something u hate about video/pc games today?

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what's something you hate about pc and video games today? One thing I don't like is that many games require you to have internet access in order to play them to prevent piracy and another thing I don't like is that some games lately require you to have pay extra money in order unlock many parts of the game not mentioned in initial purchase. What are some things you don't like?

DLC is annoying, though usually I don't need to get it. I don't like companies like EA that screw over their loyalest of customers but make awesome games that you can't...not have XD

The thing I hate about my pc games is that most of them have started to break down since my hard drive's graphics card started failing on me. I can't play any games that use Source Engine. It may be a looooong while before I can get a replacement and a Windows 7 upgrade.

Oh, I hate that too! I can't play quite a few games right now because of my stupid intergrated graphics card. You should see how the Sleeping Dogs demo ran, it was HILARIOUSLY slow. And sims 3 just loves to crash on me now *pokes them to SHIP my new card soon*

My only gripe with PC games is that devs in general have been performing very poorly
when it comes to optimizing their game for different computer specs for a few years now.

For example when I tried to play Borderlands 2 on my freshly installed Windows 7 and it ran below 30fps while spiking down to 10fps during battles.
But on my Win XP (dual boot) it runs smooth 60fps everywhere. When I tried to ask for help from their "helpful" support, all I get is a
"f**k you and wait for a patch". Normally I would be fine with this, but it takes from half to a full year until they patch it.
I usually just fix the problems myself by using Google.

This is why I'm so nervous when pre-ordering on Steam, but it pisses me the f**k off that I can't get the pre-order bonuses otherwise
I sometimes pirate games to try them out on my comp to see how it runs, but once in awhile the games run better when pirated... go figure~

/rant off =__=;;

The games have become so much more complex and complicated, yet easy at the same time. You get stupid "achievements" for EVERYTHING, including things you can't really avoid unless you just never play the game, which totally defeats the purpose of buying the damn thing.

They've also made sequels into COMPLETE f*****g rehashes to the point where the 2nd game plays like the first one with just a bunch of new skins slapped over the damn models(That's right, COD, I'm talking about you).

The games I grew up with were friggin' relentless at times. All these kids brag and brag and brag about how good they are at call of duty. That means NOTHING. Go beat the original ghosts 'n goblins for NES, then we'll talk.

The only thing I hate about PC gaming is the random crashes that could be for any random reason, or small glitches that can happen or network configuration issues. Other than that I love PC gaming, loved it since 2000 when I got into computers.

The huge amount of DLC most big releases have now. Its annoying when you see lots of it available on day one when it could of easily been included in the retail release.

The fact that the FPS genre has became rather stale imo. Too often you will see games trying to emulate the COD franchise rather than come up with original ideas. Like the awkward Battlefield and COD hybrid that is Medal of Honor.

Online codes, which is a regular feat for the money grabbing c***s at EA.

I hate it when games have a multiplayer mode that requires people to play - bear with me - you could download bots for Quake, Doom, Half Life etc.

Lately games like Battlefield 3 have no bot support if you wish to play the game in multiplayer mode, but offline. I know alot of ppl will not see the point of this, but for me i used to like setting up my own rules and then just whizzing around in Battlefield 2 in a chopper on PC just mowing down bots.

In my opinion, the singleplayer bits of certain games arent interesting enough to keep you playing it again and again, and when the multiplayer scene dies for your particular game - or it doesnt work (Doom 3 on ps3 anyone? - oh wait, youve been kicked after 5 seconds for...er...who knows...?) - your stuck with a naff singleplayer game you dont enjoy.

The fact that you have to register for every game and require internet connection every time you want to play a certain game.

Also the size of the games, the fact they are heavy on the system and that they look like movies more than like games.

Also they have become complex simplicity instead of simple complexity.

I seriously dislike the current trend of moving games into microtransaction and DLC garbage. Quality in gamecraftmanship has gone down the toilet.

The main thing I don't like is that games nowadays focus so little on story and so much on pure action/special effects.