/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.10034246]

>The protagonist discovers a mysterious unconscious girl who is the key to a mystery

What's the most overused trope in gaming?

[Anonymous No.10034249]

>>10034246
>go right.
>jump somtimes.

[Anonymous No.10034260]

Ancient evil. Childhood friend (male) possesed by ancient evil. Childhood friend (female) is the key to save childhood friend (male) possesed by ancient evil.

[Anonymous No.10034269]

Save the kidnapped girl, obviously

captcha: G4YTX

[Anonymous No.10034279]

>start as a poor girl in a little village
>hear voices in your head calling for help
>go on an adventure and become the chief of the army
>end up repelling the invaders and saving the country
reading the jeanne d'arc trials is like reading fan fiction slop

[Anonymous No.10034283]

>>10034269
this is the most common
after that is "evil lord conquered your home/country/land"

[Anonymous No.10034303]

>>10034260
name two

[Anonymous No.10034308]

>US military is the good guys

[Anonymous No.10034321]

>>10034246
This is based (on the classic film castle in the sky) and is worth celebrating

[Anonymous No.10034330]

>>10034321
And Laputa was originally pitched to be a TV series, which eventually became Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water.

[Anonymous No.10034331]

>shoot red barrel
>it explores

[Anonymous No.10034343]

>>10034246
Plumbers beating up dinosaurs

[Lenoor !egTFf5eKeY No.10034362]

>>10034246
Magic being stored in cristals

[Anonymous No.10034449]

According to trannies, every plot is actually a trans allegory

[Anonymous No.10034460]

>>10034246
>the girl is the key to everything and is some kind of demigod
Jrpg writers are pitiful

[Anonymous No.10034671]

>>10034246
This trope is why I'm a 34 year old virgin.
I've spent my whole life just waiting to find a 10/10 beautiful woman asleep in the forest who awakens my magical powers and then I heroically save the world with her.

[Anonymous No.10034676]

>>10034460
Japanese are always weird about that shit dude. Makes me fucking cringe.
You don't need some dumb anime bimbo cunt to make a good game and or anime movie.

[Anonymous No.10034683]

>>10034246
>>10034460
Basic male coming of age allegory (women are mysterious)

[Anonymous No.10034742]

>>10034676
Yes you do. The allure of the beautiful woman is the essence of adventure.

[Anonymous No.10034761]

>>10034246
protagonist is the fulfillment of a prophecy that a mysterious outsider will save the town/world/community from an evil force

[Anonymous No.10034825]

>>10034460
>>10034676
>noOoO you can't have one (1) woman in the entire muh male setting aaa
westcucks all cringe why they hate women so much? superior jrpg fr

[Anonymous No.10034835]

>church is evil and "God" is a space alien

[Anonymous No.10034857]

>>10034246
>Hometown is set fire/attacked in the prologue

[Anonymous No.10034949]

>>10034246
>What's the most overused trope in gaming?

Protagonist who wakes up one morning and finds out he needs to save the world today

[Anonymous No.10034965]

>>10034857
name two

[Anonymous No.10035021]

>>10034825
it's actually not the women i dislike it's how they're portrayed in those roles, and are often made to be the entire focus. games aren't nearly as bad about it as some of the japanese anime movies i've seen.

[Anonymous No.10035024]

>>10034965
Xenogears
Final Fantasy 7
Breathe of Fire
Wild Arms 4
Tales of Symphonia
Star Ocean 1
Some JRPG with a talking sword, Orcs kill your parents

[Anonymous No.10035052]

>>10034260
FF7?

[Anonymous No.10035053]

>>10035024
Oh, and Final Fantasy 2.

[Anonymous No.10035072]

>>10034246
One man army, obviously.

[Anonymous No.10035075]

>>10035024
>Some JRPG with a talking sword, Orcs kill your parents
Just remembered, it was Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean.

>>10035052
Nibelheim.

[Anonymous No.10035078]

>>10034246
>most overused trope
big tiddy lady is teh gaem!!

