>use super hard hitting move>camera angle changes
>>728738201Boss from the early game becomes a regular enemy later on.
Pigs are evil
>game has an iframe dodge button>game has bonfire checkpoints
End of the game has a boss gauntlet you must complete before reaching the final boss
>lyrics kick in
>>728738541This always bothered me about fromslop.Idk about you, but I'd assume the roll button exists to physically move me away from the enemy.But it apparently actually exists to phase me put of existence for a fraction of a second to move through matter.And I'm supposed to just... intuit this.
>slip away from villain at the start of the game>game is essentially a training arc for you to face them, be it for vengeance or justice
>music gets muffled when you go underwater
>area from previous game is in sequel and in ruins
>you can hear the boss breathing in the next room
>>728738720They designed and balanced the whole game around this feature, sure you can make use of a shield and hyper armor as well to alleviate some pressure but the bulk of the challenge comes from dodging enemy attacks with widely different dodge timings. I think this is way better than the way ARPGs are usually designed, with stat checks and grind.
>use ultimate attack>say chuuni catchphrase
>>728740835I get that they game is designed that way.But how are you supposed to know?It's not how rolling works in real life and there's no tooltip or anything to inform you.
>the boss plays/sings their own theme
>character breaks the 4th wall if you leave the game idle
>>728738201>your rival is also your love interest
>>728738201>You can backtrack the entire game for no reason>Bonus item at the very beginning if you backtrack from the end
>final chapter: [GAME NAME]
>>728738503What did he mean by this?
>boss has the same moveset as you
>>728738720>And I'm supposed to just... intuit this.Low IQ or brain damage?
>>728743057>Bro are you retarded? Everyone knows that rolling on the floor allows you to phase though matter. It's science.
>>728738201>Status effects work on bosses
>final level gives you a god-like powerup and then throws dozens of the game's strongest enemies at you
>>728738201I'll give an opposite to this: a hard hitting spell makes the framerate drop. On first read you may think "that is so bad, no dev would do it intentionally" but player feedback on Dragon's Dogma had players saying they thought it was "epic" when their big sorcerer spells lagged the game.
>game gives you a pronoun selector at the start>you can choose custom ones
>there's a secret behind the waterfall
>>728741031I like this but when it's someone else playing the music.
>Final boss theme is your own
>>728738201>final boss>main theme instrumental version plays
>>728738201Section in which you lose your powers ends with you gaining a broken ability in addition to getting all your shit backhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw8AZG1pgA8
>Cool remix of sad songOr>Sad remix of cool song
>>728744818>your theme replaces the final boss' for the last stage of the fightKINOOOOhttps://youtu.be/-pcocHtED64?si=whHTQW9TiZpnog0Q&t=190
>boss theme's lyrics are thematically about said bossCoils of Light from DD and MGR are PEAK
>>728740835cool story doesnt change the fact that iframe rolls and especially parry are a game design failure, they could have at least changed the roll to a fancy dash so you can pretend easier that you not suck and its actually "dodging"
>FF14 does like 9/10 of the things listed here>Still incredibly midHow do they do it?
>>728745776>doesnt change the fact that iframe rolls and especially parry are a game design failure>fact>game design failureTo who? It's a fact that you dislike it in your opinion.
>>728738201>Final boss theme is the opening song of the game
>boss theme in cutscenes and battle has a chamber concerto mix>second or final phase unleashes the whole damn orchestra and the choir.
>>728740962>try to dodge an attack>fail>realize it still didn't hit youHuh?... must have been the wind.
>>728741031>game has musician characters>they sing a duet during the climatic moment
>>728746007If it didnt hit me, why the fuck would I assumed it failed?
>>728738201any save room
>>728746146>The series breaks the save room rule ONLY once and it's fucking scary and jarring when it happens.
>>728745776Dodge rolls have been a thing in video games since the 90s. The only way you wouldn't intuit that the roll was a dodge was if you were underaged and had brain damaged since the second you tried to roll out of the way and the attack phased through you that this attack was a iframe move.
>>728746059That's what functioning brains do, then you try it again and confirm your suspicion.
