History VideoGame / Furi

* ShoutOut: One of the lines The Line can use to taunt the player asks him if he's waiting to see him die of old age. It's a direct reference to [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3 The End from Metal Gear Solid 3]].

* Stance System: The DLC player character, Onnamusha, has a play-style entirely centered on switching between Spark mode (fast but weak) and Storm mode (slow but strong). The severe limitations of each stance encourage frequent and quick switching.

** The protagonist is also one. A non-human humanoid, with olive skin, with weird symbols on his his armor, capable to run abnormally fast, who cannot be killed no matter how you try, only restrain, and considered as a literal killing machine... The Stranger shares a lot of similarities with [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP-076-2.]] {{Zigzagged|Trope}} as unlike him, The Stranger is more than a killing machine, being capable of human-like emotions beyond blood lust [[spoiler:and [[HeelFaceTurn a potential change of heart]].]]

* HarderThanHard: Furier, which can only be unlocked after fully beating the game on Furi once. This dials the attacks of all the bosses UpToEleven, adds new mechanics to many of them, removes sources of healing besides parrying and beating phases, and gives the bosses much more health as well as smaller opportunities to attack them.

* SerialEscalation: Bosses will gradually do this as the fights progress. UpToEleven when you fight against them on "Furier" difficulty.

A surprise came on May 3rd 2022, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shnF3_225qs the announcement]] of the ''Onnamusha'' DLC, which adds in the titular DistaffCounterpart of the Stranger as an alternate playable option who [[StanceSystem plays]] [[GlassCannon substantially]] [[FragileSpeedster different]] from him. It will release on May 17th 2022.

* MarathonBoss : The last Boss of the One More Fight DLC has 9 lifebars. And since you can only fight him in furier, each bar has abnormally high health compared to the usual difficulty. In the best case scenario, he takes roughly 10 minutes to kill, which is A LOT considering [[FinalExamBoss what he'll put you through. ]]

** The DLC gives one exception : The last boss of the DLC is only known as "Bernard".

* RememberTheNewGuy : The Flame, from the DLC (or the Xbox One port), apparently fought the stranger at some point before the events of the game and lost. He constantly taunt him about that, stating that, this time, he's ready and won't fail. Can also be interpreted as BreakingTheFourthWall since the boss got cut for the release of the game because he wasn't finished in time. This time, he's ready to be part of the {{DLC}}.

* MultipleEndings: [[spoiler:After the credits, The Stranger makes his way to The Star and gets two options: Assist in the assimilation of the planet or rebel, leading to the TrueFinalBoss]].

* WaveMotionGun: [[spoiler:During the fight against [[TrueFinalBoss The Star]], The Stranger is wearing a weaponized flight suit that gives him access to a giant laser as his charged shot.]]

On March 16th, 2017, a DLC was released, ''One More Fight'', which adds another boss (actually two).

On March 16th, 2017, a DLC was released, ''One More Fight'', which adds another boss.

* CounterAttack: If you parry at the very last moment you'll briefly stun the boss and be able to respond with a special attack of your own. Some bosses can counter attack ''you'' if you get into a parry chain with them. These are generally very hard to block but not ''too'' painful if they hit you.

* DifficultButAwesome: Charging your blade during the melee phases of a boss battle. If you hold down the button The Stranger will shift to a new stance and begin charging. If this charge is successful his next melee attack will do significantly more damage, even possibly allowing you to completely drain the current HP bar for the boss in one attack. ''But'' if you take ANY damage before the attack lands you lose the charge effect completely. This combined with how long it takes to charge the blade up makes it MUCH more difficult to pull off as you get further in, but once you know what you're doing you'll shred through bosses HP like it's not even there.

