Thread 718658353

>Every 4 times you die, you get a new piece of lore on how you are being revived
>The lore narration keeps getting creepier

>Last mission is named like the game
>Objective: Survive

>>718658353 (OP)
>>718658591
yep, kino
>>718658645
not kino per se but you don't deserve to be left out

>>718658353 (OP)
name two games

>>718658353 (OP)
Kojima invented that.

>>718658353 (OP)
>game makes fun of you and doesn't let you beat the it if you pick easy mode

>>718659390
more games need to do this so game urinalists can self-own by complaining about the non-ending you only get if you pick the easiest difficulty

>Nth game into the series
>style departure from previous games in presentation
>series' main theme plays once at the very last section of the credits

>check behind waterfall
>treasure chest

>>718660161
>start level
>obvious only one way to go
>turn camera around
>secret chest

Having the main theme drop during the final battle will always be peak

>>718659390
>Characters make fun of you for using cheap tactics.

Pretty common now but
>new title screen after beating the game

I don't know how to put this, but the way DMC trained me to understand every boss that divebombs you can be Bustered out of midair is impressive.
The moment I saw Vergil flying I understood that I could grab him

>>718658353 (OP)
>open world game
>you can skip multiple story missions if you know where to go

>>718660506
>Be honest, if you didn't have that thing, I would've won, right?
Fuck you, Tiger Joe

>>718658353 (OP)
>last boss is a regular sized guy
>bonus points if it's your rival/nemesis
>extra bonus points the fight comes after a big monster/robot/demon boss

>>718660805
name 6,000 examples

>final boss is the defeated antagonist whose plot you've already dissolved
>he just wants you dead

>>718660549
Spec Ops, right?

>>718661008
>game blocks the true ending if it recognize that you used walkthrough
Cinema

>>718661380
>game detects that you're using a walkthrough and remotely sends a fatal electric shock through your controller, instantly smiting you for your hubris
Zoomers will never understand

>>718661008
what would be the best way to test for this or detect this?

>>718661534
Stefan in Fire Emblem 9 should genuinely call you a cheater for recruiting him.

>>718658353 (OP)
>epic boss fight with important character takes place on the actual fucking Moon for no discernible reason other than "it's cool"

>>718661534
if the player gets the secret FFX-2 ending on their first playthrough

>>718661731
I still have no idea what Suda was thinking

>>718658353 (OP)
>boss fucks you

>>718661731
>game takes place on [Planet]
>final boss is in space withh [Planet] as a backdrop
This one is great

>>718660805
getting sick of this one real fast

>>718661000
based and iguazu pilled

>>718660279
Osrs did this in dragon slayer 2
it was kino

>>718659037
Hellsinker
Metroid Prime 2

>>718661534
>place password in spot
>detect if player ever went to spot
>if he has the password before ever going to spot call him a fag

>>718658353 (OP)
4th wall garbage is always cringe

>>718665384
I vehemently disagree, it's fun when done well
which it rarely is

>>718658353 (OP)
>Villain is a whimsical showman that puts on airs
>actual competent threat when the mask drops
>prefers the facade so you can both have fun

>>718658353 (OP)
>The first area of the game is the last area of the game (optionally an "in ruins" version of it)

>>718660506
In postal 2 Postal dude shit talks you for quick saving too much

>menu is presented as taking out an item
>boss steals the item
>can't open the menu during the fight

>>718663219
Diegetic UI

>>718660279
xillia 2 is absolute kino for this

>>718665593
heal too much during the final boss of Wukong and he’ll take the flask for quick sip himself

>boss can steal your revival item and use it on himself
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

>>718658353 (OP)
OP if you haven’t seen it you should check out the last boss fight in the extended High on Life 2 demo

>>718665914
>"why is the boss still breathing? surely he's no match for you?"
I love Zenos

>>718658353 (OP)
>>718659713
>There nothing in UI but yours and boss health bars

>game has small websites that you can access by using the character's computer or phone
>browsing these websites leads to special missions or events

>>718666182
Beating that egotistical fuck on Mercenary took me over a hour, it was so fun, I fucking hated it

>>718666368
>game has links or QR codes that still work
Alan Wake runs like hot ass on modern systems while crashing constantly but atleast it has fun with itself

>Boss fight against your rival
>Boss fight against your best friend
>Boss fight against your love interest
I've always enjoyed these

>>718660279
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W_VST7pypA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqbHqx4niUI
these ones spring to mind immediately, but I can't think of any other examples

>>718658591
Name one

>>718666493
>boss fight against MC's love interest
>MC handles it stone cold

>>718666493
>>718666624
I'm still mad about Phrolova

>>718666368
Liked this stuff in front mission 3, reading news after some key points was cool.

