Top five mistakes you see in a game, What makes you just look at a game screenshot and just facepalm Options

[slifer644]

Like the title says, what do find in game maker games that just ruin a game for you?

1. 5 house villages
Okay, how in the world can a village sustain itself if there are at most (based on my own formula for constructing which is 3 people min. to a house) 15 people? I was a major offender to this ( actually the more I think about what I hate, the more I realize I've done these), not putting much thought into making these villages. Another problem with having only a few houses in a town is that you can't have too many people without making it very unbelievable. For me, a fantasy village shoul have around fifty people, a town should have between 75 to 100 people, and a city should have between (this may sound insane) 100 to 200 people.

2. Boring/ confusing starts
When you start a game you can't just throw someone into it without a little bit of back story (unless your game is mostly a flashback up until halfway through). Having the player guessing what's going on is good, unless their still trying to guess twenty minutes into it, that's when you've gone overboard. The same applies to having the player do the same thing over and over again at the beginning till they reach a certain level and the begin the story. You have to give a little in both story and action to keep the player interested.

3. Underpowered enemies/ overpowered heroes
A big problem with making the enemies easy for the player to kill quickly is that it makes it seem unrealistic. If you're gonna make the fight a human enemy, you should atleast give the enemy the same amount or half that of your weakest character. This will make the battles
more tactical than just pressing the strongest spell you've got once in order to kill them (unless they're a spider or some small creature, cause that does make sense then). The only exception to this rile is if that attack is a finisher attack, cause then you're good.

4. Unoriginal settings/ unoriginal characters
I find that if I start some where that looks alot (alot... Hehehe) like that of a popular game that I've already seen, then that's just laziness. The same goes for characters in that if the the protagonist seems framiliar then it just seems like somebody is trying to get free ideas. The exception to this is if it is a fan game, then you're good. Originality keeps the game flavorful and draws the player into it more.

5. Forgetfulness
It is annoying when you get sent all over a flipping dungeon just to find a stupid that, guess what, you didn't even need in the first place. When the creator forgets that he put in a subquest and then scraps it later without removing what was in that subquest just gets annoying when the player finds it. Its even more frustrating when a player leaves the gameand the forgets what they were doing and can't figure out what they need to do.

You've hears my rants, lets hear yours.

[superkudit]

well i just didn't think cliche is big mistakes
*my brain can't proccess many twist or dificult system.. LOL

Okay, my turn.

1. That graphics hurt my eyes!!
its okay if using RTP because It is painted pretty good. The originals or customs are plus point, but if the originals has bad color pallete ( ex: to bright and shiny that can makes my eyes bleed) i think it is a bad mistake.
* the irony, i do this one.

2. Unbalance.
Like other seniors said, hero too strong+monsters too weak = game too easy meanwhile hero too weak + monsters too strong = game too hard.
of course it is includes equipments and items balance to actors and enemies.

3. NPCs has characters too.
the big mistake if every NPCs says ''hi.. Nice wheater today, you can find princess in the bathroom'' when you ask for information to stranger
or
didn't say anithing when you stealing potion in NPC's house, its like he/she said ''wellcome to my cribs, take what do you want in the treasure box in the corner''
If we do it IRL, of course they will call police.

4. I am antagonist, so i must mean and evil laugh every times without reason.
people turn into evil with reason, maybe its love, revenge, power, or wealth.
No one want to be evil without reason.

5. Etc (end of thinking capacity)
Damn!! the game was good in begining and the middle but it has suspended ending!
Dafuq with that!
This is etc LoL..

Okay, thats all, sorry for my bad english.
I got 45 in english, so i pay the teacher to give me a 75