Evironments!

[Meltdown]

Big exclamation marks above characters: Do not want! Why can't they just do the obvious thing and have a person wave their arms around like a maniac to try to get your attention?

This! And also the fact that everytime something happens, the game feels the need to reassure you with text i.e. the way 'cinematic action', 'anomaly resolved', 'live trigger' etc flash up on screen! This only serves to make the game less immersive and more gimmicky/led by the leash, I feel.