Post tropes that you love. >main character is past their

Cute girls doing cute things.

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>main antagonist is your son

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>This effect can stack

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>protagonist is an emotionless amoral sociopath

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>>387965249
Name one game that does this besides MGS4.

>>387965249
So max Payne 3?

>>387965993
Max Payne 3

The later Yakuza games are basically "Kazuma Kiryu is done with this shit but gets dragged back in"

>you actually had to lose the battle

>>387966241
>The later Yakuza games
You mean every game after the first one.

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>>387965249
>The game changes depending on the date it's played on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTd986-ihaI

>>387966359
OP said tropes that you 'LOVE'.
Which masochist loves to work his ass off to win a battle just to find out it was for nothing?

>>387965993
RDR

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>Dialogue options that do more than just make characters talk.
>Aggro, speech check, etc.

>>387966419
THE TOJO CLAN

CANT GO A WEEK WITHOUT GETTING EVERYBODY'S TEETH KICKED IN

AGAIN

HELP US KAZUMA

>>387966635
Not really.

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>>387965249
Good trope or not, it was still part of the dullest franchise in the history of game franchises. Each episode following the one eyed undercover agent and his pals from FOXHOUND as they fight assorted villains has been indistinguishable from the others. Aside from the anime humour, the series’ only consistency has been its lack of excitement and ineffective use of cutscenes, all to make the games seem like a movie, to make action seem inert.

Perhaps the die was cast when Kojima vetoed the idea of someone talented directing the series; he made sure the series would never be mistaken for a work of art that meant anything to anybody, just ridiculously profitable cross-promotion for his other games (Snatcher/Policenauts). The Metal Gear series might be anti-gaming (or not), but it’s certainly the anti-Splinter Cell series in its refusal of wonder, good storytelling and excitement. No one wants to face that fact. Now, thankfully, they no longer have to.

>a-at least the writing and themes were good though
"No!"
The writing is dreadful; the themes were terrible. As I played, I noticed that every game ends with the same Anti Nuclear message.

I began marking on the back of an envelope every time that ending was repeated. I stopped only after I had marked the envelope several dozen times. I was incredulous. Kojima's mind is so governed by cliches and dead metaphors that he has no other style of writing. Later I read a lavish, loving review of Metal Gear Solid by the same J.J. Abrams. He wrote something to the effect of, "If these manchildren are playing Metal Gear Solid at 18 or 20, then when they get older they will go on to watch J.J. Abrams." And he was quite right. He was not being ironic. When you play "Metal Gear" you are, in fact, trained to watch J.J. Abrams.

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>Final boss fight
>Suddenly everyone you've helped throughout the game cheering you on.

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>Enemies are scared of you
Even if it's just a story thing where you hear fearful dialogue but there's no affect on gameplay, like in Ace Combat, it's still so satisfying.

>>387965747
>gets addicted to pills in one of his books and it fucks him up by making him FEEL for a qt

also huevos rancheros

>>387966879
Mid 30's is 'old' for back then. Probably comparable to mid 40's.

>>387966972
I haven't seen this variation of the pasta before, pretty good

>Boss has no gimmick to defeat it, you just have to keep hitting it

>rival slowly begins to side with you
>rival hates you but still jokes around on occation

>>387966972
I can't believe this meme is still being posted

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>>387966972
I genuinely don't understand the thought process of the person who made this image.

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>Boss has multiple forms/phases

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>>387965249
>The battle with the final boss isn't a shootout but rather a fist fight over a treacherous lovale

>>387965249
Name 1 game that actually does this.

MGS4 doesn't count because Snake is only artificially old due to him being a clone. He's not actually old and past his prime.

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>>387966972

>AI has special behaviors that make sense in the context of the story

>Enemies can be pushed or thrown off ledges
>Conveniently placed explosive barrels
>Other fun environmental kills

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>>387967308
>it uses the most underdeveloped mechanic from past games

>>387967275

>you finally get the health bar to zero in what must have been the toughest battle yet so far
>a sigh escapes your parched lips as you get ready for some well deserved rest
>the health bar refills and the next phase begins

>>387967314
He may not be old, but he's definitely past his prime.

And as others have said, Max Payne 3, the Yakuza sequels, and RDR.

>>387967174
Tsundere rival?

