History VideoGame / ExitFate

''Exit Fate'' is a freeware RPG similar to {{Suikoden}}, wherein you can recruit seventy-five playable characters. It also bears some similarity to VideoGame/ChronoCross.[[note]][[ShoutOut You can even unlock the menu sets of these two games.]][[/note]]

* SturgeonsLaw: 90% of all RPGMaker games suck. This isn't one of them.

* AntiFrustrationFeature: The bribe system is really helpful and solves two annoying features of random battles commonly found in [=RPGs=]. The first is, once you get to know the area, it will tell you what type of encounter you get before you battle by the price of the bribe, and the second is it will allow you to skip the battle, which means you can avoid annoying or otherwise inopportune enemies, such as enemies with with strong melee attacks when training up mages or enemies comparable to a BossInMooksClothing.

** A lot of the character names in the backstory are from NorseMythology-- Hugin and Munin are named after Odin's ravens, for instance.

* MasterOfNone: Sadly, due to the focus on stats, any character who doesn't have a strong specialization (Sally, Richard) ultimately ends up being useless do to poor damage, average health, and only wasting spells dedicated casters could be using, so they have no place in team setups. Daniel almost suffers from this himself, but he ends up making a rather good healer despite not being as good a caster as some.

* RecurringElement: In a ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''esque manner, some elements from ''LastScenario'' reappear in ''ExitFate''.

** Bosses: Riftgate, Pestilence, and Rashnu. As one could expect, they're not the same persons/creatures though; some of them, however share the fighting style of their namesake. One example is the [[OurMonstersAreWeird Riftgate]], which [[ThatOneBoss stomped you into the ground by being almost immune to everything except non-elemental magic]] in LastScenario, but has rather low defense in ExitFate. However, its attacks are almost the same, and it looks the same despite being yellow instead of black...

* SignatureStyle: ExitFate features a NeutralGood protagonist seeking peace and justice, a complex situation with three countries in a war, many [[ManBehindTheMan men behind the men]], and LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters. SCF seems to [[AuthorAppeal like]] those tropes and motives, considering the fact that aforementioned elements were also formative for LastScenario.[[note]]Though he could have done this deliberately to make the fans expect such a plot in his next game just to pick it apart then, seeing as how both his games have some elements of {{Deconstruction}}, {{Subversion}} and other kinds of PlayingWithATrope.[[/note]]

** The entire cast is one big ShoutOut to the members of an online ''FinalFantasy'' messaging board, popular between 2001-2008 mostly.

** Bruce is essentially [[FinalFantasyVIII Seifer Almasy]] with dark skin, white hair, and a different name.
** Mike doesn't have the personality of [[FinalFantasyVIII Seifer]] but he definitely looks like him with the blond hair, white jacket and choice of weaponry.

* RecurringElement: In a ''FinalFantasy''esque manner, some elements from ''LastScenario'' reappear in ''ExitFate''.

** Also, there is a character called [[FinalFantasy Cid]], who happens to be a [[SpoonyBard spoony]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV bard]].

** The FinalBoss has an attack called [[FinalFantasyTactics Holy Explosion]].

* PromotedToPlayable: Eventually happens to ''all'' characters for whom DefeatMeansFriendship, except Rashnu.

* BilingualBonus: [[spoiler: Avelion]]'s weapon, Shinryuu, could easily be read as "Shin Ryu", which translates roughly to "True dragon".

* LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards: Rather spectacularly ''inverted''; due to the way the game's battle system is handled, characters in the back rows can't be targeted (except by ranged attacks) if there's a fighter in front of them. Thus, fighters often take the role of {{Meat Shield}}s while {{Squishy Wizard}}s in the back dish out extremely powerful magic and healing. However, once you start getting the -strike spells and the ability to max out weapons, fighters can have very powerful attacks and can exploit elemental weaknesses (one of the reasons spells are so powerful), easily outclassing even top-tier spells and for no MP cost to boot. Thus, the casters become relegated to healing and buffing while the fighters dish out most of the damage.

* MutualDisadvantage: Characters of the same element deal less damage to each other, and with characters of opposing elements it's the other way round. With {{meat shield}}ing and elemental enchants, you can turn this to your favour or change it, though.

** There's no one in the State Union who can outsmart General [[TheUsualSuspects Keyser]].

* TheMessiah: Played with. While Daniel is really good at making everyone his friend, this may not be an ability with happy, shiny origins.

* PersonalityPowers: Variously averted, subverted, and played straight. Daniel, the [[TheMessiah nice]], [[ReluctantWarrior pacifistic]] hero is light-elemental, while hotheaded, berserk Joshua is water-elemental. Most characters just seem to have a random element tacked on to them that doesn't have anything to do with their personality at all, though. Elements seem to be a [[GameplayAndStorySegregation gameplay element]] mostly.

* UnspokenPlan / UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Zigzagged. Some on screen discussed strategies work because the player needs to know what to do next, somethimes the plan fails at the last minute. But when the game doesn't show the negotiations between [[spoiler:Rock and Daniel]], you just know something's fishy.

** A few self contained weapon names: Vanrushal (A vampire) and {{Nosferatu}}, Erin and [[Franchise/{{Highlander}} McLeod]], Venkal and Rembrandt (a well known artist).

** A few self contained weapon names: Vanrushal (A vampire) and {{Nosferatu}}, Erin and [[{{Highlander}} McLeod]], Venkal and Rembrandt (a well known artist).

* EldritchLocation: The Spiritual Plane. Weird monsters, an MCEscher-esque sky and InterfaceScrew...

* AntiFrustrationFeature: The bribe system is really helpful and solves two annoying features of random battles commonly found in RPGs. The first is, once you get to know the area, it will tell you what type of encounter you get before you battle by the price of the bribe, and the second is it will allow you to skip the battle, which means you can avoid annoying or otherwise inopportune enemies, such as enemies with with strong melee attacks when training up mages or enemies comparable to a BossInMooksClothing.

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Generally an aversion; while Daniel looks like Sephiroth, he's a NiceGuy ReluctantWarrior who really just wants the fighting to stop. [[spoiler:But there's that whole [[SuperPoweredEvilSide issue]] with the Hand of Fate...]]

''Exit Fate'' is a freeware RPG similar to {{Suikoden}}, wherein you can recruit seventy-five playable characters. It also bears some similarity to VideoGame/ChronoCross. [[hottip:*:[[ShoutOut You can even unlock the menu sets of these two games.]]

** More like "Erin, Daniel, Myst, and Ayara". And all those other characters with weird names. ''Ljusalf, we're looking at you''.[[hottip:*:Though at least he has the excuse of being an elf.]]

** So, this guy is named Shiro... And he uses the... [[ShirowMasamune Masa]][[FinalFantasy mune]].

* BadassLongHair: Among others, Daniel and Shiro.