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Topic: What gaming Cliche annoys You the most and why?

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RR529

The generic realistic "Lord of the Rings" look most western fantasy games employ. It just has no charm, IMO.

I know the anime look is clichéd as well, but at least there's a wide array of anime styles (due to different artists). There's only one style to realistic however, and that's to make it look real. That's the main reason I think the "Lord of the Rings" looks is (and always will be) tired out.

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RR529 wrote:

The generic realistic "Lord of the Rings" look most western fantasy games employ. It just has no charm, IMO.

I know the anime look is clichéd as well, but at least there's a wide array of anime styles (due to different artists). There's only one style to realistic however, and that's to make it look real. That's the main reason I think the "Lord of the Rings" looks is (and always will be) tired out.

What.

Witcher loos different to Skyrim looks different to Amalur

All anime looks the same to the untrained eye too.

zezhyrule

It's pretty silly in games where you only control one character when your party members can die as many times as you have reviving items, but if you get KOd once it's BACK TO THE TITLE SCREEN WITH YOUUUU. I mean c'mon, teach your party members how to use a stupid phoenix down.

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nickcarney

Amalur isn't supposed to be realistic at all, is it?

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zezhyrule wrote:

It's pretty silly in games where you only control one character when your party members can die as many times as you have reviving items, but if you get KOd once it's BACK TO THE TITLE SCREEN WITH YOUUUU. I mean c'mon, teach your party members how to use a stupid phoenix down.

"Aw he died, and he had all the revives."
"Why don't you go get them from his bag?"
"EW no way! He's dead, dude!"

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Spiky haired gaming protagonists.....

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Geonjaha

A Lives System just for the sake of it - When losing all your lives means nothing or lives are really easy to get it's just unnecessary. Not necessarily a huge problem as games such as Yoshi's Island have been amazing regardless of this issue - but it's really annoying that it's still around just for the sake of convention.

OlympicCho wrote:

nickcarney wrote:

Amalur isn't supposed to be realistic at all, is it?

Given that Skyrim has freaking huge dragons, I would suggest that Skyrim is also not meant to be realistic.

Doesnt mean it's aesthetic isn't supposed to be realistic.

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RR529 wrote:

The generic realistic "Lord of the Rings" look most western fantasy games employ. It just has no charm, IMO.

I know the anime look is clichéd as well, but at least there's a wide array of anime styles (due to different artists). There's only one style to realistic however, and that's to make it look real. That's the main reason I think the "Lord of the Rings" looks is (and always will be) tired out.

It's weird that you call it the Lord of the Rings look. As if the books existed in a vacuum from which all which all medieval inspired fantasy springs from.

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"Leaps of faith" in platformers.

It's a cardinal sin as far as I'm concerned.

Can't agree more with this

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Game over screens that bleakly say "GAME OVER" just to rub it in your face, like you don't already know you lost. Those are bad.

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Every final boss that has 2 or 3 forms. It never shocks me I just expect it

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Geonjaha wrote:

A Lives System just for the sake of it - When losing all your lives means nothing or lives are really easy to get it's just unnecessary. Not necessarily a huge problem as games such as Yoshi's Island have been amazing regardless of this issue - but it's really annoying that it's still around just for the sake of convention.

OlympicCho wrote:

nickcarney wrote:

Amalur isn't supposed to be realistic at all, is it?

Given that Skyrim has freaking huge dragons, I would suggest that Skyrim is also not meant to be realistic.

Doesnt mean it's aesthetic isn't supposed to be realistic.

It's dark fantasy, not realism.

TheN64Dude

Characters in games telling you to press buttons as if they know they are in a game. The person your playing as would be like: What the F*** are you talking about!?!?!?

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Princess Peach, she IS a cliche

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  • Follow me missions
  • Generic RPG storylines (Final Fantasy inspires a lot of people it seems)
  • Zombies, zombies, zombies.
  • Spiky hair in RPGs
  • Huge chests in RPGs

(I can't really think of anything right now.)

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Wheels2050

The one I'm probably most sick of is the disparity between male and female outfits in most RPGs. It's really not doing a lot to dispel the old nerdy gamer stereotype.

Also the whole "grow up in a village where some/many people know that you were secretly the son/daughter/spawn of some powerful person but hide the secret from you until one day you find out you're destined for greatness and conquer the evil/world" thing. It's such a worn premise that it really needs to go.

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zezhyrule

Wheels2050 wrote:

The one I'm probably most sick of is the disparity between male and female outfits in most RPGs. It's really not doing a lot to dispel the old nerdy gamer stereotype.

Are you kidding? Most JRPGs these days have more stripperific costumes for the guys than the ladies.

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