History VideoGame / FlawedCrystals

* BattleThemeMusic:
To maintain a level of consistency in the soundtrack, the game uses several tracks composed by Kasey Ozymy:

''Flawed Crystals'' is a ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' text-based horror RPG fangame made by A Friendly Irin and Farla in Twine, as an alternate universe to the fanfic ''Fanfic/TheDarknessBetweenStars''.

** If the player comes into the final dungeon underleveled for whatever reason, the [[spoiler:boss rematches]] will still give EXP in order to prevent an UnwinnableByMistake scenario.

* KickTheDog: If you pick the wrong dialogue options in the final battle, [[spoiler:Corrupted Steven's dialogue has him act cruelly to each party member. In Pearl's case, Corrupted Steven just verbally kicks her while she's down. That's not counting him ordering the Crystal Gems to help him bubble the others so he can keep them all trapped forever.]]

* HeelFaceBrainwashing: Jasper, after losing her memories, [[AmnesiacsAreInnocent becomes willing to help Steven rescue the other gems]]. [[spoiler:Whether or not she stays on your side after she regains her memories depends on how you've treated her throughout the game -- if you push her too far, she will attack you, putting you on route to
a bad ending.]]

** Early on in the game, Connie gets her leg bitten by a gem construct shaped like a shark, causing her to bleed from her leg to justify Stevonnie as a party member. During the fight with [[spoiler:Jasper or Corrupted Steven, she stays out of the fight likely because they would kill her far too easily]].
** In the final dungeon, [[spoiler:Rose-Steven claims that Bismuth is hateful and utterly despises her due to Bismuth trying to kill Steven when he accidentally reminded her of Rose due to their disagreement over the Breaking Point. During the final battle, if you pick the wrong dialogue option as Bismuth, Corrupted Steven will claim that she'll be happy once she's bubbled though she doesn't deserve to be]].
** The entire premise of the final dungeon is that [[spoiler:Rose Quartz being Pink Diamond makes no sense with Rose-Steven feebly trying to justify it whenever the Crystal Gems point it out to him because he knows it's a lie. During the final boss fight, Steven's corrupted form takes traits from Rose Quartz but none from Pink Diamond. The Perfect Crystal, on the other hand, does have Pink Diamond use Rose Cut, which is the only example tying them together]].
** If the player is defeated in the final dungeon, [[spoiler:due to being a PointOfNoReturn, rather than send them back before the events of the final dungeon or give you a Game Over screen, the game gives a unique message acknowledging them still being alive due to the Room being controlled by Steven. Unsurprisingly, Steven wouldn't want to see the Crystal Gems killed, yet as Amethyst points out, seems to want the Room to beat them up]].

* HappinessInSlavery: [[spoiler:Pearl in Steven's room fantasy, just as she was in canon.]] This is called out as twisted and awful.

* HeelFaceBrainwashing: Jasper, after losing her memories, [[AmnesiacsAreInnocent becomes willing to help Steven rescue the other gems]]. [[spoiler:Whether or not she stays on your side after she regains her memories depends on how you've treated her throughout the game -- if you push her too far, she will attack you and lead you to a NonStandardGameOver.]]

* IdentityAmnesia: Jasper, for most of the game. When Steven first tries to heal her at the beginning of the game, he accidentally induces amnesia that makes her not recognize him.

** At the end, [[spoiler:Steven corrupts into a giant-armed monster with a canine body and Rose's hair representing his self-loathing, his belief and resentment of Rose Quartz's perfection, and how he demands the Crystal Gems to change in the ways he wants]].

* MainCharacterFinalBoss: The final boss is Steven Universe himself after succumbing to his corruption. Your party members can fight Steven and eventually kill him, but doing so nets you the bad ending. The Talk option plays a key role in this battle, and each character has dialogue choices they can choose from. If they try to plead with Steven and use the PowerOfLove, Steven will insult your party members in ways personal to them and that party member [[PoisonMushroom ends up getting debuffed]]. However, if you choose to call Steven out on his cowardly and selfish fantasties he created in Rose's Room, Steven will feel awful and you'll be a step closer to freeing him from his corruption. Once all party members have called Steven out, he'll spam [[OneHitKill Dying of the Light]] on your party, with only Jasper maintaining her form out of sheer determination. At this point, you can [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential still kill Steven]] or have Jasper show empathy, which will allow Steven to be free of his corruption.

