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author=harmonic link=topic=2479.msg53924#msg53924 date=1231095497

author=Enso_ link=topic=2479.msg53907#msg53907 date=1231085178
Cliche Rage
sooner or later you will complain that women have boobs.

Doubtful

Haha, well maybe that was an oversimplification.

author=G-Flex
This is a result of bad translation more often than not. Japanese has very different grammar, so different sentence structures work and ambiguous/cut-off dialogue works differently, so a bad localization can give you things like "Why... it's..." and "But he's already - !" and so forth.

I thought it may be that. Is there a better equivilent or is it just better to completely rewrite the part for english?

author=Feldschlacht IV
Have you played many RPGs hombre?

Now I think about it, I've played several RPGs in the last 10 years that have all had characters with shady pasts. I reverse my statement hah.

I have to disagree that an RPG should leave you feeling satisfied or that it should feel like a conclusion. Some great stories can leave you feeling almost cheated and conflicted. Watchmen was a great example of that. It not only took cliches and made them convincing but left you feeling really conflicted. Of course you can do this really badly and just look needlessly open ended. It still has to make you feel like the time put in was worth while.

I hate the sentence "That...that is..."
Prominent in all things japanese. Have you ever heard someone say that as a multipurpose expression of disbelief? Another example is "He's just like him..." or "Could it be...?"

Excessive menu navigation
Lost Odyssey did this. How often were you skill linking, creating rings and swapping them around mid battle. It's exhausting.

A young hero in denial
"I didn't ask for these powers! I don't want to save the world! I want my mundane life back!" I think we're all tired of the angsty, brooding teenager type character.

Classic anime characters
I'm pretty tired of character with triangular noses. The worst thing is these medieval societies seem to always have great stylists that allow them 4 foot spikey blue hair which stays perfect at all times. "We still use primitive melee weapons but we've invented VO5!" Who says just because you're riding into battle you have to look unfashionable?

Androgyny
A shoot-off of anime character design. I'm fine with an andrgynous character being used in the right context. But people like Square seem to love putting their male leads in skimpy little jackets showing off their stomach, with beautful big eyes and pretty lashes. I guess I'm not fond of this because I'm not androgynous myself.

Invisible Armour
It's demanding to make visually different armour using sprites, which infuriates me because I'd love to put it in my own game. But in the age of 3D I would like to see the armour actually changing your appearance more often. I'm tired of getting the Heavy Steel Armour and still be wearing a flimsy cloak.

What could have been
You know you are a victim too. Sometimes no matter how hard you try you think about what could have been. "If they had done this a little different, just put this here and that there, let you do this." You just have to try and take a step back and think of the limitations the creators were under. Nothing can ever please everyone.

Impractical Attire
When your character travel to an ice world (or any change in climate) they don't wrap up warm. No, writing "You must be freezing" does not make it alright haha.

Cliche Rage
Similar to "What could have been." Life isn't original, most creations aren't original. Yet we crave the new. Life is full of cliches but sooner or later you will complain that men have beards and women have boobs.

Happily ever after
It's nice to have a classic tale every now and then but that doesn't mean I'm not annoyed by it a lot of the time. Once the bad guy has been vanquished everyone lives happily ever after as if all evil in the world just disappears.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions
The good guys are good and they do good stuff for the good of good. Have you ever done something with good intentions at heart, only for it to backfire? Aparently people in games have not.