Line #17 VideoGame/AgarestSenki


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3	''Agarest Senki'' (known as ''Record of Agarest War'' on consoles in North America and ''Agarest: Generations of War'' in Europe and on PC in North America) is a [[TurnBasedStrategy strategy RPG]] developed by Creator/IdeaFactory, Creator/CompileHeart, and Creator/RedEntertainment and released in North America by Aksys Games on 27 April 2010 for the Platform/PlayStation3 and Platform/{{Xbox 360}}, and for the PC on 3rd of October 2013 through Platform/{{Steam}} after getting Greenlit by users.
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5	The story begins with Leonhardt, also known as General Golden Leo, turning against his men while protecting the life of a young elven girl and giving his life in the process. He is approached by a mysterious woman known as Dyshana, who agrees to resurrect him in exchange for an oath: To become a Spirit Vessel and pledge both his life and the lives of his descendants to her cause.
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7	There is a prequel called ''VideoGame/AgarestSenkiZERO'' and a sequel called ''VideoGame/AgarestSenki2''. ''Agarest Senki ZERO'' got a PC release via Steam on 14th of April 2014. ''Agarest Senki 2'' followed on 19th of February, 2015. An additional sequel, ''VideoGame/RecordOfAgarestWarMarriage'', was originally released for the Platform/PlayStationPortable with no international exports, but an international Platform/{{Steam}} version was later released in late January 2019.
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9	Not to be confused with ''Literature/RecordOfLodossWar'' or ''Literature/RecordOfGrancrestWar''.
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12	!!Provides Examples Of:
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14	* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: The level cap and the stats cap is 999. For comparison, the last boss of fifth generation ([[spoiler:which can be the final boss if you failed to get the true ending]]) is below 100.
15	* ActionGirl: At least one of the love interests in each generation is a strong melee attacker. Noah in third generation stands out, being practically an {{Expy}} of one [[Franchise/IndianaJones Henry Jones Jr.]]
16	* ACupAngst: Some heroines are not happy with their boob size. Notable examples are Fyuria and Plum.
17	* AdventurerOutfit
18	* AlignmentBasedEndings: Whether you keep to the Light, Dark, or Neutral path will effect your ending.
19	* AndThenWhat: When you defeat one of the (otherwise redeemable) villains, one of your party members, Murmina, wants to finish him off. However, the protagonist stands between them to stop Murmina and asks her what exactly she plans to do after her revenge. He is trying to see whether she truly only lives for vengeance and whether she is as consumed by hate as she claims.
20	* AntiGrinding: Despite having a lot of things that encourage players to grind, straying out of the main quest to train adds more turns to the total count, [[PermanentlyMissableContent which will result some events and characters to be blocked or lost permanently]]. Being stronger than the game expects also cuts down battle bonus and benefit you get in the main quests. [[SubvertedTrope US release modded the game so that you can grind in a dungeon all you want without spending turns.]]
21	* ArtificialStupidity: Auto-battle, why did you just have the squishy mage jump into melee range and physically attack an opponent who can counter? Why did you spend everyone's AP to ensure an overkill against one monster when there were seven others still on the battlefield? Why did you use an attack that was completely ineffective against/healed the enemy?
22	** However, auto-battle ''is'' good at moving (since it knows where the computer is going to move, also being the computer), as well as setting up Extended Area Combos. Just don't let it do the attacking as well.
23	* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:Each and every love interest you choose in the True ending. (Yes, Even [[{{Older than he looks}} Plum]] and Dyshana)]]
24	* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:All past generation heroes and heroines in the True Ending route after beating Summerill.]]
25	* BadassBoast: Rex loves doing this to keep reminding us the players that he is the real hero.
26	%%zce* BadassFamily: The Raglan family.
27	%%zce* BaitAndSwitchBoss: In the Dark Ending.
28	%%zce* BattleHarem: Five generations' worth.
29	* BeachEpisode: Oddly there is one [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phRko7d64SY for our viewing pleasure.]]
30	* BigEater: Faina, oh boy for an ill girl she sure eats a lot.
31	* BreakMeter: Empties as the target gets hit and is vital to the strategy to the game. When the meter is emptied after being hit enough, attacks do extra damage and some Arts get in a few extra hits at the end of their animations. The game encourages you to use high break attacks first, then stack as many Break Arts as you can at the end.
