Cliches can be a tense edge to stand on. On occasion, they’re welcome because we know them, we’ve experienced them. We feel nostalgia when revisiting them. At other times, they’re tired, worn beings who we’d prefer to see put down rather than continue on in their dogged existence. Whichever way any one player feels about a cliche, the very definition of the word means that it’s something that’s been done enough times that it’s predictable. Half-Minute Hero uber-enhances every single RPG cliche we’ve seen over the past 20 year, but does it in the most unique way I’ve ever seen.

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