History VideoGame / TheLongingRibbon

* GenreBlindness: You discover a broken car in the middle of nowhere. After finding that there's no one inside, you start driving again; then, your friend sees a path mere seconds after you passed it—or would have, had it been there before. While checking out the mysterious trail, it starts raining. Now your dog is behaving oddly. [[WhatAnIdiot Of course the only rational solution is to stay at the mansion down the road!]]

%%* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Poor Luke...]]

* InfantImmortality: Subverted. [[spoiler:Poor Sandy...]]

* RitualMagic: [[spoiler: The last remaining family/relatives of Alanis were sacrificed in order to have Alanis be [[TheAgeless ageless]] after reaching an adult age, along with natural immortality against natural causes]][[spoiler:, but not unnatural causes, something Alanis pursues with her complete resolve as she has had enough of the [[WhoWantstoliveforever curse]] placed upon her from said ritual.]]

!!Premise:

* CollapsingLair: Happens to the mansion after defeating the final boss, leaving you with a little over a minute to escape.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[spoiler:Alania]] sure as hell doesn't. The whole point of her alliance with [[spoiler:Daryxll]] is [[spoiler:so she can ultimately die]].

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Reschen gives several blatant hints that the red chest should not be opened until the kids are ''outside'' the manor. Guess what happens. Though to be fair, Daryxll's illusions did make it seem like they were in the clear.]]

* MotiveRant: In the final act, you have to find several recordings made by [[spoiler:Daryxll and Alania]] that are essentially this.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Jeannine successfully banishes Daryxll back to the afterlife and grants Alanis the peace of death she so desperately sought; and she, Matthew and Sara survive and escape the manor. But, Jeannine had to kill Luke in order to keep Daryxll from returning. Oh, and Sandy and Lyman are both dead.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Jeannine successfully banishes Daryxll back to the afterlife and grants Alania the peace of death she desperately sought; and she, Matthew and Sara survive and escape the manor. But, Jeannine had to kill Luke in order to keep Daryxll from returning. Oh, and Sandy and Lyman are both dead.]]

* PrecisionFStrike: Swearing becomes more present as the story progresses. Not too shocking, considering the circumstances. [[spoiler:The culmination being [[spoiler:Jeannine]]'s "Holy fucking shit!" while [[spoiler:listening to Luke's garage band tape]].

* SavePoint: not only are they painfully rare—often one to a chapter—they're one-use only.
* ShoutOut: Many, but the one that stands the most is, of all things, VideoGame/ZeroWing. The quotes "Main screen turn on," "You are on the way to destruction," and "For great justice" are said at certain points in the game. [[NarmCharm And they are surprisingly fitting for the moments in which they are said.]]

* RandomEncounters: [[spoiler: Occurs in Chapter IV, when DieChairDie comes into effect.]]
* TheStinger: [[spoiler: At the end, [[BigBad Darxyll]] asks Reschen why she left the Ribbon with the trio if she had no intention of wanting to return to life. Reschen is unable to give a response...]]

* AllInARow

* AmbiguousGender: Sandy.
* AntiClimax: [[spoiler:Lampshaded in the joke ending.]]
* ArbitraryGunPower
* BangBangBANG

* BooksThatBite: [[spoiler:Chapter IV; almost every piece of furniture from the mansion starts to lash out]].

* BrokenBridge
* CreepyChild: Luke.

* ClickHello[=/=]DramaticGunCock: [[spoiler:done by possessed Sara inside the rotting cellar; see TookAShortcut]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Sara''']]: “Wait right there. I'll be down in a second.”
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Alania]].

* EldritchLocation: [[spoiler:The manor itself.]]
* EscortMission

* FightWoosh

* HearingVoices: [[spoiler:Sara hears a voice on the stereo's blank cassette tape. Judging by how she acts later on, it's of the '''Evil''' type]].

* HitPoints: But of course.
* ImprobablePowerDiscrepancy
* InfantImmortality: Subverted. [[spoiler:Poor Sandy…]]

* ItWasADarkAndStormyNight
* {{Jerkass}}: Matthew.
* JumpScare

* LostForever: Every time the chapter changes, make sure you check as many paintings, book cases and sinks as you can. New chapters not only bring new instances of the aforementioned, but also get rid of the old ones.
* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Poor Luke...]]

* MotiveRant: [[spoiler:In the final act, you have to find several recordings made by Daryxll and Alania that are essentially this.]]

* NoStatAtrophy
* NoticeThis: Sara quite clearly tells Jeannine to check a painting when they first enter the mansion, and, in her provided bedroom, mentions how odd the sink is, and asks her to look at it, too. Matthew tells Jeannine to examine the bookcase on the second floor, but [[LostForever this is after you've already lost the chance to read at least one MP-boosting story]].