32	* BrutalBonusLevel: The [[spoiler:Boundary Plane]] in the [[spoiler:True Ending route]]. [[spoiler:Which can be extended even further with '''much tougher''' variations of enemies/bosses if Hard Mode was selected for one's True Ending run.]]
33	* CallingYourAttacks: Everyone does this when they use their 3rd EX along with a BadassCreed.
34	* CaptainObvious: "Silver Sword: A sword made of silver"
35	%%zce* ChasteHero: Ladius is pretty much the epitome of this trope.
36	* ChewingTheScenery: Thoma and Winfield's conversation at the hot springs. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkvYI82nCSs&feature=related It must be seen to be believed.]]
37	* {{Combos}}: Which leads to breaks, then to Overkills.
38	* CombinationAttack: They must have spent most of this game's budget for those awesome combos.
39	* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: SO MUCH!
40	** Until you realize that almost any fight, including Midas, can be won by sticking one character right up in the boss's face and keeping everyone else about six spaces back. Almost all bosses have Impulse Wave or a similar skill, which will toss the dead character back to the others, just in range to be revived and sent right back the next turn. Repeat as necessary until you have the SP needed to just kill the boss in a single turn.
41	** The fact that the bosses will still have combination attacks as base skills rather than requiring the attacks that make up those skills still comes across as a bit of cheating though. They also seem to use less AP to pull of these abilities, as though they have the AP reducing Will Power even though they don't or don't even have the SP to have it active.
42	*** ''VideoGame/CrossEdge'' has done a similar thing.
43	* CostumePorn
44	* CriticalStatusBuff: Some characters have passive abilities that activate when their health drops low enough
45	* CursedWithAwesome: Winfield is cursed by the Bracelet, thanks to it now he is fated to become a demon and bring the Bracelet to the Demon King, but on the same time the Bracelet won't let him die until he fulfilled his role therefore making him practically immortal.
46	* CuteMonsterGirl: In the second generation, there's Sherufanir, the [[AsianFoxSpirit Kitsune]]-like daughter of a male neocollom and a god-blooded human woman (which may disqualify her from counting, as she's a HalfHumanHybrid). She's also a valid choice in the RomanceSidequest.
47	** You've also got the harpuia Silvi and Murmina (in the fourth and fifth generations, respectively), and Qua the rabbit-type neocollom girl. Not to mention some of the capturable monsters, like the Nekomata-types.
48	* DatingSim: Shades of it. Yeah good luck choosing.
49	* DealWithTheDevil: Played with, although Leonhardt made a deal with Dyshana to protect Ellis, it's for a noble goal and not a selfish one, although somewhere along the generations they tend to not agree.
50	* DecoyProtagonist: Leonhardt is featured in all promotional artwork, getting the main character’s spotlight. [[spoiler:He's not; it's his great-great grandson, Rex.]]
51	* DegradedBoss: [[spoiler:The Dark Knight, at first he is like some kind of TheJuggernaut for the party, but when they realizes that he's just a GiantMook all along he becomes less threatening.]]
52	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Hmm… [[spoiler:Did you just kick an evil god's ass?]]
53	** [[spoiler:Not just one of 'em. '''Six of them!''']]
54	** ''VideoGame/AgarestSenki2'' also does this one '''in the opening!''' According to the gameplay however, it was a bad idea to punch out [[spoiler:[[FinalBoss Summerill]] and [[TrueFinalBoss Chaos]]]].
55	* DiscOneNuke:
56	** Leo in the first generation. He has pretty good stats and in the last party of generation (or early if you grind enough) he gets the Energy skill, one of the best of the game, which gives extra AP for everyone in his extended area.
57	** Ellis and Borgnine. The former is a pretty strong mage and has a very useful level 1 extra skill which hits hard and have decent range. The latter is a strong tank which can take a lot of psychical hits and can hit hard. Both are pretty good party member for almost all generations and are decent enough for post-game too.
58	** The Ice Rod. You can get it pretty early and is easy to alchemy. The only downside is having three water slots which is useless in the beginning of the game, but in other hand it has pretty good magical stats and is a perfect weapon to give to Ellis, Vira-Lorr or other mage.
