r/Steam • u/JacobGoodNight416 • 19d ago
Which tags are an instant turn-off for you? Discussion
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u/Confirmation_Biased 14d ago edited 14d ago
You forgot to add 'rogue like/lite' to the image and it would have been perfect.
There are good rogue like/lite games, for sure, but there are also a lot of them where they created one level and then gave up and said "eh......it's a roguelike now". No it's not. I don't want to play this basic barebones zone 100 times just for new content.
As for early access? It's hit or miss. I am full up on Early Access games right now (I tend to buy them, play them to see their potential, and then refund or wait for the main release and I just have too many currently in the EZ Bake Oven to add more).
There are definitely successes out of Early Acesss; BG3 (some obscure 'crpg' nonsense no one has ever heard of) and Lost Epoch are prime examples of Early Access done right.
But for each of them there are a lot of vaporware games so I tend to stay away now and 'open-world survival crafting roguelike/lite anime farming sim' will almost ALWAYS not get a click from me.
You could have a game that requires you purchase a 1k dollar device that just swings up and hits you in the balls whenever you press a button - and that is the entire game - and I'll buy it; if you tag it as metroidvania or ARPG. I'm a very basic bitch.
If you tag it 'souls-like' it will be my new favorite game.
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u/shadowreaper50 15d ago
Not sure what the tag is, but if I see XCOM style combat (the %hit and cover mechanics and such) I just cannot. I already did XCOM and XCOM 2, I cannot stand any more of that.
Live Service is also a major red flag.
Open-World gives me pause, because what that usually actually means is "we procedurally generate the world". There are some games that can do open-world well, like Elder Scrolls or BotW, but those seem to be exceptions, not the rule.
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u/TheMightyPaladin 15d ago
I can certainly see why early access and survival craft are major turn offs, but Open World is the best thing ever!
As for what else is a turn off for me: PVP, and adult content.
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u/printingstuffdude 16d ago
Anything serious, since it's already obvious. I like RPG World Builder or NSFW on games like Garfield Cart.
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u/AccomplishedFan8690 16d ago
Roguelike deck builder metteoidvania. Are the 3 that every indie studio uses
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u/NeklosWarrof 16d ago
Early Access is a minor issue for me. Only because it means that the game I pay for will be different from the game I have in the future.
Survival games aren't really my cup of tea. Survival-craft is a little better, as long as it is done well.
Multiplayer is a conditioned dislike for me. Had crappy internet for so long that the knee-jerk reaction is "Man I can't play this..."
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u/ConstantRecognition 16d ago
I don't check tags too much as it's abused so fucking much by random devs it means little.
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u/TheCrazyWerewolf 16d ago
I love early access games. I've found I enjoy them more in alpa then beta because they are so broken and fun. Constantly finding new ways to break them and getting constant updates is fun for me. One of my favorites is Empyreon.
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u/Idontmatter69420 16d ago
the only early access game i currently is Ultrakill, and its pretty polished considerin it aint finished, it has less bugs than finished AAA games which kinda says a lot about modern games
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u/Grokitach 16d ago
What’s so funny about this meme is that most people taking the bait about open world survival craft oriented games are clueless about the free modding-based options out there like Fallout 4 modpacks and Stalker Anomaly modpacks
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u/Slommster 17d ago
Anything that isnt a completely open sandbox is a turn off... Shit I only play Gmod.
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u/GamurSnek 17d ago
Huge green flags for me. Those are some of my favorite kinds of games of all time, not gonna lie. Theres always something appealing to me about games that give you the freedom to create your own space and make it the way you want it to be, with the materials you worked so hard for yourself with your own bare hands. I know ita become a cliche almost these days but, to be honest, despite how much they seem to be around, I havent found hardly any that truly do give you this freedom. They just entice you with false promises, Ive literally only ever played a handful of games that are all "survival buildy fun games" outside of minecraft, subnautica, ark survival, and i dunno, like, no man's sky I guess?
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u/Ok_Albatross_23 17d ago
I looked up a game called Sword of Convallaria cause the headline said something about it being just like Final Fantasy tactics. So I'm like hell yeah awesome. First sentence describing it said it's like a gacha summoner. Instantly closed the page.
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u/team_uranium 17d ago
Scrap mechanic is a high potential early acces (it will forever be) but has lazy devs
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u/wheeler91106 17d ago
Super simple simulator things. But I also get why it’s a thing. It’ll just always be a untouched genre
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u/UndeadTigerAU 17d ago
Early access games that are just in early access for years on end are usually pretty iffy.
In other words it's a money grab (*cough tarkov, game looks cool but clearly a money grab and has been in early access for years on end and they act like the game isn't finished) or its a live service game under the guise of early access.
