History VideoGame / Lifeline

* NukeEm: Making a nuclear explosion Taylor fervently hopes will happen to the [[spoiler:alien-infested]] moon after hacking into the computer.

* SpaceIsolationHorror: The game has Taylor getting stranded alone in a barren planet and asking you for help in trying to survive. But as he explores the planet, he discovers that he's not alone...

Not to be confused with the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 video game ''VideoGame/OperatorsSide'', which was [[SimilarlyNamedWorks also titled]] ''Lifeline'' [[MarketBasedTitle in North America]]. For other works titled ''Lifeline'', see [[{{Lifeline}} the disambiguation page]].

* GenderBlenderName: Taylor.

* TheMetricSystemIsHereToStay: Much to Taylor's eternal frustration.

* NukeEm: What Taylor fervently hopes will happen to the [[spoiler:alien-infested]] moon.

* WhamLine: [[spoiler:They get in through the mouth.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: Taylor, Arika, Alex, and to a slightly lesser extent, Mel each have their fair share of snarky commentary. The player can also make sarcastic comments of their actions if they wish.

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:Adams]] isn't ''actually'' a clone, but near enough as makes no odds.

** ''Halfway to Infinity'': [[spoiler: Taylor manages to rescue Mari, but sacrifices themselves to get rid of T2]].

-->'''Taylor:''' By the time I realized [[spoiler:I wasn’t alone]] out there, there were about a thousand other things happening... a graveyard of derelict ships, a bank of computer controls inside a mountain... a pulse weapon that was shooting targets out of space and time... and, worst of all, I was down to my last packet or chili macaroni...

* The original ''Lifeline'', in which you help Cadet Taylor, a student who won a lottery to travel aboard the spaceship ''Varia'', after they get stranded on a [[spoiler:seemingly]] deserted moon.
** The original game also contains the short story "Viridian Actual", which puts you in touch with Wing Commander Melanie Chior, who is sent to investigate the moon Taylor was stranded on. [[spoiler:It doesn't end well.]] "Viridian Actual" links ''Lifeline'' to ''Silent Night''.

* ''Lifeline: Silent Night'', a direct sequel to the original, in which you reunite with Taylor as they find they're [[spoiler: not quite as rescued as they thought they were...]]

* ''Lifeline: Crisis Line'', in which you are part of a mental health social networking app and where you try to help a homicide detective solve the death of a lawyer and the [[spoiler:green-eyed]] woman who attacked him at the scene.
* ''Lifeline: Flatline'', in which you have a direct link to the mind of Wynn, who [[spoiler:is infected, but has an implant to keep her Green at bay]].
* ''Lifeline: Halfway to Infinity'', which continues the story of Taylor after the events of ''Silent Night'', and their attempt to escape orbit around a black hole with what may or may not be [[spoiler:their future self.]]
* ''Lifeline: Beside You in Time'', a return to Taylor's story on the other side of a black hole, now with the option to communicate with and help or hinder [[spoiler:T2, Taylor's evil alternate self.]]

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The game requires you to wait at certain points in the story to add to the suspense, but after completing a path, Fast Mode is unlocked so that you can skip the dialogue and the waiting times.

* DeadpanSnarker: Taylor, Arika, Alex and (to a slightly lesser extent) Mel. The player can also make sarcastic comments of their actions if they wish.

* MindControlEyes: The [[spoiler:Greens']] victims.
* MultipleEndings

* ShoutOut: Characters (mainly Taylor) make references to a plethora of media, like {{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}, Series/DoctorWho, and Music/BelleAndSebastian, just to name a few.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: You!

* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:If you allow [=HelpBot=] QTC to install his much-needed updates, he will deliberately hurt the Taylors the next day with his upgraded antigravity system. He will then rub in their faces that they are, indeed, "out to get [them]" and that [[ILied he lied about his motivations to help them escape]], claiming that he wants to "test" them.]]

''For other works titled ''Lifeline'', see [[{{Lifeline}} the disambiguation page]].''

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Not to be confused with the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 video game ''VideoGame/OperatorsSide'', which was [[SimilarlyNamedWorks also titled]] ''Lifeline'' [[MarketBasedTitle in North America]].

--> '''Taylor''': God, is that what ''I'' sound like when I'm being sarcastic? That's annoying as hell.

--> '''[=HelpBot=]''': Oh, for... It's the proper term. Look it up. And grow up a little, would you? Lives are at stake here.\\
'''The Player''': Sorry, sorry.\\
'''[=HelpBot=]''': You can make all the dumb jokes you want ''after'' the astronauts are dead.\\
'''The Player''': Wow. Dark.\\
'''[=HelpBot=]''': If you're bothered by it, then ''help me save them.''

--> '''Taylor''': Did you hear about that new restaurant on the moon?\\
'''The Player''': No, what about it?\\
'''Taylor''': The food is great... but there's no ''atmosphere!''\\
'''The Player''': I'm hanging up with you right now. / Eat more; you're still dumb.

* BoundAndGagged: Taylor and T2 can [[spoiler:restrain the infected Halliday]] this way after fighting him, hoping that [[AntiInterferenceLockUp that would buy them time to escape.]] [[spoiler:It doesn't work since Halliday breaks free to kill T2 if they and Taylor decide to take a nap.]]

* BoundAndGagged: Taylor and T2 can [[spoiler:restrain the infected Halliday]] this way after fighting him, hoping that that would buy them time to escape. [[spoiler:It doesn't work since Halliday breaks free to kill T2 if they and Taylor decide to take a nap.]]

* XanatosSpeedChess: When Taylor and T2 need to light the tunguskite [[spoiler:to blast the ship away]], they realize that the Greenhouse, [[spoiler:which was set on fire by [=HelpBot=] earlier], was locked. [[spoiler:This is because he changes the code every second to make sure they don't escape.]]

--> ''"Okay, [[HelloInsertNameHere <name>]]. If you know me -- and I think by now you do -- then you know there's nothing I love more than a classic "good news/bad news" setup."''

* HeheYouSaidX: The player can go, "Huh huh. You said 'deckhead,'" if [=HelpBot=] explains the Cargo Hold's deckhead, to his [[DeadpanSnarker exasperation.]]

* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:[=HelpBot QTC=] is not actually as helpful as the name implies.]]

-> [[spoiler: '''Jareth:''' So powerful, it will take you to the stars. And so advanced... you'll swear it's magic.]]

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: If Taylor decides to fight the infected marines when they first see them, they'll capture them and infect them with the Green, no matter what option the player chooses.