10 More Pointless Video Game Mechanics Nobody Used
3. Break Free - Friday The 13th: The Game
Friday the 13th: The Game may not be the most mechanically robust title on the market, but even for its own roughshod standards the "break free" feature has pissed a lot of players off.
In theory, the mechanic allows those playing as hapless camp counselors to break loose from Jason Voorhees' grip once he attacks, but in reality, Jason is so freakishly overpowered that it's damn-near impossible to actually escape his grasp unless you've got a pocket knife in your possession.
Once anyone playing as Jason has grabbed a counselor, all they need to do is press a single button to finish them off, ensuring those playing as counselors have basically no chance to escape.
Balancing multiplayer games is hard for sure, but in tipping the scales so aggressively in Jason's favour - as suits his character, admittedly - the developers may as well have just made Jason's grab an instant kill in of itself.
If they really wanted the break free mechanic to be worthwhile, then Jason desperately needed a cooldown on his brutal finishing moves.