JRPG storyline cliches. I'll start. >being locked in prison

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Anonymous Thu Oct 24 14:57:17 2013 No.1154639 [Reply] [Original]

JRPG storyline cliches. I'll start.

>being locked in prison

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:00:03 2013 No.1154646 >game starts with you waking up in your parent's house

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:01:32 2013 No.1154647 >>1154639 >moving one of the blocks in the wall will get you out of it

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:03:02 2013 No.1154653 >>1154646 >Wake up! You're late!

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:03:32 2013 No.1154652 File: 17 KB, 240x312, 1346804247150.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >turn based battle while a countdown is ongoing

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:04:02 2013 No.1154657 >the ENTIRE FUCKING UNIVERSE is at stake

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:06:32 2013 No.1154660 File: 1023 KB, 320x260, 1370540915710.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1154652 i now remember being 11 and panicking at the countdown early in ff vii.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:07:02 2013 No.1154664 File: 113 KB, 1024x768, friendship-63a.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >The power of friendship

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:08:02 2013 No.1154670 Let's split in to two teams! >One of those teams inevitably has to be made up of the faggots you didn't level, so they're like 20 levels behind

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:08:32 2013 No.1154668 >healing magic hurts undead and ghost creatures.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:09:33 2013 No.1154672 >>1154668 That's mostly a general old RPG cliche though.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:09:33 2013 No.1154673 File: 811 KB, 963x722, gba final form.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Bad guy turns into some kind of lovecraftian horror at the final battle and has several different forms

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:11:03 2013 No.1154680 >>1154673 >and you fight him in: >a weird cosmic starfield >some pseudo-Greek/Roman ancient building >a dark void >weird trippy landscape >also the final fight music includes an omnious-sounding church organ and/or chanting

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:11:32 2013 No.1154676 backtracking to the start to obtain skill/weapon or converse with person to advance the story

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:12:02 2013 No.1154682 >Before the game is through, someone somewhere will have a musical number.

Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:14:32 2013 No.1154685
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>in dungeon
>loads of doors at the beginning, which are generally all unlocked except for one
>finally beat dungeon boss and clear dungeon
>walk through a door behind where you fought the boss
>takes you through the door that was locked at the very beginning

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:15:02 2013 No.1154687 >y/n text choice results in automatic game over if you don't follow the path of the game.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:15:02 2013 No.1154689 >>1154682 >meaningless love song by Japanese pop idol

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:15:02 2013 No.1154690 >your love interest is the quite, mellow, shy girl Just once I would like to end up with the perky energetic girl ;-;

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:16:02 2013 No.1154693 >main character has amnesia

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:16:02 2013 No.1154696 >>1154687 >No BUT THOU MUST >No BUT THOU MUST >No BUT THOU MUST >Yes I knew you'd do it! Let's go!

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:17:02 2013 No.1154697 >>1154690 >She always takes the role of the party's healer

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:18:03 2013 No.1154702 >hometown destroyed I sort of liked how Secret of Mana handled making the player unable to return to their hometown; instead of destroying it, they banned you from returning

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:19:32 2013 No.1154704 >the main character's village gets destroyed

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:20:32 2013 No.1154707 >brash streetwise bruiser who only uses their fists Give me a fuckwin karate dude or something.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:21:03 2013 No.1154708 >You find the ancient magical item that will save the world in the first 15 minutes of the game. >But alas! It has lost its power, and you must find a way to recharge it or all is dooooooomed

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:21:03 2013 No.1154709 >gun not as effective as sword

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:22:02 2013 No.1154710 >defeat boss in gameplay >immediate cutscene where you're defeated by him that's not how it works you little shit

Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:26:32 2013 No.1154718

>>1154708
>gain legendary sword you were destined to wield
>it was forged centuries ago by godly blacksmiths channeling the 8 magics that make up the balance of our universe
>all of the sages and elders are in awe of it and tell legends of how it is the most incredible and storied weapon in known history
>find optional super-weapon that's just some sword that has better stats and has no lore surrounding it

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:26:32 2013 No.1154719 >>1154710 >that one scripted battle where you're not supposed to win, but just lower the HP to a point where the enemy flees.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:27:02 2013 No.1154720 >fire >water >wind >earth >light >dark

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:28:33 2013 No.1154721 >>1154718 >find Excalibur >there's nothing special about it

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:28:33 2013 No.1154723 >>1154720 >aether >or some random type that doesn't make sense

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:29:03 2013 No.1154726 >>1154721 >replace trademark weapon with a different and more powerful one >character still wields trademark weapon in cutscenes and everyone else gushes about it without even mentioning currently equipped weapon

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:29:32 2013 No.1154724 File: 65 KB, 445x488, 1329527433170.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >forest >sewer dungeon >fire dungeon >ice dungeon >futuristic technological dungeon

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:31:32 2013 No.1154730 >>1154726 isn't that an inherent limitation of pre-rendered cutscenes and sprites?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:35:50 2013 No.1154736 >>1154723 Void, dude, that's the last japanese element.

Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:35:50 2013 No.1154737

>>1154730
It's understandable with pre-rendered, but then there's text and in-engine cutscenes that talk about how Ultralegendsword is the best shit in the universe as you're holding something more powerful.

