Not every gaming hero is perfect. They'd be boring if they were. But sometimes you can't help but 'facepalm' at the silly mistakes they make, or the blatantly obvious things they miss, or the terrible plans they come up with.

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Nobody in the real world is infallible, and regardless of their world-saving reputations that axiom is just as true for video game heroes. Whether by error of judgement, villainous manipulation, old-fashioned stupidity or tenuously dramatic plot device, it's a more than frequent occurance for them to almost throw victory straight into the dumper. Sometimes they even balls things up completely, gaining only a credits sequence worth of remorseful sobbing for their hours of superhuman efforts.

The list of heroic failures is a long and turgid one. Here are twelve of the most prominent incompetents.

Miss Razz via gamesradar.com »