Game tropes you love

>Starting weapon is shit but if you hold on to it you can turn it into the best weapon in the game late-game

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>Final Battle Theme is a remix/cover of a well-known symphony
youtube.com/watch?v=Ap1ea8bvMgw
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>boss starts as a smug asshole, but starts losing his shit once he starts losing and becomes a nervous wreck when he's about to be killed.

>A party member is the one pulling the strings all along and on your 2nd playthough you notice him in the background fuckleing around the entire time.

bof4 enshin

you are the final boss and your party must kill you

This isn't a trope, it's something that happens in maybe 2 games total.

what game?

>middle aged character who has silly antics but is a fairly strong character and acts as a mentor to the younger party members
>character with his eyes closed suddenly opens his eyes for his bonus boss battle

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I can name you exactly 378 games with this trope

Name 6.

>Antagonist is a religious based cult

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Baten Kaitos

>setting is bleak, depressing, good people get fucked over constantly
>main character knows that he'll get punished for every good deed he does will probably screw him over and probably won't matter in the long term
>still does it anyway because it's the right thing to do

I love knights in sour armor.

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>Big, buff, and tough character is actually a total sweetheart and/or a major dork

I love gentle giants desu they always warm my heart

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>The weather/seasons can be controlled and changed at will by the player

Sometimes I’m in the mood for a rainy day.

All or nothing pushes at the end of the game. Combine this with including a point of no return if it is a final level

>the lower your hp, the faster you go

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>member of enemy race or species joins your party

>99% chance to hit.
>miss.

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>party member dies from ligma

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Wasn't that a Fallout 3 perk?

>boss battle is a character with similar abilities you do
>bonus points if it's someone that went through similar shit the MC did
>even more if it's the protagonist of the previous game

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>party member betrays you
>you get their equipment back

Not enough games do the second part.

Boss battle is your brother

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>deequip your party member ahead of time because you know they'll betray you
>game calls you out for it ahead of time and gives them powerful gear as replacement when fighting you

>main character betrays the player

Cod Zombies

That is why you give them a shitty shirt afterwards so the game doesn't recognize the character as "Naked"

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Baten Kaitos?

>final level is the first level

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this one right there

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if I recall, Neverwinter NIghts 2 MoB does a check if the gear is worth less than I think like 9-10k GP? If they're below it, it gives them replacement gear. So giving them shitty gear isn't enough, you have to make sure they're above the threshold.

>the lower your hp, the more damage you do
>Have ability that can keep you at 1 health

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>prototype 2

>trapped in an enemy/hostile location
>fighting your way out
>about to die
>army called in just to rescue you barges in
>lieutenant lifts you up and pats you on the back
>"let's get you out of here"

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yes you fucking chalkboard

>Game offers a lot of customization in abilities and lets you experiment with them
>Abilities have synergies or combinations that would not immediately be apparent

For instance, casting a water spell before a lightning spell deals additional damage. Or Oil before fire makes it harder to shake burn. Or equipping abilities to your weapons makes your physical attacks have spell effects.

>game has a mainly typical fantasy soundtrack, big orchestra and all that
>final themes of the game are rock anthems or a completely different genre from the rest of the game

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demon's souls sl1 run in constant hyper mode with thiefs ring & a lava bow

bad guy cucks the good guy and become the real main character and save the world

>Final Battle theme is a remix of the games themes and/or a characters theme.
This never fails to make my iron into the big iron
Pledge of Demon/Oath of Enma from Yakuza 0 comes to mind
Also in the same vein is Yuyuko Saigyouji's main theme (Border of Life) and her resurrection theme

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It's a mechanic in various games and comes from class traits, items, or skills/perks.

Games where this happens?

Suikoden

>Always looked up to these guys as a kid
>grew up to be a manlet

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Just the first or second too? I was planning on playing 2

I live magicka

>Final boss is god, or a god like entity
I know it's clique but I really like it, as long as it's set up well and results in a good fight

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Boss' theme gets louder and more elaborate the lower his health is.

Bosses theme slowly gets replaced with the main character's them the lower hp he has.

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*cliche

>betrayed by the main fucking character
The Baten Kaitos games aren't masterpieces but damn they have some of the best twists in any JRPG

>the player themself plays an important part in the game's story

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MAGIC DOES MORE DAMIGE TO YOU
>infatine magive

>attacking enemies heals frens

Yeah mother 3 was great

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>in a setting where all the characters range from self-serving to downright cruel and sadistic, one of the characters that is constantly hindering you and fucking you over turns out to be one of the only genuinely heroic/selfless characters in the entire story

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>all the characters throughout the game come together to cheer you on in the end

>try to unequip the armor of a female party member
>she tells you to keep your hands to yourself and doesn't let you remove it

>try to unequip the armor of a different female party member
>she responds vaguely flirtatiously, although she still doesn't let you remove it

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So you’re still looking up to them?

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What is this from

>having low stats/skills increases the chance of missing your shot when firing a gun
>having even lower stats/skills increases the chance of missing your shot when firing a gun, as well as the possibility that you drop your gun out of sheer clumsiness
>having very low stats/skills increases the chance of missing your shot when firing a gun, as well as the possibility that you drop your gun out of sheer clumsiness or even worse, accidentally shoot and kill yourself with it

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>Team up attacks
>Chain attacks
>One character does one combo, switch out to another
>Dude from out of nowhere jumps in and helps you out

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2 even moreso

Game?

It's from lurk more, faggotron

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Baten Kaitos is amazing. I wish they would make more of it.

>the bad guys were just trying to stick mary magdelene's soul in a sexy robot to ensure mankind's future

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Persona 4?

Cave Story

>room before final boss is tranquil

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>different locations, whether you've been to them or not, can be viewed from where you're currently at
>Second game has a new big bad but lets you know that the first one is still alive and is plotting something for the next game
>Hub or levels from the first game are drastically changed due to the plot
>Final battle takes place exactly where your journey began

Ever17
faggot

Honne expressed a desire to finally go back and finish Baten Kaitos 3 which was in the planning phases before they got sold to Nintendo, but of course they'd need the greenlight from Namco since they hold the IP.
So basically never ever

>”final” boss happens
>an even bigger antagonist shows up
>turns out he’s the reason why the potags and antag have conflict to begin with
>they band together to stop him

>Game suddently gives you over-the-top power during/before a huge battle
>It's permanent

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Such a beautiful world and game. It truly is a shame they'll never continue it any further.

