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openNo Title Videogame
Does Final Boss have any place on character and work pages? I know the Final Boss page itself doesn't list examples, but I frequently see it pop up on other pages, and very often in the form of ZCE's. (Especially on character pages—because, really, what else is there to explain once you mention that the character is the Final Boss of the game?) Bonus Boss and True Final Boss often have the same problem as well, at least on character pages.
Edited by MrL1193openSelf-Demonstrating Article: Doomguy Videogame
Hello Tv Tropes admins, i need your help because i want to know if it's safe to make another Self-Demonstrating Article, if some admin see this, please answer in the instant so you will make me know, thank you
openMetal Gear Character name pages Videogame
The character pages for Metal Gear list characters in the order in which they appear in the series. Major spoilers ahead, so read at your own risk.
SIGINT is listed on Characters.Metal Gear Solid, because MGS 4 reveals he's Donald Anderson. By this logic, there are several characters on Characters.Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain who don't belong there. Venom Snake should be in Characters.Metal Gear 1 and Eli, Tretij Rebinok, and Ishmael should have their tropes moved to their original character pages. The Man on Fire being Volgin gets a pass because it's basically its own entity. In fact, Big Boss himself should be moved from Characters.Metal Gear 1 to Characters.Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake.
I know these give away huge spoilers, but if we're going to do it for SIGINT then we need to be consistent and do it for all the other characters.
openNo Title Videogame
"Set page type" is still missing, right? If it is, we need Characters.Bravely Default set to "does indexing" so that the subpages get properly indexed. If not, please point me towards how to do this myself.
openWhat should I do? Videogame
Troper Wolf Thunder readded the word more after I removed it from YMMV Super Mario Odyssey
despite the fact that "much more funnier" is redundant.
Should I let someone else remove it or do it myself?
openNo Title Videogame
So what's the deal with Minimalist Run? I could understand putting examples on the page itself, but is it really permissible to stick this trope on work pages that don't, in and of themselves, contain the trope? This is basically an elevated form of Troper Tales, in my opinion. "You can do a Minimalist Run in this game by not doing X, Y, or Z." Congratulations, you've just described almost every game ever.
I feel like this should be In Universe Examples Only. Thoughts?
Edited by SolipSchismopen Diablo-like (videogame genre) Videogame
I'd like to create this page: Diablo-like (videogame genre) ...how can I do it? following is the text i'd like to put in the page. I submitted it to wikipedia but it doesn0t provide enough sources...although i think it makes sense.
Diablo-like is a video game subgenre, combining hack
and slash and action role-playing game gameplay, named
after the Diablo series.
A Diablo-like (also called in the pejorative sense a
Diablo-clone) features all this specifications at the same
time:
• Isometric/top down field of view
• Real-time, action combat
• Emphasis put on mouse use (movement, main attack,
interaction with scenario - "point-and-click")
• Loot: wearable items, quest items, power-ups, gold,
etc. (usually pickable by click on a text label: different
colors, different rarity/quality)
• Character development: leveling leads to increase of
stat/skill points, many classes available
• A single player character (as opposed to party control
seen in role-playing games)
The main focus of the game itself is not on a deep storyline,
relations with npcs or plot twists, like in other rpg
subgenres, but instead great emphasis is put on the sheer
“power” growth of the player-controlled character: improving
its performance (meticulously monitored through
mathematical parameters, like DPS or int/dex/str/vit).
This subgenre usually shows great replayability value,
because to reach top level with a character, multiple
playthroughs are required (Diablo 3 allows an adventure
mode, playing an alternate gamemode instead of replaying
the main campaign).
The possibility of creating multiple characters, each with
different stat/skills’ assignation, extends further the game
lasting appeal.
