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* LongTitle: ''"The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 - Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie - Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley [=SaGa=]"''
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* CharacterCustomization: The game opens up with an ''extremely'', overly specific and very long character creation process, which involves choosing your name, birth year (in Before or After Clispaeth), Blood (Type), whatever combination of gender you are, likes and favorites, filling out questionnaires to determine your CharacterAlignment, choosing tarot cards, doing Rorschach tests... [[spoiler:It seems like it doesn't actually do anything.]]

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* CharacterCustomization: The game opens up with an ''extremely'', overly specific and very long character creation process, which involves choosing your name, birth year (in Before or After Clispaeth), Blood (Type), whatever combination of gender you are, your likes and favorites, filling out questionnaires to determine your CharacterAlignment, character alignment, choosing tarot cards, doing Rorschach tests... [[spoiler:It seems like it doesn't actually do anything.]]tests, getting offered a gumball... And none of this affects your player character.



* LivingWeapon: Guns are living creatures that you [[ItemCrafting craft]] via a breeding system as well as fishing for them in the wild.

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* LivingWeapon: Guns are living creatures that you [[ItemCrafting craft]] via a [[CreatureBreedingMechanic breeding system system]] as well as fishing [[FishingMinigame fishing]] for them in the wild.


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* ShoutOut: In the demo, if you repeatedly die a couple of times, you get sent to a completely different area, to what is basically ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''' Firelink Shrine, complete with the obligatory crestfallen warrior.
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After having a successful Kickstarter in 2012, the game has languished in DevelopmentHell as [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/talesofgames/barkley-2-an-rpg-sequel-to-barkley-shut-up-and-jam/posts/2525425 a Kickstarter update in June of 2019]] revealed that several important team members have left the project but promises to continue development.

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After having a successful Kickstarter in 2012, the game has languished in DevelopmentHell as DevelopmentHell. [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/talesofgames/barkley-2-an-rpg-sequel-to-barkley-shut-up-and-jam/posts/2525425 a A Kickstarter update in June of 2019]] revealed that several important team members have left the project but promises to continue development.
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In 2021, the remaining developer, Paperjack, [[https://talesofgames.itch.io/barkley-2/devlog/262720/the-future-of-barkley-2 released what was already made for the game to open source and effectively cancelled the project.]]
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* CharacterCustomization: The game opens up with an ''extremely'', overly specific and very long character creation, which involves choosing your name, year (in Before or After Clispaeth), Blood (Type), whatever combination of gender you are, filling out questionnaires to determine your CharacterAlignment, choosing tarot cards, Rorschach tests... [[spoiler:It seems like it doesn't actually do anything.]]

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* CharacterCustomization: The game opens up with an ''extremely'', overly specific and very long character creation, creation process, which involves choosing your name, birth year (in Before or After Clispaeth), Blood (Type), whatever combination of gender you are, likes and favorites, filling out questionnaires to determine your CharacterAlignment, choosing tarot cards, doing Rorschach tests... [[spoiler:It seems like it doesn't actually do anything.]]



* LivingWeapon: Guns are living creatures that you [[ItemCrafting craft]] via a breeding system as well as hunting and taming them in the wild.

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* LivingWeapon: Guns are living creatures that you [[ItemCrafting craft]] via a breeding system as well as hunting and taming fishing for them in the wild.
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* CharacterAlignment: InUniverse. The game features the classic D&D alignment system, though it uses "Loyal" in place of Lawful. Can seen being created [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-71FOXADTxg here]].

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* CharacterAlignment: InUniverse. CharacterCustomization: The game features the classic D&D alignment system, though opens up with an ''extremely'', overly specific and very long character creation, which involves choosing your name, year (in Before or After Clispaeth), Blood (Type), whatever combination of gender you are, filling out questionnaires to determine your CharacterAlignment, choosing tarot cards, Rorschach tests... [[spoiler:It seems like it uses "Loyal" in place of Lawful. Can seen being created [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-71FOXADTxg here]].doesn't actually do anything.]]
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After having a successful Kickstarter in 2012, the game has languished in DevelopmentHell, but development has continued incrementally, though there is no clear release date in sight.

