ITT: Video game tropes that you love
>Protagonist starts off extremely powerful in the beginning, but then loses most of their abilities in the prologue for story reasons
>over the course of the game the protag gets their powers back
>final boss battle music is the theme of the game but orchestrated
Is that nigga a vampire or some shit?
>>339444085
A welfare vampire.
>Villain and protagonist have to work together
>Area from previous game returns either destroyed or still intact
Preferably destroyed, but seeing Anor Londo again in Dark Souls III got me.
>Evil path is about pragmatism
>Good path is about honor
>>339443895
>Protagonist has all their abilities at the beginning
>loses them in an event
>Slowly gains them back
That happened way too much
>>339444085
>>339444328
>being escorted through a level completely out of your league at the beginning, then eventually getting as strong as your escort was
even better if the escort becomes a boss you have to fight later on
>>339444085
we wuz batz n shiet
>>339444512
>>339443895
>You get a revenge match against the guy/guys that beat the shit out of you in an auto lose battle earlier from the game.
>>339443985
Came here to post this. Also:
>Final boss is the protagonist from a previous game in the series
>Secret boss is the protagonist from another game the company has made
>>339443895
Happens in DR:AE
>>339443985
>area right before final boss
>no music
or even better
>boss fight is really hard and intense
>calm, relaxing music instead of loud orchestral music
>rival is your best friend turned evil
>>339443895
How to give hickies
>>339444740
>that pic
Fuck you, Galko is pure
>>339443895
Thats one of the worst most cancerous tropes ever, seriously fuck that one to death
>Last boss is a 1v1 fight between you and a rival who shares similar abilities, with no tricks or gimmicks
Fuck I love these kind of fights
>>339445059
Pure breed of BLACKED meat.
>>339445059
Pure breeding material
>>339444740
more like a failed wikihow thread, but wikihow is a dead meme now
>>339444740
delete this
>>339445129
>>339445121
She's never evenheld hands
>>339443895
Kill yourself
>>339444343
>>339444512
>>339444672
>>339444694
Now this is the true shit, these Anons know where it's at
>>339445085
Also, it's best if it follows some crazy fight with a giant monster/robot/god or whatever
>>339444740
Please don't post that picture again.
>starting weapon you have grown fond of gets upgraded
>character(s) bring down a giant enemy air ship
>main character and their best friend do a level just the two of them
>main villian is about to kill the hero(s) but the comedic villain saves them
>comedic villian joins you after reforming and becomes a good guy
>music motif is present
Love these.
>>339444740
What is happening in this picture?
>The antagonist joins your party to fight a bigger threat
>>339445613
>music motif is present
Name 5 games that do this.
>>339444343
>Area from previous game returns either destroyed or still intact
I had mixed feelings about Crackdown 2's map because of this. It's lazy as hell to reuse the same map for an open-world game, but I loved seeing how things had changed.
>the joke character saves the day
Thanks Larry.
>>339445613
>>main character and their best friend do a level just the two of them
Fuck man those situations are great. I love when your party gets split up and the MC only has one bro with him
>sudden character change
>have to fight main protag
>>339443895
So like literally Assassin's Creed 1
>Main character is captured
>Forced to fight in a coliseum in a 1v1 fight
Wish more games did this
>>339445645
Heresy
>>339443895
No fuck off OP, that's stupid and disappointing
Assassin's Creed made this in the worst way possible
>You have a rival with a similar or the same moveset as yours
>have to fight him one on one
Bonus points if he turns good/sides with you at the end of the game
>>339445728
>s/he is still OP even after s/he joins your team
>cool guy helps you out from moment one
>on "final boss" betrays you hardcore
>he's now the true final boss
Never forget.
>>339445775
Its annoying when its just an excuse to reuse assets, but its cool as fuck seeing old areas that have honestly changed a bunch but are still recognizable.
