Best vidya cliches

>Second most powerful unit in the game is unlocked by 80+ hours of grinding, optional encounters, and extremely difficult quests
>The most powerful unit in the game is unlocked by making friends

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>making friends

>alternate universe scenario or route where every encounter or boss is ridiculously difficult compared to the normal game, but the payoff and ending is completely worth it

>Character appears in to help out during the final act
>Sacrifices themselves to help the party move forward
I almost cried last time this happened. There's just something about this act that just get's me sometimes.

>the best armor and set need be bought and not made or get it form a ques/monster.

>you were the villain all along

>you can punch all the gods in the face

>Final boss theme has vocals
>Final boss theme is a dynamic version of the main theme but with vocals

>everyone gets a happy ending except the main character

death is a happy ending

Im talking about the ones where everyone goes back to their old lives but the main character has nothing to go back to because he lost everything fighting the bad guys

Never seen something like that happen in videogames.

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timetravel as sequel after a previous closed ending

>MC is trapped alone in another reality as "God"
>Nobody remembers him
or
>Gets cucked by a copy of him

>character close to the MC dies
>MC goes into an uncontrollable rage mode where he's much stronger

>Villain takes over location
>Changes it to fit their theme/look like one of their bases
>Even the music changes, possibly mixing the leitmotifs

>main character struggles during the final act and is ready to give up
>all the supporting characters come together to give moral support and cheer the MC on
Okami, FE: Awakening, what other games?

>main characters are the only one to get a happy ending while entire support cast dies in horrible ways, and there's a lot of likeable secondary characters out there

>Your long lost sibling/rival/relative is actually the bad guy
>an epic duel begins but its entirely cutscenes

Earthbound, Automata in a way.

>protagonists in the first game are villains in the second

>Boss/Final Boss from the first game joins the party in the sequel

>MC thinks that his friend was killed at the beginning of the game
>he actually survives and ends up growing into antagonist

old hunters

>Final boss theme is a remix of the main theme

>Classic 80's song plays as you do some badass shit
>Or dubstep, for that one game

>the final boss is a quicktime event

Looking at you, Halo 4.

>a seemingly useless item your character possesses turns out to be absolutely vital to their success

>a seemingly weak side character is secretly the strongest

>game tells you to make your own decisions and play the game how you want
>can only beat the final boss if you spent your skill points correctly
>no way to reallocate skill points

FF9

>seemingly useless item your waifu gives you saves you from an otherwise fatal arrow trap
>if you don't have it, you effortlessly dodge it anyway

>Final phase of the final boss is a one on one fight between the MC and the final boss in his human form and his powers are similiar to yours.
or
>Beat the final boss, Rival wants to fight the MC mano a mano to settle the score.
Shit like this always gets my dick hard.

>Segment in game where mechanic bar is infinite
>bonus points if its during a hoarde or boss fight

>Protag goes off to try and bring back the character through some means
>Brings the character back but only for a short and proper goodbye
>Can get the character to come back for real in the perfect ending

>first phase of the final boss battle is full power MC vs full power antagonist
>they beat the shit out of each other and continue the fight with nothing but their basic forms and abilities
>classic music starts playing

>Boss fight has phases
>Music changes along with the phases
>Final phase has the vocals

>Beat the final boss, Rival wants to fight the MC mano a mano to settle the score.
>By the end of the fight they're not even using weapons or special powers or anything, they're just beating the shit out of each other and can barely even fucking stand up anymore.

I want to see this in video games more often.

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>The will of the people is a metaphyiscal force in the context of the setting
>Only reason you can beat the final boss is not really friendship but instead simply all the people in the world wishing and praying for your victory

Additional things I love:
>Final battles where the game mechanics are twisted in your favor some non-standard way (infinite MP, allied third parties, people taking fatal hits for you, outright blocking some very strong attacks)
>Any time you subject the boss to bullshit you normally have to deal with as a player and beat them at it (Looking at you, Asura's Wrath)
>Leitmotifs in the final battle bgm out the ass (Undertale for it's flaws was great with this, even if the final fight itself was a cakewalk youtube.com/watch?v=tz82xbLvK_k)
>Golden ending requires the hardest fights of all
>Normal battle music is replaced by a cooler theme when shit goes down or alternatively doesn't change at all from the stage theme in special circumstances (youtube.com/watch?v=3GB-xej4GFc and youtube.com/watch?v=ToDHGKykPh8 respectively)

A whole fucking book could be written on how to make a great Final Boss.

>One of the MCs goes missing
>He turns out to be the big bad's second-in-command
>Assumes control of the big bad's empire after he dies
>The big bad comes back even stronger before you get to fight him and he just rejoins your team

>party members are optional
>motivation for getting them is their character arc

Final boss of the first two Automata endings is pretty much this, both he and you can only spam ranged attacks by the end because you're too fucking broken to do anything else.

>alternate story mode playing as a different character
>new final boss appears
>they proceed to one-shot the final boss of regular story mode and fight you

You two are speaking my language.

