Most Over-Used Plot In Games.

[dex-dex]

Ahem...

Spoiler: SAVE ME!

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[b]That[/b] is the most overused plot in gaming. I don't think you can ever attempt to argue against it.[/QUOTE]

I shall agree with your statement! I will not go against it.

but i still like peach even though she can be the most neediest person. not really sure why i like her.

on another note
your avatar is fantastic!

 

[Wintermoot]

unless its in a world with lazer weapons and robots BEING A SOLDIER

 

[Emergent System]

Saving the world is also pretty boring. I mean, sure, save your family or your home or yourself or something like that, but if I have to fight some one bad dude that's going to destroy the entire world/universe unless I stop him then that's just silly.

 

[Vault101]

Even though alot of stories are over used I think part of it is how it is handled/ presented

 

[erbkaiser]

I'll join the 'Amnesia' crowd. Yes I fully understand it is a perfect vehicle for introducing the game world and mechanics in-character, but unless done very well (and it seldom is, 'Planescape Torment' is a rare example) it is clichéd to death.

 

[Deadlock Radium]

*Insert bad guy here* takes away all your powers, you've got to get them back and then fight said bad guy.
It's not just in games, but also in movies.

 

[legion431]

Russia invades America BAM!

 

[Raziel_Likes_Souls]

What about the plot where you are a normal kid and then your village gets burned down and your parents killed. How many rpgs has that been used in?

This. Totally this.

 

[8-Bit Grin]

the bad guy dies

I love this.

I used to wonder why a game didn't just kill you off at one point and let the villain do a victory teabag or something.

 

[zombays]

The ones where your leader betrays you, and the amnesia ones that totally make sense (Better amnesia games are to make you think "WHAT THE HELL?!") HEavy Rain seemed more like a movie than a game, and all the endings were the same, like Yahtzee pointed out. Halo 2's plot pissed me off, everyone was too goddamn derpy to just figure out "LET'S NUKE THE SHIT OUT OF THEM!!!!!" Also, generic terrorist organizations (Modern Warfare and Bad Company). Russians hate you for no apparent reason, except for the fact that they're Russian and that they're all assholes (in video-games)

Kingdom HEarts' plot makes you trip balls

 

[SaunaKalja]

Your most trusted companion or ally turns out to be a traitor. Especially annoying if it's either super obvious or for really stupid reasons.

 

[greenyboy27]

Hero A is Super powerful! then something stupid happens and they lose their powers, they fight through the game to try and get said powers back.

 

[Keava]

[Insert jRPG plot here] They are all the same, all bad and nonsense with bunch of teenagers facing all kinds of evil the world ever known.

Any plot where you are the only fucking person who could possibly save the world, even though your character is pretty much average at best. Pretty much Mass Effect 1 & 2. Not that they're bad games, just that aspect of the plot pisses me off.

Actually in ME you weren't average. All the background somewhat showed your superior survival instinct, leadership skill of wits that let you get through one of the most bloody missions you were embarked on. You start as the best soldier humanity can field. And in ME1 the world is saved by the fleet, you just expose and fight Saren.

 

[DazBurger]

- Evil...
Russians.
Arabs.
Nazis.
Companies that the protagonist happens to work for.
- Damsel in distress.
- "Oh noes! They have a nuke!!1!one!"

...
I'm not gonna say Post-Apocalyptic, since its a setting and not a plot.

 

[Malidictuim]

99% of the humans in space being AMERICAN.
Why does everyone insist on making AMERICA the dominant nation in the world?
Why can't it be Australia for once?! We're a superpower! Honest! We have our own continent and everything...

 

[Malidictuim]

Also, WORLD WAR II.
Like, cmon.
Srsly.

 

[Creepy Woodsman]

You and your team of wisecracking soldiers must overcome impossible odds and defeat some evil general. Also, Russians.

 

[The_ModeRazor]

AMERIKA SAVAES TEH WURLD AGIN
Also:
You are in a hostile and alien and fucked up place. Fight for your life then realise you've been there before.

You are teh zombehs.