History VideoGame / Noctropolis

* {{Illuminati}}: [[spoiler: Whisperman reveals that the secret society of the Brotherhood of Darkness, who crafted Liquiddark and subsequently Darksheer, are the Illuminati in the universe of Noctropolis. Furthermore, Flux in the game's climax reveals that they are still active both monitoring and influence his activities as Darksheer]]

* {{Illuminati}}: [[spoiler: Whisperman reveals to Peter that the secret society of the Brotherhood of Darkness who crafted Liquiddark and subsequently the name of Darksheer, were known as the Illuminati in the universe of Noctropolis.]]

* {{Illuminati}}: [[spoiler: Whisperman reveals to Peter that the secret society of the Brotherhood of Darkness who were crafted Liquiddark and subsequently Darksheer, distinguished were known as the Illuminati in the universe of Noctropolis.]]

* [[spoiler: DownerEnding: The game ends on the triumphant note of no less than primordial beings telling Peter he's a worthy inheritor of the Darksheer name. It totally ignores how the previous Darksheer went evil from a soul-destroying addiction to liquidark, and that by warring on the forces of evil with the same tools there's no reason the same won't eventually happen to Peter.]]

* [[spoiler: NonActionGuy: Despite supposedly being a worthy successor of the Darksheer mantle, it turns out the main villain's plan actually hinges on Peter completely failing at catching villains, getting his ass handed to him in every encounter and repeatedly having to hurry back to the lair and subject himself to a healing bath in magical liquid darkness. It works like a charm.]]

* {{Expy}}: This game seems to take a lot of inspiration from Franchise/{{Batman}}.

* [[spoiler: NonActionGuy:]]
** [[spoiler: Despite supposedly being a worthy successor of the Darksheer mantle, it turns out the main villain's plan actually hinges on Peter completely failing at catching villains, getting his ass handed to him in every encounter and repeatedly having to hurry back to the lair and subject himself to a healing bath in magical liquid darkness. It works like a charm.]]
** [[spoiler: Even in the final confrontation with the BigBad Peter does nothing; Lumisheer's defeated when the elmentals decide his plans have proceeded far enough to override their vows of non-interference and send an elemental samurai to take him out. At most the one thing he does is what allows someone who's actually powerful and competent to show up to beat the villain for him.]]

** [[spoiler: Despite supposedly being a worthy successor of the Darksheer mantle, it turns out the main villain's plan actually hinges on having Peter completely fail at stopping villains, getting his ass handed to him in every encounter and repeatedly having to hurry back to the lair and subject himself to a healing bath in magical liquid darkness. It works like a charm.]]

** [[spoiler: Even in the final confrontation with the BigBad Peter does nothing; Lumisheer's defeated when the elmentals decide his plans have proceeded far enough to override their vows of non-interference and send an elemental samurai to take him out.]]

* SolveTheSoupCans: One of the earliest examples consists of: To enter a cathedral guarded by a lethal flying gargoyle, the player must A) locate the couple pixels representative of the only loose bar in the iron-wrought fence, B) open utility panel of a nearby streetlight, C) attach fifty-pounds worth of cable to connect the fence post to an arbitrary lead, and d.) throw the bar, like a spear, some 20 yards so that it lands upon the fountain on which the beast occasionally perches so that it is electrocuted the following time it does. This puzzle was one of the first in the game and significantly simpler that later examples.

* [[spoiler: NonActionGuy: Despite supposedly being a worthy successor of the Darksheer mantle, it turns out the main villain's plan actually depends on having Peter completely fail at stopping villains, getting his ass handed to him in every encounter and repeatedly having to hurry back to the lair and subject himself to a healing bath in magical liquid darkness. It works like a charm. Even in the final confrontation with the BigBad, Peter does nothing; Lumisheer's defeated when the elmentals decide his plans have proceeded far enough to override their vows of non-interference and send an elemental samurai to take him out.]]

* [[spoiler: NonActionGuy: Despite supposedly being a worthy successor of the Darksheer mantle, it turns out the main villain's plan actually depends on having Peter completely fail at stopping villains, getting his ass handed to him in every encounter and repeatedly having to hurry back to the lair and subject himself to a healing bath in magical liquid darkness. It works like a charm. Even in the final confrontation with the BigBad, Peter does nothing; he's defeated when the elmentals finally decide his plans have proceeded far enough to override their vows of non-interference.]]

* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Stiletto's main form of aid; talking guys into helping the duo or distracting them by showing off her costume's boob window.

