The RPG Cliche List (EXTREMELY LONG)

[Kyoteki]

Here is a list of every single cliche in an RPG, this is a dangerously long list (192 Cliches) but I will shorten it to 25. If you wish me to add the rest, I will.

If you see a Cliche from an RPG you have played, please list the RPG an the Number opf the Cliche.

Sleepyhead Rule
The teenaged male lead will begin the first day of the game by oversleeping, being woken up by his mother, and being reminded that he's slept in so late he missed meeting his girlfriend.

"No! My beloved peasant village!"
The hero's home town, city, slum, or planet will usually be annihilated in a spectacular fashion before the end of the game, and often before the end of the opening scene.

Thinking With The Wrong Head (Hiro Rule)
No matter what she's accused of doi

[Deimos]

i think ive read all these before.... still fun though


Lol @ the nominal rule, because its true, always reminds me of playing buck rogers on the megadrive (genesis)

your team of named doods vs the enemy doods "RAM leader" "RAM warrior" "RAM warrior" "RAM warrior" "RAM warrior"

woot for nameless pawns and badguys in orange jumpsuits whose only purpose is to give you loot and xp

and that fall in love one reminds me of phantasy star where your character finds some woman washed up on the beach and instantly decides to marry her that DAY then on the same day she gets kidnapped by your arch enemy!!!! wtf some of the guests didnt even get their invites yet how the feck does the evil arch nemesis dude on his mountain fortress of doom know to come and kidnap her??????

[Greed]

I lol'd hard.

Reminded me of Tales of, Golden Sun, FFT, Shining Force etc etc.

It also makes me sad that I can accurately name the character, sequence, event, and title of the games that had the description in it..

[Mr. First Name Basis]

I enjoyed the Luddites rule. I'm taking AP Euro and just learned about the Luddites.

(During the Industrial Revolution, the Luddites were a group of people who felt the machines were taking the place of their livelihood and so in retrospect, they actually physically attacked the machines.)

And that's a brief history lesson.

Oh and just so everyone knows, the word cliche is a cliche. It's way overused. These are more or less archetypes, not cliches.

[Deimos]

Oh and just so everyone knows, the word cliche is a cliche. It's way overused. These are more or less archetypes, not cliches.

saying that the word cliche is a cliche is so mainstream

[Bryan]

4 - Secret of the Solstice

[Mr. First Name Basis]

saying that the word cliche is a cliche is so mainstream

So true.

[Thalamast]

i only read the first 50 so far

Chrono Trigger
Skies of Arcadia
Final Fantasy 6

all fit in over 35

[Cereldi]

my god everything is so true though!!!!!!

[Kyoteki]

my god everything is so true though!!!!!!

I know.,Its so sad. All the RPGs you played just dies.


Note: My friend said the 1rst one is invalid due to Lloyd being awoken by a teacher, over a lecthure(sp?)


Its still a cliche, he was sleeping and woken up missing something

[Greed]

I know.,Its so sad. All the RPGs you played just dies.


Note: My friend said the 1rst one is invalid due to Lloyd being awoken by a teacher, over a lecthure(sp?)


Its still a cliche, he was sleeping and woken up missing something

The first one reminded me of Megaman:BN, Lan always wakes up in class or by his mom or etc.

[Kyoteki]

should I add 26-50?

[Greed]

should I add 26-50?

Please <3?

[Pulse]

Rule #1.
"Sleepy head"
That is SO chrono cross (Serge meeting Lina)

[Sandman53]

There are only so many ways to start a story and give the character motive.

I hope everyone here realizes that cliche's arn't bad and to some extend can't be avoided.

[Darc]

Try, every RPG ever made.

Not Fable. Wussies called the guards whenever I just slept there,let alone steal.

[Riz]

i was thinking about the fact that every game starts out with a guy character .3.~
i cannot think of one game at the top of my head right now with a girl as the main xAx;;;~

anyone care to refresh my memories?

btw, speaking of more cliches, i didn't read the list so i would probably be repeating it,
but rpgs tend to have things you can cut or push (grasses or rocks) and when you enter a building,
they almost ALWAYS grow back by the time you come out. namely, the legend of zelda .__.;;;~

@kyoteki:
it's spelled lecture X3~

Wild Arms 3, the main character is female and you can choose to do her prologue first. Same with Wild Arms 2 and Alter Code F. The main character of WA:XF is also a female character.

[Darc]

Rule #1.
"Sleepy head"
That is SO chrono cross (Serge meeting Lina)

And pokemon,anyone?

[Deimos]

There are only so many ways to start a story and give the character motive.

I hope everyone here realizes that cliche's arn't bad and to some extend can't be avoided.

yeah. plus if you remove all the characters that were described in the OP's post then what other character archetypes can you have??? thats like.. all of them.



also someone said about female characters.... most older rpg's have male characters because in them days the gaming community was mainy men. its changed in recent years but its still mainly blokes.

thats why theres so much eye candy in games for men... thats why when a guy puts on chainmail its got frickin huge spikes and blood and stuff on it but when a female character puts on the same chainmail it consists of three peices of string and a paperclip.


actually, brb, going to search for chainmail porn

[Runahs]

i was thinking about the fact that every game starts out with a guy character .3.~
i cannot think of one game at the top of my head right now with a girl as the main xAx;;;~

anyone care to refresh my memories?

btw, speaking of more cliches, i didn't read the list so i would probably be repeating it,
but rpgs tend to have things you can cut or push (grasses or rocks) and when you enter a building,
they almost ALWAYS grow back by the time you come out. namely, the legend of zelda .__.;;;~

@kyoteki:
it's spelled lecture X3~

Valkyrie Profile.

[Kyoteki]

One Cliche, is:

No matter how hard you try, you cannot sotp thta meteor from falling.



That one made me lawl.

I'll add 26-50 today

added ot 55 cause 51-55 are just awesome.

[Leviarel]

Insomnia Rule
A "free stay at the inn" is never really free. Expect to be woken up in the middle of the night for a mandatory plot event.

I lol'ed, really.
So damn true.

[hksmrchan]

i was thinking about the fact that every game starts out with a guy character .3.~
i cannot think of one game at the top of my head right now with a girl as the main xAx;;;~

anyone care to refresh my memories?

btw, speaking of more cliches, i didn't read the list so i would probably be repeating it,
but rpgs tend to have things you can cut or push (grasses or rocks) and when you enter a building,
they almost ALWAYS grow back by the time you come out. namely, the legend of zelda .__.;;;~

@kyoteki:
it's spelled lecture X3~

Gurumin lol

[shadowsworn]

{hijack]

reminds me of the (very old I know, yes, older than the internet and so on) evil overlord list:

[QUOTE]The Top 100 Things I'd Do
If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord

1. My Legions of Terror will have helmets with clear plexiglass visors, not face-concealing ones.

2. My ventilation ducts will be too small to crawl through.

3. My noble half-brother whose throne I usurped will be killed, not kept anonymously imprisoned in a forgotten cell of my dungeon.

4. Shooting is not too good for my enemies.

5. The artifact which is the source of my power will not be kept on the Mountain of Despair beyond the River of Fire guarded by the Dragons of Eternity. It will be in my safe-deposit box. The same applies to the object which i

[Kyoteki]

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At least we know how Laharl was such an epic Overlord.