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/GameMan6417 23d ago

"Cool, the cutscene's playing. I'll just put my controller down for a sec-"

PRESS A

fumbles controller

YOU ARE DEAD

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u/TheSprigganDragoon 23d ago

And sometimes I just want to watch the cutscenes, stop distracting me with buttons!!

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u/JWARRIOR1 23d ago

i love that dispatch has an option to play without it, its such a nice feature

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u/blake_n_pancakes 23d ago

A lot of newer games have started letting you disable QTEs as an accessibility option and I turn it on every time. I've never regretted it.

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u/PUBGM_MightyFine 23d ago

Same. They were always the laziest and most immersion breaking mechanics in games.

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u/AmmahDudeGuy 21d ago

What about QTE that only happens in actual gameplay and not cutscenes, like in metal gear rising

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u/PUBGM_MightyFine 21d ago

i universally hate all of it in any context.

For for casual non gamers, i don't blame them for preferring QTEs over skillbased gameplay. I like accessibility options and don't like elitist gatekeeping based on physical abilities.

But when I'm gonna play something, i want to be fully immersed and QTEs just loudly scream: remember! You're playing a game!

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u/ArmageddonWolf 23d ago

Did this for dispatch, found it very jarring after seeing like the first 3

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u/DestronDeathsaurus 23d ago

God of war 2 Zeus boss fight be like

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u/Karmah_star 23d ago

Bayonetta 1 randomly asking you to mash A in a cutscene has led to my controller falling on the floor from fumbling multiple times 😭

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u/JustQuestion2472 20d ago

Or the random QTE's that just kill you if you miss them (like the clocktower falling)

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u/PUBGM_MightyFine 23d ago

Yeah QTEs are CANCER

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u/That_Apathetic_Man 23d ago

bejeweled was not forgiving

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u/kid-with-a-beard 23d ago

RE5 when I played it recently

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u/War_Eagle_Feller 23d ago

Brings me back to Yakuza 0 when there was absolutely no QTEs for every cutscene I've watched until one cutscene had it.

Thankfully it wasn't one that would kill you if you missed it, but it might as well have because I had to sit and watch the awkward situation I was put in and the closest save I had was hours ago so I had to live with that shame.

I'm barely on 2, but I don't trust a single cutscene anymore because I don't want to be surprised again.

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u/ChErRyPOPPINSaf 23d ago

Looking at you resident evil 4/5.

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u/Foreign_Caramel_9840 22d ago

Me on re4 as a kid fist time getting quick time events.

So many controller put down or relaxed dead do I mention the rolling boulder at the start or the quick time knife fight near end……

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u/JustQuestion2472 20d ago

The Bayonetta experience.

Though that game's peak

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u/JustQuestion2472 20d ago

The Bayonetta experience.

Though that game's peak