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After having a successful Kickstarter in 2012, the game has languished in DevelopmentHell, DevelopmentHell as [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/talesofgames/barkley-2-an-rpg-sequel-to-barkley-shut-up-and-jam/posts/2525425 a Kickstarter update in June of 2019]] revealed that several important team members have left the project but development has continued incrementally, though there is no clear release date in sight.promises to continue development.
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After having a successful Kickstarter in 2012, the game has languished in DevelopmentHell, but development has continued incrementally, though there is no clear release date in sight.
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* OldSaveBonus: A save import from ''Barkley 1'' was the $62,000 stretch goal in the Kickstarter.
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* CharacterAlignment: The game features the classic D&D alignment system, though it uses "Loyal" in place of Lawful. Can seen being created [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-71FOXADTxg here]].

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* CharacterAlignment: InUniverse. The game features the classic D&D alignment system, though it uses "Loyal" in place of Lawful. Can seen being created [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-71FOXADTxg here]].

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Also Known as ''"The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 - Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie - Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley [=SaGa=]"''

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Also Known The follow up to ''VideoGame/BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden'', also known as ''"The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 - Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie - Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley [=SaGa=]"''




The follow up to ''VideoGame/BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden''.



* ExtyYearsFromNow: Year [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]]X



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* YearX: Year [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]]X
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* LivingWeapon: Guns are living creatures that you [[ItemCrafting craft]] via a breeding system as well as hunting and taming them in the wild.

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* CharacterAlignment: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-71FOXADTxg Can be seen being made by [=FrankieSmileShow=].]]

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* CharacterAlignment: [[http://www.The game features the classic D&D alignment system, though it uses "Loyal" in place of Lawful. Can seen being created [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-71FOXADTxg Can be seen being made by [=FrankieSmileShow=].]]here]].



* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo / ColonCancer: Invoked.

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* LongTitle: ''"The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 - Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie - Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley [=SaGa=]"''

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* LongTitle: ''"The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 - Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie - Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley [=SaGa=]"''[=SaGa=]"''
* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo / ColonCancer: Invoked.
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* ContinuityNod: The protagonist of Barkley 2, who doesn't remember who he is, calls himself [=X114JAM9=], after an error message. In the original, Vinceborg cites error [=X114JAM9=] in association with him not remembering his purpose.

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* LongTitle: ''"The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 - Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie - Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley [=SaGa=]"''
* ScheduleSlip: As of November 2014, the game is still dated as coming out in early 2014. This is likely [[StealthParody on purpose]], given the previous game's proclivity to making fun of the industry at any point.

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* LongTitle: ''"The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 - Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie - Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley [=SaGa=]"''
* ScheduleSlip: As of November 2014, the game is still dated as coming out in early 2014. This is likely [[StealthParody on purpose]], given the previous game's proclivity to making fun of the industry at any point.
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* LongTitle: ''"The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 - Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie - Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley [=SaGa=]"''

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* LongTitle: ''"The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 - Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie - Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley [=SaGa=]"''[=SaGa=]"''
* ScheduleSlip: As of November 2014, the game is still dated as coming out in early 2014. This is likely [[StealthParody on purpose]], given the previous game's proclivity to making fun of the industry at any point.
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* ExtyYearsFromNow: Year [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]]X
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* CharacterAlignment: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-71FOXADTxg can be seen being made by [=FrankieSmileShow=].]]

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* CharacterAlignment: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-71FOXADTxg can Can be seen being made by [=FrankieSmileShow=].]]
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* GenreShift: While the original game was a turn-based RPG, Barkley 2 is a loot-based Action RPG in the vein of ''Videogame/{{Diablo}}'' and ''Videogame/{{Borderlands}}''.

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Also Known as ''"The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 - Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie - Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa"''
The year is 666X. A powerful youngster, wise beyond his years, awakens from a B-Ball induced coma aboard the mysterious dwarf space ziggurat Necron 7, held captive by the Malevolent A.I. Cuchulainn [[note]]Who tricked, Charles Barkley, into freeing him by the promise of Incan Gold[[/note]]. With no memory of who he is or where he came from, he adopts the identity of [=X114JAM9=] and sets off into the Post-Cyberpocalyptic Wasteland in search of the enigmatic Cyberdwarf, the only one who can reveal to him the terrible truth behind his forgotten past and make sense of his harrowing future.

The follow up to BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden.

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Also Known as ''"The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 - Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie - Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa"''
[=SaGa=]"''

The year is 666X. A powerful youngster, wise beyond his years, awakens from a B-Ball induced coma aboard the mysterious dwarf space ziggurat Necron 7, held captive by the Malevolent A.I. Cuchulainn [[note]]Who tricked, tricked Charles Barkley, Barkley into freeing him by the promise of Incan Gold[[/note]]. With no memory of who he is or where he came from, he adopts the identity of [=X114JAM9=] and sets off into the Post-Cyberpocalyptic Wasteland in search of the enigmatic Cyberdwarf, the only one who can reveal to him the terrible truth behind his forgotten past and make sense of his harrowing future.

