Many games have little things that disappoint or infuriate us gamers. These 5 design sins are particularly unpopular.
Each of you surely knows 1-2 examples of things that annoy you in the design of games every single time. On Reddit, some gamers have now collected suggestions for exactly these design sins in games.
The post gathered over 2,500 comments within 16 hours. The responses have received several thousand upvotes each. We have compiled and translated the design sins with the most upvotes for you. Here are the top 5 responses.
A cutscene that you have to watch again with every defeat
What is this sin? You start a boss fight and an epic video sequence begins that makes the upcoming duel even more dramatic. But your fight is not successful and you go down. You have lost and start again.
The video sequence before the boss fight starts again and you realize: There is no option to skip. Now you have to watch the entire cutscene every time you lose the fight and start over.
How unpopular is the sin? On Reddit, the suggestion gathered over 6,500 upvotes (as of September 29, 2:40 PM)
Missing option to quickly jump to the end of a list
What is this sin? The design sin describes the lack of an option to quickly jump to the end of a list by scrolling up in that list. So you have to scroll down the entire list to reach the end.
How unpopular is the sin? On Reddit, the suggestion gathered over 4,100 upvotes (as of September 29, 2:40 PM)
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Points of no return that are not marked
What is this sin? In many games, you eventually reach a point of no return. You are now making an important decision or have progressed in the story so far that you have to finish the campaign in one go. If you want to complete certain side quests or collect achievements, you should do that beforehand.
It is frustrating when the game does not warn you that there will be no turning back with the start of the next mission.
How unpopular is the sin? On Reddit, the suggestion gathered over 2,600 upvotes (as of September 29, 2:40 PM)
Ending the game is unnecessarily complicated
What is this sin? You no longer want to play or should be going to sleep soon, so you click on “End Game.” Here, you naturally have to confirm that you really want to quit the game.
However, the game does not close afterward; it only sends you to the menu. When starting the menu, you still have to press any button briefly and skip the intro or a cinematic trailer. After that, you are in the menu and can finally close the game – after you have confirmed again that you are really sure.
How unpopular is the sin? On Reddit, the suggestion gathered over 2,100 upvotes (as of September 29, 2:40 PM)
Inappropriate speed when following an NPC
What is this sin? Almost every role-playing game has a quest where you have to follow an NPC. In some games, you are the escort, in some you are just chatting with the NPC on a leisurely walk, and in other titles, you have to shadow the character discreetly.
The seemingly very easy task becomes unnecessarily complicated and annoying when the NPC has a completely different walking speed than you. You then walk stiffly through the streets as if you had a stone in your shoe and were trying to transfer it to a less disturbing place in your shoe.
It is much nicer when the walking speed of both the player and the NPC is synchronized in such missions, so you cannot walk too fast or too slowly.
How unpopular is the sin? On Reddit, the suggestion gathered over 1,800 upvotes (as of September 29, 2:40 PM)
In the comments on Reddit, numerous design sins are mentioned that surely everyone of you knows—like not hiding loot behind a waterfall. There are also doors mentioned that look like you could open them, but cannot.
However, there are not only various sins in game design. We players are also not innocent lambs. Gamers also have a variety of sins that they keep committing while playing: Save scumming and cheats – gamers confess their biggest gaming sins
