History VideoGame / IronBrigade

* {{DLC}}: ''Rise of the Martian Bear'', which provides a new campaign (set on ''Mars!'') with new, stronger enemies and Trench equipment. Is included for free with the PC version.

The game is a SpiritualSuccessor to ''BrutalLegend'', with a slant towards ''MondayNightCombat''. Rather than commanding free roaming units like a RealTimeStrategy game, the game combines action with TowerDefense. Each player has the ability to customize their Mobile Trench with over 200 different parts. The Trenches are divided into three types, [[JackOfAllStats Standard]] Trenches balancing weapons and turrets, [[TheEngineer Engine]][[FragileSpeedster ering]] Trenches with lighter weapons but more turret emplacements, or [[MightyGlacier Assault]] Trenches with limited turrets but the greatest weapons capacity.

* NiceHat: Not to VideoGame/TeamFortress2 levels, but your character can wear many nice hats, including a sombrero, a fez, a welding mask, and [[{{Psychonauts}} Razputin's famous PSI-helmet and goggles]].

** Players can dress up their avatar like [[VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}} Razputin.]] You even get an achievement for doing so! Later costumes include [[BrutalLegend Eddie Riggs]], [[CostumeQuest a cardboard robot]], and [[{{Stacking}} a matroyshka doll bandolero]].

* XMeetsY: ''MondayNightCombat'' meets ''[[{{Battletech}} Mech Assault]]''.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The Trenches, before they were re-purposed as battle-mechs, would appear to have been very ungainly as a prosthetic, being very bulky and adding at least 5 feet to the operator's height.

* AwesomeYetPractical: [[color:purple:Purple]] quality weapons usually have incredibly useful effects as well as high damage, such as a [[MoreDakka fully automatic]] shotgun or a machinegun with [[StuffBlowingUp exploding rounds]]. [[RandomlyDrops Good luck finding one, though.]]

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: [[color:blue:Blue]] enemies focus on attacking defense objectives. [[color:teal:Teal]] enemies focus on attacking emplacements. [[color:red:Red]] enemies focus on attacking the Trench Marines.
** Trench weapons also have this treatment, from White (regular), to [[color:green:Green]] (uncommon, is stronger and/or has a basic ability), to [[color:blue:Blue]] (rare, is even stronger and/or has even better abilities), to [[color:purple:Purple]] (very rare, but is also very powerful and/or has top-grade abilities). [[color:red:Red]] weapons are also available in the ''Rise of the Martian Bear'' campaign, which are even stronger.

* ShoutOut: ''"Sucks to be you, Tube!"''

* NiceHat: Not to {{Video Games/TeamFortress2}} levels, but your character can wear many nice hats, including a sombrero, a fez, a welding mask, and [[{{Psychonauts}} Razputin's famous PSI-helmet and goggles]].

* NiceHat: Not to [[VideoGames/TeamFortress2]] levels, but your character can wear many nice hats, including a sombrero, a fez, a welding mask, and [[{{Psychonauts}} Razputin's famous PSI-helmet and goggles]].

* NiceHat: Not to VideoGames/TeamFortress2 levels, but your character can wear many nice hats, including a sombrero, a fez, a welding mask, and [[{{Psychonauts}} Razputin's famous PSI-helmet and goggles]].

* NiceHat: Not to TeamFortress2 levels, but your character can wear many nice hats, including a sombrero, a fez, a welding mask, and [[{{Psychonauts Razputin's famous PSI-helmet and goggles]].

** Players can dress up their avatar like [[VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}} Razputin.]]

** On the cover of the in-universe Mad Scientist magazine , one article is titled "Which Sinister Beard is Right for Me?"

* BrownNote: The "Broadcast". It killed everyone who heard it except for Vlad and Woodruff, who gained super intellect instead.

* HandicappedBadass: Both Colonel Woodruff and Vlad Farnsworth. Bonus points go to Woodruff, who commands the Mobile Trench Brigade from the comfort of an Iron Lung with robot arms for both typing and holding his cigar.

* OldMediaAreEvil: Taken to extremes, and played for laughs. Vlad invented television decades before when it was in real life. Because of this early development, the horrors of the world coming to him, combined with the resulting programming being so primitive and crappy, drove him insane.

* RedOniBlueOni: Woodruff and Farnsworth inventions are spiritual opposites of each other. Woodruff's HumongousMecha are intended to let disabled veterans walk again. Farnsworth's Monovision was intended to being the world to you instead.

* StealthPun: "This one's for [[YouTube you, tube!]]

* AlternateHistory: Television is invented several decades early. [[OldMediaAreEvil And it's evil.]]

