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Icedrake402

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Shadow Tyrant said:
Ooh, ooh! I've got one.

Giant. Boobs.
And in general, outfits for female characters that make it look like they finished their shift at the local strip club and didn't have time to change before they had to save the world. It's entirely possible to have characters who are good-looking without being absurdly sexualised, so could we see more of that, please?
 

TheIceface

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Saphatorael said:
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Invincible Trees
How do you know they're trees if you can't see them? :eek:
Right, I've no idea how I misread it as invisible. Must be exam stress, gah.
Too late, I already laughed, you can't take it back now, its the rules.
Xhumed said:
Shadow Tyrant said:
Ooh, ooh! I've got one.

Giant. Boobs.
you've got one giant boob?
No, read it again, he puts periods after them. This is obviously a new method of counting, 1, giant, boobs, 4, huge, tits, 7, enormous.... I encourage this, I got tired of 1, 2, 3, 4 a long time ago.

Unless the periods are just there for fun in which case he has one giant boobS, not 1 giant boob, there is an "s" for a reason.
 

Xhumed

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TheIceface said:
Xhumed said:
Shadow Tyrant said:
Ooh, ooh! I've got one.

Giant. Boobs.
you've got one giant boob?
No, read it again, he puts periods after them. This is obviously a new method of counting, 1, giant, boobs, 4, huge, tits, 7, enormous.... I encourage this, I got tired of 1, 2, 3, 4 a long time ago.

Unless the periods are just there for fun in which case he has one giant boobS, not 1 giant boob, there is an "s" for a reason.
a)it was joke, and b) it was late and i had insomnia :p
 

TheMadDoctorsCat

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Icedrake: "And in general, outfits for female characters that make it look like they finished their shift at the local strip club and didn't have time to change before they had to save the world. It's entirely possible to have characters who are good-looking without being absurdly sexualised, so could we see more of that, please?"

Jeez, can you tone it down a bit? If you post enough comments like that, someone might actually try it! If the elven maiden / spellcaster wants to wear a split pink tank top and spandex in the middle of an arctic climate, the elven maiden / spellcaster SHOULD wear a split pink tank top and spandex in the middle of an arctic climate goddammit!
 

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I'd have to go with "the final boss is not really the final boss", whether that is multiple forms or the old "haha, this isn't the final villain, this ridiculously hard final fight is".

Worst recent offender: Persona 3: FES, which makes you defeat 13 different type forms of the final boss.
 

TheIceface

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TheMadDoctorsCat said:
If the elven maiden / spellcaster wants to wear a split pink tank top and spandex in the middle of an arctic climate, the elven maiden / spellcaster SHOULD wear a split pink tank top and spandex in the middle of an arctic climate goddammit!
Heh, dude, you said "maiden", that makes me laugh a little inside. Plus taking this quote out of context is an excellent way for a laugh, I think I want to see it on a bumper sticker or a T-shirt.

Of course the female characters have to be models/anorexic with borderline nudity, otherwise there wouldn't be as big of a geeky perverted audience. T.V. and movies do the exact same thing. Not saying its not a huge cliche, but there is an obvious reason behind it. I mean, nobody wants to play "Ugly Betty in a Mu-mu Extreme Beach Volleyball"... unless they're really into volleyball.
 

The Bandit

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Drbog said:
In my opinion mute CAN be good look at HL2 what would it be like if Gorden ran around screaming he's being chased by a man in a bussiness suit?
The problem with this, though, is why doesn't he mention the G-Man to anyone? Does he feel special that he has some little secret?

EDIT: Though I do agree with you. Half-Life wouldn't be Half-Life if Gordon talked.
 

TJ rock 101

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Swenglish said:
Double Jump. Nuff said.
double jumps are retarded...
"hey i can jump high but if i try do my jump movement in the air i somehow go twice the hight!"
a man that can jump over a bus should not be allowed outside or the next 5 new games will have that too
 

TheIceface

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The Bandit said:
The problem with this, though, is why doesn't he mention the G-Man to anyone? Does he feel special that he has some little secret?
Hey, if I was Gordon, I would be hesitant to tell people about my magical friend in a business suit that stops time and likes locking doors and staring through the windows at me.
 

TJ rock 101

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and bosses always want you to know where their weak spot is...
like if the boss is a monster you can bloody bet you have to shoot its mouth, it will roar at you and show it off for you.
and stomachs are frequent weak spots too... what to people have against left knees? ^^
 

Rentsy

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Sethran said:
Swords do more damage than bullets in reality, why should it be different in video games?

A large bladed object ripping through your flesh, muscle, and internal organs is bound to have more effect than a small piece of lead piercing your skin, muscle, and, if aimed right, maybe a major organ.
My response is that, as a fencer, I have many things to blunt, deflect, or lessen the blow (Armor, my sword, my ability to move out of the way).

There's actually an engraving of a guy with a sword trying to parry a pistol. The audience is dutifully horrified.

This trope can be seen in the energy sword, Grav hammer, chainsaw... and, if I may, I'll group the shotguns of Halo and Gears as melee weapons, reenforcing the idea that the only way to hurt someone good is to get in their face (dramatically).

I suppose I want a game where getting shot once starts to kill you, and then you've only got 30 seconds to do anything tactically significant before you can't even point your gun at the enemy, slowly loosing consciousness, your screen fading into darkness and your world turning to nothingness. And yes, I did appreciate the death scenes in Hitman: Blood Money.
 

klc0100

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mainly in gta games a deal going wrong i remember one mission in gta 4 when you meet the guy on the street take him to a drug deal then take him home and NOTHING bad happens..i was like wow but then again the game without deals going wrong would be boring so im not complaining
 

Conqueror Kenny

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klc0100 said:
mainly in gta games a deal going wrong i remember one mission in gta 4 when you meet the guy on the street take him to a drug deal then take him home and NOTHING bad happens..i was like wow but then again the game without deals going wrong would be boring so im not complaining
I don't see the fun in every deal going right. But they at least tried to mix it up.
 

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Orbs

i fucking hate Orbs with a passion. they make visible a game mechanic who's visibility adds nothing to the game.

imagine playing an RPG and having stat points lying around on the floor so you could whip out your broom and clean them up. Orbs are the same thing only with an added light show, turning that dark evil gothic castle into a bi-sexual raver's light show.