Cutscene incompetence

Other (objects, etc.) concept

During one or more cutscenes characters, especially the protagonist, display excessive incompetence that they according to all other evidence should not fall victim of.

games

platforms

Alternate name: Cinematic incompetence

Alien: Isolation

WIN 2014-10-06

Tomb Raider

WIN 2013-03-05

Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines

WIN 2004-11-16

Fable II

X360 2008-10-21

Alien: Isolation

LIN 2015

Tomb Raider

OSX 2014-01-23

Commonly involves watching "helplessly" as someone is brutally murdered, even when the character has the time, skills, and equipment to intervene quite successfully.

Also includes characters using the worst possible tool for a problem when much better choices are available.

Parent group

Gameplay and story segregation

Games by year

The first Cutscene incompetence video game was released on November 16, 2004.

SEGA published all these games.

Platforms

Windows		3
X360		1
Mac OS X		1
Linux		1

Most common companies