Biggest Cliche in Gaming History

Tell us what you think is the biggest cliche in gaming history.

Action hero faces objectives through hordes of aliens alone.

-7 half life games

-4 halo games

-metroid prime series

-Unreal tournament series

-space invaders

-defender

-defender II

-Sinistar

and MORE.

Come on forgot the obvious one Duke Nukem.

that too. o wait, and quake, and doom, for that matter.

wing commander series.

Saving the princess.

getting cake at the end but not really.

The interpretation of good defeats the interpretation of evil. In most cases good vs. evil is literal anyway.

Guys fighnting for their woman and putting everything else at stake.

Originally posted by ~:Mr.Anderson:~
-9 half life games - including spin-offs and guaranteed future installments

-5 halo games - including Wars and ODST

- 16 The Legend of Zelda games
- 6 main series Resident Evil games, 13 spin-off series games

legend of zelda wasn't aliens? and neither was resident evil?

A prophecy that foretells that a hero will rise during the darkest...blah blah etc. etc.

Originally posted by ~:Mr.Anderson:~
legend of zelda wasn't aliens? and neither was resident evil?

i didn't say they were. i was just contributing to the thread, it just so happened i updated your post in the process...

Play Resident Evil 5 and the amount of cliches you can find are hilarious.

killing zombies

the 5 foot character carrying a 7 foot sword.

Originally posted by CadoAngelus
- 16 The Legend of Zelda games
- 6 main series Resident Evil games, 13 spin-off series games

I take it you are counting the 2 Zelda games yet to be released...

Anyway: Exploding barrels, and World War II.

Originally posted by ~:Mr.Anderson:~
Action hero faces objectives through hordes of aliens alone.

-7 half life games

-4 halo games

-metroid prime series

-Unreal tournament series

-space invaders

-defender

-defender II

-Sinistar

and MORE.

Marathon, Fallout 3 (Mothership Zeta), Shadow the Hedgehog, Mass Effect... Yea, this list can keep going on for years.

Originally posted by Digi
A prophecy that foretells that a hero will rise during the darkest...blah blah etc. etc.

Ugh, I am so sick of prophecies and chosen ones. Why can't we have a hero that saves the world just because he's a nice guy?

Mario, mr. ganon. mario.

Originally posted by Mandrag Ganon
Fallout 3 (Mothership Zeta)

Originally posted by NemeBro
Play Resident Evil 5 and the amount of cliches you can find are hilarious.

This.

Also Gears of War is another good example.

Oh and to throw another one into the mix, the final boss transforming into his final form and then having the final, final boss fight with a giant monster, that happens a lot.

Collectibles

Also, the new master cliche...,ACHIEVEMENTS. Instead of collecting collectibles to unlock secrets and additional content. We collect collectibles for a message.