>>718659390
touhou does that and it's great

>>718666680
Please understand, Fleurdelys gave Rover a fetish for stabbing women that love him.

>>718665581
Megaman Zero 3 having the place where you fight the final boss literally yourself being the same room you started the first game in was ABSOLUTE KINO

SKEUMORPHISM

>>718666901
JACKPOT

>>718658353 (OP)
>protagonist starts by fighting slimes
>eventually gets to a point where he is strong enough to defeat Gods
>game is not even halfway done

>>718666016
>the strip club cheev in the first game
the amount of shit i got for that one still upsets me

>>718661534
RuneScape qests used to at various points require certain obscure items, which nobody could have predicted. Thus if the player did have them already, it would be a sign of great luck or most likely, using a guide.
Example: "Bring me ten candles, three bear hides, and two bananas." (Next dialog box shown withput giving the player the chance to go to storage) "Oh you have them on you, that is strange".

>fight a doppleganger of yourself
>has the same level, and uses exact same equipment and skills as you

>>718666624
>MC is stone cold
>love interest doesn't understand his resolve and tries to plead with him

>You can play tennis with an enemy
Always fun

>>718666493
Now if only the writers could make character stories that weren't 70% "I love you, Rover, either explicitly or implied".
It's hard to care about literally anyone when they are all carbon copies of each other almost (and then don't ever show up again once their patch is finished)

>>718658353 (OP)
>Supposed to lose to boss but you can win if you're good enough
>Hero MC guy lets villain live which the villain tries to take advantage of for a sneak attack only for the hero to still beat the villain
>Doing 100% of the game outside of the story unlocks a unique version of the final boss

>>718667019
RS3 also had one specific question that detects if you tab out of the client. There's these masks on the walls that talk and they'll start shitting on you for using a guide.
They've also done a few where, if you bring the items ahead lf time, the NPC tells you to go get them again.

>>718666402
>it was so fun, I fucking hated it
Lol

>>718667151
Good thing that Cartethyia is still relevant in 2.7 despite 2.2 being her story patch.

>>718667395
She's basically the protag of 2.0.

>>718667151
let's try giving them more than one patch of screentime first lol

>character realizes he/she's inside a game
>starts interfering with your pc somehow

>>718666489
Does that mean when Kiryu just breaks turns in 8 it’s him being such a vicious motherfucker even Ichiban can’t delusion his way through it

>>718658353 (OP)
this really only happens with undertale and a couple of visual novels

>>718659902
puzzle boy in smt nocturne

>>718667562
It is him basically pushing through to his reserves of strength/energy since he has (((terminal))) cancer. That being revealed like 3-4 hours into the 60+ hours game.

>>718659037
Mario
Mario 2

>>718667683
Play more games, anon...

>>718667557
>game takes place in a videogame
>battle against final boss who is a hacker
>win
>credits
>credits start glitching out
the game actually glitched out due to the hard drive disconnecting a bit, so credit video is all fucked up but it looks like the enemy did that
KINO

i always liked the hades reveal in kid icarus uprising

>>718658353 (OP)
>You can temporarily play as an enemy
Never fails being cool

>>718668047
>you can play as an enemy
>if you fuck up somewhere, the fuckup will help you when you're back to controlling the hero
don't know any game that did that

>>718660927
Wild Dog from Time Crisis

>>718667725
I meant from Ichibans perspective, in Yakuza 7 he explains in detail he was so addicted to Dragon Quest (I was genuinely surprised Square let them name drop it let alone have be a integral part of a character) hes in a constant state of make belief seeing the real time fights as turn based, even letting himself get hit to ensure his immersion, but Kiryu breaks that in 8. He can just start beating the shit out of people like he usually does, which makes me think that Kiryu is so scary he forces Ichiban to partially drop the delusion he’s been indulging in for 30 years

>>718661008
>>718661380
Name one game

>dream/drug trip/hallucination chapter
yup, awesome

>>718661813
Name 45 games

>>718668249
>drug hallucination/nightmare chapter
>its just walking through a non euclidean corridor while npcs say ominous shit and MC has small panic attacks
Stop this

>>718666569
It's a game that released fairly recently, so I can't do so without getting accused of being a shill.
Ask me again later.