Who?

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>final battle theme is dark and oppresive
>but in the second phase it turns into a more uplifting theme, also mixing in the game's main theme into the mix

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>the lower your hp, the more damage you do
Sigmar Bless this ravaged body

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>Final challenge is having an honorable duel with the protagonist of the previous title

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>playing as an underdog who is up against impossible odds

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>You get to play a slutty ranger with a big handsome wolf as your pet

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>first playthrough ends in a bad ending
>second playthrough starts
>main character suddenly prevents a character's death out of nowhere
>mfw the main character is retaining knowledge from his previous "life" and changes the course of events

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>the lower your hp, the more damage you do

>the lower your hp, the more your stats deteriorate
>at critical hp, you don't even have energy to stand up and you can only lie helplessly on the ground while intermittently passing out and regaining consciousness while slowly bleeding to death
>should you survive, the experience leaves your character permanently scarred and results in their max hp being lowered

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>Boss' theme gets sadder and slower as the fight goes on
OR
>Boss' theme is slow and sad in a relatively fast-paced fight

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>horny pussy-chasing comic relief becomes your best bro
>dialogue changes depending on which character you're playing as
>costumes appear during cutscenes
>scene showing the protagonist(s) about to face a swarm of enemies and you actually get to play out the fight
>battle theme changes multiple times throughout the story
>boss with your moveset
>music changes depending on the weather
>game acknowledges your sequence-breaking
>AND YOU in the credits

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name 4 games

staying idle for too long gives you a secret.

>mfw the final boss is brought down to a laughably weaker form or is rendered entirely helpless after a long and arduous battle

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>fighting boss
>theme playing
>smack the shit out of them
>their health gets low
>you go for the kill
>chorus starts
>lyrics start playing alongside

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>Village with population that seen friendly but have a secret, underground cult that you only discover if you investigate the village
>bonuspoints if it’s a side quest

Everything about Daimon in Dragon's Dogma was my perfect end boss

>Theme of game plays when fighting him
>Second fight can have a second stage
>Boss reflects a philosphy that is the core of the game
>Takes control of your pawns instantly

>characters have multiple idle animations
>characters have unique idle animations depending on the level/environment

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>Boss is vulnerable to damage
>heroic version of the boss music plays

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Not OP but it sounds like Bravely Default 2. I don't know any others though.

>End Boss theme starts as a unique theme
>As you get the upper hand it turns into a medley of the games previous themes.

>they're cannibals

>you have to fight people literally trying to do a selfless good act

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>They defeat the final boss together, then fight each other.

>You team up with the rival to beat the final boss.
>Bonus points if there is one last rival fight right after
I love it in my japanese amime and I hate myself from never playing DMC3 untill this year.
The first part was also cool in KH2.

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>spankety, spankety, spankety.
youtube.com/watch?v=t4z82byt5mA

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>Tables turn on the enemy
>Music changes to pump you up

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Every Zero Escape game

Play Okami

>fight boss
>get stomped
>it all seems pointless
>suddenly
>all the people you've met along the journey start praying for you
>you get reinvigorated
>stomp boss

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>Check waterfall
>There's a passage that leads to a cave
>It's completely empty

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>cowardly protagonist overcomes their fear throughout the journey and when the final showdown comes, they're fucking ready

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>"final" boss
>Game ends
>Credits
>Mid credits new antagonist appears
>There's still half the game left or more.
What's her name, Yea Forums

Kid Icarus: Uprising?

That's a good example yeah, great game.

>All of this happens except you end up losing

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Trails In The Sky Kevin.

And it was perfect

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>there's a true final boss that's only available if the player goes out of their way to find secret or hidden questlines throughout the story. Or one that is only accessible if the player has near or achieved 100% completion up to the boss.

Okami.

Dragon Quest XI?

>Happy go lucky bro character
>Sidekick
>Supportive
>Always cheering you on
>Some shit happens
>His smile is replaced by a serious but determined look

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>goofy animations and phrases the longer you leave your character idle

>Final Battle theme is a remix of the games themes and/or a characters theme.
>FF7
yeah, let's just play the main battle theme in reverse

youtube.com/watch?v=QY1Vetd7OCs
youtube.com/watch?v=8nuKY19hgtM

>flashbacks of the times with your best bro as you two beat the shit out of eachother
youtu.be/75OE-5aXtOU?t=64

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>Boss starts the fight off using a giant mech/pet monster/transformation
>Next phase boss says fuck that shit and fights you at your level
>Boss is actually way stronger stronger like this

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>Narrator has a bunch of lines for when you pause the game

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underappreciated

>Bosses from early on show up as regular enemies later

I love this, especially when they were tough as hell and when you find them later you absolutely stomp their shit in.

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What game?

>Boss starts the fight as an HONORIBURU duel outside its mech
>Midway through the fight, realizes you're way too strong, goes "OK WAIT STOP MECHS ARE FAIR PLAY TO USE NOW I'M NOT CHEATING YOU ARE!"
>Still losing
>Calls in reinforcements

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>Narrator comments on you spending time destroying everything

You unlock a powerful ability at the end of the game and get to use it during NG+

I love the fuck out of recolors and prefer them to new enemies most of the time. The more rare, the better.

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Viewtiful Joe 1 and 2 and Wonderful 101. Didn't post a Kamiya picture for nothing.

This is a legit kino moment, fucking gives me goosebumps just looking at the image. Underrated game.

Don't go chasing waterfalls

What was this guy's problem?

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>You can cut big bad's monologue short by shooting/attacking him
Bonus points if you can surprise and actually kill him that way.

