History VideoGame / Oni

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Let's see. This game has blond (looks yellow) hair, brown hair, black hair, red hair, orange hair, green hair, pink hair, grey hair, purple hair, and blue hair. Any colors of the rainbow spectrum that wasn't been covered.

The game has a small but dedicated modding community [[http://oni.bungie.org/community/forum/index.php here]]. Their main project is the Anniversary Edition mod, which fixes a lot of the game's ArtificialStupidity and adds back in cut features. [[http://mods.oni2.net/node/75 Mac]] version and [[http://mods.oni2.net/node/79 PC]] Version (requires full retail version of ''Oni'').

* {{Diary}}: Believe it or not, Konoko keeps one. One thing this diary reveals is that the events of the entire game take place over the course of two weeks! Another thing this diary reveals is Konoko's thoughts and feelings -- which she does not readily show in public.

** The trailers of this game actually did show blood being shed as a result of gun shots and physical combat. Bungie took it out because it would conflict with the hit-sparks, which was integrated with the fighting system; the other reason for removing the blood is that they wanted the game to be accessible to a wider audience and they feared it would of cause the game to get a higher UsefulNotes/{{E|ntertainmentSoftwareRatingsBoard}}SRB rating than they intended.

* NotSoDifferent: The dialogue between Konoko and Mukade is essentially this. Mukade says as much, and Konoko vehemently denies it. However, considering that she broke his neck with her foot while he was down and killed him, he might have had a point.

The game has a small but dedicated modding community [[http://oni.bungie.org/community/forum/index.php here]]. Their main project is the Anniversary Edition mod, which fixes a lot of the game's ArtificialStupidity and adds back in DummiedOut features. [[http://mods.oni2.net/node/75 Mac]] version and [[http://mods.oni2.net/node/79 PC]] Version (requires full retail version of ''Oni'').

* GameMod: The Anniversary Edition for the computer version of the game, which adds many of the DummiedOut features originally intended to be in the game as well some other interesting things, such as updated textures and models, new characters and enemies, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSfeb4xv7p8&hd=1 the ability to fight]] VideoGame/RayMan and so forth.

''Oni'' is a 2001 ActionGame for the PC and PlayStation 2, developed by Creator/{{Bungie}}, best-known for later developing ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'', and who were under the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gathering_of_Developers Gathering of Developers]] umbrella at the time.

* TheBadGuyWins: Zigzagged. Konoko manages to destroy the polluted atmospheric processors and kill Muro, but the latter's plan still comes to fruition. In the end, Konoko is the only survivor because of the Chrysalis inside of her.

'''Receptionist:''' ''(TechnicallyASmile)'' Of course officer, I'm sure I can get someone to help you. ''(activates a silent alarm under her desk}''\\ Please have a seat, someone will be right with you.\\

* LeeroyJenkins:
** Konoko is so very much this. She is new at being a field agent and she is really itching to prove herself. A good example is the beginning of Chapter 2.
-->'''Receptionist:''' "Good afternoon and welcome to the Musashi Heavy Manufacturing Concern. How can I be of service?"\\
'''TCTF Agent Thorson:''' "Good afternoon ma'am. I'm Agent Thorson..."\\
'''Konoko:''' "We are with the TCTF and we hereby order you to cease and desist all operations. We have reason to suspect that this facility is involved in the manufacture of illegal technology!"\\
'''Receptionist:''' "Of course officer, I'm sure I can get someone to help you." (activates a silent alarm under her desk}\\
...\\
'''Receptionist:''' "Please have a seat, someone will be right with you."\\
* a few Syndicate goons charge in*\\
'''TCTF Agent Thorson:''' "What the?"\\
'''Konoko:''' "Heads up. We've got company."
** The scary thing about this is that you, the player, are playing as a LeeroyJenkins. It is almost as if Bungie had experience with such people and wanted to shove the fact that being such a person is uncool into your face.

''Oni'' is a 2001 ActionGame for the PC and PlayStation 2, developed by Creator/{{Bungie}}, best-known for later developing ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}''.

For the Oni, as in "the Japanese demon", see {{Youkai}}.

** The game's manual states that Griffin is skilled in hand-to-hand combat, a master marksman, and that he has no special moves or weaknesses. [[spoiler:Not really true. It is true that he can do some hand-to-hand combat, and that he has no special moves. However, the two times he actually fights in the game, he had two big TCTF cops with him and he uses a Van de Graaf Pistol. This pistol is essentially a taser that can zap everybody if they are close enough with one shot, and is not a very good demonstration of superior marksmanship. He used a Campbell Equalizer Mk4 against Shinatama, but that was in a cutscene and Konoko disarmed him rather quickly. In fact, you can shoot or punch him and kill him in one hit at one point in the game and he does not even put up a fight at that point. He did not seem to be that much of a fighter at that point. Finally, he does have one weakness, which is an obsessive-compulsive need to control everything by any means necessary. Even his superiors in the TCTF were bothered by his willingness to break procedure just to achieve results]].

* ArtShift: If you look at the advertisements for the game, the opening and closing cutscenes, the mission completed pictures, the mission failed pictures, and other pictures, it will become painfully clear that the art style is ''very'' inconsistent.

