9. Climbing Is Easy
Several times during my history as a gamer, Ive taken a character on a ridiculously difficult and ambitious climb, right up to the top of a ruined church or a particularly high tower, and Ive thought to myself I reckon I could do that, if the handholds were laid out so conveniently. Then, almost as if my brain kicked into survival mode, Ive immediately reconsidered and decided that I couldnt. Climbing a tree is difficult enough if you weigh as much as an adult weighs (seriously, try it, I bet its not as easy as you remember), but scaling an entire building without so much as a rope or a safety net? Its just not possible and if it is even statistically possible, theres probably still a 99% certainty that the most likely result would be death by fast approaching concrete. Despite certain games maintaining that climbing is in fact a relatively simple and leisurely affair, its clearly not, and youd be a fool to believe otherwise. But then I guess if you believe this myth, youre probably already dead.
Propagators of the Myth: Uncharted, Tomb Raider, Assassins Creed