* PamphletShelf
* PrecisionFStrike: Swearing becomes more present as the story progresses. Not too shocking, considering the circumstances.
** [[spoiler:The culmination being Jeannine's "Holy fucking shit!" while listening to Luke's garage band tape.]]**
-->[[spoiler:'''Possessed Sara''']]: [[spoiler:“You had your chance, you miserable, prying [[CountryMatters cunt]]. Now I'm going to kill you.”]]
* PreexistingEncounters: of the '''Set Encounter''' type.

* [[SavePoint Save Points]]: not only are they painfully rare—often one to a chapter—they're one-use only.

* {{Spooky Painting}}s: Examining them gives Jeannine an extra ten HitPoints. They're pretty much all over the place, too. Some of them “aren't interesting” during one chapter, but in the next, they're magically new and fascinating. [[ParanoiaFuel And in entirely different places.]]

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: Reschen and Darxyll.]]

* WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[spoiler: Alania sure as hell doesn't. The whole point of her alliance with Daryxll is so she can ultimately die.]]

One day, Jeannine went out on a trip through the woods, accompanied by her dog, Sandy, and two friends, Sara and Matthew. During the drive, however, they become lost. Shortly after finding a wrecked car with nobody inside, they resume their travel, until Sara notices something—they had just passed a stone path that none but her noticed. Utterly lost, without a clue where they may be headed, and now pelted by a sudden rain storn, the three decide to take shelter at whatever house lies at the trail's end.

!!!''The Longing Ribbon'' demonstrates:

* AllJustADream: the nightmares, obviously.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Jeannine successfully banishes Daryxll back to the afterlife and grants Alania the peace of death she desperately sought, and she, Matthew and Sara survive and escape the manor, but Jeannine had to kill Luke in order to keep Daryxll from returning. Oh, and Sandy and Lyman are both dead.]]

* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Alania]]
* EasterEgg: multiple, all detailed in the included readme.txt and walkthru.txt files.

* EvolvingAttack: the strength of Jeannine's various techniques can be increased at sinks.

* InfantImmortality: Subverted. [[spoiler:Poor Sandy.]]

* KleptomaniacHero: Jeannine, as far as firearms [[spoiler:stored underneath her bed]] and the [[spoiler:sword in Matthew and Sara's room]] are concerned. Matthew would fit this, if he was actually more heroic.

'''To prospective players''': having been made with RPG Maker 2,000, it can only be played on Windows computers.

* ShoutOut: Many, but the one that stands the most is, of all things, VideoGame/ZeroWing. The quotes "Main screen turn on", "You are on the way to destruction", and "For great justice" are said at certain points in the game. [[NarmCharm And they are surprisingly fitting for the moments in which they are said]].
* [[SpookyPainting Spooky Paintings]]: Examining them gives Jeannine an extra ten HitPoints. They're pretty much all over the place, too. Some of them “aren't interesting” during one chapter, but in the next, they're magically new and fascinating. [[ParanoiaFuel And in entirely different places]].
* RandomEncounter: [[spoiler:occurs in Chapter IV, when DieChairDie comes into effect]].
* TheStinger: [[spoiler:At the end, [[BigBad Darxyll]] asks Reschen why she left the Ribbon with the trio if she had no intention of wanting to return to life. Reschen is unable to give a response..]]
* StoryToGameplayRatio: combat doesn't make an appearance until a good deal in. [[spoiler:In fact, you can skip combat ''entirely'', if you choose End Game > No three times without having Jeannine move.]]
* TakeYourTime: Played straight and averted. In the latter's case, there are two events outside of combat where Jeannine can be [[OneHitKill One Hit Killed]].
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Reschen and Darxyll.]]
* TookAShortcut: ''Jeannine'', it seems. [[spoiler:When exploring the decayed celler, the mildly-possessed Sara goes ahead of you after the rockslide; however, the next time she appears, it's at the entrance of the room you're already mostly through. Then the ClickHello[=/=]DramaticGunCock happens.]]
* [[WarmUpBoss Warm-Up Boss]]: Arguably [[spoiler:the Dream Thing]]. Its most powerful attack is fairly weak, if you've been actively looking for books, paintings and sinks.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[spoiler:Alania sure as hell doesn't. The whole point of her alliance with Daryxll is so she can ultimately die.]]

* ShoutOut: Many, but the one that stands the most is, of all things, ZeroWing. The quotes "Main screen turn on", "You are on the way to destruction", and "For great justice" are said at certain points in the game. [[NarmCharm And they are surprisingly fitting for the moments in which they are said]].