59	* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Leonhardt dreams that he is killed by a BlackKnight. Guess what happens three minutes later.
60	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: ''TOO DAMN MANY TO COUNT'', but here are some examples. Beware: you might get the wrong ideas (or the right ones).
61	** Vira-Lorr's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLkFBsPMrGk&feature=related idea for curing hangovers]].
62	** Yayoi… See yumyum at the bottom for that.
63	** Luana [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKBbkmcW2-U&feature=related with new clothes]].
64	** Fiana's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHobfM_Vrm4 training ideas]].
65	* DoubleEntendre: The first boss is Jumbo Cock. [[spoiler:It's a giant evil chicken, you pervs!]]
66	** A lot of the dating sim dialogues are built with {{double entendre}}s rivaling ''VideoGame/EndlessFrontier'' and ''[[VideoGame/ExaPico Ar tonelico]]''.
67	* DualBoss: In Fifth Generation, the Gurgs start appearing in [=caster/melee=] pairs.
68	%%* EarnYourHappyEnding: It took 5 generations but you finally did. Or [[BittersweetEnding did you]]?
69	* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler:Melchior, oh God Melchior! First he ordered the annihilation of all elves and the syriums, then wage war to the other countries and he also forms an alliance with some evil monsters, and if you read his profile you'll know that he and his father is also the one that killed Leonhardt's family before the game even begins, and yet everyone seems to gone all forgiving him in the end! Oh, and do I already mention that he has no [[FreudianExcuse sympathetic past]] and he [[MyMasterRightOrWrong just following his]] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed king]]?]]
70	* EndgamePlus: Only available in the [[spoiler:True Ending route.]] After beating Summerill you unlock [[spoiler:access to the Boundary Plane and the fight against the [[TrueFinalBoss all six Dark Gods/Goddesses.]] And there are more things to do after beating them.]]
71	* EroticEating: Happens at least once in every game, involving bananas, sausages and other things. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsCdtS8pVxM As seen here.]]
72	* EleventhHourRanger: [[spoiler:EVERY previous generation’s protagonists and heroines.]]
73	* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:Vashtor.]]
74	* {{Expy}}: Rex (fifth generation) is basically Leonhardt (first generation) with different hair.
75	* FakeLongevity: All games in the series are long enough with the passing through generations aspect of it, but the sheer number of obligatory fights in each one of them makes it longer than it really is, ''really longer''.
76	* FantasticRacism: One of the plot points involving Lavinia and [[spoiler:her mother]]. She is a dark elf and dark elves are not welcome in Lus Soleil, the elf land.
77	* FinalBossNewDimension: More like [[spoiler:[[TrueFinalBoss, New Dimension.]]]] The fight against [[spoiler:Chaos]] happens in [[spoiler:the Boundary Plane.]]
78	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Starting at the end of second generation when [[spoiler:Vashtor silently look at Dark Knight after the battle]]. During the third generation more hints are given to player and in fourth generation becomes very clear he is working to [[spoiler:Dark Forces]].
79	* FriendToAllChildren: Implied. During the "Nine Questions Event" at the end of first generation, Luana ask why Leo is very nice to Ellis. If you answer "I like all children", Luana and Elaine affection increase.
80	* GambitPileup: Let's just say [[spoiler:Mobius, Chaos, and Summerill's plans collided with each other]] and go on from there.
81	* GenderEqualEnsemble: The final party in the fifth generation is made up of nine men and nine women. Subverted if you bring back all of the potential marionettes, in which case the women will outnumber the men, though these characters don't participate in the story in any way.
82	* GenerationXerox: The next generation's protagonist appearance will be based on who his mother was and will take up the same quest his father had. Rinse and repeat until one of them kills the final boss.
83	* GenkiGirl: Qua
84	* GodIsEvil: The Six Gods of Darkness. While some are "not that evil", they want the dark forces to be dominant.
85	* GoThroughMe: In the last chapter, after beating one of the (otherwise redeemable) villains, Murmina wants to take revenge on said villain for committing genocide against her people. However, the main hero stands between them and asks Murmina to go through him, if she wants her revenge. He knows she is not a bad person at heart, but wants to see if she is really as consumed by hatred and the thirst for vengeance as she claims. [[spoiler:His bet pays off, as Murmina is incapable of exacting her revenge if that is the price.]]
