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    cliché... hmmm.

    I dislike the sword wielding hero the most.

    As for bows sucking.

    Momo from Xenosaga etc is only 1 example that they do not suck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Azar View Post
    I wanted to post that.

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    "Ha ha! You thought the person you were following this whole time was the true villian? Not so! I, a random power that comes out of no where, is the true evil!"

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    The hero is always an orphan, or that one of his parents is dead\missing.

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    I wouldnt say the character not talking is a cliche; yes many follow it; BUT its done on purpose; not for any random reason. If the character doesnt talk; you can relate more to the character AS you.

    A football cliche wouldnt be numbers on te Jersey; would it?

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    Drakengard had quite alot of non-cliche moments.

    1 example is the hero could wield any type of weapon.
    another is it had a guy wielding a stave thing. and that was also the hero o_o.
    another is. all the endings were sad as to a happy bunnies one.
    ... it also had giant floating babies for monsters.

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    The main character almost always gets tossed into saving the world without meaning to, but yet does not seem to mind the fact that he now has the WEIGHT OF THE ENTIRE WORLD on his shoulders

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tsukasa View Post
    Drakengard had quite alot of non-cliche moments.

    1 example is the hero could wield any type of weapon.
    another is it had a guy wielding a stave thing. and that was also the hero o_o.
    another is. all the endings were sad as to a happy bunnies one.
    ... it also had giant floating babies for monsters.
    I will never consider Drakengard to be an RPG. I don't even consider it to be a good game.

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    "hey the defense system doesnt work. oh no the bad guy is here"
    "crap the defence system works and now i have to kill this monster"
    The only times machines work is when it helps the villian


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    the Main hero always can do a task or challenge better than the oldest /best vetran.

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    -No reason why the main character is silent

    -Amnesia

    -Teenage MAIN characters (Nothin against teenage characters, but teenage protaginists? I'm sick...)

    -12 year olds who act and look like they are 8 (MoMo...)

    -Finally, EVIL ALIENS! God, I hate it when aliens are only bad or evil. I wanna weep at the developers' ignorance.



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    Heres a few more...

    1. at least 1 flashback

    2. random monsters

    3. for every bad ass villan, theres an even bad asser villan controling him.

    4. NPCs say the same line...over and over again

    5. A party member that can't help but pull stupid jokes

    6. war

    7. The hero always wins

    8. If the main character is male...it will end as a love story, if the main character is female...love won't be introduced at all.

    9. If a middle aged woman hits on the main character, she's evil, if a teenage girl hits on the main character, shes good.

    10. Somehow the party can magically become stronger by killing random things.
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    1. No blood.
    2. Villain without love.
    3. Character size in the world map sometimes is bigger than towns.
    4. Random encounter in a different place. "Wait, since when did I return to the plain? I'm at the peak of the mountain!!!"

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    What I dont get is if some1 dies in your they can be revived with a revive item/spell. When more than 10 die that rent in your party, they stay dead.

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    5. A party member that can't help but pull stupid jokes
    my personal favourite....and in ToP...it was rather original i thought....and you could only carry 15 of each item in that.....there werent many cliches.....and no happy bunnies in hte ending...maybe soem perturbed bunnies...but thats as close to bunnies as youll find...

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