Every Game Ever

[ZippyDSMlee]

Boobies are evil then?

 

[Raven_Operative]

[pop culture reference]

[Witty retort]

[Third party jumping in with unhelpful, antagonistic statement]

[Long worded retort explaining why third party is wrong, unintentionally restating third party's statements.]

[Comparison between above poster's statement and Nazis.]


OT: Alright, this made me laugh. 'specially since I swear I've played a few dozen iterations of of [Game].

 

[CaptainMarvelous]

Kinda feels more like every movie ever rather than every game ever but still a fair point. There really is a lot of run on with plot structure.

 

[Machine Man 1992]

Interesting how a comic showing the cliches in games winds up showing a cliche in gamers. I've lost count of how many people are making note of the girl's chest size.

It makes one wonder: are we as two-dimensional as what we play or are exposed to?

Nobody is as deep as they think they are.

If you think you aren't like everbody else, you're wrong.

 

[Therumancer]

I lolled... And then I lolled again. Great comic, but I must say that the evil thing is a bit too original, you should have gone for a giant robot, because everyone love giant robots, even when they are evil.

I was thinking a giant crab that has it's weak spot open up periodically to fire a laser beam which can be targeted from the side or while it charges up.

 

[UsefulPlayer 1]

I feel like this is the moment you maybe realize you're making fun of games because they are unsophisticated. Which is weird since video games are mostly for, you know, teenager/kids.

Its like demanding more variation in superhero cartoons.

 

[lithiumvocals]

Guess the game!

Long ago, exiled you. You escaped. So sent raiders to destroy you. They failed. So you travel across the game world, fighting enemies and accruing allies, in order to take revenge on and reclaim your original heritage.

(Not every game ever. Just the unmemorable ones. Heck, in some games YOU're the one who unleashes the ancient spirit of vengeance or whatnot. )

Sounds a little bit like kotor 2. Except that game is rad.

 

[mdqp]

I was thinking a giant crab that has it's weak spot open up periodically to fire a laser beam which can be targeted from the side or while it charges up.

Let's go all the way to the bottom, then, and make it an evil wizard (it's always their fault, anyway).



P.s.

Chibi Erin looks a bit too round, was it her boss who made that gif? Sounds plausible, right?

 

[The Wooster]

I feel like this is the moment you maybe realize you're making fun of games because they are unsophisticated. Which is weird since video games are mostly for, you know, teenager/kids.

Its like demanding more variation in superhero cartoons.

Hey, thanks for reading.

1: It's not really about sophistication as it is satisfying narratives. Most games stick to the Hero's Journey arc because it's a very easy story to tell. What's weird is that many games deviate from that traditional arc in odd ways that make the game less satisfying. A great example of this is introducing an antagonist who harasses the player throughout the game, then having the "main boss" kill them, or killing them offscreen. Games are very good at giving players a sense of achievement, yet their narratives often directly contradict that aim.

2: The average gamer is 30, I think it's time we started demanding more from our entertainment.

3: Just because something is aimed at older kids/teens doesn't mean it has an excuse to be creatively bankrupt. "Young adult" lit is currently making a killing because it treats young readers with respect. I think games should do the same.

You know if I had posted that I would have received a low content warning and would have gained another bar.........I guess be a contributor comes with unfair perks T_T.

Except that's a hand-drawn animation made specifically for this topic. It took Cory a couple of hours and is definitely not low-content.

 

[omicron1]

Guess the game!

Long ago, exiled you. You escaped. So sent raiders to destroy you. They failed. So you travel across the game world, fighting enemies and accruing allies, in order to take revenge on and reclaim your original heritage.

(Not every game ever. Just the unmemorable ones. Heck, in some games YOU're the one who unleashes the ancient spirit of vengeance or whatnot. )

Sounds a little bit like kotor 2. Except that game is rad.

I was thinking Homeworld.

I guess it is a bit of a trope plot... wasn't there some guy that said there were only ever six plots for western novels? Maybe the same thing applies here.

 

[UsefulPlayer 1]

I feel like this is the moment you maybe realize you're making fun of games because they are unsophisticated. Which is weird since video games are mostly for, you know, teenager/kids.

Its like demanding more variation in superhero cartoons.

Hey, thanks for reading.

1: It's not really about sophistication as it is satisfying narratives. Most games stick to the Hero's Journey arc because it's a very easy story to tell. What's weird is that many games deviate from that traditional arc in odd ways that make the game less satisfying. A great example of this is introducing an antagonist who harasses the player throughout the game, then having the "main boss" kill them, or killing them offscreen. Games are very good at giving players a sense of achievement, yet their narratives often directly contradict that aim.

2: The average gamer is 30, I think it's time we started demanding more from our entertainment.

3: Just because something is aimed at older kids/teens doesn't mean it has an excuse to be creatively bankrupt. "Young adult" lit is currently making a killing because it treats young readers with respect. I think games should do the same.

I'm pretty sure I've read every single CriticalMiss strip, many of them more than once. So big you're welcome haha.

And I should add I'm the one who wants more variation in superhero cartoons. I love Young Justice and greatly enjoy how much care they take in crafting each episode/arc. And I'm pretty bummed that there isn't a Marvel equivalent. The only one I thought that came close recently was Wolverine and the X-men and that show got canceled.

I hope what you said is true about the average gamer. I think the group is certainly getting bigger. I'm just thinking we are demanding exactly what you described, but the population just isn't there to make it happen on a regular basis. Same for me and superhero cartoons, if Young Justice gets canceled perhaps the older audience isn't as big as I've imagined and I'm probably just a weirdo.

I always thought that games like Dead Space would have moved toward their niches if they just had been bigger.

 

[Paragon Fury]

Attention everyone:

BOOOOOOOOOBS.



That will be all.



Though you could've used a smoother transition in size from panel 2 to 3.

 

[sageoftruth]

Well, at least its true for games about someone trying to release the evil macguffin.

 

[flaviok79]

This strip is really becoming one of my favorite things on the web!

 

[ksn0va]

Did anyone notice that the gaps of the bars are wide enough to allow her to get out... but then again maybe her breasts might get stuck...

 

[Grape_Nuts]

This comic just reminds me that cliches and stereotypes need to die.

 

[I.Muir]

Are her boobs getting steadily larger in each panel? Still after so much cod I'm finding myself missing the giant unimaginative boss battle.

 

[LightspeedJack]

Yes this was the plot to DMC.

 

[Froggy Slayer]

You know what game didn't have this plot? Ape Escape. Go play Ape Escape.

 

[Hans Maulwurf]

Is this a comment on the whole concept of "Hero's Journey"?