Anthony Ortale
We’ve all been there. If you play video games, there’s no doubt that some of your time is spent screaming at your television, wanting to chuck your controller across the room. There’s something special about gaming which allows it to evoke that much emotion from us. Unfortunately, it’s not always the story in the game that brings it out, it’s often something related to the gameplay, and it’s often something going wrong. Everybody has a different opinion on what the biggest annoyance is, but right now Dorkly is trying to find out what officially is the worst of the worst, and you can go vote on it now.
There are 53 side by side comparisons where you choose which of the two is more evil. Choices range from rather generic options such as “Backseat Gaming” or “Fetch Quests” to the much more specific “Letting Pikachu Evolve Before Getting Quick Attack” or “Getting Blue-Shelled in Mario Kart”. After you sort through everything, they’ll give you the rundown on what your personal top 5 are. There’s also a live list of the overall results, which are updated every 5 minutes.
As of Jan. 20, 2012, the current top 5 are as follow:
1. Accidentally hitting “yes” when an NPC asks if you need them to repeat entire explanation
2. Dying when you haven’t saved
3. A glitch prevents you from progressing
4. Screwing yourself over by saving at a bad time
5. Having to backtrack for hours because you missed an item or key somewhere
My Top 5?
1. Getting killed by a hacker
2. Returning to an RPG months later and having no idea what you’re doing
3. Not realizing you’re fighting enemies that will respawn indefinitely
4. Dying because of a bug or glitch
5. Screwing yourself over by saving at a bad time
Odds are, yours are going to be different from mine, perhaps very different. In fact, you might think mine or the current top 5 are downright ridiculous because clearly buying the wrong version of an old game you used to love is way more frustrating (that’s currently 50th overall). Well if you disagree, you should probably get over to Dorkly and voice your opinions now! Official voting ends Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 at 12:00AM. Just take the survey here and feel free to post your top 5 in the comments below!
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