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** Some levels flat out block characters that would be outright GameBreakers for plot reasons. Bob the Paladin refuses to enter [[TheUnderworld the Endless City of the Damned]] despite being good against the abundance of undead and fiends [[GodsHandsAreTied because as an agent of the gods it would break an uneasy treaty keeping the dead and hellish forces down there.]]

* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Discussed''': "The Fire People are [[ElementalRockPaperScissors vulnerable to ice magic]]. Velvet, you take the lead for now."
* '''Conversed''': "Dammit, another Dash level. I'm not good at her control scheme, and her voice is ''so'' annoying."

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* '''Straight''': A game lets the player regularly rotate between [[FighterMageThief three members]] of a PowerTrio: [[BoisterousBruiser Barbara]], a [[FlamingSword sword]]-[[HotChickWithASword swinging]] warrior; [[DefrostingIceQueen Velvet]], a [[DeadpanSnarker cold]] [[SquishyWizard spellcaster]], and [[LoveableRogue Dash]], an [[FragileSpeedster agile]] '[[ShockAndAwe acrobat]]'. Each has powers connected to [[FireIceLightning different elements]], along with their strengths and weaknesses. However, choosing the wrong character makes the going ''far'' tougher.

* '''Exaggerated''': It is flat-out ''impossible'' for the 'wrong' hero to advance at ALL in levels that aren't tailored to fit their strengths.

* '''Justified''': The storyline is about how every person has different strengths and skills, and they are all important and useful in their own way.

* '''Inverted''': The game chooses your player character completely at random, but none of them are any better than the others.

* '''Averted''': The level designs only slightly favor one character over another--it's quite possible to use your favorite throughout the game with only minor increases in difficulty.

* '''Enforced''': The designers wanted players to actually ''use'' each of the heroes offered to them.

* '''Inverted''': ???

** Each of the three represents a difficulty level: Barbara is easy to use at first, but her abilities aren't as versatile in the long run, and she only has a couple of long-ranged attacks. Velvet, on the other hand, starts out [[GlassCannon very fragile]], but eventually grows into [[KillItWithWater walking]] [[KillItWithIce icy]] [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom doom]]. Dash, for her part, starts out [[TheMario somewhat in-between]], and develops into a swift sniper good at aiming electrical blasts and knives, but still not as physically strong as Barbara or magically adept as Velvet.

* '''Straight''': A game lets the player regularly rotate between [[FighterMageThief three members]] of a PowerTrio: [[BoisterousBruiser Barbara]], a [[FlamingSword sword]]-[[HotChickWithASword swinging]] warrior; [[DefrostingIceQueen Velvet]], a [[DeadpanSnarker cold]] [[SquishyWizard spellcaster]], and [[LoveableRogue Dash]], an [[FragileSpeedster agile]] '[[ShockAndAwe acrobat]]'. Each has powers connected to [[FireIceLightning different elements]], along with their strengths and weaknesses. However,

* '''Discussed''': "The Fire People are [[ElementalRockPaperScissors vulnerable to ice magic. Velvet, you take the lead for now."

* '''Justified''': ???

* '''Averted''': ???

* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Defied''': It is extremely hard to play the game with the [[JokeCharacter second of two playable characters.] However, completing the game with this character has become a sign of skill among the fandom, so much so that new players attempt to learn to play the game with this character.

* '''Defied''': ???

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