Wow. What kind of obsessive control freak builds a gameplay mechanic that specifically denies you the ability to do one of the most basic actions imaginable unless they decide it's the right time and place for it? What's next, contextual crouching? Contextual running? Contextual drawing of weapons? If this same logic were applied to the rest of the gameplay, you'd literally be left with a game where all you can do is push the right predetermined buttons at the right moments to complete every mission exactly the way the developer envisioned Garrett doing it, step by step. Of course, we know that logic wasn't applied to the rest of the gameplay -- because no one would find that any fun at all, not even whoever implemented contextual jumping.

If b1skit and other like-minded people over at EM are so worried about players bunny-hopping all over the place like idiots, what good does contextual jumping do to curb that? Those players will find other ways to make a fool out of Garrett, running around like maniacs, playing peekaboo with guards, and whatever other chaos they can dream up. Seriously, if Garrett's dignity hinged upon what a player with the mentality of a 7-year old with ADHD on a sugar rush decided to make him do, our master thief was doomed from the outset. Fortunately, as it turns out, Garrett's respectability is not defined by how much players decide to spam the jump key when they're incredibly, mind-numbingly bored and too lazy to find actual entertainment. And to whomever had the half-baked idea to implement contextual jumping in the first place...what the hell do you care what players decide to do with their game that they purchased in their own spare time? It's not the developers' responsibility to ensure that players don't do stupid, senseless things in a game. Nor is it, or should it be, their concern. So you know what, b1skit? You're right. This is such a non-issue -- for a game developer to waste time addressing in the first place.

This is absolutely ridiculous.