History VideoGame / Crystalis

* PostFinalBoss: After you destroy Emperor Draygon, you have to destroy the Tower's central computer DYNA, which is much easier than Draygon.

* ShoutOut: The story opens in "[[Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind the Windy Valley]]" and there is a forest which is populated by giant insects. "October 1, 1997, the end day" is a shout-out to ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''.

* SwordBeam: All swords have a charge attack to launch a projectile. They become varied at higher charge levels where some of them are actually area attacks rather than crescents or line attacks.

* HumansAreUgly: The elder of Oak doesn't like the smell of humans. In the GBC remake, it's one of the residents blocks the elder's house claiming he doesn't like that smell. That resident doesn't like the smell even after he accepts that humans are actually nice.

* BalefulPolymorph: The "Nuper" status turns you into a slime that can't attack or use magic. The only cure is the rare, expensive [[SdrawkcabName Fruit of Repun]].

* FourIsDeath: On both sides really. There are four benevolent wisemen, but there are also four evil generals who work for Emperor Draygon.

''Crystalis'' (known as ''God Slayer: Sonata Of The Far-Away Sky'' in Japan) is an ActionRPG created by {{Creator/SNK}} on the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1990. It begins [[AfterTheEnd about a century after a nuclear war that destroyed most of humanity]] and sent all of its inhabitants back to the [[MedievalStasis metaphorical Middle Ages]]. To prevent this from happening again, the survivors built a [[SwordOfDamocles floating tower]] to allow people to govern from high above. However, the [[BigBad evil emperor Draygon]], using magic and [[ScienceIsBad up-until-now-forbidden science]], has assembled an army and plans to TakeOverTheWorld by accessing the tower.

* SmallReferencePools: In the west the game is often compared and contrasted with VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI. In reality it has much more common with the {{VideoGame/Ys}} series. Ys was pretty much the gold standard for RPGs in Japan, but was much less popular in the west.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: Kensu, up until the point he teaches you Flight. Where the other wisemen dedicate themselves to helping the hero, Kensu takes on the Empire himself. If not for a lucky shot from Karmine, he might have freed the other wisemen himself after Shyron fell.

* MagicVersusScience: The skills in the game include an array of common [[MindOverMatter psychic]] tropes but are referred to in-game as spells, seemingly an inability to decide which they are if either. This could mean that these abilities are thought of as both or it could be a ShoutOut to ''PsychoSoldier'' due to the cameos made by Athena and Kensou.

** The Crystalis sword's apparent three charge levels is the result of a glitch and the sword was always meant to have just one charge level. If you go into your inventory (or the status screen) and come back out, the "extra" levels of charge disappear. Furthermore, assuming you have a bracelet equipped, if you avoid going into your inventory between receiving Crystalis and the battle with the tower's computer systems DYNA, you'll find that [[GogglesDoNothing the "extra" levels do nothing.]]

* TomatoSurprise: In the Tower it is revealed that the Hero was one of the scientists who built the thing in the first place. Your job after awakening was to judge whether the remnants of humanity were worth saving and if the answer was no, to use the Tower to wipe them out. Being the Hero, you destroy the Tower instead.

* PointOfNoReturn: Entering the Tower is a one-way ticket to the endgame.

* AbilityRequiredToProceed: All over the place, with the most frequent (and appearing the earliest) being walls that can only be destroyed if the hero has an appropriate orb to upgrade the ChargedAttack of each sword.

* LaResistance: The hero, Mesia, Zebu, Tornel, Athena, Kensou and Stom. Azteca also counts, since Draygon doesn't subvert it due to being rather separate from his 'creator' and also being an EnemyWithin.

%%* BigBad: Emperor Draygon.

%%* OneWingedAngel: Draygon, after you shoot the Bow of Truth at him.

%%* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: TheHero and Mesia.

* ForcedLevelGrinding: In the NES version, you cannot damage enemies or bosses if you aren't sufficiently leveled up. The GBC version averts this, which also makes it much harder.

%%* SacrificialLion: Stom (and possibly Akahana).
%%* ScienceIsBad

%%* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Mt. Sabre.

%%* GiveMeYourInventoryItem

* LadyLand: Amazones. They insist that men are forbidden in town. To purchase goods or rest at the inn, you must [[GenderBender morph into a female form]] to trick them into letting you in.

%%* HumanPopsicle: The main character.

* LadyLand: Amazones. They insist that men are forbidden in town, but you're still free to purchase goods or rest at the inn, but before you can do this, you must [[GenderBender morph into a female form]] to trick them into letting you in.

%%* ManaMeter
* ManaPotion: Fruit of Power restores part of your magic. Magic rings restore all of it.

%%* ProtagonistWithoutAPast

%%* SoundOfNoDamage

%%* SwordOfPlotAdvancement: Crystalis.

''Crystalis'' (known as ''God Slayer: Sonata Of The Far-Away Sky'' in Japan) was an ActionRPG created by {{Creator/SNK}} on the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1990. It begins [[AfterTheEnd about a century after a nuclear war that destroyed most of humanity]] and sent all of its inhabitants back to the [[MedievalStasis metaphorical Middle Ages]]. To prevent this from happening again, the survivors built a [[SwordOfDamocles floating tower]] to allow people to govern from high above. However, the [[BigBad evil emperor Draygon]], using magic and [[ScienceIsBad up-until-now-forbidden science]], has assembled an army and plans to TakeOverTheWorld by accessing the tower.