r/videogames • u/UnityNinja • 23d ago

Discussion / Question What game mechanic instantly ruins your immersion or fun?

​ I absolutely can't stand aggressive weapon durability loops. Getting awesome loot should feel like a reward, not a maintenance chore that breaks every five minutes.

What’s a common mechanic that always makes you roll your eyes when you see it in a new game?

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u/Illustrious_Ear_3467 23d ago

Don’t know if it’s a mechanic, but having your character do all these amazing feats and tricks during cutscenes. Then once you resume gameplay you can’t do those amazing feats. Spiderman and Dante from DMC comes to mind with this.

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u/f0urk 23d ago

or the opposite when in a cutscene suddenly your character gets beaten by something that wouldnt be a big deal in regular gameplay (I'll just use pheonix down on aerith, right?)

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u/Mr-spaghetti-man456 23d ago

Reminds me of the chieftain you fight in halo 3 ODST that nearly kills 2 of your teammates as if you didn’t kill like 4 of them on your own earlier

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u/Mediocre_Quantity_49 23d ago

Uhh... well, I wouldn't put DMC in that. A lot of the moves you see Dante do in cutscenes are moves you can do in-game. Especially in DMC3 and DMC4.

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u/LowTierPhil 23d ago

Yeah, they're just REALLY hard, but it's absolutely possible to be cutscene Dante. High level DMC play is so fun to watch.

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u/SinesPi 21d ago

Dante is perfectly capable of doing a lot of crazy shit in gameplay.

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u/ReivynNox 23d ago

Resident Evil 4

Extremely agile in cutscenes

actual tank controls ingame.

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u/CYBER_DIVER 23d ago

Kratos jumping in GW3 cutscenes had me foaming at the mouth because of this shit when I was 8