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a zoomer who just wanted to be like metroid

>early game boss is common late game enemy

>you can skip the fight by killing them early

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>that fight in nioh where the dude is giving a monologue and you can do exactly this, leading to him calling you dishonoraburu

>Final Battle theme is a remix of the games themes and/or a characters theme.
Muh dick.
I generally really like the use of musical leitmotifs in games.
>character have different themes
>when the characters meet in the story one theme blends into the another
N U T

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>always check every waterfall
>get around to playing Skyrim DLCs finally
>find a waterfall in a cave
>check it, expecting nothing
>secret area
>has a puzzle I couldn't figure out instantly
That was unexpectedly neat.

The puzzle ended up being a let down though. It was some blue ice blocking a passage forward, but it wouldn't melt from fire and said I lacked a tool hard enough to crack it. Eventually I got the tool and came back, but the blue thing was just Stralhim ore (the first you encounter it) and instead of a passage it was just an upright draugr coffin.

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Mmmmmffff my dick, think I experienced my first boner at 8 when this moment happened. So fucking GOOD

>scene showing the protagonist(s) about to face a swarm of enemies and you actually get to play out the fight
That one part in KH2, you know what I'm talking about. When I was a kid that blew me the fuck away.

The god damn file name...

>enemies get smarter when you are at low health

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>final boss fight
>music gets seamlessly more intense as the battle progresses or vocals start kicking in

I know it's hard to do seamlessly and all but I really wish more games did this. It feels so fucking good holy shit.

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>Protagonist meets character
>Start off as enemies, but quickly become friends
>The player even can feel the friendship, they're clearly BFFs
>Protagonists friend gets killed

WHY DID THEY KILL YOU SO SOON INTO THE STORY I WANTED AT LEAST 2 DISCS OF BRO MOMENTS REEEEEEE

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Name 1 game

Based Thousand Year Door.

Fucking Xenoblade. So many waterfalls and none of them have anything behind them.

youtube.com/watch?v=ya3yxTbkh5s

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I miss it bros

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Xenoblade X has 1 (one) waterfall cave from what I recall. And Xenoblade 1 had a sidequest where you had to gather water from different sources and if you had already bothered swimming behind most waterfalls you found you'd already have over half the red item orbs needed to fulfill the quest, but no actual secret area behind said waterfalls.

>final boss, high stakes
>PC takes fatal damage
>game over screen
>"no! It's not over yet!"
>PC gets back up
>keeps fighting out of sheer determination

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>character gets sick on an otherwise normal mission
>he slowly shows signs that he's getting worse throughout the game
>when he finally goes to check what he has it's incurable
>he does his best to redeem himself and save whatever the people he loves from the deep shit they're in
Say what you want about RDR2, but Arthur is a pretty good character that grows on you especially if you read his journal

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youtube.com/watch?v=lGaneyDfyls

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>fighting boss
>boss is a legit asshole you hate guts
>beat him
>as his HP drops, he falls down
>QTE commences
>mashing the button makes the PC beat the shit out of the boss
>it goes on as long as you keep mashing it

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Game?

>boss' attacks are more powerful versions of the main character's moves.

Game?

Kid Icarus Uprising

>recurring comedic boss fought multiple times throughout the game
>fought one last time near the end and is actually quite challenging

>The musical tracks are all rearrangements of the main theme

I really should play that
Got any other games I should play for my 3DS?

>go into a girl's room in the game
>can find her panties
>can even sniff her bed like in Pokemon Sun/Moon

>final level theme is a more triumphant and/or intimidating reprise of the first level theme

>Die
>Death comes for you
>Take none of its shit and proceed to obliterate it before resuming your journey

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What game does this?

Impossible odds. Notably final fantasy 5 geriatric old man vs exdeath, Halo reach objective survive, and that army of heartless in kingdom hearts 2 comes to mind.

I wish I knew more. Nameless rank and file soldiers are my fetish

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God, fuck this boss fight.
>Fight six enemies at once, all of whom are piloting Skells, and you're not allowed to use your own Skell

>the big titted girl is dumb as fuck and easily manipulated

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The 3DS's library is too fucking good, I can't just list every good game.

what game?

>game has "unwinnable" boss
>beat him
>"heh, time to get serious"
>new fight starts which you are clearly meant to lose
>he's still beatable and is left in utter disbelief if you manage it
Name it. Please. I just want to btfo some smug cunt.

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do it anyways :^)

Xenoblade Chronicles X

You ARE allowed to jump into your skell any time once phase 2 starts, he even says as much.

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TEW2 minus the credits-part

>you hava an ability that let's you go really fucking fast and invincible while you're at it

I fucking love how Luna Nights handles the final boss. The difficulty will vary solely depending on how much you use the shopkeeper.

Tolkien wrote once it's the cowards that are capable of the greatest amount of courage. Or something like that. This is a good trope.

>who goes first?
>how about...
>...me?

mommy character gets CHOMPED

>fighting a character that was your friend
>attacks aren't as effective
>they waste turns crying
>if your HP gets low, they start missing on purpose

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Is that a one legged suit of armor?
Those are my fetish user, please tell me what the name of that armor is so I can get it when I play X

ligma balls lmao

I think dmc 5 has a moment like this.

Urizen in DMC5 user

A fellow BL2 player I see

Skyward Sword unironically

You can't get it, it's unique to this boss character and the shop you get from her people doesn't sell her gear. The closest you will get is youtu.be/_Fl3OTgHMCY?t=42 in various colors depending on level

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As opposed to Skyward Sword ironically?

>the boss battle is against the MC of the tutorial
>the boss battle in your second playthrough is against your first playtrough MC

Animal Crossing New Leaf (sunk literally over 1000 hours into it lol)
Mario Kart 7
Super Mario 3D Land
Pokemon X and Y (black and white 1 / 2 if you don't mind DS era)
Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon

That's not a trope nigger, only Dragon's Dogma does that. WHY CAN'T YOU FAGGOTS GET THROUGH YOUR FAT SKULL THAT IF IT ONLY EXISTS IN ONE GAME, OR EVEN JUST TWO GAMES, IT'S NOT A TROPE.