Not an RPG, but Ocarina of Time was bad about this after you got the Biggoron's Sword. Was slightly justified as you needed the Master Sword for a couple of important things.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:36:21 2013 No.1154739 >Fight boss with massive hp & dmg >Joins party afterwards >Has 10% of former hp & shit dmg

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:36:51 2013 No.1154742 >small village of magic users

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:37:50 2013 No.1154745 >>1154737 Also, Link would be holding the Master Sword in cutscenes as you have the Biggoron's Sword equipped.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:38:20 2013 No.1154746 >NPC sprites are always walking in place

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:40:20 2013 No.1154753 File: 32 KB, 248x399, 1355557736455.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >hidden creature exponentially more powerful than the hidden boss

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:40:21 2013 No.1154751 >>1154746 >their text never updates, leading them to talk about handled threats as if they're still out there

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:41:20 2013 No.1154754 >>1154690 What is Chrono Trigger

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:41:20 2013 No.1154757 >main characters spend loads of time playing ridiculously engrossing minigame Bonus points if it's at an arcade that inexplicably has a super-powerful item in stock for them if they win.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:42:20 2013 No.1154758 >>1154753 Whoops, meant last boss I'm tired

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:43:21 2013 No.1154761 >>1154690 >never use her in battle because there are more competent characters

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:44:51 2013 No.1154762 >>1154737 But the Biggoron's sword was crap. I mean yeah it was powerful, but it just doesn't have the feel that the Master Sword does. Master Sword Master Race

Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:45:20 2013 No.1154768

>RPG
>Have to level up to at least 70 to be a match for the final boss
>You have pretty much all of your ultimate world-shattering spells and final weapons at this point
>You're slaying megabeasts and godly entities that threaten the very fate of the world
>RPG 2: The Sequel
>Characters are back to level 1 and getting their shit pushed in by random thugs and wild animals

Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:45:50 2013 No.1154767

>>1154702
And that sad music that plays...

Okay, that's something that bothers me in games in general.

>Something sad happens
>Sad music plays

Movies do this a lot too. It always feels like the director is just grabbing you by the balls and ordering you to feel a certain emotion.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:51:20 2013 No.1154778 >be superhuman with attacks so powerful that they make cruise missiles look like foam Nerf darts >can't bust down flimsy wooden locked door

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:51:20 2013 No.1154779 >>1154767 Certainly it would be better if a different kind of music played. I mean, when I see something sad I want some happy music, or something to get me dancing in my seat.

Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:53:20 2013 No.1154785

>>1154757
>Don't try to stop me, motherfucker, I've come too long a way to give up now. I've put humongous amounts of money into this thing. This is going to be it. The moment I've been waiting for. I can feel it in my marrow. I WILL HAVE THAT FUCKING PORYGON!!

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:53:51 2013 No.1154787 File: 209 KB, 769x577, 90260222.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >end of game point-of-no-return area is the shittiest, most boring area in the whole game

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:56:51 2013 No.1154797 Boss or unescapable random encounter that can only be defeated with ranged attacks. Everyone in your party has melee weapons equipped.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:57:51 2013 No.1154802 >>1154718 FF4 was especially bad about this. >obtain the magical macguffin sword halfway through the game >sword is obsolete within 20 minutes

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:58:20 2013 No.1154806 >>1154768 it's because they spent all that time sitting around doing nothing...their muscles atrophied, they forgot how to cast powerful spells, and they sold all their equipment to pay rent.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 15:58:20 2013 No.1154809 >money is named gil, gel, or something else sounding close to "gold" >tragic fate of the last of the maaagical race that left this world, usually a girl

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 16:02:09 2013 No.1154817 >>1154809 Where the fuck did the term "zenny" even come from? I know Capcom is fond of it, but I've seen it so much times in so many non-Capcom games (and even manga and anime) that I figured it was a pun on something.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 16:04:09 2013 No.1154824 >main character is girly 140-pound bishounen with a weak chin and built like a 14-year-old >is as strong and tough (if not more so) as the burly "Big McLargeHuge" badass on their team

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 16:07:08 2013 No.1154827 >>1154817 It comes from Dragon Ball, I believe. Several other games also use this.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 16:08:38 2013 No.1154830 >>1154827 Oh yeah. I forgot about that, which is shameful because I was just watching a clip Dragonball where one of the characters explicitly says "Zenny"

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 16:16:09 2013 No.1154838 >>1154824 >Military full of fit men dressed in practical equipment with conservative haircuts >The most powerful soldiers are skinny characters who violate uniform standards with weird trendy outfits and outrageous colorful hairstyles

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 16:21:08 2013 No.1154848 >>1154660 That shit is a fucking joke. If you even have less than 7 minutes left over by the time you escape there is something wrong.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 16:38:39 2013 No.1154879 File: 142 KB, 634x500, pattaya.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1154824 >>1154838 "Why helllloooo! I'm one of [big bad guy]'s most powwwwerful generals~! Prepare to die!"