>final boss of the last game assists you in fighting the final boss of the sequel
>>728743195he means that souls games aren't the first to have it nor popularize ityou knew to put the disc in the console logo side up and to navigate the menus but now the dodge button... dodges is a bridge too far?
>>728738201Kys extrinsic retard. Play real games. Movies fucking suck.
>>728746312>>728746404I think this was the logic that caused so many from fans to get pissed at AC6.They tried quick boosting through attacks and started screeching that they weren't invincible
>enemies become increasingly afraid of you as you progress through the game
>>728741031AVE BELKA
>incredibly out of the way easter eggs
>game has a boulder trap
>guy who spent the whole game/series in a wheelchair stands up
>>728738201>treasure chest behind waterfallKINO
>>728748264Fuck Air Gear
>Final boss is built up as the most dangerous, scariest motherfucker alive and lives up to expectations>At some point in the IP's future, he either becomes an ally to the MCs whether genuinely or reluctantly>Most of his threatening aura is gone in addition to new villains popping up who are just as formidable as he was back in the day or more evil>DESPITE THIS, he is not purely reduced to a joke and still shows why he is not to be underestimated from time to timeWhat games absolutely nail this perfect sweet spot between mary sue and jobbing loser?
>>728748264BLOODBORNE
>a stick you get in the tutorial is the best weapon in the game
>>728738201>fighting main antagonist>main theme starts playing>the villian's theme gets louder and drowns it out
>>728748469Trails of Cold Steelrevealing who it is would spoil things thoughyou could probably guess
>>728748578What is this kino?
>>728748705Thunderbolt Fantasy
>>728738201>move is so strong it cracks the game's screen
>>728738201CollectathonStagger mechanics in RPGs
>>728748149>Think you're real fucking clever, huh?
>>728748635CHAZZ IT UP!
>>728738201>get to the endpoint of a game, thinking you've maybe got one more zone or dungeon>surprise, motherfucker, here's a whole new fucking world to explore
>>728741031Name one gameYou beat it and the song stops?
>there's a room in a dungeon near the end of the game whose entire floor is the world map of the gameI saw this in Blood Omen recently, I'm pretty sure it's in some other games also although I can't recall them off the top of my head.
>>728738201>background music plays a different variation of the same theme in each roomhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsSc5_bec-g
>>728741197name 5
>game reads your Steam library and makes a boss fight based entirely around the games you have installed in itGod, I need to fuck Honest.
>>728738201>During the final battle, your super hard hitting move gets an extra few frames close up of the hero and the villain's faces right before the final hit lands
>>728745870It's Yoshi-P's stand abillity, Stuck in the Middle with You
>>728749176No More Heroes 2 (Margret Moonlight) and Baldur's Gate 3 (Raphael). And yes, obviously defeating the boss makes the boss theme stop playing. For Raphael you can cast silence and he'll stop singing leaving only instrumentals
>boss has a cloak that he dramatically tosses away>picks it up off the ground and throws it at you as a desperation attack
>>728738503such as?
>minigame requires motion controls
>>728751473
impact frames
>>728738201>Boss uses super move>Camera angle changes(ideally to his POV)
>starter weapon is a key component in crafting the endgame ultimate weapon
>>728738201Frame holds on impacts to emphasis on how much force is being applied before the enemy goes flying. Asura's Wrath did this better than anyone (outside of anime). Though calling it a videogame is a bit of a stretch but damn if it wasn't hype as fuck.
>The "reboot/spiritual successor" game isn't actually a reboot/spiritual successor>It's actually good and elevates the original game even more.
>boss uses the same mechanics as you
>>728745776>they could have at least changed the roll to a fancy dashBloodborne did this and you fags all cried cause 'muh Sony'there's no pleasing your nigs
>>728741031Ghirahim and Yuga from Zelda.
>protagonist is so enraged at the seemingly undefeatable final boss it makes him snap and push past his limitsabsolute kino trope. tekken 8, pizza tower, mgr revengeance etc.
>>728741594Splatoon 3.
>>728741594dead space
>>728744705We love the Legend of Zelda around here.