That is sad to hear, user.
I'll still play it anyways though.
Dragon's Dogma

Idk Yea Forums hates Skyward Sword, felt necessary

Omikron?

name one game

>antagonist acts perfectly sane and respectful until the final boss fight when they feel threatened and blow their lid
>antagonist treats the protagonist to a drink halfway through the game, anticipating a good fight later in the game and giving you a last chance to change your mind about what you want to achieve

>the secret behind the waterfall was disappointment

youtube.com/watch?v=tUWOxesAgNo&list=PLlMvfTj8F7jOIC0fK3RWenHY4dEXA9766&index=24&t=0s

Reach isn't my favorite halo but that ending is pure kino.

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>1 life reading actually means there are 2 people alive

Based and extendpilled

>song that only plays once in the whole game and/or only in one specific area you only go to once
>one of the best songs in the game

>if you get raped in the game you get raped in real life

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>your companions can attack you if you do actions that go against their morality or if you dont prove a strong leader
>you can kill your companions in any moment or even sell them to the authorities

>seemingly mindless enemies you've been fighting the whole game aren't mindless at all and have their own wants and desires
I could spend forever just learning about their society and shit

>enemy radio chatter fills up with begging for mercy

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>party member is snarky, makes fun of everything you do, and pokes holes in your plans constantly
>despite this, is one of your most loyal companions and will follow you to hell and back

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i hate this trope... it's so fucking unrealistic. like at the end of tales of symphonia, everyone has to fucking chime in when in reality on lloyd, kratos, zelos, and mithos should be talking

>you play as a previous boss for the final showdown
this is probably why i like In the Final so much

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>PC is a regular person
>by no means unskilled, but not supernatural or anything
>for some reason, PC is going all out
>enemies start shitting themselves in sheer horror from your rampage
>bonus if they were stoic before

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>the main antagonist has almost identical goals to the protagonist, but only for his people

>Werewhiskey
>Brazen skills / Vengeance on high HP units
>Dark Knight's Minus Strike on 1HP
>Old-school Equalizer at low HP
I am an inefficient user of them, but holy shit do I enjoy landing a hit on the verge of death.

This is why I love Persona, max those S Links, everyone that you've built a relationship with cheers you the fuck on. P4 did it best imo.

>protagonist from the first game of the series comes out of nowhere you save you in the final fight
and
>protagonist from another previous games joins the party throughout the game

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Game? I can't think of anything that uses more than just barebones hard-coded schedules for enemies. An actual needs/desires system to make their daily lives dynamic, for generic enemies no less, sounds ace.

>option to side with the antagonist right at the end
>get alternate ending that shows the results of this

Basically most good JRPG tropes.
>hero's story is continued by multiple generations of his descendants
>time skip where hero grows up and world changes
>a close friend/mentor ends up being a major antagonist
>optional super bosses
>hero has secret power they're unaware of or can't fully control until quite far in story
>unbeatable boss fights (the less obvious and more epic the fight the better)
>super tough "grey" characters who follows their own agenda
>absolutely over the top endgame attacks
>world may be low tech/almost medieval but evidence planet has reached extremely high tech levels in distant past
>God / delusional God tier last boss

I'm pretty sure he meant as in the enemies in-story turn out to be sentient beings rather than mindless beasts.

what game

I took "I could spend forever just learning about their society and shit" to mean he was observing them.

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>unlock super special final attack to use on final boss as the killing blow.

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This guy is right I might have worded it oddly.

Game I was thinking of was banner saga, I just wanted to learn more about the daily life of the dredge, I thought they were interesting.

>killing heals you
>you're encouraged to get up close and personal in an FPS
>melee heals you and replenishes ammo

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Breath of Fire 4 is the only one I can think of.

I thought you were talking about Nier 1, still need to play through Automota

Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 was the first time I've encountered this and makes me sad that it's been decades and more games don't do this.

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What? Which Zombies map?

Ninja Gaiden

user you killed him!

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Mustang and Sally my dude

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RIP Galuf
At least you had the decency to leave your stats and equipment in your will.
More than can be said for that slag Aerith
Or every single motherfucker who temporarily joins in 2.
GIVE ME MY SHIT BACK YOU ASSHOLES YOU DIDN'T EVEN DIE

>something that you take for granted in a game series is taken away
Shoutouts to Dragon Quest 5 and Ace Attorney 2 for this

>something is taken away from MC in cutscene
>it reflects in the gameplay from that point on
>final boss music is a remix of main theme
Kirby Planet Robobot did an amazing job with this in the Star Dream Soul OS fight.
youtube.com/watch?v=dFshPTVUWHg

>PC is an utter badass
>your feats are well known across the world/realm
>enemies have nicknamed you something scary/cool (e.g. "Doom")
>step into enemy camp
>they all panic
>"SHIT! FUCK! IT'S THE DOOM!"

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DBFZ had an interesting use of this in the story.

>Item fusion
Wish more games did this. The only ones I know of are Rogue Galaxy and Kid Icarus Uprising

Also a close runner ups
>Enemies that give you stuff if you spare them after damaging them. Star Ocean 3
>Tech trees that rely on number of times you use a move rather than leveling up. Tales of Legendia
>Tech trees rely on an entirely different exp system. Chrono Trigger

Boss monologues in general are an excellent trope. Bonus points if it's after you beat them.

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>check behind waterfall
>there's an anime girl bathing behind it

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Love is blue are really good

>you have all sorts of freaks and powerful humanoids in your party
>boss is a normal human thats just really skilled

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>Bosses with super forms if you bring an item to them
Lil dragon from Enter the Gungeon is the only example I can think of.

>Player betrays the main charachter and sides with the secondaryde charachter
>The main charachter is now the final boss and you control the secondary charachter.

Live a life

Time Hollow is all about time travel, when you start ng+, the protagonist suddenly remembers that the bad guy is just about to put the whole plot in motion and he is standing right outside of the house, you have the option to go stop him right then and there or continue with the game.

