The Main Male Hero absolutely MUST have hair that does not reach the bottom of his neck.
The Main Heroin absolutely MUST have long hair.
The most awesome characters must be Side Characters. (Wakka, anyone?)
The Main Male Hero absolutely MUST have hair that does not reach the bottom of his neck.
The Main Heroin absolutely MUST have long hair.
The most awesome characters must be Side Characters. (Wakka, anyone?)
The hero (or, sometimes, one of his male party companions, or both) is so handsome women would
gladly throw themselves on him, despite his coming from another planet/being a half-human half-whoknowswhat/
being a genetically modified freak who turns into a monster or whatever, and despite his usually awful character
and his "don't care about anything" attitude which makes the average female player fall hopelessly for him and
the average male player eagerly wanting to kick him in the shins.
Despite this, he only falls for ONE woman during the entire course of his life (sometimes at the tender age of three),
to whom he desperately remains attached, even in the case that she is lost somewhere in the galaxy
(probably with someone else), reveals to be evil,
is impregnated with the son of another man, or is clearly dead.
If for any of the aforementioned reasons the love of his life is unavailable, the male hero will, for the rest of his
grim, miserable life, become a loner who seeks some rest from the atrocities of his ever-tortured soul and atonement
for his sins (usually consisting in not being able to save the girl, be it from death or from another man) without ever
finding it, and should he find the hottest female character ever (who has always been under his nose anyway and is
now sure waiting for him to notice her),he only will develop a very tender friendship that never
brings to anything effective (with great scorn of the poor girl, who in turn keeps on sticking to this moron despite
the fact any othe man would gladly throw himself off a cliff for her).
I'd call this one the Cloud Strife + Vincent Valentine rule, what do you think?
And this is Aeris Gainsborough's corollary:
The female main character, in case she should lose the love of her life, will instead gladly fall for all those
who remind her of him even in the slightest way (or for the male hero, who may be one and the same with the previous
one.)
*sigh* Quina is a quu genderless, Caitsith is male, Gogo is male,Faris (the pirate from ffV right) is a girl, Paine I didnt play the game but I guess shes gay, Wakka married Lulu so male, Zell is all manOriginally Posted by Levian
Thomas A. Edison wrote:
There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever.
"I don't know why some random animals are carrying 372 gil and a magic fire ring. It will forever remain a mystery"
xDOriginally Posted by TheAbominatrix:
Its not like the monsters would be like "Oh, they're good and unconcious, lets leave."
My favorite clichés are:
The obligatory prison escape. Either you get caught by the enemy and some one rescues you, or the heroine gets caught and you must rescue her. A prison escape is mandatory for an RPG.
If you are born without a name, you are destined to walk in a set path/area, say the same thing to anyone who was born with a name.
Goos. There are ALWAYS a gooey enemy. Blobs, Slimes, Goos, Gels etc. Usually found outside the heroes home too.
(Nix Saga Frontier, FF2 and a few others) Character's muscles and brain power sponaneuosly grow ONLY after you fight some enemies, it never just happens at the dinner table. (Leveling up for those who are lost) And out of the blue a new technique or spell just dawns on them. "Oh... i think i can just now start shooting fire from my fingertips!"
For some reason only the hero can assemble a party and level up. the nemisis can only fight alone in the final battle, he must throw all his generals at the hero and his party 1 by 1.
I know when i go to take over the world and have my HUGE lair/castle I'm going to create a series of mindboggling puzzles to get from room to room, So when i go to the kitchen, i have to solve them and reset them everytime i enter/leave the room. Also, I'm going to let wild feral beasts roam my castle on the condition they become invisible and randomly attack any heroes who wish to thwart my plans. On top of this paranoia I'll create save points where they can rest up and continue their journey even if my invisible monsters and 1 by 1 generals beat them. Thats the only way to rule the world!
If you notice when someone talks to you a word is highlighted, its wise to remember it, This was my biggest problem in school, none of the teacher's words were highlighted red or blue, so i forgot them immediately.