* RememberTheNewGuy : The Flame, from the DLC (or the Xbox One port), apparently fought the stranger at some point before the events of the game and lost. He constantly taunt him about that, stating that, this time, he's ready and won't fail. Can also be interpreted as BreakingTheFourthWall since the boss got DummiedOut for the release of the game because he wasn't finished in time. This time, he's ready to be part of the {{DLC}}.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: Aside from the few unambiguously [[HeroAntagonist heroic characters]], such as [[KnightInShiningArmor The Hand]], who fights to [[PapaWolf protect his son]] and the Free World, or [[AllLovingHero The Beat]], who aspires to be [[HopeBringer a guardian of hope]] and believes in the best of others, a majority of the characters aren't truly good or evil, making them ripe for different character interpretations. The Edge becomes one of the Jailers not because he wants to SaveTheWorld, rather because he wants to find a WorthyOpponent, The Burst is an [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Arrogant]] BloodKnight, but she's [[FriendlySniper affable enough]] to respect The Stranger as a WorthyOpponent, and The Voice claims that The Song is [[BitchInSheepsClothing pretending to be benevolent]], but her peaceful offer to The Stranger [[SheepInSheepsClothing can be seen in a genuinely kind light]]. Some of the other Jailers may be AxCrazy, but they also have good reasons for imprisoning The Stranger, [[spoiler: who's actually [[ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts an alien scout]] that's checking if the Free World is fit for assimilation; an AlienInvasion in essence. Even The Voice can be seen in a muddy light for [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom risking the Free World's safety]] by freeing The Stranger so he can see his daughter again. Should The Stranger fulfills his purpose, doing so will doom the Free World and its populace. Whether The Stranger stays faithful to his purpose or not is up to the player, but even if The Stranger chooses to defy it, the reasons for his defiance may or may not be entirely selfless. The only character who can be villainous is The Star for coming up with the EvilPlan of [[AssimilationPlot assimilating]] the Free World for the survival of The Stranger's species, but it's ambiguous whether she's a genuine WellIntentionedExtremist or just a [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative]] [[PlanetLooters Planet Looter]].]]

* NighInvulnerable: The Stranger cannot be killed, only imprisoned.

* MadeOfIron: The Stranger cannot be killed, only imprisoned.

** [[spoiler: The Star]] is fought in a cybernetic armor that changes the moveset of The Stranger, taking away his blade and giving him dual guns and a [[FrickinLaserBeam laser beam]] as a charged attack. In other words, unlike every other fight in the game, it is almost solely BulletHell, with only the occasional melee attack thrown your way.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: Aside from the few unambiguously [[HeroAntagonist heroic characters]], such as [[KnightInShiningArmor The Hand]], who fights to [[PapaWolf protect his son]] and the Free World, or [[AllLovingHero The Beat]], who aspires to be [[HopeBringer a guardian of hope]] and believes in the best of others, a majority of the characters aren't truly good or evil, making them ripe for different character interpretations. The Edge becomes one of the Jailers not because he wants to SaveTheWorld, rather because he wants to find a WorthyOpponent, The Burst is an [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Arrogant]] BloodKnight, but she has shades of FriendlySniper by considering The Stranger as a WorthyOpponent, and The Song could either be seen as a BitchInSheepsClothing or a SheepInSheepsClothing. Some of the other Jailers may be AxCrazy, but they also have good reasons for imprisoning The Stranger, [[spoiler: who's actually [[ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts an alien scout]] that's checking if the Free World is fit for assimilation. Even The Voice can be seen in a muddy light for [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom risking the Free World's safety]] by freeing The Stranger so that he can see his daughter again. Should The Stranger fulfills his purpose, doing so will doom the Free World and its populace. Whether The Stranger stays faithful to his purpose or not is up to the player, but even if The Stranger chooses to defy it, the reasons for his defiance may or may not be entirely selfless. The only character who can be villainous is The Star, who came up with the EvilPlan of [[AssimilationPlot assimilating]] the Free World for the survival of The Strangers' creators, but the game intentionally makes it ambiguous whether she's a genuine WellIntentionedExtremist or just a [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative]] [[PlanetLooters Planet Looter]].]]

* BigBad: [[spoiler: The Star. She's responsible for sending The Stranger to the Free World and kicking off the game's plot out of the supposed desire to [[WellIntentionedExtremist save their race]] by [[AssimilationPlot assimilating the Free World]], even if it means complete annihilation of all life on the planet.]]