>two party members love eachother (romantically, paternal/fraternal/maternal, platonically, etc.)
>one of them gets hurt in battle
>the other gets pissed and gains a buff against the enemy that hurt their friend

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>final boss reveals itself
>it's someone close to the main character

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>Can side with the villain
>He isn't tricking you and genuinely gives you everything he promised you

I hate the inverse of this with a passion.

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>"We don't do that Lone Wolf stuff here"
>Final Mission: Lone Wolf
>Objective: Survive
>Defeat is only inevitable
Beautiful call back to one of the first lines of dialogue you hear when starting the game.

>Character acts distant and aloof, motives are a mystery
>They loved the main cast more than anyone else to the point of self sacrifice

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>haste works on animations
>bosses aren’t immune to any status effects

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You can take pictures of things and get bonus xp, items or powerups

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>get an extremely powerful move that is impractical to use due to its charge time
>only able to use it against a really weak enemy
>final boss has the MC and his love interest use it together, amplifying it to absurd levels
>they both give a small speech before unleashing it
Guess the game

>game has time based mechanics
>has enough leniency to achieve a good playthrough while not being stuck on one specific schedule

Monster Girl Quest, too easy.

>Can use the extremely powerful move against the weakest monster that begs for its life while you charge it, unable to stop you
>Game comments on how silent the hall is after you fucking obliterate them

>you get a powered up form
>later on you get a double powered up form

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Fuck that, that's for NG+

How does one become so good looking and ugly in unison?

>All your party members make a little speech as the boss is dying(passed the 10%< life threshold) about what they learned and the meaning of life
>Still lose in the next couple of turns
Boy that was anticlimatic. fuck Panic/confusion in Atlus games.

>already at super level 2
>still not enough
>"must go beyond"
>starts powering up
>villain shits themselves
>"no! Impossible!"
>scans/readers show results off the scale/fucking explode

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>there's an album that saves pictures you take

Rdr2 ? Or BL2

>protagonist and antagonist have the same powers

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Nice. How about this one?
>level has you ascending higher and higher up a building
>you can see the city far below
>reach the final part, high above everything else
>you are now at sea level

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men like this irl are husband material

>Game's HUD reflects this by giving you a second healthbar or other extra benefit, the HUD graphic visibly straining/glitching to contain it

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>boss removes mask and armor
>its a woman

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>bosses have dialogue
>boss is cheering you on, wants you and your party to become stronger

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>it plays during a flashback sequence to an event that set the entire franchise in motion
youtube.com/watch?v=kzId-AbowC4

God XSIII had a god tier soundtrack. All those endgame boss fights were 11/10.

>boss says that he's proud of you for beating him and genuinely means it

Ok, this seems familiar

THE OTHERWORLD AWAITS YOU

>MC's long lost older brother is the final boss mechanized into a mindless robot
>MC can't bring himself to attack during the final battle, refusing to attack even if you select the 'attack' command
>Boss deals insane amounts of damage, can only stay alive by desperately healing
>Your dead mother tries, tries and tries again to reach your mechanized brother until it finally connects, your brother dealing less damage every time she tries until he's regained his former self
>Kills himself by firing an attack he knows will deflect off a special item you have
>Gives you a hug while his HP rolls down to 0, apologizing for hurting you

Mother 3 was awful.

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I mean you still lose in the cutscene but in the second FMA game for the ps2 you can fight and "defeat" Scar, dude can pretty much murder you with 2 hits or one really strong hit, and his life bar is 3 times bigger than the last boss you fought. The only difference is that in the cutscene he is like "you are pretty good but..." and destroys your arm while he says nothing if you just lose. Oh, and you get his glasses as an unique item if you win.

>boss removes mask and armor
>it was a power limiter suit
>they're now faster and more powerful than ever

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>kill boss with the same method he used to kill another character earlier
>achievement unlocked

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>Boss is your dad

Should've gone necromancy + max charisma and built yourself an army while talking your way out of half the fights in the game, bud.

>game starts out with a straight fantasy setting
>overtime it becomes more and more sci-fi before going straight futuristic
Nothing makes me harder anons
Someone please name some games, I only know XB2 and pic related.

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Lisa tha painful

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>play as Japan in Hearts of Iron IV
>you get a cheevo if you nuke America first before they can do it to you

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>you get to punch god in the face

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DQV, right?

>villain became that way because he was jealous and upset either at protagonist/good character
>said character has always looked up to the villain
>only got the chance to tell them while they are dying

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>If the other charachter is the one hurt/killed, their loved instad get all sad/scared/resigned
>Fight becomes a cakewalk because of it.
youtube.com/watch?v=z_jjajwVJ8I
youtube.com/watch?v=pHLPb83bZus

not so much mid-credits, but after you watch them twice, and the story just picks up again. I'm talking NieR:Automata

World ending attacks.

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>exploring
>come across drop down into large circular area thats empty
>game gives you a few healing items before it and there is a respawn point just before it as well

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How is this a trope? What other games do this?

>boss is brutal but has the most calming music in the game
>it's also the only theme in the game with lyrics

>That mysterious and alluring woman who joins your party destroyed your home town when you were a child and killed everyone you loved

i did not mean to respond to your post sorry

>game lets you replay the second half after you beat it with new dialog
>realize you were the monsters all along
beepy...

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GAME?

There's lots of tropes.

Antagonist being a family member, boss fight you can't win, spiritual intervention during the fight, mind-controlled boss, a game all about bashing and firing off mind-blowing PSI techniques boiling down to a hug...

>Main character has an uncompromising sense of justice and integrity and is just an overall great guy

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> Final Battle theme is a remix of the characters theme
Severely disappointed at the lack of Bravely Default in this thread.

>Normal bosses are giants monsters/robots and shit, usually with some kind of gimmick to them
>Final boss fight is just a straight fight against a relatively normal dude
Bonus diamond-dick points if he's got a similar moveset to yours.