I just hate early access bullshit as it's clearly a ploy.
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u/ClutchReverie 17d ago
Early access feels like a scam anymore. A lot of games that go EA and make a lot of money straight away see stalled development. And then even when it does release, I don't want to feel done with the game when I played through an incomplete version. The way people review EA games also grinds my gears, people review them as if they were full releases and give bad reviews based on bugs or missing features, so it's hard to get a feel for what the game actually is. Then on top of that sometimes games just randomly hit 1.0 too soon and 1.0 still feels like EA and I would not have bought a full release in that state.
I realized more often than not I regret buying EA so I stay away from it now.
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u/Stonkover9000 17d ago
Indie devs should not start on open world games, if you are going to develop something it should be noticed and recognized, spreading out your resources over a large area just makes the whole game meh
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u/Sussicus 17d ago
For me is when I see an rts game with cool art or name and I click it and it has 4x as a tag no hate to 4x rts games but playing shit like stellaris ruined it for me way to complicated for a brainlet like me and it's pretty much like playing an excel spreadsheet I like faster paced (as I like to call them) action rts games like command and Conquer war/starcraft and halo wars
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u/Psebcool 17d ago
It's the worst thing ever the survival craft early access... This is the jungle... Last on date is Pax Dei (alpha test).
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u/XionicAihara 17d ago
Open world survival craft and soulslike are my two tags I roll my eyes at and move on. It use to be battle royals until that trend died down.
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u/Leafscynet 17d ago
Definitely any and all 3rd party launcher/access games. I don't need to download a game to have to download the games' publisher launcher to then be able to patch and play the game I downloaded 2 hrs ago.
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u/GiantSweetTV 17d ago
Early access = broken mess for a few years, buggy, but playable game for another few years, and then finally dead by the full release.
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u/SexyLittelClown 17d ago
Online and multiplayer. Cuz it will be full or micro transactions. Don't need any of that juck.
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u/simboyc100 Tortoise Loyalist 17d ago
Don't forget crafting! Every game should need you to routinely go back and grind base materials to replace your equipment!
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u/gatrixgd 18d ago
Roguelike, Roguelite, never understood the hype. Almost every interesting indie games I find are in this genre.
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u/ShardCollector 18d ago
Real Time Strategy
If it's strategy, please make it turn based for god's sake!
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u/Ok-Pomegranate9278 18d ago
some games look awesome until i see its yet another indie rogue like. like i get it saves resources and makes a fun game pretty reliably but there’s SOO many and sometimes i think games would be better as more of an rpg.
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u/ArtBomber1 18d ago
Strategy, City Builder, Card Game, MOBA, Competitive. I know what I like and what I don't, and I'm not afraid of an early access game. I can find most games that fit into the genres that I enjoy at least enjoyable to justify the purchase, but I can't justify playing games outside of the genres I enjoy. Also visual novel. I love reading, but if I'm reading, it's gonna be a book. I don't think it's a tag, but Gacha games are their own type of hell. I don't mind loot boxes, I was one of the only people I know who wanted to them to stay in games, at least in a cosmetic only capacity, but Ionce you start making portions of your game locked to 1. RNG or 2. Bruteforcing with your wallet, you're as good as dead to me.
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u/Magnificent-Moe 18d ago
Same thing with rogue-likes for me. I really like rogue-likea, i just don't have another one in me
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u/tristess_la_croix 18d ago
As someone who stays away from multiplayer with a 10 foot pole, anything MMO, PVP, or PVE
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u/Toxic_Waste_306 18d ago
whats wrong with pve if ur staying away from multiplayer??
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u/tristess_la_croix 17d ago
I do not want ANY sign of human life in my games. Just the npc's and bots
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u/Toxic_Waste_306 13d ago
how does player vs enemy have any human life its literally just u vs bots 😭 unless ur thinking of coop pve which is different
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u/CiaIsMyWaifu 18d ago
Survival craft is a good one for me, but im a connoiseur, I don't accept shit ones.
'Card battler' is a big L for me though despite liking slay the spire. Most of them are low effort
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u/No-Pear-4990 18d ago
Metroidvania. I am aware there are classics like dead cells or hollow knight but I can’t anymore.
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u/101TARD 18d ago
Often but I generally don't like, turn base games. A lot of critical thinking. Example darkest dungeon
The backline enemy will spread stress to my team, but since he's on the back part only 2 of my range units can reach him. However the front most enemy has a move that hurts like a bitch and stuns, the same 2 range units mentioned can stun but the enemy has high stun resistance and it's more risky at only 60%...
