19 Things Video Game Fans Are SICK Of

5. Incessant Handholding

As you may have noticed, Wolverine released in September to a reaction best summed up by its hero's angry gurn in the above picture. 

While the game's sticking points were many and varied, with reviewers lambasting the game's combat, storytelling and progression system, by far the biggest bug bear is what the internet has dubbed "fart gas". Said gas is, in-game, described as the scent trail Wolverine uses to track his latest objective, which poses two questions:

1) If Wolverine can see smell, doesn't that mean he has synesthesia? 

2) Why did the developers think a linear brawler needed an overbearing GPS system?

Unsurprisingly, it's the latter question that has stuck in gamers' craw. Wolverine has become emblematic of the over-simplification of gaming, as developers become seemingly terrified of scaring off potential newcomers from the hobby. It's a bizarre presumption to make, as a key part in enjoying a hobby is learning to master it. But when games treat the player like a simpleton, it makes the experience about as fun as playing a guitar by strumming the strings while your teacher fingers all the chords.

This over-eagerness to help players is also responsible for another of the flaws plaguing modern gaming...