Is anyone else irked by the amount of deus ex machina in games and other forms of media? (Deus Ex Machina is a plot device whereby a seemingly inextricable problem is suddenly and abruptly solved with the contrived and unexpected intervention of some new event, character, ability, or object.)
Maybe it's just me, but I get annoyed when something that has never been mentioned before in a game/story/show suddenly gets brought up as a get-out-of-jail-free card.
Why did the gravity gun survive disintegration in Half Life 2? How did Squall survive the shard of ice to the chest in FFVIII? In pretty much every anime/manga ever, how does the protagonist suddenly unleash a killer technique they never knew existed on the antagonist at the last possible second?
What's the most blatant use of deus ex machina you've ever seen?
Edit: Yeah, looks like Bleach is a pretty big offender. Here's hoping it gets better.
Maybe it's just me, but I get annoyed when something that has never been mentioned before in a game/story/show suddenly gets brought up as a get-out-of-jail-free card.
Why did the gravity gun survive disintegration in Half Life 2? How did Squall survive the shard of ice to the chest in FFVIII? In pretty much every anime/manga ever, how does the protagonist suddenly unleash a killer technique they never knew existed on the antagonist at the last possible second?
What's the most blatant use of deus ex machina you've ever seen?
Edit: Yeah, looks like Bleach is a pretty big offender. Here's hoping it gets better.