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Current RPGs: Final Fantasy XII
The Ultimate Rule
Anything called "Ultima (whatever)" or "Ultimate (whatever)" isn't. There's always at least one thing somewhere in the world which is even more. (Stolen from The Grand List of Console Role Playing Game Clichés, No. 191)
Namely the Omega (Whatever).
(My Addition)
*Insert witty quote here*
"That's not a knife! This is a knife!"
"Yup. And this, this is a crossbow...."
Evil will always triumph, because Good is dumb"
"I am the Alpha, of your Omega.
I am the Beginning, of your End."
-Agent Smith
The monsters of the world will align themselves in order of how powerful they are so that as you begin your quest you are fighting the weakest of them and nearer the end when you have grown from little village boy to mighty warrior you will fight the strongest.
It seems cliche to complain about RPG cliches
Leave some shards under the belly
Lay some grease inside my hand
It's a sentimental jury
And the makings of a good plan
i wasnt complaining :P i love the cliches
Should you save a shopkeepers life and the response is "oh however can I repay you!?" The thought of free supplies never crosses there mind. -Tales of Symphonia.
Who left all of those still-working weapons around in that old dusty box in the middle of a cave? Someone could hurt themselves....
There is an obligatory 15 minutes of monologueing before and after every battle-a la tales of symphonia!
Leave some shards under the belly
Lay some grease inside my hand
It's a sentimental jury
And the makings of a good plan
The point was that sometimes RPGs intentionally put in character's whose pronoun isn't as simple as "he" or "she" so you end up saying "he/she" or "s/he". As I recall, the "quu" was "Hungry" in FF7, "Qu" in FF8, and "Quina" (and others) in FF9. In fact, I think Quan an the others refer to their species as "Qu."
What that had to with gender: nothing.
Cait Sith is a toy. So though gender male is implied, there's no way to prove it. Faris acted like a dude.
Paine was Cloud (but before you say she's gay, you've got play the game). If you say that Paine was gay, how does Wakka marrying Lulu make him anymore male. Wakka could just be a lesbian.
Zell is a dork. However, he's a guy's dork.
Your arguments stunk. Though I think that Zell and the FFX/-2 characters' genders should not have lead to any confusion.
For some reason, only party members were mentioned. What about Kuja? He's the biggest girl of them all.
Why would it happen at the dinner table?
Commonly, RPG save points aren't man made. They're simple phenomina which even the main character is most often unaware of. Exceptions are the games with tutorials on saving which mention these save points of great convenience.On top of this paranoia I'll create save points where they can rest up and continue their journey even if my invisible monsters and 1 by 1 generals beat them. Thats the only way to rule the world!
Jack: How do you know?
Will: It's more of a feeling really.
Jack: Well, that's not scientific. Feeling isn't knowing. Feeling is believing. If you believe it, you can't know because there's no knowing what you believe. Then again, no one should believe what they know either. Once you know anything that anything becomes unbelievable if only by virtue of the fact you now... know it. You know?
Will: No.
If Demolition Man were remade today
Huxley: What's wrong? You broke contact.
Spartan: Contact? I didn't even touch you.
Huxley: Don't you want to make love?
Spartan: Is that what you call this? Why don't we just do it the old-fashioned way?
Huxley: NO!
Spartan: Whoa! Okay, calm down.
Huxley: Don't tell me to calm down!
Spartan: What's gotten into you? 'Cause it sure as hell wasn't me.
Huxley: Physical relations in the way of intercourse are no longer acceptable John Spartan.
Spartan: What? Why the hell not?
Huxley: It's the law, John. And for your information, the very idea that you suggested it makes me feel personally violated.
Spartan: Wait a minute... violated? Huxley what the hell are you accusing me of here?
Huxley: You need to leave, John.
Spartan: But Huxley.
Huxley: Get out!
Moments later Spartan is arrested for "violating" Huxley.
By the way, that's called satire. Get over it.
What RPGs have a loudmouth that swears all the time besides FFVII and maybe a few others? It's very non-cliché, if you ask me.
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