Win Or Lose, Story Progresses Either Way Videogame

Basically, whenever you are in some contest or battle (usually mandatory), and while winning or losing may have its consequences, the game and story go on regardless. May or may not be impactful, and doesn't necessarily need to be rigged toward losing or winning.

Essentially, special encounters where the usual Game Over is averted but winning or losing doesn't matter too much in the long run.

Examples: The entire game of Pyre The PvP duels with Apollo/Shizuka in Cross Code

VCD Scene Videogame

I'm looking for any tropes that occurred during a round of Viscera Cleanup Detail.^note Sorry in advanced for the improvised transcript in the second folder. The actual transcript markup doesn't work properly on TF and ATT.

Dynamic Loading Videogame

Do we have a trope for a particular type of dynamic loading where a protagonist has to crawl through hole in the wall or very tight corridor? It feels like it's become very common in the last couple of years. Or is that just covered under Dynamic Loading?

Positional Game Mechanics Videogame

Explicit game mechanics where your or your enemies can have different formations that affect gameplay. Things like "Does something for units in front/middle/back row" Strategy games don't count because positioning is implicit in those games.

Examples: Etrian Odyssey (your units), Earthbound (enemies), Darkest Dungeon (both)

Anti-Mob, Anti-Boss Videogame

Weapons, characters, or other tactics in a game that works better against either multiple enemies (i.e mooks) or singular ones (usually bosses).

Do we have something like this?

"Warriors"-style game Videogame

I noticed a high number of games, such as Persona 5 Strikers, Hyrule Warriors and others, that copy the Dynasty Warriors gameplay; fast-paced Hack and Slash against HOOOOOOOOOOORDES of enemies. Do we have a category for such titles? Like Metroidvania or Role-Playing Game?

Surprise Cannibals Videogame

Is the idea of someone or a group of someones that seem nice enough but are actually cannibals tropeworthy? I'm emphasizing the seems nice and normal part in particular, since I feel like it appears weirdly often, like the St. John family in The Walking Dead Season One or the house on Monarch in The Outer Worlds. Maybe a subtrope of Cannibal Clan?

Statement in multiple contexts Videogame

A piece of dialogue/description stays the same for multiple outcomes, but its meaning changes depending on context (your behaviors, choices in dialogue trees, etc. if it's in an interactive medium)

For example, a game with a morality meter has your friend giving something to you at the end: a present if you've been good and coal if you've been bad. Your friend's dialogue remains unchanged from "I have something for you, here! You deserve it!", but it's an angry snipe in the latter.

Edit: Good enough for me. I wouldn't have thought Kuleshov Effect, but it makes sense. Thanks!

Mythology Gag and/or Continuity Nod, but for gameplay mechanics Videogame

i swear we have a trope like this, but anyway here's the example i had in mind for The Division 2:

• The Striker's Battlegear Gear Set is functionally identical to the original set in The Division, with its backpack and body armor talents making it similar to the first game's six piece Set Bonus.
• The System Corruption Gear Set alters the functionality of armor plates - instead of holding the armor plate button for 2 seconds for full armor, pressing the button instantly gives the player 50% bonus armor for a few seconds, making it function similarly to medkits in the first game.

i don't think either of these has a story justification, they just felt like reusing certain gameplay mechanics.

In a video game the first level has a generic name Videogame

Is there a trope for when in a video game the first level has a generic name? For example the first level is just called "Beginning Village" or "Firstopolis"?

A boss in a game says "do not do this." Doing it anyway results in Bad Things. Videogame

Basically, during a Boss Battle (video game or otherwise, I'm sure examples exist in other media), the boss imposes a "commandment" of sorts that warns the player against performing certain actions as part of the battle gimmick. This is not a Barrier Change Boss that alters its own mechanics, or an Interface Screw that jumbles up the menu. The boss itself and the interface remain unaltered and player is allowed to do the thing it does not want you to do — but there will be consequences for it that the player and their character(s) will not appreciate, sometimes making doing the thing a direct path to the Game Over screen, or other times giving the player a choice between embracing the consequences or playing it safe.

This is a trope that I thought existed, but cannot find for the life of me, and I'm beginning to notice a void in some descriptions being bandaged by Barrier Change Boss and Interface Screw that could easily be filled with a trope like this. Does it exist and I simply haven't found it? Or is this a trope I'm going to have to launch?

Higher Score for Going Fast Videogame

Looking for a trope for "the faster you move, the higher your score" - not in the sense of Speed Run Reward, but as in literally the faster your avatar is moving, whether it's making progress or not, the higher your score is for performing an action.