86	* GuardianEntity: Borgnine is this to Ellis.
87	* GuestStarPartyMember: Kasibal during the first fights of first generation.
88	* GuideDangIt:
89	** The [[spoiler:True Ending path]] is '''really''' easy to miss since you have to keep track of where the KarmaMeter is at and making sure you don't grind too much since a high "turn count" (battles fought) '''will''' lock you out of getting it. (Though exploiting an Exploration Point's random encounter will '''not''' add to the turn count, so one can exploit that without fear of raising the turn counter) It requires the player to be the player's morality to be in "Neutral" and have defeated the FinalBoss [[spoiler:(actually a DiscOneFinalBoss) before the turn counter reaches 500.]]
90	** The CG collection is another thing, specially, how to get the [[OnceASeason generation exclusive]][[HotSpringsEpisode Hot Springs CG]]. These require you to have a certain amount of [[RelationshipValues affinity with one or more of the possible wives]] and have reached a certain point of the game before reaching a certain amount of turns, often with a certain alignment on the KarmaMeter (The Hot Springs CG always require to have max affinity with all possible wives). However, all these certain values are hidden from the player.
91	** Most of alchemy, considering the game doesn't have a bestiary to show which items the enemies drops.
92	* GunsAreWorthless: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], albeit in an [[PlayingWithATrope unusual way]]. Statwise, gun users tend to be quite [[MasterOfNone underwhelming on many levels]] and Breaks do the ranged weapon better thanks to DenialOfDiagonalAttack on part of guns, but they make up for it by being able to [[OneHitPolyKill damage every unit in their line of attack when using physical attacks]].
93	* HappilyEverAfter: Certain endings for 5th generation girls. Here's an example: [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbTdZe8vUG0 Ellis's with Rex.]]]]
94	* TheHero: Leohardt and his descendants but with an interesting twist: [[spoiler:depending on who you choose as your [[LoveInterests girl to marry]], the descendants have different appearances; one could have blonde, black, or blue hair, long, short, etc..., or completely different appearances altogether.]]
95	* HeroicLineage: There are five generations of heroes, and you get to play each one.
96	* HeroicSacrifice: Well... in a sense. [[spoiler:When Leonhardt made the pact about his descendants, he pledged them to be seals to contain various evil gods/goddesses. Way to go stupid Ancestor; you screwed your descendants over royally.]]
97	** However, in the [[spoiler:True Ending route]] of the Digest mode of Record of Agarest War Zero, [[spoiler:while he does ask for forgiveness from his descendants, he never once regretted his decision on that day to become a Soul Vessel for Dyshana. And besides, if Dyshana never showed up, none of his descendants would be alive anyway.]]
98	* HeroesPreferSwords: Leonhardt uses swords. Soul breeding will typically result in his descendants using them as well.
99	* HotSpringsEpisode: Present throughout the generations. Totally worth the dark karma.
100	* IdenticalGrandson: Rex can pretty much identical to his distant ancestor Leonhardt except for the hair color.
101	* ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty
102	* InfinityMinusOneSword: There's a sword named [[InfinityPlusOneSword Shining Light]], to get it you have to: 1) Get to the [[spoiler:True Ending route;]] 2) Have two swords that costs more than 300000 G combined; 3) Have an item that you get by beating a boss in TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon; 4) Beat [[spoiler:five over-leveled Dark Gods/Goddesses.]] In the other side you have the less powerful [[spoiler:Leo's sword, which you automatically get by fulfilling the first step, though considering it has a good deal of combo-type skill slots, one can counter that the [[ImmortalBreaker Oathsworn]] is already an InfinityPlusOne sword, which it '''truly is'''.]]
103	** Though if you're just looking for pure physical power, the extra STR given by Leo's Sword makes it stronger than the Shining Light, but just barely.
104	* InfinityPlusOneSword: The "god's weapons" which are dropped by the Gods if you overkill them.
105	* InjuredVulnerability: Monsters need to be low on health before you can capture them.
106	* InstantDeathRadius: Midas will kill any party member within 2 squares with Phoenix Strike. No exceptions.
