Top 10 Overused Video Game Plot Points
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00:37 #10. America Saves the World
01:29 #9. Secret Organization Conspiracy
02:17 #8. Scientific Experiment Goes Wrong
03:08 #7. Zombie Apocalypse
03:58 #6. Revenge!
04:54 #5. Alien Invasion
05:46 #4. The Chosen One
06:33 #3, #2 & #1: ????
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gears of war should've been in there
Can someone explain why on Modern warfare 3 warships and submarines armed with weapons that have ranges of over a 100 miles are engaging each other like its Trafalgar?
Hey what about the side characters you knew was the antagonist the whole time 😮
What abou th butterfly affect example : until dawn Life is strange can you leave more?
WHAT ABOUT THE JUMP SCARE EXAMPLE: FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDYS, SLENDER MAN , UNTILL DAWN AND LIKE ANY OTHER VIDEO GAME EVER!!!!!
The last time I was thsi early, Mario was still in the thumbnail.
8:21 that guy is shaking harder than my bed when I fap
it's so overused bc these plot points are really the only plot points you can use…… lol
You forgot Time Travel
Didn't Shadow The Hedgehog have like an amnesia oriented plot?
At least most racing games don't have these problems. =p
Yeah right America is an evil country
8:56 – 9:01 So many idiots need to learn that.
Meh. Who cares? Every work of fiction is based off already-used plot points. It's all about how uniquely a game, movie, story, etc. can use an already-existing idea and turn it into it's own. Some of the best fictional works are inspired by something else already done, because they delivered it well in their own way.
i found an easter egg in this video! in the doom one look at the bottom left of the door the mixom logo slid off a bit to reveal a Vault-tec logo from fallout!!
Crash bandcaot sounds weird with a British accent in the second installment of the same title.
Were they trying to open a portal to Hell in Doom or is that just what happened? I never got around to playing the Doom franchise, I just feel like it seems more plausible that they were trying to either open a portal to another dimension, or teleport objects from point A to point B and screwed up royally.
Way to nail cliches and the. Use the games that were pioneers of them to describe the cliche instead of games that just jump on. Come on guys you are better than this.
#3 lozbotw
This list was okay, until they ended it with a Buzzfeed Jr. moment.
NO mention of stopping a resurrection of an evil being?! That should have been at least an honorable mention, lol
0:33 i love how that clicker just slaps joel!
But… but…. Sora isn't the chosen one. Riku was, but he fell to darkness so the keyblade went to the next best person.
What name of the game at 1:21??
Some are not plot points but genres, please do a proper research before
AMERICA!!!! F*CK YOU!
2:19 – 2:21 I hate that voice. Please. Stahp it
Next up: Top 10 Overused Video Game Weapons
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9. Physics
8. Grenades
7. Fire
6. Rockets
5. Magic
4. Lasers
3. Vehicles
2. Fists
1. Guns
I wish "Rise up against tyrannical oppression" to be real life overused plot point. Some countries need that. I'm from Turkey.
woah I'm in a watchmojo video! sweet! Man they use some old footage because the last time I played the original l4d was years ago.
Uh.. in MW Britian saves the world
The only COD where America saves the world is Ghosts and its more like America saves itself
Since when Witcher is a horror game, nimrods? Mojo you really more miss than hit.