>>728744961Followed by the theme with lyrics once you hit the second phase.
>>728740878https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2wuHjLajSY
>>728738201>Villain is a flamboyant faggotAlways kino, without fail.
>>728738201
>>728738201>Satisfying SFX when attack successfully lands
>>728738201>music gets more intense as the action does
>>728738201>>728738438>>728740290>>728740878>>728741137>>728742571>>728743327>>728745594>>728748821>>728754564
>the villain isn't wrong
>final stage is the tutorial stage but it's been completely changed by war, monsters, or weather
>game is all about forgiving your enemies and sparing them with mercy, according to pacifist ally>final boss is a horrific demon from the abyss>pacifist ally says you need to murder his ass ASAP
>Character HP plummets to 0>Character is still able to move just out of sheer determination and willThese "Literally too angry to die" moments are one of my favourite synthesis of game UI and narrative.
>Final boss is, you? from the future?
>>728755821mgs4, mgr:r, hitman blood money in a way, what else?morale meter depleting after hp bar in mgs4 in microwave room was absolute kino
>>728755358Ratchet & Clank is still the GOAT>>728755821Undertale kinda
>start bossfight>boss' theme plays>player goes into their 2nd phase>your theme song override's the boss'
>>728756158>Monster Hunter Worldborne>Okami
>>728745209one of the most kino boss fights of all time
>>728755984FF5, Rune Factory 3. There's a lot, but these are the ones that come off the top of my head.It's a pretty common trope in a lot of NUMBERS NUMBER NUMBERS kind of RPGs.A similar gimmick is "Character gets stat buffs/debuffs for the following battle after immediate preceding story events", but I think that's surprisingly less common.
>>728755821troubleshooters has one of these kinds of characters and she is best girl
>>728738201>Final boss seems to be a traditional giant monster/enemy>It's actually a 1v1 on equal footingMost recent game that did this for me is Prime 4
>>728738201>game is ending>Game 2 appears after the credits>everything gets completely turned on it's head with a radically different perspective that recontextualises everything
>>728756354doom dark ages is a good recent one toohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgZvEjhx4VA
>>728744964Metroid Zero Mission is a good game.
>>728756493signalis
>Final boss is usually a pretty composed and calculating guy>But when he gets low on health and realizes he's about to lose, he flips his shit, starts screaming incoherently, and begins to spam the same move over and over at an increasingly rapid pace
>>728755821>enemy has "literally too angry to die" mechanic>you can cheese your way past it and kill them anyway
>>728746045
>sci-fi versions of fantasy tropesAlways cool to me.
>>728747401
>>728750918Fire Emblem Echoes was a good game.
>>728756493>EDF 8... begins nowEDF is so retarded. I'm having a great time.
>>728752964Star Fox 64 is a great example.
>>728738438>normal enemy becomes boss
>>728747401Berlin level in nuHitman 3 is kinda like this. There are other agents out there on the location who are sent to kill you, you don't even know how many, your target for the level is just "ICA agents killed 2/?". They gradually lose their shit as you hunt them down instead and eventually start to panic over the radio. Absolute kino, always cool when devs use relative simple/cheap methods of building hype effectively
>Cutscene-tier skill/special move>Has a special different variation for either the final boss or a story significant battle
>>728755821Final Fantasy V is one of the best games ever made.
>>728757472Uma Musume.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoNfkGx1iGE
>has extremely powerful rare consumables
>>728747401enemies and just npcs in general being terrified of the protagonist is a kino trope in general
>prior boss comes back for another (another another potentially) go at you>their boss outright kills them or anything akin to it before they turn to face you instead>and they're actually a legitimate threat
>>728757553Special Week is such a good dog.
>Game with permanent death>Character has a super powerful skill that narratively says that it shaves off 10 years worth of his life force every time he uses it.>The 7th time you use that skill, said character permanently fucking dies
dno if its a trope but catching projectile attacks from bosses and sending them back scratches an itch for me
>seething chump seethes so hard he becomes a legitimate threatAC6 has a lot going for it but the NG++ boss was THE SHIT.
>>728757741game?