** Kojiro. Who is this, you might ask? He is the communications trooper who talks to Muro in the cutscenes, and also the communications telling all units to converge when they attacked TCTF headquarters. The fact that he is absent at the end raises some eyebrows.

* TheBadGuysWins: Zigzagged. Konoko manages to destroy the polluted atmospheric processors and kill Muro, but the latter's plan still comes to fruition. In the end, Konoko is the only survivor because of the Chrysalis inside of her.

* LightningBruiser: The Tankers could be considered this. The Strikers, particularly the red ones. The TCTF Black Ops SWAT Troopers are this. Konoko herself becomes one, especially when she taps into the Daodan Overpower Mode.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Konoko discovers that Muro is planning to have the atmospheric converters belch out enough poison into the air to kill anyone who will not sell their soul to him for a Chrysalis. Realizing that the convertors will not be disconnected before Muro activates them, Konoko decides to just blow up the convertors. While this sounds like a good idea, that means the people around the world will find themselves trying to find places to breathe. It is a good thing that Muro did not have all the atmospheric converters under his control. Unfortunately, Konoko's actions end up causing a lot of deaths. NiceJobBreakingItHero, indeed!]]

* MadBomber: An enemy type who appears early in the game. When you kill him, a 3-second countdown will start and after the last second, he explodes. Yes, his name is {{TriviallyObvious Mad Bomber}}.

** However, the manual does not give information on Barabas, Mukade, Muro, or those Syndicate goons who blow up in 3 seconds when you kill them (although in the latter case, the mission briefing does specify that they are unusual kinds of Syndicate trooper).
** Also, some of the computer terminals contain information that matches some of the information in the manual word for word. In some cases the information is even expanded on.

** The Communications Troopers can be considered this. They can fight and shoot, even though they are not particularly good at these things. They also have low health. You will not have to worry about them very much.
** There are also the Engineers, who you fight in Chapter 1. They do not have a lot of health, and they are not particularly good at fighting. In fact, much later in the game, they seem to pop up for the sole purpose of showing you that Konoko's powers have increased to the point that the Engineers are simply jokes compared to her.

* MostAnnoyingSound: The Black Adder SMG, and the fact that over 60% of your enemies carry it certainly doesn't help.

** The aptly-named Elite Striker, the toughest normal enemy you'll face in the game.

* EvilGenius: The Communications Trooper, Kojiro, who talks to Muro in the cutscenes, may be in this role.

* LonersAreFreaks: Konoko. Early on, she does not seem to be a loner, but the other TCTF people seem to be uncomfortable being around her. She also seems to fight better on her own than with a group of allies anyway. However, by level 8, she embraces this trope. Why? [[spoiler:Because the TCTF and the Syndicate are out to get her, and she is on her own. Also, the fact that she has the Daodan Chrysalis does makes her different and there are very few people who could even understand her situation.]]

* PoliceAreUseless: Despite all the manual's claims to the contrary, the TCTF gives off this impression. They rarely if ever put up a good fight against the Syndicate. Sure, there were a couple of times when they were deployed to areas where they were needed, but they apparently cannot get anywhere without Konoko's help. Then there are the airport levels, where Konoko is the only cop trying to chase down Muro. There is no mention of other TCTF troopers being sent there. Konoko even puts a LampshadeHanging in her diary about how the airport is usually crawling with uniforms and they are oddly nowhere to be found - and that Muro probably told them to take a day off. What makes this trope more interesting is that you play as a cop named Konoko (who is anything except useless) [[spoiler:and that she ends up fighting the TCTF itself later on]].

* EvilGenius: The Communications Troopers, including Kojiro, who talks to Muro in the cutscenes, may be in this role.

* ExposedToTheElements: Konoko in the last level wears a leather jacket, jeans, shoes and a shirt. The funny thing is that she is wearing this outfit at a compound located in a mountainous area. She would be a little cold in that case. [[spoiler:Then again, the Daodan Chrysalis can probably provide her protection from the cold.]]

* {{Animesque}}: Bungie is a Western developer, but the game is designed to resemble an anime like ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'', the game's biggest influence.

* CrateExpectations: The first level is a traditional video game warehouse full of crates. Lampshaded with the texture applied to one crate seen early on, which says "-OMM- TTC 1.1", meaning "-OldManMurray- Time to Crate: 1.1 seconds".

* [[OneManArmy One-Woman Army]]: Konoko, so very much. Unfortunately, the trope undergoes ''brutal'' deconstruction like you would not believe. Why? First, Konoko is able to tear through armies of people because [[spoiler: the Daodan Chrysalis enhances her abilities]], but the police she works for fears her abilities and devises deadly countermeasures in case she ever turns against them. Second, despite her ability to tear through armies of people, she fails [[spoiler:to save Shinatama and to save millions (maybe billions) of lives from Muro's plans]]. It really sucks to be a one-person army, does it not?

''Oni'' is a 2000 ActionGame for the PC and PlayStation 2, developed by Creator/{{Bungie}}, best-known for later developing ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}''.