History VideoGame / Hammerfight

* {{Epigraph}}: The splash screen has a strangely-selected quote from TheBible admonishing one to not sin in [[NintendoHard anger]]. Also, most chapters begin with a quotation from TheBible, sans verse reference.

* AllTheMyriadWays: [[spoiler:Seraph]] and the civilization that [[spoiler: created him]] hold views like this.
-->'''Gaiar:''' Three hundred years ago the Abyss collapsed, devouring my people!
-->'''[[spoiler:Seraph]]:''' The creators presumed the existence of many separate tribes in the chain. But that was the price of salvation--their fate was not a consideration.

* BambooTechnology: The aforementioned flying machines.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: There's people who bemoan that the flying machines and their method of combat would be physically impossible--but it's {{Justified|Trope}} by an explanation by [[spoiler: Seraph]]. Let's just say that the {{Giant Flyer}}s and {{Floating Continent}}s should be your first clue that this isn't reality as you know it.

* WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief: Be prepared to do a lot of it -- this game quite happily defies the laws of physics and possibly biology.

* {{Epigraph}}: The splash screen has a strangely-selected quote from TheBible admonishing one to not sin in their [[NintendoHard anger]]. Also, most chapters begin with a quotation from TheBible, sans verse reference.

* StopHelpingMe: Sometimes, your allies carry explosives (Grim missions, in particular). They do not care if you are in the blast radius before they attack. Even without explosives, they tend to leave it up to you to dodge their violently-swinging weapons.

* GuideDangIt: Some missions, but the storyline branches in particular can be somewhat confusing. One particular path ends up presenting two choices at a certain point, one whose dialogue beforehand would make some players go, "Oh, I definitely want THIS choice." However, the description of neither choice clearly talks about why you're going there--just some background on the places. (Granted, paying more attention to the cutscene ''might'' help, but still.) And while they occasionally hand you freebies after certain levels, they never quite tell you how to obtain additional weapons for keeps apart from spending tons of money buying them from the store (these being at random). (Hint: [[spoiler:[[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands You gotta disarm people]]]]. Good luck getting that nifty sword!)

* NintendoHard: Some of the bosses are ''insanely'' hard to defeat. The game offers you a level skip token if you lose the same level a certain number of times, at the cost of all your money.
** Bosses can be ''expected'' to be difficult. It's when the game pits you in a room with half health, myriad explosions, having you retrieve your weapon (a hammer, no less) from the ground--not exactly easy--as soon as the fight begins, and waves of two enemies at a time that you'll wanna throw your mouse. The part that makes this hard? [[InterfaceScrew Lots and lots of smoke to make it hard to see what's going on.]]

** Certain enemies, when incapacitated, will beg for their lives. You can opt to spare them... or strike them down for their cowardice.
** However--and it might simply be because this troper ended up with his enemies defeated in the same place each time--it appears that, even if you do not end a match in a later tournament with a death, your character will fly down and finish them off as soon as you lose control of him.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: There's people who bemoan that the flying machines and their method of combat would be physically impossible--but it's {{Justified}} by an explanation by [[spoiler: Seraph]]. Let's just say that the {{Giant Flyer}}s and {{Floating Continent}}s should be your first clue that this isn't reality as you know it.

** Bosses can be expected to be difficult. It's when the game pits you in a room with half health, myriad explosions, having you retrieve your weapon (a hammer, no less) from the ground as soon as the fight begins, and waves of two enemies at a time. The part that makes this hard? [[InterfaceScrew Lots and lots of smoke to make it hard to see what's going on.]]

* ForMassiveDamage: Weapons with fire gems slotted into them will make for instant barbecue. Weapons with lightning gems slotted are almost as useful against machines.

* TheVirus: The Family, mentioned by [[spoiler: Seraph]]--a "heterogeneous polymorphous race" that had all but beaten the civilization that created [[spoiler: Seraph]] and other "assault complexes" like it, designed to break apart the Family by banishing pieces of it to other realities. [[spoiler: The "beasts of firmament" are one of those pieces.]]

* GiantFlyer: All the beasts encountered--giant bees, giant airborne worms, the Sophits themselves. Even the smallest ones are larger than a man. The worms are often used as [[LivingShip organic airships]].

** Blue - Sapphire: Last but not least, ice gems. The rarest of the lot (on par with Emeralds) but quite effective. If they strike an enemy weapon when charged, they'll coat it in ice crystals, freezing it. Frozen weapons and armour are made more brittle, and therefore, are [[BreakableWeapons much easier to break]].

* GiantFlyer: All the beasts encountered--giant bees, giant airborne worms, the Sophits themselves. Even the smallest ones are larger than a man. The worms are often used as [[LivingShip organic blimps]].