Notable titles:
• Sacred series
• Nox
• Fate series
• Titan Quest
• Grim Dawn
• Path of Exile
• Darkstone: Evil Reigns
• The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing
• Loki: Heroes of Mythology
• Deathspank
• Kult: Heretic Kingdoms
• Legend: Hand of God
• Torchlight
1 References
• http://www.escapistmagazine.com/
articles/view/features/galleryoftheday/
17094-Eight-Diablo-like-Alternatives
• https://www.diablowiki.net/Diablo_clone
• http://www.giantbomb.com/
profile/wastelanderone/lists/
ginormous-list-of-diablo-clones/74701/
• http://twinfinite.net/2017/01/
7-diablo-clones-that-wont-disappoint-you/
• https://www.engadget.com/tag/diablo-clone/
• http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php
?
term=diablo%20clone
• http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/
2014-11-17-lost-ark-is-the-best-diablo-3-clone-you-cant-play
openNo Title Videogame
Anyone thinks VideoGame.You Dont Know Jack is going a bit far with being Self-Demonstrating?
openMy First Edit Is Automatically Marked As YMMV, But Why? Videogame
Hello, everybody. I'm a newbie so I'm sorry if my question is answered elsewhere. I researched the issue but couldn't find anything.
My first edit signals a case of Talking To Himself in Amnesia: The Dark Descent. The situation is simple and leaves no room for factual interpretation: the dubbing actors in question provide the voices of characters who interact.
So then why is the new example point considered a YMMV entry?
open What's this genre? Videogame
I've now gotten a Works page for the Fairune series suitably big, but i can't figure out where to index it by genre. It's a top down game where the player explores a world gathering items, solving puzzles and beating monsters by walking into them, with multiple different maps for itself. I'd like to say Action Adventure, but it doesn't seem action-y enough for that. I don't suppose there'd be someone with a better grasp on genres over here?
For that matter, where do i go to get help with crosswicking? I could do it on ym own, but i might not have enough time to crosswick every trope on the page.
openOfficial romanization stuff in Fate/Grand Order Videogame
Okay, there's been some disagreement regarding how to romanize the name アルトリア (lit. Arutoria) for this game, which has been complicated by inconsistent official use. FGO's official translation uses 'Altria,' however, the recently released Fate/Extella's official translation uses Artoria. The company that localized it as 'Altria' wanted to use Artoria, but were overruled by the company that makes the game, who has used both forms at different points because nothing can ever be simple. The name is supposed to be a feminine of the Roman name 'Artorius,' which is a plot point later on. So far as I'm aware, the rest of the wiki uses the name 'Artoria' when referring to her by name instead of title. Finally, most fans kind of hate the name Altria. However, it is the official name for this single installment and does seem to be the name the company wants people to go with.
In this situation, what name should we be going with? The unpopular but slightly more official one or the name that sees more usage, but isn't used in the game itself due to questionable localization? There's been some arguing as to policy and a bit of back and forth on this one and I don't want it to spiral into an edit war.
In short, the official name is Altria, but they've also used Artoria officially before and just about everyone prefers that name because it makes more sense, so it's not clear which we should use.
Edited by ArhaopenNo Title Videogame
So, I just started a new game page and it happens that there's this Walking Spoiler character that sole appearance is spoiler. I already know how to put a character image on Tvtrope in the character page, but if it's a Walking Spoiler character, I don't know how to mark the character image itself as spoiler. Help, anyone?
openNo Title Videogame
Azure Seas deleted 8.8 from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, citing that it is a Fan Speak term and not to be used as a Trope. While I kinda agree with the notion that we shouldn't be listing examples for 8.8 due to its content*, policy (and the recent discussion we had here about Example Sectionectomy listed Tropes) appears to allow examples for it. Should it be readded (can't do it myself because I won't have computer access for a bit)?
[/*/] always thought 8.8 was flame-baity due to it boiling down to being Complaining About People Not Liking the Show .
Edited by KarxridaopenSPV3 Incendiary Weapons: Fire-Breathing Weapons or Kill It with Fire? Videogame
In SPV 3 (A mod for Halo: CE which re-imagines the first game's campaign), there are several weapons that possess incendiary properties. I'm unsure which of these fall under the above tropes, so I'll list each weapon and their incendiary properties to see if anyone can help me out.
Brute Plasma Pistol: Fires 3 plasma bolts with each trigger pull. Overcharge shot splits into globs of burning plasma upon impact, dealing damage to anyone standing on them while cooking off any grenades they land on.
Flamethrower: Self-explanatory. This one I feel would obviously fall under FB Weapon.
Sentinel Beam: Fires a continuous orange beam which sets unshielded enemies on fire.
