10 Game Concepts That DEFY LOGIC but are fun anyway

Video games have many things you need often need to forgive in order to believe the illusion. Here are some funny examples.

[waldowallace]

The "Oh, no. A locked wooden door. And all I have is a shotgun and an axe. Oh, well, guess I'll wander around a zombie infested area looking for a key." troupe is my favorite.

[Arnell_Mediocrity_Long]

It's funny like when an athletic protagonist jumping 10 to 20 meters in the air but can't jump/climb a 7 foot fence or a strong protagonist who cuts down large beasts but can't get pass a door because it's locked on the other side.

There's many more but yeah...I always found that funny and I'd like to see a videogame poke fun at some of that haha.

[miggy]

Me: Goes to safe room

Zombie horde: Understandable have a great day

[Gravityys]

How about in FPS games where your character just has to breathe really heavily to recover...

[alejandroobregonambrossi]

This is what makes video games great and separate them from series or movies, they don't need to be "realistic". Just fun

[danielmihalache]

One more thing that is very common and we take it for granted: having control midair, like jumping to the left and suddenly going to the right.

[GlamourDonkey]

Similar to Link and his iron boots: You're overencumbered in Skyrim so you eat some of the stuff in your inventory.

[bengosling]

Have we not learnt from Goose's tragic death... Hitting a solid object like a fighter jet at 200 km/h would knock you the F out not let you climb back in...

[Forsoothious]

Skyrim horses defy logic, there practically God's.

[marcdc]

That guy you show in the end that says 'wauw'... was a Belgian singer called Eddy Wally.
He actually has a song that goes like 'I jump out of an airplane just to see you'...

[karlw]

7 got me good! So, so, so many times you come across some ancient cave and you walk down and there's holes everywhere.

[PerhapsTheMost]

I like over the top fantasy action. So less realism, the better for me lol

[joncollins]

Holy crap, I never thought about natural light in temples and stuff. Also who the hell goes round lighting all the torches lol?

[HorusDeathtouch]

Edit 2 months later: It also has to be said, that it is pretty funny that Sephy takes all this time finding the "ultimate black magic, Meteor" or whatever to wound the planet and suck the life from it to become a god... when his ability during the fight, and before meteor has struck the planet, is itself more powerful than Meteor...

Sephiroth's Supernova attack is said to be like taken from some alternate universe or something, but yeah it always has been pretty funny. Also, the thing he summons is capable of blowing up the sun, so it uses the sun's explosion to attack the party, instead of just attacking the party directly and blowing up the earth. It makes little sense but it's cool.

[sonofkabisch]

Falcon: Link is taking off the iron boots and putting them into his backpack, it makes no sense.
Me: What backpack?

[AncestorEmpire]

That fucking riot shield from modern warfare 2!

[inquisitorichijou]

THe thing about the iron boots also applies to weapons like the Greatsword in Monster Hunter.
When you have drawn it, you move slower, but when it's sheathed on your back, you can run again.

[labmonkeyplays]

During the transport or small building art assets for strategy games segment, I kept thinking of that scene in Zoolander where Derek goes "What is this....? A SCHOOL FOR ANTS?!"

[ThePowerOfOneThePowerOfTwo]

1. Double jumping
2. Self regen
3. Respawning

[takoshihitsamaru]

That Final Fantasy one had me cracking up for ages. Reminds me of Dragon Ball Z, absolutely ludicrous attack damages and collateral, but when the dust settles, everyone's fine.