Due to a series of blunders your character finds himself without weapons and a lump on his head the size of a little person's kneecap. This is a dire situation and our hero needs to track down the cache of confiscated guns so he can royally mess up his enemies. Wait a minute... Stop rendering me unconscious and taking my weapons! Why do games do this? Half Life, Call of Duty, Dishonored, AVP and so many more are guilty parties. I spent a lot of time amassing that collection of guns, crowbars and make-shift explosives and in many cases was carefully upgrading them. Yet because of the rigid storyline, and not my game playing actions, I find myself without them. I think you get knocked out in COD BO2 about seven times in the course of the single player campaign. It's laughable. It again comes down to the lack of freedom. The written story dictates the action not your skills and losing your weapons at that point in the game is mandatory. It's done so often it's a cliche - an unimaginative mechanic to force a particular play style for a while. Like to go in guns-blazing and not stealth? Tough toodles, you have no weaponry now so you have to play our way. That shotgun was getting a bit too powerful so I'm taking it away. Conserving ammo for the next level were you? What a waste of time - I'll just relieve you of all that brass. Some games try to explain your gunless situation in ways that at least make sense - if you've been arrested then I could totally understand having your weapons removed as seen in GTA. But all too often a game will just snatch them off you without any attempt at a valid explanation - in Alan Wake you gain a great lantern needed to stave off the Mogwai zombies and you also find a fairly good weapon - yet when you climb into a helicopter and jump out at your destination you're back to a piddly mini Maglite and spud gun. There is zero reason given for this and it happens several times in the game. Arsenal thievery happens in many other big name popular games and for me it's such a predictable trope it can ruin any enjoyment gleaned up to that point.
A Welsh semi-retired television producer and actor known for low end work that astonishingly people actually watched and even garnered some awards. Originally residing in the electrically-challenged Amish areas of Pennsylvania he has written a few books (Hollywood Pants and Hollywood Horrible Hints and Terribly Fake Tips vols 1 & 2) which you can buy on amazon and all great book stores.
After a brief stint in Australia he now finds himself back in the Welsh valleys of his home country noting that it hasn't changed a bit!
