The most egregious problem with this particular minigame is the rubber-band AI. The tracks become more difficult as you progress through the game, adding new types of barriers, enemy security measures, and pick-ups that reverse your controls (making down up and up down, for example). The first type you encounter is called Trace Route, which is a race where you have to guide Franco's hacking line through a series of obstacles while competing against security measures that are either trying to obstruct your path or beat you to the finish. The three minigame types in Ignition aren't terrible, but there isn't much to them. These characters seem awfully calm for being perpetually two seconds away from death by space zombie.
Additionally, it doesn't help that the voice acting is substandard and often doesn't reflect the drama depicted in the cutscenes. It's also telling that a major plot twist between the two characters makes almost no sense in the context of their relationship and that the method through which the twist is carried out is more shocking than the result of the act itself. Much of their presence in the scenario falls on being in the wrong place at the wrong time, so their dialogue eventually devolves into typical horror mainstays as they go from place to place, avoiding necromorphs. In terms of story, there's no clear reason why you should even care about Franco or Sarah outside of some light bantering between the two that adds minimal depth to their relationship and character.
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