What turns you off of a game?

[Ravenblade]

- bad and clunky controls and QTEs
- lack of depth and oversimplified mechanics
- general lack of character i.e. game doesn't stand out in any way
- central gameplay parts with no proper way to interact such as visualized auto-combat
- level design which unintentionally induces claustrophobia

[Deleted]

Bad quick time events, i'm talking about when they come out of nowhere and demand you to spam the button 60 times in a few sec. GoW3 had some great quick time events, easy and funny since they were killing blows dealt to your enemies.

[nalle]

Stiff animations and unnecessary use of sounds (like most asian games has for every move you make, that basically screams something).


And steampunk...

Hate that crap.

[prwraith]

escort quests. Game developers who think these are a good idea can go f*** themselves.

[Adam Jensen]

escort quests. Game developers who think these are a good idea can go f*** themselves.

Oh lord, it got to the point where I'd skip escort quests in WoW unless I had to do it to move up a quest chain. There was only one vanilla escort I'd do, and that was Ringo in Un'goro crater, and that was only because he'd follow me, and not the other way around. He was easy. The rest . . . HERPADERP IMA GONNA WALK INTO THESE FIFTY MOBS K? HELP! HELP! *Quest failed*

Fortunately Blizzard eventually wizened up and since Cata, they've been better.

[Sj]

I asked a friend this question and he said in a flat, deliberate voice, "multiplayer." He's a former LoL and WoW player. Gave me a good chuckle.

[Wynnyelle]

Visual novels.
QTE gameplay. Every now and then is okay, but constant QTE is obnoxious and feels like more of a chore. They're just not fun.
Games that are considered "interactive movies." I love a good story as much as the next person, but I want gameplay with my game.

I'm sure there's more, but these are the first three that come to mind.

[kronpas]

Graphics. As much as FF VII is touted as the game of the decade, I couldnt ever get into it with all that blocks. Same for Minecraft.

[KennyBoi3]

The minute I see there's no soul to the game.

[Arkenaw]

Bad controls is #1
Bad gameplay #2
Bad graphics #3
Bad story #4

[Achaman]

quick time events (cough RE5 cough)

[Godric]

If the world seems very synthetic and lifeless it usually turns me off immediately. It may sound strange but if I feel the zone is made solely for killing mobs and progressing through I can't be bothered. It has to have some degree of life flowing through it. Tera is a great example, beautiful zones, but extremely synthetic and breaks immersion.

[Ciddy]

- Shitty play control. When I hit my button to move forward and jump, I want my character to move forward and jump, dammit.

- Douchebag players in multiplayer games, particularly the bad sportsmanship you see so often in anything competitive these days. If you win, it's "OMFG YOU FUCKING CHEATED I HATE YOU" or "lol gg with playing the easy mode overpowered race noob" If you lose, it's "HAHAHA I OWND U NOOB U LOST U SUKC LOLOL"

- Too many cutscenes. I am fine with the little scenes where the camera pans out to introduce a new city or an action shot of a new character destroying the bad guys with his/her awesome abilities when I'm playing an RPG or something. I just lose patience when I get like ten minutes of cutscenes/dialog for every two minutes of actually playing the game.

- Anything that requires like 40+ hours a week of playtime just to be average at the game. That's the reason I never really got into MMOs besides WoW.

[Toxigen]

MMO:

Little to no risk of dying / failure (WoW save hardmodes)

Bring me a game with true world PvP and people dropping loot.

[Forgettable]

Pay to win. I could pay to win whatever game I want to, but I don't because that's not satisfying.