Eventually I spent 20 minutes of fighting and feel mentally drain
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u/HyIKing 18d ago
Early Access: Always minimal content with years before q finished product except for a few exceptions. I recently came to notice a game released in Early Access on Steam the year I went into middle school, and it's now coming out this year, and I'm about to get my Masters degree
Rougelike/Rougelite: to me, boring reskinned slop every time.
Visual Novel/dating sim; a.k.a. adult games, most of the time. Not interested
Deck Builder; Deck builder
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u/NiteHood_ 18d ago
Early Access and Free to Play are my instant turn offs.
Early Access games rarely deliver on what they promise, and even when they do, there's just no reason at all for me to trust that that will be the case before paying for it.
Free to Play just isn't a business model that personally I believe in or want to support. It's usually not viable without exploiting the psyche of the player in borderline unethical ways. Sure, it's more accessible and whatnot, but I'm always going to be more comfortable paying one price up front and then getting a complete experience that isn't engineered to tempt me into buying dozens of micro transactions.
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u/Shineblossom 18d ago
FPS and sports.
Bad at both, and find both boring.
And "LGBT" tag. If having gay people in your game is such a huge part you have to tag it, am gonna assume there is nothing going with the actual gameplay.
I don't remember Dragon Age Origins or Mass Effect having any "LGBT" tag. Yet i enjoyed my yuri with Leilana and Sam (third ME). BG3 does not have that tag yet i had some nice private moment with the drussy.
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u/Daracaex 18d ago
I don’t mind open-world survival crafting games. I just wait for them to get out of early access, and it seems like a lot of them stay in it perpetually.
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u/stronkzer 18d ago
Early Acess
Denuvo
Always online
Requires me to install third party software.
No solo or bots mode.
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u/Kalzone4 18d ago
First person.
I get absolutely terrible motion sickness/ simulation sickness to where I can only play something for 5 minutes before getting a headache.
That and shooters. Just not my thing.
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u/girl_supersonicboy 18d ago
Man, there's this new game about zombies but it's in early access. After the last "early access" debacle, I want to wait till it's out...
But it looks so good!! 😭
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u/Existing_End6867 18d ago
Mine would be: Hidden Object, Furry, Open World Survival Craft, Online Co-Op, Multiplayer, Co-op. Now I know, you're wondering why I hate on multiplayer and co-op... Long story short - microtransactions. Not that I can escape them in single player games these days, but they're not so common there. Yet.
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u/FuelSilly1541 18d ago
Early access, like many posted before me. If I see an EA title, I will treat it like a full game. Do I like this full game? If yes, cool(might still not buy it). If no, cool, won't buy it, because 90% of "planned features" will never be added
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u/Diogin40 18d ago
Free to play are almoat always lazy, full of ads and mostly unfun gameplay. Only F2P I recommend are tf2 and Sheepy: A short Adventure (game is so good made me wanna pay for it)
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u/JaesenMoreaux 18d ago
Early Access
Roguelite
Roguelike
These three can walk into the absolute ocean every time.
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u/KhajiitHasSkooma 18d ago
Anything that says, “story rich,” or “story driven,” just sounds like unskippable cutscenes by writers that have a way too high perception of themselves and use all this to justify really shitty gameplay loop.
Also, “souls-like” and “pixel art” scream run.
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u/Normal_Opening_9893 18d ago
Crafting has become a chore to me i hate having to keep track of tons of items.
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u/DirtyMac88 18d ago
I can get down on open world but survival craft and early access... yeah that's gonna be a no for me big dawg
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u/LaDewsWin 18d ago
most beautiful art you’ve ever seen with super interesting story and world building - rogue-lite deck builder 😔
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u/Dracmageel 18d ago
"multiplayer game with unique combat mechanics" - looks into page its a battle royale or a moba ffs
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u/Correct_Ad3592 18d ago
The turn off for me is when the game is designed for PC, & they release it free for console. Then all the console players get all butt hurt because their machines can't support it an they flood every outlet they can with their winning
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u/chocolatechipbagels 18d ago
I am tired of roguelike deckbuilders. I played them when it was a novel concept, there are some I really like, and now the genre is so oversaturated it turns me off at first sight.
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u/Taterbob75 18d ago
Early access, racing, sports, tabletop, base building, card game, any "sim", pixel graphics.....so, so many more.
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u/thecrepeofdeath 18d ago
anything indicating I need friends or an internet connection to play. I don't have friends and my connection crapped out 3 times just trying to write this comment, let me live
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u/Wolf_Man_Boy 18d ago
Unpopular opinion: Souls-Like. I have Steam filtered not to show me those games. Pass.
