History Videogame / TheLastStand

* XMeetsY:
** ''Union City'' is the original ''The Last Stand'' meets ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' meets ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''.
** ''Dead Zone'' is all of the above meets the ''Rebuild'' series (another ZombieApocalypse Flash game series) meets ''FarmVille''-style games.

** There's a skill book that's named [[WheresWaldo Where's Wilmo?]]

* {{Badass}}: Pretty much any playable survivor in the entire series, as well as the NPC survivors that join them.
** BadassBeard: The LSG grows one in ''The Last Stand 2'' [[spoiler: and keeps it in ''Union City.'']] Also, you can give your character one in ''Union City'' and ''Dead Zone''.

* ShovelStrike: Shovels are present in ''Union City'' and ''Dead Zone''.

** ''Union City'' is the original ''The Last Stand'' meets Franchise/ResidentEvil meets VideoGame/{{Fallout}} meets VideoGame/Left4Dead.

* AnAxeToGrind[=/=]DeusAxMachina: Fire Axes, Hatchets and Battle Axes are available in ''Union City'' and ''Dead Zone'', the last of which is the most powerful melee weapon in both games. The latter game also adds Survival Axes.

* AntiPoopSocking: Besides the waiting times for missions, if the player decides to take a long break and then return, ''The Dead Zone'' will reward the player by making the next mission give double the experience.

* ArmorIsUseless: Averted. It makes the zombie ImmuneToBullets (in the first three games), [[AttackItsWeakPoint at least where it's covered by the armor.]] In ''Union City'', it also reduces all melee damage to 1, again, where it's covered by the armor (and the [[ShieldBearingMook Riot Shield-carrying police zombies]] are one of the most annoying opponents), though the most powerful guns as well as [[StuffBlowingUp explosives]] will punch through the armor. ''Union City'' allows the player to wear armor as well, reducing the amount of damage they take from zombies [[spoiler: and human opponents.]]

* BatterUp: Baseball Bats and Nail/Spiked Bats are available in ''Union City'' and ''Dead Zone''. The latter also has Aluminum Bats.
** There's also a skill boosting book ''called'' 'Batter Up!' in ''Union City'', which boosts the Blunt skill.

** Thus far, ''Dead Zone'' only has the M249 SAW, but a [[GatlingGood man-portable Minigun]] is in the works.
* {{BFS}}: The Bloodluster in ''Dead Zone'' is a large improvised two handed sword, and is one of the few melee weapons with a range above 1.

* DropTheHammer: Claw Hammers and Sledge Hammers are some of the melee weapons in ''Union City'' and ''Dead Zone''. An improvised version of the latter is also present in ''Dead Zone''.

* {{Genre Savvy}}: "[[AbandonedHospital The hospital?]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck That place is going to be a mess.]]"

* KnifeNut: Pocket Knives and Kitchen Knives are common in ''Union City'' and ''Dead Zone'', though they're barely more effective than your bare hands. Cleavers are also available, which are much more effective. ''Dead Zone'' also has the Hunting Knife, which somehow has a longer range than a sword, and the Combat Knife, a very fast but relatively weak weapon for the levels it's available in.

* MoreDakka: Lots of [=SMGs=] and assault rifles around, though the king has to be the [[{{BFG}} M249 Minimi/SAW.]]

** ''Dead Zone'' has the even rarer LMG variant of the [=XM8=] as well as the Desert Eagle as premium weapons. The Tactical Shotgun is basically the SPAS-12 with a box magazine.

** [[Franchise/EvilDead Ash's Right Hand]], a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]] that replaces a survivor's right hand.
* ShovelStrike: Shovels are present in ''Union City'' and ''Dead Zone'', and they're pretty powerful weapons.

* SniperRifle: Hunting rifles are available in all the games, and ''Union City'' and ''Dead Zone'' also have a military sniper rifle, the M24. The [[{{BFG}} M82 Barrett Anti-materiel Rifle]] is also available in ''The Last Stand'' and in ''Union City''. These guns are also the only non-explosive weapons that can punch through armor in ''Union City''.

** Averted in Dead Zone: A plot point is that any survivors left in the dead zone are either immune or very resistant to the virus. This is done to avoid PermaDeath in a browser game.

