10 Most Bizarre Gaming Features We Just Accept

Following on from the previous entry is the more modern equivalent of the health pickup - Cover healing.

Featuring almost exclusively in shooters, this mechanic is as widely accepted as it is nonsensical, and is perhaps even more baffling than the health pickup.

Every gamer has experienced this feature at some stage but many may not even be aware of it, commonplace as this mechanic now is.

You're in the middle of an intense fire fight, exchanging rounds and explosives with all manner of human or alien villainy and, whether through misfortune or hubris, you take too much damage and - you guessed it - the screen turns red.

What do you do? How can you stop the bleeding and save what little life you have left?

Do you call a medic? Do you grit your teeth, dig the errant bullets out from your torn flesh and apply an emergency field dressing?

Nope.

You simply duck behind a fence or stand behind a crate until the screen returns to it's normal hue, indicating that you are once again healthy and good to go.

What?!

Do our wounds miraculously heal, Wolverine-style?

Apparently they do, which solidifies this entry as the number one most bizarre gaming feature we just accept.