This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Ununnilium: Hm. IMHO, God Mode needs to be its own Video Game Trope.
Seth: Image Hotlinked and horrible. Don't bother uploading it to the server.
Cosmetor: I disagree with Boktai's inclusion. The solar gun can only be recharged in direct sunlight, and much of the game takes place indoors where sunlight is in short supply. Stealth and ammo management are key elements to the gameplay.
Is there an equivalent for sci-fi ship combat? I remember an ep of babylon 5 where the station is having a fight with a Centauri battleship, where the station has "interceptors" - turrets that fire point defense rounds which are supposed to destroy incoming fire. One of the characters comments "the interceptors are overheating - they're getting through" or something like that, and the next scene shows a reduced fire rate.
Also, in most Trek episodes, no one is worried about running out of phaser power or torpedos (except in Star Trek Nemesis). Though they do frequently worry about the shields.
Rabrab: I started to sort the examples, but someone who's better with games, anime, and comics is going to have to do those sections.
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- A note about the way she is doing this is made in Paul Robinson's Instrument Of God where Supervisor 246 comment's on a police officer's shooting skills:"I once took my brother paper target shooting using wadcutters when I was on earth, he didn't realize how much of a difference it is between what you see on TV shows and what it's like to hold a real revolver in your hand and take shots, And he found out how hard it is to use without at least a little practice. On a related note, I'm also gratified to see that you dump the brass from your revolver instead of wasting time pocketing it.""I learned that a long time ago. Some police officers are taught not to litter the target range and so, they empty the brass out of their weapon into the other hand, and if they are in a combat scenario, they revert to training, have both hands full and someone kills them because they lose critical seconds at the wrong time.""It's funny because when you did that with your weapon, I was thinking of Tyne Daly in one of the Dirty Harry films, where she holds her piece in her right hand, empties the brass into the left, transfers the used brass to her right hand, then puts it in her coat pocket. And this is in the middle of a firefight! I wouldn't be surprised if the way she did it was standard police practice in too many places. If she'd needed to shoot at that second while she was fiddling with brass, she would have been dead, because she had both her hands full for at least 10 seconds."
Particularly inexplicable for shoehorning itself into a comment on another show — and being several times longer than the original comment.
