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From: Praetor Mandrake <horchata12839@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: There is usually something to make me quit playing a game after a
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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 20:42:20 -0500
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PW wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:18:39 -0600, PW
> <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
> 
>> System Shock:  The non-stop spiders and monkies
>> Doom Eternal : The jumping, and jumpling puzzles - that will make me
>> stop playing a game immediately (although the new one hasn't ticked me
>> off yet - I am not taking it seriously just playing it on easy and
>> shooting stuff which is enough fun for now)
>>
>> The lack of save game slots and quick saves, and only checkpoints.
>>
>> Having to "cheat" by having to farm stuff in order to proceed and
>> level up. I have no idea how I lasted so long with Elden Ring but I am
>> sure I almost finished it but am not going back to try and finish it.
>> Which leads me to:
>>
>> Hard and almost impossible boss fights, or boss fights to begin with!
>>
>> And now, I have just about had it with Oblivian Remastered.  Do you
>> know what is going to make me quit playing it (I love it!)?
>>
>> The seemingly non-stop lockpicking puzzles! I have just about had it
>> with that!
>>
>> Oh - any stupid and hard puzzles in a game which forces me to
>> constantly look up cheats on the internet will make me stop playing a
>> game real quick now at my age!
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> -pw
> 
> *---
> 
> Well, I just quit playing Oblivion Remastered.  I am only level 2 and
> I see no reason why I should already have a HARD rated lockpicking
> puzzle trying to get out of the sewers. I had 30 lockpicks and there
> are four tumblers. I get 2 out of the 4 and mess up one and have to
> start all over again!
> 
> Goodbye!
> 
> Let's see.  What should I play next....
> 
> Frustrating.
> 
> -pw
> 
The tumbler system is probably the weakest component of the game.

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