History VideoGame / Water

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Through the guise of the Preacher, Fire made life miserable for the Fishmen to draw you out of hiding]]

* CharacterTitle: Water is the godesses name.

* DeathByOriginStory: [[spoiler:The forest oriented sister was killed by Fire before the plot begins. Fire took over the city to awaken Water and finish the job of sororicide, which would leave her the last deity standing.]]
* DrivingQuestion: Who wants to make the fish men miserable, and what could they possibly gain?
* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Someone or something is intentionally making life near unlivable for the Fishmen, and it seems to be for no other reason than to cause misery. [[spoiler: In reality, it was a BatmanGambit. Fire knew you would only be woken up by the crying of your subjects]]

* OneWordTitle
* ReligionOfEvil: The cities main religion, sadly.
* SeeWater: Thankfully.
* SlidingScaleOfShinyVersusGritty: Goes from one end to the other -- Shiny when underwater, Gritty and drab when above.
* SteamPunk: While under the water, the city looks like a Victorian paradise -- When you’re above water, it’s the drab depressing style reminiscent of Literature/MortalEngines and other cynical PunkPunk works.

* WaterIsAir: Fittingly, as Water has Gills.

Over the course of the game you must help the miserable citizens with their problems, ranging from comedic to tragic, and solve puzzles. Water can possess people, move through pipes, , enthrall people to take her orders, and transform into her namesake liquid to do anything that actual water can do (IE: storing yourself in a barrel)

* CharacterNameAsTitle: Water is the godesses name.

Unusually for a source-mod game, the story has high quality cut scenes. Even more unusually, they are told in a charmingly rustic style that looks like a puppet show with hand painted cardboard marionettes.

* CoolClearWater: Possibly out of respect for their heritage, the fishmen have not polluted the water to the extend you would think an industrial hellhole the scale of The City would have (barring minor littering) and it still looks clean enough to drink in most places.
* DeathByOriginStory: [[spoiler:The forest oriented sister was killed by Fire before the plot begins. Fire took over the city to awaken Water and finish the job of sororicide, which would leave her the last diety standing.]]

* WaterIsAir: Fittingly, as Water has Gills

* [[spoiler:DeathByOriginStory: The forest oriented sister was killed by Fire before the plot begins. Fire took over the city to awaken Water and finish the job of sororicide, which would leave her the last diety standing.]]

* SteamPunk: While under the water, the city looks like a Victorian paradise -- When you’re above water, it’s the drab depressing style reminiscent of {{Mortal Engines}} and other cynical PunkPunk works.

[[http://www.moddb.com/mods/water Water]] is a notable artistic Half-Life 2 mod that fuses adventure, puzzle, and stealth game mechanics together in one. You take control of the goddess of the sea, one of the sister goddesses who founded the world.

Over the course of the game you must help the miserable citizens with their problems, ranging from comedic to tragic, and solve puzzles. Water can possess people, move through pipes, , enthrall people to take her orders, and transform into her namesake liquid to do anything that actual water can do (IE: storing yourself in a barrel)

* SuperDrowningSkills: Inversed. Water, having gills, can't survive on land for very long.

* WaterIsBlue: Even when everything else is monochrome, the water will remain bluish.

* [[spoiler:DeathByOriginStory: The forest oriented sister was killed by Fire before the plot begins. Fire took over the city to awaken Water and finish the job, which would effectivley make her God.]]

* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Inversed. Water, having gills, can't survive on land for very long.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Not the plot, but its hard to explain to potential players the main characters akward nudity was by absolutely no means meant to be fanservice.