[Anonymous No.10035081]

>>10034308

Followed closely by
>US Military is the bad guys

And an almost dead heat with
>US Military started off as the good guys and then PLOT TWIST they became the bad guys.

[Anonymous No.10035083]

>>10035024
and yet you left out the only one that does it well: Metal Max 2

also FF7 isn't even the start of the game

[Anonymous No.10035113]

young protagonists. everyone over 30 might as well be on life support

[Anonymous No.10035135]

>>10034835
>God" is a space alien
Fuck all lesser lifeforms who dislike this trope.

[Anonymous No.10035137]

>>10034246
>eating food instantly heals wounds

[Anonymous No.10035149]

>>10034671
Yeah. That's why.

[Anonymous No.10035154]

>>10035083
>also FF7 isn't even the start of the game
Doesn't matter. 8/9 are still relevant. You lose.

[Anonymous No.10035260]

>>10034835
>church is evil
>not only is church evil, but actually run by demons
BoF, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Grandia 2 just to name a few.

[Anonymous No.10035310]

>>10034460
ff12 (and ffx) would have been absolute masterpieces if they didnt redirect the majority of the plot to the female hero and all the cast simping for them. which is ironic, because the other females in those two games are a lot more interesting but dont get much screentime or dialogue.

[Anonymous No.10035408]

>>10035310
what
but yuna is literally the most important person in that group
what are you saying?

[Anonymous No.10035550]

>>10035081
I like the underutilized trope of US Military starts as the bad guys but are actually the good guys.

[Anonymous No.10035558]

>>10035083
Nibelheim is absolutely at the start of the game, it's right after the tutorial.

[Anonymous No.10035705]

anyone else tired of magic crystals?

they're just funky looking rocks

[Anonymous No.10035727]

>>10035021
A woman should always be the sole goal and focus. Otherwise it's gay.

[Anonymous No.10036110]

>>10035260
Well I mean.
If the shoe fucking fits.

[Anonymous No.10036465]

>>10034246
Ah, yes Xenogears.

[Anonymous No.10036471]

>>10036110
cringe take

[Anonymous No.10036472]

>>10036471
Is that all you have to say, fuckwit.

[Anonymous No.10036509]

Life is suffering so I must kill everything to save it - The Bad Guy in every JRPG ever

[Anonymous No.10036574]

>>10035705
wait a minute, crystals aren't magic???

[Anonymous No.10036668]

>>10036472
He's right, it is a cringe take. What are you, 16? "The church is le evil because I had to go to mass EVERY sunday, they are le oppressing me!"
Grow up man.

[Anonymous No.10037086]

>>10036509
For every example you can give of your trope, I'll give three others where the "bad guy" has no motive beyond "nihilism, lol."

[Anonymous No.10037093]

Bad guy was the main character's brother?!?!!! ALL ALONG???!!!!

[Anonymous No.10037178]

>>10034246
>discovers a mysterious unconscious girl
>doesn't take advantage of the favorable situation to have sex with her
Never understood this.

[Anonymous No.10037182]

>>10037178
nigga, you gotta bring her home and feed her the eggs first.

[Anonymous No.10037189]

>>10035310
Your tastes in what's well written or interesting is entirely informed by your penis.

[Anonymous No.10037380]

>>10037189
You can just come out and call him based.

[Anonymous No.10037393]

>>10034835
>>10035260
Why are the Japanese 1 Timothy 4:1-3-pilled?

[Anonymous No.10037398]

>>10036509
This trope is fucking awesome. Just a total "fuck you" to reality itself.

[Anonymous No.10037404]

>>10035024
add Legend of Dragoon to the list

[Anonymous No.10037462]

>>10034279
So when does she storm Area 51 and destroy alien Mecca with a gang of different aliens?

[Anonymous No.10037473]

>>10035149
kek

[Anonymous No.10037524]

>>10034965
>>10035024
Secret of Mana
Fable

[Anonymous No.10037604]

>>10036668
What, you approve of the vatican and all its horseshit? Are YOU 16?

