gaming tropes you love

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>Early game: starving for resources, everything's busting your balls, scrape through every fight
>Late game: fucking drowning in resources, you can handle anything that comes your way
Difficulty peaked in Thracia early on, by the time Leaf gets his promotion the map music changes to a victory march because even the game recognizes you're basically done from there.

>>388309932
I guess kind of along those lines:

>Sub boss periodically shows up during the game to fuck your shit up
>You eventually find out that it's just one of many just like it
>By the end of the game, you're so powered up, that you're mowing through them effortlessly

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>>388309932
>title theme starts playing before you reach the boss room

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>>388309932
>Boss is weakend/near death
>Battle music becomes triumphant

>Final boss is made out to be invincible
>Seemingly invincible in previous encounters
>Finally gain the power to penetrate it's armor
>Defeat the final boss
>It gets back up

>start rpg with shit broken bladed weapon
>it's one-of-a-kind and can be sold at any point
>side quest near end game fixes the blade to become the strongest weapon if you still have it

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>weak as fuck side character was hiding his real power all this time
>saves the day when all the hope was seemingly lost

>>388313373
which game does this?

>>388314838
I think Infinite Undiscovery did this.

>>388314838
Alundra 2
Final Fantasy X

>>388314901
>>388315019
thanks

>>388309932
>bad guy fucks up
>your MC goes apeshit
>proceed to wreck bad guy with awesome tight controls with hard rock music in the background.

>>388309932
The protagonist is considered so super hot in his universe that he can take his pick. Bonus points if the game lets the player pick who to romance.

>>388313373
Cave Story spur