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** The hunting rifle is the most powerful firearm bar none, doing a whopping 32 damage per shot. It's for this reason that it's the most expensive item in the game, costing a whopping 11 funds in the Illegal Den. The other way to obtain it is to play on the "Hunted by the cult" backstory, then encounter [[GlassCannon Cultist Hunter B]] and defeat them.

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** The hunting rifle is the most powerful firearm bar none, doing a whopping 32 damage per shot. It's for this reason that it's the most expensive item in the game, costing a whopping 11 funds in the Illegal Den. The other way ways to obtain it is are to either sacrifice Ryoko in an event (which deprives you of a very powerful ally), or play on the "Hunted by the cult" backstory, then encounter [[GlassCannon Cultist Hunter B]] and defeat them.
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* GraphicsInducedSuperDeformed: Happens to the player character and their allies while investigating.
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* {{Retreaux}}: The game is presented in retro-style monochromatic shades in simulated 1 or 2-bit graphics with a [=MacIntosh=] style desktop theme. The default display size simulates a CRT monitor with a sticky note attached to the corner.

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* {{Retreaux}}: The game is presented in retro-style monochromatic shades in simulated 1 or 2-bit graphics with a [=MacIntosh=] [=MacIntosh=]/GEOS style desktop theme. The default display size simulates a CRT monitor with a sticky note attached to the corner.
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* VariableMix:
** The pre-mystery theme gets quiet if the player looks out of the peephole to their apartment room and slows down when they enter the lighthouse.
** For every mystery, there's a slow version prior to starting it, and the main theme gets quiet when the player encounters an enemy. The song then becomes more intense and gains percussion during battles.
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* PopQuiz: At the end of a run, the player may have to answer [[spoiler:the second enemy that they fought and/or the second mystery that they did]]. Although, once the player [[spoiler: figures out that the question(s) is/are the same in every run it becomes more of "did you write this down?" than anything]].


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* PowerUpFood: Players can consume items like the Energy Drink in order to temporarily increase one of their stats until the end of the mystery.
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* OneCurseLimit: [[AvertedTrope You wish]]. Heck, there's even an achievement for having ''five'' curses ''at the same time.'' Injuries also stack, which can get out of hand if the player has the Medical History background.


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* OnlyOneSaveFile: This counts for both the player's main save file as well as their suspend save in the middle of a run.
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* HyperactiveMetabolism: Some food items like bottled milk or pancakes can be consumed for immediate, is small, healing.


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* LightswitchSurprise: In the Dead Man's Float event, the player character comes across an indoor pool in the dark. One of the options is to turn on the lights, which reveals... [[SubvertedTrope just the pool]], which gives +1 Reason to the player.
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* GiantSpider: Cthac-Atorasu, the Spider God.


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* GroupPictureEnding: The default good ending has the five starter characters pose for a photo together.
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* DamageSpongeBoss: [[spoiler:Oetaru, the boss of Horrible History of Household Hell]], who has a whopping ''92 HP'' and can't be damaged by normal combat actions.


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* GameplayAllyImmortality: Played with, depending on the mystery and the player's actions: Generally, enemies will only attack the player character during combat and can only kill their allies if a) The player orders them to distract the enemy but fail, or b) Send them against the enemy on their own. On top of this, the player is the only one who can lose health from events.
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* BedsheetGhost: An unlockable outfit for Kirie.
* BigBad: The Old Gods who seek to destroy all of humanity one way or another and are the cause of the supernatural chaos in Shirokawa.


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* {{Cap}}:
** Items and spells cap at 4 by default, but these can be raised up to 6 by certain items.
** Depending on the difficulty mode, Stamina and Reason cap at 21, 17, or 13 by default. These can be raised and lowered by items, events, and statuses.
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** 22 mysteries


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* AllInARow: How your allies follow you every time you investigate an area.


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* AttackFailureChance: The Time-Warper enemy will randomly negate a player's attack against him.


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* BattleThemeMusic: When the player encounters an enemy, the mystery's investigation theme goes quiet before suddenly transitioning into the battle theme.
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* HundredPercentCompletion: The game has ''loads'' of unlockables. As of version 1.0, there are:
** 96 achievements
** 180 events
** 100 enemies
** 17 endings


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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: The defensive command Escape lets the player run from combat at the cost of raising their DOOM.

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* AchievementMockery: The WORLD DOOMED I, II, and III achievements are unlocked by dying from reason loss, dying from stamina loss, and letting DOOM reach 100% respectively.



* ArrangeMode: Endless Mode; Instead of solving mysteries, the player must simply investigate areas and fight enemies while surviving for as many turns as possible. On every tenth turn, the player can choose a reward, ranging from a new spell to decreased DOOM.



* ButThouMust: You cannot refuse to help the creepy substitute teacher, as she just grabs you and insists you help her with no way out.

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** In Endless Mode, you must choose a reward before you can continue playing.
* CameraAbuse: Blood-splatters will quickly appear on the screen before fading out whenever the player takes damage.
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''World of Horror'' (''Kyoufu no Sekai'') is a roguelite horror [[RolePlayingGame RPG]] developed by Polish indie developer Panstasz and published by Ysbryd Games. It's made for the [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and UsefulNotes/Playstation4. A demo is available [[https://panstas.itch.io/world-of-horror here]], which was released in the same year, although the pre-2020 demos were initially released from 2018. It was finally released on Steam under Early Access on February 20, 2020, with the full release under multiple platforms out October 19, 2023.