** It's also an alternate universe to their other fanfic, ''Fanfic/TheDarknessBetweenStars''. Unlike that story, all of the Diamonds are shattered at the beginning of this story and the events afterwards lead to a completely different ending.

* AllJustADream: Not for the story as a whole, but [[spoiler:the canon ending of the show is revealed to be a wish-fulfillment fantasy Steven fell into when he was unable to accept that Rose shattered someone]].

* AlternateUniverseFic: Passive-aggressively termed "[[ShapedLikeItself Rose Quartz is Rose Quartz]]". Rose Quartz is, obviously, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a Rose Quartz]] and not Pink Diamond. Several other changes are made as well: During this continuity's version of "A Single Pale Rose", Pearl showed Steven a memory of Rose ''actually'' shattering Pink Diamond. Unlike canon, Steven takes this horribly and stays in Rose's room for a week, which causes him to become delirious and Greg taking him to a hospital. A few months later, Bismuth was reunited with the Crystal Gems, Lapis Lazuli and Lars returned to Earth, and work began on a special weapon to assassinate the Diamonds, bringing us to the opening scene. [[spoiler:In addition, it is later revealed that Steven had a FreakOut and made up the canon ending of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' within Rose's Room to cope.]]
** It's also an alternate universe to their other fanfic, ''Fanfic/TheDarknessBetweenStars''. Unlike that story, all of the Diamonds are shattered and the events of this game lead to a completely different ending.

** After completing the game, you can warp back to before the PointOfNoReturn with your stats and levels intact, in case you forgot to make a backup save or if you want to see any of the bad endings.

** The same thing applies to the Perfect Crystal during the fight against it.

* {{Cap}}: Levels are capped at 35 (unless you're [[{{Superboss}} the Perfect Crystal]], who is Lv 100), Attack and Defense stats are capped at 30, and HP is capped at 100.

* DarkReprise: Textual only, but the chapter description for the final dungeon is a warped version of the lyrics of the song "Change Your Mind" from the main show, with the message and pronouns inverted:

* AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome: Unlike her canon self who abandoned the Breaking Point or ''Fanfic/TheDarknessBetweenStars'' who considered it as a last resort, this version of Bismuth manages to create a long range weapon called the Sonicator which allows the Crystal Gems to successfully shatter the Diamonds with minimal casualties at the beginning of the story.

* AlternateReedRichardsIsAwesome: Unlike her canon self who abandoned the Breaking Point or ''Fanfic/TheDarknessBetweeenStars'' who considered it as a last resort, this version of Bismuth manages to create a long range weapon called the Sonicator which allows the Crystal Gems to successfully shatter the Diamonds with minimal casualties at the beginning of the story.

* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: Once the corruption takes hold of him, [[spoiler:Steven's dark side is revealed to be a controlling, petulant, holier than thou individual who can't stand the flaws of the Crystal Gems and wants them to change the way he wants them to — effectively making him exactly like White Diamond in canon.]]

* BodyHorror: This game has it in spades with it's descriptions of the corrupted gems to [[spoiler: Steven's corrupted form or his death in the bad endings.]]

* BossRush: The final dungeon involves a rematch against every boss at their highest level, similar to VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission. Much like that game, you're free to choose which of the bosses to fight in any order you like before you fight the final boss.

** If the player comes into the final dungeon underleveled for whatever reason, the [[spoiler: boss rematches]] will still give EXP in order to prevent an UnwinnableByMistake scenario.

*** [[spoiler:Every gems' basic attack will have an altered description noting that the attack draws blood, since you are now fighting an organic creature.]]

