Line #16 VideoGame/TheLastResurrection


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tlrtvt_3284.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:This ain't your Sunday school teacher's Jesus.]]
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4	->''Some Xians have played this game and loved it admitting it challenged their beliefs and for some it made them see things differently/learn. I take plenty of ish from the old Polytheistic Jewish writtings....yes you heard me right...POLYTHEISTIC!!''
5	-->-- '''[[http://web.archive.org/web/20030427215600/http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=1676 Sean J. Nichols]]'''
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7	''The Last Resurrection'' is an independently developed Windows game from 2002 made by Sean J. Nichols, released in four chapters. The most notable thing about it is its massively anti-Christian slant, with Jesus as the main villain. Part one is set during the first century CE and details Christ's first plan for world domination; part two is set in the Middle Ages; part three is set in 19th-century Transylvania and reveals that {{Dracula}} was working for Jesus, and part four is set during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, in which Jesus pals about with Hitler. The main characters are a range of succubi and vampires.
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9	The game can be downloaded [[https://archive.org/details/TheLastResurrection.7z/ here]].
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11	!!This game provides examples of:
12	* AnachronismStew: Characters speak in a curiously modern manner (Jody, the daughter of a 19th century nobleman, comes out with lines like "I have a major headache" "No way!" and "Eww, sick"); however, as most of the game takes place outside the English-speaking world, this can be passed off as TranslationConvention. Less easy to handwave are the bowls of chilli that Dracula feeds his human prisoners with - a rather literal example of this trope...
13	* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Just LOOK at that dialogue in the image above.
14	* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Jesus is an anti-Semite and supports the Holocaust.[[note]]''Although it's debatable if Nichols knew this, actual Nazi theology (yes, there was such a thing)'' did ''say that Jesus descended from Heaven as a full-blooded Aryan to crusade against Judaism.''[[/note]]
15	** Also, the official website gives his full name as "Jesus H. Christ". That's an expletive, not his real name, and even if he ''did'' have the middle initial of "H", it certainly wouldn't stand for ''Happy'' - however, this is almost certainly one of Nichols' oddly-placed gags.
16	** He also attributes witch hunts and crusades to 'Christians' in general what most definitely raised many a brow among people aware of Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
17	* AuthorFilibuster: "The Christian Empire has further plans of taking over the world and killing anyone who doesn't accept their ways... They will wipe out more than 70% percent ''[sic]'' of the worlds ''[sic]'' population since for example they kill women all the time saying they are 'witches' which 95% of the time isn't true."
18	* AuthorTract: The designer doesn't like Christianity very much, and it shows.
19	* BeardOfEvil: Judas, the only good Apostle, is also the only one to be clean-shaven.
20	* BigBad: Jesus is the main villain of the game.
21	* CardCarryingVillain: Jesus. Not only does he [[spoiler:murder Kalista's mother, but he rapes her as well and threatens Kalista with the same]].
22	* CastFullOfGay: The website's [[http://www.hinph.com/thelastresurrection/characters.html character biographies]] helpfully list everyone's sexual orientations, and it can be seen that most of the protagonists are either bisexual or lesbian, while almost all of the villains are straight. The latter makes sense as the bad guys are aligned with Nazism and fundamentalist Christianity.
23	* ContinuitySnarl: The presence of Dracula suggests a shared continuity with Stoker's novel, although it's not entirely clear from the game itself how the two fit together. Dracula's [[http://www.hinph.com/thelastresurrection/bdracula.html biography]] on the official website, meanwhile, seems to rule the idea out altogether. It also shows that this Dracula has no connection to his historical namesake, despite being referred to as "Dracula Vlad Tepes".
24	* CorruptChurch: Given the general tone of the game, it's not surprising.
25	* CutsceneBoss: [[spoiler:One of the heroes assassinates Hitler in the ending sequence.]]
26	* DemBones: Curiously, part of episode 4 (set during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII) sees you navigating a cave while being attacked by undead skeletons. They don't appear anywhere else in the game, and no explanation is given as to how they were revived.
27	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Sure, you have a little ice magic, but your main weapon during the final battle with Jesus is basically a pointy stick.
28	* {{Dracula}}: And apparently he's PalsWithJesus. Go figure.
29	* TheDragon: Sir Kael, Dracula and Hitler are all candidates for the title.
30	* {{Expospeak}}: It gets thicker as the game progresses.
31	* {{Fartillery}}: A most likely unintentional example occurs during the final boss fight. Jesus sprouts wings and flies around shooting fireballs at you; however, as he's always flying ''away'' from the player, the fireballs appear to be coming out of his backside.
32	* FinalBossPreview: Jesus serves as the last boss in episode one.
33	* {{Ghostapo}}: The Nazis team up with Jesus, angelic Apostles and Dracula.
34	* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: One of the World War II bosses is a big orange dinosaur that happens to be living in a cave.
35	* GodIsEvil: Not only is Jesus the game's central villain, but his dad appears in the backstory a couple of times and is portrayed as a bit of a jerk.
36	* GodIsInept: In the game's backstory God punishes Lilith by transforming her from an ordinary human to a succubus; it is later revealed that the demonic Lilith is powerful enough to overthrow God. Dropped the ball there, Yahweh.
