Technology has advanced to such an impressive degree, modern video games boast near photorealistic graphics. Honestly, God of War and Forza Horizon 4 put the real world to shame! Reckles🐟sly racing through Playground Games' artificial Edinburgh can be a surreal experience for those familiar with the location. The line separating fiction and fact has truly started to blur!
Nevertheless, several gaming tropes only make sense within their respective uni༒verses. Some mechanics have become so integral to certain genres, gamers have stopped questioning whether such acts are even remotely feasible. In fact, their omission tends to feel like a misstep! That's not to say the application of video game logic is necessarily a point meriting condemnation, but these mechanics create dissonance when applied to a story that strives to be grounded in reality.
Stuck in the middle of a heated gunfight with a char🐟acter low on health? Take a breather to allow the wounds to heal! Forming a strategy to defeat a fire-breathing dragon covered in spikes? Jumping on its head should do the trick! Playing as a powerful adventurer destined to eliminate countless monstrous enemies and save the world? Shame they cannot run five seconds without depleting their stamina! Luckily, bat🤪tles tend to last approximately four seconds...
While playing, video games, this stuff makes sense. Any other time? Well, just try explaining any of🌠 the upcoming examples to someone unfamiliar with gaming. The results should speak for themselves. Here are 25 pictures that prove video game logic makes no sense!
25 I Ne𝓰ver Cross The Lin🎉e, I Merely Subdue Enemies With Fists & Explosives
Here is an entry that stretches beyond gaming! While Batman is far from the only practitioner of this particular fallacy, the Dark Knight might be its most devoted believer. What separates good from evil? Along with not trying to destroy an entire city, the hero attempts to pursue other means besides eliminating their opponents. For the 🐷most part, Batman lets his fists do the talking; thankfully, the dude seems to know the exact amou📖nt of force required to only temporarily knock out Gotham's goons.
A Batmobile to the face!
The human body i⛎s fragile. A bad slip could spell the end of the line. Batman's justice may not extinguish the likes of Bane or Croc, but Henchman Joe is an entirely different story!
24 Rubble? G𓆉uess, We Have To Take The Long Way Round! ꧂
Dark Souls II is a solid game marred by belonging to one of the best franchises in recent history. While the sequel improves upon certain aspects of its predecessor, Dark Souls II's nonsensical map layo♔ut, reskinned bosses, and inconsistent hitboxes hamper a game laced with thrilling moments.
Then there is this silly plot point.
In order to access , players must travel across the kingdom and defeat four bosses. Doing so unlocks the door leading to the castle. Alternatively, another route exists leading to the RPGဣ's endgame; unfortunately, thisꦜ path happens to be blocked by some easily climbable rocks. Clearly, defeating four bosses is the simpler way.
23 ꧃ Modern Medicine Has Nothing On Healers
Discovering a game with a logical healing system is an exercise in futility! Most titles follow in the footsteps of action movies from the 1980s; everything is a flesh wound! Lost half your health after diving off a high cliff? Eat a herb to mend any broken bones. Did those mean paramilitary gruntsꦿ fill your body with lead? Quickly, tie a bandage around your arm! Yes, even when dealing with a head wound.
Amateurs.
Healing mechanics are typically among the first skills unlocked in most RPGs, and they can generally be summed up as “magic.” Regardless of whether an in-universe explanation💮 exists or not, magic is always the answer.
22 Dozens Of Walking Guards Hear Footsteꦚps; Must Be An Intruder!
While this article may imply that these conventions ✃need to be altered, that is not the point. Video games should occasionally turn their backs to reason and embrace fantasy. Realism does not always enhance the experience. Rockstar Games has a habit of prioritizing immersion over actual entertainment, even when the former only succeeds in injecting a touch of boredom into proceedings. Just because something makes sense in reality, does not mean it makes sense to include it in a video game.
Stealth games rely heavily on their AI. Dumb or absurdly smart enemies can equall🅠y sink a title, especially when the slightest🔥 of movements instantly informs guards of the protagonist's location.
