But, I LIKE this Cliché!
RPGs are very fond of recycling content, thank goodness.
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But, I LIKE this Cliché!
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The Ancient Well-Lit Tomb with Traps that Still Work:
This one doesn't just apply to games. Matthew Reilly's Jack West series of books does that as well. It's actually amusing to find that ancient Chinese tomb traps and Egyptian rituals that haven't been performed in millennia still work after three to five thousand years.
This one doesn't just apply to games. Matthew Reilly's Jack West series of books does that as well. It's actually amusing to find that ancient Chinese tomb traps and Egyptian rituals that haven't been performed in millennia still work after three to five thousand years.
The best part is that after thousands of years, the mechanized, fully automatic, dart holes of death still have ammunition, despite the pile of bones they've generated over the years.CounterAttack said:
1. The warrior princess who runs right into the thick of battle wearing a bikini, whilst her male comrade wears a full suit of iron armor, complete with full-face helm and shield.
2. In mere minutes, you become so skilled at magic/combat that you can stand toe-to-toe with battle-hardened mercenaries, often owning them gloriously.
3. Elves. 'nuff said.
2. In mere minutes, you become so skilled at magic/combat that you can stand toe-to-toe with battle-hardened mercenaries, often owning them gloriously.
3. Elves. 'nuff said.
Rpg Cliche:
The classic "Break shit around town and have no-one care" thing.
Link is a prime offender.
The classic "Break shit around town and have no-one care" thing.
Link is a prime offender.
What I like to call the David Tennant's Doctor Syndrome.
You could be a bastard to everyone, and everyone still loves you (and in BioWare games, occasionally want to have Elfy sex with you). This goes hand in hand with the fact that you could be evil to the point of burning down puppy orphanages, and everyone will still expect you to save the world instead of allying with the big bad and killing everything quicker.
Here's one for the list:
Player Character: "Hi, I'm the stalwart hero of the land. I'm going to go into your private home, rifle through all of your possesions and lift anything even remotely of value. Is that OK?"
Villager: "I feel asleep" (or some other inane bit of repeated dialog)
Player Character: "Hi, I'm the stalwart hero of the land. I'm going to go into your private home, rifle through all of your possesions and lift anything even remotely of value. Is that OK?"
Villager: "I feel asleep" (or some other inane bit of repeated dialog)
How about the ever abundant supply of Bandits? Almost every RPG I have played is flooded with tons of bandits, and for a good reason. They're a humanoid enemy you are allowed to fight without any need for plot exposition. Plus you won't feel guilty killing them. So they provide for a nice change from the constant hordes of *insert generic fantasy creature here*. Though with so many of them you'd think they would have banded together to form a massive army instead of menacing traveling merchants.
Actually, there is an amusing bit in FFVII that addresses this. As you open a chest in an old man' s house, he claims, "Oh! It has been a long time since I've seen you around!" Then, his wily kid says , "No gramps, this is some complete stranger who barged into our house, and is taking our things." Or something along those lines.ZZoMBiE13 said:
I'm Female character type A - I'm a Sex Object
I'm Female character type B - I'm a Matron
I'm Female character type C - I'm an Evil Version of A or B
I'm Female character type B - I'm a Matron
I'm Female character type C - I'm an Evil Version of A or B
Chickens. They're everywhere.
I've only played a few RPGs and two of them are by Bathesda, but I seem to be coming across a lot of chickens. I can't remember any chickens in Fallout 3, but that's understandable, what with the radiation and all that.
Drinking ten bottles of wine without vomiting all over the place.
Eating stuff you find on the floor without vomiting all over the place.
And also, being able to travel for days on end with very, very little sleep, food or water ?or even none at all.
I've only played a few RPGs and two of them are by Bathesda, but I seem to be coming across a lot of chickens. I can't remember any chickens in Fallout 3, but that's understandable, what with the radiation and all that.
Drinking ten bottles of wine without vomiting all over the place.
Eating stuff you find on the floor without vomiting all over the place.
And also, being able to travel for days on end with very, very little sleep, food or water ?or even none at all.
BioWare/Obsidian games often times have a court/trial scene in them where you have to talk to individual voters and attempt to convince them to vote one way or another. To varying degrees, I think most of BioWare's games have had such a scene. This is definitely a cliche I've enjoyed.
Agressive rats.........why do rpg-rats have such a thirst for blood....if rats were as agressive IRL as they are in oblivion we would surely perish.
The problem witrh cliché's is actually a problem with people, i'll use the same explanation as i did when peopel we're ttalking about metroid: other M like they already know what it was like even though it's not even coiming out this year.
Change something dramatically (most significant in established franchises):
People are gonna while about not staying true to the franchise or genre, and ruining it.
Change something slightly.
people are gonan be like: Meh, it's just a gimmicky change, that's made so you wouldn't look like (see below
Change nothing/"stay true" to the genre/franchinse:
omg learn to make new stuff instead of releasing teh same game over and over.
theres no way the dev's can do anything without having a bunch of people whine about it, cause too many people are basicly whiny fucks
and to answer a possible question befdore it comes up:
yes i do fully realize that i'm whinning over whinners, but how does that disprove my point?
Also, you forgot the "chainmail bikinis on a "hot chicks" offers as much protection as the 100 lbs chainmail the male character wears. but you sortof commented on that in the latest stolen pixels, so you're forgiven, the ninja-army has been called back, and you may live...for now.
Change something dramatically (most significant in established franchises):
People are gonna while about not staying true to the franchise or genre, and ruining it.
Change something slightly.
people are gonan be like: Meh, it's just a gimmicky change, that's made so you wouldn't look like (see below
Change nothing/"stay true" to the genre/franchinse:
omg learn to make new stuff instead of releasing teh same game over and over.
theres no way the dev's can do anything without having a bunch of people whine about it, cause too many people are basicly whiny fucks
and to answer a possible question befdore it comes up:
yes i do fully realize that i'm whinning over whinners, but how does that disprove my point?
Also, you forgot the "chainmail bikinis on a "hot chicks" offers as much protection as the 100 lbs chainmail the male character wears. but you sortof commented on that in the latest stolen pixels, so you're forgiven, the ninja-army has been called back, and you may live...for now.