>>339444343
>Visiting the first area from Pikmin 1 as a post-game area in Pikmin 2
>penultimate level is a "storm the base" level where you slaughter your way through hundreds of the bad guy's goons to get to him
>tone of the level is fast and fun with bitchin' music
>>339445870
>He eventually comes back
>>339445762
Mother 3 has this a lot with the love theme and pig mask theme.
>>339444740
>That pic
Too far, anon. Too far...
>>339443895
What is Metroid Prime?
>>339446264
HOLY SHIT MAN, SPOILER THAT SHIT.
>Objective: ESCAPE
>timer starts counting down
>>339444710
Is it any good? I beat 2 like a week ago and I'm suffering from withdrawal.
>>339444597
It's been years since I last did the missions to get that sweet looking scythe, what was his deal again?
>fighting 2 bosses at once, especially if they use team attacks
DMC3, God Hand and Vanquish all nailed this.
>>339443895
>Protagonist starts off extremely powerful in the beginning, but then loses most of their abilities in the prologue for story reasons
>over the course of the game the protag... wait surprise the player can skip the cinematic where they lose them and play with most old abilities anyways.
>>339445645
she's flipping them off because she wants them to go back to africa. She'd much rather stay pure for marriage to a handsome white suitor.
>>339443895
>protagonist is weak, annyoing beta faggot in start of the game but undergous complete metamorphosis and grows into a strong dependable alpha
why not more games pander to what i can relate to?
I am a big fan of the damsel in distress trope and chicks in the fridge, that's pretty hot. As far as real tropes go I do like the rare "character I started with isn't the character I finish with" Did this start with Phantasy Star III?
>>339445082
I'm okay with it if it's the first game in a series. Because you still don't know all of your powers nor the extent of their use. But doing it in a game where you already have used them in an older game is lazy beyond belief and reeks of "we ran out of ideas for new abilities".
Metroid games, God of War, etc. all need to die for this.
>>339443895
>get to control the rival character for a few levels late in the game
>get to see the narrative from their perspective and use their arsenal
>>339446470
And fusion
>>339446730
That's a dumb question. I'm assuming you played 1 as well and plan to continue the series. You have to play Despair Girls.
And yes its good.
>>339446730
It's got issues but I enjoyed it regardless
>>339446838
I believe the weapon took over his mind and he went crazy for power pr some shit
>>339447084
>Ike in Path of Radiance
It was so satisfying for him to grow a set throughout the game. He was even better in Radiant Dawn.
>get boss to half-health
>cutscene
>theme music changes
>entire boss' moveset changes
>fucking title above boss' healthbar changes
i never knew i needed this but god damn
>>339444805
>first form of final boss is creepy final dungeon music
>secound form is hype as fuck sone
>>339443895
>Lose only fights you can win and get a reward for beating it instead
Bonus for being community events where the devs meant for the players to lose but were won due to pure skill and dedication.
>>339445085
Ys: Memories of Celceta did it horribly wrong.The final boss can flash dodge/flash guardthat is, if you block/dodge at the right time, the enemy will be temporarily frozenbut he almost never uses it.
>>339447104"You think I'm stupid, huh? I look stupid to you? I know you aren't telling me everything...You helped me get into this mess! You told me it would be exciting, didn't you? Well I'm fucking bored! I'm done man, I've had it! I want out! And you're gonna tell me how! This stupid game's gonna end now, you hear me?!?"
>>339447476
eh I ended up googling it, apparently he was being taken over by D-Cells? Oddly enough that story isn't canon and Kireek is apparently in Episode 2 as well as Blue Burst? Not sure how you just declare a quest line from the original game as not canon but... w/e
>boss is imortal and regen
>character sacrifices himself so you can hurt it
>>339447668
>not being able to fucking tell when the game is just being difficult or you're supposed to lose
I remember when I got Xenosaga.. or was it Xenogears... The one with the blue haired white suit robo chick or w/e, there's a boss fight towards the start where you have to escape. Wasted all of my healing items and shit just to find out you were supposed to lose.
