Video Game Logic

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    [PokeCommunity.com] Video Game Logic

    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?
     
    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.

    Fallout 3 spoiler:
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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*

    Need I say more?
     
    "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!"
     
    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.
     
    Shooting fireballs underwater. Ahem, Mario. >.>

    Or having a watermelon explode just by touching it. Sunshine. >_____>
     
    Can't climb over almost everything and only jump 3 inches in the air! *cough* most fps games *cough*
     
    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.
     
    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.
     
    Action 52.

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

    *insert other nonsensical deaths here
     
    Jak's hair in Jak 1. You know there wasn't any hair gel in Sandover like really.
     
    Well, not exactly Elton John himself, rather...those pointless heads, yes...should you fall into it.

    [PokeCommunity.com] Video Game Logic
     
    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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