History Videogame / TheDrop

* AnAesop: Most characters' endings result in [[spoiler:them discovering that the Tatzylvurm can't give them what they actually want. Instead, it offers insightful philosophical advice that usually takes the form of this.]]

* BonusBoss: All of the rare monsters, in a sense. They appear rarely and it's entirely possible to just ignore them (and in some cases, that may be the best idea), but they give you very nice rewards if you can beat them.
** In particular is [[spoiler:Fake Tezkhra]], which is particularly strong, but even rarer than normal. It even drops a trophy item that sounds like a CosmeticAward that's just proof of defeating it (it's actually [[NotActuallyCosmeticAward not]]).

* NotActuallyCosmeticAward: Similarly to ''Videogame/IMissTheSunrise'', there are accomplishments you can achieve. Also similarly to ''Videogame/IMissTheSunrise'', they provide some actual benefit -- every one increases the starting favor of future characters by a small amount.
** Also, the "Mark of the [[spoiler:Tezkhra]]" item. Players of ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' would probably think it's a CosmeticAward that's just proof you beat the BonusBoss...but in actuality, it's a potent RareCandy.

The game can be downloaded [[http://rpgmaker.net/games/4395/ here.]] It also has [[http://rpgmaker.net/games/4395/media/1151/ a trailer.]], and [[TheWikiRule a wiki]] [[http://www.tilde-one.com/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.HomePage here.]]

** The Bandit's Scrip item is closer to the trope. It's virtually useless as a combat item, but can be converted into a large amount of favor. '''%%Is this actually ShopFodder or is it BetterOffSold?'''

* IJustWantToHaveFriends: [[spoiler:Yfus' driving motivation. After losing his connections to the only group that would accept him when the guild disbanded, is now overcome by loneliness, and longs for the acceptance and friendship he once knew.]]

'''The Drop''' is a sequel to ''Videogame/TheReconstruction'', made by Space Lizard of [[http://www.tilde-one.com/ Tilde-One Games]], with character art by Daigerus.

* OrganDrops: Sometimes they're useable items, but most of the time they're just VendorTrash.

* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:The Tatzylvurm]]. See CutsceneBoss, above.
* VendorTrash: Streamlined. Most enemies' common drops are useless items that are only good for making money. You don't have to sell them yourself, though -- they're automatically converted when you pick them up.
** The Bandit's Scrip item is closer to the trope. It's virtually useless as a combat item, but can be converted into a large amount of favor.

* VideoGameSettings:
** BubblegloopSwamp: The swamp theme, based on the Indigo Swamp. Also, to a lesser extent, the mud cave theme, which is based off of Nal.
*** TempleOfDoom: The swamp theme is ''also'' partially based on the Shra Capital (the walls are reminiscent of it).
** DeathMountain: The mountain theme, based on the Nalian mountains.
** JungleJapes: The jungle theme, based off the Shra Lowlands.
** LethalLavaLand: The lava theme, based on Fortifel.
** ShiftingSandLand: The desert theme, based off the Violet Sands. Keeping faithful to the Violet Sands, however, it's actually a ''cold'' desert -- you can even find snowspheres in it.
** SlippySlideyIceWorld: The cold theme, based off of Sanctifel. All naturally-occurring water pools are frozen over, and cold-themed items are common.
** UndergroundLevel: The Drop itself, though the cave theme fits particularly well. It's not entirely clear what it's based on, though.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Sypak.

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** A few enemies that were also in Videogame/TheReconstruction have similar or identical thought snippets. Particularly notable is the dunestalker's "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny IS TASTY???]]"

** Also, Valitazzo's SignatureMove, Horrible Night. See AwesomeYetPractical, above.

There are nine playable characters (as well as six {{Secret Character}}s unlocked by beating the game with the others), each with their own subplot and reasons for delving the Drop. Four are returning characters from ''The Reconstruction'', four are newcomers.

* PurposefullyOverpowered: [[spoiler:[[SecretCharacter Tezkhra]]]], naturally.

The game can be downloaded [[http://rpgmaker.net/games/4395/ here.]] It also has [[http://rpgmaker.net/games/4395/media/1151/ a trailer.]]

[[TheWikiRule Has a wiki]] [[http://www.tilde-one.com/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.HomePage here.]]

* ADayInTheLimelight: Many of the legacy characters were minor or static characters in ''Videogame/TheReconstruction''. [[spoiler:Alito]] and [[spoiler:Yfus]] are particularly notable examples.

* AwesomeYetPractical: Valitazzo's SignatureMove, Horrible Night. It's one of the most powerful spells in the game, and it's an area-of-effect attack on top of that. It's costly, but only on par with other high-level spells, and Valitazzo has a special trait that makes spell costs less of an issue in the first place. [[DiscOneNuke You start with it, too]].

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotCosmetic: Similarly to ''Videogame/IMissTheSunrise'', there are accomplishments you can achieve. Also similarly to ''Videogame/IMissTheSunrise'', they provide some actual benefit -- every one increases the starting favor of future characters by a small amount.
** Also, the "Mark of the [[spoiler:Tezkhra]]" item. Players of ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' would probably think it's a CosmeticAward that's just proof you beat the BonusBoss...but in actuality, it's a potent RareCandy.

** In particular is [[spoiler:Fake Tezkhra]], which is particularly strong, but even rarer than normal. It even drops a trophy item that sounds like a CosmeticAward that's just proof of defeating it (it's actually [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotCosmetic not]]).

* CastFromHitPoints: As is a staple for the series. This aspect is played up to add some more risk -- magic is much more costly than it was in ''TheReconstruction'', and you're on your own. If you're not careful, you can easily leave yourself a sitting duck by depleting your health pools.

There are eight playable characters (as well as six {{Secret Character}}s unlocked by beating the game with the others), each with their own subplot and reasons for delving the Drop. Four are returning characters from ''The Reconstruction'', four are newcomers.

* BossArenaIdiocy: The FinalBoss' arena is filled with pools of acid and putrid water, which you can throw at them for free damage. This damage is also, conviently, NonElemental, allowing you to ignore their [[BarrierChangeBoss gimmick]].

* SignatureMove: Militia Strike for Asarik, Horrible Night for Valitazzo, Perplexing Grin for [[spoiler:Rehm]], and [[spoiler:God's Gift]] for [[spoiler:Fake Tezkhra]]. [[spoiler:Tezkhra]] has ''two'' signature moves, both of which are carryovers from Videogame/TheReconstruction: [[spoiler:Stardraw]] and [[spoiler:Blinding Bloom]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The developer has said that they briefly toyed with the idea of making Xopi a playable character. They would have been a JokeCharacter with terrible stats and permanent blindness.
** The developer also raised the idea of alternate means of identifying items in one blog post, including giving an ''actual'' FingertipDrugAnalysis option. Unfortunately, they were too difficult to implement.

'''The Drop''' is a sequel to ''Videogame/TheReconstruction'', made by Space Lizard of [[http://www.tildeone.com/ Tilde-One Games]], with character art by Daigerus.