10 Coolest Video Game Features (That Are Utterly Pointless)

2. When EVERYTHING Is Interactive

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There are so many games with chairs, benches, beds, cushions on the floor - just a whole world of stuff to sit on! Does sitting down recover health, unlock crafting opportunities, or give you a bonus of some kind? No - not at all!

To be fair, some games do make you heal or recover stamina quicker when you sit or lay down - The Getaway even asked you to lean on anything in sight to recover health. But there's a lot of games that absolutely don't. Some of them just help to get amusing shots in the photo mode. Some of them are because the developer was like "I made a chair - and by god and anime I'm going to make it interact-able."

Special shout-out to games that have multitudes of stuff to sit on for no reason, at the press of a button, or even a 'sit down' button to just pop a squat wherever you are. Middle of a firefight? Sorry, Cap'n I need a breather. Center divider of a busy highway? Hoo-boy, I need to have a sit-down. Random barrel in the middle of a forest? Lovely seat, innit?

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