Gaming Tropes That Need to GO

[Bouchart]

I generally don't like when major characters have amnesia. It's lazy storytelling.

[ADIRTYWINDOW]

The over sexualized female protagonist. Can we just have a realistic depiction of a woman in armor. I'm also tired of the unrealistic proportions of the breasts and butt. I mean, I like them as much as the next guy but they are always overkill.

[Bouchart]

The over sexualized female protagonist. Can we just have a realistic depiction of a woman in armor. I'm also tired of the unrealistic proportions of the breasts and butt. I mean, I like them as much as the next guy but they are always overkill.

 

Have you ever played Septerra Core? The main character, Maya, is fairly realistic. Except the blue hair of course.

[StrifeROKs]

I've never notice video game females proportions to be skewed.

 

Hmmm.... This requires research!

[Yantelope]

You gotta have blue hair.

 

[Heartless]

Load times.

 

That counts, right?

 

...right?

[RadiantViper]

You gotta have blue hair.

 

Hahaha, I just rewatched that a week ago so I totally read that in his voice

[Mister Jack]

Yeah, long load times are something that devs should be finding workarounds for, or at least tricks to disguise it. If nothing else, give us something to mess around with on the loading screens.

[Heartless]

I like how it is in God of War 3 or Uncharted 2 where the game is seamless once it loads up. More games like that would be sweet.

[staySICK]

You gotta have blue hair.

 

 

 

yante, you have gained 1,000 respeckt points for the strongbad ref.

[Mister Jack]

I hate it when games with collectibles or side missions give you no special reward for 100%. No special ending, no ultimate item, nothing. It's just "Hey, you got them all? Nice job. Now fuck off."

[Commander Shepard]

IN THE YEAR 20XX, WAR WAS BEGINNING

[Mister Jack]

I don't get why anyone ever felt the need for the XX thing at all. Just say 2550 or something. By the time that year comes around, nobody will even give a shit that your prediction for the future was wrong.

[Yantelope]

Now as a result of Strongbad Stinkoman I always read 20XX as twenty xty x!

 

Load times don't count as a trope but it is nice when they let you play galaga while the game is loading.

 

Also, videogame males are every bit as skewed as videogame females. I do think it's funny that wearing a helmet virtually guarantees your character's death unless that helmet is superglued on (the Master Chief exception).

[Heartless]

Load times aren't really a trope because developers don't intentionally design games to have long load times.

 

They're annoying, but they're just a limitation of existing technology.

I know, I just wanted to bitch about them somewhere. They are...just the worst.

 

The worst.

[Yantelope]

Load times don't bother me so much these days because I lived through 1st generation PSX games. Those were just horrid. MS actually has a lot of rules about loading for games that are licensed on the Xbox. All load screens have to refresh every so often, they have to include text on them like hints or tutorials, they can only last so long if they aren't interactive etc.

[Pheermee]

I guess this could be directed towards any unnecessary minigame in a game, really. Come to think of it, Blitzball was the worst possible minigame ever to exist in interactive entertainment and whoever designed it should be put into a separate circle of Hell.

 

Fixed that for ya.

 

I liked blitzball...

[Mr. GOH!]

The trope that every Japanese RPG requires at least two characters to be of high school age or younger. Teenagers are terrible human beings and I should know; I was one. I don't need or want my RPG's to revolve around the little shits.

 

Oh, and whatever tropes Vanille and Hope in FFXIII embody need to die in a fucking towering inferno.

[Yantelope]

I'm gonna repost this for the 100th time just to cover JRPGs completely.

 

http://project-apollo.net/text/rpg.html

 

Oh, and whatever tropes Vanille and Hope in FFXIII embody need to die in a fucking towering inferno.

 

 

Yes yes yes yes yes

[iLjaG]

I love minigames. Even Sphere Break, Tetra Master, Blitzball, and random casino games. Fuck all ya'll.

[StrifeROKs]

I love minigames. Even Sphere Break, Tetra Master, Blitzball, and random casino games. Fuck all ya'll.

 

How could you not like Tetra Master or Blitzball?

[Mister Jack]

This is really annoying. Fortunately most games have wised up about it by now, but you still get it every now and then.

[HotChops]

OMG, I can't believe I didn't think of this one sooner:

 

Mounted gun segments! You know, when you're on a mounted minigun or grenade launcher and you're tasked with mowing down an endless stream of enemies. They're everywhere nowadays, even in Red Dead Redemption.

[Mr. McFluffermutton]

Ramirez, use your laser designator to call in artillery on those vehicles! Ramirez, take down that chopper! Ramirez, get that briefcase! Ramirez, clip my toe nails! Ramirez, get on that sniper rifle! Ramirez, get in the chopper! Ramirez, get on the minigun! Good job, Ramirez.

[Mister Jack]

OMG, I can't believe I didn't think of this one sooner:

 

Mounted gun segments! You know, when you're on a mounted minigun or grenade launcher and you're tasked with mowing down an endless stream of enemies. They're everywhere nowadays, even in Red Dead Redemption.

 

I think they're okay in small doses, but a lot of games drag it on way past its welcome.