History Main / PathOfGreatestResistance

-->-- '''Gordon Freeman''', ''Webvideo/FreemansMind''

* Related to one item from TheGrandListOfConsoleRPGCliches, [[ConsoleRPGCliches73To96 #82]]:

---> ''[[TheWizardOfOz Follow the Dead Body Road, follow the Dead Body Road...]]''

* In ''DuneII'' the enemy units were created at (and came from) the enemy base. You could follow the trail of enemies back to their base and attack it.

* In RealLife, this is the reason that GenreSavvy military pilots, particularly those operating from Aircraft Carriers, try to avoid flying directly between their mothership and the target. Instead, they fly a more roundabout path, so as to avoid showing the enemy which direction their ship is in.

* In ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'', in the GagDub ''Machinima/FreemansMind'' he often says that when he gets lost, the best bet seems to be to follow the trail of corpses and bloodstains, and that the more dangerous the situation, the more he seems to be on the right track.

* Common in ''FinalFantasy'' games too. If you get stuck, pick a direction and if the enemies are challenging again, you're going in the right direction again.

-_> ''When you are confronted by two doors, the closer one will be locked and its key will be hidden behind the farther-away one.''
** ''Especially'' prevalent in ''VideoGame/GoldenSun''. Whenever there's a fork in the road, the path that seems shorter ''will'' be blocked off later on, forcing you to take the other path around.

* In ''HalfLife'', in the GagDub ''FreemansMind'' he often says that when he gets lost, the best bet seems to be to follow the trail of corpses and bloodstains, and that the more dangerous the situation, the more he seems to be on the right track.

** ''Especially'' prevalent in ''GoldenSun''. Whenever there's a fork in the road, the path that seems shorter ''will'' be blocked off later on, forcing you to take the other path around.

-> ''When you are confronted by two doors, the closer one will be locked and its key will be hidden behind the farther-away one.''

* Occasionally in the ''SilentHill'' games it can be easy to get turned around or unsure of which direction to go. When you are attacked by one of those damned nurses when you open a door, you know that yep, this is the way.

* The ''ResidentEvil'' series seems to use respawned (or replaced) enemies as shorthand for "this is where you're supposed to be going now."

* In ''CliveBarkersJericho'' there are a number of places where there is no obvious direction until something tries to kill you.

* Both ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' and ''{{Doom}}'' were like this: if a room is filled with bodies, you've already been there.

* In ''HalfLife'', in the GagDub ''FreemansMind'' he often says that when he gets lost, the best bet seems to be to follow the trail of corpses and bloodstains, and that the more dangerous the situation, the more he seems to be on the right track.

* In the ''{{Civilization}}'' games, this is very useful to determine the point of origin of an enemy whose camp or cities you haven't found yet.

* ''DeadSpace'' is trying to reduce this through the guide lines, but you pretty much have to kill everything that gets in your way anyways.

* Ever since ''SonicAdventure'' introduced the Homing Attack, nearly all Sonic games since then have had paths identifiable (and accessible) only by finding a trail of stationary midair enemies. This is most commonly used to begin an expert path or for a shortcut; very rarely is it actually required.

* Both ''Wolfenstein3D'' and ''{{Doom}}'' were like this: if a room is filled with bodies, you've already been there.

* YourMileageMayVary, but in the ''{{Civilization}}'' games, this is very useful to determine the point of origin of an enemy (Barbarian or Civilized) whose camp/cities you haven't found yet.

Examples:
* In CliveBarkersJericho there are a number of places where there is no obvious direction until something tries to kill you.
* Common in FinalFantasy games too. If you get stuck, pick a direction and if the enemies are challenging again, you're going in the right direction again.
* DeadSpace is trying to reduce this through the guide lines, but you pretty much have to kill everything that gets in your way anyways.
* In HalfLife, in the GagDub ''Freeman's Mind'' he often says that when he gets lost, the best bet seems to be to follow the trail of corpses and bloodstains, and that the more dangerous the situation, the more he seems to be on the right track.

* YourMileageMayVary, but in the {{Civilization}} games, this is very useful to determine the point of origin of an enemy (Barbarian or Civilized) whose camp/cities you haven't found yet.
* Occasionally in the SilentHill games it can be easy to get turned around or unsure of which direction to go. When you are attacked by one of those damned nurses when you open a door, you know that yep, this is the way.

* The ''ResidentEvil'' series seems to use respawned (or replaced) enemies as shorthand for "this is where you're supposed to be going now."

* All games in the NoSidepathsNoExplorationNoFreedom category are like this. And CutAndPasteEnvironments means this can be the ONLY way to navigate.

-> ''When you are confronted by two doors, the closer one will be locked and its key will be hidden behind the farther-away one.''

* All games in the NoSidepathsNoExplorationNoFreedom category are like this. And CopyAndPasteBackgrounds means this can be the ONLY way to navigate.

* In HalfLife, in Freeman's Mind he often says that when he gets lost, the best bet seems to be to follow the trail of corpses and bloodstains, and that the more dangerous the situation, the more he seems to be on the right track.

* All games in the NoSidepathsNoExplorationNoFreedom category are like this. And CutAndPasteBackgrounds means this can be the ONLY way to navigate.

* All games in the NoSidepathsNoExplorationNoFreedom category are like this. And CutAndPasteScenery means this can be the ONLY way to navigate.

* YourMileageMayVary, but in the {{Civilization}} games (Sid Meier), this is very useful to determine the point of origin of an enemy (Barbarian or Civilized) whose camp/cities you haven't found yet.

* Jericho there are a number of places where there is no obvious direction until something tries to kill you.
* Common in Final Fantasy games too. If you get stuck, pick a direction and if the enemies are challenging again, you're going in the right direction again.
* Dead Space is trying to reduce this through the guide lines, but you pretty much have to kill everything that gets in your way anyways.