>>718668857
It's later now

>>718668857
Tell me instead

>>718667148
>try to do this against Ursula
>she teleports to your location instantly hitting you if you're far enough away
had to learn how to always bait and parry that when starting the fight

>>718668249
>>718668625
>play Dead Space 3 COOP
>buddy randomly starts shooting the walls and screaming for help
I could play a whole new game with that system, it was fucking hilarious.

>>718658353 (OP)
>main character of previous game returns as a villain in the second game.

>>718658353 (OP)
>bad guy wins
>no really he actually wins
>you lose

>>718661008
>>718668228

>>718659037
Undertale
Ookami

>>718667813
most undertale "fans" didn't even play undertale and you really expect them to actually play any other game?

>>718669491
>Can't even carry a rope without being questioned
What has this world come to?

>>718658353 (OP)
>boss steals your heals and your cheat death items

>>718669950
name (12 - 11).
Genuinely curious.

>>718659390
>game is part of a long franchise
>tweak elemental weakness system
>tell players in a blurb all of this is irrelevant in easy mode
>200 hours later
>hidden boss has 765HP
>takes 0 damage from all elements
>fight is unwinnable
>look it up
>"the only way to beat it is to set difficulty to easy for this fight"
Was it Xillia 2 or Berseria that did this?

>>718660927
>>>718660927
Warewa messiah ahahaha

>>718670016
Genuinely the toughest boss in any action game ever. People don’t talk about it much because it’s Kingdom Hearts.

>>718660279
Medley of various themes in the credits is even better.

>>718661838
Sin & Punishment
Also FF XIV kinda

>>718659390
Cuphead

>>718665301
>punish player for replaying your game

>>718666368
Wasn't there a CP website in GTA IV and if you browsed it you instantly got 5 stars?

>>718658353 (OP)
>Boss asks you if you really want to fight
>Pick "No"
>He actually fucks off

>adaptive music
>bossfight music lyrics are from the perspective of the boss

>>718671893
Not a video game, but Who Will Know (Tragedy) is so good in Shin Godzilla

>spin off/side game has different gameplay to the main series
>it switches to the old gameplay in a climactic moment

>>718665593
hey he ain't using any items
it's only fair

>ending to game is locked behind dlc
>dlc is so good, it is worth it

>>718659390
>remove the part of your review about the game abruptly ending when the devs point out you played on turbo babby mode

>Boss uses your power against you
Probably the most KINO boss fight for me ever even if it was easy.

>>718660606
i stared at this screen in awe for a while when i got it

>>718659037
elite dangerous

>boss is portrayed as the hero
>the player is portrayed as the villian
>feel legitimately bad for putting them down

>>718663219
Astroneer is great for this. you can get close to other players and see them navigating menus on their tablet

>>718672417
>You borrow boss power because you don't know she is the final boss to defeat midboss
>Final boss she took back her power power
>You are powerless but taking risk by infusing your gained power through the game with the power of said midboss
>final boss is enemy using your power from playthrough vs you using your own developed power

>>718670173
>how do we make our character unique?
>give him heterochromia
the laziest fucking thing, and everyone trying to make their characters "unique" falls in to that trap so none of them are actually unique

>>718658353 (OP)
>Final boss is the player character

>>718672636
Fuck off Philip.

>getting towards end of game in turn based RPG
>final areas music plays continuously instead of switching to battle music during battle
it's more /vr/ but still

>>718658353 (OP)
>The villain's motivation and goals are better than the heroes'

>>718673813
>villian's motives are better than the protagonist's

>>718658353 (OP)
>Final boss is your friend/former comrade
>It's a 1v1 duel, no tricks, no distraction, best man win.

>>718658353 (OP)
>First boss fight in the game becomes a secret late game boss.

>>718672636
>Game removes all limits for a duel so both of you can fight at full intensity

>rival battle over end credits
>bonus points if there's no health bars and you can't win or lose while the credits are going

>>718670016
wukong

>>718661534
>make game
>wait for guides to be made
>release an update where if you follow the guide to a t, you get cockblocked
something like that, I guess

>>718658353 (OP)
>bosses have nameplates
>Boss's Title
>----------
>Boss's Name

>final boss of the game has no title, as his name is all you need to know

>>718675654
Absolute cinema.

>>718668249
>hallucination with many enemies appearing in front of you
>start killing them
>you're so immersed and focused you don't realize the last one was actually an ally
only you...

>>718674534
>I WAS BORN TO JUDGE SIN

>>718677631
this fucker had his chance. i accepted him and he rejected my hand of friendship

>>718677631
>Player character teams up with the villian
>Then betrays the villain to become the next villain

>>718672417
Dishonored does it well

>>718673182
I'm pretty sure I've seen a game where one of the characters crushes on (You) (not your character)

>>718658353 (OP)
Say what you will about Doom 3, but the way the theme song builds at the starting cutscene, then gets cut as the game starts, then drops at the ending was cool as fuck

>>718677631
>...Why? I was only trying to grant your wish...