21 Dress Like A Raccoon, Gain The Ability To Fl𒅌y
Applying logic to Nintendo titles is pointless. Such criticisms are as productive as questioning whether could really win a boxing matchꦏ ag꧑ainst Hulk Hogan. Logic has nothing to do with it. Nintendo’s games seldom attempt to replicate any elements from the real world, with the publisher’s first party titles typically being set in fantastical and colorful worlds.
Would a tangible Kirby be adorable or nightmarish? Both?
A visual representation of a power-up tends to feel far more rewarding than sౠimply unlocking a skill. Does ౠit make sense that a costume teaches Mario how to fly? No, but magic cares not for explanations!
20 ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ🐼ᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ The Double Jump
Quick question; when was the last time you jumped? Exactly! Jumping is a quintessential skill in gaming. Mario’s original name was . One of the oldest and most beloved genres revolves solely around the act of leaping from one spot to the ෴next. Jump🐼ing is such an integral mechanic, developers regularly explore new and exciting ways to perform the action. Mario’s move-set principally consists of several ways Jumpman can land on mushrooms.
The Double Jump is the holy grail of jumping!
What is happening here? Permitting that our recollection of middle school physics is not wonk💮y, vertical leaps occur due to a person’s legs releasing energy upon a surface, creating an upward motion. Gravity is also something that exists. The 🌳Double Jump laughs in the face of science!
19 A Lockౠed Wooden Door? If Only We Carried Grenades!
Putting aside whet🔴her an element holds water within the story, most mechanics are intended to facilitate for a design choice. Regardless of whether linear or open-world titles are someone's jam, at one point or another, an artificial roadblock shall impede their journey! The worst offenders employ immersion-breakingꦇ invisible walls to halt any unauthorized exploration, but budget RPGs are only the most obvious examples.
Horror games tend to gate premature access to higher level areas by demanding the hero discovers a key for the door. While this makes sense in games featuring an underpowered protagonist, Resident Evil's charact♏ers tend to run around with shotguns and explosives. Surely, a wooden door should not be an obstacle!
18 ꦇ Can Flip A Tank, Affected By Gun Recoil
’s selective adherence to immersion garnered a๊ tiny smidgen of criticism. Rockstar’s games embody excess, but 2018’s masterpiece wants to be a gritty grounded western and an adventurous action shooter about gunslingers. Watching a 10 second clip of Arthur Morgan meticulously divor🐻ce an animal from its skin is impressive, the first time it happens. After a couple of repeats, hunting becomes an arduous chore filled with repetition and time-wasting. Yet, Morgan can instantly clear up a camp without requiring players to watch a boring animation.
Where should the line be crossed? Considering Halo’s ✤ta൲nks flip at the drop of a hat, Master Chief must be able to correct any such errors. On the other hand, gun recoil provides valuable visual and auditory feedback to players.
17 Fighting Infected Zombie༒s? Use Meleeꩲ Attacks!
Along with rationing ammo like the world’s gunpowder reserves are on the cu💯sp of disappearing, guns seldom leave anything more than a scratch on approaching enemies. As zombies lack the ability to feel pain, one could argue bullets are too precise of instruments for such a job. With the exception of headshots, guns damage decommissioned body parts that exist merely to absorb attacks.
On the other hand, melee attacks impact a wider area and, typically, damage the zombie’s weak spots. Obviously, landing a successful hit n🌼ecessitates getting right into the infected m🐬onster’s face. Leon is free to karate kick every zombie in Raccoon City, but we will slowly chip away at their health from the safety of a rooftop.
16 🅷 Loot Is Everywhere ജ
Whether traversing an unexplored dungeon or a broom closet, there will always be a pot of gold waiting at the end of the metaphorical rainbow! The vast majority of NPCs must be a🌱bsurdly rich or distressingly naive, as nobody attempts to preserve their belongings. Treasures chests are left abandoned in all corners of the map and whoever unearths the loot is automatically the owner.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Exploring is its own reward, but nothing beats exploring AND a cool new sword! Withou⭕t shiny prices, it promptly begins to seem like no progress is being achieved. Nevertheless, some co📖nsideration of an item's placement is appreciated.