[General Discussion] Overused Gaming Conventions

Explosive barrels get to me the most.

Even in some of the better shooters (Half Life 2) there are explosive fucking barrels. Totally unrealistic that you just have flammable liquid inside of a giant iron drum, just waiting to be penetrated by a bullet hot enough to make it EXPLODE and kill nearby enemies.

I was recently playing Black and they took it to another extreme, where critical enemies such as those armed with RPGs, snipers, or high-power machine guns just happened to be next to something explosive. Sometimes it was fairly realistic, but most of the time you had to wonder why a sniper would perch on a tower that resides over gas tanks. Did they think no one would ever come to shoot in their direction?

I'll never understand.

Jam it back in, in the dark.