* BossCorridor: Almost all the spaces between bosses amount to this. The Voice uses this opportunity to [[MrExposition explain the backstory of the prison and it's jailers.]]
* BossGame: In the vein of VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes and VideoGame/AlienSoldier.

* CharacterDevelopment: It becomes increasingly evident that [[spoiler:the Rider is not unaffected by his encounters with the bosses. Whether this change is enough to redeem him is up to the player, however.]]

* BravingTheBlizzard: The final level of the Stranger's prison takes the form of a mountain area with a heavy blizzard. Both the Stranger and the Voice are clearly struggling with it.

* BigBad: [[spoiler: The Star.]]

* GreyAndGrayMorality: Aside from the few unambiguously [[HeroAntagonist heroic characters]], such as [[KnightInShiningArmor The Hand]], who fights to [[PapaWolf protect his son]] and the Free World, or [[AllLovingHero The Beat]], who aspires to be [[HopeBringer a benevolent guardian of hope]] and believes in the best of others, a majority of the characters aren't truly good or evil, making them ripe for different character interpretations. The Edge becomes one of the Jailers not because he wants to SaveTheWorld, rather because he wants to find a WorthyOpponent, The Burst is an [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Arrogant]] BloodKnight, but she has shades of FriendlySniper by considering The Stranger as a WorthyOpponent, and The Song could either be seen as a BitchInSheepsClothing or a SheepInSheepsClothing. Some of the other Jailers may be AxCrazy, but they also have good reasons for imprisoning The Stranger, [[spoiler: who's actually [[ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts an alien scout]] that's checking if the Free World is fit for assimilation. Even The Voice can be seen in a muddy light. He [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom risks the Free World's safety]] by freeing The Stranger so that he can see his daughter again. Should The Stranger succeed, doing so will doom the Free World and its populace. Whether The Stranger stays faithful to his purpose or not is up to the player, but even if The Stranger chooses to defy it, his goals may or may not be entirely selfless. The only character who can be villainous is The Star, who came up with the EvilPlan of [[AssimilationPlot assimilating]] the Free World for the survival of The Strangers' creators, but the game intentionally makes it ambiguous whether she's a genuine WellIntentionedExtremist or just a [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] [[PlanetLooters Planet Looter]].]]

* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: There is practically nothing in the game that would've warranted its M-rating except for The Voice's sole PrecisionFStrike.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Charged shots with your gun do less DPS than simply firing your own storm of bullets at them and the bosses become progressively harder to hit with them in the first place. This is in addition to not being able to keep your gun charged between dashes like you can your sword, which often makes capitalizing on openings you otherwise could've had impossible. However it does have its place during some bosses who they leave openings that don't last long enough for uncharged shots to outdamage a charged shot.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: Aside from the few unambiguously [[HeroAntagonist heroic characters]], such as [[KnightInShiningArmor The Hand]], who fights to [[PapaWolf protect his son]] and the Free World, or [[AllLovingHero The Beat]], who aspires to be [[HopeBringer a benevolent guardian of hope]] and believes in the best of others, a majority of the characters aren't truly good or evil, making them ripe for different character interpretations. The Edge becomes one of the Jailers not because he wants to SaveTheWorld, rather because he wants to find a WorthyOpponent, The Burst is an [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Arrogant]] BloodKnight, but she has shades of FriendlySniper by considering The Stranger as a WorthyOpponent, and The Song could either be seen as a BitchInSheepsClothing or a SheepInSheepsClothing. Some of the other Jailers may be AxCrazy, but they also have good reasons for imprisoning The Stranger, [[spoiler: who's actually [[ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts an alien scout]] that's checking if the Free World is fit for assimilation. Even The Voice can be seen in a muddy light. He [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom risks the Free World's safety]] by freeing The Stranger so that he can see his daughter again. Should The Stranger succeed, doing so will doom the Free World and its populace. Whether The Stranger stays faithful to his purpose or not is up to the player, but even if The Stranger chooses to defy it, his goals may or may not be entirely selfless. The only character who can be villainous is The Star, who came up with the EvilPlan of [[AssimilationPlot assimilating]] the Free World for the survival of The Strangers' creators, but the game intentionally makes it ambiguous whether she's a genuine WellIntentionedExtremist or just a [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] [[PlanetLooters PlanetLooter]].]]

