10 Dated Video Game Clichés That Need To Die

5. "I'd be silly not to try and swim, right?"

Take a step back, optimistic gamer: this is another gaming standard that developers have started to slowly kill off, though you'll still be able to relish the chance to instantly die for no reason if you decide to take your character for a swim in games as supposedly great as Halo 4.

Yes, apparently many heroes (even those so well-equipped for fighting against endless waves of enemies and gigantic death machines) can't swim to save their lives. And that's meant literally, because these protagonists can't even attempt to swim to safety: the moment you touch the water you're instantly murdered. The Convenant got nothin' on H2O.