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>spinoff fighting game
>fighting game with avatar
>avatar character is the main character if the story, the entire story revolves around him
>avatar character can mix and match all moves of the rest of the fighting cast plus some crazy OP ones
>each chapter of the story revolves around a specific characters mini arc revolving around the avatar
>avatar has both a great personality and actual dialouge
>combined with surprisingly good writing

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Fucking Trauma Center dude
>MC has the power to focus so much on his surgery that they virtually perceive time slow in the microseconds
>Becomes a gameplay mechanic for the rest of the game
>Find a virus that is too fast for him
>MC uses his power without the player using it to get the virus
>"Still too slow, need to concentrate more"
>Player activates the power while the power is already active
>TIME STOP

>Killed npc continues to fire weapon
>headshooted zombie keeps lounging at you
>can get npc arrested
>Can cause a shootout between gangs and cops
>can scare, confuse npcs or make npcs look like a paranoid idiot in front of his buddies
>ancient advanced civilization befire humans
>primitive civilization in the future
>hero turns out to not be the chosen one but still excels at being like he was
>the "one last job before retirement" protagonist
>hit stop in melee combat
>can beat challenging game with the most impractical clothing.
>npc recognize how you dress
>npc start adjusting on how you take them out constantly by getting more gear to counter it.
>fire keeps spreading across the environment
>protagonist idle animation looks behind him because he feels someone is watching him
>Scottish character is the voice if reason
>bad guys have fancy British accents, extra points if they are reasonable or justifiable baddies
>German evil scientist
>Hispanic charismatic ladies man
>cowboy character outside of cowboy setting/era
>tough love honorabru samurai who speaks few words that have deeper meaning.
>game's story changes genre
>you get the girl at the end
>you get to play as the grandkid of the hero of a previous game, and he's weighted by the pressure of his grandfather's shoes he has to fill, or tries to escape his family's legacy only to become part of it.
>protagonist who lost parents at a young age finds final message from his parents, telling him how much they love him.

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>That mysterious and alluring woman who joins your party is your mom

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Dk is the best black character in gaming

pick ONE:
>rival boss character slowly walks toward you
OR
>rival boss character moves fast, able to perfectly keep pace with you (bonus points if it's a fast paced FPS with bunnyhopping)

Doom 2016?

>The more you progress in the game the more then enemy freaks the fuck out when when they see you

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>main menu is realized in space that you move around
like the bar at the start of Conker or the hanger in Rogue Squadron.

I started howling with laughter at the surprise of DUSK having a Vergil-type boss in it. It was so bizarre to see that kind of fight in this sort of game but also made perfect sense honestly.

Sauce?

>Loading screens have quotations and or lore text
>Starting weapon can be upgraded to best weapon
>The title screen changes upon completion of game
>Joke character is actually really competent but only shines in the right moments
>Optional boss that is nigh impossible to find without a guide that gets you really good stuff
>Antagonist removes armor and actually becomes stronger and more resilient

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X Attack in Chrono Trigger becoming Tri Attack when Robo is around was great.

>actual game begins after beating the main story

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>Harmless-looking character can actually perform an attack that's several orders of magnitude more powerful than a planet-destroying attack

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>Dodged
Fuck, my sides

>boss throws away weapon
>starts using fist with all sorts of martial arts techniques

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It's a weird effect because you realize what your enemies have been seeing all this time. It happens in Hexen too, toward the end when you fight your old mentors. They just zip around like assholes spamming your strongest weapon back at you.

>seemingly mundane side quest that grows into some conspiracy laden fuck up

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>playable characters in multiplayer have unique dialog
>game's multiplayer match is like a mini story where it has environmental storytelling progression
As much as I hate dice, they're really good at this.

>"Where are they now" Epilogue

i really wish western games does this more

As you level up, the rarer loot becomes weaker than the common loot.

GOW 3?

>character is on sneaking mission
>stealth absolutely essential
>character can't stop whispering sarcastic comments out loud to themselves

>Music based levels in a game that's not musical.

vocals in the opening and credits

Why? Who the fuck cares what Generic Ubisoft Protagonist or Cawadooty McShootman does once the game is over?

Name one (1) game

Forgot pic

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These are the best. It's painful when they are more interesting than the actual main quest, and you're left wanting more when the sidequest is over

...

>Hehehehe, Enjoy the Moment!
>Open up your world!
>The world ends at your horizons
>Dont let limits slow you

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Shin Megami Tensei IV

pretty sure most star ocean games do this
also tales of symphonia (kinda)

>Music based level in a platformer
>Lots of musical instrument obstacles that plays a note as you jump on them
youtube.com/watch?v=l1d7obmXhOk

>Don't trigger an alert or get detected for the entire game
>Main villain is surprised when you find him and has absolutely no idea who the fuck you are

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Max Payne maybe?

>you and the villain have to team up to defeat a bigger threat
>the threat was someone/something that worked for the villain but betrayed them

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This shit not better be spoiler that ruins the experience you fuck

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>final battle theme is epic or horrific sounding, but has a sorrowful interlude somewhere in the middle

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>revisiting the first area late in the game
>the area is completely fucked over due to the villain's influence and the enemies are much more powerful versions of the tutorial enemies

>Do I look unconquerable to you?

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>first and last bosses don't even have a main theme
>it's actually YOUR theme
youtube.com/watch?v=8QpUGCXwOks
youtube.com/watch?v=T9QmKYttBt4

>Final Battle theme is a remix of the games themes and/or a characters theme.

youtube.com/watch?v=WotGwd9nh5c

Perfection

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>"Where are they now" Epilogue.
youtube.com/watch?v=ebxKKxLbnSk
pure kino

>game is built to encourage a massively overpowered ng+ as reward for beating the game
one of the reasons RE4 is GOAT

this is why this fight is one of the best in the series

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>Final boss from the first game is a secret boss in the second
>Boss theme is the intro theme from the first game

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rain world kind of

>Revisiting the first area late in the game
>Noticing tons of hidden of stocked away areas you never even thought of visiting and that turn out to have end-game level enemies on them

Same thing happens to the first main boss in Sekiro too. The horse guy

>npc's get beaten up by dystopian future police
youtube.com/watch?v=V1CPlSwBIxM

Persona 4

>characters cheering the protagonist on as they fight the final boss

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oneshot

>when assholes say nigger in chat I can report them and get their game stolen

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Fucking Anders blowing up the chantry

the fuck? no

>Character on your team is actually one of the villains but not really because he's secretly helping you.

