Seeing a boss long before you actually fight it. This doesn't apply to the main villain that you encounter every 5 minutes throughout the game, but those moments when you're going through a level and something mysterious flies past you and you encounter it again later in that area. shmups are the best with this, especially when it flies by in the background then launches into the foreground
horrible and great voice acting
Metroid does that all the time, and I love it.
Quote from: May on December 10, 2012, 10:32:36 PM
Metroid does that all the time, and I love it.
didn't fusion do it with nightmare
and then there's ridley everywhere in every game
Quote from: Pancake Persona on December 10, 2012, 10:36:07 PM
Quote from: May on December 10, 2012, 10:32:36 PM
Metroid does that all the time, and I love it.
didn't fusion do it with nightmare
and then there's ridley everywhere in every game
yeah. nightmare's shadow is in a tank in a huge room behind you, flying back and forth and making huge whooshing noises. this is several rooms before you actually fight him.
and you see two dead parasite queens in prime before you actually fight one. and as far as mini-bosses and dangerous enemies go, you of course see metroids and those big giant space pirates in their tanks a good while before you ever fight one.
and the caterpillar vine thing that shoots spores in zero mission...you beat it, and then it falls down and makes a big hole. you proceed to ridley's area, and you see that it has fallen down there, but you can't access it. nor can you go anywhere, so you return to norfair and go right back to where he fell down, and you find a huge tunnel that goes down to where you saw him in ridley's area. only then, he's not there. only his empty cocoon. later, you find him again, as that huge moth thing boss.
i love when games use previous music in the game for a later part, usually a more serious part.
like the final boss in persona 3, where it uses the velvet room theme in the music.
Quote from: Lunchbox on December 11, 2012, 11:23:14 AM
i love when games use previous music in the game for a later part, usually a more serious part.
like the final boss in persona 3, where it uses the velvet room theme in the music.
this
also when music or events from the title screen/pre-game intro are incorporated into major events of the game
although i don't think that's as common in modern games
Quote from: Pancake Persona on December 11, 2012, 11:39:00 AM
Quote from: Lunchbox on December 11, 2012, 11:23:14 AM
i love when games use previous music in the game for a later part, usually a more serious part.
like the final boss in persona 3, where it uses the velvet room theme in the music.
also when music or events from the title screen/pre-game intro are incorporated into major events of the game
although i don't think that's as common in modern games
this particular variation is a tradition in the tales series. generally, the title or intro theme will have a slower piano version used in more "serious" moments, especially near the ends of the games. and abyss featured a boss battle near the end that was basically the most "important" battle that wasn't the final boss, and it featured an orchestrated version of the opening theme.
oh ya speaking of music tropes
background music override (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BackgroundMusicOverride?from=Main.BGMOverride)
Quote from: Thyme on December 11, 2012, 02:49:11 PM
oh ya speaking of music tropes
background music override (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BackgroundMusicOverride?from=Main.BGMOverride)
Quote"And of course the coolest part about the approach to Zanarkand is that the regular music is so awesome, they play the same music during the battles. No transition. None is needed. It's that cool."
YES
snowy i clicked that anyway out of instinct
all i saw was mgs3 though so it's ok