Disclaimer: I really like the game and will definitely buy it. That said…
Here’s the list of small things in the game that grind my gears.
(Note: Emphasis on “small”, most of these are just very personal opinions on things or straight-up satire).
- The way the character you choose starts to talk/make noise when the selection timer hits 0 and the match/mission is about to start.
- How bland the background is during the intro (where the characters show off their taunts at the beginning of a mission).
- How there is no way to know when you’re being surrounded by enemies and go down because there were enemies attacking you from behind.
- The Ice Guardian enemies
- Suicide bomber thrall things
- Melka’s head-banging taunt
- Montana’s wood-carving taunt
- Shayne and Aurox’s jazz-hands taunt
- Being body blocked by allies (whether it be PC, or Thralls/minions in PvP modes)
- Miko’s indecisive healing beam.
- Ambra’s overshield
- Shayne and Aurox’s passive.
- The way Reyna holds her gun
- Kleese’s maneuverability (or lack there-of)
- The lack of visual range for Orendi’s Nullify
- Characters with 0 ranged attacks and lackluster speed
- Benedict’s Reload
- Miko’s that don’t heal
- Caldarius sticking to you like glue when you’re trying to flee
- Common gear with activation costs
- Expensive activation costs on gear with inferior stats to cheaper gear.
- Enemies who don’t stand in the Shadow Pillar and die gracefully.
- Accidentally running into the enemy’s base in Meltdown while trying to flee from a chaotic fight
- Lack of music in PvE to entertain you during the missions.
- The length of time in Incursion being short.
- A Benedict that won’t stay still.
- The weight behind melee attacks (or lack thereof). Especially in fist brawlers.
- Taking 10+ minutes to auto-kick an inactive member in a story mission.
- Really good Helix mutations that happen to appear at a Helix Level where there is something else you’ve always been using and that’s integral to how you play the character!
- Helix upgrades that are just basic damage/speed buffs and nothing else.
- Descriptions that aren’t clear; especially those on abilities and ability upgrades.
- The non-uniformity of Legendary Character-specific gear.
- Legendary gear with sub=par effects/stats costing as much as all the other good ones!
- Random glitches
- Bots in Private PvP games doing absolutely nothing/staring at walls.
- Kelvin’s Sublimate being a tad-bit hard to direct.
- Shayne and Aurox’s stealth-strike sound effects. (Seriously, I really dislike it. Sounds Mechanical, and why the random bell-ringing at the end of it? The whole thing is weird!)
- The way Thorn’s hand moves as she walks/runs
- Incursion mode being greatly rewarding towards the winning side (Shepherd Minions, more resources (shards/thrall camps), ability to buy enemy buildables, etc)
- ISIC Boss fight
- Galactic Emperor Boss Fight
- Not having 79+ gear bank slots off the bat!
- Nova telling me things I already know (in Incursion mode)
- Having your character sniped during character select.
- Abilities colliding with an ally who just happened to jump in front of you as you were casting it.
- Being stunned while surrounded by Chaos.
- Being screwed over by geometry issues.
- Accidentally taunting in the middle of battle
- Oscar Mike dropping an Air Strike on you when you least expect it.
- Orendi not using her sarcastic-sophisticated voice a bit more often.
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