* {{BFG}}: "The King," and "Mr. Pancakes."
** Any Artillery cannon qualifies, and even some late game Sniper Cannons too.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: [[color:blue:Blue]] enemies focus on attacking whatever you're defending. [[color:teal:Teal]] enemies focus on your emplacements. [[color:red:Red]] enemies focus on attacking you.
** Trench weapons also have this treatment, from White (regular), to [[color:green:Green]] (uncommon, is stronger and/or has a basic ability), to [[color:blue:Blue]] (rare, is even stronger and/or has even better abilities), to [[color:purple:Purple]] (very rare, but is also very powerful and/or has top-grade abilities).

* CoolBoat: The USS [=McKinley=], a re-purposed battleship ''with legs''!

* GiantSquid: The Pacific boss.

* HeavilyArmoredMook: Breakers. Changes once they're hit with an explosive weapon.

* OldMediaAreEvil: Taken to extremes, and played for laughs. Vlad invented television decades before when it was in real life. Because of this early development, the horrors of the world, combined with the resulting programming being so primitive and crappy, drove him insane.

* SchizoTech: Monsters made out of TV sets, trenches slapped on mech legs, and a gigantic battleship with legs.

''Turn No Man's Land into Real Man's Land!''

''Iron Brigade'' (Formerly known as ''Trenched'' during [[NoExportForYou the first 3-4 months of release]]) is Double Fine's fourth downloadable game as part of their Amnesia Fortnights venture, changing the studio from making one large title every few years, to making multiple small games in one year.

The world is being invaded by monsters made completely out of primitive television sets known as ''Monovisions,'' and they completely wiped out the Army, Air Force and Navy. The only force remaining is the Mobile Trench Brigade. An elite squad of soldiers trained to use HumongousMecha known as Mobile Trenches. Mobile Trenches are quite literally WorldWarOne trenches slapped on a pair of robot legs, with a human soldier standing in the trench, operating the robot and guns.

The story revolves around the BigGood and BigBad, while the player controls a separate protagonist. During WorldWarOne, Frank Woodruff and Vladimir Farnsworth were serving the allied countries. Frank's legs had been crushed by a tank, but the war effort found a positive use for disabled veterans, having them serve as code-breakers. While working, they intercepted an unknown signal that killed all who heard them except for Woodruff and Vlad. Instead, they gained supernatural genius.

Woodruff used his newly found genius to invent mobile robotic legs to help his fellow disabled veterans. Vlad, the Russian survivor, used his gifts to invent television in an attempt to bring the world to the comfort of your home. Unfortunately, the end result was the horrors of the world coming straight to him (along with really crappy programming), which [[OldMediaAreEvil drove him to insanity]]. Vlad then created a race of mechanical monsters made entirely of television sets, known as The Monovisions, or "tubes." Colonel Woodruff uses his Mobile Trench Brigade to fight his old friend.

The game is a SpiritualSuccessor to BrutalLegend, with a slant towards MondayNightCombat. Rather than command free roaming units like a RealTimeStrategy game, the game combines action with TowerDefense. Each player has the ability to customize their mobile trench with over 200 different parts, making a "balanced" trench with emphasis on weapons and turrets, an [[TheEngineer Engineering]] trench with light weapons but better turret emplacements, or an [[MoreDakka Assault]] trench with limited turrets but the greatest capacity for weapons.

''Trenched'' was renamed to ''Iron Brigade'' to avoid EU copyright issues.

* ACommanderIsYou: The player can deploy defensive towers like a TowerDefense game, while fighting monsters.
* ArtisticLicenseEngineering: While the schematics to the trenches aren't available, one could guess that punching or kicking the controls shouldn't revive your trench if it broke down.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The Trenches, before they were re-purposed as battle-mechs, would appear to have been very ungainly as a prosthetic, being very bulky and adding at least 5-feet to the operator's height.
** Gameplay wise, Artillery Cannons. Single shot, arcing projectile, long reload, big explosion, and high damage. Also Gungnir the Sniper Cannon, though it swaps arcing shot for fast shot.
* AwesomeYetPractical: "Purple" quality weapons usually have incredibly useful effects as well as high damage, such as a fully automatic shotgun or a machinegun with exploding rounds. [[RandomlyDrops Good luck finding one, though.]]

** On the cover of Mad Scientist magazine in-universe, one article is titled "Which Sinister Beard is Right for Me?"

* BarrierWarrior: Jacobs, which project a shield to any nearby Tubes. Although, not on themselves...

* BrownNote: The unknown signal. It killed everyone who heard it except for Vlad and Woodruff, who gained super intellect.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Blue enemies attack you and the base. Teal enemies will attack your towers directly. Red enemies only attack you.
** Trench weapons also have this treatment, from white(bog standard) to green(basic, but unique guns), to blue(less common than greens, but more useful), to purple(very powerful, but very rare/mid-late game.)

