10 Most Bizarre Gaming Features We Just Accept

For as long as there have been video games, there have been enemies.

Whether pixelated crocodiles, double-denimed street thugs, or the hordes of Mordor, video game enemies are arguably as famous as their protagonist counterparts.

There is, however, one huge, polygonal elephant in the room when it comes to in game enemies - they all look exactly the bloody same.

Take any tier of enemies within a particular title, and you can almost guarantee absolute uniformity.

The basic grunts all wear blue jackets and sun glasses, the second tier adversaries are colour-swapped versions of the grunts, and the mid-level bosses are the same again but with a mohawk.

Even high fantasy and sci-fi titles use the same tactics, with goblins, orcs, robots and lizards rounding out the grunt and executive grunt roles respectively.

It's great; literally colour coding enemies allows gamers to identify at a glance who to take out first, and we save or use our potions and items accordingly.

It's also very weird.

Think about it: outside of sports strips and armed forces uniforms, how many times have you come across groups of entirely identical individuals, let alone groups who have kidnapped the Mayor's daughter and are now trying to repeatedly punch you in the face?

Exactly.