The follow up to BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden.''VideoGame/BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden''.



* AfterTheEnd:
* AnAdventurerIsYou:
* BigBad: Cuchulainn
* CharacterAlignment: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-71FOXADTxg can be seen being made by [=FrankieSmileShow=] ]]
* EldritchAbomination: Cuchulainn
* LongTitle: ''"The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 - Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie - Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa"''

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* AfterTheEnd:
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* BigBad: Cuchulainn
Cuchulainn.
* CharacterAlignment: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-71FOXADTxg can be seen being made by [=FrankieSmileShow=] [=FrankieSmileShow=].]]
* EldritchAbomination: Cuchulainn
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* LongTitle: ''"The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 - Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie - Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa"''[=SaGa=]"''
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The year is 666X. A powerful youngster, wise beyond his years, awakens from a B-Ball induced coma aboard the mysterious dwarf space ziggurat Necron 7, held captive by the Malevolent A.I. Cuchulainn [[hottip:*:Who tricked, Charles Barkley, into freeing him by the promise of Incan Gold]]. With no memory of who he is or where he came from, he adopts the identity of [=X114JAM9=] and sets off into the Post-Cyberpocalyptic Wasteland in search of the enigmatic Cyberdwarf, the only one who can reveal to him the terrible truth behind his forgotten past and make sense of his harrowing future.

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The year is 666X. A powerful youngster, wise beyond his years, awakens from a B-Ball induced coma aboard the mysterious dwarf space ziggurat Necron 7, held captive by the Malevolent A.I. Cuchulainn [[hottip:*:Who [[note]]Who tricked, Charles Barkley, into freeing him by the promise of Incan Gold]].Gold[[/note]]. With no memory of who he is or where he came from, he adopts the identity of [=X114JAM9=] and sets off into the Post-Cyberpocalyptic Wasteland in search of the enigmatic Cyberdwarf, the only one who can reveal to him the terrible truth behind his forgotten past and make sense of his harrowing future.
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Also Known as ''"The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 - Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie - Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa"'

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Also Known as ''"The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 - Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie - Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa"'SaGa"''
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Also Known as ''"The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 - Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie - Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa"'




The follow up to BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden.



* CharacterAlignment: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-71FOXADTxg can be seen being made by [=FrankieSmileShow=] ]]

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* CharacterAlignment: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-71FOXADTxg can be seen being made by [=FrankieSmileShow=] ]]]]
* LongTitle: ''"The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 - Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie - Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa"''

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The year is 666X. A powerful youngster, wise beyond his years, awakens from a B-Ball induced coma aboard the mysterious dwarf space ziggurat Necron 7, held captive by the Malevolent A.I. Cuchulainn [[hottip:*:Who tricked, Charles Barkley, into freeing him by the promise of Incan Gold]]. With no memory of who he is or where he came from, he adopts the identity of[=X114JAM9=] and sets off into the Post-Cyberpocalyptic Wasteland in search of the enigmatic Cyberdwarf, the only one who can reveal to him the terrible truth behind his forgotten past and make sense of his harrowing future.

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The year is 666X. A powerful youngster, wise beyond his years, awakens from a B-Ball induced coma aboard the mysterious dwarf space ziggurat Necron 7, held captive by the Malevolent A.I. Cuchulainn [[hottip:*:Who tricked, Charles Barkley, into freeing him by the promise of Incan Gold]]. With no memory of who he is or where he came from, he adopts the identity of[=X114JAM9=] of [=X114JAM9=] and sets off into the Post-Cyberpocalyptic Wasteland in search of the enigmatic Cyberdwarf, the only one who can reveal to him the terrible truth behind his forgotten past and make sense of his harrowing future.future.
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The year is 666X. A powerful youngster, wise beyond his years, awakens from a B-Ball induced coma aboard the mysterious dwarf space ziggurat Necron 7, held captive by the Malevolent A.I. Cuchulainn [[hottip:*:Who tricked, Charles Barkley, into freeing him by the promise of Incan Gold]]. With no memory of who he is or where he came from, he adopts the identity of[=X114JAM9=] and sets off into the Post-Cyberpocalyptic Wasteland in search of the enigmatic Cyberdwarf, the only one who can reveal to him the terrible truth behind his forgotten past and make sense of his harrowing future.

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