Wow
where does somebody put all those gold
rings you know what I don’t know I keep
forgetting to ask you know those moments
where you’re like I wish they’d stop
doing this yep it’s time to highlight
those moments in video games did I ever
tell you the definition of insanity
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
letting out our thoughts on the top 10
video game cliches sometimes I poke
through crates too you know
for extra credits number 10 one line
villagers starting off our list are all
the times we visited towns where the
citizens only had one track minds I used
to be an adventurer like you then I took
an arrow in the knee you know if this
was reality you would most likely
hightail it out of the town since that
would almost certainly seem like
everyone that lived there was either
insane or part of some sort of satanic
cult not helping the case are the other
villagers who pretty much just stand
around and do nothing I like stories
welcome corneria I like soars welcome
corneria I like sword number nine only
you are competent in video games it
seems that the whole world revolves
around you it is written only link can
defeat Ganon in first-person shooters
apparently only you can make a
difference in battle
to take out the enemy vehicles move and
in the event of an adventure game you
seem to be the only person able to solve
anyone’s problems bonus points if you’re
a child because you know sending a child
to save the world is truly the best plan
ever
number 8 fetch quests just as bad as
being the only competent person it seems
that you’re the only one who can
actually do anything at all right go
here go there but – got me a bad little
broad a typical circumstances take
Animal Crossing for example where the
villagers there are so lazy they won’t
even give a package to someone right
next to them or you could take even more
creepy approach in Mass Effect where you
pick up quests by eavesdropping oh right
so you just happen to be speaking about
that in the presence of the defender of
the galaxy right just once I’d like to
ask someone for help and hear them say
sure let’s go right now no strings
attached number 7 the silent protagonist
basically the easiest way for a
developer to get the player to relate to
the main character is for that character
to have no character at all try saying
that three times fast
even though you can’t say a word
apparently every single NPC around you
seems to understand what you need like
your frickin lassie or something
what’s that Gordon you have calculations
for a dangerous experiment figure it out
care to tell me so nothing goes wrong
number six QuickTime events
aka press X not to die best described as
a developers lazy day button because
apparently trying to create some sort of
dramatic action sequence is not as
engaging as a one button press those are
cool QuickTime event says peeling spots
and they’re the worst idea in the world
I know it’s the best idea in the world
says pillock so I’m just gonna make a
load of those set of boss fights in the
final climactic level will just be an
extra long sequence of them because
trying to be creative makes blood come
out of my nose it wasn’t revolutionary
when Dragon’s Lair did it and it sure as
hell hasn’t really changed
and by the way Rhys taking out the
actual on-screen button and changing it
to a highlighted color doesn’t make it
any less of a QuickTime event you’re not
fooling anyone
no you burn we’re all mad number five
random animals have wallets the Bard
having slain the random wolf found that
it had adjusted not only the contents of
a small Treasury but also various
household goods now think about this one
carefully why is it that some random
wolf is carrying around some spare
change and a suit of armor that he can’t
wear yes I know I have no idea why these
random animals are carrying 148 heal and
a magic fire ring is it because he
trying to make ends meet for his newborn
cubs in a mystical world or simply
taking a rite of passage by earning an
apprenticeship with a blacksmith one
popular explanation is that they ate the
contents of a previous adventurers coin
purse but nobody’s really buying that
are they you’d be surprised
I find all kinds of things inside these
beasties do I ever tell you about the
time I killed this rat and out popped an
entire chest number for regenerative
health so since when did everyone become
Wolverine in 2001 the health pack
industry preposterous though it was
slowly started to become obsolete when
it was discovered that the best practice
for healing a sniper rifle round to the
chest was just to sit next to a wall for
a couple of seconds just a tip if you
suffer catastrophic trauma hiding in a
corner is probably not the best solution
granted a box of gauze and band-aids
shouldn’t technically repair broken
bones either but there’s crazy
and then there’s lazy
oh is that surprising surprising that it
was surprising that it didn’t kill him
what magnetic repulsive field around
one’s body can come in if it doesn’t
kill you a fair point number three
invisible walls oh the shock of walking
off your path of destiny only to find
that you can really move past whatever
this is whether you’re trying to desert
your fellow soldiers on the battlefield
or simply trying to take a shortcut off
the racetrack invisible barriers are
always there to literally halt the
illusion of freedom dead in its tracks
even more frustrating are chest-high
barriers that can’t be climbed over
because an alien invasion is no problem
but a wall that’s higher than my nipples
that’s no dice bro number two exploding
barrels you know if I was ever to start
a business in the video game world I’d
probably be a wholesaler of explosive
barrels I mean come on although they’re
incredibly delicate and explode at a
moment’s notice there seems to be a huge
demand for them as they’re littered
throughout the virtual world they must
be pretty cheap too in order to offset
the health insurance costs of those
hundreds of hapless guards and bad guys
that get torched standing next to these
things that being said there’s never a
moment when you really have to ask I
wonder if that red barrel over there
will blow up if I shoot it hmm fireworks
number one attack its weak point for
massive damage hitting the top spot is a
cliche that makes boss battles seem
pretty simple and reveal that their
giant size is a ludicrous facade royal
preheader cabal often made even worse if
that weak spot is big bright and glowing
if for whatever reason you still can’t
figure out where you’re supposed to hit
the guy
well homeboy it seems like our designers
expose
to thank me for the user-friendly
so that’s it for our list of top 10
video game cliches now we want to hear
what your favorites are for more videos
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com do we ever win that
depends on your definition of win
beating Sonic
oh well then No
where does somebody put all those gold
