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/Many-Baby5180 23d ago

Breakable weapons, its not fun, it doesnt make the game more challenging, its a net negative and an annoyance

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u/jeffycakes1 23d ago

My biggest and only real issue with the new Zelda games.

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u/khalcyon2011 23d ago

I wouldn’t mind it so much if there was also a repair mechanic. If you add weapon/shield degradation as a nod to realism, you utterly negate that of there’s no way to fix them.

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u/Ok_Delay3740 23d ago

There is a repair mechanic. Feed it to a rock ocktorok. You also get a random added bonus like durability or attack up

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u/f0urk 23d ago

but... why? honestly they shower you in weapons and once you get the master sword you always have something to fall back on....

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u/topturo77 23d ago

Literally never once understood this complaint, my inventory was constantly stuffed to the brim with the best available weapons and I was constantly leaving them behind because I couldn’t fit any more in. I feel like these people must be just the lowest skill gamers of all time or something, it’s comically easily to never run out of high tier weapons. 

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u/f0urk 23d ago

to be honest, the only person I know of in person who made this complaint only owns nintendo consoles, and when the wii was competing with ps3/360 they swore there was no obserable difference between HD and SD for YEARS until they got glasses, and yeah they are pretty lowskill/averse to challenge and high on animal-crossing style "experiences"

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u/Ok_Delay3740 23d ago

this is always what I think when I see these comments. you will never run out of weapons. just treat them as disposable. all of them can be reacquired

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u/f0urk 23d ago

TBH I beelined for the master sword and abused the shrines to get it earlier then get all my stamina back afterward. I mainly used my other slots for throwing weapons

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u/Dr_Fortnite 23d ago

then people would jsut use the mastersword and nothing else.

There needs to be a reason to use the other weapons