Video Game Logic

Started by Juno August 2nd, 2014 10:39 PM
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Video games don't always make sense, and it's a good thing they aren't totally realistic sometimes - if characters had more realistic needs, like pee breaks and adequate sleep, games can be a bit of a drag.

But sometimes, video game logic and mechanisms can be pretty absurd, even in the context of the game. Like.. Frogger. Why would falling off a log and into water kill a frog?

Anyway, what other instances of failed or funny video game logic can you think of?
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Well, it's a minor thing, but I've always been bothered with RPG's where the main character can't go down or it's an instant Game Over, disregarding the fact that every other party member can be revived without any problems. Some games try to justify this though, for better or worse.

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"Oh look, there's a ledge right in front of my face & I'm falling!
Well, there's no point in grabbing it!"

*mario death music plays*

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"There's a chair in your way, so sorry, but you can't go there."
"Jumping into an endless pit and surviving the fall? Sure! Jumping from a cliff, that's about the same size as the character? Sorry, can't do that!"
"Oh, I found a bike! I know: I'll put it into my bag, right besides my weapons and armors, my fridge and my inflatable airplane"
"Oak: It's not the right time to use this item!"
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I play Sims 2 occasionally, and it's annoying when the sims cancel going to sleep, just so they can complain about being sleepy, same for peeing, and etc... They even do it when free will is disabled.

Also rain or snow in Sims 2 = your sim will instantly wake up if you don't cancel it

Also Servos(robots) can be bitten by vampires and turned into vampires that way. And you can have sims bang a Servo.

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"I can clearly see thousands of knives around the room, too bad I can't pick them up, better use a brick."

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Most stealth-type games - as long as you're not in their circle of light, they can't see you. I just did this in Wind Waker, where they didn't notice that the barrel was in a different spot every time they came back (sometimes right in their path), because I wasn't moving underneath it.


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Booker Dewitt: "I'll eat food and drink whiskey I find from trash cans and from dead, bleeding enemies, because that's perfectly sanitary."

Also Booker Dewitt technically should have died right away from the air pressure change and freezing cold weather when he reached Columbia.

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In Super Mario Galaxy:

In Space
"I can breathe just fine, even though most of the planets I'm on don't have oxygen, or possibly even any kind of atmosphere!"

Underwater
"BLUBBUFYGEBJFEIOFUGBENIUFV"

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Action 52.

Elton John kills you.
Money kills you.
Going up kills you.

*insert other nonsensical deaths here
Liu Kang ftw.



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Well, not exactly Elton John himself, rather...those pointless heads, yes...should you fall into it.

Liu Kang ftw.



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Not sure if it's VG Logic or just Japanese...
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Charizard, use fly and take me to the top of that mountain!

...Oh, you can only go to pokecenters, and I need to climb a dark, rabid bat infested path to get up? Okay.

Meloetta, use sing and put that team rocket grunt to sleep!

...Oh, you can only use sing on other pokemon, and I have to fight this dangerous criminal to pass? Okay.

Octillery, use water gun so I can fight this sudowoodo!

...Oh, You can only use water gun during the fight, and I need a water bottle? Okay.
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"There's a tank outside! Let me just stare at it while it is aiming at me!"

*tank fires, character gets blown back, not even a scratch*

*cough* FPS GAMES. *cough*

"Oh no! Clara got shot to the shoulder and died! I gotta kill these guys!"

*Aiden Pearce gets shot in the face and body multiple times and still lives, killing them all*
Siggys are so overrated.

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Speaking of ledges:



Also more Pokemon logic - why can't I run without running shoes? What kind of shoes am I wearing in the first place anyway, loafers? I'm ten years old, why aren't I already wearing running shoes?
So, you're telling me an organized religion was created, and at the same time a string of sadistic, ritualized murders started.

Those two can't possibly be related.

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Less clothes you have, more sexy powerful you are.
~Senran Kagura


Not sure if it's VG Logic or just Japanese...
D:

...What game is this?
So I storm the Gerudo fortress and find an empty cell, right? Well, ****, I got caught. Wait, you're not locking me in the empty cell? Instead you're throwing me into a big empty room with a wooden window and you didn't take my hookshot? Hell, you didn't even take my sword! Or that bow that I've been using to shoot arrows at you guys. Hello, ever hear of searching? I'm a red-blooded Hylian male and you're a bunch of dark-skinned hotties, are you sure I won't mind? Hello? Still got the hookshot here! Wow, these guards are hot, but they're dumber than a sack of hammers. And I thought the Hyrule Castle guards were dumb.

- Ocarina of Time