History VideoGame / SepterraCore

''Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator'' is a PC game developed by Valkyrie Studios (a short-lived company founded by employees of [[Creator/ICOMSimulations Viacom New Media]] after it closed) and published in 1999 by Creator/MonolithProductions.

* DistractedByTheSexy: In the in-game mythology, Dogo the Trickster God convinces Gemma to give Kyra a mirror, so she could make herself more beautiful. Gemma does it, proving he forgot that she's his prisoner and can easily use the mirror to send messages to Marduk about her whereabouts, resulting in her rescue and Gemma's defeat. What part of the body this guy uses to thinks remains secret.

This PC game is currently available on Website/GOGDotCom.

* CheatCode: Several of them, but the master code is [[EasyModeMockery "IMAREALWEENIE".]][[hottip:*: You enter them by hitting f12. Cheats include EnemyScan (ENEMIES), allowing stealth by showing the mobs' sight lines (SIGHT), turning off the enemies' attacks (MAKETHEMSTOPMOMMIE), and an InstantWinCondition (ctrl+f3). There's also a get-all-items cheat, but never ever use it; it completely dynamites the plot.]]

[[BigBad Chosen Lord Doskias]], a direct descendant of Marduk and total JerkAss, believes the time has come and he is the [[DarkMessiah Messiah]]. He plans to save the world, whether the world wants it or not, and has begun a crusade down through the shells, destroying all that gets in his way and a lot that isn't. Maya, a salvager from Shell Two, accidentally discovers part of his insane plan, and decides to stop him. And the journey begins.

The game takes place on possibly the strangest planet in the history of fiction, right after ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''. The center of the planet is the immense biocomputer Core, and seven sets of [[FloatingContinent continents]], called World Shells, are orbiting around it, each above another. Shell Seven is closest to the Core, and the radiation levels turned everything into {{Mutants}}. Shell Six is ruled by [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Pirate Robots]]. Shell Five is home to two technologically advanced and [[ForeverWar eternally warring]] countries. Shell Four is home to the World Bazaar, [[WretchedHive with all the requisite thieves, smugglers, and hookers]]. Shell Three is the closest thing to HeroicFantasy you can find in this world. Shell Two is a big desert whose inhabitants survive by scavenging the garbage dropped on their homes by the Chosen, egotistical noblemen from Shell One. Best place for a holiday ever, yes?

[[BigBad Chosen Lord Doskias]], a direct descendant of Marduk and total JerkAss, believes the time has come and he is the [[DarkMessiah Messiah]]. He plans to save the world, whether the world wants it or not. Maya, the main character, accidentally discovers part of his insane plan, and decides to stop him. And the journey begins.

* DisabledLoveInterest: Led has prosthetic legs, and first believes Grubb doesn't love her because of them.

''Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator'' takes place on possibly the strangest planet in the history of fiction, right after ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''. The center of the planet is the immense biocomputer Core, and seven sets of [[FloatingContinent continents]], called World Shells, are orbiting around it, each above another. Shell Seven is closest to the Core, and the radiation levels turned everything into {{Mutants}}. Shell Six is ruled by [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Pirate Robots]]. Shell Five is home to two technologically advanced and [[ForeverWar eternally warring]] countries. Shell Four is home to the World Bazaar, [[WretchedHive with all the requisite thieves, smugglers, and hookers]]. Shell Three is the closest thing to HeroicFantasy you can find in this world. Shell Two is a big desert whose inhabitants survive by scavenging the garbage dropped on their homes by the Chosen, egotistical noblemen from Shell One. Best place for a holiday ever, yes?

* YouKilledMyFather: Leader of the Shell Six pirates killed a man who gave Lobo free will, and was like a father to him. Lobo wasn't happy about it.

* {{Mutants}}: The inhabitants of Shell 7 were mutated by the emissions of the Core, and are now a separate species known as Underlost. They basically look like [[{{Alien}} xenomorphs]] with hard exoskeletons. Despite their fearsome appearance, they aren't crazy or evil.

* DumbBlonde: Inverted. Led, the only female blonde in the team, is almost as smart as [[GadgeteerGenius Grubb]]. However, she is more than willing to play this role on random people to milk items from them.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Gunnar, the Emperor's right hand man and apparently the only reasonable Chosen out of the entire lot, is ''[[{{Halo}} the Master Chief!]]''

* ItsPersonal: Maya hates Doskias, [[spoiler: because her parents were killed in the war he caused over the 2nd Shell, when she was a kid]], Corgan hates Selina [[spoiler: because she led the attack that destroyed his home village]], Grubb hates Mayor, [[spoiler: because he uses robots Grubb created as his personal police, contrary to their intended purpose]], Led hates Lobo [[spoiler: because he's one of the robot soldiers created by her country's enemies]], Lobo hates the leader of the 6th Shell's Pirates [[spoiler: because his "father" was killed by him.]].

* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler: Led and Grubb]]. When you enter a certain building with both of them in your party, Maya goes away for a while. [[spoiler: Led]] is then attacked by some thugs while their compatriots steal some really cool equipment and [[spoiler: Grubb]] can decide whether to fight the thugs looting the stuff (and get some powerful generators) or those attacking her (and get her undying love and accompanying PowerOfLove mentioned above).

* StarfishLanguage: The language of Badu's race can be translated only by their leader and Watchers. Watchers are also the only beings that understand Runner. Too bad they're not interested in translating.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The script for this game is reportedly huge. You can bet that there were scenes in the script that were supposed to be there, but had to be cut out or altered.