107	* InterfaceSpoiler: There are some, in pretty much all games so far, in the Gallery; specifically in the characters bio, party members will get an entry in the database as soon as they're introduced, there's the possibility that this member will do something of importance in the next generation, which usually is tied to TheHero of said generation, and the information about it will be available as soon as their general info became available in the Gallery; of course this is reserved for the supporting cast, TheProtagonist and LoveInterests of the given generation are free of this.
108	* InterspeciesRomance: Each of the generations that has a RomanceSidequest has at least one non-human girl as an option. Leonhardt (first generation) has a Syrium named Fyuria (basically a flat chested Elf). Ladius (second generation) has Sherufanir, a CuteMonsterGirl HalfHumanHybrid. Thoma (third generation) has Lavinia or Faina, sisters and High Elf/Dark Elf hybrids. Finally, Duran (fourth generation) has Silvi, a [[WingedHumanoid Featherfolk]].
109	* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: Played with it. In the first generation, Melchior taunts Leo for a one-to-one fight and you have the option to accept it (although the choice doesn't matter since it's a duel boss with the King). In the fourth generation, Duran wanted to face [[spoiler:Vashtor]] but he flees to another continent after his plain fails. Can be played straight in the fifth generation if you let Murmina take revenge on [[spoiler:Vashtor]].
110	* JumpedAtTheCall:
111	** First Generation:
112	*** Leo but he had no choice considering he was about to die when Dyshana made the offer.
113	*** Vira-Lorr because she is too bored with her life.
114	** Second Generation:
115	*** Sharona, like Vira-Lorr, got bored with her position as chieftain in the Syriumville and joined the group to leave her boring life behind.
116	** Third Generation:
117	*** Plum and Gantz joined the group to prove they are the most skilled ones to build the artifact which is going to save Winfield.
118	*** Noah. She loves new adventures and that's why she joined Thoma's group.
119	** Fourth Generation:
120	*** Qua because she is a heroine wannabe.
121	*** Reverie because she wanted to help the party with the Rainbow Shard and also because she wanted to travel around the world (to the point of calling herself a "stray yulishee").
122	* KarmaMeter: The simplified version.
123	* LastRequest: This is a recurring theme after the defeat of a "anti-villain" character:
124	** After getting defeated by Leo, Kasibal ask to him to save Gridamas since he was unable to do so because he is a soldier and his duty is to follow orders without thinking about them.
125	** [[spoiler:Midas]] in the Third Generation. [[spoiler:He asks Alberti to take care of his daughter.]]
126	** [[spoiler:Keith]] in the Fourth Generation. [[spoiler:He asks Silvi to lie to him but she denies the request. Keith understands her reasons to deny it though.]]
127	* LevelGrinding: Some grinding to required to beat the crap outta [[spoiler:an evil God that basically started this whole Spirit Vessel idea.]] Especially on Hard difficulty.
128	* LimitBreak: Under certain conditions like low health, high SP, etc... your character can pull off a high damage special attack that is basically this.
129	** More specifically there are certain passive abilities that greatly increase damage at low health, and all characters gain three unique attacks that can only be used with large amounts of SP, which is gained in small amounts by attacking and being attacked as well as massive amounts to all party members by having characters die. [[DesperationAttack If both low HP and high SP are met on characters with the right passives]] they can easily destroy an enemy hundreds of levels over them in a single blow.
130	* LoveConfession: Present throughout the generations; Leonhardt's descendants must choose a girl to marry.
131	* LoveInterests: Each protagonist has three potential brides per generation except for the last guy, who gets his pick from any of the single women who weren't a previous love interest.
132	* MagicKnight: The "battle mage" type of character. Despite not having a formerly class, all characters with similar STR and INT stats and which uses a Knight weapon qualifies. Ladius, Thoma, Duran and Rex could be one. Lavinia is a canon example.
133	* MagicSkirt: Despite all the sexual fanservice the game throws at you, you will never get a panty shot from any of the girls. Even when tentacles are involved.
134	* MassiveRaceSelection: This game's got humans, syriums, high elves, dark elves, onerthes', neocolloms, ryulents, larvas, greers, nelths, harpuias and yulishees.
135	* MasterSwordsman: Leonhardt and his descendants are this.
136	** ...Provided who you chose as a wife in the previous generation would allow said descendants to wield swords.
