Biggest Cliche in Gaming History

Started by CadoAngelus5 pages
Originally posted by Quincy

okay, so i said it twice. whats the problem?

Giant bosses. I'm getting rather irritated that people don't make them as good as they used to be. Now they're just mediocre so the biggest cliche would have to be mediocre boss battles.

Originally posted by Nemesis X
Giant bosses. I'm getting rather irritated that people don't make them as good as they used to be. Now they're just mediocre so the biggest cliche would have to be mediocre boss battles.
that and/or bosses with a million hitpoints and that's the only challenge. I like the zelda thing where you need to use some gimmick to defeat your bosses.

The most cunning character is the main boss.. may be an ally or a foe

Oh, and FPS

Originally posted by Nemesis X
Giant bosses. I'm getting rather irritated that people don't make them as good as they used to be. Now they're just mediocre so the biggest cliche would have to be mediocre boss battles.

Yeah. I do get tired of them giant enemies being so blind-sided most of the time, but I guess that's generally what makes bosses bosses.. At least nowadays. -sigh-

Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
The most cunning character is the main boss.. may be an ally or a foe

I find that to be good personally, but to each his own.

Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
Oh, and FPS

genre =/= cliche

Another cliche that should be known is protagonists being nicknamed "Rookie." Just goes to show that when a team can't think of a name for the guy, Rookie is always there to put a lightbulb over their heads. Un-creativness FTW!

the main character losing his/her memory and/or powers at the beginning of the game cause of the bad guy >.>

Originally posted by Nemesis X
Another cliche that should be known is protagonists being nicknamed "Rookie." Just goes to show that when a team can't think of a name for the guy, Rookie is always there to put a lightbulb over their heads. Un-creativness FTW!

or Kid

Nemesis said puzzles are bad and frustrating... I personally like some depth and thinking in my gameplay, rather than mash A to make the enemies die... But that might just be me.

Anyway, worst cliche in gaming: Hero should lose, but randomly fires his epic hidden power laser (coughomnislashcough) and one shots the bad guy.

Bosses and enemies taking 3 hits.

Androgynous heroes with amnesia. It would be really cool if someone couldn't remember their past cuz they were just old as hell and forgot.

the toughened hardcore guy on the team who has seen and lived through everything and now needs to take revenge on the one guy that screwed him over how ever many years ago

Silent Protoganist that, despite not saying one word throughout the entire series/game, can have long (one sided) conversations with characters, can formulate complex strategies with others, can have other characters fall in love with him/her, and other magical nonsense. Usually, these characters are doormats.

Which is why Marathon succeeds with the silent protoganist, as the PC is pretty realistic (Doesn't come up with strategies with others, is only told teh plan, doesn't have conversations with other (On screen), and does not have other characters fall in love with him).

Drakengard is pretty good with it too, as the first level actually shows and explains how and why the protagonist is silent.

It makes me sad that the final boss cliche has begun to fade away... I love giant/epic final bosses but they seem to be in shorter supply lately.

The good guy wins.

Give Ganny poo a win every now and again. 🙁

fps where americans are the GOOD guys and their treatment of arabs/russians is taken to be badass rather than insulting.

Originally posted by leonheartmm
fps where americans are the GOOD guys and their treatment of arabs/russians is taken to be badass rather than insulting.
Now that you mention it...yeah.

WWII Games, who'd have though you could make so many "Different" games about the same war

Originally posted by leonheartmm
fps where americans are the GOOD guys and their treatment of arabs/russians is taken to be badass rather than insulting.

does it count as a cliche if they are badass, instead of insulting?