10 Video Game Clichés That We Secretly Love

10. The Suspiciously Generous Item Drop

One of the most common video game cliches of all time occurs when the player enters a room and finds a seemingly over-generous consignment of health items and equipment waiting for them.

This is basically video game shorthand for "gear up, because s**t is about to get real," and almost always signifies that a challenging boss fight is just a room or two away.

This trope is frequent across pretty much all action-centric video game genres, and though on one hand it might seem like a relatively lazy way to keep things balanced, it also helpfully gives players a heads-up that the next chunk of gameplay won't be a relaxed, easy time.

Though occasionally subverted for either comedic effect (Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel) or a dramatic surprise (the Andrew Ryan confrontation in BioShock), for the overwhelming majority, devs will shower potions, weapons, and armour upon players shortly before they're thrust into battle against a gigantic slobbering monster with more health than the previous five bosses combined.