What are your "red flags" in gaming?

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patch.macho.2007 4.7.2021 klo 12.50

Something that when you see it, it makes you skeptical of a game's success or quality.

Of course they're not 100% accurate, but when you follow the industry for a while, you notice some tells and patterns like these.

Like, for me when the devs try to force a hip label like "The Dark Souls of FPS" or "The -popular game- Killer". That's a red flag.

When the DLC costs more than the base game and there is a ridiculous amount of it.

Early access survival.

Viimeisin muokkaaja on patch.macho.2007; 4.7.2021 klo 12.56

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Zilkenian Davenport 4.7.2021 klo 12.52

When they start saying how amazing and awarded the game is in the trailer.

When they give the player an exposition dump, and throw the "show, don't tell" concept out the window.

When the main character is super powerful and shoooper goooood (a Mary Sue).

Every single drama that follows the entire concept of "I lost my loved ones, so now all I want is revenge, and I'm always sad and angry!!".

Etc.

Viimeisin muokkaaja on Zilkenian Davenport; 4.7.2021 klo 12.52

twoxsp 4.7.2021 klo 12.52

The turkey flag is very red

TwisterCat 4.7.2021 klo 12.55

A sudden release date. Never heard of the game before, just appears on the featured page of Steam randomly, releases next week.

Viimeisin muokkaaja on TwisterCat; 4.7.2021 klo 12.55

Sixtyfivekills 4.7.2021 klo 12.55

Bad trailers.

Remember that Mortal Kombat trailer with some generic rap music in the background? That was absolutely horrible and I don't care if anyone thinks otherwise.

When it comes to gameplay in trailers, if I see someone playing it slowly and moving the camera so viewers can go "OMG THE VISUALS!", I instantly assume game's trash.

MikeBob2013 4.7.2021 klo 12.58

pablo.macho.2007 lähetti viestin:
What are your "red flags" in gaming?

My red flags:

"JRPG" ... 🚩

"Anime" ... 🚩

"Deckbuilding" ... 🚩

"MMO" ... 🚩🚩

"Multiplayer" ... 🚩🚩

"PvP" ... 🚩🚩🚩

"Early Access" ... 🚩🚩🚩

"Microtransactions" ... 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

(There are some others but those are the ones that come most readily to mind.)

🤔

Viimeisin muokkaaja on MikeBob2013; 4.7.2021 klo 13.02

VAC BAN SECURE 4.7.2021 klo 12.59

The game doesn't have "hl2" as it's executable name

makew_3410 4.7.2021 klo 13.04

when they dont fix unintentional stuff

Irene ❤ 4.7.2021 klo 13.14

"The roadmap and big plans we have"

One of my life rules - if someone announced something big, they will usually fail. Those who can do it will be busy doing and have less talking.

Viimeisin muokkaaja on Irene ❤; 4.7.2021 klo 13.17

Maple 4.7.2021 klo 13.17

Big headed child in a big scary world

dorkenstein 4.7.2021 klo 13.18

metroidvania and roguelike

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Toast On Cheese 4.7.2021 klo 13.19

Super high praise from games journalists, but little to no actual content shown. Or on the other hand like having an embargo until after the games release.

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Χάρης 4.7.2021 klo 13.22

DLC before it even comes out.

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Mad Scientist 4.7.2021 klo 13.23

-Day-1 DLC
-Lots of DLC.
-When 2-4 DLC is more expensive than the "digital deluxe edition".
-"Season Pass", especially when there's more than 1 "season pass".
-AAA, over-hyped game bound to be a mess on release for a couple months or longer
-Anything that's advertised on content creators videos as a sponsor.
-Blatant ripoff of another game, with different graphics but a similar name.

#13