[Anonymous No.10037654]

>>10036574
I know a Crystal. The only magical thing about her is her magical ability to make cake and pie disappear, the fat fucking cow.

>>10037178
Phantasy Star III and Vay both start with the player character about to marry the myserious girl who mysteriously appeared washed ashore near the kingdom.
Idk about those two characters, but I ain't buyin' something so costly without sampling the goods, n'yamean.
And the Phantasy Star III characters canonically fuck during the story.

[Anonymous No.10037940]

>>10037380
I think its cringe and pretty retarded but about what I expect from the idiots around here. You included of course.

[Anonymous No.10038050]

>>10037398
Nah, it's retarded baby wah-wah the world was mean to me evwyone is crwurwl bullshit COPE.
Kuja's behavior is better portrayed when you learn he's a sheltered, megalomaniacal manchild who threw a tantrum when he learned that he too poops like everyone else.

[Anonymous No.10038108]

>the problem is a bad guy, and the solution is violence

[Anonymous No.10038157]

>>10038108
As it should be.

[Anonymous No.10038163]

>>10034246
>Grind repetetive menial tasks and battle increasingly lethal fauna to afford best items in shops

[Anonymous No.10038173]

>>10038108
>the problem is violence, and the solution is a bad guy

yep, it's kino time

[Anonymous No.10038218]

>>10037178
>Takes advantage
>Virus database has been updated
>Max HP limit starts slowly dropping towards 1
Whoa

[Anonymous No.10038354]

>>10038108

[Anonymous No.10038362]

>>10034676
Fantasy as a genre has always had beautiful women and romance in it. If you're going to complain about JRPGs you may as well complain about Sir Gawain and the Green Knight or the Odyssey.

[Anonymous No.10038380]

>>10037178
You need to play some eroge.
Trust me, you'll love it.

[Anonymous No.10038451]

>>10035113
Why was Cid so FUCKING OLD

[Anonymous No.10038457]

>>10038050
Nah, see thats a shit example of it. Im talking someone trying to fuck over the Gods or something or trying to literally break the laws of physics/reality itself. That shit is bad ass be it a hero or villain doing it, like just fighting reality or actual God itself and saying "fuck your rules". When it results in the ultimate goal of just complete destruction of existence itself, thats just the logical end point.

Less "life is mean" and more "life is a flawed piece of shit im bout to fix/end."

[Anonymous No.10038460]

>>10038451
>I am now 10 years older than Cid

just bury me

[Anonymous No.10038649]

>>10038108
If only one side is ready to engage in violence, only one side can win.
Bone up on all the other methods AFTER you've gotten violence down. It's a race to the bottom if you don't.

[Anonymous No.10039274]

>archer character
alright boys say it with me now
>arrow
>fire arrow
>poison arrow
>explosive arrow
>arrow barrage

[Anonymous No.10039959]

>>10039274
God forbid conventional weapons be used in conventional ways.

[Anonymous No.10039982]

>>10039274
>shoot 3 arrows in rapid succession
>shoot 3 arrows at once at three different things
>shoot 1 arrow 3 times as far/accurate

[Anonymous No.10040271]

>>10034246
>What's the most overused trope in gaming?
Garbage OPs

[Anonymous No.10040283]

>it was the X all along

[Anonymous No.10040286]

>You are the last of a legendary group of warriors
>You are all that is left after the event that started the game
To explain why you don't have allies

[Anonymous No.10040291]

>>10040271
Thank god this one's pretty good tho

[Anonymous No.10040302]

>>10034260
Kingdom Hearts I?

[Anonymous No.10040847]

>>10038460
IN A LUNCH BOX?

[Anonymous No.10040903]

>strongest magical weapon of legend is a sword
>cringier version: it's a katana in an european setting

[Anonymous No.10040935]

>>10040903
Bonus points if the game is set during a time where bullets and explosives exist.