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That moment was god.

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>The stupid womanizer is actually pretty strong and smart when he needs to be.

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>remix of main theme begins to play

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>Game mechanic lets you connect with charachters you have met in the story and use their powers in battle
>Final boss has you connecting to the boss in order to defeat him.

Name one game NOW

>boss that died in an earlier title of the series is a hidden boss fight in a later game

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youtube.com/watch?v=l1GeWQjIIvI

God of War 3

It does but the song is shit
youtu.be/l1GeWQjIIvI

>slowly gets replaced with the main character's them the lower hp he has
the genesis is one song and hp is irrelevant

Yeah, I know, im just guessing what the user meant by that.

>need special item or ability to even be able to see an enemy
>they can just fuck you up if you don't have it

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Have sex

>lower hp, the less damage you do

>Enemies name you something silly and mocking
>Later it becomes synonymous with death and pure fear
Granted I've only played one game that did this, but I wish there were more

>villain and protagonist team up

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>all cutscenes are from the antagonist's pov

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Dragons Dogma?

Honestly that was the one interesting thing that happened in The Last Jedi. The fight itself was lame but the 15 seconds when I thought Rey might join him was really interesting.

Yakuza 0, kinda

I long for something that will live up to the hype that was actually getting the Zero Shift and using it for the rest of the game.

>MC and antagonist team up against a bigger threat
>final boss is the MC and the antagonist settling things with a duel after defeating the bigger threat

>the "one last job before retirement" protagonist
These are honestly my favorite but the only problem with them is that it ends really badly for the protagonist. Which is fine, don't get me wrong. Its just sometimes "one last job" can have a happy ending. Just to subvert those expectations.

>protagonist is about to lose
>all of the people they've helped throughout the game cheer them on
>their prayers allow the protagonist to regain their full strength

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>Rpg without levels/exp or all leveling does is increase your HP/MP
>growth comes from customization in stats, skills and party members/transformations
Paper mario and MMBN remain my favorite jrpgs bc of this

based dante's inferno

>Game with outlandish weird enemies and monsters with each boss being more bizarre and grotesque than the last
>Reach new boss chamber
>There's just a normal man at the center of it

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That fucking music, man
youtube.com/watch?v=IRx9gnY0Mp0

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>MC is a clone of another character
>you get to fight the original
>they're literally just you but stronger

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>Remakes of a game butchers its credits as to not give the team that actually did the game credits as that team disbanded and formed their own independent game studio after getting sick and tired of their old employer's shitty management and lack of vision

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OVERBLOOD!

Welcome to trope threads.

My friend's cousin fucking loved Symphony of the Night and when he showed it to me I was blown away. He let me borrow it. I came back a week or two later and blew his fucking mind when I loaded my save in the Inverted Castle. The dumb fuck thought killing Richter was the ending.

which game is that?

Is that a nose or a mouth?
Is that the bottom of the chin or a mouth?

>protagonist is about to lose
>all your party members turn against you
>you have to fight them in addition to the boss's minions

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Kiseki in general really
>Joshua
>Kevin
>Zin (fc)
>Randy
>Wazy
>Rixia (although she fails hilariously)
>Emma
>Crow
>Musse
Truly this is the trails of holding back

>"Where are they now" Epilogue.
Absolute fucking kino tee bee aych

And the shitty Syndicate remake with all the bloom. There was a Vampire somethingorother upgrade for melee takedowns that restored your health. And one of the things I really liked is handguns were uniquely able to still be fired while sprinting, so I'd rush enemies peppering them with the low damage handgun so I could punch them in the face for a full heal.

youtube.com/watch?v=ir-LPRQEQzM
>Brad and Buddy
>Sounds good to me!

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>>something is taken away from MC in cutscene
>>it reflects in the gameplay from that point on

>Naked Snake literally loses an eye
>First person view has a vignette effect on that side for the rest of the game

>Game completely nerfs your companions when they are enemies
It should be expected in order to survive but it still somewhat dissapointing.

WELCOM IN OMIKRON

That game was pretty fun but short as fuck. But I created a new game (and 100%) just to specifically do that. Wasn't really worth the 2 bits of dialog but fun nonetheless. Still waiting for that update tho

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>You get to make your own "where are they now" epilogue as you can continue to travel the world after saving it and nearly every NPC has something new to say about the returned peace, so it's up to you to track down your favorites and see what they're up to, or go straight for the credits
youtube.com/watch?v=IPSPO0iWtZo

>Final Battle theme is a remix of the games themes and/or a characters theme.
Zelda ST did this shit
youtube.com/watch?v=ydpz1RSPeDs
youtube.com/watch?v=bk_xjIFlfZA

Nah. It's established pretty early, don't worry.

Haha, that's our Kieski

>secret boss fight is a fucking hard as fuck boss with amysterious, powerful guy in a game with badass theme
>prequel of the game makes you play as him at the final boss
>his theme is playing

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AAAAHHHHHHHHH FUCK AND IT DOESN"T EVEN LOOP IT JUST GETS CUT OFF AND SWITCHES TO THE STANDARD BOSS THEME
youtu.be/OZ3j12pF84o

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The lower your hp, the closer you are to death

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>Check waterfall
>There's a passage that leads to a cave
>You have to wait 3 minutes to access it

by smiling

Equalizer, fuck those niggers at valve man

Name ten games that does this. It literally never happens.

>mentor to the protagonist in the first game
>cameos in the rest of the series as a reference
>becomes an extra boss in the latest game

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Yeah, it was kino.

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door-kun i miss you

Game?

Far cry 3

based ESL retard not knowing "Skaven" is already plural or the word "pious"

>MC becomes physically warped as the game progresses, exchanging power for their humanity until by the end they are hardly recognizable and just barely clinging onto their soul

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I unironically cry every time.

