30+ Longtime Gamers Demand These "Modern Standards" for Contemporary Games Be Eliminated

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Dec 1, 2023 3:00 PM EST

It doesn't take Gen X and millennial gamers to see that the gaming industry evolutions with one step forward and two steps back. Even games being released now have very obvious issues. Back in the day, the issues tended to only be glitches. Now, there are an array of issues, starting with glitches and going as far as ads being too loud. Seriously, what is up with that? Did they forget that most dedicated gamers use headphones? There are many issues that games old and young have with the current "modern standards" for games. Not just the annoying unskippable loud AF logo pages, but also the constant unnecessary open worlds or the need to make everything an online game, even if it's not two player. And, lordy lord, don't get me started on the "battle passes." Let's let the gamers on Reddit take over for that one or I'll lose it… See what "modern standards" for contemporary games that all gamers can agree should be eliminated below! 

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    Posted by u/Niles DobbsS 1 day ago What's a modern standard in gaming that needs to die? What's modern gaming convention that should no longer be practiced?
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    whit3d3vil1427 min. ago daily/weekly "required" missions with time gates. I This is an excuse to not make content. Instead of making a game with 6 months of stuff to do... 3 months of stuff to do.....they just make a weeks worth of stuff to do, and make you do it over and over and over.
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    shadeandshine 9 min. ago The idea games have to be always updated and eat your time. Not every game needs to evolve sometimes we just need something done well and that's it. Not every game needs to be a mmo. A example is the assassins creeds games they are good but they made materials such a grind it's a container mmo
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    Civil Commercial_731 12 min. ago ● Adding "features" later that should be available at launch.
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    Katevolution 19 min. ago Not offering EVERY language a game is in to the US PS community via inclusion or DLC.
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    jojopotattoo 27 min. ago ● The fact we pay for internet to our isp, yet have to pay to play online, pay for the consoles, games, dlc, expansions, monthly sub to play the game at all even after buying the game itself and paying for all these other things (final fantasy online being a good example). Or subscriptions for private servers when we should
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    have offline access to play games which would then allow us to play it single player on our own (fallout 76 for example). We have to pay at least 2x to play online and then pay more on top of that to play it without a bunch of griefers on the same session. We should have offline options, and we should not be charged to play online games after already paying to have internet access. If
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    people want to pay for the game services like cloud streaming and monthly catalogue then that should be an option. Or at least make it reasonable, Nintendo is $35 a year for a family pass. PS and XBox charges double that for their core subs. They are basically milking us for every penny, when they are far from hurting when it comes to profits.
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    They could at least pay their devs and other employees better wages if they are gonna keep raking it in from the player base.
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    xdmin 32 min. ago I hate that I need to download 100gb+ size installer with all 4k textures while having full hd monitor. 4k textures should be downloadable as extra.
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    pewpew---Lazerz 33 min. ago Not yet standard, but Ingame Ads. I'm looking at you Ubisoft.
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    ET1997 37 min. ago Not a fan myself, but the yearly money printer of not only sports game releases, but the multiple versions, battlepasses, DLCs and gambling that go along with them. It's been proven time and time again that there is very little work put in to actually improving the game itself and the main focus is
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    tricking people into giving the game company more money *cough, cough EA* Here's an idea for DLC, how about giving your poor programmers a break and let them work on an REAL game update for like 2 years and let players buy a roster update for some reasonable amount of money in the meantime? Like $5 or $10?
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    Hopefully people are getting fed up with this nonsense and it'll change. But the literal billions the game company has been making off of poor suckers doesn't bode well.
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    DanTheManV1 38 min. ago ● Having games rushed out the door, without being fully completed (gameplay/mechanics, little to no features/modes, etc)
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    john_helton 38 min. ago ● Micro transactions and always online...both are dumb
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    master_of_tarantela2 · 40 min. ago Excessive amounts of hand holding. When I installed the Witcher 3 I was expecting something akin Gothic 2: an open world that rewarded exploration. Instead I usually found myself looking more at the minimap than at the actual game, following the breadcrumb trail.
