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Andrew Leprich: I might have a possible video game trope, related to but distinct from Take Your Time (in fact, one could argue it's Take Your Time in reverse). Let's say you have ten minutes to escape from a building before it explodes, but you make it out with a good three minutes to spare. The second you leave, the building explodes, which is nonsensical because, well, it shouldn't explode for another three minutes. Obviously, this is done because the developers want to show the building explode for dramatic effect, yet they can't expect the player to patiently wait around for three minutes and be happy about it. Prominent examples are the opening segment of Final Fantasy VII and the final mission of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Any name ideas? Always Just In Time would work, but it seems to imply an idea too similar to the one put forth by Take Your Time and would confuse things. Possible names: Always Right After You, That Was Close, Unreliable Countdown Timer, ...? LTR - I know that in Goldeneye, in the Statue Park mission, you as Bond have a set number of minutes to race from one end of the park to the other to rescue Natalya from a Time Bomb. Even if you reach her with plenty of time to spare, you get the message "Proximity Fuse Triggered" and the countdown ramps down immediately to 5 seconds, it's still enough time to get to safety, but seems like a cheap trick to get that dramatic fireball. Perhaps it should be mentioned in accordance with the Magic Countdown? Andrew Leprich: Good call on the Goldeneye example, and yeah this is definitely related to the Magic Countdown. It seems to me that this is essentially the video game version of it. Personally I'm leaning towards That Was Close as a name. What do you guys think? Addendum: I've decided on Always Close as a name, as I believe it reflects the trope more clearly. Kizor: Could someone who can add the third row or lower half of this  ?
Andrew Leprich: XD @ that comic, I second adding it.
Krid: I beat the exploding tower fight in Resident Evil 4 with over 1m30s left to go (Maxed killer7 to the foot, maxed killer7 to the face, leave), and it still blew up as soon as I left the area. Andrew Leprich: This trope could probably use a name change to something less broad and more concise. I really like Always Right After You. Thoughts? Seth: I think this name summs up the trope pretty well. No matter how much time you have left, you are Always Close to being late. Always Right Behind You sounds like something that would describe that racing trope where the Ai is always just behind you (Rubber Band AI i think) but it really doesn't work for this page. Andrew Leprich: S'pose you're right, just a thought I had. |
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