History VideoGame / ParaWorld

* AnotherDimension
** Specifically they're in a parallel dimension where low magic exists, but electricity doesn't work and it's speculated that this world is where our dinosaurs originated from.

* FountainOfYouth: The entire dimension is this. A side-effect of living in Paraworld, people do not age. This is one of the reasons why Babbit is going back.

* GutturalGrowler: Several Norsemen units have very coarse, raspy voices that match their rowdy personalities very well.

The game's most notable feature is the Army Controller, a panel on the left of the screen displaying every unit you control and what they are doing. While offering an incredibly convenient method of controlling units, the obscurity of the game means that it failed to be as revolutionary, as the creators hoped.

* HornyVikings: well, of course, this game runs on RuleOfCool
* GarrisonableStructures: They can field bunkers and walls that offer cover to archers placed on them

Dust Riders

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: And how.

''[=Paraworld=]'' is a 2006 PC RealTimeStrategy game by the German company SEK.

* StockDinosaurs: Strangely averted. The game goes as far as putting in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achelousaurus Achelousaurus]].

* AllAnimalsAreDomesticated: Woolly rhino, ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', [[UpToEleven Kronosaurus]] as mounts? [[FluffyTamer Why not?]]

* AllAnimalsAreDomesticated: Woolly rhino, {{TyrannosaurusRex}}, [[UpToEleven Kronosaurus]] as mounts? [[FluffyTamer Why not?]]

* TyrannosaurusRex: Yes, this game has it. As one faction's elite unit, no less.

* AllAnimalsAreDomesticated – woolly rhino, {{TyrannosaurusRex}}, [[UpToEleven Kronosaurus]] as mounts? [[FluffyTamer Why not?]]

->''"Introite, nam et hic dii sunt".''
-->-- '''Heraclitus of Ephesus'''

** Bordering on TheGenieKnowsJackNicholson, the characters shout-out to the usage of credit cards, modern sculpture, Film/NightOfTheLivingDead and Hong Kong kung-fu movies. Weirdly enough, the game's action is set in 1957, so also AnachronismStew.
** The flying Archeopteryx in the opening cutscene is a shout-out to one of the film adaptations of Literature/TheLostWorld.

''[=ParaWorld=]'' is a 2006 PC RealTimeStrategy game by the German company SEK.

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''[=ParaWorld=]'' is a 2006 PC strategy game by the German company SEK.
It revolves around three scientists who each discover evidence that leads them to conclude that a parallel universe exists. Before they can announce their findings to the world, they are dumped in the parallel universe by a sinister group (the SEAS) who has dominated it for the past century and left to fend for themselves. Fortunately for them, they manage to secure the trust of the natives, and so rally the inhabitants of the parallel world to rebel against the SEAS' rule.

This parallel world is inhabited by dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, which the native tribes have managed to train as beasts of war. The NinjaPirateZombieRobot approach defines these and the other units in the game. It is possible to have a fight involving ninjas riding dinosaurs, vikings, and steampunk robots.

The game's most notable feature is the Army Controller, a panel on the left of the screen displaying every unit you control and what they are doing. While offering an incredibly convenient method of controlling units, the obscurity of the game means that it failed to be as revolutionary as the box touted.

* HiddenElfVillage: the player is forced to build this as a result of an encounter with [[spoiler: [[CerebusSyndrome SEAS]]]].

* LostWorld

** Bordering on TheGenieKnowsJackNicholson, the characters shout-out to using credit cards, modern sculpture, Film/NightOfTheLivingDead and Hong Kong kung-fu movies. Weirdly enough, the game's action is set in 1957, so also AnachronismStew.
** The flying Archeopteryx in the opening cutscene is a shout-out to one of the film adaptations of The Lost World.

** [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong There is a Gigantopithecus in mission 6 that throws barrels. It lives on an island, so counts as a shout-out to Film/KingKong too]]

[[folder: The Characters]]

* AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: The hero units grow larger as they gain levels, leading up to the level 5 characters being 3 meters high.
* BadassBookworm: All three of the main heroes. Even in the manual it outright states that Cole the geologist, Bela the physicist, and Stina the biologist are respectively the best melee, missile and anti-animal units in the game. In game, that's not far from the truth given their special abilities and augmented stats. It's even more unbelievable that they achieved all this with only 3 weeks of survival and weapons training and are then thrust into a world with berserkers, ninjas, tyrannosaurs, giant robots and magical golems.
* CaptainErsatz: WordOfGod says that James Warden is a CaptainErsatz of [[UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin Darwin]], and Taslow is a CaptainErsatz of UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla. The same goes for Jarvis Babbit (Charles Babbage) and Heinrich Kleeman (Henrich Schliemann).
* ChosenOne: [[spoiler: Played with, discussed and apparently played straight in the end.]]
* DullSurprise: Much of the voice acting, Stina in particular. This also applies to the 'acting' of the cinematics, most of which is generated with in-game models which don't do any expressions beside open and close their mouths and waving their hands around.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Stina. Allegedly Swedish, sounds nothing of the sort. Some units don't have the same accents as the rest of their comrades do, and the Norsemen stand out as being Americans in a crowd of tribes who at least sound like their ethnicity.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Babbit, if his final monologue is to believed. He wants to keep the parallel world a secret so that it isn't tarnished by the modern world. Considering that his course of action after failing to kill the heroes is to [[spoiler: push the parallel world out of its orbit with a giant jet so that the gates don't open]], his claims are somewhat dubious.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Babbit's reaction to Ada failing to properly dispose of the heroes, [[spoiler: leading to her subsequent FaceHeelTurn.]]
* StopPokingMe: All the units have annoy messages, some of which form entire comedy routines. They also show that the Stegosaurus hates to be confused with Kentrosaurus, and vice versa.
* TheBigBad: [[spoiler: Babbit]]
* TheDragon: [[spoiler: Leighton.]]
* TheBigGuy: the Governor

* CreatorCameo: The game's main development team is shown as the passengers of a bus with Paraworld logo in the final cutscene.

