A typical boss battle in the Xbox 360-exclusive RPG, Lost Odyssey. For anyone who is familiar with the genre, traditional/console RPGs, or role-playing video games are infamous for their trademark gameplay aspects and unspoken “rules” or clichés that many of the games follow. Planned as a recurring column, I hope to provide background information for [...]
RPG Clichés: Evil Empires
Final Fantasy VI features the evil Gestahlian Empire. For anyone who is familiar with the genre, traditional/console RPGs, or role-playing video games are infamous for their trademark gameplay aspects and unspoken “rules” or clichés that many of the games follow. Planned as a recurring column, I hope to provide background information for those unfamiliar with [...]
RPG Clichés: Fetch Quests
Suikoden II allowed you to undertake quests to recruit members to join your party. For anyone who is familiar with the genre, traditional/console RPGs, or role-playing video games are infamous for their trademark gameplay aspects and unspoken “rules” or clichés that many of the games follow. Planned as a recurring column, I hope to provide [...]
RPG Clichés: Stock Characters
Alex and Luna from Game Arts’ Lunar: Silver Star Story are classic examples of traditional characters. For anyone who is familiar with the genre, traditional/console RPGs, or role-playing video games are infamous for their trademark gameplay aspects and unspoken “rules” or clichés that many of the games follow. Planned as a recurring column, I hope [...]
RPG Clichés: Random Encounters
The Final Fantasy series (FFVII pictured above) is well known for its random encounters. For anyone who is familiar with the genre, traditional/console RPGs, or role-playing video games are infamous for their trademark gameplay aspects and unspoken “rules” or clichés that many of the games follow. Planned as a recurring column, I hope to provide [...]
