Annoying things in video games [Plus a puzzle! Yay]

So, i thought about this last night as I was lying in bed, desperately trying to fall asleep ("If I fall asleep now, I'll have 7 hours of sleep! Come on, brain! Turn yourself off!"). Anyways:

There a lot of developers that make the same mistakes and insert very annoying things into otherwise good games. I don't mean things like completely broken physics or an extremely boring story, just little things that make me want to punch whoever thought they were good ideas.

For example:

1. QUicktime events. My god, why are they a thing? Especially when they're in the middle of a cutscene. If I am watching a cutscene I tend to leave my keyboard/mouse and just watch it. Having to suddenly press F quickly to respond to something is really f*cking annoying.

2. "Escort that NPC and protect him" missions. I hate them for like a Zillion reasons. That NPC will usually be an idiot and walk right into enemies to make sure he dies, and he is often completely helpless and advances slower than any person would when under attack.

3. Last but not least, I dislike it when games don't let me save. The whole "checkpoint" system annoys me, as it forces me to play on to the next checkpoint when I have to go, or risk losing my progress. Sometimes I even stop playing earlier than I normally would just because I'm not sure I can get to the next checkpoint in the few minutes before having to go. I know it's supposed to make the game more difficult or something, but it doesn't. It just makes it more annoying.

I obviously have more things that annoy me, but I'm gonna leave some for you. What are things that annoy you about video games?

No poll this time. You were all gonna vote "Potato" anyway

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