* [[spoiler: NonActionGuy: Despite supposedly being a worthy successor of the Darksheer mantle, it turns out the main villain's plan actually depends on having Peter completely fail at stopping villains, getting his ass handed to him in every encounter and repeatedly having to hurry back to the lair and subject himself to a healing bath in magical liquid darkness. It works like a charm. Even in the final confrontation with the BigBad you do nothing; he's defeated when the elmentals finally decide his plans have proceeded far enough to override their vows of non-interference.]]

* [[spoiler: NonActionGuy: Despite supposedly being a worthy successor of the Darksheer mantle, it turns out the main villain's plan actually depends on having Peter completely fail at stopping villains, getting his ass handed to him in every encounter and repeatedly having to hurry back to the lair and subject himself to a healing bath in magical liquid darkness. It works like a charm.]]

* [[spoiler: DownerEnding: The game ends on the triumphant note of no less than primal beings telling Peter he's a worthy inheritor of the Darksheer name. It totally ignores how the previous Darksheer went evil from a soul-destroying addiction to liquidark, though, and that by warring on the forces of evil with the same tools there's no reason the same won't eventually happen to Peter.]]
* {{Expy}}: This game seems to take a lot of inspiration from Franchise/{{Batman}}. Besides the obvious stuff with a black-clad caped BadassNormal hero, Top Hat is basically the Joker if he was a girl and a magician instead of a clown.

Peter Grey's world has come crashing down with the failure of his book store and his wife's infidelity. His only solace is the monthly adventures of Darksheer, the grim avenger of the night who protects an [[AlwaysNight eternally darkened]] city called Noctropolis. But he's about to lose that too, as the latest issue ends with Darksheer capturing the last of Noctropolis's supervillain fraternity and hanging up his cape.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: So you've taken on the mantle of the resident superhero who for years protected the citizens from a bevy of supervillains. Who disappeared just before another outbreak of superhuman crime, and who everyone's praying will return to save them. And you're going around in full Darksheer regalia at all times. Nobody will react to this fact except the very villains you're trying to stop.

* {{Expy}}: This game seems to take a lot of inspiration from Franchise/{{Batman}}.

* BadassNormal

* [[spoiler: NonActionGuy: Despite supposedly being a worthy successor of the Darksheer mantle, it turns out the main villain's plan actually depends on having Peter completely fail at stopping villains, repeatedly getting his ass handed to him and requiring him to repeatedly return to the lair and subject himself to a healing bath in magical liquid darkness. It works like a charm.]]

* {{Expy}}: This game seems to take a lot of inspiration from Batman.

* DarkIsNotEvil: Darksheer's devices are fueled by a substance that's basically liquid darkness, created by a brotherhood who wished to use the substance for good. Peter would also [[spoiler: frequently use it to heal himself after getting beaten up by supervillains]].

* LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler: It turns out the BigBad who broke out the other villains is the original Darksheer, who now has a light-motif and is out to grab power for himself]]

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: So you've taken on the mantle of the resident superhero who for years protected the citizens from a bevy of supervillains. Who disappeared just before another outbreak of superhuman crime, and who everyone's praying will return to save them. Nobody will react to this fact except the very villains you're trying to stop.

* TotallyRadical: They seemed to be trying to write a game in the style of a gritty 90's comic book... without having read any gritty 1990's comic books. Or just a few of the worse ones. So a lot of their attempts to write edgy dialogue sounds silly even by 1990's comic standards.

Peter Grey's world has come crashing down with the failure of his business and his wife's infidelity. His only solace is the monthly adventures of Darksheer, the grim avenger of the night who protects an [[AlwaysNight eternally darkened]] city called Noctropolis. But he's about to lose that too, as the latest issue ends with Darksheer capturing the last of Noctropolis's supervillain fraternity and hanging up his cape.

* SolveTheSoupCans: One of the earliest examples consists of: To enter a cathedral guarded by a lethal flying gargoyle, the player must A) locate the couple pixels representative of the only loose bar in the iron-wrought fence, B) open utility panel of a nearby streetlight, C) attach fifty-pounds worth of cable to connect the fence post to an arbitrary lead, and d.) throw the bar, like a spear, some 20-yards so that it lands upon the fountain on which the beast occasionally perches so that it is electrocuted the following time it does. This puzzle was one of the first in the game and significantly simpler that later examples.

* TotallyRadical: They seemed to be trying to write a game in the style of a gritty 90's comic book...without having read any gritty 1990's comic books. Or just a few of the worse ones. So a lot of their attempts to write edgy dialogue sounds silly even by 1990's comic standards.