A crazy physics-based action game (previously known as ''Hammerfall'') made by Konstantin Koshutin, ''Hammerfight'' follows a young member of the House of Gaiar as he begins his training as a Rider, those who are capable of piloting flying machines, especially for the purpose of war. As the young Gaiar will soon find out, he has many life-changing ordeals ahead of him--starting with the genocide of his people by soldiers of the Empire ...

** Purple - Amethyst: Terrifyingly effective against metallic enemies, these unleash vicious electrical shocks. If fully charged, any enemies that get too close to the gem will be shocked ''without'' releasing the main charge. Additionally, striking an enemy with a fully charged Amethyst will unleash an additional shock that amplifies the force of an attack, making it easier to smash through armour and send your foe flying.

** Also, fire gemmed weapons vs beasts.

* JigsawPuzzlePlot: You will ''never'' really get to see the big picture without playing through the game's various endings. The plot itself is a loose jigsaw of HinduMythology and [[UsefulNotes/TheMiddleEast The Middle East]].
* KarmaMeter: Glory, though it's only really a one-way meter, since you get so much positive Glory for performing feats such as disarming an enemy, landing an exceptionally powerful or skilful blow, or making a very accurate shot. Striking a disarmed foe loses you glory, as does using poison/acid on your weapon.
* [[spoiler:LastOfHisKind]]: [[spoiler:After the attack on the Gaiar Fortress, the player is taken prisoner and is essentially the last of the Gaiar left alive.]]

** If the player manages to knock an enemy rider's melee weapon off of their machine, the rider can still attack the player if they have a gun as their other weapon. Some riders will opt to sit and shoot at the player without attempting to pick up their melee weapon first. Even though this logically means they're still armed and dangerous, the player will be punished for attacking the rider as a "dishonorable act."

* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Weapons can be thrown with considerable force by skilled 'riders', and the AI ''will'' pull this against you. Nothing says "ouch" quite like catching a giant morningstar or a hammer with your face.

* VideogameCaringPotential: You can try your damndest not to kill a single human foe in the entire game. You might even succeed. The monsters will not surrender or withdraw, though.

A crazy physics-based action game (previously known as ''Hammerfall'') made by Konstantin Koshutin, ''Hammerfight'' follows a young member of the House of Gaiar as he begins his training as a Rider, those who are capable of piloting flying machines, especially for the purpose of war. As the young Gaiar will soon find out, he has many life-changing ordeals ahead of him.

So, whether in times of war or of peace, those who could control the machines received the most honor.''\\

So, whether in times of war or of peace, those who could control the machines received the most honor.''

-->'''[[Spoiler:Seraph]]:''' The creators presumed the existence of many separate tribes in the chain. But that was the price of salvation--their fate was not a consideration.

* [[spoiler:AIIsACrapshoot]]: [[spoiler:Seraph, potential end-boss of the game.]]
* [[spoiler:AllTheMyriadWays]]: [[spoiler:Seraph and the civilization that created him hold views like this.]]

A crazy physics-based action game (previously known as ''Hammerfall'') made by Konstantin Koshutin, ''Hammerfight'' follows a young member of the House of Gaiar as he begins his training as a Rider, those who are capable of piloting flying machines, especially for the purpose of war.

* CombatCommentator: In the Arena mode, a commentator will compare your performance to the warriors of legend... or jeer at you if you take too many hits.

* {{Determinator}}: The young Gaiar has been through a lot - to what some might call hell (and maybe back), even. He never gives up, though. [[spoiler:Unless you get one of the DownerEnding routes.]]

* EpicFlail: The basic flails are giant balls of rock or iron on chains... and then you've got monsters like ''Iblis' Claw'' and ''Colossus''.
* EscortMission: Helping a giant worm-based zeppelin across the sky, and protecting it from bees - especially the [[DemonicSpiders glowing, EXPLODING bees]] - is an exemplary case.

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A crazy physics-based action game (previously known as ''Hammerfall'') made by Konstantin Koshutin, ''Hammerfight'' follows a young member of the House of Gaiar in his fight to survive in a very strange land...

His weapon of choice? A wooden flying machine... ''chained to a giant rock''... and that's the ''starter weapon''.

More here later!

** ''Whisper'', a sort of rocket/grenade launcher. It can fire three slow-moving, explosive rockets between reloading. They have exceptionally fickle fuses, sometimes detonating at the lightest touch, and othertimes letting you catch them on your weapon and sling them back at the enemy who fired them.

* BadassBoast: As you defeat enemes in the arenas and perform various feats (smashing many pieces of armour, etc.) you gain some fairly impressive titles. The main titles are read out prior to each Arena fight.
* BambooTechnology: The aforementioned flying machines. They just should not work according to physics. But they do!

* EscortMission: Helping a giant worm-based zeppelin across the sky, and protecting it from bees - especially the [[DemonicSpiders GLOWING bees]] - is an exemplary case.