Top 10 Overused Video Game Plot Points
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00:37 #10. America Saves the World
01:29 #9. Secret Organization Conspiracy
02:17 #8. Scientific Experiment Goes Wrong
03:08 #7. Zombie Apocalypse
03:58 #6. Revenge!
04:54 #5. Alien Invasion
05:46 #4. The Chosen One
06:33 #3, #2 & #1: ????
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Breath of the Wild uses a bunch of the these tropes in that one game
When talking about amnesia trope, don’t mention amnesia
Fun fact: in Dark souls you play as some random undead trying to link the first flame, your not chosen by anyone
alternatives?
Its only overused if it doesn’t make money anymore.
Good old KKona
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wait, didint the main character of bioshock have amneasia
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we all could use a bit more creativity. Dead Space for instance had you go to a spaceship in the vain hope your gf was still alive and then its just you and your own insanity and guilt from that point foward. Disturbing as fuck and I like it.