10 Things Video Games Do (That We Never Want To See Again)

9. Brutal Load Times In Brutally Hard Games

Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order Cal Kestis
EA

Of course, it’s not always possible for a game to control its load times, but there’s usually a correlation between games where your time to death is less than two minutes and games with a really quick respawn.

I’m talking about games like Super Meat Boy, Hotline Miami, and Celeste. You’re dying a lot but you’ll come back pretty much immediately so it doesn’t break the pace.

Then we have the Jedi Fallen Orders of the world as well as any game that’s trying its best to run on a less than optimal console or PC. Nobody wants to do their best to navigate an especially tricky section, fail, and then sit through minutes of load screens only to do it all again in a couple minutes time.

The answer here may be that there’s extra pressure to get good, but it can still make a fun time a decidedly not fun time.

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Jess has been a journalist and content creator in the games industry for over 15 years and has been WhatCulture's resident Australian import and sorry cop since 2020, upping the quotient of swearing and apologising in WhatCulture Gaming's annual blooper videos considerably. She previously worked at GameSpot for 10 years, most notably hosting GameSpot News in addition to E3 live shows, and PAX panels. She regularly livestreams a variety of games on her 'jessmcdonell' YouTube and Twitch channels and hosts the 'Do It On The Day' podcast. She has won awards for her news and feature work in gaming as well as an accolade for her comedic writing (likely an admin error). She can be found on X at @jessmcdonell and Instagram at @jessicamcdonell sharing her current videogame fixations, industry insights, and videos of her cat, Karma.