Talk:The Gatekeeper/@comment-25400723-20141227073716

To be honest.. this wasn't really all that good. To me, this was an over-cliched, "standard issue" kind of gaming pasta. Why do I say "standard issue"? Because this pasta is about the same as most other gaming pastas. But keep in mind, this isn't a bad thing. I'm just saying that it merely fits in with.. well basically all other gaming pastas (except for a select few).

First, I'd like to discuss the cliches that I've found throughout this. The whole getting the game from a torrent website is familiar, along with the "weird mod" that gets downloaded from either the same site or a different one. I know that after a while it gets harder and harder to come up with new ideas to avoid cliches, but that idea seems to be the most popular to go with when it comes to writing gaming pastas.

Then there's the whole "Game/mod speaks to the player". I mean, it doesn't speak to the player directly, but it's still breaking the fourth wall by sending the player cryptic messages (even though the computer was fried. Maybe it was made just before it fried? I don't know).

Third, "Game/mod won't delete, or changes things on the computer". This one is probably the most used cliche in gaming pastas. Doesn't really matter too much, but just thought I'd bring it up.

And finally, "Something getting out of the game and visiting the player in real life". Also seems to be one that many people use for some strange reason. We all know it's not physically possible, but hey, anything can happen in a Creepypasta.

The spelling and grammar was okay for the most part, but there was some errors (Easy fix).

I don't think that this is bad.. I'm just saying it seems like all of the other gaming pastas.

My overall score? 6/10

~King