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inconsistent

  1. adjective What arises when the game treats differently commands that ought to behave the same way. This can be the result of simple omission ("The man can drink potions but the thief can't"), over-generalisation ("If you attack one snake they all get a vendetta against you") or selective_depth ("I can make a model of the Eiffel Tower out of these matchsticks but it won't let me do Notre Dame"). The first two are normally buglets, the third is more of a feature.
  2. adjective Not the way the real world would do it. "I find it inconsistent that you die when you blow yourself up. You should just lose stamina". The pedant's version of unrealistic.

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