137	* MetalSlime: Golden Bats. They typically have levels far higher than normal for the area you're in, but have roughly the same health as the monsters you should be fighting, so if you can end the fight quickly you can see roughly a 600% or higher bonus to your rewards. However their Will Powers make it so they take significantly reduced damage from everything, they naturally resist magic, and once they hit 25% health physical attacks no longer work. Oh, and they [[RegeneratingHealth regenerate 20% of their health a turn]], can [[LifeDrain drain your health]], and can [[TheMedic easily fully heal all of the other enemies while they're at it.]] If the fight goes too long, expect to see a penalty on your rewards, rather than the standard reward you could've gotten had they just not been there.
138	** Your {{Limit Break}}s help quite a bit toward getting through that 25% phase--they bypass the aforementioned Parry willpower entirely. On that note, the Accuracy willpower works too as long as that character can lead off the attacks and generate that much SP quickly enough.
139	* ModestyBedsheet: Appears in every generations ending.
140	* MontyHaul: Bought all the [[DownloadableContent DLCs]]? Congratulations, now nothing can stop you from annihilating all enemies from Gen 1 to Gen 4.
141	* MoodDissonance: For all the sexy scenes the game likes to advertise with, the story is a fairly serious war drama. Which makes it all the more jarring when the scene shifts to a bunnygirl fellating a banana.
142	* MoodWhiplash: The mood at the end of Generation 4? Hopeful, and on a high note. And then you're shunted to the beginning of Generation 5, where the very first thing you get to hear is how screwed everything is on the demon-fortified continent, how the best resistance against the forces of darkness fell ten years ago and started the decline, and how victory is highly unlikely, even if one could pull off the herculean task of uniting the remaining human countries in spite of the myriad of demon fortresses.
143	** Oh this game has a ton of these. Just check the MoodDissonance trope.
144	* MoreFriendsMoreBenefits: It is possible, [[GuideDangIt with judicious use of a guide]] to have all 3 love interests at intimacy 5 (blushing) at the end of every generation. It's even required to unlock some events.
145	* MultipleEndings: Four endings: [[spoiler:True]], two variations of Normal, and Bad.
146	* MySisterIsOffLimits: Lavinia tries this with Thoma. It doesn't work.
147	* {{Ninja}}: First generation love interest Fyuria fits this trope.
148	** Beatrice fits this better, considering two of her unique abilities specifically state that they're Ninja Arts.
149	* NewSeasonNewName: Leo's Golden Sword seems to change each games, in the first it's named Leo's Sword, in ZERO it's named Treasure Sword of Oath, and in the second it's named Werdefahrt.
150	* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Leonhardt knocks the dark knight off a cliff at the end of the first generation. He's back in the second generation [[spoiler:as Vashtor]].
151	* NoPointsForNeutrality: Averted. The best ending requires a Neutral karma meter.
152	* NonStandardCharacterDesign: The 3D monsters. Unlike the standard monsters, they are "giant" monster who fill several squares in the field.
153	* OddNameOut: Ellis, Alice and...Fiona?
154	* OldSaveBonus: If you have a cleared data on Agarest 1, you can use it to import data to Agarest Zero. Likewise, ''VideoGame/AgarestSenki2'' will also be using this setup by importing data from Agarest Zero.
155	* OneStatToRuleThemAll: Vitality. While all the stats have their use based on character builds, Vitality is necessary for all of them since, in addition to increasing defense, it also increases the amount of HP gained per level, and (this is NOT applied retroactively). As such it is best to put in as many points as possible into this stat, while leaving some for other stats.
156	* OurElvesAreDifferent: For one, they seem to age to a certain point and then stop; and two, they're not always called elves.
157	* OptionalSexualEncounter: Played with, you have to marry one of the girls in the current generation where you are treated to a scene of them with nothing but bedsheets. One of the few [[EasternRPG JRPGs]] to let the player have sex with their love interest.
158	* PalsWithJesus: Borgnine not only is one of the first characters to join your party, but also happens to be a [[OurGodsAreDifferent Larva]], a lesser god.
159	* PermanentlyMissableContent: Several events and even the [[spoiler:True Ending]] can be missable if you don't meet specific conditions which aren't hinted during the game.
160	* PimpedOutDress: Given all the pretty ladies, this trope shoes up several times, from mini dresses with frill and trimmings, to grand dresses, including {{Fairytale Wedding Dress}}es.