>Main character betrays the party
>Dante is in the game
>>339448290
>& Knuckles
>>339447509
Something else I liked about Radiant Dawn was seeing the conflict from three (or more) different perspectives, and fighting against the characters that I had been using just two stages ago.
>>339445085
This so much. I loved the Kain and Raziel fight in Defiance because of that. What other games do this?
>>339444740
I don't really like the BLACKED meme, but her face in that pic filled with contempt is making me diamonds.
>>339448184
>Main character betrays the party
>it's an auto-lose
>you're playing as the party
>>339448184
>final boss looks like the mc
>>339448184
>>339448548
Name one game that does this.
>>339444595
>>339448652
>>339448184
Baten Kaitos
>>339448290
From the Devil May Cry series?
>>339448683
>weebshit
What a shame
>>339448563
While it wasn't the final boss, it does happen in The Answer section of Persona 3 FES. Goddamn I love that game
>>339448450
Devil May Cry 3
Bayonetta
Darksiders 2
Fire Emblem Path of Radiance
Megaman X5
Metal Gear Solid 1 and 3
Metal Gear Rising
Prototype 2 (this one wasn't as good)
Strider
Zelda Ocarina of Time
Zone of the Enders 2nd Runner
>>339445613
Wonderful 101 does all of these except the first, and so much more
>An enemy that has been on the sidelines for most of the series turns out to be the main villain in that sequel
>Also has the best final boss music
>>339445728
>you are the bigger threat
>losing is the good end
>>339443895
I really don't like this trope because I know from the beginning that's as good as it's going to get unless they let have even more shit after a certain point
>teammate sacrifices himself for the good of the team/mission
i cry every single time, unless the entire team does it one by one.
>>339448932
sauce?
>>339447104
even though playing as Edgeworth was purely fujo fanservice, i loved every second of it
>>339447084
It was great seeing him go from the biggest dork in the world to the death incarnate godslaying swagtagonist
>>339445964
>>339445728
>Helpfulp NPC joins party
>Their stats are absurdly high and their abilities are OP
>Plot twist they are a villain
>Has all the abilities that you had before (it was actually a good time to see damage types)
>Eventually become a good guy
>Still hilariously OP
>>339448887
Oh yeah forgot about Prototype 2. It's the only one from that list I've played and I liked the Mercer fight. Guess I'll try Darksiders and DMC next
>final boss
>theme song kicks in
>>339449060
ketchup bls :D :D
>>339443895
>asked my mom why my brother had bruises on his neck and shoulder
>i was twenty years old at the time and thought he was being bullied
>Final boss isn't hard because of it's difficulty, although it can, but it's hard because feels
>>339449094
I still need to finish part 3.
>>339449129
Good stuff, hope you enjoy it, they're both pretty solid games.
>>339449267
>lucas stop hurting your brother
>>339448652
Breath of Fire 4
>Level up
>Max health and mana
>Final boss
>Teammates get obliterated
>1vs1 between you and the main antagonist
>You are powered up but you can still lose
I
WON'T
FALTER
>>339449267
>lucas didn't know what to do
>>339447646
>"Ahh, you were at my side, all along..."
>each mc in your party has thei own theme
>final boss has those themes mixed in it
>Final Boss directly or indirectly affects the other final bosses of other games even if the games arent closely related
>Tfw can't focus enough to play all the great RPG's where you guys are getting these tropes
Fuck.
Someone give me some recommendations, I feel like that's what I'm going to be doing for at least a portion of the summer
>>339449823
surprisingly most of the tropes here that arent completely made up are from action games
>fighting game
>the devs actually bother to sub the in game bants of the characters
Not a cliche, I legitimately want to know which games do this. And I'm not talking about their move names, just what they say before and after a fight.
>Villain is batshit insane
>>339448887
Transistor does it extremely well as well.
>>339449089
How was it fujo fanservice? He never once refers to Nick in an intimate way while playing as him. He's more busy dealing with Larry's and Gumshoe's bullshit.
