History VisualNovel / TearsOfThemis

A VisualNovel [[OtomeGame otome]] game by Chinese game developer [[Creator/MiHoYo miHoYo]] of [[VideoGame/GenshinImpact Genshin Impact]] and [[VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd Honkai Impact 3rd]] fame. It was initially released in Chinese only in 2020, but has since been greenlit for an international release. The game has officially launched on July 29, 2021.

* AnimalMotifs: Snakes for Marius, due to the logo of his company. Specifically, an {{Ouroboros}} forming the infinity sign. The elaborate version of his symbol puts it in front of a cross, making it resemble Nehushtan.
** Raven for Luke, [[spoiler: considering his codename]].

* RockPaperScissors: You can play this game with each of the four. Notably, the amount of Affection granted is different per character - Luke will grant 100 Affection for a win or a draw and 50 Affection for a loss, but Marius will grant the exact opposite - 100 Affection for a loss and 50 for a win or draw, making the way to maxing out his Affection or reaching the daily Affection {{Cap}} with solely him much longer than it is with Luke. This is arguably StoryAndGameplayIntegration.

* TacticalRockPaperScissors: The entire battle system relies on this. Empathy beats Intuition, Intuition beats Logic and Logic beats Empathy. Each will do 1.5x the amount of original damage to the opponent - in its bare base. [[note]] That is not taking the following in account: any buffs of you or the enemy; any debuffs of you or the enemy are inflicted by and the enemy DEF [[/note]]. It can be reminded by linking Empathy's pink color to fire, Intuition's green color to earth, and Logic's blue color to water.

** That said, if your power is roughly the double of your enemy's, then you may still be able to OneHitKill an Empathy argument with an Intuition card during the first wave. This becomes a tall order during the second (and an eventual third, if the enemy has it) wave however, since those tend to hold more of the enemy's HP.

** That said, if your power is roughly the double of your enemy's, then you may still be able to OneHitKill an Empathy argument with an Intuition card.

* RockPaperScissors: You can play this game with each of the four. Notably, the amount of Affection granted is different per character - Luke will grant 100 Affection for a win or a draw and 50 Affection for a loss, but Marius will grant the exact opposite - 100 Affection for a loss and 50 for a win or draw, making the way to maxing out his Affection or reaching the daily Affection {{Cap}} much longer than it is with Luke. This is arguably StoryAndGameplayIntegration.

* JigsawPuzzlePlot: Since not everyone has equal screentime in the main story, the individual backstories of each character are scattered in several areas such as card stories and their personal side-story that's accessed in the Visit mechanic, requiring players to connect the pieces to understand their plotlines.

* LoonyFans: Janus certainly seems to have several. This is actually ''a relevant plot point'', as [[spoiler: the silk gloves that prove that he was the one who handled the wine had been stolen by one of them]].

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The game takes place in 2030, and the most major hints towards that are the speed certain things are obtained and the holographic screens on tables. The in-game smartphone interface shows a ''6''G network. It should also be noted that the car used doesn't seem to have a steering wheel, which seems to hint at the invention of self-driving cars. The story in the 'Near and Far' card confirms this to be the case, as it was implemented in order to prevent drunk driving accidents.
** One of the materials needed for the skills of Artem cards mentions that it's a paperless era. This can also be seen in the library looking more like a data center than anything.

** Unlike other gacha games, this game treat duplicates in a similar way to ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}'', in that every duplicate card you get is automatically converted into shards, which can be spent to improve your initial card's potentials. If said potentials are maxed out, those tokens are automatically converted into gifts, which can be spent in the shop to buy generic tokens you can use to raise the potentials of the cards depending on the token. And weirdly, this process is more or less the ''exact same'' as in aforementioned game, down to the amount of 4 generic tokens to upgrade it once.

** Unlike other gacha games, this game treat duplicates in a similar way to ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}'', in that every duplicate card you get is automatically converted into shards, which can be spent to improve your initial card's potentials. If said potentials are maxed out, those tokens are automatically converted into gifts, which can be spent in the shop to buy valuable items.

* NoPronunciationGuide: It isn’t immediately clear how NXX is supposed to sound. Does it sound like Nyx like the name of the goddess of the night, fitting the ClassicalMythology motif, or is it an acronym [[for a lethal drug that connects the case anomalies]]? The Japanese dub, at least, splits the difference by calling it [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin N-2-X]].

* AdamSmithHatesYouGuts: The money farming in this game is pretty exhausting, yet everything that impacts your power level in a meaningful way costs Stellin to acquire. Spending NonCombatEXP to level up your cards? Stellin. Evolving a SR or SSR card for the second time? You can bet it's Stellin. One must really wonder why it costs money to feed cards chips.

* RelationshipValues: As this is one part OtomeGame, you can bond with the main males to raise their affection levels. You're given an allowance of 1000 affection a day to share as you see fit through interaction and mini games. The higher their affection level, the more of their side story is unlocked to learn more about them outside of work. Affection can also be obtained through reading stories from SR and SSR cards, which are unlocked as the card is levelled up. It should be noted that the obtaining Affection from outside sources like this is not held back by the daily {{Cap}}.

* OneSteveLimit: You cannot hold 2 versions of the same card, since the copy will always be converted into material; either shards if the original version of the card does not have its potentials filled out, and into gifts if it does.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The game takes place in 2030, and the most major hints towards that are the speed certain things are obtained and the holographic screens on tables. The in-game smartphone interface shows a *6*G network. It should also be noted that the car used doesn't seem to have a steering wheel, which seems to hint at the invention of self-driving cars. The story in the 'Near and Far' card confirms this to be the case, as it was implemented in order to prevent drunk driving accidents.