Dragon's Dogma ?

Persona 2 Duology

>starter weapon upgrades into the best weapon

>>Beat the final boss, Rival wants to fight the MC mano a mano to settle the score.
>>By the end of the fight they're not even using weapons or special powers or anything, they're just beating the shit out of each other and can barely even fucking stand up anymore.
I don't know if it counts but the final Naruto game did this really well.
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Second one is.

>The rage mode is so destructive and uncontrollable that you temporarily take control of the rival character to deal with the protagonist destroying everything.

Ffvii

>Fight superboss.
>After you beat the super boss the super boss agrees to kick the final boss's ass for you.
>He teleports you and himself to the final boss.
>Entire scene is just the super boss kicking the absolute living shit out of the final boss
>the only thing you can do is watch the final boss shit himself while desperately trying to fight the superboss only for none of his attacks to even put a scratch on the superboss.

Paper Mario TTYD

Gimme some names

Shocked people remember S-cry-ed

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>you thought you were helping save the world, but the whole time you were messing it up

I actually like this trope a lot.

>main character is also the main antagonist

Persona 3-5. Best parts of the game too, hype as fuck!

Asura's Wrath

>Stella Glow

Fuck you Sense Data, you said I could save everyone on NG+ mode!

>main character was always unstable
>only became stable thanks to his love to one girl
>she fucking dies

I think you would love Gurren Lagann if you somehow haven't seen it

>MC uses his most powerful attack
>his powers start turning off

She had a nice design, it was a great shame.

Disgaea 5, but the friend that was thought to be dead survived the attack

>final boss theme is a remix of the main theme

One of the Super Robot Wars did it perfectly.

The bad guy taunts the hero with his lover, who's abandoned him, over and over, and the good guy never says a word. His team is getting worried like, "what, he's really not reacting?"

And his friend goes "Fuck, no, he's more pissed than I've ever seen him!"

Then he powers up with literally every buff.

>boss uses power that knocks you down to 1 hp

>sister
subtle

>final boss has three phases, all with unique music
>first two are original
>final phase mixes the title screen music, series medley and the boss' original theme

Excellen was brainwashed and kyouske knew Ingram was doing it to fuvk with him.

There was no abandoning anyone

>main characters has a powerful ability that only activates on low HP
>he also can dissipate the strongest magical attack of the final boss into healing
>and his ultimate ability allows him to reverse the flow of a world-destroying attack and use it after a final boss himself

>>Final boss theme is a dynamic version of the main theme but with vocals
yesssss

>villain looks somewhat comical/silly
>they're actually competent as fuck and threatening

>Any time you subject the boss to bullshit you normally have to deal with as a player and beat them at it (Looking at you, Asura's Wrath)

>Game has quicktime event stuff
>boss has his own alien controller
>kicks your ass with his own quicktime prompts shown on-screen
>near the end of the fight, he begins to fuck them up and eats your shit

Battle Network 6

I've long since forgotten the details, I only remember the hype moment.

Fuck you, StarBound.

shit man me too, bro sacrifices always make me tear up

>also removes all your mana/magic
>it's a real time combat game so this is serious shit
>when the boss is about to cast this you have a small window of time to stop him

I love the sephiroth fight in KH2, I wish you could data battle him

Scene: youtu.be/0QiJBTaX7mM

>the rival was on your side all along
>he teams up with you to beat the final boss

>party member leaves and joins the big bad
>When you finally get to fight him he doesn't get a power boost.
>Get to shit all over him like the punk he is

I love stuff like this but I want to be surprised so it's impossible to find without ruining it

Note, some of the buffs Kyouske uses he does not have access to

Valkyria Chronicles fucked this up so hard.

>your somewhat annoying yet ultimately likeable teammate that's been through hell and back with you from start to finish dies right before the end of the game

dragon age origins

>it is a tag team, with only the MC and the rival and none of the other party members.
For all the autistic bullshit Kingdom hearts is the final xemnas fight with Riku was cool as fuck.

People let Logain live?

>the barely explored character companion is secretly a powerful beast that allows you to fight an ancient boss
>or is the boss itself

>Boss starts off feral and attacks like a mad beast
>After you slap his shit enough he regains his compose and starts fighting like a man

>Game has no memes

Thank you breath of the wild for existing

Funny you mention that, because I'm watching it right now. Been amazing so far. I understand why this is one of *the* anime of all time. That OST slaps my shit every time I listen to it. Every time I watch an episode, I feel like a real human being.

Just got to the timeskip after Simon turns the Spiral King into a fucking donut. Ready to finally learn about those Anti-Spiral assholes I've been hearing so much about.

though I never watched Narutard, that was an objectively great final boss. So good that an outsider could watch it and appreciate it. You could tell some good foresight was put into t he writing.

>who says I won't kill you 10 years down the line
>don't make me repeat myself
>Edgelord Supreme has that moment of clarity
Good shit.

>Your nemesis has the exact same moveset as you
>If you taunt at him he taunts back

Just be prepared for Rossiu being a shithead

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