161	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Thoma gives a fairly impressive one to a racist elf.
162	--> '''[=Young Elf=]''': B-But... had she not brought you here, none of this would have happened! Even if the dark elf did not draw the monsters herself, this is still her fault!
163	--> '''[=Thoma=]''': A slow mind will never win a woman's heart, you know. Besides, she has a name--Lavinia. And a pretty name at that. Perhaps you could be a gentleman and use it?
164	--> '''[=Young Elf=]''': Be silent, outsider! You know nothing of us! You should not profess opinions on that which you do not understand!
165	--> '''[=Thoma=]''': I may be an outsider, but I hardly see why that deserves such an exaggerated display of emotion. And where, may I ask, were you, while we were fighting to save your village? While Lavinia was fighting desperately to save your village? How pathetic you are, to cast blame on one who risked her life to protect yours. Elf, dark elf, it matters not. A woman is a woman. There are women who surpass me in strength. There are those who I surpass. But many women do not know how to fight. If you are strong, what is your obligation as a man? What must you do when women are in danger? Do you cast aside those whom you do not care for, and abandon them to their fate? Or do you give aid to women in peril, regardless of whether you love or hate them? How can you call yourself a man when you hide from danger and tell the person who saved you to leave? You, my friend, are not only a failure as a man, but as a person as well.
166	* RegionalBonus: The North American version came out 9 months after the European version, and fixed much of that version's BlindIdiotTranslation. This version also lets you grind in a dungeon without spending turns.
167	* RelationshipValues: The better a potential love interest likes that generation's protagonist, the better stats their son gets in the next.
168	* ReplacementGoldfish: Ellis denies it but it's pretty much obvious that she loves Rex because he looks like Leonhardt.
169	* SchoolSwimsuit: In a event at the end of fourth generation, Hilda loses a bet with Winfield and was forced to wear one.
170	* SeriousBusiness: Winfield (and later Thoma) takes peeking girls at hot spring too seriously, to the point he thinks it's worth dying for. This is lampshaded in the last generation hot springs where all male party members completely understand Winfield has to do it.
171	* SexSells: The US marketing campaign for the game actually managed to exaggerate the amount of {{Fanservice}} ''in the game'' -- there's a lot of it, but from the promotions, you'd think the game contained nothing else. This managed to backfire spectacularly -- at least one store was reported to sell the special edition wrapped in white paper with the warning that it is the "(Adult Only) Special Edition."
172	* SiblingYinYang: Fyuria has light-based attacks, her brother Zerva has darkness-based attacks. Together, they have a powerful YinYangBomb.
173	* {{Stripperiffic}}:
174	** Fyuria wear TooManyBelts, and not a lot else.
175	** Sherufanir wears a dress that combines an ImpossiblyLowNeckline with a window in the front to show off her garter-belt.
176	* SurplusDamageBonus: Overkilling enemies guarantees an item drop, in addition the enemy's normal random drop.
177	* SwordOfPlotAdvancement: Leonhardt's Sword, you'll need it.
178	* TakeOffYourClothes: After an earthquake swallows Ladius and one of the heroines they end up in a cave and fall into an underground river. Once he assesses the situation, Ladius concludes that they should probably wait for rescue. However, since they are soaking wet the cold is a major problem, so, to best conserve heat, Ladius promptly asks the heroine to remove her clothes, to varying levels of confusion and embarrassment on her part.
179	* TechPoints: Agarest has the PP (Party Points) which you can freely use to increase any individual character's stats.
180	* TheThreeFacesOfEve:
181	** Downplayed in the first generation. Dyshana is a distant mom whose main purpose is to help guide the group to defeat the forces of darkness but Leo is the one who make the decisions. Vira-Lorr has the seductress appearance and make a lot of snark comments, but she doesn't flirt with Leo and is only here to overcome her boredom. Ellis although definitely qualify as the child.
182	** Played straight with the second generation heroines. Valeria is the wife, being a very disciplined soldier who calls out Ladius when she feel he is doing something wrong despite loving him. Sherufanir is the seductress in a sexy outfit who loves to flirt with Ladius. Yayoi is the child, innocent and timid character.
