I do notice that every gameplay demonstration ever these days has a bit where an explosion knocks you to the floor, the sound muffles, and you slowly wait as your character gets or is helped to their feet again.Latest dumb thing. Every single E3 game trailer follows this script: http://www.jonathancresswell.co.uk/2013/06/how-to-make-a-game-trailer-e3-2013-edition/
It was cool when COD2 did it that one time.