History Videogame / Alundra

%% * DarkerAndEdgier: By an absolute ''mile'' compared to its spiritual predecessor, ''Landstalker''.

%% * DeadpanSnarker: Meia.

%% * JerkassGods: [[spoiler:Melzas, to an ungodly degree.]]

%% * RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Giles, when he dies fighting Melzas' evil to save his little sister Kisha.]]

%% * ReligionOfEvil: [[spoiler:Your village is unwittingly worshipping [[GodIsEvil Melzas]].]] [[OhCrap Uh oh]].

%% * UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler:Meia, until her mother was killed due to Melzas' manipulations.]]

Otherwise known as ''Adventures of Alundra''. Released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation by Matrix Software, which is the part of the original ''VideoGame/{{Landstalker}}'' development team (who had previously worked on ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'', and would later work on ''VideoGame/AvalonCode'').

* SpiritualSuccessor: The game is essentially ''VideoGame/{{Landstalker}}'' with classic ''[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]'' visuals.

* NintendoHard:
** The puzzles! Especially the block puzzles in the ice manor and Kline's Dream, which were difficult enough that Working Designs had to post a solution on their webpage for a short time.
** The platforming can get pretty frustrating as well, in no small part to the game's top-down isometric perspective [[DepthPerplexion making it hard to tell where anything is some of the time.]]

* BeliefMakesYouStupid: Ronan and Giles, big time. But ''especially'' the former! [[spoiler:They are fanatical worshipers of Melzas (who unbeknownst to them, is actually an evil demon), willfully aiding him spread tragedy upon the poor villagers of Inoa, one after another. All this while publicly accusing [[TheHero the hero]] of guilt for the very crimes that they commit. Ronan takes it a step further by going on to [[MoralEventHorizon personally murder innocents, including a child]], all in the name of his "god". Why does he do all this? Because he [[InsaneTrollLogic genuinely]] believes these actions meant for "the greater good". At least Giles finally starts realizing his mistakes later on, but by then it's [[SanitySlippage too little]], [[DyingAsYourself too late]].]]

* BigBrotherInstinct: Giles would do anything to protect his little sister Kisha, [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice even resist Melzas' power to keep her safe, despite him dying in the process.]]]]
* TheBigGuy: Kline is this to the village, being their primary hunter and first line of defense from monsters. Unfortunately, this also makes him [[spoiler: one of Melzas' first targets since taking Kline out of the equation early on makes the village much more vulnerable to manipulation and attack]].

%% * JerkassGods: [[spoiler:Melzas, to an [[JustForPun ungodly]] degree.]]

Otherwise known as ''Adventures of Alundra''. Released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation by part of the original ''VideoGame/{{Landstalker}}'' development team (who had previously worked on ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'', and would later work on ''VideoGame/AvalonCode'').

Published in the US by Creator/WorkingDesigns and in Europe by Creator/{{Psygnosis}}. There's also a sequel entitled ''VideoGame/{{Alundra 2}}'' that [[InNameOnly has nothing to do with the first game apart from having the same Japanese publisher.]]

Published in the US by Creator/WorkingDesigns and in Europe by Creator/{{Psygnosis}}. There's also a sequel entitled ''VideoGame/{{Alundra 2}}'' that [[InNameOnly has nothing to do with the first game.]]

%% * {{Feelies}}: The game had six different disc arts, randomly inserted into each box, and the box itself came with a map Feelie.

* GodIsEvil: [[spoiler:Melzas is a demon wishing to be the one and only god the people worship. And the [[TheFundamentalist not-so-friendly priest]] is his [[TheDragon dragon]]]].

* SurpriseCreepy: Didn't think a 2D game could be creepy? Think again. And it only gets more and more twisted as you go on.

* AnyoneCanDie: Not only that, but every death is a plot point.

* KillEmAll: ''Alundra'' is an epitome of this trope, with a body count by the end that Creator/GeorgeRRMartin would be proud of. Its story revolves around villagers being killed through their dreams, and the titular dreamwalker Alundra trying to save them. However, [[spoiler: he fails to save most of them, and by the end of the game, most of the cast has been killed off.]]

** [[spoiler:Alundra being unable to prevent the deaths of many of the villagers was bad enough, but the Murgg's destruction of the village took this UpToEleven.]]

* DifficultyByRegion: As noted by the localization team, in the US version, some bosses have less HP but greater attack power, to balance out boss battles where the team felt they didn't pose much actual threat but just "took forever to kill".

* UnderwaterRuins: The Lake Shrine, which was sunken before the events of the game. [[spoiler:Its emerges after you obtain all seven crests, only to sunk again after Melzas is defeated.]]

* LikesOlderWomen: The mayor's young son Talis, who openly admits his crush on Meia.

%% * TheAce: Meia. [[spoiler:Once you learn about her past, you see that she is actually a BrokenAce.]]

%% * AncientTomb: Lars' Crypt and Despair Desert's dungeon.

%% * BrattyHalfPint: Bergus and Talis, at first.

%% * BubblegloopSwamp: The Lair Of The Reptilicus Maximus.