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u/scribbyshollow 18d ago
Its always the same game when it comes to survival craft. It's like the wow clone of survival games.
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u/specialllk6 18d ago
Survival, crafting, resource management, base building, first person shooter, mmo
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u/SiriusBaaz 18d ago
The whole open world survival craft era has definitely come and passed. Pretty much everything that comes out today is just a poor copy of a better game that came out up to a decade ago. That said there’s still the rare banger like Valheim which came out a few years ago. Way later then the old glory days for the genre.
Now to actually answer fuck mmos, mobas, gatcha games, and whatever overwatch would be considered. I could care less about if the gameplay was good or not. My real issue is how unabashedly greedy and predatory those games are. The fact that you could spend thousands on a single game is a problem on its own but the fact you could spend that much and not actually get anything for your time and money is insane and disgustingly predatory.
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u/ItkovianShieldAnvil 18d ago
Basically this. The only games I want these days are already in my library or are GTA VI
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u/YujinTheDragon 18d ago
Unpopular opinion, but-
The “team of 4 idiots get together to fight horrors beyond your comprehension” genre of game is beginning to overstate the game market like Battle Royales did, and I’m getting sick of them.
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u/Thamasturrok 18d ago
I absolutely love survival games but when I see that early access I just say no nevermind
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u/Therockof2004 18d ago
Early access on steam is still better than release day for EA and Battlefield
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u/BenjiB1243 18d ago
The open world genre has become so bland, very few games have actually done it well. I rarely buy a game that has that tag. I also cannot stand survival games, those are a HUGE turn off for me. Haven't found a single survival game that I have enjoyed.
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u/Slutlovingbigdaddy 18d ago
Souls/rogue-anything. It tells me,the game is overly difficult or leans on randomization. I’m here for a good time, not a long or sadistic time.
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u/ToonfreaksTreasures 18d ago
(Don’t hate me:) “First Person Shooters” NOT for the reason you probably think- I get SUPER-DOOPER nauseous when playing ANY first person game. I LOVE the soundtrack to Portal-for instance, but even WATCHING people play that game just makes me-URK! 🤢
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u/Illustrious-Stay1185 18d ago
I mean, yeah if that’s the first exposure you’ve had to it, typically any game worthwhile you hear about, not find it yourself
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u/CJoshuaV 18d ago
"Souls-like"
I don't mind some challenge, but I play games to relax, not to achieve mastery of arcane button ornkey patterns.
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u/Tyrandeh 18d ago
whats not to like in the next overhyped infinity+1 multiplayer online battle royale survival crafting open world base builder looter shooter pvpve creature collector indie hidden gem? they are very original
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u/dimmediate9878 18d ago
I miss the days where it was exciting when a new game or sequel came out 😒...now it's all the same with different titles.
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u/SchrodingersRapist https://s.team/p/rddb-vv 18d ago
Early access for sure
Fuck I just want a finished game. Why are they expecting to be paid for beta testing something they may never finish, or leave as "early access" for a decade to game the system
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u/douggie84 18d ago
Racing, sports, fighting games, and bro shooters.
The “other” gamers, basically.
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u/Ryuzakku 18d ago
The second it has crafting or survival elements that I can't turn off, I'm out.
Every time.
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u/Voendomar 18d ago
Puzzle, platformer. Generally speaking my least favorite gameplay elements by far.
Contrastly, RPG, Strategy, Simulator get my attention positively.
I dont have the same automatic disdain for Early Access as some others. It has its place, its just definitely a buyer beware kind of thing.
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u/wankster9000 18d ago
-Metroidvania
-Souls-like
-Roguelike
-Roguelite
Are all short hand for I'm a shit developer who can't design good systems so I just pump up difficulty and blame any problems you have on a skill issue, and my rabid fanbase of nolife sweatlords will defend me to the last.
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18d ago
"Tactical RPG."
Don't get me wrong. I don't think the genre itself is inherently bad at all. I know there are plenty of acclaimed tactical RPGs. I'm just historically awful at them. I also suck at chess, so there's probably a connection there.
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u/Y0UR_NARRAT0R1 18d ago
Souls like. Idk what it is but I love the soulsborne games but not the souls likes.
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u/ArcanistAbridged 18d ago
oddly enough, Rouge-Like's.
i've just simply had my fair share of them at this point, and the amount of them makes me immediately pivot when i see it in the game.
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u/MajesticPizza3021 7d ago
It's not something that's tagged but anything with weapon durability is an instant no for me, irritates me when I'm fighting in a game and all of a sudden my weapon just deletes itself from existence
But for actual tags, anything tagged online multiplayer is an immediate no, never really been a big fan of online multiplayer games unless there is an option to play it offline