History VideoGame / ClaDun

* FunnyAfro: Bob the stylist.

** YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler:...But of course, Asagi starts glitching out once she joins the party, proving TheProtagonist is simply not in the cards for her. ''Ever.'']]

* FakeDifficulty (and once again, TropesAreNotBad):

* KillItWithFire: Actually a dialog option in the game. As previously suspected, at least one of the localizers is OneOfUs.

A third entry, titled ''[=ClaDun=] Returns: This is Sengoku!'', was released for the UsefulNotes/PSVita and Steam on May 27, 2016 in Japan and June 6th, 2017 worldwide. Set during the Sengoku era of Japanese history, ''Sengoku'' will have players traversing the danger-filled dungeons of feudal-era Arcanus Cella to save lost souls who have yet to reincarnate into the real world. In addition to all of the features introduced in ''x2'', ''Sengoku'' adds new classes, the Shuriken and Sickle weapon types, a new Ran-geon type, and multiplayer features.

* AnimeThemeSong: Quite unfittingly, each game in the series has a vocal theme song that plays on the title screen as long as the game is set to Modern music; ''x2'', for example, featured Kanae Ito's "Call of the Dungeon" on the main menu.

* GameBreakingBug: Cancelling the charge-up of the bow by tapping the block button won't stop the charging sound until the game is closed. For extra fun, you can repeat this until all you can hear is a loud estrident hum.

* TomeOfEldritchLore: Much of ''Sengoku''[='=]s plot revolves around one of these, called The Book of R'lyeh (as a ShoutOut to the actual Necronomicon). [[spoiler:It was sent to Earth by Enma, the ruler of Hell, as a way to speed up the whole reincarnation process. However, a few Japanese warlords who got their hands on it were a bit smarter than she expected, and figured out that it also has the power to ''summon the gates of Hell.'' Enma figures this option also works, since if humanity dies, she doesn't have to work anymore.]]

** You wouldn't think a place with the name like "Bath-geon" would qualify, but it does, oh so much. Enemies start at Lv. 100 and ''increase by 100 Levels'' every floor. The entire place is infested with Immortals, which actually become a gameplay mechanic, as 2F onwards requires you to lead the Immortals around to hit switches behind impassable barriers. And if you think you can waltz in with a

** The Lucky Seven Magic Circle is made much easier to obtain in ''Sengoku''. Once you hit 700 Fame, you'll unlock a Shady Shop item that locks the Ran-geon enemy level to Lv. 777, which guarantees that you will get the Magic Circle as long as you complete the Ran-geon.

* {{Cap}}: 999 on HP, ATK, and DEF. There are Titles that will let you break the cap, but these are typically exceedingly rare and can only be found on the higher-level Ran-geon floors.
* ChestMonster: Mimics in Cladun x2. Bonus points for them being even more populous than ''actual'' treasure chests in Transitory.

** Hilariously, ''Sengoku'' throws you a free '''Widen''' no later than three hours into the game if you go out of the way to farm 30 Fame in the first two Chapters and EX Stages.
** In the same game, you can also pick up a decent piece of armor very early from the Shady Shop if you farm up 999 G and some Fame.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Hilariously (and tragically) spoofed in Cladun x2. [[spoiler: After Parchmin's EvilPlan is carried out flawlessly, Death Glutton proceeds to take offense to it and... instantly kills him on the spot because he didn't like his conduct]], an act so evil it causes the main characters to defend the previously AffablyEvil villain.

* ExcusePlot: Most of the "story" segments don't have much to do with the dungeon-crawling gameplay.

* MetalSlime: Hiyokkis are birdlike creatures that are generally non-combatant and will run if attacked. Killing them nets you an enormous amount of gold, a guaranteed item drop, and tons of experience, but they have enormous amounts of health and run away extremely fast. This is saved from VideoGameCrueltyPotential by the fact that according to the flavor text they're all insufferable jerks and taunt you about the items as they're running from you.