''The Last Stand'' is a series of [[ZombieApocalypse zombie survival]] Flash games, made by [[http://conartistgames.com Con Artist Games]] (who also made [[http://warfare1917.org/ Warfare 1917]] and ''Warfare 1944'') for Armor Games.

''The Last Stand'' is a series of [[ZombieApocalypse zombie survival]] Flash games, made by [[http://conartistgames.com Con Artist Games]] (who also made ''Warfare 1917'' and ''Warfare 1944'') for Armor Games.

** Posters and signboards scattered all over Union City advertise products like [[ModernWarfare Modern]] VideoGame/{{Battlefield}} 4.

* OneBulletClips: In ''Union City''. ''The Last Stand'',''The Last Stand 2'' and ''Dead Zone'' have [[BottomlessMagazines infinite magazines]], so it isn't an issue.

* [[spoiler: DownerEnding]]:

The fourth game in the series, ''The Last Stand: Dead Zone'', is set in Union City AfterTheEnd, now called the Dead Zone. It focuses on the attempts of the survivors still in the area to survive being LeftForDead by the government. It's now a RealTimeStrategy game done in 3D isometric, similar to the early entries in the VideoGame/{{Fallout}} series. It is in an open beta on {{Facebook}} [[http://www.facebook.com/LastStandDeadZone?sk=app_116237048503431]], Armor Games [[http://armorgames.com/the-last-stand-dead-zone-game/13691]] and Kongregate [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/ConArtists/the-last-stand-dead-zone]].

** [[spoiler: Your spouse in ''Union City''.]]

** The way you purchase things from vendors (a man and his wares behind chain-link fence and barbed wire, who tosses the items over to you) is directly lifted from ''DeadRising2''.

** The achievement named [[Left4Dead Pills Here!]]

** ''Union City'' is the original ''The Last Stand'' meets Franchise/ResidentEvil meets VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}[=/=]VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas meets Left4Dead.

* {{Genre Savvy}}: "[[AbandonedHospital The hospital?]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck That place is going to be a mess.]]"

** [[spoiler: Your spouse in ''Union City''.]]

''[[http://armorgames.com/play/269/the-last-stand The Last Stand]]'' and ''[[http://armorgames.com/play/1443/the-last-stand-2 The Last Stand 2]]'' follow the same survivor, who has been named [[FanNickname The Last Stand Guy or LSG]] by (some) fans. This [[CrazySurvivalist stalwart survivor]] in his distinctive green hoodie must fight off hordes of zombies from behind a makeshift barricade.

''The Last Stand'' has the LSG trying to survive until he is rescued, besieged by a [[ZombieApocalypse horde of flesh eating zombies]] every night. The player must defend the barricade at night and allocate search parties during the daytime to find more weapons and survivors, as well as repair the barricade from any damage it may have taken last night.

''The Last Stand 2'' has the LSG gather supplies and travel across the country to Union City within 40 days, in order to catch the last evacuation boat. Much like in the last game, players defend their barricades at night and search for survivors and weapons in the daytime, only now supplies need to be gathered and a travel route planned.

The third game in the series, ''[[http://armorgames.com/play/12009/the-last-stand-union-city The Last Stand]]: [[StoppedNumberingSequels Union City]]'' is a prequel/sequel to ''The Last Stand 2'', and will not feature LSG as a player character [[spoiler: although he does make an appearance, going by the name Jack now, and plays an important role near the end.]] ''Union City'' works more like a VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}} style RPG, with XP and an optional system of food and sleep management.

The game begins with [[{{AFGNCAAP}} you]] returning to your apartment in Union City after a long day's work when you run over something and crash. Exiting the car, you find the place overrun by the walking dead. Now, you must scour the city and fight your way through the zombie hordes to find your spouse, and from there, escape Union City.

The fourth game in the series, ''The Last Stand: Dead Zone'', is set in Union City AfterTheEnd, now called the Dead Zone. It focuses on the attempts of the survivors still in the area to survive being LeftForDead by the government. It's now a RealTimeStrategy game done in 3D isometric, similar to the early entries in the VideoGame/{{Fallout}} series. It is in a semi-open beta on {{Facebook}} [[http://www.facebook.com/LastStandDeadZone?sk=app_116237048503431]], Armor Games [[http://armorgames.com/the-last-stand-dead-zone-game/13691]] and Kongregate [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/ConArtists/the-last-stand-dead-zone]].

