History VideoGame / DistortedTravesty

* MacGuffin: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]], as they're the 7 Magical Flavored M[[strike:acg]]uffins.

* IThoughtItWasForbidden: [[spoiler:When The Artist makes himself invincible, the only way to stop him is to enter Rave Mode during the boss fight. Jeremy notes that you'll only get one shot at this (not that it's hard to kill The Artist once you activate it).]]

* HeartContainer: You have to collect four of them before they do you any good, probably as a ShoutOut to how they work in TheLegendOfZelda.

* PeopleJars: Found in the Black Rock Fortress [[spoiler: containing, among others, VideoGame/MegaMan, {{Mario}}, [[LegendOfZelda Link]] and [[{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]].]]

** The [[TheLegendOfZelda Triforce]] Bead is even more blatant.

* LastChanceHitPoint: The Revenge Bead retaliates CollisionDamage, but cannot this cannot take an enemy's last HP.

* FridgeBrilliance: After completing the four bosses of Metropolis, a gateway to fight 'Mr. X' appears. Since it was Wily's alias in ''VideoGame/MegaMan 6'' games, most people wouldn't think anything of it. Who's the boss? [[spoiler:An X clone]].

* NightmareRetardant: The goofy enemies prevent the first Distortion from being a full-blown BleakLevel.
** [[spoiler:The Distortion Reckoning would be [[NightmareFuel the stuff of nightmares]] if it weren't for the humorous banter exchanged by Jerry and Hexor for the entire level]].

* FixedScrollingLevel: Very few maps are this. Two of them are in Metropolis, and another is a hidden map.

* SequelDifficultySpike: Far fewer mistakes are allowed than in the previous games. Couple this with the fact that Jerry and Claire have smaller arsenals than their previous appearances, and Distorted Travesty 3 might just be the toughest game in the trilogy.

!!Tropes provided in the third game:

* EarlyGameHell: The early game of Distorted Travesty 3 is more difficult than that of its predecessors, thanks in no small part to the absence of weapons for the first few chapters of the game and the loss of the dash [[spoiler:until Gate 3]].
* GuideDangIt: [[spoiler:The Water Temple in Gate 2]].

* SequelDifficultySpike: Far fewer mistakes are allowed in Distorted Travesty 3 than Distorted Travesty 1 or 2. Couple this with the fact that Jerry and Claire have smaller arsenals than their previous appearances, and Distorted Travesty 3 might just be the toughest game in the trilogy.

* ContinuityLockOut: Most plot points and references don't make much sense if the player hasn't completed the previous two games in the series.
* EarlyGameHell: The early game of Distorted Travesty 3 is more difficult than that of its predecessors, thanks in no small part to the absence of weapons for the first few chapters of the game and the dash [[spoiler:until Gate 3]].

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* BaconAddiction: The final muffin is bacon flavored, which Jerry calls the best muffin to ever exist.

You can download the trilogy [[http://distortedtravesty.blogspot.com/ here]]. But be warned, [[PlatformingHell they]] [[BulletHell ain't]] [[NintendoHard easy]].

** [[spoiler:Also the final level, only you're being chased by the virus.]]

* TheVirus: Since the world is virtual, it's an actual computer virus, trying to take down The Darkness. [[spoiler:And judging from the ending, it succeeds.]]

A third entry in the series, ''Saved Game'', is currently in development, revolving around Jerry and [[spoiler:Claire]], chronicling their [[spoiler:struggle to save the Darkness and defeat the Virus that seized control of the world at the end of Distorted Travesty 2]]. A demo showcasing the first portion of the game was released on March 25, 2012.

You can download the trilogy [[http://distortedtravesty.blogspot.com/ here]].

One day, when they break into the Integrated Electronics Factory to teach its CEO about the greatness of Jerry's favorite game, a mysterious entity known as The Darkness comes and steals him away to another world, one which is composed of all the games the two have played since their youth. Their only hope of returning home is to collect the Seven Magical Flavored Muffins throughout the world and use them to defeat The Darkness once and for all, lest they miss a new episode of the best series ever.

The game was completed on November 5, 2010. You can get it [[http://distortedtravesty.blogspot.com here]].

A third entry in the series, ''Saved Game'', is currently in development, but it's unlikely to be finished any time soon.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Jerry looks awfully like Allen from D-Gray Man... [[spoiler:[[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as right before the beginning of the game, he went to an anime convention dressed like that and didn't change before breaking into the first level.]]

* FridgeBrilliance: After completing the four bosses of Metropolis, a gateway to fight 'Mr. X' appears. Since it was Wily's alias in one of the Megaman games, most people wouldn't think anything of it. Who's the boss? [[spoiler:An X clone]].
* FridgeLogic: The material the Metools' indestructible helmets in the ''MegaMan'' series are made of? Jeremy wonders why Dr. Wily didn't make entire robots out of this stuff. [[invoked]]

* PeopleJars: Found in the Black Rock Fortress [[spoiler: containing, among others, Game/MegaMan, {{Mario}}, [[LegendOfZelda Link]] and [[{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]].]]

* RainbowSpeak:
-->'''Jeremy''': What would he want them for? He's not even with the darkness.
-->'''Flame Instigator''': How would you know?
-->'''Jeremy''': Your text box isn't red.

-->'''Jeremy (garbled):''' [[spoiler:The Darkness has killed us all.]]

** Also, when Jerry first enters Distortion Reckoning, Jeremy says "[[spoiler:[[WhamLine We were just fakes. The Darkness has killed us all.]]]]" Once you complete Distortion Reckoning, this extremely shocking line...is never mentioned again or explained.

* DamageIncreasindDebuff: Cripple temporarily drops the victim's defense.