Playing some Metro Exodus, trying to use a boat to get from one place to another is... A thing. 50% of the time you're stuck because the thing won't turn, so you can just go forward or backward, good luck navigating the river like that. The other 50% of the time you're stuck because of the 500 shrimp/mutants/things that attack the moment you get close to the water, every time one of them hits you with acid you get shoved back, if one gets on the boat you have to stop rowing, shoot it, pick up the oar once more and start rowing again, at which point another shrimp will get on the boat and the process starts again.