Sentinel Sniper Beam: Rapidly fires multiple blue beams which quickly set unshielded enemies on fire. It also has two modes of fire: "Shotgun" mode (Beams are fired in a cone pattern while unscoped) and "Sniper" mode (Beams are focused on a single point while scoped).
Pulse-Laser Suppressor: Only used by Sentinel Enforcers. Fires small homing bolts which set unshielded enemies on fire after a few hits.
Incineration Cannon: Only used by Sentinel Enforcers. Fires globs of incendiary material which leave a burning residue wherever said globs land.
Edited by Enderguy059openNo Title Videogame
Are we allowed to assign Super Power Lottery to anything in Pokemon? I ask because of that ruling awhile back stating no competitive stuff (and some abilities are considered "good" only by a competitive standpoint, mainly Drizzle) but there's no denying that some abilities are flat-out better than the rest.
The ones I thought it would apply to:
- Protean - STAB on everything, can No-Sell certain statuses or types depending on your moves, screws with the AI.
- Magic Guard - Immune to all passive damage, including recoil from the user's moves or from a Life Orb. Can abuse the One Curse Limit if you're inflicted by Poison or Burn since the owner can no longer be put to Sleep or Paralyzed.
- Magic Bounce - Immune to (and bounces back) all non-damaging moves from the opponent unless they have Mold Breaker.
- Drizzle - Mostly rooted in competitive use, but it's the main reason why Kyogre is so Purposefully Overpowered (it can 2HKO the best special wall in the game with a special attack). Supports a ton of Pokemon with a 50% boost to Water attacks, Thunder and Hurricane are always accurate, decreases the damage of Fire attacks by 50%, and turns just about anything with Swift Swim into a Lightning Bruiser since most are Water-types.
- Prankster - Gives all non-damaging attacks +1 priority, meaning you can inflict Burns, Paralysis, use Status Buffs, or heal yourself before your opponent can move each turn.
- Huge/Pure Power - Doubles the owner's attack stat. Anything that has it and is fully evolved has Attack on par with or exceeding most Olympus Mons.
- Poison Heal - Heals the owner by 1/8 of their max HP each turn if they are Poisoned and gives status immunity due to One Curse Limit.
- Parental Bond - Free 50% boost to all damaging attacks, can break Sturdy/Focus Sash and hit targets behind Substitutes (breaking them then hitting again), both hits have a chance to activate a move's secondary effect (essentially doubling the chance like Serene Grace).
openNo Title Videogame
So a Justifying Edit was recently made in YMMV.Pokken Tournament that negates an example of Hype Backlash if it's true.
- Hype Backlash: When Masuda teased a huge announcement at the 2015 World Championships, everyone was anticipating the reveal of a new main series game due to the unknown Pokémon showcased in the September edition of CoroCoro and The Stinger of Hoopa and the Clash of Ages. Instead it was just the reveal that Pokkén would be ported to Wii U and that Pikachu Libre would be a playable character, which was viewed as nothing really exciting across most of the fanbase due to the existing expectation of the game getting a console release anyway. Every now and then during the live announcement they'd pause during their speeches to allow the crowd to applause...which hardly anybody did (although apparently it has less to do with the announcement and more to the fact that they started the opening ceremonies earlier than usual, what with the audience still entering).
Bolded part is the edit.
I cannot verify the claim of the edit, so I'm not sure if the second half of the examplenote I can confidently say from personal experience on several forums that the example itself is legit. People were definitely very upset about The Un-Reveal concerning the game's Wii U release. should be axed or just the justifying edit. Thoughts?
Edited by Karxrida

To prevent an Edit War, I'm bringing this here.
I removed The Fair Folk from Undertale for not being the example. The trope's about fairies being malevolent or malicious, but the "monsters" in question are actually quite friendly. However, Doh Entertainmnent readded the example anyway with the following edit reason:
"The trope doesn't specifically specify that they have to be malevolent, but at the very least unpredictable, which they mostly are, even if they aren't actually evil."
Even if he's right, the example in question needs editing to remove uncomfirmed speculation (e.g. the reason that the war started, which wasn't stated within the game itself) and to turn it into something that's less of a Wall of Text.