(Working on a page for an old video game that adjusted the points gained for shooting enemies based on how quickly you were moving - standing still caused the score to eventually drop to 0.)

The gameplay is solid, but the rest of the game isn't Videogame

pretty much the title. a game is some variety of polarizing because it has a solid gameplay loop but little in regard to much else. in live service games, you'll probably see cries of "there's nothing to do" on affiliate forums.

Stroryline cannon difficulty Videogame

Certain Game difficulty is considered to be cannon Ex: in bob test, the difficulty is locked to easy for first time, because that is cannon

Buff related Videogame

Bob: heals from dark magic Evulz: only have dark magic Bob: uses Attack Reflector

Stuck Weapon Videogame

A videogame enemy gets its weapon stuck in the floor, giving you an opportunity to attack. EDIT: I found Left Stuck After Attack. Please disregard this question.

First encounter with bad guy to prove not strong enough! Videogame

This happens a lot in video games, but I've also seen it in movies. Essentially whenever the protagonist meets up with the big bad guy in the beginning of the work, it is a horrible defeat to show how much growth the protagonist needs to succeed.

A few examples: Megaman X, the first stage you encounter the villain and he beats you up.

Lord of the Rings: Gandalf's first encounter with Saruman, he gets beat up to prove that he is not yet strong enough.

Many martial arts movies have this sort of thing. Kung-Pow, for example- chosen one meets up with Betty and loses badly in the first half of the movie.

Is there a trope for this?

Pre Ds advanced wars interface screw? Videogame

I don't think it fits in trope finder, but are Fog of War with The All-Seeing A.I. are considered Interface Screw

Asked again Videogame

boss is difficult not because it has high attack move but because flashing animation and loud sound

Someone who lost has his former fans turn to his rival Videogame

Some big superstar's defending his title against someone else, be it in a baseball game, wrestling, boxing, basketball, etc. He's real famous, not a single person expects him to lose against this newcomer. Newbie doesn't have a chance anyway.

...right?

Well, his supporters certainly THOUGHT the newbie didn't have a chance. And guess what? The champ's lost his title, and now his fans are heartbroken, devastated, etc.

Basically, they've become so disappointed in the champ, that they've even stopped rooting for him altogether, instead rooting for the one who defeated him. What would this trope be?

https://youtu.be/TsXoatCwJpo?t=18

Reluctant/Tragic final battle Videogame

This is for battles where there's a feeling of finality, but also that it shouldn't have come to this. In fact, perhaps one (or both) of the combatants doesn't want it, and is only fighting because of necessity, or because the other combatant wishes it. Hell, maybe both combatants see this fight as a Necessary Evil. In any case, you get the feeling that this isn't a glorious fight that you're watching for the action. Expect Sad Battle Music to be playing all the while

Examples:

• A great example is the fight against The Boss in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Both Snake and The Boss have a great deal of affection for each other. Snake still has reservations about fighting his mentor, a great war hero. And as for The Boss, even before you find out she was a Fake Defector about to die and let herself be vilified for her country, she still makes it clear that she cares for Snake. And yet, she still urges Snake to "Finish your mission! Face me!"
• Avatar: The Last Airbender: Zuko's final battle with Azula, aka. "The Last Agni Kai," where the fight is visually spectacular, but somber music is playing all the while to illustrate the fact that these are two siblings, broken by their father's mistreatment, with one turning away from him to become The Atoner while the other stays with him and is now in the throes of a particularly brutal Villainous Breakdown.

Cutscene injury immunity Videogame

Is there a trope for when a character is seriously wounded in a cutscene but when it ends they play exactly the same? Like in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance when Raiden gets the crap kicked out of him by Armstrong but he's fine when the boss battle continues, or how in Spider-Man (PS4) Spidey's seemingly uninjured after the beatdown from the Sinister Six.

newfound alies level only Videogame

a stage in which the main character only has allies gained during stage

Save File Pathos Videogame

Where a game treats save files with a sort of emotional importance (i.e., asking if you're sure you want to delete one while making you feel sorry for it, or making the file representative of something like having it represent your town in animal crossing). It feels almost like a subcategory of Player Punch, though I'm not sure if it would quite fit. Not sure if this occurs often enough to be a trope, but I've seen a few examples of it.

Vehicle Upgrade Videogame

Is there a trope for when in a videogame, you can upgrade or customize your vehicle? Be it a Cool Car, Cool Plane, Cool Boat, or Cool Starship? Basically Equipment Upgrade but with a vehicle.