History Main / ObstructiveForeground

* Arguably the best one-handed weapon in [[Skyrim]] - indeed, arguably the most powerful weapon of any kind in Skyrim - has a unique downside: It's enormous. Equipping it blocks a full third of your vision. Have fun.

* Used subtly in {{Streets of Rage}} 2 and 3. Although not particularly obstructive, it can cause some problems when you're being clobbered behind a pillar in the subway.

** Oddly, it creates a case of [[TheAIIsACheatingBastard "The Humans Are All Cheating Bastards"]] due to the touch screen map in the NintendoDS edition. The human player can remember level structures and traps (besides using the second screen to see weapons and traps from all over the level) while the computer doesn't know better are swerves left and right while slowing down.

* IWannaBeTheGuy has a couple of trees at the beginning of the Cart segment. Thankfully, they're not used to make the game harder.
* Freaking Air Man's stage in ''VideoGame/MegaMan2''. No, [[MemeticMutation I can defeat Air Man,]] I just can't defeat the clouds blocking enemies and their attacks around halfway through the stage.

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* In ''CommanderKeen Episode I'', you could walk through pipes but not see through them. They were perfect for hiding Gargs.

* Not too much of a problem, usually, in CastleCrashers until you get to the final boss which darkens the screen, making the, usually clear, black-tinged rocks completely solid so you cannot see a damn thing when he is near the bottom of the screen.

** Oddly, it creates a case of [[TheAIIsACheatingBastard "The Humans Are All Cheating Bastards"]] due to the touch screen map in the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NintendoDS Nintendo DS]] edition. The human player can remember level structures and traps (besides using the second screen to see weapons and traps from all over the level) while the computer doesn't know better are swerves left and right while slowing down.

* Level 9 of ''{{Battletoads}}'' has too many view-obstructing tubes you have to fight enemies around.

* Freaking Air Man's stage in ''Game/MegaMan 2''. No, [[MemeticMutation I can defeat Air Man,]] I just can't defeat the clouds blocking enemies and their attacks around halfway through the stage.

** Did we mention the computers [[TheAIIsACheatingBastard aren't effected by this at all?]]

* ''{{Torchlight}}'' has characters and enemies obstructed by 'foreground' very often but shows obstructed portions of all interactive objects as translucent color-coded versions of themselves ''through'' the foreground instead of removing it. Unfortunately non-interactive objects with hit boxes (read: obstacles) aren't given this effect so annoying situations still happen occasionally.

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* Happens from time to time in [[Gothic2]]. Sometimes you will be unable to see what's happening in combat because there is a tree or other scenery between the camera and your character.

* [[MarioKart Mario Kart]] DS and Wii have the Blooper item which squirts ink on opponents' screens, obstructing their view. Since CPU opponents don't have to look at a screen, they will swerve back and forth instead.

* One of the many things that made the SNES version of ''Batman Forever'' SoBadItsHorrible was the foreground in levels (such as the columns in the bank level from the AVGN run) making it difficult to see what the hell you were doing.

* Intentionally used in ''BattleCity'' and 'Tank Force'' with tree tiles which makes it harder to see what's underneath them.

* Freaking Air Man's stage in [[MegaMan Mega Man 2]]. No, [[MemeticMutation I can defeat Air Man,]] I just can't defeat the clouds blocking enemies and their attacks around halfway through the stage.