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''World of Horror'' (''Kyoufu no Sekai'') is a roguelite horror [[RolePlayingGame RPG]] developed by Polish indie developer Panstasz and published by Ysbryd Games. It's made for the [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, Platform/NintendoSwitch, and UsefulNotes/Playstation4.Platform/Playstation4. A demo is available [[https://panstas.itch.io/world-of-horror here]], which was released in the same year, although the pre-2020 demos were initially released from in 2018. It was finally released on Steam under Early Access on February 20, 2020, with the full release under multiple platforms out on October 19, 2023.

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* BodyOfBodies: The Class of 1971 is a monster that can be encountered at the Seaside, made from the mashed-together bodies of a student group who died in a freak accident.
-->''In the Summer of 1971, a whole class trip fell to the sea when a rock they were standing on collapsed.\\\
They didn't find the bodies... until now.''



** You can restore one point of Reason by forgetting any of the spells.

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** You Most spells can be forgotten to restore one point of Reason by forgetting any of the spells.Reason.
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* CreepyDoll: The Fleshy Doll item, acquired from ending B of "Restless Rumors of a Residential Recluse", resembles a cross between a stuffed rabbit and a flayed human skeleton. Equipping it increases the Doom track, but also gives a boost to maximum Reason.
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* GainaxEnding: One of the bad endings requires [[GuideDangIt a bit of work]] to achieve, but is a really strange one. [[spoiler:It requires you to first get a Blue Gem from the Dog Shopkeeper, which you can only get as a randomly-selected discount item. Next, you have to trigger a series of randomly-determined events at the seaside, the school, and then the forest. Done correctly, the game ends with you abducted by alien Shiba Inus who are whisking away a handful of humans to resettle on a new world away from the doomed Earth.]] It makes a ''bit'' more sense when you realize [[spoiler:the whole thing is a giant ''VideoGame/SilentHill'' reference]].

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* GainaxEnding: One of the bad endings requires [[GuideDangIt a bit of work]] to achieve, but is a really strange one. [[spoiler:It requires you to first get a Blue Gem from the Dog Shopkeeper, which you can only get as a randomly-selected discount item. Next, you have to trigger a series of randomly-determined events at the seaside, the school, and then the forest. Done correctly, the game ends with you abducted by alien Shiba Inus who are whisking away a handful of humans to resettle on a new world away from the doomed Earth.]] It makes a ''bit'' more sense when you realize [[spoiler:the whole thing is a giant ''VideoGame/SilentHill'' ''Franchise/SilentHill'' reference]].
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* HaveANiceDeath: In addition to death screens for running out of Stamina or Reason, there are unique ones for hitting 100% Doom depending on which Outer God you're trying to stop. Also, there are certain special death screens for events such as [[spoiler:drinking boiling blood from a glass bottle]], [[spoiler: getting killed by the boss of " or [[spoiler:being sacrificed by the History Club]].

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* HaveANiceDeath: In addition to death screens for running out of Stamina or Reason, there are unique ones for hitting 100% Doom depending on which Outer God you're trying to stop. Also, there are certain special death screens for events such as [[spoiler:drinking boiling blood from a glass bottle]], [[spoiler: getting killed by the boss of " "Spine-Chilling Story of School Scissors"]], or [[spoiler:being sacrificed by the History Club]].
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** The Book of Gore spell heals 3 Stamina and 3 Reason, but also inflicts a random Injury on your character.
* HaveANiceDeath: In addition to death screens for running out of Stamina or Reason, there are unique ones for hitting 100% Doom depending on which Outer God you're trying to stop. Also, there are certain special death screens for events such as [[spoiler:drinking boiling blood from a glass bottle]] or [[spoiler:being sacrificed by the History Club]].

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** The Most of the healing magic in this game comes with a price. Book of Gore spell heals 3 Stamina and 3 Reason, but also inflicts a random Injury on your character.
character, while Flesh Regrow restores 3 Stamina, but reduces your Max Stamina by 2.
* HaveANiceDeath: In addition to death screens for running out of Stamina or Reason, there are unique ones for hitting 100% Doom depending on which Outer God you're trying to stop. Also, there are certain special death screens for events such as [[spoiler:drinking boiling blood from a glass bottle]] bottle]], [[spoiler: getting killed by the boss of " or [[spoiler:being sacrificed by the History Club]].

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* HarmfulHealing: Going to the Hospital to heal your injuries has a chance to leave you with severe blood loss or wounds that will reopen as soon as you take damage. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] by the School Nurse, however, who despite her [[NightmareFace creepy appearance]] will heal any minor injuries without payment or consequences.

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Going to the Hospital to heal your injuries has a chance to leave you with severe blood loss or wounds that will reopen as soon as you take damage. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] by the School Nurse, however, who despite her [[NightmareFace creepy appearance]] will heal any minor injuries without payment or consequences.consequences.
** The Book of Gore spell heals 3 Stamina and 3 Reason, but also inflicts a random Injury on your character.

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