History VideoGame / VagrantStory

[[Creator/SquareEnix Squaresoft]]'s ''Vagrant Story'' is a Platform/PlayStation RPG by video game auteur Creator/YasumiMatsuno. It is available as a downloadable [=PSOne=] Classic on the UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork.

* LockAndLoadMontage: The entire opening video, interspersed with shots of a BellyDancer.

** The weapon Pussyfoot is the only cocktail in the list which is non-alcoholic and the weapon itself is wielded by the [[SmugSnake one character]] [[AntiMagic immune to magic]]. While the name may lack the [[IncrediblyLamePun threatening edge]] it is appropriate for an alcohol-free cocktail.

* NintendoHard: Unlike most [[RolePlayingGame J[=RPGs=]]], ''Vagrant Story'' likes to keep the player on their toes... by kicking them where it hurts every half an hour or so. Boss fights consistently cream poor Ashley, and random encounters are even worse. Success depends largely on mastery of the game's near-inscrutable ItemCrafting system, and there's even a random enemy with an instant death spell... in a game with only one [[PlayerCharacter PC]]. Rumours tell of gamers that actually enjoy this, but it's possible they have been conditioned to it by [[TakeOurWordForIt experiences too horrible to comprehend]].

* TheMaze: Snowfly Forest and Iron Maiden B2 have Assymetric sections.

* {{BFS}}: The Great Sword line of weapon types. There's also Great Maces (big freakin' [[DropTheHammer hammers]]) such as the gigantic Hand of Light.

[[Creator/SquareEnix Squaresoft]]'s ''Vagrant Story'' is a UsefulNotes/PlayStation RPG by video game auteur Creator/YasumiMatsuno. It is available as a downloadable [=PSOne=] Classic on the UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork.

* AFateWorseThanDeath:
** [[spoiler:Grissom, whose wandering soul searches for a body to possess -- and finds his own cold corpse]]. By the end of the game, he's not holding together very well.
** [[AllThereInTheManual According to the manual]], everyone who is affected by the dark will be unable to move on and wander the world forever in unbearable agony once his or her body decays. [[spoiler:This includes those who survive the game's events. However, as the bearer of the Dark, Ashley is able to grant these souls reprieve... [[YourSoulIsMine as their holder]].]]

* AntiVillain: Sydney Losstarot. With PrettyBoy looks, [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative demeanor]], penchant for MindRape and [[TheChessmaster sophisticated plans]], he definitely is BigBad type. It turns out that [[spoiler:all that time, he was making an elaborate HeroicSacrifice to save the world.]] He'd be such a WellIntentionedExtremist if he wasn't basically [[NecessarilyEvil right about everything]].

* BaitAndSwitch: The kid in the painting at the beginning of the game is Joshua right? [[spoiler: haha, NO! It's actually Sydney, but the player doesn't discover that until the end of the game.]]

* BossRush: A passageway in the heart of Leá Monde leads to doors containing every boss in the game, including, in a NewGamePlus, the {{Bonus Boss}}es. Each door must be unlocked with sigils earned through the game to proceed.

* {{Cyborg}}/ArtificialLimbs: Sydney. The magical variety, of course.

--> [[spoiler: Grissom]]: ... Please, a moment. My body is not... cooperating.

* NewGamePlus: It allows you to keep whatever is on your person, as well as any equipment you saved in a Container. Additionally, the [[spoiler:Rood Inverse]] grants Ashley access to {{Bonus Dungeon}}s and their respective {{Bonus Boss}}es, such as the [[BlackoutBasement the Iron Maiden B2]] -- home of [[TheGrimReaper Death]] and [[ThatOneBoss Asura]].

* NonHumanUndead: Zombie Minotaur, Ogre Zombie and [[DracoLich Zombie Dragon]] can all be fought as {{Bonus Boss}}es at certain points in the game.

* SmugSnake: Rosencrantz. His antics include [[DoubleAgent shifty allegiances]], [[GambitRoulette overly elaborate plans]] and a smarmy personality, and he seems poised to take the game home... [[spoiler: until Sydney turns the tables on him, plays him as a fool, and sics a mobile Kali statue upon him, whereupon he dies like a crackhead.]]

* UndeadCounterpart: There are zombie knights that serve as an undead counterparts to the [[{{Mooks}} Crimson Blades]] as well as [[NonHumanUndead zombie minotaurs, zombie ogres]] and [[{{Dracolich}} dragon zombies]] that act as both {{Bonus Boss}}es and counterparts to the minotaur, ogre and dragon bosses. Justified by the fact the city the game takes place in is described as a "wellspring" of dark magic, and any soul that dies within its borders is BarredFromTheAfterlife and fated to eventually be reborn as a walking corpse.

* CurbStompBattle All of new game plus with the exception of the [[BonusLevelOfHell bonus]] [[BonusBoss content]].

* GiantEnemyCrab: One in the Undercity, [[CurbStompBattle another beneath the Cathedral]], and yet another, the Damascus Crab as the NewGamePlus BonusBoss in Snowfly Forest East. [[AttackItsWeakPoint Attack their mouth]] for massive damage.