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 16:41:09 2013 No.1154884 >Everyone starts at level 1, albeit a 14yo regular girl or a 50yo martial arts master.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 16:53:39 2013 No.1154898 File: 774 KB, 1280x720, Admiral_Infobox.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1154848 This is why I like One Piece. The big badasses in the marines still have some semblance of uniformity.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 16:54:26 2013 No.1154903 >>1154817 >>1154827 "zeni" is a kun reading for coin. I'm not sure if it's actually a common term for coin though. "zeni bukuro" = "coin purse"

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 16:55:57 2013 No.1154905 >protagonist has amnesia >memory returns when he is reunited with one of his dead parents >female he obviously wanted to bang was his sister

Anonymous Thu Oct 24 17:05:56 2013 No.1154920
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>sequel has little-to-no connection to previous stories, with only thematic details (like character designs, item/spell names, music, etc.) shared between them with no reappearance of past locations or characters (beyond species/types of characters)

Final Fantasy obviously, but Mother 1 and 2 do this (with the exception of Giygas' reappearance) and it's baffling.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 17:09:27 2013 No.1154928 >>1154920 FF7 and 10 share the same universe. That's what According to Kazushige Nojima anyways, and he's been one of the big writers for almost every main FF game since 7.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 17:12:27 2013 No.1154932 Uh, you do realize that these tropes are not limited to JRPGs and have been common in storytelling for quite some time.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 17:13:27 2013 No.1154938 >>1154920 I absolutely adore this.

Anonymous Thu Oct 24 17:14:28 2013 No.1154942

You will go to the big city early in the game. You will end up getting your wallet or important item stolen. In the time it took you to get it back, the reason for being in same city becomes available.

>protag: the redeemer
>best friend: conflicted betrayee
>girl: incarnated evil in the form of damsel in distress
>random badass who joins: gets story arc resolved 2 hours after he joins and is never mentioned again

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 17:17:27 2013 No.1154947 File: 342 KB, 768x512, never_just_one_head.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >final boss is a multi-headed dragon

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 17:22:28 2013 No.1154959 >>1154947 >Old JRPG has the final boss be a dragon with 7 heads and 13 horns. >Every other JRPG just copies the idea without understanding why.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 17:28:28 2013 No.1154976 >>1154668 i have never ever used this in my life... does it work in D&D games like baldur's gate?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 17:32:58 2013 No.1154986 >>1154959 Nowadays it's "Big guy with wings in some dimension consisting of multicolored swirls and other effects you'd see in music player visualizations."

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 17:38:57 2013 No.1155000 Zelda Link to the Past on the SNES. A western game series often does it too called Elder Scrolls.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 17:43:57 2013 No.1155006 >>1154670 Fucking FFIX making me partner up with only Quina for a boss fight

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 17:46:57 2013 No.1155013 >>1154639 >JRPG storyline cliches. >Implying being locked in prison is not a cliche in all RPGs regardless of origin country.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 18:13:28 2013 No.1155048 >>1154976 In the FFs it does, at least.

Anonymous Thu Oct 24 18:34:27 2013 No.1155081

>>1154824

>Huge burly man joins your team
>He comes from a planet with heavier gravity
>Uses fist based weapons
>Storywise its implied there's nothing he can't destroy with his fists
>Scrawny spaghetti arms kid with 0 combat experience is still stronger than him

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 18:47:28 2013 No.1155103 >>1154639 TES gets played

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 18:58:38 2013 No.1155127 >>1154693 just once i want to see a JRPG where the main character has amnesia but it never becomes relevant to the storyline

Anonymous Thu Oct 24 20:10:38 2013 No.1155238
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>Luminescent minerals are always magical.
>Storyline forces exploration of 9/10ths of the world map even if it doesn't make any sense.
>First a ground vehicle, then water, then air.
>Male childhood friends die or become the villain. Female childhood friends are love interests.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 20:15:57 2013 No.1155248 File: 215 KB, 500x500, 1378609999215.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >gold weapons do more damage than iron weapons Do japs not know how metal works?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 20:23:14 2013 No.1155262 >All the female protagonists and even some antagonists all over your dick

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 23:19:14 2013 No.1155552 File: 88 KB, 250x250, 1367347401439.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1154652 >game starts a countdown >continues to countdown even during loading screens and while you're in menus

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 24 23:23:44 2013 No.1155560 >>1154817 zeni means money in Jap

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 00:07:13 2013 No.1155628 >>1154710 At least with those you have to win to win the battle. IT could be worse >fight really difficult boss. Use lots of special and/or expensive items only to loose the battle anyway because the plot demands it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 00:20:13 2013 No.1155645 >>1154932 go home, buzzkill

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 00:31:13 2013 No.1155662 File: 68 KB, 640x480, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Really powerful guy who is in your party for five minutes. >Dies or becomes main villain

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 00:40:48 2013 No.1155675 >>1155081 Star Ocean 3?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 00:42:19 2013 No.1155680 >>1155628 >loose This epidemic is still a thing? >>1155662 Has there ever been a case where someone badass joins the party and STAYS a badass?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 00:45:49 2013 No.1155682 >>1155680 >Has there ever been a case where someone badass joins the party and STAYS a badass? In most SRPGs they keep their stats.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 00:47:49 2013 No.1155687 >>1155248 I love in Final Fantasy III, you find the Gold Sword about halfway through the game, in the Gold Palace after fighting Goldor, and it always does 1 damage

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 00:48:18 2013 No.1155691 >>1155680 >Has there ever been a case where someone badass joins the party and STAYS a badass? Sengoku Rance is really good about this. Their troop count suffers but they retain their levels and abilities.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 00:48:49 2013 No.1155690 >>1155680 Auron from FFX and the optional characters from Final Fantasy Tactics (Thunder God Cid being the most obvious) come to mind

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 00:49:18 2013 No.1155694 >>1155680 In FFT, T.G. Cid is pretty much the strongest character and he stays this way. Joins you pretty late in the game, though.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 00:54:19 2013 No.1155707 >>1155690 >>1155694 I meant people who were enemies prior.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 01:00:50 2013 No.1155724 File: 289 KB, 640x640, omar.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1154719 >use up all your healing items you've been saving on a battle that you are scripted to lose