183	** Played with it with the fourth generation heroines. Hilda and Silvi have the seductress outfit but are the mother and the child respectively. The former for being a wise pirate, [[AFatherToHisMen a mother to her men]] and the latter for joining the group just to fulfill her dream to travel around the world, abandoning her home. Ryuryu has the appearance of a child, but is the seductress who loves to provoke Duran with snark comments and sometimes likes to flirt with him.
184	* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill: There's is an overkill message if you do so, and a good item attained when doing them.
185	* ThirdEye: Vira-Lorr has one. This is a characteristic of her race.
186	* TimedMission: The [[spoiler:True Ending]] is locked out if you take more than 500 turns to get there.
187	* TimeSkip: The story spans 5 generations, so this is a must.
188	* TokenEvilTeammate: Vashtor, as if it wasn't obvious.
189	* TranslationTropes: The text gets a full translation, but there was no voice acting done so all the characters speak in Japanese.
190	* TrueCompanions: Each generation gets their own.
191	** The first generation fits this more than the rest however.
192	* {{Tsundere}}:
193	** The "canon brides" are all tsunderes (Fyuria, Valeria, Lavinia and Hilda), with Valeria and Lavinia being the most violent ones.
194	** Duran, the hero of fourth gen, is a male example, especially in the beginning of the journey..
195	* UnwantedHarem:
196	** Played with near the end, basically there are more female than male party members and as such it comes to this. Especially in the last generation with Rex who is basically Leonhardt 2.0 with ''ALL'' the girls who the others before him never married or fought alongside.
197	** Actually weaponized in the combo EX Pink Poison. Queuing up the level 2 EX of Rex, Qua, Beatrice, Murmina, Plum, and Reverie plays a skit in which the five of them confront Rex as he faces down the targeted monster. They then begin glowing with menacing auras and charge at him in a BigBallOfViolence. Rex narrowly escapes. The monster is not so lucky...
198	* UpdatedRerelease: Reappearance added in more voicing, upgraded the visuals, added in the gallery, as well as new items and a new dungeon. Zero's Digest Mode for the first game cut out all non-story battles, locked onto the [[spoiler:True End]], and added in new scenes to the [[PlayableEpilogue post-game content]] that imply or outright state relations between characters in the two games [[spoiler:such as Shernini being the founder of Sharona's hometown and Alice being Ellis's ancestor or even mother.]]
199	* UsedToBeASweetKid: Fyuria admits that when she was a kid when there are no wars, she used to be a ''very'' cute generic girl, all she wants is a doll and making a flower crown. Aww...
200	* WeAreAsMayflies: Of all the races presented in-game, humans are the only ones that noticeably age over the generations.
201	* WeHaveReserves: Have to [[spoiler:sacrifice your life to seal one of the five pillars in the world?]] No worry! [[spoiler:Make children and let them carry on your task!]]
202	* WhamEpisode: Sure, you can see [[spoiler:Vashtor's]] betrayal coming from a mile away. What you don't get to see is that [[spoiler:he kidnaps Ellis, one of your GameBreaker units, and now you have to contend with [[GoddamnedBoss Keith]] without her.]]
203	* WifeHusbandry: In the last generation, most of Rex's harem consists of the girls that raised him ever since he was born. Beatrice and Murmina are the only exception.
204	* WolfpackBoss: Once you're used to killing DualBoss Gurgs, the game throws four of them at you in one fight.
205	-->'''Winfield:''' "What a warm welcome! I confess, I am touched. Does it feel as though we have entered their stronghold yet?"
206	* YouAreAlreadyDead: A key mechanic to the games; You can continue to attack an enemy long after it's died, as long as you keep the attacks going with the intent to push the enemy into [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill Overkill]] for [[RandomDrop extra items]] needed to improve your equipment. Once you stop, the enemy, or enemies, will die one by one. [[ShoutOut This is also the name of an achievement for getting a 650 hit chain on an enemy in Zero.]]
207	* YouCantFightFate: [[spoiler:Bad ending has this.]]
208	* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Congratulations! [[spoiler:After dozens upon dozens of hours worth of playtime, you've finally reached the end of the fifth generation and have defeated the FinalBoss who was responsible for the evil that occurred throughout the game. Time to sit back and enjoy the ending? NOPE! Now you have to take care of 5 sealed gods and the ''real'' [[TrueFinalBoss final boss]]]].
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