History VideoGame / Overgrowth

* {{BFS}}: A broadsword is available in the arena mode. It was made for dogs, making it roughly as long as Turner is tall. There's also a dog [[DropTheHammer warhammer]] which is similarly huge.

''Overgrowth'' is the [[ExtremelyLengthyCreation long awaited]] sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Lugaru}}'' by [[http://www.wolfire.com Wolfire Games]]. ''Overgrowth's'' story, like its predecessor, takes place on [[ThePlace Lugaru island]]: a place entirely populated by [[MatureAnimalStory violent anthropomorphic animals]]. It follows the further adventures of Turner, the [[CrusadingWidower vengeful widower]] turned [[WalkingTheEarth wandering warrior]], a few years after the events of ''Lugaru''.

* FurriesAreEasierToDraw: WordOfGod states that this is half of the reason they designed the game around animals instead of humans. It also helps avoid the UncannyValley.

* HumbleBeginnings: ''Overgrowth'' is the sequel to ''Lugaru'', a short indie game made by a single high-school student that uses an earlier version of the same combat system.

* AlmostLethalWeapons: Averted. Any weapon can and will kill, [[RealityEnsues very quickly]]. Even a single punch can be lethal depending on how the victim lands.

An ActionGame with a heavy emphasis on close quarters combat, ''Overgrowth'' also adopts the [[ContextSensitiveButton unique combat system of it's predecessor]] - unlike most other fighting games, it relies far less on button mashing and much more on timing your moves right: the position and range of the enemy and the direction you're moving all influences what Turner will do with each attack. The result is a remarkably fluid and responsive combat system, as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNuuicfbM44 this video demonstrates]]. It's also fairly realistic in nature: for example, if you hit your opponent hard enough in the neck or they take a bad fall, it's possible for their neck to break, [[RealityEnsues killing them instantly.]]

* AwesomeButImpractical: The [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Leg Cannon]] makes a return. Used properly, it can end nearly any one-on-one fight (against a rabbit) in a single hit. However, it's hard to line up and can backfire spectacularly; a miss will leave the user prone and helpless, and even if it hits it can easily send the user careening off into a wall to their deaths. That said, it's been retooled, and is [[NintendoHard much]] [[SequelDifficultyDrop easier]] to use than it was in ''VideoGame/{{Lugaru}}''.

An ActionGame with a heavy emphasis on close quarters combat, ''Overgrowth'' also adopts the [[ContextSensitiveButton unique combat system of it's predecessor]] - unlike most other fighting games, it relies far less on button mashing and much more on timing your moves right: the position and range of the enemy and the direction you're moving all influences what Turner will do with each attack. The result is a remarkably fluid and responsive combat system, as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNuuicfbM44 this video demonstrates]]. It's also fairly realistic in nature. For example, if you hit your opponent hard enough in the neck or they take a bad fall, it's possible for their neck to break, [[RealityEnsues killing them instantly.]]

The game will feature vastly improved graphics and physics, a wider range of weapons and combat moves, and new races (the original's rabbits and wolves plus cats, dogs, and rats [[note]]and possibly a whale[[/note]]).

While the game was in beta, the game was given a new update ([[https://www.youtube.com/user/WolfireGames and a new demonstration video)]] released roughly every month. It is also now on {{UsefulNotes/Steam}} Early Access, and for awhile was on the top 10 selling list. The game was finally given a 1.0 release in October of 2017.

* AlmostLethalWeapons: Averted. Any weapon can and will kill, [[RealityEnsues very quickly]]. Even a punch can be lethal depending on how the victim lands.
* AntiHero: Turner will often default to violence to solve his problems, and has little problem leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. Of course, he's rarely the aggressor, and it's hard to sympathize with his opponents when they're murderers and slavers.

* InTheHood: The revamped raiders in the ''Lugaru'' campaign.
** The protagonist of Therium uses the same model.

* SavageWolves: They're the only race that doesn't use any armor or weapons whatsoever. They also have a very simple manner of speech.
* SceneryPorn