i call it bad writing. a good writer makes the player willing to xyz instead of forcing the player's mc.
every time when i meet a situation where no matter the player (and i am not speaking about story elements like moving out from Troy after beaten up, only things with LIs, i mean, supposed to be LIs), i feel like i am watching a witcher Geralt against five wolf, but not 5v1, 5x1v1. the wolfes attack Geralt after each other, because that poor way is it written. the last wolf calmly and patiently see his four brother is slayed down...