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    Also opening the main map was a horrible experience full of uninspired black and white icon markers showing EVERYTHING. It felt like opening google maps more than a medieval map.
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    Rare-Average-8034 41 min. ago That's it's cool to just keep remaking the same game over and over again while expecting consumers to pay $60 for that remake... Talkin about you Nintendo.
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    Dexooftw 41 min. ago Early access
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    Laird Peon 50 min. ago Time wasting mechanics like fetch quests, trivial delays, repeatable/grinding requirements. ●
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    Trojan666Pegasus. 53 min. ago Battle Passes! Those need to go NOW
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    Digestednewt. 54 min. ago Shops in full priced titles and missions god i hate missions/challenges mw2 orginal did missions/challenges right with them always being at the ready but now man your outright forced to play a certain way for exp just make all challenges actively available theres no reason why i should be needing to active it if the game already knows i need it
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    ● Joseph5676 1 hr. ago Games being glitchy at launch and people defending the developers claiming that they'll fix it later
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    Eladryel 1 hr. ago edited 1 hr. ago ● Autoaim-level aimassist in FPS games. I refunded Saint Row when I found out, I cannot even turn it off, and I tried to play it with a mouse. I get it, every wants to play like streamers in online shooters, so the game practically aims for them, but still, it just makes me hate the whole genre.
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    And of the loud af, unskippable logos/intros. Every time when I boot up Forza Horizon, I have to mute my headset or else I will go deaf.
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    Colecams20 1 hr. ago Battle Pass for sure and Quantity over Quality. Games either are pushed out and rushed way too fast or there are the games that are made to get live support for a while and try to shove micro transactions down your throat. The best age of gaming in my opinion was when you got a single player
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    game for say, it was put together with care and time and when you finished the game you could almost expect a dlc for it and it would be put together with care and time, not slammed together last minute because they made money and they say it's the sequel game while also adding a battle pass and micro transactions.
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    Ishniana · 1 hr. ago Not every game has to have PvP and an online mode. Its ok to make single player games.
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    Charming-Sir6557. 1 hr. ago Season pass and other abusive non sense payment methods
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    Ryanatix 1 hr. ago ● Loot boxes that cost any form of money- everything should be achievable even if there is a skill level to doing so. Farming a boss for an item with a low drop rate is fine, spending in- game currency or real currency for the same odds is not.
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    michajlo 2 hr. ago PC A good RPG doesn't need a massive open world.
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    ZZ9ZA 2 hr. ago ● Things that should be simple button presses being button holds.
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    bambix7 2 hr. ago ● I hate how I buy a physical game yet i have to wait for it to actually download first?? Like wasn't that the benefit of buying a physical edition in the first place
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    Always-money-snm. 2 hr. ago SBMM. I think this correlates heavily with call of duty. Its called casual for a reason. Yi gotta face sweats and pros after work every day in a casual game mode??? Who tf asked for that??? Cant
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    even relax after work cause im out here facing clans who play the game for money ffs. Whats the difference between ranked and casual then ffs. Dumb devs refuse to acknowledge this issue.
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    RantMannequin - 2 hr. ago While I love the modding community, It's become a crutch for developers. Bethesda put out a half-finished product in Starfield and mentioned how long modders will be able to support the product. My PC wouldn't run the new requirements so i was forced to play on Xbox where the mods don't work.
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    IReadTheScript. 2 hr. ago Unlocks via credit card. I must have played through Resident Evil 5 a dozen times to unlock all the skins and guns. Now, you can't unlock via playing the game. It all comes from the shop and there is basically 0 reasons to replay a game now.
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    Boogleooger 2 hr. ago "Press shift to hold your breath" to steady your rifle scope. Does anyone actually like scope sway in most games? Balance your guns in a way that doesn't make them feel like And no, it's not realistic either.
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    hey_you_too_buckaroo. 2 hr. ago Endless lock picking puzzles on every door and box. I can't stand it anymore.
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