rings you know what I don’t know I keep
forgetting to ask you know those moments
where you’re like I wish they’d stop
doing this yep it’s time to highlight
those moments in video games did I ever
tell you the definition of insanity
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
letting out our thoughts on the top 10
video game cliches sometimes I poke
through crates too you know
for extra credits number 10 one line
villagers starting off our list are all
the times we visited towns where the
citizens only had one track minds I used
to be an adventurer like you then I took
an arrow in the knee you know if this
was reality you would most likely
hightail it out of the town since that
would almost certainly seem like
everyone that lived there was either
insane or part of some sort of satanic
cult not helping the case are the other
villagers who pretty much just stand
around and do nothing I like stories
welcome corneria I like soars welcome
corneria I like sword number nine only
you are competent in video games it
seems that the whole world revolves
around you it is written only link can
defeat Ganon in first-person shooters
apparently only you can make a
difference in battle
to take out the enemy vehicles move and
in the event of an adventure game you
seem to be the only person able to solve
anyone’s problems bonus points if you’re
a child because you know sending a child
to save the world is truly the best plan
ever
number 8 fetch quests just as bad as
being the only competent person it seems
that you’re the only one who can
actually do anything at all right go
here go there but – got me a bad little
broad a typical circumstances take
Animal Crossing for example where the
villagers there are so lazy they won’t
even give a package to someone right
next to them or you could take even more
creepy approach in Mass Effect where you
pick up quests by eavesdropping oh right
so you just happen to be speaking about
that in the presence of the defender of
the galaxy right just once I’d like to
ask someone for help and hear them say
sure let’s go right now no strings
attached number 7 the silent protagonist
basically the easiest way for a
developer to get the player to relate to
the main character is for that character
to have no character at all try saying
that three times fast
even though you can’t say a word
apparently every single NPC around you
seems to understand what you need like
your frickin lassie or something
what’s that Gordon you have calculations
for a dangerous experiment figure it out
care to tell me so nothing goes wrong
number six QuickTime events
aka press X not to die best described as
a developers lazy day button because
apparently trying to create some sort of
dramatic action sequence is not as
engaging as a one button press those are
cool QuickTime event says peeling spots
and they’re the worst idea in the world
I know it’s the best idea in the world
says pillock so I’m just gonna make a
load of those set of boss fights in the
final climactic level will just be an
extra long sequence of them because
trying to be creative makes blood come
out of my nose it wasn’t revolutionary
when Dragon’s Lair did it and it sure as
hell hasn’t really changed
and by the way Rhys taking out the
actual on-screen button and changing it
to a highlighted color doesn’t make it
any less of a QuickTime event you’re not
fooling anyone
no you burn we’re all mad number five
random animals have wallets the Bard
having slain the random wolf found that
it had adjusted not only the contents of
a small Treasury but also various
household goods now think about this one
carefully why is it that some random
wolf is carrying around some spare
change and a suit of armor that he can’t
wear yes I know I have no idea why these
random animals are carrying 148 heal and
a magic fire ring is it because he
trying to make ends meet for his newborn
cubs in a mystical world or simply
taking a rite of passage by earning an
apprenticeship with a blacksmith one
popular explanation is that they ate the
contents of a previous adventurers coin
purse but nobody’s really buying that
are they you’d be surprised
I find all kinds of things inside these
beasties do I ever tell you about the
time I killed this rat and out popped an
entire chest number for regenerative
health so since when did everyone become
Wolverine in 2001 the health pack
industry preposterous though it was
slowly started to become obsolete when
it was discovered that the best practice
for healing a sniper rifle round to the
chest was just to sit next to a wall for
a couple of seconds just a tip if you
suffer catastrophic trauma hiding in a
corner is probably not the best solution
granted a box of gauze and band-aids
shouldn’t technically repair broken
bones either but there’s crazy
and then there’s lazy
oh is that surprising surprising that it
was surprising that it didn’t kill him
what magnetic repulsive field around
one’s body can come in if it doesn’t
kill you a fair point number three
invisible walls oh the shock of walking
off your path of destiny only to find
that you can really move past whatever
this is whether you’re trying to desert
your fellow soldiers on the battlefield
or simply trying to take a shortcut off
the racetrack invisible barriers are
always there to literally halt the
illusion of freedom dead in its tracks
even more frustrating are chest-high
barriers that can’t be climbed over
because an alien invasion is no problem
but a wall that’s higher than my nipples
that’s no dice bro number two exploding
barrels you know if I was ever to start
a business in the video game world I’d
probably be a wholesaler of explosive
barrels I mean come on although they’re
incredibly delicate and explode at a
moment’s notice there seems to be a huge
demand for them as they’re littered
throughout the virtual world they must
be pretty cheap too in order to offset
the health insurance costs of those
hundreds of hapless guards and bad guys
that get torched standing next to these
things that being said there’s never a
moment when you really have to ask I
wonder if that red barrel over there
will blow up if I shoot it hmm fireworks
number one attack its weak point for
massive damage hitting the top spot is a
cliche that makes boss battles seem
pretty simple and reveal that their
giant size is a ludicrous facade royal
preheader cabal often made even worse if
that weak spot is big bright and glowing
if for whatever reason you still can’t
figure out where you’re supposed to hit
the guy
well homeboy it seems like our designers
expose
to thank me for the user-friendly
so that’s it for our list of top 10
video game cliches now we want to hear
what your favorites are for more videos
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com do we ever win that
depends on your definition of win
beating Sonic
oh well then No
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