>MC is dying
>this is represented by losing abilities/stats in gameplay
>game gets harder not because the enemies get stronger, but because it's harder and harder to do the things you've been doing from the beginning

>met someone who looks just like you
>found documents pointing towards the possibility of clones
>found out it was actually a clone
>you're the clone

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Closest I can think of is LISA

Far Cry 3. Early on enemies start calling you Snow White mockingly and then later on it becomes the main character's dread name.

>check behind waterfall
>naked girl singing while bathing
Niceeee

>no rivalshit
>faggot that keeps hanging around trying to fight you over and over just shit on

I'm so fucking tired of this cliche. Every fucking story with cloning pulls it and it's just so predictable. "OH BUT WHAT IF -YOU- WERE THE CLONE ALL ALONG OOOOHOOOO!" who honestly fucking gives a shit. That shit was lame when Spider-Man pulled it in the 90's and it's still lame nearly three decades later.

>do a perfect parry/block
>screen does a quick freeze frame/slow down to indicate you did it perfectly

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Wild Arms 2 does all of those except the final dungeon bit.

>Getting a headshot kill slows down time for a second
>Getting another causes it to stack

>You can save your waifu, restore her memories, and then fight the real last boss alongside her
The game was too fucking good.

does shadow of the colossus count?

>fight recurring enemy from previous games in series
>final fight goes through gameplay and music from previous games
>ends with the modern theme
I don't care if you think Kojima is a hack, this fight was pure concentrated kino
youtube.com/watch?v=lO2Zp4nwsFA

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Freedom Planet's final boss did this well.

youtu.be/gdWigpyOSZ4?t=12

Too savage

>protagonist fights a boss that is an unstoppable force, but you're an immovable object
>protagonist learns bit by bit of the antagonists motive
>protagonist has to make hard choices that impact gameplay to the point of borderline fucking grey
>protagonist is dry as fuck but got great humor
idk why but geralt comes up as a character to me

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KH duh

Not really close to the same but it reminds me of Pritchard from Human Revolution. He ends up being the only character that isnt a backstabbing dick trying to use you.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
WHY THE FUCK DOESN'T THIS EVER PLAY AGAIN!?!?!?

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i legit drop my jaw cuz i didnt knew jack shit of the game just picked up and to that point it has been pretty good and i would have believed it really was the end.

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High bf%

Early game boss becomes a regular enemy later on

>beat the enemy in the game
>lose in the cut scene

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>Narrator kicks in to comment whenever you do something cool like a perfect parry or dodge or lend a strong attack

>Final boss has his own QTEs
>He starts to fail them as the fight goes on
there was a lot wrong with Asura's Wrath, but it knew how to hype shit up

>Game accounts for you losing in the cutscene and has the enemy use a nuke or pushback move at the end of battle or stops the fight while the enemy still has health left to make a comeback from and begins the cutscene with you clashing blades, then subsequently lose as events unfold
>Retards that just listen to eceleb comedians go "WOW, WIN THE FIGHT, LOSE THE CUTSCENE XDDD"

>character finds out his only motivation for fighting the bad guy is a lost cause
>gives up all hope and leaves the party
>party gets its ass kicked by the bad guy
>character comes back to save them because he knows it's still the right thing to do

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>two party members used to be an item but are now on bad terms
>sidequest where you can help them get back together
>completing the quest upgrades their individual super moves into a joint super move that is one of the most powerful abilities in the whole game

>never ever
Namco and Ninty are bros

>the higher your hp the more damage you do
>your attacks drain hp
>you have passive hp regen on top of that

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who hurt you?

my favorite game trope is
>fighting a boss or an army
>music is barely there
>mid point either, Protagonist stop fucking around, Boss gets serious or in an army fight the boss joins to help them
>Music changes and now has Lyrics
Pandemonium in yakuza 2 kiwami and stella glow, Sengoku Basara, a few Sonic games do this too

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>your theme starts mixing and overshadowing the final boss' when you start beating the shit out of them

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>did the “one gun run” achievement first dead space playthrough
>didnt play it a second time

I feel like I missed out because of that in retrospect

ace combat 6
youtube.com/watch?v=UaN6DfrrMi4

>The antagonist was hired by your benefactor to terrorize the world so countries would band together and be able to fight the real threat he knew was coming
>Said benefactor literally sacrifices his life and his sister's life in the end to save everyone, making it feel like a hollow victory until the ancient evil that's sleeping inside the MC wakes up and they fight on the moon where the MC gains a new form and uses an attack that has a gameplay mechanic tied into the story and uses the power of everyone in the world to defeat it
It was a wild ride.

what game?

Transistor.

>Most optimal build is magical/physical hybrid

Zul'jin in Heroes of the Storm did this WAY better than Tryndamere did

>kid just rages for a while

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I really need to play those.

emulation is very worth it

>he starts healing you

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>final boss fight of the second game takes place at the same time as the first

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>Boss battle starts
>Epic song
>Reaches second phase
>Vocals start to kick in

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yeah but he’s stuck in a shittier game

>Main villain is just a fallen mimic of the players character
>Main villain was the players ally

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its nice to see the main character's safe and sound

And I just so happen to have that infograph.

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>lifesteal
>its based off of the % of the enemies hp

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>hitting an enemy regains health

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>oh its just some generic fucking ominous chanti-
>oh
>oh man
youtube.com/watch?v=1it2CiuIujM

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>Final dungeon is the one of the first zones you visit.
this gorgeous game right here

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>hitting an enemy with a magic attack restores mana
>infinite mana

You must've liked Watch_Dogs

king thordan

>Boss is literally you

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You are that Lieutenant in Cod 4

>the bad guys of the first game are the protagonist of the secuel

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>game is a qte ridden mess
>secret final boss also has qtes
>when he gets low on health and desperate he starts failing them

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Shadow Warrior (2013)

Asura's Wrath was so good

I gotta know what game this would be
I know the Bravely games kinda do it

>final boss
>she beats you
>"I'm not finished with you yet"
>final boss heals you to continue the fight

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Pokemon is the only game I remember doing this, what other titles have this trope?