>>718660279
https://youtu.be/FhS3sjEOu1M

>>718671238
you could easily add a check for that too

>>718659037
Arkham asylum

>boss fight you're meant to lose
>but you CAN win and if you do you get a different cutscene

>>718658353 (OP)
>When you lose all your health, the game has a short slow down sequence before you game over, in that small frame of time, if you mash/kill enough enemies, you revive with 1hp(extra kino if the game doesn’t tell you about the mechanic)
>Main character of the previous game comes back as a companion and he’s as cool and competent as you expect the old MC to be
>Boss can break you out of a “safe” menu
>Weakest weapon has a secret upgrade path to become the strongest
>There is a secret obscure way to save the team member that nobly sacrifices himself
>Character/Bosses acknowledge sequence breaks
>Playable credit sequence

>new game plus
>you keep everything

>>718680881
>one chapter in the middle, you play as the endgame boss
>he’s broken as shit
>at the end of the game you can choose to play as the hero or villain
Always kino of the highest order

>>718666569
Cruelty Squad?

>>718667278
>the NPC tells you to go get them again.
KEK

>>718674534
>ONLY I CAN FLY HIGH ENOUGH!

>new game plus
>you can use your knowledge of prior events to change the story and basically unlock a completely new questline with a new ending

>>718668249
>dream chapter is fucking weird and does wacky shit
>next chapter is a virtual reality chapter that is also fucking weird and does wacky shit

>>718677356
>Trial by Blade
>ATK/MAG +900%
>Both are immortal

>99% resistance to damage but it lowers your hp to 10
>10hp/s hp regen

>>718661534
Chess.com does something like this to detect cheaters. They’ll see how often new accounts him and how long new accounts take to make a move.

>boss is your mother after being heavily mutated
>uses your fighting style with evil versions of all of your attacks

>>718658353 (OP)
Three that get me
>Japanese artist tries to rap (cringekino)
>Game has some sort of astral plane/mind palace type level that's a still ocean to the horizon with a clear or stormy sky
>Character unlocks ultimate attack during desperate battle and it has a cut-in animation

>all the normal endings suck ass
>extremely hard to reach secret ending where you kill a god, become god, and presumably conquer the world.

>>718658353 (OP)
>you fight the final boss solo

>>718683858
>You really are strong!
>But that only means I have to hunt you harder!

>>718681679
>You're out of luck. There is only one person who can keep up with me.

Being glazed by your big rival feels so fucking good

>>718658353 (OP)
>final boss theme is full vocal version of the normal theme

>>718686963
>the walk to the final boss has no sound except your footsteps

>>718658353 (OP)
>the boss has 10000000000000000000 HP
>you hack your attacks to do 100000000000000000 damage instead of 100

>>718684891
that's not a trope

>final boss archieves godly status/ultimate power
>as battle goes on, starts panicking and getting desperate when notices he/she is losing
>you can feel how you are seen as an invincible monster on the boss vision and how he/she breaks down when starts feeling everything he/she did was in vain
We need more games where the player is actually acknowledged as a menace.

>>718658353 (OP)
>Game has a permanent death mode that's set to the hardest difficulty.
Even if I can never beat it, it's cool to see other people optimize the game to make it sorta trivial.

>>718661534
>>718665301
Hey Tom Brady!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQAR5iRB8Lg

>game has two protagonists
>final boss is the other protagonist

>>718688917
>you can choose who you will play as

>>718659037
>Mario
>Deus Ex HR

>boss has a second phase
>his attacks sync up to the music
https://youtu.be/NjzF3XWrDdA?si=fp2WMn1vJsG43WcD

>>718687462
>hack the game to beat an actually "unbeatable due to plot reasons" boss fight
>the game calls you over these shenanigans and forces a GAME OVER for your troubles
lmao Dingaling you petty bastard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laWVLUn15eY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qMiezGKHaY

>>718658353 (OP)
>you fight against a final boss taking in the place of the first level
Which games?

>>718660279
Every 3d sonic up until unleashed I think

>>718660279
>medley of main theme AND each character's themes
always kino

>>718660279
>creepier and darker version of the main theme plays during the middle of the final boss
https://youtu.be/1XpenOH32e0?list=RD1XpenOH32e0&t=96

It's been years but this always stuck with me despite it being a mediocre final boss in a mediocre kids game.