[Anonymous No.10041128]

>>10039274
>>10039959
Usable weapons include:
>short bow
>bow
>longbow
>composite bow
>elven bow
>crossbow
>heavy crossbow
>dwarven crossbow
>demonic bow

[Anonymous No.10041491]

>>10034246
>The protagonist discovers a mysterious unconscious girl who is the key to a mystery
Name 5 games please

[Anonymous No.10041527]

>>10034246
>"playing" JRP""""G""""s
There's the problem

[Anonymous No.10041537]

>>10041527
Yes I occasionally do. What's the fucking matter, shitbag?

[Anonymous No.10041545]

>>10041537
JRPGs are not games and therefore do not belong in this board. Simple as.

[Anonymous No.10041582]

>>10041545
>JRPGs ArE nOt rEaL gAmEs
OK DR. Down Syndrome Crackbaby. May you one day fall down a man how somewhere and FUCKING DROWN IN SEWAGE!

[Anonymous No.10042416]

>>10041491
Lunar (SCD version only), Lunar 2 (sort of; not unconscious, but doesn't know shit about fuck so she might as well be), Lunar 3-ish, Lufia, Lufia 2 (remake only; OG version, she's not unconscious), Lufia 3 (iirc), Phantasy Star II, Phantasy Star III, Vay, Final Fantasy VI (sort of, since the protag IS the mysterious girl; also V, with a character being a genderswap version), Skies of Arcadia, about a dozen Fire Emblems (including genderswap versions) and Snatcher (sort of; MC and mysterious girl were both unconscious when found).
That's just off the top of my head.

[Anonymous No.10042437]

>>10034671
Should've played Leisure Suit Larry instead. Then you could have learned to scrape up some money for a cheap hooker. And to use protection.

[Anonymous No.10042524]

>>10034460
I will tolerate no slander against yu-no

[Anonymous No.10042534]

>you can't kill me, or you'll be just as bad as me!
>I guess so
Days of Ruin is super underrated for it's story.

[Anonymous No.10042535]

>>10034835
>>church is evil and "God" is a space alien

used to think this is an echo of japanese isolationism, suspicion of religion that was amplified by AUM.

but beginning to wonder if it isn't also a cultural undercurrent warning against authoritarian states...

[Anonymous No.10042541]

>>10034246
>We gotz ta band togethua agains da eeeebil stablishmen!
Just let me join the "establishment" and put my boot on peoples necks.

[Anonymous No.10042980]

>>10042416
Thank you, I've added them to my enormous backlog now

[Anonymous No.10045179]

you can see her panties

[Anonymous No.10045485]

>>10035024
>>10037524
Also based Shadow Madness

[Anonymous No.10045808]

>>10039982
The only time I've liked archers was Tactics Ogre.
>Shoot arrow
>Shoot arrow really hard
>Shoot arrow twice
Yet it stomped on most other classes because the absurd range lets you ignore the terrain and enemy formations.

[Anonymous No.10046489]

>>10042535
Good vid on the subject. He argues that this trope represents Japan's dissatisfaction with foreign rulers and philosophies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEUqLL8J4gI

[Anonymous No.10047214]

>>10035083
>Metal Max 2
Well technically, that isn't your home town.

[Anonymous No.10047580]

>>10042541
Hilarious.

[Anonymous No.10047583]

>>10034246
ive "discovered" many unconscious ladies in my life too
if you know what i mean huehuehue

[Anonymous No.10047595]

>>10047583

[Anonymous No.10047598]

>>10034246
Overused but based

[Anonymous No.10047603]

>>10047583

[Anonymous No.10047698]

>>10047598
I think this is supposed to mean something, but i cant figure it out.

[Anonymous No.10047962]

>>10045808
Yeah it's rare that a game can do a pure archer well. It's why most RPGs usually lump in "shoot arrow" with shit like stealth or instruments or beast mastery to give you something else to do.