History VideoGame / MARDEK

---> "It's a bookshelf full of various magazines and annuals about weapons. It includes such eccentric models as [[SuperMarioRPG a handheld paper fan]], some kind of hairclip or headdress, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII a megaphone]], and [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon some kind of]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII strange sword-combined-with-a-gun]]. [[LampshadeHanging Who'd use such ridiculous things?!]]"

* EasterEgg : [[spoiler: If you cast auralung on someone before fighting Moric the first time in chapter 2,defeat him and go to Lake Qur (without saving after the fight)and attempt to jump in,you will get a message from Pesudolonewolf telling you how clever you are to have reserved auralung for that particular time,[["RunningGag but there is nothing down there....really"]]]]

* LoadBearingBoss: [[spoiler:Moric]].

* EasterEgg : [[spoiler: If you cast auralung on someone before fighting Moric the first time in chapter 2,defeat him and go to Lake Qur (without saving after the fight)and attempt to jump in,you will get a message from Pesudolonewolf telling you how cleaver you are to have reserved auralung for that particular time,[["RunningGag but there is nothing down there....really"]]]]

* EasterEgg : [[spoiler: If you cast auralung on someone before fighting Moric the first time in chapter 2,defeat him and go to Lake Qur (without saving after the fight)and attempt to jump in,you will get a message from Pesudolonewolf telling you how cleaver you are to have reserved auralung for that particular time,"but there is nothing down there....really"]]

* DoingItForTheArt

** TheDragon: (Unknown, possibly Melchior or Balthazar)
** TheEvilGenius: Balthazar/Moric

*** TheChick: Rohoph before the Governance was corrupted.

* OnlySaneMan: Rohoph [[spoiler:and, according to Qualna, ALL members of the Governance de Magi,]] thinks of himself as this compared to the rest of the Governance de Magi. [[spoiler:Subverted in that, in fact, Rohoph is just as insane in his own way as the rest of the Governance. Played straight with Qualna, thus far.]]

* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The Worlds' Saviours. Actually more of a GoldfishPoopGang. Or not, since many players have problems with them. They're particularly troublesome after defeating the fire guardian. Most people wouldn't expect another boss fight, so are still low on hp/mp, and still fully equipped to deal specifically with a fire element boss. They bring quite the pain if you don't immediately heal up and change your skill set-up.

* ScheduleSlip: The first two chapters were both released during 2007. Chapter 3 wasn't out until July 2010. One can only guess when Chapter 4 will be released.

* TheWikiRule: There is, in fact, a [[http://fighunter.wikia.com/wiki/Fig_Hunter_Wiki Fig Hunter wiki]] cataloging information about MARDEK and some of Pseudolonewolf's other games.

* FakeUltimateHero: The Worlds' Saviours.

** Approaches DownerEnding when you realize that [[spoiler:Qualna was lying about wanting to use the Violet Crystal for good, but only because the other Magi members were watching - he was trying to sneak Rohoph back to their planet in order to help him ''destroy'' the Crystal. And it turns out that Rohoph had been corrupted by the Crystal from the start into becoming a paranoid KnightTemplar, and he no longer has qualms about ''forcibly'' taking over Mardek's body at times. Oh, and the world is slowly dying thanks to the crystals being removed from their temples, and Rohoph's presence might be slowly killing Mardek. Absolutely nothing you did in this chapter has accomplished anything good.]]

* BossInMookClothing: Mithril Golems.
** Made easier if Legion has Spirit Nova. It removes more than half of their HP, and so lowers them to mere DemonicSpider level. Still is guaranteed to kill at least one person, though.
** Same with Solaar, in a way; one of his skills instantly turns him into a sort of IntangibleMan, immunizing him from all Physical damage, and since the Mithril Golem is, at its base, a SmashMook....

* DevelopmentHell: The chapter took ''three years'' to complete, due to many factors, such as the developer having to rewrite the engine ''twice'', once in a programming language he was unfamiliar with, and also the fact that the game was so gigantic that sponsors were reluctant to put it on their sites.

* HiddenInPlainSight: [[spoiler:Qualna. Twice. First was the really obvious king, complete with MindControlEyes. Then there was Clavis. He seems to know as much as Rohoph, yet seems to be a human mage. He can get anywhere he wants to, even the bottom of a lake. Often he seems to be directly in your path. He is Aether, and is against fighting and "removing Keystones" whenever possible. He is a powerful "Equilibriumancer" (Aether magic specialist). And he has the same robes and eye color as Qualna's ... eye-dot-sphere thing. Yet, most people who have not yet completed the game do not realize that he IS Qualna, in a human disguise. Neither did Rohoph.]]

