Funniest Game Cliche

[KiruTheMant]

A Rat can take a friggin sword 2-3 cuts to kill.

 

[islagatt]

The main character, slayer of dozens, nay hundreds of 'bad' dudes who are actually mostly just grunts doing their jobs without pause, consideration, or seeking an alternative (with the rare exception of killing a lower number to get through the whole process a bit faster) having doubt and hesitation at killing the final boss. Honestly, when was the last time a final cutscene featured the player character slitting up the final head honcho of evil with the same kind of abandon he appeared to during the game?

Also slightly related is the way the hero frequently agonizes over the death of love interests he only met at the game's start. I get the idea that there was the possibility of romantic interest, but to be fair, what had Dante and Trish shared by her death in Devil May Cry that prompted the devil-butcher to scream in a creaky voice?

 

[ejb626]

How in a lot of FPSes all your comrades have "plot armor" and you're the only one who can die for instance in MW2 important characters like Makarov, and Sgt. Foley only fall down when they would've died and in BF:BC the rest of your squad appear to be able to dodge bullets like ninjas, and in Halo where they're just impervious to bullets.

 

[maninahat]

Probably how it's always I who have to take out that machine gun, mortar, tank, whatever...

The ones that made me laugh the most were in Crysis, were exactly this happens on a number of occasions.
"Hey you, can you drive this tank?"
"Hey you, the pilot is dead and this aircraft is crashing towards the ground. Here, you fly it."

 

[maninahat]

I love how you can save the known universe, kill thousands of people, make yourself the definition of bad-ass yet people still ask you to find their lost cat or talk to you like shit with their retarded quests to kill small fry.

Alternatively, you are some near deity in power yet somehow during the close of one adventure(Game) and the next you forget to exercise and become a weak skinny runt again or forget the fundamentals of walking and talking, which needs a peon to explain to you again.

I like how in games, it falls on you to save the entire World, yet the fucking shop keepers will still charge you a fortune for all the weapons/equipment you'll inevitably need to carry out the task.

 

[Mercurio128]

I love how you can save the known universe, kill thousands of people, make yourself the definition of bad-ass yet people still ask you to find their lost cat or talk to you like shit with their retarded quests to kill small fry.

Alternatively, you are some near deity in power yet somehow during the close of one adventure(Game) and the next you forget to exercise and become a weak skinny runt again or forget the fundamentals of walking and talking, which needs a peon to explain to you again.

I like how in games, it falls on you to save the entire World, yet the fucking shop keepers will still charge you a fortune for all the weapons/equipment you'll inevitably need to carry out the task.

YES, I hate this so much, it makes no real sense. Dragon age in particular springs to mind: Oh what's that? A diamond you say? well I figure that's worth around 1% of the value of a basic pair of leather boots. Don't forget to tell your friends about our amazing deals on helmets that cost more than houses!

 

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[Eggsnham]

This about says it:
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It always seems that all of my other teammates are completely incompetent, seeing as I have to do everything myself.

And as your picture stated, it's always the "minorities" out of your squad that end up being the workhorses/your character is a workhorse and also happens to be a "minority".

Wait, did you just accuse Modern Warfare 2 of being racist propaganda?

Oh, you're adorable.

Okay, Mr. Condescending, I never said that, I just said that it's usually the non-white people who end up being the guys to do everything, this could be any FPS game. I would never accuse MW2 of spreading any propaganda. They've got every bigot/overprotective parent at a loss for words because they've got their "propaganda tracks" covered. Hell they've even got anti war quotes in-game.

 

[Amethyst Wind]

I dunno if I've been ninja'd but I've just had a Zombie Christ Miranda on Mass Effect 2. She was floating in the air with her arms spread (as though upon the Holy Cross) and was apparently dead but I could still use her biotics and abilities and her gun was still shooting. It was awesome.

 

[aristos_achaion]

the ONLY one who can fulfill this task

Not quite the same, but the bit in ME2 where there's a ship full of armed, able-bodied Cerberus marines, but it's the unarmed pilot on the opposite side of the ship that can barely walk who is (to quote a bystander) "our only hope"?

Also, how civilian NPCs never seem to mind a raging battle going on. "Oh, look...the Irishman has hijacked an AA gun and is gunning down Nazi tanks. Ho hum, suppose I'd better stroll across his line of fire to get to the bakery!"

 

[DoomedChild]

How it shows the superhero returning to normal life during the credits, you've just saved the earth and now you're going down to the grocery to pick up carrots for a stew? Yeez.

If that's not good enough,
then how no matter how awesome the cutscene of your character being amazing is, as soon as you touch the controller you're like a magikarp flailing at a rattata.

 

[LordMoose]

Hey [main character] here is a [crappy weapon], go kill some giant rats.
It can be funny at times, Oblivion and Dragonage really gave them flavor ^^

 

[Harold Donchee]

I love how you are the hero, amazing, and a savior to thousands, but you can never make your own choices. Only in some RPGs are you allowed free thought.

 

[Bloody Crimson]

When playing a RPG or shooter or any game where the focus is combat, after killing like hundreds of enemies, more continue to enter the fray, thinking they will be the one to do you in.

That's the funnest part! Yeah it's kind of funny actually since I recently saw the trailer for Undead Knights, and after our protagonist killed a few of the nameless soldiers they all follow the kings orders and rush him fearlessly. It makes me think "What the...? How many men did you have to enlist/hire just to make my win more epic? Why are you wasting human lives? Better yet, why are they wasting their own lives?"

My funniest cliches happen to be the main character of a JRPG wielding a sword. And this sword being 2 times the size of his massive hair. Oh wait--not all of them. Also space marines in testosterone-pumping games. Hehe. Finally the fact that no matter what in my RTS games no matter how suicide of a mission they'll follow my orders. It satisfies my thirst for blood.

I love how you are the hero, amazing, and a savior to thousands, but you can never make your own choices. Only in some RPGs are you allowed free thought.

EDIT: And you're incapable of love/never speak to your love interest.

 

[RussetRanger]

That any girl with the main character will become a romantic interest and then be killed at a later point.

This one, or that they have to have a bond somehow.

 

[DustyDrB]

"Oh, you're a plumber? Well can you fight dinosaurs too? C'mooon...I've got caaaaaake..."

 

[Vainglory]

I know the whole "you there : do everything!" thing has been covered, but seriously. a private being told to do all of this stuff... being the gunner.... and in situations where you try to climb something which is too high, surely your team mates would think you're retarded and not trust you with important jobs.

 

[Spiner909]

Enemy: Sir! We're under fire from 100 troops from the east! And Ramirez from the west!
Enemy Commander: All troops, focus on Ramirez!!!!

or in Pandemic 2: (inside joke?)
Annoying Guy: Presidente Madagascar! A man in Brazil is...coughing!!!

El Presidente: What!? Shut down all airports and shipping lanes. And hospitals. We can't risk infection! Hand out water! Enforce curfew! Burn the bodies!

 

[RatRace123]

"Hmm... that gentleman is running around, top speed, in a city, with a machine gun out"
"Well, I'm sure he's a perfectly fine fellow"
Assassin's Creed was the first game I've ever played to actually adress this.

"You have a huge scar running down your right eye, which by the way is glowing red. Your skin is grey and mottled, and you have horns coming out of your skull. You are the only one who can save my grandson"