>Infinite ammo under certain conditions

>When you're near the end of the game and you get a crazy powerup that lets you plow through enemies with ease

I just love when games let me go on rampages. It's a shame I've never seen regenerating ammo outside of Borderlands, it's really fun.

>>387965461
kek

>>387967475
>Max Payne 3

Middle age isn't old. He's still perfectly capable of doing those big ass dives and shit he could do in his youth.

>RDR

John is like 30-40. That's a pretty standard videogame protagonist age, and also not old.

>Yakuza

I don't play weeb shit so can't comment on this one.

>>387967314
Nice reading comprehension, retard.

>>387967314
He is old in Snake years though
His "natural" lifespan is at its end

>>387967308
>Lots of giant monster bosses
>Final boss is human

>>387967654
>I don't play weeb shit
>MGS
Lmao

>>387967654
>Character is past their prime
Does not equal
>Character just be 70+ years of age

Check those stupid goalposts you literally just invented

>>387967787
It's not that weeb. It's 80% american shit with japanese shit thrown here and there.

>>387967539
Pretty much. Frenemies and/or rivals who turn to your side always give me joy. It's a major cliche but whatever.

>Big focus on fun, unique movement

>>387965249
Game takes place some time after first game in series. Main protagonist from original is now an old grizzled npc who aids you/is the villain. Either or, I enjoyed that trope

>>387965993
Stop making me want to fuck Shinobu.

>>387967929
Thematics aside
It's one of the most "anime" series in vidya, it's weebshit dude

>>387967001
Fucking FEAR. The last guy running away from you shooting one handed behind him as he freaks out about how you killed the whole squad.

Speaking of FEAR, enemy chatter. Hearing your enemies react to what you do is fucking fantastic.

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>>387965249
>tropes

Hey Anita. Where you been?

>>387967847
Except John is at his prime during RDR if anything. By the end of the game(as in right before you know what happens) he's killed all of his old gang members and beat countless people in combat, as well as winning a healthy amount of duels due to his insanely quick reactions.

A man past his prime would not have deadeye, and no it's not just a gameplay mechanic because he uses it in the story at the end. He manages to take out multiple guys before one of them can even get a bullet in.

>>387968142
Wew

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>>387967963
>when the lieutennant who's been fighting you the entire game teams up with you to face his boss

>>387965993
Happy Wheels

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>>387967453
>he actually likes this

>>387966972
I'm not gonna read all that shit

>>387968226
Meant for
>>387967847

>>387967250
>how can I make a bunch of people mad?

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Hero and recurring villain team up

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>almost every character is likable, even the antagonists

>When the game breaks it's own rules about telling you when a boss fight is coming up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB6HKT3O_Pg

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>Enemy can use status inducing spells
>But you can't

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>>387970192
>you can

>>387968769
Was going to post this.

Hero and villain team ups are so damn fun.

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>You become literally invincible against the final boss
>Final boss can't even begin to touch you; so he has to target something else
>The life bar you have to protect in the final battle isn't your own

Also:
>You get infinite MP/energy during the final battle and get all sorts of crazy buffs, but are not invincible

Also:
>Your fucking NAME (or title) changes during the final battle in a symbolic manner to signify who you've become

Also:
>The UI either changes drastically and gets radically stylized at a certain point or alternatively becomes a metaphysical object that gets involved in the battle itself in some manner

All of these are real, by the way.

>>387967654
Max is pretty fucked up though.

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>protagonist continues to fight after being fucked up or protagonist goes out in a blaze of glory like John from RDR

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>hero is brought to the brink of death in the final battle
>all of their friends and companions call out and offer their aid, pulling you back into the fight with renewed energy

>>387965249
>"Get in the passenger seat and keep those guys off me, anon."

>any situational toss up of the action in a TPS

>When you play the protag as a hero the whole game and the people around you, good or bad, recognize you as some goody two shoes paragon of morality

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>antagonist has the same power as the protagonist and fights like him

>>387965280
the absolute best

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>>387973882
TFW jojo is the only one I can think of

>>387974774
God Hand

>the last boss gets his own QTEs
>he starts failing them
Only one game has done this and it was fucking great.

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>>387974774
Who gets to go first?
How about... me?

>>387967393
example?