Tags that turn you off? (NOT a complaint thread!)

[Jonny Friggin Panic]

I was just wondering what tags make you immediately say "no" to a game, and why?

For instance, I avoid Roguelikes simply because I like to explore a game and learn/tame the landscape. I don't play precision platformers because my hands shake. I don't play most FPS, MOBA, or Battle Royale games because I realized competing in the kinds of games that people really sweat causes me a ton of stress, and I was never very good, so I stopped.

Mind you, these are "me" things, not issues with those types of games.
What tags make you say "nah"?

[Zarineth]

"Memes". They rarely have anything to defend themselves other than being a meme.

[The nameless Gamer]

Open World: I have a terrible sense of direction in 3D video games.
FPS: nothing's fun about them. Player engagement ends before it even began. Distinct lack of stylish animation.
MOBA: Complex for the sake of complexity and excessively toxic and competitive communities.
Horror: I'm a hopeless scaredy-cat. I'm not touching anything that has ugly creatures screeching into my face in it.
Sports: if I wanted to do sports, I'd actually sign up for a sport IRL.

[Volfogg]

Plenty of those, let's see...

-Match 3
-Visual novel
-Romance
-Sexual Content
-Online Co-op
-MMO
-MMORPG
-PvP
-Sports
-MOBA

I could use more tag slots to ignore more of those.

[Cray]

"steam"
"steam play"
"available only on steam"
"made by valve" if make_date > 2013
"dlc"

[Jonny Friggin Panic]

Origineel geplaatst door Volfogg:

Plenty of those, let's see...

-Match 3
-Visual novel
-Romance
-Sexual Content
-Online Co-op
-MMO
-MMORPG
-PvP
-Sports
-MOBA

Ooo yeah MMOs of any sort are right out for me. I put way too much of myself into Everquest; when a game starts to feel like a job, you know you're ready to move on.

[wesnef]

PvP
Souls-like
Online co-op
MOBA
City Builder

[Sammy M.F Bananas]

If its got a political or ideology tag...usually a good sign to stay away

[76561199812089593]

Origineel geplaatst door Sammy M.F Bananas:

If its got a political or ideology tag...usually a good sign to stay away

There isn't, but there is an LGBT tag which is pretty similar I guess.

[Sammy M.F Bananas]

Origineel geplaatst door ghost:

Origineel geplaatst door Sammy M.F Bananas:

If its got a political or ideology tag...usually a good sign to stay away

There isn't, but there is an LGBT tag which is pretty similar I guess.

There's some others if you look at the full list. Thats the big one though.

[Jonny Friggin Panic]

That's a bummer; LGBT doesn't really phase me. If the game's good, I roll with it. If it's not, I find something else to play.

[Sammy M.F Bananas]

Origineel geplaatst door Jonny Friggin Panic:

That's a bummer; LGBT doesn't really phase me. If the game's good, I roll with it. If it's not, I find something else to play.

Its more like a red flag more than anything. As all tags should be treated, but that one in particular signals towards crap storytelling.

[Бобок]

Such potentially endless, and pointless, threads, that’s what turns me off. But if you’re lucky it will get pinned and you’ll win a few points.

[Sammy M.F Bananas]

Origineel geplaatst door lame digits:

Such potentially endless, and pointless, threads, that’s what turns me off. But if you’re lucky it will get pinned and you’ll win a few points.

But here you are.

[Бобок]

Origineel geplaatst door Sammy M.F Bananas:

But here you are.

Just not playing by the rules.

[Jonny Friggin Panic]

Origineel geplaatst door lame digits:

Such potentially endless, and pointless, threads, that’s what turns me off. But if you’re lucky it will get pinned and you’ll win a few points.

I rarely post anything anywhere, thanks, but I was going through my wishlist and trying to decide if I wanted any of them enough to buy them right now, and this question popped into my head.

It's casual conversation. If you don't like it, you can ignore it. I know that's a radical idea, but give it a shot.