Cliches in Gaming
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RPGs that give you virtually nothing to start with, yet expect you the save the world...
"An ancient darkness is descending. The kingdom and all who call it home, are in grave danger. We call upon you, brave soul, to save us from the evil that approaches. Now here's a stick and five bucks. GO FORTH AND CONQUER!"
You're a king! You have a treasure room. Gimme some money you cheap bastard, so I can buy something other than the absolute weakest armor and weaponry... assuming I'm given enough to even buy that.
"An ancient darkness is descending. The kingdom and all who call it home, are in grave danger. We call upon you, brave soul, to save us from the evil that approaches. Now here's a stick and five bucks. GO FORTH AND CONQUER!"
You're a king! You have a treasure room. Gimme some money you cheap bastard, so I can buy something other than the absolute weakest armor and weaponry... assuming I'm given enough to even buy that.
regenerating health. Why do bullets push themselves out of me and then the wounds heal over in a blink? We cant all be clair bennet you know 
really happy i could throw in a Heroes refrence there
really happy i could throw in a Heroes refrence there 
Thank you, I too think that we need more games about good aliens and evil humans like that game Fire Warrior on the PS2. I really wish games would stop egerly worshipping humans and display them as what they are.TexaNigerian said:
As for my pick of cliche it has to go to being pushed onto an on rails turret shooting section in action games like Call of Duty 4, Gears of War, Dead Space, Killzone 2 and pretty much any other action game these days. You know what I mean, the game suddenly takes control of you and forced you to use a high powered turret rail shooter style to defeat a large number of flying projectiles or enemies on the ground and despite the power of the weapon being forced to use it and not having complete control and the sometimes unfair difficulty certainly makes this a very annoying cliche as I am no longer free to play the game my way.
I find a cliche in gaming to be that something always go wrong for your character. Never is there a level where everything goes as planned because it could actually happen. Things dont always not go as planned, only sometimes.
Um, left 4 dead. I mean sure the helicopter crashes, but it does land where its meant to and picks you up.the protaginist said:
OT: Ridiculously muscular guys with voices that sound like they could be speaking through a rattling tuba.
If the main character can't talk, he somehow finds a way to have a conversation with everyone else.
The evil king has more health then the 270 pound, 6 foot 8 inch guard in full armor
The evil king has more health then the 270 pound, 6 foot 8 inch guard in full armor
No kidding. That and the Ancient Prophecy. Why does there always have to be an Ancient Prophecy? Why can't things just happen because they happen?Vanguard_Ex said:
Even walking into the side of a 10 foot spike shall kill you, for that is what we decreed!esperandote said:
Key Fetch Quests. Some are actually kind of interesting, like Myst or even Resident Evil 2 (putting the gem in the statue and all that).
Turok, on the N64, however, makes the whole 'puzzle' or 'key fetch' quest... well, you've got a gun that can rip holes in the fabric of space-time, and yet you can't open a door because you haven't found all the missing pieces of some artifact. I mean, what the hell are they making these doors out of? Red Faction at least tried to break this mold by having more destructive environments, but it was just a very cleverly disguised puzzle/key fetch quest.
In Myst, you don't have any such weapon, and in Resident Evil 2, you don't get the rocket launcher (or similarly absurdly-powered weapon) until long after you've solved the puzzles in the police station, and even when you do, the last thing you want to do is blow up the machine that will save Carrie from infection.
Turok, on the N64, however, makes the whole 'puzzle' or 'key fetch' quest... well, you've got a gun that can rip holes in the fabric of space-time, and yet you can't open a door because you haven't found all the missing pieces of some artifact. I mean, what the hell are they making these doors out of? Red Faction at least tried to break this mold by having more destructive environments, but it was just a very cleverly disguised puzzle/key fetch quest.
In Myst, you don't have any such weapon, and in Resident Evil 2, you don't get the rocket launcher (or similarly absurdly-powered weapon) until long after you've solved the puzzles in the police station, and even when you do, the last thing you want to do is blow up the machine that will save Carrie from infection.
I don't mind it that much in single-player games, but in MMOs, even the ones that don't openly announce the 'Prodigal Son/Daughter' rhetoric, it's just plain laughable. Seriously, we go from being heroes to being... well, some guy... amidst millions of 'some guys'.dreadedcandiru99 said:
I'm with you on the ancient prophecy gag, but you don't need an ancient prophecy to be "the only one". That part, at least, has a mythological precedence and plays on our own internal sense of insignificance (loser in real life, badass in virtual life). These are not reasons to play MMOs, so why do they try to push that on us?
This just reminds me of Bard's Tale for Xbox. That game made fun of every fantasy game cliche ever. Just a few and how they were parodied
It's always rats in a cellar (after posing his triumphant defeat of the cellar rats, a giant fire breathing rat defeats him)
The Chosen one (theres a town somewhere with a building full of boys who claim to be the "Chosen One" to drive the evil from the land, you also encounter several "chosen ones" dying in traps in dungeons and whatnot along your journey)
The Key to whatever being far away ("Let me guess, the key to the evil wizards tower is on top of some mountain guarded by a fierce dragon and it's cursed." "What are you talking about? I have the Key right here""...oh, well that was easy")
Crap Dungeon Defense ("Haha, how do you like our impenetrable gate?" "Question, why is the lever to open it on m*my* side." "Well... um... Who designed this place?!)
I highly recommend that game solely for it's comedic content
It's always rats in a cellar (after posing his triumphant defeat of the cellar rats, a giant fire breathing rat defeats him)
The Chosen one (theres a town somewhere with a building full of boys who claim to be the "Chosen One" to drive the evil from the land, you also encounter several "chosen ones" dying in traps in dungeons and whatnot along your journey)
The Key to whatever being far away ("Let me guess, the key to the evil wizards tower is on top of some mountain guarded by a fierce dragon and it's cursed." "What are you talking about? I have the Key right here""...oh, well that was easy")
Crap Dungeon Defense ("Haha, how do you like our impenetrable gate?" "Question, why is the lever to open it on m*my* side." "Well... um... Who designed this place?!)
I highly recommend that game solely for it's comedic content