* CoolBoat: The USS Mckinley, a re-purposed battleship ''with legs''!

** Engineer-type chassis trade firepower for the ability to place a wider variety of turrets.

* HandicappedBadass: Colonel Woodruff and Vlad Farnsworth. Bonus points go to Woodruff, who commands the Mobile Trench Brigade from the comfort of an Iron Lung with robot arms for both typing and holding his cigar.

* HoldTheLine

* [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan Manly Men]]
* MissionControl: Woodruff serves as this from his iron lung on-board the USS Mckinley.

* MoreDakka: A single Assault chassis can be outfitted with six machine guns.

* OldMediaAreEvil: Taken to extremes, and played for laughs. Vlad, invented television decades before when it's supposed to happen in real life. Because of this early development, the horrors of the world, combined with the resulting programming being so primitive and crappy, drove him insane.
* OrwellianRetcon: Due to the copyright issues with the name ''Trenched'', a forthcoming update will ''change the name of the game'' in ''all'' territories to ''IronBrigade''.
** There is a technical reason for the change affecting all regions, apparently: If the EU was the only region going by ''Iron Brigade'' and everywhere else was ''Trenched'', EU players would be limited to multiplayer with only other EU players (some sort of issue with games with two different names connecting over Xbox Live, supposedly).
* RatedMForManly: Double Fine was inspired by silly [[http://bitmob.com/articles/the-manly-mans-mens-magazines-of-double-fines-trenched-for-men "manly man" magazines]] from The Forties and TheFifties. They use the magazine shown in this trope's page as source material!
* RedOniBlueOni: Woodruff and Farnsworth inventions are spiritual opposites of each other. Woodruff's HumongousMecha are intended to let disabled veterans walk again. Farnsworth invention, Television, was intended to being the world to you instead.

* SchizoTech: Monsters made out of TV sets, trenches slapped on mech legs, and one gigantic battleship with legs to walk on land.
* SequelHook: Even after defeating Vlad, Woodruff states that the source and purpose of the Broadcast is unknown and that it may return.
--> Woodruff: "I do know one thing, that we'll be ready for it."
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: In addition to shotguns for your Trench, your most basic turrets are shotguns.
* ShoutOut: "Sucks to be you, Tube!"

* {{Showrunner}}: Brad Muir

* SuicideAttack: Blitzers.
* TauntButton: While on the ship, the fire buttons (LT/RT for Xbox, L2/R2 for PS3) instead let your marine "salute". And by salute, it's really "silly gesture".
* TakingYouWithMe: The Blitzers's only form of attack, consisting of running to your location and blowing up in your face.
* TitleDrop: "DOUBLE FINE! *EvilLaugh*"
* XMeetsY: ''MondayNightCombat meets ''[[{{Battletech}} Mechassault]]''
* VoiceOfTheLegion: Vlad. The monovision are his way of "bringing the world to him."

* ZergRush: The Knobs, who rush and self destruct players and structures.

** Double Fine likes to call the game "[[{{ChromeHounds}} Trench Hounds.]]"

''Iron Brigade'' AKA ''Trenched'' is Double Fine's fourth downloadable game as part of their Amnesia Fortnights venture, changing the studio from making one large title every few years, to making multiple small games in one year.

* XMeetsY: TowerDefense meets [[{{Battletech}} Mechassault]]

The story revolves around the BigGood and BigBad, while the player controls a separate protagonist. During WorldWarOne, Woodruff and Vladimir Farnsworth were serving the allied countries. But the war effort found a positive use for disabled veterans, having them serve as code-breakers. While working, they intercepted an unknown signal that killed all who heard them except for Woodruff and Vlad. Instead, they gained supernatural genius.

** There is a techbical reason for the change affecting all regions, apparently: If the EU was the only region going by ''Iron Brigade'' and everywhere else was ''Trenched'', EU players would be limited to multiplayer with only other EU players (some sort of issue with games with two different names connecting over Xbox Live, supposedly).

* OldMediaAreEvil: Taken to extremes, and played for laughs. Vlad, invented television decades before when it's supposed to happen in real life. Because of this early development, the horrors of the world, combined with the resulting programming being so primitive and crappy, it drove him insane.

** There is a techinical reason for the change affecting all regions, apparently: If the EU was the only region going by ''Iron Brigade'' and everywhere else was ''Trenched'', EU players would be limited to multiplayer with only other EU players (some sort of issue with games with two different names connecting over Xbox Live, supposedly).

''Trenched'' has recently been renamed to ''Iron Brigade'' to avoid EU copyright issues.

Trenched has recently been renamed to ''Iron Brigade'' to avoid EU copyright issues.