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 01:41:37 2013 No.1155796 File: 54 KB, 320x320, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1155682 In Beyond the Beyond there was that guy Samson, but then he gets cursed after the first battle you use him in and get demoted back to level 1. Lolz

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 01:42:06 2013 No.1155798 >>1155724 ...or the battle results in all your healing items being taken away as a "plot point"

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 01:46:52 2013 No.1155807 >>1155796 What a stupid fucking name for a game.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 01:57:23 2013 No.1155819 File: 46 KB, 640x347, livealive.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1155807 There's been better games with stupider titles

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 01:57:23 2013 No.1155820 >everyone in the area knows you're going off to fight the final boss and if you fail the world is fucked >still charge you 5,000 gil for a potion

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 02:16:22 2013 No.1155830 >>1155796 Well with that name it's kind of appropriate.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 02:40:51 2013 No.1155835 >getting banished from your village because you found an ancient sword or broke a magic seal.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 02:50:21 2013 No.1155843 >>1155819 Well, live a live has some sort of meaning. liveAevil

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 03:10:58 2013 No.1155865 >>1155835 What is Secret of Mana?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 04:08:31 2013 No.1155909 File: 92 KB, 399x322, 1367256642747.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Btw I'm a princess >WHA?! A PRINCESS!?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 04:13:30 2013 No.1155913 File: 92 KB, 1280x720, tumblr_muoujqs95C1r2r59eo1_1280.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >The first Inn you go to is like 5 gold >the fifth one is over 1,000 gold

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 04:20:31 2013 No.1155915 File: 182 KB, 250x273, 1370229618878.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Find something in the dungeon that recovers your HP >It doesn't recover your MP

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 04:33:05 2013 No.1155929 >>1154687 What is Chrono Cross

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 05:09:05 2013 No.1155964 >>1155915 Seperated HP and MP recovery is pretty much standard in all games who have both things.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 05:17:04 2013 No.1155973 >kill wild animal >animal drops 20 gil >kill evil soldier in full armor >can't take his armor >can carry multiple suits of armor in backpack >can only carry 4 potions

Anonymous Fri Oct 25 05:26:24 2013 No.1155982

>>1154690
Play Dragon Quest 5
Not saying anything more then that. >>1154768
I really love Digital Devil Saga. You kept everything and based on some choices in the first game some small stuff changed.
>>1154802
Well you do power up the blade where it is the strongest if I remember right. Still stupid.
>>1154920
Dragon Quest 1-3 does have some connection that's more then a few things thrown around.
>>1154976
Well it's from D&D. The idea is that positive energy hurts undead.

>carries a creature with you with no real story behind it
>creature turns into a major plot point 3/4 in the game

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 05:31:23 2013 No.1155986 >>1155982 DQ5 is connected to 4 and 5 and the DS version lets you marry the shy rich girl or her bitch sister. The strongest sword in FFIV is the Ragnarok which is twice as strong as the Excalibur.

Anonymous Fri Oct 25 05:34:23 2013 No.1155987

>see treasure chest
>try to open chest
>actually a mimic monster

>on quest to find bob
>see mysterious person
>"oh you're looking for bob? I dunno who/where he is, do this quest for me and maybe you'll find him/I'll tell you more"
>do tedious quest
>guy is bob all along

>monster difficulty depends on color palette

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 05:39:24 2013 No.1155994 >the protagonist is willing to help any stranger with any job no matter how dangerous

Anonymous Fri Oct 25 05:49:53 2013 No.1155997

TVTropes has rather lengthy lists of these for many games

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV?from=Main.FinalFantasyIV

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/The7thSaga?from=Main.The7thSaga

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/SecretOfMana?from=Main.SecretOfMana

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/ChronoTrigger?from=Main.ChronoTrigger

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/EarthBound

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 05:50:23 2013 No.1155998 >>1155986 I thought there was a third girl in the DS version. And I could have sworn that after getting the rat tail or whatever to power up the holy sword it becomes the strongest weapon.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 05:51:53 2013 No.1156000 >>1155997 >TVTropes NOPE Once I click one of those links a can kiss any hope of sleep out the window

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 05:55:23 2013 No.1156003 >>1156000 http://xkcd.com/609/ >there's at least one character who's a furry

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 05:59:23 2013 No.1156006 >>1156000 You're already on 4chan in the wee hours of the morning. It's not like it makes a difference where you decide to neglect sleep!

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 06:01:53 2013 No.1156007 >>1155997 >TVTropes Shut the fuck up, fuck.

Anonymous Fri Oct 25 06:03:24 2013 No.1156009

>>1155998
Their are three girls, the blonde childhood friend (the one you're supposed to marry), and the two rich girls.
You give the rat tail to the small folk miner at Adamant Grotto and he'll give you some adamantine, give that to Kokkol the Dwarven smith along with the Mythgraven Blade. Come back after you get the Lunar Whale and the Mythgraven Blade will have turned into the Excalibur. The Ragnarok is found within the final dungeon.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 06:25:23 2013 No.1156027 File: 40 KB, 211x203, serious.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >last dungeon is an evil castle

Anonymous Fri Oct 25 21:19:25 2013 No.1157279

>The fate of the world is at stake, and you're the only one who can save it!
>To do so, you'll first have to talk to x so he'll give you y so that you may get past the guard at the gate

>You're the only one who can prevent the end of the world!
>But you're still going to have to shell out thousands of gold pieces for your shiny new armour. A good merchant rather accepts death than giving things away for free

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 25 21:55:24 2013 No.1157353 File: 22 KB, 500x375, url.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1155982 >carries a creature with you with no real story behind it >creature turns into a major plot point 3/4 in the game Puuu, pupu pupu!

