Current Events > ITT: Things in vg series that are "part of their identity" you hate

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These would be things that are brought back every game because "Every game in the series has <thing>!" that aren't actually essential to the game's identity but either some of (in your view) dumb fans demand it or the developers got it in their head that people liked it.

An example off the top of my head: Every Pokemon game needing the starters to be Fire, Grass, Water.

the giant monster boss fights in dark souls

dark souls gameplay but explicitly being about the combat between like-sized infantry people would be great