{"id":69977,"date":"2014-11-26T13:54:08","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T11:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=69977"},"modified":"2014-11-26T13:55:37","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T11:55:37","slug":"gamings-worst-cliches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/69977-gamings-worst-cliches","title":{"rendered":"Gaming’s worst clich\u00e9s"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s no intro necessary here: you know\u00a0you are about to read about weapons, button bashing, and a whole lot of video game “logic”.<\/p>\n

These are gaming’s worst clich\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

The Mashing of the Button<\/h3>\n

Almost every very zombie game has it: that moment when you need to press a button a thousand times or rattle your analogue stick when you are\u00a0grabbed by a zombie.<\/p>\n

The Mashing of the Button has saved countless lives (including Meryl’s in Metal Gear Solid), but I do not see how damaging your controller helps immerse you in a game.<\/p>\n

This is in the same league as quick time events, which have just stooped to ridiculous levels of ridiculous. Press X to never have to deal with this again.<\/p>\n

Fend off waves of enemies<\/h3>\n

There comes a moment in every game where you will reach a gate, a switch, or a computer that needs to be hacked, and have to defeat five waves of enemies before you can progress.<\/p>\n

The waves of enemies normally come from the corridor you just walked down, which looked pretty empty when you were there two minutes ago.<\/p>\n

Other clich\u00e9s that typically tie in nicely with this are the “pre-battle ammo cache<\/em>” and “massive boss arena<\/em>” tropes, which let you know you’re in for a long fight.<\/p>\n

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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare<\/p><\/div>\n

The Massive Lung Capacity<\/h3>\n

Game protagonists are usually good at many things, including holding their breath for long periods of time. Some can stay submerged for minutes, swimming furiously, without any need for oxygen.<\/p>\n

The (Un)climbable Mountain<\/h3>\n

Most open world games suffer from this issue, where there is a large hill or mountain which is meant to restrict your movement. Either you can’t climb it at all, or you walk and jump at the same time until you reach a certain height which you were not meant to.<\/p>\n

This is an off-shoot of the dreaded “invisible wall<\/em>” and “knee-high obstruction<\/em>” tropes which have littered games for eons.<\/p>\n