>>339447097
Woah god of war 2 did this in a great way
>have all powers from 1
>loose them in zeus fight
>get new powers throughout the game
>>339444740
Source
>>339446662
>Objective: SURVIVE
>>339444328
>>339444595
>>339446662
Objective:???
>>339450310
>Objective: FINISH THE MISSION
>>339450115
said it more as a joke really because if you know, the only reason they kept making edgeworth appear again in the games was because he was super popular
really him appearing and then defending during TT wasnt really necessary but im not complaining
>>339445762
FFVI, even more so than other Final Fantasies. It was heavily inspired by italian Opera, after all.
>the goofy comedic villain gets betrayed by his more competent henchman
>>339450042
Fate/unlimited codes has it
Some of the lines are the opponents calling the loser shit, some are praising the opponent, berserker's just has yelling
>>339448652
I think one of the endings on Tales of Symphonia 2 for the Wii.
Also Neverwinter Nights 2 both OC and MotB.
>>339444694
>>339446730
general combat is boring as fuck and the 4th chapter will make you want to pull your hair out but it's decent enough
>>339446730
It's pretty mediocre and most of the gameplay isn't that good, but I like the interactions between the two leads.
>>339450476
>OBJECTIVE: RUN
>>339443895
What is God of War?
>>339448148
>win the fight anyway
>get a fucking game over because the devs knew youd be a cheeky cunt
>>339448915
Still have not beat the first game. It's fucking hard.
>>339450042
Some musous have banter throughout the fight. I know Sengoku Basara(only translated till the 3rd though) and I think Dynasty Warriors and the many spin offs and franchise games made by KT.
>>339451246
>When I first saw it I thought it was stupid
>"Why would I play final fantasy mixed with Disney characters"
>DEFEAT THE DARKNESS SORA
>SUMMON SIMBA TO FUCKING SHIT ON EVERYTHING
I wish I could play it for the first time again.
>>339450832
>berserker's just has yelling
>Translation: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHG!
>>339444085
xtro
>>339449413
>>339449534
Stop it, guys
>>339450047
Whew lad that was a cool fucking fight.
>you can stop time
>final boss can stop time
>>339451484
I wish I knew how OP Simba was as a kid. And I can't even count all the games I would love to replay for the first time again.
>>339449025
super paper mario had some intense feels
>>339451120
No, actually. I was thinking of KoTOR II.
>>339444328
oh shit
>>339451590
>final boss has a bullshit meter that fills up with damage
>it stops time BEFORE your own timestop
>>339448887
Bloodborne also does this
>>339445085
>>339448450
>>339448887
Every Yakuza/Ryu ga Gotoku game has at least one except Dead Souls, but Dead Souls sucks.
>You can tell you're reaching the end of the game
>It's going well
>Plan almost complete
>It wasn't that it was it
>Wheres the final boss
>Giant monstrosity comes out of nowhere and smacks your party into red paste
>>339447394
How come you are the only one to praise it without calling any of its mistakes? Your standards for weebshit can't be that low, right?
>Is it good
>General consensus say it's mediocre
>Somehow asking it's a dumb question.
>>339448652
Lisa
>>339450031
Respond to every one of these posts with "Name one (1) game that does this" and I guarantee you someone will reply with at least one (1)obscure rpg, probably jrpg, for each trope.
>>339448652
Tales of Xillia 2
>protagonist goes from an edgy faggot to one of the kindest and most caring character in the game
>>339452405
>1463914838751s.jpg
>1463914838751s
>s
>>339443895
Just don't take it too far
>>339449302
The final boss is hype as shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlYVEaeu1ZM
>>339452507
Love it every time
>final boss is a character you completely forgot about
>comes out of fucking nowhere during/after the fight with the character built up as the final boss
Also:
>game crashes itself to fuck with you
>>339452814
fuck off undermeme player
>>339448652
Shadowrun Dragonfall.