37	* GreaterScopeVillain: God can be said to be indirectly responsible for the conflict, given that Jesus is his son.
38	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Judas Iscariot.]]
39	* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Judas Iscariot.
40	* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Jesus and his 11 faithful apostles, and to a lesser extent Vlad Dracula.
41	* KungFuJesus: The winged, fireball-hurling Jesus can be seen as an example, although he arguably subverts the trope by being an ''evil'' Kung Fu Jesus.
42	* MadeOfExplodium: In part one a single blow from a sharp implement will send a person's limbs flying off in all directions.
43	* MoralGuardians: The designer, Sean J. Nichols, has [[http://www.create-games.com/forum_post.asp?id=37079 claimed]] that a now-defunct site run by a pastor named Jim Nicholls personally denounced him because of the game. The site can be [[http://web.archive.org/web/20061122171756/http://www.truechristian.com/seannichols.html accessed]] through Archive.org; as it is clearly a [[PoesLaw parody]], and what's more, it [[http://web.archive.org/web/20061122165645/www.truechristian.com/kidzjob.html contains images remarkably similar]] to Sean's sprite work, this is more likely an example of ViralMarketing.
44	* {{Novelization}}: Nichols wrote a novel based on the game which was [[http://www.hinph.com/story/ published online]]. Well, it was billed as a novel, but is written in a curious manner which resembles the script for a radio play more than anything else. For some reason, the chapter adapting episode 3 of the game can only be [[http://web.archive.org/web/20041021204549/www.hinph.com/story/10.html accessed via Archive.org]]; chapter four, meanwhile, [[OrphanedSeries doesn't appear to have been adapted at all]]. As Nichols now [[http://www.elfwood.com/~vxseanxv/profile.html claims]] to spend most of his time on ''VideoGame/SecondLife'' (where his pals know him as "Earalia Nolan") this could be chalked up to an OrphanedSeries of sorts.
45	* OffWithHisHead: Sir Kael decapitates his victims, including [[spoiler:Kalista]]. Jesus also beheads [[spoiler:Lilith]].
46	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: At least one of them is. In episode 4, [[spoiler:Dracula is revived by Jesus as an angel]].
47	* PedophilePriest: When you investigate a flapping curtain in a church, this text appears: "You hear the sound of a old man ''[sic]'' moaning in bliss and a young boy screaming in pain."
48	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Being involved in the Holocaust isn't enough; the villains are often casually sexist. "Silly girl! God doesn't like a woman who speaks her little mind," says Dracula.
49	* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The Apostles.
50	* ReligionOfEvil: The game's version of Christianity certainly fits the bill.
51	* ReligionIsWrong: During the ending sequence [[StrawCharacter one character]] flat-out states that the abolition of religion will bring about world peace.
52	* ReligiousVampire: Count Dracula is one of Jesus Christ's followers and definitely not a good guy.
53	* RougeAnglesOfSatin: The game's text contains quite a few slip-ups, such as a helpful reminder to "wath your energy bar" and the consistent spelling of "torture" as "torcher". One HilariousInHindsight example comes when Dracula's daughter speaks of "Nazi [[Film/InglouriousBasterds basterds]]".
54	* SatanIsGood: Lucifer is a benign figure who was wrongly punished for criticising God.
55	* StrawmanPolitical: Pretty much the whole game. Also Jesus accuses Judas Iscariot of being a "liberal".
56	* SuccubiAndIncubi: Succubi feature prominently, incubi slightly less so.
57	* TragicMonster: Subverted. When a human protagonist is turned into a vampire, it's portrayed as a good thing.
58	* VampireHunter: Edward. [[spoiler:Until he [[TranshumanTreachery becomes a]] [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie vampire himself.]]]]
59	* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: Averted; the final battle between Jesus Christ and the forces of Satan takes place outside a small cottage in rural Germany. Hmm.
60	* WhatMeasureIsAMook: In episode 4, our heroine, Valerie, must steal a magic gem from a museum in New York; the game makes it impossible to do this unless every single security guard is murdered (Valerie doesn't sound remotely bothered about the prospect of killing innocent men for doing their jobs: when one of the guards refers to her as "girl" she jauntily replies "wow, I never knew I was that young") The ending sequence sees the heroes waxing lyrical about world peace before killing a room full of Russian soldiers and three more men who were apparently just museum employees, this time for reasons nowhere near adequately justified by the plot.
61	* WifeBasherBasher: Shortly before the final boss, the player character enters a cottage and hears the man of the house threatening to beat his wife; this is taken as justification for the succubus heroine to rape and kill him, also devouring his soul to heal herself. However, she also freezes his wife solid using ice magic, something which was shown to be fatal earlier in the game. You can't win...
62	* WorldOfTechnicolorHair: Quite a few characters have funky-colured hair. [[AnachronismStew This is particularly common in first-century Judea]].
63	* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: "If thy blood of thee protector is't spilt on thy door thou is't granted entrance. Remember thou, if thouest takes thy holy grail from thy holy shrine thou shalt be trapped here forever."

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