>>728741594HALO
>>728757792>parrying arrowsLook I'm not going to say those ole ps2 lotr action games were super fucking good.But parrying arrows and what not was absolutely awesome to do.
>>728757850i think he was talking about sifu
>>728757718We all love our buddy Gilgamesh.
>>728757850>>728757887No, it washttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFMNdpD4QR0
>>728757946Man, I wish Alicesoft wasn't fucking dead.>B-But they're still..!No. They're fucking dead
>Your actions have consequences >Your actions have consequences >Your actions have consequences >Your actions have consequences >Your actions>consequences
>>728738201>your character dies in the end>final level is a survival level
>>728738201These threads are always just jrpg tropes
>>728758030>final level is a suicide level>you win anyway
>>728758061congrats, you are now comprehending that JRPGs are the most kino of all video games
>>728758008yfw the true ending of the game demands that you say FUCK THAT GAY SHIT to all of that sophistry and give everyone a happy ending anyway.
>>728758061Have you played games other than JRPGs? I guarantee most of these appear in games outside of that genre.
>>728758061Hmmmm really makes you think.
>you can instakill a boss with a secret item you'd never think to use but makes sense if you think about itFinding out you can just dump Forest Water onto the second boss of Wind Waker was pretty cool
>Enemy appears to be damaged or destroyed>It is revealed to be completely unscathed
>villain becomes playable, whether temporary or not
>antagonist kills the main character 1 third into the game
>>728758150>yfw
>>728746267I haven't played all resident evil games, which one does this?
>going through a narrow passage to the top of the hill>lone figure appears on the top
>Early game boss that you are supposed to lose to in order to progress the story>beating them unlocks a secret alternative endingA related trope is this but with an obvious choice for the player, like how in far cry 4 you get a secret good ending if you actually wait for Pagan Min to get back like he asks instead of escaping
>>728748351Probably the only time I really liked the whole "Overcome the bad guy with the power of friendship!" angle, probably helped that it wasn't even the final fight/main character that did it.
>He was his buddy....and his enemy
>>728738201>main character is held as the strongest in the series>final boss is an equal to the main character>he actually looks up to you and the final fight is him trying to prove himself as the strongest
>Game gives you a moment to reflect on your journey
>>728738201Do I have early onset dementia if I'm almost certain I've thought of things perfect for these threads yet never remember when they come along?
>>728758817Subnautica asks you to write a reflection on your experience before you blast off in your rocket and I gotta say that shit hit me pretty hard
>>728758817it's kino every time
>>728738201the last pahse of the boss, is him scared of you and desperate that he is gonna die.
>>728758884Kino.
>game ends with two big muscle men beating eachother to death with their bare hands
>>728758184>can kill the boss before the fight even begins>villain comes in after his minion dies early, freaks the fuck out, and leaves
>>728758903write em down whenever you get them so you're ready
>>728738503tfw no game with Cop enemies who are Pigs and they're called Piggers
>>728759175This is the best tradition of the Dead Rising series
>(you) are a dream
>>728759378You're still dreamier anon
>game has slavery
>>728759417>game has sexual slavery
>title screen music is the BGM for an area later in the game
>racism is a core game mechanic
>>728759459name 1001 videogeims
>>728759525LonaRPG
>Protagonist betrays the party
who invited the weeb team
>>728759459>Game markets itself as a mind control Sex Slave simulator RPG>The real story and moral of the game is locked behind going against what the game eggs you on to do and choosing to be a good person instead
>>728738201slow motion bullet
>>728759726SUPER HOTSUPER HOT
>trilogy ends with a throwback to the very beginning of the hero's journeyThief and Prince of Persia hit right in the feels with it.
>>728748264This one is peak cinema.
>>728738201>Joke character is a secret boss or the true antagonist>Bonus if he was at some point in your party and had alarming stats>You can convince the main path villain that his plan totally sucks ass and he will actually listen to reason and will either surrender and face justice or join you.>Lackeys following an obviously evil antagonist rebel against him / her when the plan goes too far.FFXII is the only game I played where the later happens. The judges realizing their boss is obviously evil and try to arrest him but fail when they are betrayed by their own comrades who went along with the plan.
