History VideoGame / NecromundaHiredGun

* PetTheDog: The Bounty Hunter might be a ruthless, self-interested ProfessionalKiller but they are quite fond of their Cyber-Mastiff. In fact if you approach the dog in the hub area you can literally pet him or throw him treats.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: The Silver Talon's 250,000 credit bounty is frequently described as a life changing potential profit. It ''is'' a pretty hefty amount of money, but chances are, you've run enough missions that you've easily gotten triple that amount.
* GiantMook: The Goliath feudal house on Necromunda employs a genetically-engineered workforce, which is why you have quite a lot of 7-to-8 foot tall characters hanging around who aren't Ogryn or Space Marines. You also fight a fair share of Ogryn, who in this game behave like ''Doom''‘s Hell Knights, throwing flaming boulders and being able to tank about 50-60 rounds of assault rifle fire before dropping.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Upon visiting [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace the Cold Black]] the bounty hunter [[spoiler: encounters a Genestealer cult including a large number of pure-breed Genestealers. They are not involved with the Silver Talon plot and nothing in the Cold Black advances the plot, it's just a strange thing the bounty hunter has to deal with.]]
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Invoked with the ''Perfect aim'' power, which makes your gun auto-aim at anything in a broad area in the center of the screen.

* MobWar: In your search for the Silver Talon, you regularly find yourself in the middle of two warring gangs. Often times it's one gang attacking another that you are ALSO attacking, but there's no such thing as "the enemy of my enemy"...
* NominalHero: Given this is TabletopGame/Warhammer40K nobody was expecting a saint as a main character and the bounty hunter doesn't break any such assumptions. The massive capacity for violence is to be expected in the Underhive but, depending on player choice, they may also be ruthless enough to take secondary work from Chaos worshippers and Genestealer Cults.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The bounty hunter is generally impossible to scare, only getting angry when ambushed or threated. After they [[spoiler:encounter the Genestealers]] they are notably subdued, needed to buy the good booze to help them forget.

* PetTheDog: The bounty hunter might be a ruthless, self-interested ProfessionalKiller but they are found of their Cyber-Mastiff. In fact if you approach the dog in the hub area you can literally pet him.
* PoweredArmor: MiniMecha-type suits appear as a mini-boss type of enemy; they're heavily armed, can leap long distances, and require over 150 rounds of assault rifle fire to bring down. Taking moderate damage does cause their guns to explode, forcing them into melee combat. They're most likely repurposed mining gear being used by the gangs. They're actually Ambots, mining robots using the brain of a giant burrowing bipedal beetle, which the gangs have stolen and repurposed for gang warfare.

* RenegadeSplinterFaction: The local Orlocks, Escher and Goliaths have gone rather off the reservation from the main house, working with the outlaw Silver Talon. It's likely for this reason that constantly slaughtering them does no damage to your reputation with their Houses. [[spoiler: Although eventually the bounty hunter disrupts the main House Orlock's operations enough that they set a bounty on them.]]

* WetwareCPU: Because [=CPUs=], let alone A.I., are banned in the ''40k'' universe (punishable by torture then death), people who have been reduced to a torso and have wires jammed into their skull are used to operate all mechanical devices, including doors and barges. Also, the MiniMecha Ambots use the brain of an Umber Hulk-like beetle as a control mechanism.

* XRayVision: Your cyber-mastiff can highlight the position of enemies through walls and other obstacles for you.

* EliteMooks: Champions and Leaders are equipped with refractor fields that can absorb decent damage and also make them immune to your melee executions (though the Shock upgrade lets you damage them with executions), as well as jump jets that let them leap long distances. They're also armed with plasma weapons, with Leaders often having lingering elemental damage effects on their guns.

* FragileSpeedster: [[spoiler: Genestealers]] aren't much more durable than basic mooks, but they're by far the fastest enemies in the game, able to easily outrun you even if your cybernetic legs are fully upgraded.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: The Silver Talon's 250,000 credit bounty is frequently described as a life changing potential profit. It ''is'' a pretty heft amount of money however by the end of the game chances are you'll have many times this amount.

* OOCIsSeriousBuiness: The bounty hunter is generally impossible to scare, only getting angry when ambushed or threated. After they [[spoiler:encounter the Genestealers]] they are notably subdued, needed to buy the good booze to help them forget.

* OOHIsSeriousBuiness: The bounty hunter is generally impossible to scare, only getting angry when ambushed or threated. After they [[spoiler: encounter the Genestealers]] they are notably subdued, needed to buy the good booze t help them forget.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:The ending of the game has the Bounty Hunter find out that Kal Jericho put out a bounty for them]].

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Upon visiting [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace the Cold Black]] the bounty hunter [[spoilers: encounters a Genestealer cult including a large number of pure-breed Genestealers. They are not involved with the Silver Talon plot and nothing in the Cold Black advances the plot, it's just a strange thing the biunty hunter has to deal with.]]

* BigGood: Bounty hunter Kal Jericho, a character from the tabletop game, serves as your character's benefactor in the game. The player character is extremely slow to trust him, however, because nothing in Necromunda ever comes for free.

* UglyCute: Once cybered the Mastiff is quite intimidating to look at but outside battle he's still an affectionate BigFriendlyDog always open to being petted by his beloved master.

* PetTheDog: The bounty hunter might be a ruthless, self-interested ProfessionalKiller but they are found of their cyber mastiff. In fact if you approach the dog in the hub area you can literally pet him.

* UglyCute: Once cybered the mastiff is quite intimidating to look at but outside battle he's still an affectionate BigFriendlyDog always open to being petted by his beloved master.

* RenegadeSplinterFaction: The local Orlocks, Escher and Goliaths have gone rather off the reservation from the main house, working with the outlaw Silver Talon. It's likely for this reason that constantly slaughtering them does no damage to your reputation with their Houses.

* TheFaceless: Over 95% of the game's characters wear facemasks, leaving at most only their eyes and hair exposed.

* RPGElements: You upgrade your character's stats with cybernetic implants, and also get stat bonuses from equipment. Equipment is also randomly generated loot, using the classic Grey-Blue-Purple-Orange rarity system.

* BigBad: The Silver Talon. Aka [[spoiler: Yelena Catallus, who seems to be an {{Expy}} of Yolanda Catallus, Kal Jericho's partner, from the tabletop game]].

* WetwareCPU: Because CPUs, let alone A.I., are banned in the ''40k'' universe (punishable by torture then death), the MiniMecha Ambots use the brain of an Umber Hulk-like beetle as a control mechanism.

* DeflectorShields: Refractor fields are worn by yourself and the EliteMooks. They're pretty standard energy shields, but don't recharge by themselves (you need to pick up energy cells to refill your shield).

* GiantMook: The Goliath feudal house on Necromunda employs a genetically-engineered workforce, which is why you have quite a lot of 7-to-8 foot tall characters hanging around who aren't Ogryn or Space Marines. You also fight a fair share of Ogryn, who in this game behave like ''Doom''‘s Hell Knights, throwing flaming boulders and being able to tank almost 60 rounds of assault rifle fire before dropping.