The Grand List Of Console Role Playing Game Clichés
05-16-2015, 09:59 PM
Nothing is original. everything in art is a corruption of something else. We call it inspiration and its beautiful.
A unique way to say the same thing in of itself is art.
look at starwars. its a heros Journey cliche. The ENTIRE SERIES.
The absolute most important thing is it has its own identity. Design and characters have to be Different enough to separate themselves from just the tropes and cliches.
Note That all these Cliches come from legendary games everyone still remembers.
Partly due to people who Copied the formula but didnt give it a memorable identity to back it up.
A Notable Final fantasy 7 inspired Series' is
Xenosaga: turn based battle+Villian is related to protagonist+Villian is kookoo for cocoa puffs+Villian is Primary villian to both the good guys and the evil monster villians in the game+Turning point in villians demeanor is a result of learning about his creation+Monster creation science is a plot point.
I could also loosely connect some deaths in xenosaga as being oddly FF7 like. having both an Aries moment and the old friend of barrets suicide redemption, kind of sub-archs being present.
That series is like Namcos best rpg ever- so thats a pretty good use of old themes being reapplied.
(Also Realiens are similar to Jenovah in concept and are also related to villian. so theres that connection.the only difference is instead of a creepy mother thing- most of these realians are little girls. so it gets even more uncomfortable in places.)
A unique way to say the same thing in of itself is art.
look at starwars. its a heros Journey cliche. The ENTIRE SERIES.
The absolute most important thing is it has its own identity. Design and characters have to be Different enough to separate themselves from just the tropes and cliches.
Note That all these Cliches come from legendary games everyone still remembers.
Partly due to people who Copied the formula but didnt give it a memorable identity to back it up.
A Notable Final fantasy 7 inspired Series' is
Xenosaga: turn based battle+Villian is related to protagonist+Villian is kookoo for cocoa puffs+Villian is Primary villian to both the good guys and the evil monster villians in the game+Turning point in villians demeanor is a result of learning about his creation+Monster creation science is a plot point.
I could also loosely connect some deaths in xenosaga as being oddly FF7 like. having both an Aries moment and the old friend of barrets suicide redemption, kind of sub-archs being present.
That series is like Namcos best rpg ever- so thats a pretty good use of old themes being reapplied.
(Also Realiens are similar to Jenovah in concept and are also related to villian. so theres that connection.the only difference is instead of a creepy mother thing- most of these realians are little girls. so it gets even more uncomfortable in places.)