* EmbodimentOfVice: The boss rematches and the {{Superboss}} in the final dungeon are creations of The Room who [[spoiler: embody the various things Steven believes is wrong with each of the Crystal Gems and also his own guilt:]]
** [[spoiler: The Drowned represents Steven's belief that Lapis is '''pathetic''' because she won't simply "get over" her depression and trauma and chooses to be miserable.]]
** [[spoiler: The Derelict represents Steven's belief that Peridot is '''insensitive''' due to her behavior when she was stuck on Earth with the Crystal Gems and her bombastic personality.]]
** [[spoiler: The Shattered represents Steven's belief that Bismuth is '''hateful''' due to their first meeting ending with Bismuth trying to kill him in a fit of rage due to him rejecting the Breaking Point.]]
** [[spoiler: The Bound represents Steven's belief that Garnet is '''dependant''' due to Ruby and Sapphire spending most of their time fused as Garnet and his envy of their "perfect" relationship.]]
** [[spoiler: The Wretched represents Steven's belief that Amethyst is '''insecure''' due to her reckless behavior and her immaturity and how she doesn't deal too well with stressful situations.]]
** [[spoiler: The Lost represents Steven's belief that Pearl is '''obsessive''' due to her relationship with his mother Rose Quartz and how she's had trouble moving on from her, believing that Pearl should "get over" it already.]]
** [[spoiler: The Perfect Crystal represents Steven's '''guilt''' of being unable to reason with the Great Diamond Authority before their shattering, his fear and expectations of them and their power and having to deal with their actions such as the Corrupted Gems and the Cluster Gems.]]

* FixFic: This game tries to do this for the Steven Universe fans who weren't happy with the Diamond Days arc with the following:
** Steven's characterization before that arc is kept while the final arc involving his characterization during that arc is treated as [[spoiler: a delirious nonsensical fantasy twisted by his corruption due to Steven taking the truth poorly.]]
** The Diamonds end up shattered by the Crystal Gems early on, satisfying those who hated them and felt they were let off the hook for their actions (despite never actually being forgiven for their actions canonically). For those who feel cheated that Steven and the Crystal Gems never actually got to fight the Diamonds directly, [[spoiler:they can fight the [[{{Superboss}} Perfect Crystal]] which is a shard fusion of all 4 Diamonds]].
** The game allows you to have all the Crystal Gems as party members, which is great for fans who feel that Peridot and Bismuth got shafted after their plotlines were finished. Also for Jasper fans who wanted her to have a redemption arc, she's also the first party member you get and [[spoiler:also key to getting the good/best endings.]]
** The final dungeon can be seen as this for those who didn't like the canon ending. [[spoiler: The canon events in the final arc are reinterpreted as Steven's fantasy and during the final boss, the Crystal Gems actually get to be important during the final battle instead of being put out of commission.]]

** If you try to [[spoiler:force Jasper to choose between Pink Diamond or her friends, Jasper turns against you and you fight her. Interestingly enough, her HP is the same as it would be during her tenure as your ally, allowing your party to curb stomp her easily.]]
** During the rematch with [[spoiler:The Drowned, it turns out that she has clones for all your party members to account for your vastly expanded team size. The Jasper clone also has a unique description to reflect how much Lapis hates Jasper due to the latter coercing her into becoming Malachite.]]
** Early on in the game, Connie gets her leg bitten by a gem construct shaped like a shark, causing her to bleed from her leg to justify Stevonnie as a party member. During the fight with [[spoiler:Jasper or Corrupted Steven, she stays out of the fight likely because they would kill her far too easily.]]
** In the final dungeon, [[spoiler:Rose-Steven claims that Bismuth is hateful and utterly despises her due to Bismuth trying to kill Steven when he accidentally reminded her of Rose due to their disagreement over the Breaking Point. During the final battle, if you pick the wrong dialogue option as Bismuth, Corrupted Steven will claim that she'll be happy once she's bubbled though she doesn't deserve to be.]]
** The entire premise of the final dungeon is that [[spoiler:Rose Quartz being Pink Diamond makes no sense with Rose-Steven feebly trying to justify it whenever the Crystal Gems point it out to him because he knows it's a lie. During the final boss fight, Steven's corrupted form takes traits from Rose Quartz but none from Pink Diamond. The Perfect Crystal on the other hand does have Pink Diamond use Rose Cut which is the only example tying them together.]]
** If the player is defeated in the final dungeon, [[spoiler:due to being a PointOfNoReturn, rather than send them back before the events of the final dungeon or give you a Game Over screen, the game gives a unique message acknowledging them still being alive due to the Room being controlled by Steven. Unsurprisingly, Steven wouldn't want to see the Crystal Gems killed yet as Amethyst points out, seems to want the Room to beat them up.]]