* XMeetsY: ''FinalFantasy'' meets ''PlanescapeTorment''.

This PC game is currently available on Website/{{GOG.com}}.

This PC game is currently available on Website/GOG.com.

This PC game is currently available on GoodOldGames.

* ArmCannon: Ayram, ''literally''.

* HolyHandGrenade: If summoning the son of Creator to kick your enemy's butt isn't it, this troper will eat his shoes.

* DumbBlonde: Inverted. Led, the only blonde in the team, is almost as smart as [[GadgeteerGenius Grubb]].
** Only female blonde. Of course, Corgan isn't particularly dumb either. The Chosen princess toys with this, though.

* GuideDangIt - If you don't know that ReviveKillsZombie, the undead abomination in the burned city becomes ThatOneBoss.

* HolyHandGrenade: if summoning the son of Creator to kick your enemy's butt isn't it, this troper will eat his shoes.

* LeakedExperience - The entire party shares one experience bar (including as-yet unrecruited party members), though everyone levels at different rates.

* {{Mutants}}: the inhabitants of Shell 7 were mutated by the emissions of the Core, and are now a separate species known as Underlost. They basically look like [[{{Alien}} xenomorphs]] with hard exoskeletons. Despite their fearsome appearance, they aren't crazy or evil.

* SwissArmyWeapon - Unlike the other characters (barring Grubb, to an extent), Maya's attack skills aren't obtained by leveling, but by buying weapon upgrades...eventually turning her gun into a combination assault rifle, grenade/shrapnel/missile launcher, flamethrower, laser, and energy blaster.

* ArtificialGravity: The Doomsday Weapon works by creating a gravitational disturbance which causes the target continent to rise up out of its World Shell and crash into the underside of the shell above. [[spoiler:This turns out to be a massive ChekhovsGun: by raising the proper continents to the upper shells, they form a rune pattern which grants Septerra access to the Kingdom of Heaven.]]

* {{BFS}}: Gemma's Blade, which [[spoiler:Doskias]] acquires a ways into the game.

* DisabledLoveInterest: Led has prostectic legs, and first believes Grubb doesn't love her because of them.

* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler:Maya's hometown is destroyed at the end when the continent is ripped appart and levitated to form the large sigil. Quite suprisingly it holds out until the finale.]]
* DualWielding: Marduk does this with his Daemon Swords in the game's lore [[spoiler:(but Corgan and Selina don't when they get them in the endgame)]], and Badu does this with his giant knives as well.

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler:At the end of the game]]

* HeelFaceTurn: Araym; Selina [[spoiler:twice]]; Lobo, years before he meets our heroes; in-game mythology ascribes one to Dogo, god of mischief, who helped save the world. [[spoiler:Doskias does one in the ending, but alas, RedemptionEqualsDeath.]]
* HeroesLoveDogs: Grubb builds his own robot dog, Runner, his best friend. [[spoiler:When Runner went missing, and was later found with Led, she and Grubb started bickering about which of them was his owner.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Doskias and Selina stay behind to fire the Doomsday Device in the ending.]]

** Better than that, actually. Tim Dadabo (a.k.a 343 Guilty Spark) is Aspertine, and Pete Stacker (captain Keyes) is Doskias himself! Suddenly the scene in Halo where the Chief has to [[spoiler:punch through Keyes' face to get his neural implants]] has a funnier connotation.

* KryptoniteIsEverywhere: Done to the player's advantage. [[spoiler:The best way to hurt the necromancer boss in the Shell 2 graveyard [[ReviveKillsZombie is to heal him]]]], and each of [[spoiler: two fire-based {{miniboss}}es are [[ElementalRockPaperScissors vulnerable to water attacks]]]]. The Cards that give the player these abilities are the first two found in the game.

* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler:Led and Grubb]]. When you enter a certain building with both of them in your party, Maya goes away for a while. [[spoiler:Led]] is then attacked by some thugs while their compatriots steal some really cool equipment and [[spoiler:Grubb]] can decide whether to fight the thugs looting the stuff (and get some powerful generators) or those attacking her (and get her undying love and accompanying PowerOfLove mentioned above).
** To a lesser degree, [[spoiler:Led & Lobo]] and [[spoiler:Selina & Corgan]] - they won't fall in love if you complete their missions [[spoiler:(Selina helping to lay the souls of Corgan's hometown to rest and Lobo finding the antidote for a Jinam engineered plague)]], but they will no longer attack each other, which is rather helpful in the endgame.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Kyra is depicted as wearing tattoos and nothing else. The prostitutes and tattooed slave girls [[spoiler:(and, by extension, Maya when she disguises herself as one)]] wear pretty skimpy attire as well.

* ThouShaltNotKill: Violence is forbidden in the inner sanctum of Marduk's temple. [[spoiler:Connor]] doesn't listen and is subsequently [[spoiler:destroyed by a spirit]].

** ''ChronoTrigger'' meets ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''?

** ''ChronoTrigger'' meets ''{{Discworld}}''?

''FinalFantasy'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''PlanescapeTorment'', that's the best way to describe this game.

* WrenchWench: Led Campbell is an excellent embodiment of this trope. She's a genius mechanic, her weapon is literally an enormous wrench, and she's so hot that total strangers will give her money or items.

* SecretGovernmentWarehouse: [[spoiler: The Abandoned Tower on Shell Three contains the best equipment in whole game.]] Like somebody knew that some guys in the future would need it....