History VideoGame / GirlsFrontlineNeuralCloud

* DoAndroidsDream: ''Neural Cloud'' puts an even greater emphasis of this theme than its predecessor. Poring over each playable character's bio will reveal a common thread to the reason why they were recruited for Project Neural Cloud: all of theme were Dolls who GrewBeyondTheirProgramming. Much of the game's story revolves around how Dolls and Agents act in the absence of human intervention.

* InterfaceSpoiler: The Copley, Ascencion, and Burbank sectors (Chapters [[spoiler: 6, 7, and 8]], respectively) have been present in Magrasea's world map since launch, although nothing beyond a bird's eye view of each is "spoiled" for the player.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Dolls are graded according to their initial rarity: 1-stars are blue, 2-stars are purple, and 3-stars are golden. The same also applies for function cards.

** During the White Day event, Betty shows up to the Oasis's command center wearing a cardboard box on her head head and a larger one that goes down to her shins, claiming that Croque told her that it's the perfect outfit to win the Professor's affection with. Considering Croque is a HumongousMecha {{Otaku}}, this may very well be a shout-out to the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cardboard-box-gundam Cardboard Box Gundam]] meme, with the only differences being the presence of the head box and nothing being written on the larger box.

* TownWithADarkSecret: Copley is a privately-owned Sector which resembles a pleasant beach resort. Its stated purpose is for "marine ecological research", [[spoiler: but in reality it's set up to nurture and monitor an Entropic Agent called Demiurge, deep beneath a system of underground caverns. The Sector Administrator, Tamalen, was subverted to facilitate this.]]

* BonusBoss: Most stages feature an additional, harder boss after the main one has been defeated. They're completely optional but reward additional loot when defeated.

* {{Mana}}: Operand serves an analogue to mana in Magrasea. Operand is used by Agents and Dolls alike for everyday tasks, but also in combat to fuel their abilities. The more operands a Agents has, the stronger it is, and running out of operand essentially causes it to shut down temporarily. Operands are generated automatically by the Cloud Server itself, which is then allocated to each Sector according to a specific quota. The early parts of the story revolves around the Exiles gathering enough operands to sustain Oasis.

* EnemyExclusiveEquipment: Some Sanctifier enemies in the Ascension sector come equipped with either a Roboarm, which causes different types of {{Knockback}}, or a Nexus, which gives them SupportPartyMember capabilities. Defeating them in combat adds their equipment to the player's inventory (which takes the place of Assist Function Cards while exploring Ascension) and can be equipped by the player's party for the duration of one battle. Players can't carry more than one of the same equipment, although this can be circumvented by combining Roboarms and Nexuses at a [[ItemCrafting Fabrication Area]], which combines the effects of both and also spawns in a friendly generic Agent when used.

* HaveYouSeenMyGod: Some Agents(such as the Sanctifiers) see humans more than just creators, but outright as divine beings, which causes them a great deal of alarm when Magrasea was cut off from the physical world. [[spoiler: This is also what prompted the former administrator of Asuncion Sector to ''create'' a God that can surpass humans.]]

* InterfaceSpoiler: The Copley, Asuncion, and Burbank sectors (Chapters [[spoiler: 6, 7, and 8]], respectively) have been present in Magrasea's world map since launch, although nothing beyond a bird's eye view of each is "spoiled" for the player.

** Python made his first appearance in the global version during the Magrasea's Lang Syne event as one of the background characters before he was added to the roster. He also showed up occasionally in the event's Anomaly Nodes as a mid-boss under the context of putting the player's party through TrainingFromHell.

* GuiltBasedGaming: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. A special cutscene plays when the player hasn't logged into the game for more than a month, showing the Professor logging back into Magrasea for the first time in a lengthy real world period of time. The cutscene isn't written to shame the player for leaving, instead portraying the player's return as a heartfelt reunion between Persicaria (who breaks out into TearsOfJoy and gives the Professor a warm hug) and the rest of the Exiles. Save for a light scolding from Persicaria for suddenly leaving Magrasea without warning, the Exiles hold no ill will against the Professor for their absence.

** During the White Day event, Betty shows up to the Oasis's command center wearing a cardboard boxe on her head head and a larger one that goes down to her shins, claiming that Croque told her that it's the perfect outfit to win the Professor's affection with. Considering Croque is a HumongousMecha {{Otaku}}, this may very well be a shout-out to the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cardboard-box-gundam Cardboard Box Gundam]] meme, with the only differences being the presence of the head box and nothing being written on the larger box.

** Python's design process was advised by a military officer known as [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Captain John Worth]], who is described as irritable, willful, a heavy smoker, and constantly wears a bonnie hat. [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare General Shephard]] is mentioned as having ordered SI-MT Dolls for his army. Python's ultimate skill is named [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Snake Eater]], and his introduction event says he was named after [[VideoGame/MetalGear Solid Snake]] InUniverse.

** Python's design process was advised by a military officer known as [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Captain John Worth]], who is described as irritable, willful, a heavy smoker, and constantly wears a bonnie hat. [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare General Shephard]] is mentioned as having ordered SI-MT Dolls for his army.

** The first PV uses heavy ''VideoGame/TheGameOfLife'' imagery. It's also the namesake of Persicaria's passive skill.

* ActionPrologue: After the introductory scene with Persica, the Professor is immediately thrust into the Oasis under siege by Sanctifiers.

* UnstableEquilibrium: To prevent battles from dragging on too long, the game will eventually gives bonus to attack power and penalty to healing for all units in the field. Both of these values increase over time, so the side with greater offense will win eventually.