Hacked Off: Having to Complete Tasks Three Times in Games
Repetition is one of the fundamentals of gaming. Most video games just revolve around completing the same tasks again and again but in slightly different...
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Hacked Off: When a Game Has Too Many Side Quests
by James Haxell
If an open world game didn’t have any side quests, it’d feel pretty empty. Yet, one of the things people complain about most are the...
Hacked Off: When AIs Have Incredible Aim in Video Games
by James Haxell
This week’s Hacked Off could be entirely localised to me. There are two instances where it has really put a downer on my gaming, with...
Hacked Off: When a Game Has Online Achievements Which Seem Impossible
by James Haxell
As promised, albeit a week or so late, this feature is based on those infernal online achievements/trophies /anything else they go by nowadays. While it’s...
Hacked Off: When Everyone but You Has Left the Online Multiplayer Mode
by James Haxell
Nowadays, it is hard to find a game that doesn’t offer an online multiplayer. If it doesn’t, it is often criticised for it. Yet, what’s...
Hacked Off: When Video Games Have Escort Missions
by James Haxell
This is a special topic, as this is the first time someone other than me has been annoyed enough to voice their grievances. Fellow GR...
Hacked Off: The Strange Place Pre-Orders and Special Editions Are In at the Moment
by James Haxell
Pre-orders are getting out of hand, just like DLC did all those moons ago. There once was a time where you would just go into...
Hacked Off: When the Tutorials for Video Games Are Terribly Done
by James Haxell
What better way to start off the New Year than by continuing to rant about trivial aspects in video games? Tutorials normally annoy me in any...
Hacked Off: When People Give Up on Video Games Too Quickly
by James Haxell
As Christmas is this week, I tried my hardest to think of something festive to annoy me. Unfortunately, I couldn’t. What’s there to hate? Festive...
Hacked Off: When the Lore in Some Video Games Is Hidden and Not Easy to Access
by James Haxell
Two of the games I have come to love on the current generation of gaming are Destiny and Overwatch, and these are both contributors to...
Hacked Off: When Video Game Characters Somehow Carry Hundreds of Items
by James Haxell
In most games the characters can carry everything but the kitchen sink. No matter what they are wearing, they seem to find a place for...
Hacked Off: When Video Games Have Awful Mini-Games
by James Haxell
Mini-games are some of the best things in video games. They often break up the action with a fun little activity. Yet, some developers don’t...
Hacked Off: The Build-up of Hype Too Far Before New Game Releases
by James Haxell
Now, hype is a weird one. Obviously, it’s something that can never really change. If a developer decided to stop building up anticipation for a...
Hacked Off: Why Have Split Screens Become a Thing of the Past in Most Video Games?
by James Haxell
As a child I remember spending a lot of time playing games with various family members. Whether it was Pokémon Stadium or Perfect Dark, it was...
Hacked Off: Other Players Sending Angry Messages to You
by James Haxell
Now, it’s been a good two weeks since I’ve written one of these, I apologise; however, it seemed things weren’t bugging me. But I was...
Hacked Off: The Resident Evil 7 Demo
by James Haxell
Normally, I pick aspects of games to rant about, but I feel like the Resident Evil 7 demo has done enough to bug me. One...
Hacked Off: Games Where Decisions Don’t Affect the Games as Much as They Seem
by James Haxell
With the sudden increase of decisions in games affecting the story, I have to say I’m really happy with them, and I have played a...
Hacked Off: When Video Games Have Title Screen Scenes
by James Haxell
I find one of the most exciting moments of a game is right at the start. It’s the climax of all this anticipation waiting for...