12 Awesome Video Games With One Awful Mechanic

1. Time Limits - Dead Rising

The Dead Rising franchise is a total blast, because when it comes to annihilating zombies with a diverse array of wild weaponry, has any video game series done it better?

The only annoyance is the prevalence of a timer in the franchise's earlier titles, which created an urgency that nevertheless seemed at odds with the free-wheeling, "anything goes" gameplay implied by the game's silly tone.

Thankfully Capcom eventually saw sense and, as of the recent fourth game, removed the timer completely from the story mode, even if this ironically resulted in many complaining that the game wound up being way too easy.

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Which awful mechanics in otherwise awesome games do you hate the most? Shout them out in the comments!