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 00:07:37 2013 No.1157552 >>1156007 that actually veli good! oh and amnesia. gotta have amnesia either at the beginning or get it somewhere. amnesia was way cool and angsty.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 00:13:37 2013 No.1157567 >>1155707 You do realize that T.G. Cid was a Nanten knight right? Technically is he is an enemy, just as the Hokuten are enemies of the party.

Anonymous Sat Oct 26 01:13:33 2013 No.1157657

>>1155820
In Lunar: Silverstar Story, one of your team mates quits the group at 1/10th of the game and opens his own store. He gives you rare, expensive items for free (in fact, you can take all what you can carry) before your party goes to the final dungeon.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 01:15:34 2013 No.1157660 >>1155987 >>monster difficulty depends on color palette Purple recolor is a poisonous version of the same monster, while green is the undead version (who, besides of poisoning you, can also drain your HP or MP during the battle.)

Anonymous Sat Oct 26 01:35:16 2013 No.1157692

You can buy a full plate armour for your fighter-like characters.

> Male character equips the heavy, full plate armour and ends up looking like a walking slab of metal with heavy boots, bulky gauntlets, a giant, horned helmet with eye slits and a long cape that waves dramatically..

> Female character equips the SAME armour and ends up wearing a metal bikini (with plenty of underboob, low leg thong) plus metal boots, metal gauntlets, a short cape and a circlet.

Both armours offer the exact defense bonus and agility minus stats.

>>	Princess Sevenleaf !AnVbXjgZco Sat Oct 26 02:24:18 2013 No.1157772 >>1155987 >red items are better than blue items >blue monsters are more powerful than red monsters I never understood this. What the fuck, Zelda?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 02:30:48 2013 No.1157776 File: 17 KB, 251x369, Rutee_Katrea_(ToD_PS2).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >love interest is the pure maiden healer type I'm always happy when this isn't the case.

Anonymous Sat Oct 26 03:54:57 2013 No.1157851
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>“We must prevent the villain from obtaining the MacGuffins!”
>Travel the world, defeat the dungeons/challenges/whatever and get all of the MacGuffins.
>Bring them all back.
>Villain walks in and takes/uses them.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 04:09:13 2013 No.1157863 File: 183 KB, 786x1017, Legaia___Girls_by_noemi38.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1154690 Play Legend of Legaia. You can pick the jealous green-haired girl or the energetic pure pink-haired girl.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 04:17:43 2013 No.1157873 File: 49 KB, 260x221, 1380854614902.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1154710

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 04:21:12 2013 No.1157875 File: 108 KB, 987x717, Magic.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >inferno

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 04:30:43 2013 No.1157882 >>1157875 gs was the best rpg on the gba hands down, or maybe 2

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 04:38:31 2013 No.1157886 >Cut grass >grass drops money

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 04:55:01 2013 No.1157893 >>1155987 That second paragraph. Fucking paper Mario.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 06:31:30 2013 No.1157971 >>1157886 >all enemies, even primitive, barely sapient blobs, carry money with them It's weird, since it could be effortlessly avoided by changing the pricing and giving the PC income via stealing money from villain chests every once in a while.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 06:52:41 2013 No.1157990 >never giving up >believing is something >the power of teamwork oh? what? that's not just jrpgs? that's every single thing ever aimed at kids? interesting.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 08:05:47 2013 No.1158043 File: 337 KB, 367x413, James_mccloud.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1157990 > Never give up > Trust your instincts

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 08:23:47 2013 No.1158049 File: 24 KB, 239x178, nall.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1155982

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 10:02:07 2013 No.1158157 >>1157971 >enemies drop nothing but their own body parts >mc decides to pick up intestines and toenails >can't pick them off other enemies

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 10:19:36 2013 No.1158182 >>1154639 >2 fps walking animation when npc just stand still.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 10:38:06 2013 No.1158194 >>1154920 Eh. FF is explicitly a numbered series, not a series of sequels. The games that ARE sequels, are explicitly sequels (X, X-2; TA, TA2; IV, IVTAY).

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 10:50:28 2013 No.1158205 >>1155998 Correct. >>1156009 The second Ludman/Briscolleti daughter, Debora, was only added as an option in the DS version. In the SuFami version you only have two options, Bianca or Nera/Flora Ludman.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 10:51:57 2013 No.1158207 >>1157353 God damn you anon, now i must redownload the MKR SuFami RPG.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 12:23:28 2013 No.1158270 >>1154787 >Quest 64 >end of game point-of-no-return area is the only good area in the whole game

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 12:36:58 2013 No.1158278 >>1157851 This is only acceptable if he dude getting you to collect them turns out to be the villain.