>>718668305
Bayonetta 2
44 unspecified rpgmaker hgames

>Final boss of the previous game is the main character of the new game
>The protagonist of the previous game is the new super boss you can fight in the postgame, the fight ending on a cliffhanger

>>718672495
Thargoids fuck with your ship UI? been several years since i played ED

>>718692457

Got any examples of that? pokemon silver had red as the “super boss” but I don’t know games that did both

>>718659390
>>718660421
2hu chads!!

>>718673182
GAME

>>718668857
>frogposter (you) farms
Typical.

>>718666182
why Is Monarch such and unhinged psychopath and why do I relate to him?

>>718695468
He's just doing his job while everyone else is kneeling to him because they misinterpreted his callsign and logo

>>718673123
That's not what he actually looks like.

>>718698534
What was the actual explanation again? The butterfly, right?

>>718698907
Monarch butterfly, yeah. The logo is a pair of wings that everyone misinterprets as a crown.

>>718668305
F.E.A.R 2

Bump

>>718695468
You fly a jet for a living

>>718703628
I like when joke characters/weapons are useless under normal circumstances but if you do something very specific with them they become OP

>>718658353 (OP)
>final boss looks directly at the camera and recites your full legal name, address and social security number, tells you to get back to your world and then just continues the fight without acknowledging what he just did
Getting a bit sick of this one to be honest bros.

>>718705214
I hated when Metal Gear did that.

>>718658353 (OP)
I don't care for undertale but that one boss destroying the mercy button is awesome

>game seems like it's about to end
>everything you did was part of the villains plan
>you just completed the tutorial and made things worse

Your health goes to 0 and keeps lowering into the negatives after you've reached a certain point in the boss fight, when all the hardest parts have been presented and beaten by you. Your character model gets increasingly bloodied and destroyed as the fight progresses. There is no longer a fail state, only how badly you'll look to everyone else when finally succumbing to your wounds after the victory. "Impossible!" the boss exclaims as it is no longer strong enough to win.
Taking 0 hits reveals a hint of a resurrection being possible far into the future during credits
>tropes
The dog ate my homework OP.

>You CAN grapple the final boss
That's it.

>First time you clear the game, the credits song is all glitched out and rough, but still sounds like it's trying to be a song that was playing even glitchier throughout the rest of the game
>Each route the song gets less glitchy and more complete
>By the final ending you realize that none of the characters were the real main character, and (You) were the real main character the whole time
>And when the credits play, the song from before is fully formed and complete
HOLY
FUCKING
KINOOOOOOOOOOO

>>718707276
>route
faggot

>>718658353 (OP)
>Section where you play as your rival

>>718663219
I feel like SMT4 half counts even if it's still a separate screen. When you open the menu he checks his glove and the menu opens on the bottom screen.

>isekai game
>the people in the other world speak a completely foreign language that is mutually unintelligible with you
>almost get executed by the king for insolence

>>718707624
Pikmin 1 & 2 pulls this off so well because its not so obvious at first.

>>718705864
hell yeah

>>718669950
>boss regenerates HP by eating your health bar

>>718658353 (OP)
>game allows you to play on any difficulty from the start
Except
>hidden unlockable "impossible" difficulty level that might actually be impossible

You're mentally ill, and I wish I was trolling

>>718666569
Dark souls has bits of lore during the loading screens after you die, some of which contain details on why you respawn and how the bonfires link together other "timelines".

>>718708745
>badass from the future was you and didn't even wear a mask, and the two of you compliment each other when you complete the mission

>>718661534
Fuck with the UI
>DooPliss

>Boss fight starts fully decked out in full armor, ranged weapons, melee weapons, tech/magic, allies and supernatural martial arts
>Devolves into haymakers and straights on an unlikely platform from a perilous height

>>718658353 (OP)
>finally complete a great game
>great enough to sit through the entire credits sequence and actually read the names
>gets to a "The End" screen, thanks you for playing, and idles indefinitely on the screen
>Get up, walk over to console, and manually switch it off
>mfw the feelings of deep satisfaction and completeness when flipping the switch and the screen goes dark.

>>718709978
No, you feel empty because now it's over and nothing can currently fill that void as that game just did.
Movies can make you feel like you said, it's just a 2-something hour experience you walk away from the same day. Ending a game robs you of the satisfaction of progressing it as you've done many days before.

>main character from previous game is the big bad
>Big bad from the previous game joins up with you to fight a bigger bad

>>718702069
if only

>antagonist has regular charismatic speeches through the game
>especially in the final level as you make your way to him