1. Gamestop preorder commercials. They're ubiquitous here in the US and seem to be replacing potentially awesome commercials about the game itself (see Halo: Reach) with goofy nonsense that I rarely find funny or enticing (See: Harlequin Preorder Commercial for AC: Brotherhood)
2. Throwaway multiplayer
3. Social Connectivity that only serves to piss other people off with constant status updates about whatever game your playing
4. Shameless ingame advertising (it can be done well, but when done poorly, it is so obtrusive)

Persistent leveling. Trueskill was way better imo.

People insulting popular game franchises (World of WarCraft, Halo, Call of Duty, Final Fantasy etc.), without making valid points. But then try to halt any debatable arguments with the "its my opinion" excuse. That's a trend that I would love to see die within the gaming community. But I know that it will never happen. I also hate it when they insult or stereo-type the user fanbase, as an excuse to justify their "opinions".

• Achievements
• Dollar-per-hour debates
• Pre-Order exclusive game content like armours, costumes, weapons etc.

Shooters with annual releases. COD I'm looking at you.

" Shooters with annual releases. COD I'm looking at you. "

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" @Akeldama said:

" @ashton said:

" ) 3) Adding multiplayer into a sequel to a game that had a great story because every game needs multiplayer right? (e.g. Bioshock 2, Dead Space 2)    

Those are both great examples of how to do multiplayer right.  "

I have no idea about Dead Space 2, but you're right on with Bioshock 2, while it was certainly not a needed addition to the game, they incorporated the multiplayer mode into the game's canon, which I do think is awesome - it made perfect sense within the game world. "

I would argue that Bioshock 2 was an unnecessary addition to the series in general, but I've purchased it for 360 and PC. T__T "

" Music Rhythm games maybe... "

To be honest, I don't think zombies are the problem per se, it is adding zombies ofr the sake of having them. Whilst the RDR zombies didn't necessarily fit, I think they were well incorporated into a coherent plot (sort of...). Also, there has always been a history of zombie modding, so people do want zombies in their games! So, I don't mind zombies, but it's when it feels like there was no need to do it - if they release another Left 4 Dead soon, without any radical changes in game design, I think that would be a good example of a tedious zombie addition.