>>728757421Direni from Grim Dawn...
>Classic weapon from prior entries returns>It is the best weapon in the game or it is buffed even further
>>728747401SpecOps the Linebonus as Walker gets increasingly brutal in his finisher attacks, from professional killer to bloodthirsty savage.
>>728759650I love my dolls.
>>728760083it really is death of the author: the game isn't it...
>>728738201>light enemy on fire>they start panicking
>>728741031Devola and Popola...you did nothing wrong...
>Class Based Game sequel has the classes from previous game turned into bosses/NPCs in future games
>>728741594Red Dead Redemption 2
>Objective: SurviveOr maybe I should say "Objective: Live" with the pic
>>728760452>labyrinth of galleria
>>728760452having the objective be one word is always greatSurvive, Escape, Kill, Die
>there's always someone stronger
>thief gets caught stealing from party >gives sob story and joins party >everyone trusts him fully from that moment on
>boss charges up a big attack>music gets muffled or cuts out until it hits>fight with godly powered big bad ends with fists
>>728760689if they allow you to unequip them, they're good
>>728755821>>728755984The Undertale pacifist final boss which is really more of a victory lap for the player does it twice over in different ways. If you die during the fight the player character just refuses to die and the fight keeps going. Eventually the boss gets pissed off about how you refuse to stay down and uses an undodgable attack that puts your HP into the decimals.
>>728738541
>>728756493Route C/D of Nier: Automata feel like this. It's especially funny how the game only finally shows the title card for the first time after you've already seen the "end credits" twice over
>>728755984DnD and related knockoffs usually have this as a class feature for Barbarian when they're in their rage. When it's at mid-level it's usually the weak version where one otherwise lethal blow instead leaves you at 1hp, when it's at high level it's often the strong version in the sense of being physically incapable of entering a downed state while raging (but once it ends it all catches up to them if they weren't healed back up in time).
>credits finish rolling>tutorial complete
>>728761091>Dragon Quest XIPhew I finally beat the big bad like 40-50 hours in. Pretty good game. IM ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH THE GAME?
>>728761217>HALFWAYmore like a third done actually
>>728738438I think this is more of "devs were too lazy" trope rather than a kino trope.
>>728759062Victory lap phases are always kino
>>728749176Pretty sure there's Sonic and the Black Knight. The second part? Bitch.
>the final/secret boss is the protagonist of the first game
>intense church organs music
>playable boss character is actually stronger than when he's a boss.
i don't know how it's called. when the characters do an attack and it's repeated 3-4 times from different camera angles
>>728738541>game has an iframe dodge buttoniframes are alright but dodging by moving so the attack actually doesn't hit you will always be the most kino defense method
>>728738720It's confusing for a few minutes for the first time you play an action game in your life, who cares?
>>728738201>ostensible useless lore item has multiple secret upgrades that turn it into one of the best by the end of the game
>>728738201>hit stop>parrying big attacks pushes your character back with a loud with a loud clang sound>hits stagger the boss during his animation >Poise through attacks and heal back damage received with your own attack>acrobatic dodging what did I miss? Those are my favorites
>>728738201>boss music is a orchestral arrangement >switches to J-rock after he drops to half health and does a big attack it was worth every minute of the grind
>>728765712forgot pic
>Your healthbar appear alongside boss'
>>728738201>final phase of the final fight has nearly all of the HUD drop away as you and the baddie just tear into each other
>>728759252Duke Nukem 3D
>Game changes perspectives, it's from the boss's perspective but you're still controlling the player character
>>728757553OK that was hype but 5 seconds are not worth months of grind and whaleshitwon't reinstall this garbage
>>728738201>an enemy is a frail looking old man>he effortlessly avoids all your attacks>you can't see his movements
>>728759829You've got a twofer in that image.>team up with the protagonist from a previous entryAnd then there's one for the Demi-fiend in general>previous protagonist comes back as a boss>is just as terrifying as you were when you played as himMore games should do this.
>AI companion isn't useless or lobotimized
>>728738201>Final boss is the guy that has been listening to you the entire game.
