History PlayingWith / AndNowforSomeoneCompletelyDifferent

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** It's a super hero game and your playing as the hero's SecretIdentity

** You normally play as Chance for the whole game. In Chapter 3, you play as [[Ichigo]] for a cutscene, after which you play as Chance again.

* '''Downplayed''': After playing as Chance for a while you switch to [[LadyOfWar Diana]], who uses a spear instead of a sword and thus has different attack hit-boxes that favor reach over broad coverage, but functions generally the same way.

* '''Straight''': After playing as [[BoisterousBruiser Chance]] for some time, the first "chapter" of the game ends... and control abruptly switches to [[CuteWitch Ichigo]], who has ''very'' different [[LittleMissBadass strengths]] and [[GlassCannon weaknesses]] compared to [[LightningBruiser Chance]].
* '''Exaggerated''': After playing as Ichigo for a while, the game kicks you over to [[CombatMedic Claudia]] and her friend [[ActionGirl Lanna]] for the next chapter. Then [[SquishyWizard Leon]]. Then...
* '''Downplayed''': After playing as Chance for a while you switch to [[LadyOfWar Diana]] who uses a spear instead of a sword and thus has different attack hit-boxes that favor reach over broad coverage.

** The character switch follows a sidequest to give the TheHero a powerfull weapon or clue (without making too easy for the player).

* '''Zig Zagged''': You start playing Alice the fire mage but as she progresses through the level she earns more and more ice and water magic, when she has balanced fire and ice/water powers you switch to Bob, who fights with ice/water powers and earns some of the fire attacks Alice had and some earth attacks, when that's over you play as Carol that starts with the same earth powers Bob had developed and earns air, water and ice powers. Next you play Dave that starts with the same air powers Carol developed and develops all the powers the previous characters have developed depending on which order you solve the dungeons. When that's done you play Carol again and develop fire powers to add to her previous powers. Then you play Alice and develop earth and air powers. Then you play Bob and develop air powers. Depending on your gameplay at the end the four character have a different balance of elemental control and you can use the one you prefer to finish the last mission with the best combination of elemental power you prefer or get them to a bonus stage to improve Alice's fire skills, Bob's water/ice skills, Carol's earth's skills and Dave's air's skills, but this requires the player finding the bonus game hidden in the past levels that can be revisited.

* '''Enforced''': "We need a way to show the story from different perspectives... how about we let the characters switch from time to time?"
* '''Lampshaded''': '''Bob:''' "Do you think, Alice, that it's a bit weird how our squad leader gets replaced every time we complete an objective?"
* '''Invoked''': The last game was criticized for only having [[LightningBruiser Chance]] playable.

* '''Defied''': [[Webcomic/{{XKCD}} Actually, I downloaded a mod to add]] [[strike: [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Aeris]]]] [[PlayingWith/AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent Chance]] [[ItWasHisSled back to the party]].
* '''Discussed''': "Yeah, I finally beat this game! ({{beat}}) [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What ever happened to Chance]]?
* '''Conversed''': "Ah damn! I just got this far with [[ActionGirl Lanna]], and now the game switches back to [[CombatMedic Claudia]]!
* '''Deconstructed''':
** At the beginning of each chapter, you have to switch to a new character because the game takes place over several decades and the previous character you played was caught and killed by TheEmpire in a suicide attack to complete a piece of the puzzle that will defeat them.
** Chance gets captured by Evulz, and so we play as Ichigo attempting to rescue him. But, like the player, Chance's old comrades keep comparing her to Chance and finding her lacking, soon growing to despise her. Ichigo has a massive crisis of confidence and fails to achieve anything, leading to a mental breakdown, taking the damper off her powers and leading to her unintentionally casting an Apocalypse Spell, which was Evulz's ultimate aim and the real reason he captured Chance. Chance then breaks out and you use him to kill Ichigo before she can end the world, having to kill the character you previously despised in a deliberately painful way that makes you realise how much you'd bonded to her.

* '''Played For Laughs:''' Bob is playing ''[[ShowWithinAShow Chronicles of Troperia]]'' and enjoying tearing things up as Chance. He keeps trying to call Alice over, but she isn't paying any attention... until the game kicks him into Ichigo's shoes, and his shouts of surprise draw her over. Meaning that naturally, her first impression of the game he's been raving about involves a little [[{{Kawaiiko}} cutesy girl]] in a [[PimpedOutDress pretty red-and-pink dress with lots of frills]].
* '''Played For Drama:''' Chance has been doing well on his quest to stop Emperor Evulz' forces so far, but runs into trouble when he discovers a burning village. While trying to defend the survivors, he's surrounded, seriously wounded, and falls unconcious... and the game [[MoodWhiplash switches focus]] to Ichigo [[GoodMorningCrono waking up in her sweetly decorated room]].

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* '''Deconstructed''':
** At the beginning of each chapter, you have to switch to a new character because the game takes place over several decades and the previous character you played was caught and killed by TheEmpire in a suicide attack to complete a piece of the puzzle that will defeat them.
** Chance gets captured by Evulz, and so we play as Ichigo attempting to rescue him. But, like the player, Chance's old comrades keep comparing her to Chance and finding her lacking, soon growing to despise her. Ichigo has a massive crisis of confidence and fails to achieve anything, leading to a mental breakdown, taking the damper off her powers and leading to her unintentionally casting an Apocalypse Spell, which was Evulz's ultimate aim and the real reason he captured Chance. Chance then breaks out and you use him to kill Ichigo before she can end the world, having to kill the character you previously despised in a deliberately painful way that makes you realise how much you'd bonded to her.
* '''Reconstructed''': Your gameplay switches between many characters being dispatched by TheEmpire one by one; however, they frequently remind everyone around them and the player that their battle will not be for naught, fighting harder and more valiantly with every passing year. At the ending, your rebellion stands triumphant due to the sacrifices of true heroes who will be remembered for all of history.

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* '''Exaggerated''': After playing as Ichigo for a while, the game kicks you over to [[CombatMedic Claudia]] and her friend [[HotChickWithASword Lanna]] for the next chapter. Then [[SquishyWizard Leon]]. Then...

* '''Conversed''': "Ah damn! I just got this far with [[HotChickWithASword Lanna]], and now the game switches back to [[CombatMedic Claudia]]!

* '''Justified''': Each of the characters is one of {{The Chosen One}}s meant to help [[TheHero Sol]] defeat Emperor Evulz.

* '''Deconstructed''': At the beginning of each chapter, you have to switch to a new character because the game takes place over several decades and the previous character you played was caught and killed by TheEmpire in a suicide attack to complete a piece of the puzzle that will defeat them.

Back to AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent.

* '''Defied''': [[{{XKCD}} Actually, I downloaded a mod to add]] [[strike: [[FinalFantasyVII Aeris]]]] [[PlayingWith/AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent Chance]] [[ItWasHisSled back to the party]].

* '''Played For Laughs:''' Bob is playing ''[[ShowWithinAShow Chronicles of Troperia]]'' and enjoying tearing things up as Chance. He keeps trying to call Alice over, but she isn't paying any attention... until the game kicks him into Ichigo's shoes, and his shouts of surprise draw her over. Meaning that naturally, her first impression of the game he's been raving about involves a little [[{{Kawaiiko}} cutesy girl]] in a [[PimpedOutDress pretty red-and-pink dress]] [[FrillsOfJustice with lots of frills]].