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* ''[[Harry Potter (video game)|Harry Potter]]'' games require some stupid player actions in order to follow the plot of the games. E.g., in some versions of [[
* At the beginning of ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]] 2'', Kratos is faced against the Colossus come to life. Zeus, who had just shrank him down and took some of his godly power, gives him a sword. However, in order to effectively use the sword, you must put all your godly energy into it. Gee, what could possibly go wrong? What you mean it's a trap? And yes, the only way to beat the boss is to put all of your god energy into it, even though it didn't really serve a purpose.
** The crowning glory is that the only reason you lose the sword is due to Kratos's [[Cutscene Incompetence]] - if Kratos had ''moved slightly to the left'' instead of gloating while the Colossus was falling, the entire game may have been avoided...
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=== [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]]s ===
* In ''[[Phantasy Star Universe]]'', the second part of the Episode 3 story mission Ambition's End offers you the choice between taking one of four NPCs. Each one is effectively as useless as the others, but nevertheless each at least has some offensive potential, some variety of useful ability, and the potential to act as a passable meatshield when required. No matter which you pick, you are instead forced to take the most useless NPC in the game, a laughably weak liability named Lumia Waber who has pathetic weapons, inflicts pathetic damage, has absolutely no special abilities, dies if an enemy breathes on her too hard and who more often than not will choose to overwrite your level Awesome buffs with her level Useless ones.
* In the ''[[
{{quote|'''Drake:''' You ''talked'' to the librarian? Didn't I instruct you not to? ...(sigh) You disappoint me.}}
* ''[[RuneScape]]'' has a depressingly large amount of quests where your character has to be incredibly gullible, usually by being tricked into doing something that helps the [[Big Bad]] of the quest. Granted, ''Runescape'' has a [[No Fourth Wall|fourth wall problem]], and it has a rather silly sense of humour.
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