10 Tired Video Game Plots Everyone Is Sick Of Seeing
9. Disgraced Cops On The Run
Not since LA Noire introduced everyone to Cole Phelps, a rookie detective lumbered with traffic investigation, have you seen a video game cop go through anything that might be considered a normal day? If youre a police detective in a video game, the odds are good that youll solve three murders before youve even tucked into your first doughnut. Thats okay though, because youre also incredibly experienced youre an amazing driver, expert marksman and have proven your unparalleled combat skills during years of loyal service. Then one day, someone will decide to frame you as part of their evil master plan, and your life will become a living hell in about ten minutes. Some sort of crime its normally murder and the victims often someone you care about will be pinned on you and, despite all the justice youve meted out in your career, everyone will immediately assume youre guilty as sin and clap you in irons. After you escape and you will, because everyone else you work with is apparently incompetent youll find yourself on the wrong end of a manhunt as you struggle to clear your name and avenge your wife, neighbour, window cleaner or whoever it was youre meant to have bumped off. It may be a convenient way to explain your protagonists talents and motivations, but its also a storyline thats criminally overused, and not just in games. Whether its Brazil, Hong Kong or even fantasy settings like Dishonored, weve all spent far too long playing video games that think theyre The Fugitive. Its time to surprise us give us competent police, characters who are actually guilty, or even multiple protagonists anything other than a plot first dreamt up for a TV serial over half a century ago.
