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Silly video game tropes

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Phediuk

Member
Oct 27, 2017
3,327
You clearly kill the guy during gameplay but then in the cutscene he's fine and his death didn't count.
 
Z-Beat

Z-Beat

One Winged Slayer
Member
Oct 25, 2017
31,880
You may have defeated me but you still haven't collected my MacGuffin Gems!
 
Phendrift

Phendrift

Member
Oct 25, 2017
32,336
You're the only one who can save the world, but we're still gonna charge you a shit ton of cash for basic weapons and healing items. Go get em!
 
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Phediuk

Member
Oct 27, 2017
3,327
Hero kills thousands of faceless goons without remorse, but refuses to kill the main bad guy, because then he would be just like him.
 
Cryptosporidium

Cryptosporidium

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
7,624
canada
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Phediuk

Member
Oct 27, 2017
3,327
The hero has never used a gun before but becomes an instant expert as soon as he acquires one.
 
SugarNoodles

SugarNoodles

Member
Nov 3, 2017
8,625
Portland, OR
This nation right here owns half of the continent and has the most powerful army in the world, and this.... little nation right here consists of a seaside resort town and doesnt have an army.
 
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Phediuk

Member
Oct 27, 2017
3,327
Loudly kill a guy, guard comes looking, says "What was that sound?", looks around for 2 seconds, says "Must have been the wind", continues his patrol.
 
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Phediuk

Member
Oct 27, 2017
3,327
"Our morality system is nuanced, it's not just good and evil"

Choice A: save basket of puppies.
Choice B: kill the puppies, burn their hometown, slaughter their owners, and shit on their corpses.
 
Lat

Lat

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
2,322
Can walk forever carrying loads of weapons, dead animal pelts, poisons, etc. Gets tired running a few yards.
 
shoemasta

shoemasta

The Wise Ones
Member
Oct 28, 2017
3,030
You can revive characters in gameplay but not in cutscenes.


Edit: Beaten ^
 
Lat

Lat

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
2,322
Hit by gunfire, stabbed and pelted by magic. Stay at this hotel for a night and you're cured!
 
Nights

Nights

Member
Oct 27, 2017
866
Main hero is the love interest of multiple main char females but he is as cliche as they get.
 
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Phediuk

Member
Oct 27, 2017
3,327
Every group of bad guys is polite enough to fight the hero one at a time while the rest of them wait their turn.
 
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Phediuk

Member
Oct 27, 2017
3,327
Press the green button to see the good ending, then reload your save and press the red button to see the bad ending.
 
Cinemikel

Cinemikel

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
2,433
In gameplay, you can get slaughtered but keep acting fine until you fully die, but in some cutscenes, your character is just too "tired" or "injured" to fight back
 
Grapezard

Grapezard

Member
Nov 16, 2017
7,797
  • Your stat-reducing items/abilities don't work on bosses.
  • The protag clearly getting bitten by a zombie in the gameplay means they're not infected. They can only get infected in a cutscene. (Also, zombies in general need to leave, imo).
  • Finally, the King: a protagonist with amnesia.
 
SenseiX

SenseiX

Member
Oct 25, 2017
1,783
Having the party members do nothing and stand still during a cutscene involving the bad guys doing bad things.
 
Zonar

Zonar

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
672
Arizona, USA
Phediuk said:
Welcome to the biggest city in the world. Population: 8.
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Phendrift said:
You're the only one who can save the world, but we're still gonna charge you a shit ton of cash for basic weapons and healing items. Go get em!
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super-famicom said:
I have a rocket launcher but can't open this door unless I have the key for it.
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SugarNoodles said:
This nation right here owns half of the continent and has the most powerful army in the world, and this.... little nation right here consists of a seaside resort town and doesnt have an army.
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Lat said:
Can walk forever carrying loads of weapons, dead animal pelts, poisons, etc. Gets tired running a few yards.
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StallionDan said:
This item revives you from death during battle, but you died in a cutscene so tough luck.
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Nights said:
Main hero is the love interest of multiple main char females but he is as cliche as they get.
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Oh god all of these!
 
HououinKyouma

HououinKyouma

The Wise Ones
Member
Oct 27, 2017
8,378
My favorite is the "evil guy who wastes time laughing and describing his entire plan instead of just killing the protagonist(s)" trope.

This, of course, goes well beyond gaming.
 
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Phediuk

Member
Oct 27, 2017
3,327
bad guy mocks you for falling in his trap that the game literally does not allow you to avoid.
 
TissueBox

TissueBox

Member
Oct 25, 2017
10,071
Urinated States of America
The Artisan said:
Uncharted 2?
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Not quite the angle the game takes. In Uncharted 2,
Lazarevic mocks Drake for killing him because they were already 'the same', not for becoming the same by killing him. His play was telling Nate to get off his high horse, that if he killed him for being a mass murderer, he was just being a hypocrite, because of his own trail of bodies to count. Which also served as a kind of mouthpiece to the alleged 'ludonarrative dissonance' critiques.

Still a bit silly to some extent, but it served its purpose well, I think. It's part of what made 'im a solid, hammy, cerebral villain. If archetypal.
 
Lat

Lat

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
2,322
Important character dies in the middle of the story...just leave the corpse behind
 
The Kidd

The Kidd

Member
Oct 27, 2017
1,037
Phediuk said:
The most insurmountable object in the world is a waist-high fence.
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Because this path is blocked by rubble, you must spend 20hrs traversing every corner of the land to capture 4 Lord souls so you can open a different path around it.

It's the worst example imo.
 
LogN-

LogN-

Member
Oct 30, 2017
314
"Wow, you're so powerful you could conquer the universe!" "Oh, it seems you lost your powers.. here, go through this convoluted means to get them back, to defeat an enemy that doesn't stand a chance against you anyway."
 

HockeyBird

Member
Oct 27, 2017
12,603
The main villain is the most powerful being in the world except for these optional monsters that are 30 levels above him.
 
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