You actually have to fight and kill your entire party to pull it off too, and then you side with the villain
>Game has huge foreshadowing moment
>Watching as it all comes true despite the best efforts of protagonist
>"HE SAID IT" moments
>Enemies and NPCs appear in the end credits as if it's the end of a play or something
Viewtiful Joe, Earthbound, Mother 3, DKC,Undertale, it's always the fucking best
>>339452814
>beat the character built up as the final boss
>credits start rolling
>real final boss tears through the credits scroll
>there's still more than half the game left
>>339453050
Wouldn't you have to have played the game to know that?
>>339453258
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FriHMoEcLQU
>>339453348>Some reviewer actually thought the game ended there and gave it a bad score for being too short
>you finally get to kill an intentionally annoying character
>the villains are actually reasonable and you can eventually side with them
>>339453438
>being escorted through a late game level where you do kittens for damage to anything
>come back later in the game on your own
>>339452814
>game sets up one of your old friends as the final boss
>beat them
>so wait whats the next game about
>semi-final boss from the first game comes back to fuck shit up
>if you level up in the middle of the fight all your health/mana/cooldowns are restored and you damage people around you
>>339453348
Game please.
>>339453849
Kid Icarus Uprising
also that particular trope is posted nearly everytime these threads are made how have you not seen anyone mention it
>>339443895
>loving tropes
Fucking misogynist
>You're in the enemy base and they think you're one of them.
Bonus points:
>You can fuck with stuff in the base serrupticiously leading to consequences later.
>You read lots of notes, logs,handprints or ancient scrimshaws of common mook life.,
>Have conversation with mooks about how this guy has been fucking them up and they just want to go home and see their kids.
>Mooks give you gear and shit to either get you ship-shape or just to genuinely help you out.
>You don't actually know they're the bad guys and they are overtly friendly and nice to you until one of them accidentally lets it slip when they casually ask if you're going to the 10pm human brain BBQ, hilarity ensues.
Its all such a huge cliche but there's something so wonderful about getting that glimpse behind the curtain of an otherwise usually faceless and amoral shadowy group serving to throw wave after wave of slightly tougher faceless assholes at you.
>>339453997
Have seen it, just never asked, friendo
Should probably get it at some point, is it on the3DS EShop?
>the villain congratulates the main character on getting this far
>>339451113
>>339445613
>Comedic relief is actually a god.
Anyone wanna spoil the tv show for everyone?
>>339454148
>final fantasy type 0
>go to the enemy capital
>all the soldiers are fucking shocked that theyve actually been fighting kids this whole time
>the soldiers who dont care about the war and just want to go home
>the soldiers who say youre the bad guys because their horrible uninhabitable home cant have anything grown or farmed there and us pushing them back is actively screwing them over
>the one guy who doesnt want to fight anymore because he cant willingly kill kids
>>339454384
Space Dandy?
>>339445085
Now, who goes first?
How about... Me?
turn()
>protagonist(s) are blatantly evil/morally unjustifiable
>you still do everything the game tells you to because you, as a player, are a whore
>>339451047
It took me a moment.
>>339446930
>DMC3
Been a long time since I played, but Agni and Rudra?
>boss is some twisted creature
>it thanks you for putting it out of its misery
>>339454152Yes.
>>339455239
>Boss is being mind-controlled
>It regains a sense of self moments before dying and thanks you for putting it out of its misery
>>339448148
It was Xenosaga. Same shit happened to me. That boss was just challenging enough to think you could beat him, so you waste all your fucking items and eventually lose by attrition, and the story progresses and you realizd you wasted your time. They should've done what FFIX did with Beatrix where she just reks your whole party with one attack after a few turns.
>>339454384
Supernatural?
>boss talks to YOU the player, before the fight
>>339455489
what boss was it?
>>339450042
JJBA: All Star Battle does this but it's better if you actually know anything about the series to begin with.
>>339444672
Fuckin Jetstream Sam
>>339454384Wakfu?
