10 Awesome Video Games Ruined By TWO Terrible Mechanics

10. Intentional Input Lag & Weapon Maintenance - Red Dead Redemption 2

Red Dead Redemption 2 is unquestionably one of the most impeccably crafted video games of the previous generation, albeit one whose meticulous attention-to-detail is also occasionally its undoing.

For starters, Rockstar decided to give the game intentional input lag, such that the player's movements are more clumsy and less-precise than is typical, in an attempt to better-reflect "real life."

But the result is considerable player frustration, with even basic movements and actions often becoming a chore, as players end up doing something they never intended to.

Then there's the much-loathed weapon maintenance mechanic, whereby your guns' combat effectiveness will steadily decrease if you don't clean them.

Though wiping your gun down with gun oil is hardly difficult, it is boring busy-work that surely brings joy to not a single living soul.

Nobody wants to be thrust into this lovingly crafted world only to waste even mere seconds doing something so mundane.