* AerosolFlamethrower: The Flame Can in ''Union City''.

* AllegedlyFreeGame: ''Dead Zone'', in the style of many other browser-based strategy games. You can technically play entirely for free, but build times, upgrade times, crafting times and wait times between missions increase exponentially with each iteration, to the point that you'll eventually be waiting weeks for buildings to upgrade or days for new missions to become available unless you pay real money to purchase premium currency. It's hypothetically possible to scavenge premium currency in-game without paying anything, but the extremely low return rates, combined with the long wait between missions, means this isn't really an option.
* AnAxeToGrind[=/=]DeusAxMachina: Fire Axes, Hatchets and Battle Axes are available in ''Union City'' and ''Dead Zone'', the last of which is the most powerful melee weapon in both games.
* AnnoyingArrows: Averted. The Hunting Bow in ''The Last Stand 2'' and ''Union City'' do a lot of damage, and can often OneHitKill zombies.

* ArtificialStupidity: The other survivors in your group in ''The Last Stand 2'' don't know how to dodge the attacks of armed zombies, which means they'll die quickly once said zombies reach the barricade. In addition, even if you give them a [[MoreDakka machine gun]], they will only shoot in short bursts.

* BagOfSpilling: You finish the first game with an assortment of pistols, [=SMGs=], shotguns etc., but you start the second game with just a pistol. Justified, as the LSG was involved in a helicopter crash in between the games.
* BatterUp: Baseball Bats and Nail/Spiked Bats are available in ''Union City'' and ''Dead Zone''. There's also a skill boosting book ''called'' 'Batter Up!' in ''Union City'', which boosts the Blunt skill.

* {{BFG}}: In ''The Last Stand'', a M82 Barrett anti-materiel rifle.

* BladeOnAStick: The Sticker, Claw Rake, and Longarm are all improvised polearms made from mounting increasingly large blades on broom handles, and are among the few melee weapons with a range above 1.

* BribingYourWayToVictory: ''Dead Zone'' has a premium currency in the form of Fuel. You can get it in very small quantities during your scavenging runs from time to time, or in big amounts by paying {{microtransactions}}. It can be used in a lot of helpful things like speeding up actions, refilling your resources or building things without spending resources. You also have to spend a bit of Fuel to craft stuff in your benches.

* ChainsawGood: It's an EmergencyWeapon in the first two games, and is AwesomeButImpractical in ''Union City''.

* DeadWeight: Fat zombies show up, {{Kevlard}} style. Later on there are RUNNING fatties.
* {{Determinator}}: The LSG won't abandon his barricade during an attack. Ever. [[InsurmountableWaistHighFence Even if the player tries to get him to.]]
* DiscOneNuke: Sometimes you get lucky and a zombie drops a powerful weapon early on in ''Union City'', like a Fire Axe or Sledgehammer. If you find an assault rifle or SMG though, it's best to give it to a companion since they have unlimited ammo.
** Averted in ''Dead Zone''. While it is possible to raid relatively high level areas, you likely can't use the weapons you just looted since they have level requirements.
* [[spoiler: DownerEnding]]: [[spoiler: In ''The Last Stand 2'', if the LSG doesn't make it to Union City in time, it gets bombed back to the Stone Age. In ''Union City'', you find out your spouse was bitten. You both make it to a boat off the mainland, but it stalls. You hear a familiar growling as it fades to black.]]

* EliteZombie: Fat zombies, armored zombies, and zombies with weapons. In ''Union City'', there's also a strange case where pantsless zombies do more damage and are tougher.
* EmergencyWeapon: The [[ChainsawGood Chainsaw]]. It's the only weapon that requires zombies to be near the barricade (and ''damages'' it in the second game), and it has a large "clip" (unlimited in ''The Last Stand'', in ''The Last Stand 2'' it stalls after you use it up, making you "reload" it). It's quite powerful though.
* EveryBulletIsATracer: Sometimes they don't show up, though.
* {{Gorn}}: Zombies can lose limbs and have heads blown off, and the LSG's death animation is one of the scariest ones currently in gaming, as well as being very gory.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: Played straight in ''Union City'', with katanas being one of the best melee weapons available. A Sharpened Katana has the highest damage of all the melee weapons. Averted in ''Dead Zone'', which has much stronger melee weapons available.
* KnifeNut: Pocket Knives and Kitchen Knives are common in ''Union City'' and ''Dead Zone'', though they're barely more effective than your bare hands. Cleavers are also available, which are much more effective.
* LastStand: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Except for your fellow survivors, who'll run away (temporarily) if the barricade is weak enough.