* GreyAndGrayMorality: Aside from the few unambiguously [[HeroAntagonist heroic characters]], such as The Hand, who fights to [[PapaWolf protect his son]] and the Free World, or [[AllLovingHero The Beat]], who aspires to be [[HopeBringer a benevolent guardian of hope]] and believes in the best of others, a majority of the characters aren't truly good or evil, making them ripe for different character interpretations. The Edge becomes one of the Jailers not because he wants to SaveTheWorld, rather because he wants to find a WorthyOpponent, The Burst may be a [[ArrogantKungFuGuy snobby]] ColdSniper, but she's just doing her job like her peers, and The Song could either be seen as a BitchInSheepsClothing (according to The Voice at least) or a SheepInSheepsClothing. Some of the other Jailers may be AxCrazy, but like the mentally stable Jailers, they also have good reasons for imprisoning the Stranger, [[spoiler: who's actually an alien scout that's checking if the Free World is fit for assimilation. Should he succeed, doing so would doom the Free World and its populace. Whether The Stranger stays faithful to his purpose or not is up to the player, but even if The Stranger chooses to defy it, The Stranger's goals may or may not be entirely selfless. The only character who can be villainous is The Star, as she came up with the EvilPlan of [[AssimilationPlot assimilating]] the Free World for the survival of The Strangers' creators, but the game intentionally makes it ambiguous whether she's a genuine WellIntentionedExtremist or just a [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] [[PlanetLooters Planet Looter]].]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: The Stranger, potentially.]]

* LightIsNotGood: The Song, at least according to The Voice. [[spoiler: This trope is played straight for The Star, especially if one thinks she is a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist.]]

* RememberTheNewGuy : The Flame, from the DLC (or the Xbox One port), apparently fought the stranger at some point before the events of the game and lost. He constantly taunt him about that, stating that, this time, he's ready and won't fail. Can also be intepreted as BreakingTheFourthWall since the boss got DummiedOut for the release of the game because he wasn't finished in time. This time, he's ready to be part of the DLC.

* SealedBadassInACan: The Stranger, due to his ResurrectiveImmortality. [[spoiler: Moves to SealedEvilInACan as his true history is revealed.]]
* SealedEvilInADuel: The only way out of the prison worlds is to kill the jailer of each, which will open the next, leading to the game's BossRush design.

** The protagonist is also one. A non-human humanoid, with olive skin, with weird symbols on his his armor, capable to run abnormally fast, who cannot be killed no matter how you try, only restrain, and considered as a litteral killing machine... The Stranger shares a lot of similitudes with [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP-076-2.]] {{Zigzagged|Trope}} as unlike him, though, as The Stranger is more than a killing machine, being capable of human-like emotions.
* SimpleYetAwesome: Your simple uncharged gun has a high rate of fire, breaks many kinds of bullets your enemies will fire at you, and has higher DPS than your blade. Its only real weakness is that it doesn't have any stunning capabilities, but even this contributes to why it does so much DPS due to averting MercyInvincibility and each shot being weak enough that the Guardians usually don't bother to defend against them.

* StationaryBoss: [[spoiler: The Star.]] The Line also spends at least half his battle sitting on his rock or on top of a pillar while throwing a lot of bullets at you.

-->'''The Voice''': [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim They didn't kill you already]] [[JustifiedTrope because they can't.]] [[ResurrectiveImmortality Believe me, they would if they could.]] Without blinking. [[SealedEvilinACan Second best for them now is to put you back in chains!]]

* DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler: The Chain and The Scale]] and [[spoiler: potentially The Stranger, depending on the ending you choose.]]

** The Strap has been driven Ax-Crazy by the effort of trying to physically tear her way out of a cell that constantly regenerates around her.