Anonymous Sat Oct 26 12:41:27 2013 No.1158281
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>need to collect troll blood
>go into dungeon
>kill a troll
>nothing
>kill twenty more trolls
>they drop some gold, but still no blood
>one hundred trolls and three hours later
>make it into the deepest part of the dungeon
>find a flask of troll blood

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 14:09:41 2013 No.1158387 >>1155680 Magus from Chrono Trigger

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 14:12:10 2013 No.1158395 File: 1.08 MB, 300x315, 1374013940371.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1157776 >Love interest subplot goes fucking nowhere

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 14:26:27 2013 No.1158425 >>1158395 That's every Tales game.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 14:41:57 2013 No.1158467 >your first task is something incredibly mundane like picking up some plants, chase off vermin or go talk to an elder 20 steps away from your home

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 14:47:57 2013 No.1158479 File: 22 KB, 185x213, KikenGreedB.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >greet a King to start the journey >King says you are the last hope >hands you 100G

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 15:50:02 2013 No.1158626 >>1158479 Thou must cut down the migtiest foe of he kingdom Wiiiiiiith A herring!

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 15:55:33 2013 No.1158635 >ice is weak to fire >fire is weak to water and ice >water is weak to electricity >there are no electrical monsters >electric magic is the best

Princess Sevenleaf !AnVbXjgZco Sat Oct 26 15:56:19 2013 No.1158638

>>1157971
>all enemies, even primitive, barely sapient blobs, carry money with them

>Kingdom is overrun with blobs
>Kingdom offers $40 reward for every blob killed
>It would be tedious to have to visit an office to cash in on all those blobs you killed, so the game cuts the bullsh** and just gives you the money directly

It makes more sense if you think of it this way.

Princess Sevenleaf !AnVbXjgZco Sat Oct 26 16:03:19 2013 No.1158656

>>1158467
>Guy blocking the path out of town says "The village elder is looking for you."
>talk to village elder, he gives you a sword
>Guy blocking the path is no longer there

Bonus points if the village elder won't give you the sword until you've already talked to the guy who tells you to talk to the elder.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 16:03:48 2013 No.1158658 >wealthy King needs you to save him and entire world from certain doom >could easily buy you the best equipment and weapons for you since your his last and only hope >here's 50 Gold to get you started.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 16:09:48 2013 No.1158671 >>1158638 >>Kingdom is overrun with blobs I was skimming down the front page real fast and thought that said "Kingdom is overrun with blowjobs"

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 16:32:19 2013 No.1158727 >>1158671 I would visit that kingdom.

Anonymous Sat Oct 26 16:33:19 2013 No.1158728
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>>1155127
not a JRPG but if you can tolerate mechas and anime then check out The Big O, it does the amnesia thing but at a mayor scale, and i can't say anything else because i don't wanna spoil anything it's not that great or anything but i liked it at least, also Big O is the fucking tits

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 16:38:19 2013 No.1158737 >>1158671 That sounds like a kingdom Princess Sevenleaf would rule.

Anonymous Sat Oct 26 16:52:19 2013 No.1158761

>>1154778
Or be able to beat down some peon soldiers or villagers guarding a door. Oh no a path is blocked by some guy I should be able to beat up. I better go do some meaningless task first to earn his respect or something. Just impale him with your mighty sword and tell the wife and kids he died of consumption or someting.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 17:02:22 2013 No.1158780 >>1158728 >it does the amnesia thing but at a mayor scale, and i can't say anything else because i don't wanna spoil anything Spoil what? They never resolved the mass amnesia. They never resolved anything.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 17:06:53 2013 No.1158795 >>1158780 that's exactly what i didn't wanted to spoil

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 17:08:23 2013 No.1158798 >Someone made a weapon for you to take down the big bad guy with it >Or it's just a powerful weapon you had to do a lot to do to get it >It's still a weak weapon, and you have other weapons in your arsenal that are better than it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 17:09:23 2013 No.1158802 >>1154702 >>1154704 sheiiiiit

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 17:10:23 2013 No.1158804 File: 10 KB, 400x436, Warmech-ff1-nes.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] > Secret boss is more powerful than the final boss

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 17:12:22 2013 No.1158806 >>1158795 If The Big O had a conclusion I'd be happy not to spoil it

Anonymous Sat Oct 26 17:18:54 2013 No.1158814
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>Buy new equipament (new armor, new sword, etc)
>Go to menu and equip
>Expect to see character with different outfit or carrying another sword
>Back In-game
>Nothing different

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 17:24:22 2013 No.1158824 >>1158806 I must be dumb or something but I liked it, at least it wasn't some "now that I know my past y can save the world" bullshit, and IMO it closes Roger's arc

Princess Sevenleaf !AnVbXjgZco Sat Oct 26 17:26:22 2013 No.1158826

>>1158728
I love the 40's gothic style this show has. It reminds me a lot of the Tim Burton Batman movies. Schwarzwald is an amazing villain who wouldn't feel at all out of place in Batman.

BIIIIIIIIIIG OOOOOO! SHOWTIIIIIIIIIIIIIME!

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 17:30:22 2013 No.1158835 >>1158826 You realize that the fandom for Big O essentially describes it as 'Batman with a Giant Robot and Guns' right?

>>	Princess Sevenleaf !AnVbXjgZco Sat Oct 26 17:33:23 2013 No.1158842 >>1158835 I wasn't aware of this, but I agree. :)

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 17:35:22 2013 No.1158848 >>1158842 'You're a louse, Sevenleaf'. ;) Back on the topic... > Not giving you enough information on where to go > Beef Gates

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 17:37:52 2013 No.1158853 File: 32 KB, 1028x643, 1365811363003.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] > All rumors are always true, no matter how crazy or impossible

Anonymous Sat Oct 26 17:40:52 2013 No.1158859
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>>1158826
>>1158835
yeah, actually is heavily influenced by Batman TAS and Bruce Timm's artstyle.

