Line #31 VideoGame/TooSpicy


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3	Also known as ''2Spicy'', ''Too Spicy'' is a LightGunGame made by Creator/{{Sega}} that is notable for also having characteristics of a Third Person Shooter. It was released on April 2007.
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5	In it, the player controls one of six Terminator-esque humanoid robots (Laurence, Ming-Hua, Charlie, Alexander, SICKS and Tetsuya) in either a one or two player versus duel mode or a story mode. The story is set in [=20XX=], where the player character dives into the criminal underworld to chase after Shadow, a man who carries The Boss' inheritance.
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7	The game differs from other light gun shooters in that it not only provides versus multiplayer, but is controlled from a third-person perspective that allows you to control your characters' movements on a 2D plane with foot pedals. Think ''VideoGame/VirtualOn'' as a light gun game.
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9	The gameplay usually consists of duels between two characters, constantly shifting between cover objects in order to gain the upper hand. The game also has a remarkably long play-time for an arcade game, with the versus mode easily taking around 30 to 50 minutes to complete on $2.00, and the story mode (which is unique for each character) taking even longer for the same amount of money.
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11	The game also features heavy use of Hong Kong action movie-style effects and locales, and each of its characters represent action movie or game archetypes.
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14	!!Tropes:
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16	* AnimeHair: Tetsuya provides a mild example with his bleached hairstyle, but the giant, over-the-top ''thing'' on Charlie's head is a definite contender.
17	* AmbiguouslyGay: Charlie is a personification of this trope.
18	* BottomlessMagazines: Averted, each character's weapons have unique magazine sizes, and they are forced to reload each time they run out.
19	* BoomHeadshot: Every character can zoom into a target by keeping their croshair on them for long enough, and when zoomed in, the shooter can deliver a crippling Boom Headshot (complete with giant yellow text and sound effect) that rips off much of the opponent's face and knocks them down (but not always out).
20	* TheDragon: SICKS plays this role to Shadow in the story mode, and one of your copies plays this role in VS. mode.
21	* DueltotheDeath: All of the gameplay besides bonus missions consists of this.
22	* {{Expy}}: Shadow may be an example, as he dresses entirely in black, has a burst-fire handgun, and has a similar hairstyle and voice to a [[VideoGame/SonictheHedgehog certain angsty hedgehog with the same name]], who is also from a SEGA game.
23	* FiringOneHanded: Tetsuya, Charlie and SICKS all follow this school of thought.
24	* FragileSpeedster: Charlie, having the highest speed out of the entire cast, but not much in defense or attack.
25	* GenreMashup: Basically, it's a LightGunGame combined with a FightingGame.
26	* GunsAkimbo: Ming-Hua does this with her dual Beretta 900s pistols.
27	* GlassCannon: Ming-Hua, having respectably high speed (but not as fast as Charlie) and attack, but low defense. Sicks too, but with even less defense than her.
28	* GlowingEyesofDoom: Every character does this before a fight, and if they win, immediately after. It seems that they can activate their Glowing Eyes of Doom by will.
29	* HandCannon: SICK's Raging Bull magnum revolver is an example.
30	* InvisibilityCloak: SICKS can become invisible whenever moving between cover objects. The game camera also assists him with this, as it doesn't follow him until he re-appears. The stage that you fight him on (a subway station), also assists him with constantly moving, stage-obscuring trains.
31	* JackOfAllStats: Tetsuya, who has perfectly even stats across the board.
32	* LeapAndFire: Any player can do this by double-tapping the foot pedal.
33	* MightyGlacier: Lawrence, having the highest attack and defense, and nothing else. Alexander is this to a lesser extreme than Lawrence.
34	* MirrorMatch: The second-last character in VS. mode is a palette swapped mirror of the character you are playing as. This encounter is actually harder than the final boss, as a great deal of gameplay is based off each characters unique attributes, and thus fighting against your character is understandably a contender for ThatOneBoss.
35	* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Every character in the game.
36	* StandardFPSGuns: Played straight, with a handgun, dual pistols, revolver, shotgun, SMG, burst-fire pistol, grenade launcher and scoped pistol which acts like a sniper rifle. However, each weapon has its own strengths and balances each other out, and the game also uses a remarkable amount of handguns -5 out of 8 weapons.
37	* {{Yakuza}}: Tetsuya, who's been controlling the RD-01 even while in life imprisonment.

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