* TheDragon: [[spoiler: Leighton.]

* ArmorPiercingAttack: Norsemen have their various rhino units and crossbowmen, Dragon Clan have scorpions and ninjas, and the Dustriders get screwed over with only the Mobile Camp. Armor piercing attacks are extremely important in this game since armor reduces damage by a percentage (all the way up to 50%) and many units have armor to varying degrees (especially for the SEAS and Norsemen).
* BadassBookworm: All three of the main heroes. Even in the manual it outright states that Cole the geologist, Bela the physicist, and Stina the biologist are respectively the best melee, missile and anti-animal units in the game. In game, that's not far from the truth given their special abilities and augmented stats. It's even more unbelievable that they achieved all this with only 3 weeks of survival and weapons training and are then thrust into a world with berserkers, ninjas, tyrannosaurs, giant robots and magical golems.

* CaptainErsatz: WordOfGod says that James Warden is a CaptainErsatz of [[UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin Darwin]], and Taslow is a CaptainErsatz of UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla. The same goes for Jarvis Babbit (Charles Babbage) and Heinrich Kleeman (Henrich Schliemann).
* ChosenOne: [[spoiler: Not really.]]
* ColourCodedArmies: You are always blue, the enemies are always red. This still holds in the boosterpack missions, even though you play as the normally red guys.
* TheDragon: Leighton.
* DullSurprise: Much of the voice acting, Stina in particular. This also applies to the 'acting' of the cinematics, most of which is generated with in-game models which don't do any expressions beside open and close their mouths and waving their hands around.
* EliteArmy: The SEAS faction. They are basically the Dragon Clan on steroids but without the traps. So they're number one when it comes to ranged combat and to top that off, almost everything they have is heavily armored including a giant robot that is normally only available for the Norsemen with a Level 5 Babbit and later they get a more advanced version of the robot. So every fight you have with them has the odds stacked against you.

* FanService: Stina...and most of the female characters, for that matter.

* FinishingMove: Most units have one, displayed if they kill an enemy. For example, an Allosaurus will tear apart a human warrior.
* HeroMustSurvive: An objective in some missions.

* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Stina. Allegedly Swedish, sounds nothing of the sort. Some units don't have the same accents as the rest of their comrades do, and the Norsemen stand out as being Americans in a crowd of tribes who at least sound like their ethnicity.
* RockBeatsLaser: Averted. Unfortunately, you are the guy with the rocks.

** [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong There is a Gigantopithecus in mission 6 that throws barrels.]]
* SpiderTank: Comes in both a regular and final boss version.
* SteamPunk
* StopPokingMe: All the units have annoy messages, some of which form entire comedy routines. They also show that the Stegosaurus hates to be confused with Kentrosaurus, and vice versa.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Most of the costumes of the female characters are designed to show off their breasts the most that the game dares to get away with. The Dust Rider women live this trope.
* TacticalRockPaperScissors: There are four types: human, animal, machine, and building. Some units are more effective against others.

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* AnticlimaxBoss: [[spoiler: Babbit. As you have Ada at this point, you can use her headshot skill to rip off a giant chunk of his HP, making the final boss fight ridiculously easy. The Scorpion is a lesser example, given that you don't fight it directly.]]

''ParaWorld'' is a 2006 PC strategy game by the German company SEK.

* BadassBookworm: All three of the main heroes. Even in the manual it outright states that Cole the geologist, Bela the physicist, and Stina the biologist are respectively the best melee, missile and anti-animal units in the game. In game, that's not far from the truth given their special abilities and augemented stats. It's even more unbelievable that they achieved all this with only 3 weeks of survival and weapons training and are then thrust into a world with berserkers, ninjas, tyrannosaurs, giant robots and magical golems.

* CaptainErsatz: WordOfGod says that James Warden is a CaptainErsatz of [[CharlesDarwin Darwin]], and Taslow is a CaptainErsatz of UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla. The same goes for Jarvis Babbit (Charles Babbage) and Heinrich Kleeman (Henrich Schliemann).

** In a boosterpack mission, one can find a statue of [[IceAge a mammoth, a sabre tooth cat, and a sloth.]]

* FantasyGunControl: Played with. The Norsemen have some steam technology including a tank, but neither they nor the Dustriders have gunpowder weapons. The Dragon Clan have guns on their dinosaur units and if they are led by a Level 5 Bela, they can have infantry carrying machine guns that don't do much damage per shot but are still dangerous from a high rate of fire. Completely averted with the SEAS as they are bringing over modified technology from our world. Also the physics in the Paraworld dimension is different, so there is no electricity. All machinery is completely mechanical including calculation machines.

** Specifically they're in a parallel dimension where low magic exists but electricity doesn't work and it's speculated that this world is where dinosaurs originated from

* EternallyYoung: A side-effect of living in Paraworld, people do not age. This is one of the reasons why Babbit is going back.