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What's your pet peeve of each generation

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blipcs76:
There seems to be one main thing that annoys me from each generation of gaming. 

2600/InTV
Shovelware.  Horrible games that flooded the market and brought around the video game crash.

NES/SMS
Overly ambitious graphics.  The games that knew the limitations of the hardware and worked within the limitations of the hardware visually stand up the best today, like Mega Man, Mario, Metal Storm, etc.  Stuff that tried to do too much, like Metal Gear, often look muddy and awful by comparison.

SNES/GEN
"Every direction" sidescrollers.  In the NES generation, most sidescrollers followed a linear path even when it scrolled up or down.  In the 16 bit era, the map wasn't locked to one direction, and was instead one giant 'field'; we ended up with games that became a nightmare to traverse because everything looked the same and you had little clue to which direction was right.  Stuff like Aero the Acrobat and similar platformers fell victim to this flaw.

PS1/SAT/N64
Bad 3D.  This generation transitioned to 3D gaming, often because they felt they had to.  Many 3D games do not hold up well at all simply because they tried to shoehorn 2D style platforming into 3D, usually with poor results.  2D games from this era easily hold up the best today, like Castlevania SOTN or even pseudo 3D games like Einhander or Tomba.

PS2/XB/GC
Stealth.  It seems that many games seemed to force stealth missions into them.  It works great in games that are centered around stealth, but felt awkward and out-of-place in action games.

PS3/360/Wii
Weak single-player campaigns.  FPS games are most guilty of this, where the single player campaign suffers or almost seems like an afterthought in games that push online modes.  Stuff like Bioshock from this gen seemed like a breath of fresh air because they made the game about the single-person experience, rather than tacking a single player mode onto an online-focused game.

What is your biggest pet peeve of each generation?

turf:

2600/InTV - There is so much trash on this system.  It's really hard to find something you would even consider a game.

NES/SMS - Like was said before, trying to do too much.  Super Mario games are awesome, because it was gameplay over complexity.  Make it fun. Then, you can make it pretty.

SNES/GEN - I don't really have a big gripe here.  I guess if I played more games, I would find something.

PS1/SAT/N64 - Everyone here agrees that early 3D sucks. Right? 

PS2/XB/GC - It did seem like there were a ton of Metal Gear Solid ripoffs, didn't there?  I didn't notice it until now. 

PS3/360/Wii - Early on in this cycle there were a lot of escort missions in games.  And not the fun kind of escorts either.  To hell with stupid NPCs that can't stay alive without my help.  Escort missions have to be my least favorite game element.

haloofthesun:
I agree with everything everyone else has said. The only thing I would add:

PS3/360/Wii: Microtransactions, DLC in general (though some games warrant it and have amazing DLC, like Borderlands, most games just make it as a quick cash-in and it isn't worth the price), quick-time events (although that one could be attributed to the generation before, but it became heavily prominent here).

burningdoom:
-1st Generation - Can't really say, I haven't played any of it except for the Pong-clone console I have.

-2nd Generation - Games were too simplistic for my tastes, for the most part. And I'm not a big fan of joysticks; give me a D-pad over any joystick (or thumbstick for that matter, but I don't dislike thumbsticks).

-3rd Generation - Blowing into freaking cartridges and playing with them until they worked (NES, I'm looking at you). And awesome looking artwork that tricked my kid self into buying terrible games (there was no internet back then to research your purchases, first).

-4th Generation - Not much I can complain about here. Except I wish there were a bit more action-RPGs available than there were. And I wish the Neo Geo AES wasn't so dang expensive.

-5th Generation - The N64's controller, and bad camera angles.

-6th Generation - Nothing to complain about here.

-7th Generation - Lots to complain about here:

1. Nickel and diming people on ridiculous DLC.
2. Paying for online multiplayer when you've already paid for the console, the game, and already pay for internet service.
3. Ridiculous prices on consoles.
4. Ridiculous prices on controllers.
5. Games holding you're hand far too much.
6. Regenerating health in EVERYTHING!

-8th Generation - It's too early to complain about anything. I have a wait and see attitude here.

BTW, no, I don't agree that early 3D sucks. Some of the best games of all time are on the PS1. And I didn't think the classic gamers here worried too much about graphics, as long as the gameplay was good. But I guess I assumed wrong.

haloofthesun:
I don't really care very much about graphics, but that doesn't mean that early 3D didn't look awful.

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