10 Dated Video Game Clichés That Need To Die

3. "Hey, are you sure you should be standing by those red barrels?"

A.I. can vary massively depending on the game, but apparently no bad guy can resist the cruel allure of a bright red barrel. We can probably forgive the first guy that decides to use one of these things as a shield against your endless barrage of bullets, given that there's a slight chance he didn't know there was gasoline inside the damned thing. But common sense dictates that a red barrel means "explosion," so the fact that enemies will use these things as a means of defence - as if Jesus himself has winked and given the OK - is just plain silly.

Especially when countless enemies witness the deaths of their friends in such a fashion and decide that a red barrel is still their best option for evading your shots. The point is, bad guys, stop ordering red barrels to potential battle stations. And if you have to order them, at least put them inside the building or something. Geesh.