Schwarzwald was fucking amazing and i loved how he's still kinda relevant even after his death

anyways sorry for the mecha talk, i should be posting this on /m/

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 18:19:12 2013 No.1158921 http://project-apollo.net/text/rpg.html has EVERYTHING.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 26 19:04:18 2013 No.1158994 File: 37 KB, 900x675, 15_days_of_pikachu_day_2__by_kiro_tiger-d54eo4p.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1158635

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 27 00:07:52 2013 No.1159529 File: 71 KB, 600x400, 1320434394730.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] > Normal enemies are too petty for status ailments > Bosses are immune

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 27 08:00:30 2013 No.1160152 >There is some ancient evil monster/machine/mech burried in the ground

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 27 10:45:29 2013 No.1160304 >>1158853 >Theres a rumor about X thing in Y place thats incredibly valuable >You're the only person in the world that goes to check it out instead of just parroting the rumor like a dumbass

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 27 10:49:59 2013 No.1160307 >>1160304 Let's be fair, that's probably where all the skeletons littering Y came from

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 27 10:52:58 2013 No.1160312 >>1159529 One of the reasons I consider Final Fantasy V to be the greatest JRPG of all time.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 27 13:23:56 2013 No.1160479 >>1158387 I'd say that's debatable.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 27 13:45:27 2013 No.1160521 >>1155997 but there likes 4 pages of autistic shit for every one good cliche listed, what is this?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 27 13:56:27 2013 No.1160534 >>1154767 Actually, music plays a large part in conveying emotions in a scene. Without that sad music the scene wouldn't be half as effective

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 27 15:49:07 2013 No.1160727 >>1155248 this actually comes from Japanese mythology, with certain metals like silver and gold said to have the power to drive off evil spirits

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 27 15:58:08 2013 No.1160742 >>1160727 Kind of extends out of Japanese mythology too with silver at least.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 27 17:19:02 2013 No.1160890 >>1158814 >Grind your ass to buy that expensive item on the shop >Go to dungeon >The same item is on a chest

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 27 17:22:02 2013 No.1160893 >>1158479 ...and doesn't even let you access to the castle treasury to find something useful. Also about 2/3 of the castle treasures are simple items like potions or antidotes.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 27 17:58:20 2013 No.1160978 > 5 foot tall Rich mahogany chest with gold trim and customized locks > Used to store a shitty ass potion

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 27 19:54:03 2013 No.1161221 >>1160742 It isn't just confined to Japanese folklore, many cultures consider or considered silver as a holy metal (i.e. against werewolves, vampires, etc.).

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 27 20:27:51 2013 No.1161271 >>1154680 I've heard that Akira is to blame for that cliche, I haven't read it but I guess the main badguy goes full freaky at the end.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 28 03:56:57 2013 No.1162089 >The ultimate evil dude is in the next room >Merchant sets up shop just outside the door >You bet your ass he's charging full price

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 28 04:29:14 2013 No.1162134 >Normal encounters outside town dragons and other dangerous stuff. >No guardsmen or anything inside town.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 28 04:37:14 2013 No.1162149 >the old men in towns have the most useful information

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 28 04:56:32 2013 No.1162180 >Some guy keeps running into you and challenging you to fights. >This is wholly unrelated to the actual plot.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 28 05:00:32 2013 No.1162190 >>1158671 >feels the need to share that with us

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 28 05:13:20 2013 No.1162220 File: 176 KB, 738x1082, sarevok_anchev_by_cg_zander-d4ahhel.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1155680 Sup bitch? This nigga was almost bro enough for me to drop Minsc.

Anonymous Mon Oct 28 09:24:52 2013 No.1162440

>>1158278
Now that I think of it, the guy who told you to get all three macguffins in OoT was the great deku tree, who himself was suffering from some evil force of Ganondorf.

Is it possible then that Ganondort put the idea of collecting the three objects into the deku tree's mind, like some force of suggestion or something?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 28 09:41:52 2013 No.1162454 >>1157851 man why not just find one and fuckin bury it or somethin, why can't the villain have ANY of them if what he needs is ALL of them

>>	ㅤ Tue Oct 29 00:23:08 2013 No.1164012 >>1160978 Just like Grandpa's liquor cabinet.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 00:33:08 2013 No.1164029 >>1162220 But...Boo would miss you

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 00:43:38 2013 No.1164052 >Regardless of social status, you are freely allowed a complete unguided tour of the king's castle. >The king is also generally a bro, but will probably be kidnapped or put under scrutiny sometime during the plot.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 00:51:38 2013 No.1164067 Here's one that does double duty for WRPGs. >Someone or something called "The Guardian" >Pretty much always evil >Even if they are on your side, you're still going to have to fight them

Anonymous Tue Oct 29 01:21:09 2013 No.1164150

You know what I'd like to see in an RPG?

