(09-13-2013, 04:44 PM)MyRedNeptune Wrote: (09-13-2013, 04:00 PM)Paddy Wrote: "Yeah, it had mutilated Frankensteined pigmen zombies working as slave labour in a giant secret underground machine by a man haunted by his own conscience for what he's done to his family and the people in his community as he pieces his memory back together after visiting sacrificial temples in Mexico...".
I bolded the parts that are cliche. Maybe that'll help shed some light on why I considered it uninteresting.
Note that the only unbolded parts are those related to setting/background/theme.
Recycling cliches, tropes, and common motifs is standard story telling procedure; in fact it's how some of the best stories are told. What matters is how the pieces are put together, and in this case I think they're put together very well. Although I have a list of issues I'd like changed in MFP, I would never fault TCR for poor story telling. The atmosphere and story telling are both excellent.