* {{Mordor}}: Chaos in Cladun x2.

* NewGamePlus: The second game has this, but it's virtually useless apart from being able to revisit the tutorial [[spoiler: and the first true fight with Death Glutton,]] as well as respawning all of the old red treasure chests that were present in the dungeons.

* ThePowerOfFriendship: Join the Magic Circle and become strong!

* TrapDoor: Doom Gates in Cladun x2 have the dubious honor of being the only type of gate to the next floor that cannot be seen unless standing nearly on top of it. [[ShmuckBait Suffice to say that going into one usually does not end well.]]

* RandomlyGeneratedLevels: Ran-geons in the first game, Neo-geons and Trigeons in ''x2'' and ''Sengoku'', and Death-geons and Mu-geons in ''Sengoku'' revolve around proceedurally-generated dungeons.
* RareRandomDrop: ''x2'' has the infamous Widen artifacts. 1/1000 chance of dropping from only a single enemy in the game (which happens to be a {{MetalSlime}}), that you need to carry out of the dungeon alive to be able to use, and that you need at least two of to be able to perfect a character? Yes, they're that bad.

* ShownTheirWork: The Seer character in ''Sengoku'' will give trivia on the dungeon you're slated to enter next in the Story, and will sometimes provide tidbits about what happens to those places in the future and modern-day Japan.

* UpgradeArtifact: There are a whole bunch of artifacts which increase different parameters for your main character. Special mention goes to Widens in Cladun x2, which can be attacked to an Ability slot to drastically power up a character's attacks. Enemies can get them too, which can lead to effects as mild as their projectiles going faster, or as drastic as the resident [[{{Mooks}} Peons]] suddenly gaining the ability to fire massive explosive lasers out of their attacks.

* YeOldeButcheredEnglish: The Soul in Chapter 3 of ''Sengoku'' speaks entirely like this. It's strong enough that it induces a GotMeDoingIt on Ranmaru.

* MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext: ''Sengoku'' has a special dungeon called the Bath-geon, which is apparently a dungeon found at the bottom of a men's public bathhouse tub. [[BrutalBonusLevel It's also crawling with multiple Lv. 100 Immortals.]]
* MarathonLevel: All five types of Ran-geon run on for 99 Floors. There are Exits that can randomly show up if you want to cut your run early, however.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Dark Gates (Doom Gates from ''x2'') in ''Sengoku'' are made significantly easier; while they still function like they did in ''x2'', they no longer have Trap properties and are now completely visible regardless of whether or not you're near them, which makes avoiding them several times easier. There is an option in the Options menu to disable this if you want the ''x2'' mechanic back, though.

* BrutalBonusLevel: The Time Attack dungeon. The higher up floors of Ran-geons can also approach this. And don't even get started on Doom Gates in ''x2''...

* {{Cap}}: The level cap is 99 for each character. Stats are capped at 999, though you can break the cap in Cladun x2 by finding various titles that allow Attack and Defense to exceed that amount.

** ''Sengoku'' has Owls, which replace the Hiyokkis. That being said, the Hiyokkis aren't completely gone.

* ShoutOut: The bestiary entries in both games are ''full'' of these.

** Monsters in the same family tend to follow this. For example, the Demon monsters in ''x2'' are named after days of the week. The Pole enemies are also named with different numerical prefixes. The Fire-Man enemies in ''Sengoku'' are named after the ''Comics/SpiderMan'' series.

* ThemeNaming: Lots of desserts, in case you couldn't tell.

* DiscOneNuke: Hilariously, ''Sengoku'' throws you a free '''Widen''' no later than three hours into the game if you go out of the way to farm 30 Fame in the first two Chapters and EX Stages.

* MarathonLevel: The randomly-generated 99-floor dungeons, though luckily you can (and probably will) exit out early if you find an exit.

* RandomlyGeneratedLevels: Ran-geons, Tri-geons, and Neo-geons use this as their main gimmick.