Console RPG Cliches

[Mutant for Hire]

I don't know how many fans there are of console RPGs of the FF variety, but even those who don't play them should find the following list rather amusing. It's a list of the hidden rules that govern console RPG worlds.

You can find the list here (http://project-apollo.net/text/rpg.html).

One of the ones I'm tempted to put in a signature is rule 189:

Every problem in the universe can be solved by finding the right long-haired prettyboy and beating the crap out of him.

[megaplayboy]

The flow of goods rule is the most obvious one to me--the town you start in always has the worst stuff, and the one at the end of your quest has the best stuff.

[rebeccared50]

*LOL* I'm sitting here thinking to myself "gee this explains alot of the weird stuff that was going on in Baldur's Gate...."