History Videogame / BreathOfDeathVII

* ThemeNaming: The towns' names are all portmanteaus of classic [=RPGs=]' Japanese and [[CompletelyDifferentTitle English titles]] - [[{{Lufia}} Lufestpolis]], [[PaladinsQuest Palad-Lennus]], [[Videogame/EarthBound Motherbound]] and [[VideoGame/{{Langrisser}} Langsong]]. The party members realize this and think that it's [[LampshadeHanging an odd thing to do]].

* UselessUsefulSpell: The trend of bosses being immune to status effects is lampshaded by one of the Motherbound NPCs.

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''CthulhuSavesTheWorld'', which features similar gameplay and writing.

* {{Padding}}: When the group retrieves the crystals at Langsong, Dem complains that they're going to have to backtrack all the way back through Langsong and through the mountain maze to get back to Motherbound to take the ''other'' mountain pass to the desert, pointing out the blatant padding. [[SubvertedTrope The crystals then mysteriously warp the party back to Motherbound, and the mountain pass to the desert is only a few tiles long with no enemy encounters.]]

* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: Lampshaded in Motherbound, one of the late-game towns, where one of the townsfolk laments that she can't leave the city because the monsters are so powerful, but she can't buy any equipment to protect herself because the shopkeeper charges exorbitant prices for his equipment, wishing that she lived in the starter town of Palad-Lenus instead..

* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: Lampshaded in Motherbound, one of the late-game towns, where one of the townsfolk laments that she can't leave the city because the monsters are so powerful, and she can't buy any equipment to protect herself because the shopkeeper charges exorbitant prices for his equipment.

* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: Skills stop being obtained and upgraded after level 40, which can be comfortably reached with not too much grinding, but levels can still be gained for stat upgrades, with no such thing as a hard cap to stop you.

Since then, the creators have released another game with equal levels of snark and parody called ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld''. Yes, the title is indeed accurate in regards to the plot. Both games are also available on {{Steam}} in a two-for-one pack; once again, they are still almost absurdly cheap for the content. The PC versions even include new content, such as new party members, more dungeons, and an alternate campaign in ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld''.

A parody roleplaying game available on Xbox Live Indie as well as on {{Steam}} on the PC. The game takes place after a [[AfterTheEnd nuclear apocalypse wipes out mankind,]] leaving the undead to rebuild society. The main character is a heroic [[DemBones skeleton]] named [[JustForPun Dem]]. A sprightly ghost girl named Sara forcibly joins him on a quest to explore ruins and other such heroic nonsense.

* ThemeNaming: The towns' names are all portmanteaus of classic [=RPGs=]' Japanese and [[CompletelyDifferentTitle English titles]] - [[{{Lufia}} Lufestpolis]], [[PaladinsQuest Palad-Lennus]], [[EarthBound Motherbound]] and [[VideoGame/{{Langrisser}} Langsong]]. The party members realize this and think that it's [[LampshadeHanging an odd thing to do]].

Available for only 80 MSP, about a dollar, and taking about 5-10 hours to beat (depending on how deliberate you are at grinding and exploring). Designed with a deliberately nostalgic-retro vibe with few animations and many "modern" conveniences such as improved pacing, quicker turn-based combat mechanics, and a capped number of {{Random Encounter}}s in an area, the game was viewed favorably by reviewers and has sold over 40,000 copies. The developers even noted that about two-thirds of gamers who tried the demo ended up buying the already-cheap game anyway.

* BonusDungeon: The Super Secret Cave.

** The Troll Chief at the beginning of the game says, "[[CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight What is an undead man? A miserable little pile of secrets!]] ...And bones!". Dem replies with "Enough talk! Have at you!"

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Zeboyd would like you to know that, due to legal obligations, they were forced to include one of these levels.[[hottip:*:It's a joke, of course.]]

* SatelliteLoveInterest: Parodied with Dem and Sara. They're arbitrarily granted the True Love power near the end, [[spoiler:though Dem's last words--so to, uh, speak--may imply it's not so arbitrary after all...]]

** In Lufestpolis, when the party meets a skeleton named [[MassEffect Shepherd]], Sara shouts his name. Shepherd replies with "[[MemeticMutation Rex!]]"

* LampshadeHanging: A ''lot''.

Since then, the creators have released another game with equal levels of snark and parody called ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld''. Yes, the title is indeed accurate in regards to the plot. Both games are also available on {{Steam}} in a two-for-one pack, so you don't need an XBOX to play them; once again, they are still almost absurdly cheap for the content. The PC versions even include new content, such as new party members, more dungeons, and an alternate campaign in ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld''.

* ShallowLoveInterest: Parodied with Dem and Sara. They're arbitrarily granted the True Love power near the end, [[spoiler:though Dem's last words--so to, uh, speak--may imply it's not so arbitrary after all...]]