Oftentimes in avideo game, particularly open-world types, one of the first things to test, besides how much trouble you may get yourself into, is whether or not your character can swim. In thecase of Red Dead Redemption 1’s John Marston, that answer is firmly no. Similarly,Sonic also can’t swim, but that’s because his creator wanted him to have something he’s bad at.
But in the case ofMindsEye, theheavily criticized game from ex-Rockstar Games executive Leslie Benzies, not only can you not swim, but the water physics also seemingly do not exist.
Why Swim, When You Can Walk On Non-Existent Water?
As first shared on Twitter by a content creator, the water physics in MindsEye is essentially non-existent, as the player character can simply walk or run on top of it with no consequences.
To reach the water, the creator used the PC’s Build feature, and while some pointed to him going to a part of the map that wasn’t intended to be used, the creator noted that it shouldn’t be accessible if that was the case. But it is and this is the end result.
Not only is the actual ocean basically non-existent when it comes to physics or reactions, but so are swimming pools in houses and other areas. Those areas have inch-level pools that is extremely unrealistic, if we’re being honest.
Put simply, the broken water physics is just one of many issues that the game is currently facing.Refunds have already been given out on PlayStation, a rather rare move from the company. Elsewhere,the developers shared a roadmap of patches to fix the game. If that wasn’t enough,Walmart has seemingly begun putting the game in clearance bins.
It’s all helped create what is easily the worst-reviewed game of 2025, and one that seemingly has a lot of work to do to escape that.
