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Game clichés
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:19 pm
by Plan B
A spinning donut in a spinning donut in a spinning donut :icon26:
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:06 pm
by Chupacabra
whats that game. weird looking thing health meter.
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:07 pm
by Captain
Prey. The red character is your health and the blue is your meter for spirit walk.
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:11 pm
by Plan B
Yeah, Prey.
Doing poorly on ammo, there.
However, health isn't such an issue with this game, because you can restore it in the Indian afterlife by shooting red valkyres.
It all makes perfect sense.
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:12 pm
by menkent
the "find a key to open the door" level. i think every fps EVER has had at least one of these levels (actually, i think almost every level in Q1 was like this... silver, gold, advance, silver, gold, advance, ad infinitum). some variations are finding a keycard, finding a pda, or (my favorite) when you have the key and have to find the secret door.
blatant filler to make a game seem longer without any sort of creative effort by the developers.
similar themes are "block puzzles" and combination locks that you have to figure out (aka guess).
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:18 pm
by Chupacabra
Captain Mazda wrote:Prey. The red character is your health and the blue is your meter for spirit walk.
why does it look bum-ish
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:19 pm
by Plan B
menkent wrote:the "find a key to open the door" level. i think every fps EVER has had at least one of these levels (actually, i think almost every level in Q1 was like this... silver, gold, advance, silver, gold, advance, ad infinitum). some variations are finding a keycard, finding a pda, or (my favorite) when you have the key and have to find the secret door...
Yup.
I think Doom started it.
Of course, *every* game uses such methods to allow you to advance, and open up a gateway to the next level, but usually it's disguised by doing other chores than finding a key.
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:23 pm
by Plan B
Chupacabra wrote:Captain Mazda wrote:Prey. The red character is your health and the blue is your meter for spirit walk.
why does it look bum-ish
Bum-ish?
Don't exactly know what that means but it might have something to do with my scaling it down from a 1024x768 tga => 800x600 jpg for forum readability purposes.
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:39 pm
by Nightshade
CRATES.
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:48 pm
by Tsakali_
Nightshade wrote:CRATES.
winner! close thread
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:44 pm
by phantasmagoria
i might have to pirate prey, that looks rather nice
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:46 pm
by Fjoggs
someone link up that RPG cliche thingy. Good read.
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:57 pm
by seremtan
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:58 pm
by seremtan
also -
EXPLODING BARRELS
even CoD2 has these
such a cliche they even included one in the Doom movie
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:01 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
Plan B wrote:Chupacabra wrote:Captain Mazda wrote:Prey. The red character is your health and the blue is your meter for spirit walk.
why does it look bum-ish
Bum-ish?
Don't exactly know what that means but it might have something to do with my scaling it down from a 1024x768 tga => 800x600 jpg for forum readability purposes.
no, i think he means the outline of the character in the health meter looks like a fucking homeless faggot.
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:07 pm
by Captain
Because Tommy is kind of a lowlife bum.
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:08 pm
by o'dium
Or it could just mean he looks like hes getting his spirit love from planet Anus.
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:12 pm
by Captain
o'dium wrote:Or it could just mean he looks like hes getting his spirit love from planet Anus.
None of your gay fantasies please.
Want cliches? How about the classic "Doctor/Mad Scientist who always wants to take over the world and must be foiled"-cliche? Too many games to name with storylines like this and these big bosses always end up with a doctor's degree. I want to stop a gynecologist or lawyer from taking over the world for once damn it.
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:55 pm
by Kaz
Pipes are the new crate.
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:12 am
by MKJ
another nice FPS / actionadventure cliche is the "restore power to x before you can continue". sighs
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:27 am
by SOAPboy
Kaz wrote:Pipes are the new crate.
Fucking truth there.. :-|
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:35 am
by ALLiED
Fire Extinguishers
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:39 am
by SOAPboy
ALLiED wrote:Fire Extinguishers
Ohh good ones..
Noticed for a while Bathrooms were a hot ticket too..
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 3:57 pm
by Captain
MKJ wrote:another nice FPS / actionadventure cliche is the "restore power to x before you can continue". sighs
Or the "find a way to get in the place you must blow up to win".
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:47 pm
by Dr_Watson
the entire plot line of "science experiment goes wrong and heroboy must save the world" is pretty cliche.