>Good represented by dark/devil imagery
>Evil represented by light/angel imagery

And I don't even mean that in an edgy "lol God is bad XD" way, I mean just... think about it. Evil people don't go around wearing black capes going "bwahaha I am evil." An evil overlord really WOULD be trying to masquerade himself as a force of justice. And he definitely wouldn't be wearing a black trenchcoat for 99% of the game and sprout angel wings at the very end.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 01:23:39 2013 No.1164156 >>1164150 >Good represented by dark/devil imagery The game in the OP fits half your description.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 01:37:39 2013 No.1164196 >>1164150 >Good represented by dark/devil imagery Every Disgaea game >Evil represented by light/angel imagery Disgaea 1

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 01:43:39 2013 No.1164215 >>1164150 Pretty sure DQ7 takes it to its extreme with its main antagonist who successfully masquerades as "God", not revealing who he really is until you free the real one Not an RPG, but Bomberman 64 and its sequel did this too.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 04:37:13 2013 No.1164487 >>1158921 >http://project-apollo.net/text/rpg.html >EVERYTHING >Note that the list is closed to new entries -- this is as cliché-ridden as it's going to get.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 04:59:13 2013 No.1164517 Being a random kid, then discovering you have powers and thus you are off to save the world.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 31 02:55:10 2013 No.1168064 .

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 31 02:57:09 2013 No.1168070 >...

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 31 21:24:57 2013 No.1169806 >can only run from battles against easy monsters >death spell never works >useless poison spell >special items, chests or dungeons in areas near the beginning of the game

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 31 21:40:57 2013 No.1169834 >>1169806 >>death spell never works Phantasy Star 4 avoids this. Death spells are generally reliable.

Anonymous Thu Oct 31 21:52:56 2013 No.1169852

>chase and fight against villain for the majority of the game
>learn to hate that fucker
>literally at the last second, he's revealed to be just a crony for some generic evil being that you have no feelings towards
>that evil being is the final boss

I hate this. I have no idea why games do this.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 31 22:54:27 2013 No.1169942 >Superhypermegapotion! Fuels your entire party and maxes out their stats for the battle! >You never use it until the final boss except you don't because when you think about using it you save it in case there's a second/third/eighth/forty-seventh form

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 31 23:19:55 2013 No.1169984 >>1168070 THIS

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 1 00:26:55 2013 No.1170096 >>1164150 >Evil represented by light/angel imagery Breath of Fire series SMT series Final Fantasy Legend Final Fantasy Tactics Final Fantasy VI Diablo series to name a few

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 1 00:28:25 2013 No.1170098 >>1154646 >game starts with you waking up after some one saved you

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 1 00:33:55 2013 No.1170105 Everyone is a victim of some kind, even the main villain.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 1 00:34:11 2013 No.1170107 >>1154689 or just OOOO EEE AAAAA OOOOO sounds made by an NES or SNES sound chip that autist fans love but everyone else just thinks is a pointless, annoying waste of time

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 1 00:34:11 2013 No.1170108 >>1154976 >>1155982 I never liked that "positive energy" thing. I liked better the 2nd edition explanation, that healing/resurrecting is necromancy too, and thus, it shouldn't have to damage undeads.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 1 00:38:40 2013 No.1170110 >sassy cross dressing and/or femme male character is always a bad guy

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 1 00:58:44 2013 No.1170136 >>1170110 >In the English translation, the characters are shocked and appalled when they realize it's a man. >In the original Japanese version, such dialogue is mysteriously missing.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 1 01:04:13 2013 No.1170146 File: 355 KB, 661x721, 1373650185741.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1162440 "I'll never stop looking"

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 1 01:08:13 2013 No.1170156 File: 8 KB, 209x290, 1373419032624.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1162440 Unravel the conspiracy! OOT theorizing like it's 1999

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 1 01:38:04 2013 No.1170210 File: 21 KB, 320x224, chrono-cross-kid-smiling.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1154690 Say what negro

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 1 01:40:34 2013 No.1170212 >>1154742 (optional banishment for said magic) Oh, lordy.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 1 01:49:35 2013 No.1170221 >>1164156 The looming "bad guy" in it is more ominous than it is...trickery? I never really saw any good or evil in it, just morally grey areas.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 1 02:25:30 2013 No.1170274 >Open a chest >Find a key to open another chest Seriously?

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 1 02:31:30 2013 No.1170280 >Human/elf/whatever boss with normal size during the story >Suddenly you see them much bigger (like Power Rangers monsters which get gigantic after they have their ass kicked) during the battle against them

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 1 02:40:00 2013 No.1170293 File: 131 KB, 700x300, 1040.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1157692 Still not covering his whole face with the helmet. Hell, most times the male character doesn't even wears a helmet.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 1 03:09:47 2013 No.1170329 >>1170210 on the topic of Chrono Cross The people you were helping turned out to be using you ! ( way to go serge )

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 1 03:18:52 2013 No.1170336 File: 107 KB, 975x780, overlord rules - death note.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1154639 YAWN That's been done inside out ages ago The Grand List Of Console Role Playing Game Clichés http://project-apollo.net/text/rpg.html

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 1 05:24:29 2013 No.1170458 >>1170293 Why is that helmet floating

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 2 04:08:06 2013 No.1172645 >>1155964 I think they mean like a free heal, such as a magic bath or something.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 2 04:51:57 2013 No.1172669 >>1154797 There was a battle in the elevators after the Jenova shit in ff7 that is a perfect example of this shit. Hey you got Barrett back in the party but he doesn't have his good equipment unless you remembered that small fact. Fucking bullshit.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 2 05:22:01 2013 No.1172689 >>1170336 and yet somehow people seem to have been enjoying talking about it for a week! thanks for the link though, i guess...?

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 2 05:47:07 2013 No.1172704 >>1154942 That describes Planescape: Torment to an eerie degree. Still think it handled those tropes better than most games :<

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