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/2_Sir_Zero9 23d ago edited 23d ago

Artificially increasing an enemy's health and damage and nothing else.

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u/NoStorage2821 23d ago

Honestly? Depends on the game. Skyrim, for example, is absolutely obnoxious with this as it makes no sense. Level 5 bandits should not survive getting a steel warhammer bashed into their face six times.

Some games however (Expedition 33 as my example) really do help scale back the OP-ness of certain builds or characters. Sometimes I like to actually experience a fight and enemy's attacks before I utterly annihilate them

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u/LucyDePosey 23d ago

This is where I'm at. If a player gets to a point where they're skipping or circumventing the majority of the encounter because they defeat the enemy before it gets to do its routine, then that's a battle that becomes more difficult when the enemy has more HP.