* HateFic: An odd example. The authors actually ''loved'' ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''... right up until "A Single Pale Rose" turned everything on its head. The story is a ''very'' pointed and scathing criticism of the canon ending, particularly the move away from the supporting cast to focus entirely on Steven, but the characters and overall setting are portrayed with a surprising amount of love, almost feeling like a FixFic at times. But the "hate" part is taken up to eleven in the final dungeon, where [[spoiler:the canon ending is revealed to be [[AllJustADream nothing but a sick wish-fulfillment fantasy of Steven's]], and is subjected to ''scathing'' criticism by the characters in the story, portraying it as a nonsensical mess of {{Plot Hole}}s and CharacterDerailment. The good ending actually requires the gems to stand up for themselves and criticize Steven for his behaviour, a complete inversion of the ending of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'' where he is saved by unconditional support.]] [[invoked]]
** [[RevengeFic Steven in particular]] during the final dungeon is portrayed as a self-centered, selfish, self aggrandizer with Messiah and Saint Complexes who only helps people for his selfish desire to be seen as an AllLovingHero. [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21257453/chapters/56586208 The author commentary]] outright calls him "a terrifying, awful person" and that "no one but the Diamonds deserve to suffer his twisted, possessive, controlling idea of 'love'." (They do, however, go on to say that they liked Steven before his character took this turn in the final episodes, and his CharacterDevelopment in the fangame is something of a FixFic in this regard.)

* KickTheDog: If you pick the wrong dialogue options in the final battle, [[spoiler: Corrupted Steven's dialogue has him act cruelly to each party member. In Pearl's case, Corrupted Steven just verbally kicks her while she's down. That's not counting him ordering the Crystal Gems to help him bubble the other so he can keep them all trapped forever.]]

* LastSecondEndingChoice: Once you're at the endgame, you can get different endings depending on if you [[spoiler: actually heal Jasper or try to MindRape her, if you choose to go to Homeworld or if you're in the final dungeon, your ending choices depend on if you choose to kill Corrupted Steven or try and get through to Steven.]]

* MainCharacterFinalBoss: The final boss is Steven Universe himself after succumbing to his corruption. Your party members can fight Steven and eventually kill him, but doing so nets you the bad ending. The Talk option plays a key role in this battle, and each character has dialogue choices they can choose from. If they try to plead with Steven and use the PowerOfLove, Steven will insult your party members in ways personal to them and that party member [[PoisonMushroom ends up getting debuffed.]] However, if you choose to call Steven out on his cowardly and selfish fantasties he created in Rose's Room, Steven will feel awful and you'll be a step closer to freeing him from his corruption. Once all party members have called Steven out, he'll spam [[OneHitKill Dying of the Light]] on your party with only Jasper maintaining her form out of sheer determination. At this point, you can [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential still kill Steven]] or have Jasper show empathy which will allow Steven to be free of his corruption.

* ModularEpilogue: The final scene of the good ending will be different depending on if you [[spoiler:successfully navigated Jasper's healing sequence. If not, she spits at your feet and swears never to see you again; if you did, you get a longer scene where she shows vulnerability and accepts Steven's friendship.]]
* MonstrosityEqualsWeakness: All of the corrupted gems are weaker than the party members that you obtain, though the final boss gets hit the hardest with this [[spoiler: due to their organic nature allowing them to die.]]

** Forcing [[spoiler:Jasper to choose between her friends or Pink Diamond]] during her healing sequence forces you to fight her before [[spoiler:Steven corrupts and you're forced to kill him.]]

** Allowing [[spoiler:Corrupted Steven to bubble all of your party members gets you a different bad ending where it's stated that the gems are bubbled forever.]]

** During the final battle if you pick the correct dialogue options, [[spoiler: Steven will have one for each party member that calls him out aside from Jasper.]]