing does, in fact, have a few compatability issues.

Nonsense
It works perfectly fine for me. Its my game of the decade after all!

Anyways

Ultima Underworld
The stats and skills can be rather redundant sometimes and the headless-on-the-second-level bullshit had me on the edge.

Master of Orion II
-Standard races are not balanced in the least. Ever see the Gnolam become a massive power in a game? Probably not.
-The AI has several major shortcomings, both strategically and tactically. Ever look at enemy ship designs? With technological and industrial parity, a human player will win every time based on ship design alone.
-Diplomacy is pretty hit-or-miss. On the higher difficulties it might actually be easier to go repulsive so war doesn't come knocking on your doorstep because you didn't feel like emptying out the entirety of your coffers to some random jagoff.

Fire Emblem Path of Radiance had absolutely terrible voice acting. One chapter was stupidly long and difficult. The whole game can be beaten using a single character. Abusing bonus experience can break the game.

Well, my complaint goes for all my favorite games, MGS, Uncharted, Bioshock and Gta4/RDR...

...Too good!

Mushihimesama Futari - Well, if you don't like shmups, it's not going to convert you.

Sega Rally Revo - soundtrack is terrible, locations could do with more variety.

krazykidd:
Final fantasy 6 . It's my favorite game , things that annoy me are .... Ummm....uhhh ... I got nothing that game is perfect . I guess if i WANTED to be nitpicky it COULD use some updated graphics? Nah it's perfect how it is . BUT What the hell is the step counter for ? I mean really!

Actually, the graphics are top-notch for SNES, and still look great when played on the correct resolution. But still . . .

Hey! A good time and place to bust out my heterodox hatred of that game!:

1) That soundtrack is mediocre compared to what Uematsu would do with the next three games. I remember doing an excersize where, to create space, I deleted every song from that soundtrack I didn't think was good. I ended up with about a third of the soundtrack. That's easy to tdo when your main battle theme and final dungeon music pieces are awful. Keep in mind, good, not ones I didn't like. If I deleted everything I didn't like, I'd probably have less than a quarter. A similar excersize with the next three soundtracks resulted in the deletion of about 10 tracks, and that was actually really difficult to do. I actually deleted less of a percentage for FFV. I don't know why people think that one is mediocre. Tracks like "A Presentiment" certainly make it his most under-rated work.

2) The characters have backstories and conflicts in game, but no real personalities. Key characteristics, like Edgar's playboyism, will often just dissapear.

3) The Opera song is beautiful, no complaints there except synthesized voice. The Opera scene makes no sense and would be one of the worst BigLippedAlligatorMoments in all of gaming if it did not have the most pointlessly subtle foreshadowing ever. Keep in mind, the event it foreshadows can actually be prevented!

4) No FF has ever been balanced, and I don't really want them to be (my favorite, FFVIII is possibly even more broken), but Final Fantasy VI is without question the Marvel Vs Capcom 2 of the series in terms of not only the amount of glitches that can turn the game unplayable, but even more so for eliminating even the possibility of having to play the game intelligtently. Vanish-Doom FTW forever, especially since there are practically no reasons (besides the upcoming one) to play, say, the GBA version (which fixed many of the glitches) instead of the SNES one.

5) The translation is terrible. I'm sick of hearing how good a translation that gleefully takes the opportunity to trivialize suicide is. It really is insulting to anyone who has ever self-mutilated or attempted suicide. (It doesn't help that, unlike later angsters, Celes' entire personality is literally defined by her angst. It's all we can conclude that she even has.)

I really could go on, but that's the bulk of it.

. . . You're welcome?

Fappy:
SNES - Chrono Trigger has one of the stupidest looking final bosses ever.

And some of the worst Final boss music too!

DoPo:
The Legacy of Kain series are getting rebooted instead of finished. Also, the games are full length movies plus some gameplay. The combat is repetitive. Blood Omen 2 does not exist.

Lolwut? I've heard news of rumors of a new game, but nothing like that! Also yeah, BO2 is an abomination.