>>728756158Sonic Adventure 1 is the complete opposite of this, and I hate it SO MUCH. It would be so much better if the main theme started at the second phase.
>>728767697>Final boss is the guy that you've been listening to you the entire game.
>>728766084>>728766223I'm glad I got to experience both versions.
>>728762931>after the fight the game switches the POV to the other protagonist and you get a rematchI know it's not really a trope but that was absolute cinema
>>728739542>make it to the final confrontation>kill the villain in one hit
>>728768674>he found 99 pinecones
>game references the current real time of year
>>728748149Fucking lol, sometimes even ER manages to accidentally have some SOVLful moments
>>728748149Modded, or does it actually behave like that if it detects you're still alive while behind its current velocity vector?
>>728769939It's not really a boulder, it's alive
>>728758817To me is Okami when the last boss is slapping the dog's ass really hard and then everyone you helped throughout the game is praying for the dog to win. That was one of the 3 or 4 moments in games that made me think "damn, what a journey..."
>boss is your former mentor turned villain>all of his attacks are stronger variants of yours
>game calls you out for playing too long in one session
>>728770138>villain breaks the fourth wall and tries to convince you to turn off the game
>>728770079>boss is your former mentor turned villain>you both are evenly matched until you use techniques you learned that he didn't teach youKINO
>>728748469ROW ROW
>>728770290>a technique that he specifically refused to teach you
>item/vehicle protag was reluctant to use grows on him over the course of the game and is important towards the end
>cause huge explosion(s)>framerate goes into single digits
>Game ending is the party backtracking through the world to bring each party member back to their home
>>728759525Xenoblade 2
>>728738720It's cause ducking into a roll visually looks like your character is tucking into a smaller shaper and jumping over shockwaves to maintain the illusion. You'll need to have some sort of slowmo camera mod to catch the enemy clipping through your character most of the time.The Iframes are timed so that it only ends when you land on the floor so in later games where there are longer hitting shockwaves would there be a need to jump instead.
>>728772150>Heroine will come back home with you it you ask her to.
>>728769939It's a mimic pretending to be a boulder trap.
>The annoying mascot turned out to be an important plot Macguffin, a godlike hottie with amnesia or is the main villain in disguise.
>>728743412>get so unbelievably strong as you reach the endgame that the game is literally throwing the hardest bosses at you as regular enemies>you literally kill them all in one hitfuck me what a powertrip
>>728773113I guess it comes down to the viewer, but I don't need a slowmo mod to think it looks extremely silly that my character jumps directly into the enemy's swings to "dodge" them. It's probably the shittiest form of defensive option visually, and it baffles me they're still stuck with it, especially since they've solved it TWICE in Bloodborne and Sekiro.Other games do the bare my minimum of at least blurring your character a bit to imply some kinda etherealness when you dodge, making it slightly more believable that you can phase through attacks, but not Fromsoft, since they know they don't have to do better. People will defend every aspect of their games to their death, even the openly bad ones that have been solved decades ago, and they know it. I even like their games a lot, but seeing people endlessly excusing and glazing every aspect of their design gets on my nerves.
>>728773472They also fixed it with the ring that makes you turn invisible when you roll
>>728738201>major upset at the end of the first game causes protagonist to become isolated>sequel is about traveling the world to find your scattered companions and fix shit for good this time
>>728756225>Monster Hunter WorldborneBrother it happens in practically every Monster Hunter game
>Evil character joins the party>He's actually kinda cool and takes on a bit of a mentor role
>>728770079>>728770290>Surprise villain is your old mentor>He builds in a weakspot in the form you use, the one that he originally taught you>Few other characters in the game are at a level of skill that they notice it, but they either pass it off or just make an assumption that you're so skilled that you already know about it>This weakspot is how you're defeated at the end of the gameJade Empire was so good
>>728774007That's a bit of a band-aid fix, since I can still see the beginning and end of ye olde roll animation when the ring is equipped. You have no idea how baffled I was when the first gameplay trailer for Elden Ring dropped, and all I could really see was Dark Souls 3 gameplay. Like "really? I thought you guys were done with this."
