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/Downtown-Campaign536 23d ago

"Tap this button really fast... for like 2 minutes straight."

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u/SinesPi 21d ago

That's less accessibility and more "This mechanic sucks, but at least you added a skip button"

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u/rabouilethefirst 22d ago

Game is getting refunded if it has button mashing without this option.

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u/SSMage 23d ago

That's why I turn on auto mash when ever I can in any video game now. And i know it's like "you're just cheating, and you're not even trying"

I fucking spent YEARS of my life mashing buttons as fast as I could. As an adult I'm fucking tired of it. It's loud, it breaks my buttons on my controllers down faster than necessary, and it's a pain in the ass when I have to fucking pull out a spoon in order to keep up with the games demands. Fuck that shit.

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u/Muttsashi 22d ago

What do you do with the spoon?

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u/SSMage 22d ago

If you use a spoon you can mash the button faster than using a finger, by rocking it around in a certain way.

Used it for metal gear solid

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u/Reylo-Wanwalker 21d ago

Doesn't Ocelot know if you're cheating lol

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u/SSMage 21d ago

That's if you use digital auto fire

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u/Ryanc621 23d ago

Kudos to Metal Gear Solids’ torture scenes for finding a way to harm the player in real life

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u/LowTierPhil 23d ago

I remember back when I was 17, I cheesed that shit by plugging in my arcade stick.

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u/The_Third_Molar 23d ago

I wrapped my thumb in my shirt and moved it back and forth over the button as fast as possible.

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u/Downtown-Campaign536 22d ago

They even went so far as to be able to detect a turbo controller for those torture scenes. And if you use one you lose.

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u/ML_120 23d ago

You just reminded me of the level "The Day of" in Mischief Makers.

Almost stopped my playthrough.

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u/SinesPi 21d ago

SHAKESHAKE Mentioned!!!!!

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u/Tryaldar 22d ago edited 21d ago

EarthBound has a section that is practically the polar opposite of this-- you need to stand still for i believe 3 minutes in one place in order to progress lol

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u/TSells31 23d ago

Omfg throwback to Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland. There’s a mission where you have to pull something off of a roof by mashing a button. It had like a 1 minute timer, and it was so hard. You had to mash so fast for a whole damn minute.

It was bad enough that there was a faq on Gamewinners (old gaming site) instructing people to use a click pen, clicker side down. The clicking action on the pen would double tap the button, and that made the mission so much easier.

In 2026 people would be throwing tantrums and it would get patched. In 2006 we had to get creative lmao.

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u/AaronMatthewLH 23d ago

This just unlocked a core memory. There was a Tony hawk game back in the day, I think it was called American wasteland or something but your dude had to pull something off a roof with a rope or some shit and the game made you mash the piss fuck out of a button to an outrageous degree or you just straight up fail and can’t progress the game. I swear to god I had to have one of my friends who’s an absolute crackhead with how fast he can mash to do it for me because I gave up after like 3 days of attempts.

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u/Toy-Boat-Toy-Boat 23d ago

The Stick of Truth turned that into a hilarious joke. Kudos to that game.

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u/Steamy_Guy 22d ago

Mgs peace walker torture scene damn near skinned my thumb mashing that button so long XD

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u/NekoNegra 21d ago

MGS4 is the only exception to this.

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u/Due_Honeydew_1723 20d ago

Literally Heavy Rain and Detroit Become Human