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30 rules every RPG must follow

The perfect storyline outlined and spoiled

Words: Paul Ryan, GamesRadar US
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Stabby_Joe  - 8 months 25 days ago 
This is mostly JRPG rules, not WRPG but a good list still.
Geminiman82  - 8 months 25 days ago 
LOLOL This is great and so true!
worl  - 8 months 25 days ago 
Haha so true...
Btw what is the game pictured on #8 ?
Laau  - 8 months 25 days ago 
Umm, guys? I hate to say it, but somebody already did this...

http://project-apollo.net/text/rpg.html

Yeah...
Hahndude  - 8 months 25 days ago 
I can't wait to get the new Star Ocean and go through all this!
C-C-C-C-ComboCro  - 8 months 25 days ago 
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! god i love me some Paul Ryan in the morning. does this guy do anything that isn't gold?
GawainBS  - 8 months 25 days ago 
From which RPG is the latest screenshot in point 23? It's just above point 24 and tells about the smell in the Ancient Temple. ;-)
noobeater  - 8 months 25 days ago 
massive lol at:

This temple is countless thousands of years old and moist. It will probably smell terrible, but it doesn’t matter, you can’t smell a game.

u guys know how to make a great Article just like u do an RPG
blackshark  - 8 months 25 days ago 
also ur grandpa dies, so true lol
HungryBeaver  - 8 months 25 days ago 
Holy crap - #30 is too true. Final bosses suck. So..many..lives..
Mavarious  - 8 months 25 days ago 
Hahaha, I think I've played almost the exact same game a dozen times under different names. Seriously, how many times can you through airships and air pirates into a game?
Hurricrane  - 8 months 25 days ago 
rofl, I love me some Paul Ryan, thanks dude!
MadCowDisease  - 8 months 25 days ago 
Just awesome.
jar-head  - 8 months 25 days ago 
i've heard everything form Zelda to Anything Bethesda....GR kicks Ass
dougle  - 8 months 25 days ago 
lol the fun things,stupid things,annoying & werd things about rpgs all made hilarious..which game follows the most of those cliches?
EdHas503  - 8 months 25 days ago 
its funny cause its true
VeggieBurger  - 8 months 24 days ago 
If only this article was about actual RPGs not the interactive storybooks that are JRPGs.
erreip199  - 8 months 24 days ago 
ive noticed some of this rules follow other game genres too especially the 3 stage final boss
Orionthefirst  - 8 months 24 days ago 
Heheheh...Kain, you drunken mutheafrerergh.......
hacman12  - 8 months 24 days ago 
...creepy how good he is isn't it
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