* LastChanceHitPoint: Not for the LSG, but for your barricade. If its HP reaches zero, zombies start to slowly pass through the barricade. If they touch you - game over, though you can still clear the level if you manage to kill all of them.

* OneHitPointWonder: The LSG in the first two games. Thankfully averted in ''Union City'' and ''Dead Zone''.

* PurelyAestheticGender: Other than your spouse's gender and some of the dialogue, there are no changes whatsoever.
* RareGuns: The [=XM8=] assault rifle that can be scavenged if you get lucky or be given to you by [[spoiler:Jack]] right before the end of ''Union City''.
** ''Dead Zone'' has the even rarer LMG variant of the [=XM8=] as well as the Desert Eagle as a Fuel Trading Post weapon. The Tactical Shotgun is basically the SPAS-12 with a box magazine.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The survivors.

* SawnOffShotgun: Present as a weapon in all the games, and also as a weapon condition for shotguns in ''Dead Zone''.

* ShoutOut: The name of the task where you have just found out your spouse is somewhere else? [[{{Mario}} Another Castle.]]
** There's also the achievement [[Left4Dead Pills Here!]]

** The description for bottle caps wonders if they will ever be used as [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} currency.]]

** The premium Survival Kit provides [[Film/VanHelsing the Hell Slinger, an extinguisher-operated automatic crossbow]].
** ''Dead Zone'' brings in a few more of its own, like the [[VideoGame/FalloutVanBuren Van Buren]] (which is basically the Pipe Rifle from VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}) and Marion's Trident (from a 2003 horror-comedy film called ''Undead'') improvised weapons. There's also the [[GearsOfWar Gears of Hoard]] achievement.

* UnusableEnemyEquipment: In ''The Last Stand 2'' and ''Union City'', zombies can carry a variety of melee weapons, but you can't pick them up and use them. In ''Union City'', however, they often drop other things instead (ammo, food, clothes, medkits, and random weapons). However, in ''The Last Stand'', you could get three weapons from zombie corpses (a .357 Magnum Revolver from a cop, a Shotgun from a biker and a [=M4A1=] assault rifle from a soldier). Played straight for the [[spoiler: various hostile HERC characters, which carry unlootable weapons and ammo.]]

* XMeetsY: ''Union City'' is the original ''The Last Stand'' meets Franchise/ResidentEvil meets VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}[=/=]VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas meets Left4Dead.

* ZergRush: You ''are'' facing zombies. In the first two games, zombies will always attack this way.

* ZombieInfectee: It turns out that [[spoiler: a survivor in your group in ''The Last Stand'' is one, which starts off the events of ''The Last Stand 2'' when he turns while in the rescue helicopter, causing it to crash.]] Also, [[spoiler: your spouse in ''Union City'' is one.]]

* BribingYourWayToVictory: ''Dead Zone'' has a premium currency in the form of Fuel. You can get very small quantities during your scavenging runs from time to time, or get big amounts by paying {{microtransactions}}. It can be used in a lot of helpful things like speeding up actions, refilling your resources or building things without spending resources. You also have to spend a bit of Fuel to craft stuff in your benches.

The fourth game in the series, ''The Last Stand: Dead Zone'', is set in Union City AfterTheEnd, now called the Dead Zone. It focuses on the attempts of the survivors still in the area to survive being LeftForDead by the government. It's now a RealTimeStrategy game done in 3D isometric, similar to the early entries in the VideoGame/{{Fallout}} series. It is in a semi-open beta on {{Facebook}} [[http://www.facebook.com/LastStandDeadZone?sk=app_116237048503431]] and Armor Games [[http://armorgames.com/the-last-stand-dead-zone-game/13691]].

** The premium Survival Kit provides [[VanHelsing the Hell Slinger, an extinguisher-operated automatic crossbow]].

''If you were looking for the trope, look under LastStand.''