Most abused words in gaming

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caffeinade on 08 August 2017

Help me build a list of words / terms that this feels are the most abused in this industry.

To kick things off here are a few from me:

Generation
Exclusive
Fanboy
Port begging
Optimised

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VGPolyglot on 08 August 2017

Exclusive?? That term has become really blurred now.

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Innovative

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pokoko on 08 August 2017

SvennoJ said:
Innovative

Yep.

Also, Revolutionary.

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Nautilus on 08 August 2017

Exclusive.This word has been butchered by everyone.

My (locked) thread about how difficulty should be a decision for the developers, not the gamers.

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=241866&page=1

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irstupid on 08 August 2017

Any Tech terms (4k, fps, ect)
Exclusive
GOTY

It can be funny asking someone about a game these days. Say I know nothing of a game, I would ask and be like "Is this game good" and the response I would get back would be like "Oh yea, its an amazing exclusive for this system. It runs in 4k checker boarded with antialiasing and 60 fps locked. It's easily a GOTY."

I'm sitting here like, "okay, that tells me nothing"

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SvennoJ on 08 August 2017

pokoko said:

SvennoJ said:
Innovative

Yep.

Also, Revolutionary.

We can also add immersive to complete the set of adjectives for every AAA game's gameplay description.

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SvennoJ on 08 August 2017

irstupid said:
Any Tech terms (4k, fps, ect)
Exclusive
GOTY

It can be funny asking someone about a game these days. Say I know nothing of a game, I would ask and be like "Is this game good" and the response I would get back would be like "Oh yea, its an amazing exclusive for this system. It runs in 4k checker boarded with antialiasing and 60 fps locked. It's easily a GOTY."

I'm sitting here like, "okay, that tells me nothing"

It spills over, how many GOTG and GOATs have we had already this gen.

Casual is also abused to describe anything that's not a 60 hour rpg or multiplayer fest.
I don't even know what a cusual game actually is anymore.

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ArchangelMadzz on 08 August 2017

The word 'exclusive' has been butchered and killed.

Also calling a game innovative when there are examples of other games with the same 'innovations'

There's only 2 races: White and 'Political Agenda'
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