Should a video game be logically consistent internally?

And, have you ever played any that weren’t ? What was that experience like?

What I’m getting at is that every world has rules and standard operating procedures whether it’s real life or a created one. Here on earth in real life, the law of gravity is consistent. It is not abrogated for special people or circumstances.

Likewise, the world created in a game has rules and a standard way in which things are done. If these can be arbitrarily changed (by the developers) dependent upon circumstances, then chaos or misunderstanding can ensue.

Have you ever encountered this? How did you deal with it?

I’m trying to decide whether to continue or quit. But if this is a fairly common occurence, then I might have no better luck finding an alternative.

But I don’t have a whole lot of experience with gaming in general (I didn’t go through childhood with a computer mouse glued to my hand :) so I’m hoping to get some feedback or from those who have.