* TemptingFate: While the consequences haven't occurred yet, it nonetheless seems ''extremely'' likely that giving an extremely powerful crystal (which drove a monastery insane, and is specifically noted to seem disconcertingly similar to the Violet Crystal that kicked off the plot) to the Dark-aligned High Priest of Yalort will have negative consequences. Vehrn's take on it?

** If you're playing on Kongregate.com, two of the achievements are [[TheWizardofOz Off to see the Lizard]] and [[FinalFantasyVII One-Kinged Angel]]

* HotMom: Baron von Doomkill would totally tap Mardek's mom, who apparently has rumors around the Goznor guardpost as being... loose.

* GlamourFailure: When Gloria shows Mardek how to access the dream world, she and Elwyen accidentally find out about Rohoph: because he can get in and Mardek can't, he shows up ''in his original form''.[[hottip:*:The other character who can get in, Solaar, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial absolutely did not already know about the Annunaki's presence]]]]

* GuideDangIt: Finding the trilobite warrior in the Dark Temple. A lot of bonus things, in fact.
** You can't get the first Miasmal Chalice if [[spoiler:you go through and fight Steele before filling it. This is really frustrating if it was close to getting full.]]
*** Mercifully, you can, at least later on. Still, if you pass any of those chalices up be prepared to do a bit of backtracking and monster-hunting if you want to face the BonusBoss.

* SquishyWizard: Emela. [[ExaggeratedTrope Her physical attack doesn't even deal HP damage]]. Sharla and Donovan, too, though their STR is just high enough for them to deal decent physical damage. Gloria also has low strength, but is significantly tougher than the other mages (though this could be due to her starting equipment, as the Emerald Bangle is a great HP booster).

* ArtifactOfDoom: That purple plot item you handed to the Yalortian monk in Aeropolis? It quite fits the description of [[spoiler:The Violet Crystal, which kicked off the plot by making Rodoph's companions evil.]]

* TitleDrop: Kinda. Mardek and Deugan try to become this, to replace Social Fox. [[spoiler:Both succeed, especially Deugan, who actually becomes the next Great Adventurer.]]

* MookFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Gobe, if you choose to spare him in Chapter Two.]]

* MercyRewarded: Killing Gobe means that [[spoiler:you can't access the Trilobite Tournaments, and prevents you from accessing a useful traveling shopkeeper in Chapter 3.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: Heavily implied with Bostolm, who was driven so insane by pixies digging in his mind that he "[[NightmareFuel drilled them out of [his] head]]".

** One of the souls inhabiting Legion is clincally depressed. Everyone in his town [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep called him Miserable Ol' Martin]], which further depressed him, as his name was actually Eric. Hm. A depressed, whiny RobotBuddy... [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Where have we seen this before?]]

* AnticlimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Qualna]]. Actually justified, as he dislikes fighting and is more skilled in diplomacy.

** One of the souls inhabiting Legion is clincally depressed. Everyone in his town [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep called him Miserable Ol' Martin]], which further depressed him, as his name was actually Eric. Hm. A depressed, whiny RobotBuddy... [[HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Where have we seen this before?]]

*** Downer status further solidified by a lot of things that seem minor in Chapter 3 but will surely come back to bite the good guys in the ass in subsequent chapters: [[spoiler: Steele/"The Mysterious Man" still has the dark crystal; Blatantly Evil Chancellor had control of Xantusia while Ss'lenck was away; you gave a fragment or relative of the Violet Crystal to Vudu, the probably already evil high priest of YALORT; and oh yeah, there's this [[ChekhovsGun volcano which could wipe out most of the life on Belfan]] if it erupted, and the next Magi coming after you is the ''pyromancer'' of the group. Add in the fact that WordOfGod has said that there will be an important event separating chapters 1-4 and 5-8, and [[OhCrap let the dread sink in]]. Really, the only good things that you did in this game were making your party members feel good about themselves by listening to them talk about their problems, and driving away Saul and Muriance (probably temporarily). Well, and destroying the [[BonusBoss Annihilator]], if you did that.]]

** The two above are marked by a red-and-gold chest, so if you die to these (particularly the other Bonus Boss with a SAVE POINT right before it) without saving, it is your fault. However, one chest early on with a mini-bonus boss (a Griffon) is unmarked, except for the save crystal nearby and its obvious placement in the middle of the path. All others contain the local enemies. Most are worth looting, however.

* BossInMookClothing: Mythril Golems.