History VideoGame / Killer7

** The LifeMeter of the every Smith is an [[EyeMotifs eye]] that closes as you take damage, which iris is [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] if you have thin blood to heal with and [[InnocentBlueEyes blue]] otherwise, At first you may think it just yet another weird stylistic choice among [[MindScrew many]] the game takes [[spoiler: but by the end of the game, it becomes clear it is meant to represent Emir/Garcian's ThirdEye and source of his powers.]]

''[=Killer7=]'' is a 2005 ActionAdventure game for the Platform/NintendoGameCube and UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, developed by Creator/GrasshopperManufacture, and written and directed by Creator/{{Suda 51}} (with ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' alum Creator/ShinjiMikami co-writing), that combines unusual gameplay mechanics and conspiratorial themes in a techno-thriller setting. In an alternate timeline TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, worldwide peace has finally been achieved after a total ban on nuclear weapons and research.[[note]]and [[NewMediaAreEvil the Internet]]. And airplanes.[[/note]] The remaining warheads are fired into space, where they collide and destroy each other.

On May 26 2018, Suda and Grasshopper Manufacture announced [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dphVWNPKCiM&feature=youtu.be an HD port]] of the game to PC, with Creator/NISAmerica in charge of publication. This version released via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in November.

''[=Killer7=]'' is a 2005 ActionAdventure game for the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube and UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, developed by Creator/GrasshopperManufacture, and written and directed by Creator/{{Suda 51}} (with ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' alum Creator/ShinjiMikami co-writing), that combines unusual gameplay mechanics and conspiratorial themes in a techno-thriller setting. In an alternate timeline TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, worldwide peace has finally been achieved after a total ban on nuclear weapons and research.[[note]]and [[NewMediaAreEvil the Internet]]. And airplanes.[[/note]] The remaining warheads are fired into space, where they collide and destroy each other.

** A minor one in Cloudman. [[spoiler: "The name's Andrei Ulmeyda." MomentOfFunny for the first time, TearJerker the second time]].

** Curtis Blackburn throws[[spoiler:his former partner Pedro]] his daughter's severed head. This is merely the last of the many horrors Curtis inflicts on him.

** A minor one in Cloudman. [[spoiler: "The name's Andrei Ulmeyda." MomentofFunny for the first time, TearJerker the second time]].

** A minor one in Cloudman. [[spoiler: "The name's Andrei Ulmeyda." Crowning Moment of Funny the first time, Tear Jerker the second time]].

* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Play ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' a lot using the sniper rifle. Notice how you zoom in using the C-stick and use the Y button to open up your inventory. Now play ''this'' game and use the SniperPistol. The Y button is used to zoom in a pre-set distance, but that's no problem. Unfortunately the C-stick is used to ''reload'', which is a fairly lengthy process. Not fun when you're in a tough fight, less so when you're zoomed in, as said sniper pistol takes even longer to reload when you're aiming.

* DaylightHorror: At least half of the missions take place in sunny locations, like Texas, the Dominican Republic, and a well-lit Amusement Park ([[AmusementParkOfDoom of Doom]]). But since this is a SurrealHorror we're talking about, the bright light emphasizes the bizarre, cel-shaded, technicolor palette, making the world around you only look that much more alien and hostile. In fact, one of the most horrific scenes in the game ([[spoiler:Ulmeyda turning into a Heaven Smile and the ensuing boss fight]]) takes place in the Texas desert in broad daylight.

* DevelopersForesight: [[spoiler:If you somehow manage to go to the final floor of Union Hotel at the end of Smile's second half as any other persona than Garcian (most definitely through hack or glitch), there is a camera at the entrance to force you to transform back to Garcian]].
* DarkMessiah: Ulmeyda. [[spoiler:But he's actually not that bad a guy.]]
* DaylightHorror: Several of the stages take place in the middle of the day. And the bright lighting emphasizes the bizarre, cel-shaded, technicolor palette, making the world around you only look ''that'' much more alien and hostile.
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Before they were alternate personalities, the members of the Smith Syndicate were individual people who ended up being killed and then resurrected through assimilation. This even applies to Harman and Garcian/Emir]].
* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler:The Black Smiles are capable of rendering the Smiths impossible to resurrect.]]

* ProfessionalKiller: The game includes a rogue's gallery of them, including [[ImplacableMan Mask DeSmith]], [[CowboyCop Dan Smith]]. [[KnifeNut Kevin Smith]], [[ColdSniper Kaede Smith]], [[FragileSpeedster Con Smith]], [[DashingHispanic Coyote Smith]], and [[ScaryBlackMan Garcian Smith]].

*** Coyote was supposed to be able to preform a roundhouse kick, that would clear a room full of Smiles.

* ProfessionalKiller: The game includes a rogue's gallery of them, including [[ImplacableMan Mask DeSmith]], [[CowboyCop Dan Smith]]. Kevin Smith]], [[ColdSniper Kaede Smith]], [[FragileSpeedster Con Smith]], [[DashingHispanic Coyote Smith]], and [[ScaryBlackMan Garcian Smith]].

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Dying as Dan, Kaede, Kevin, Coyote, Con or Mask simply transports you back to the last Harman's Room you visited. You can then switch to Garcian and make your way back to the place where the persona got killed, retrieve their head, get transported back to Harman's Room and resurrect it by [[QuickTimeEvent repeatedly pressing A]]. You even get to keep all the blood you've collected. However, this means playing through the same stretch of level at least three times: 1) the original run before dying, 2) as Garcian up to the spot where you died, 3) a third run with the restored persona. Considering that the enemies respawn constantly, and Garcian is the weaker member of [=Killer7=], dying isn't the walk in the park it's supposed to be. And if Garcian himself dies, it's a definitive Game Over.

* ClusterBleepBomb: At one point in in the game, Suzie goes off on a tangent about what she did to some men who made fun of her name, and parts of it get censored out. This is funny for three separate reasons: in the English version, Suzie (like all ghosts) is TheUnintelligible; in the Japanese version, her speech is so full of GratuitousEnglish that it makes no sense ''anyway''; and the game ''doesn't'' censor profanity anywhere else!

* PainfulTransformation: The game features Heaven Smiles as its regular enemies. While some of them are transformed humans, you rarely see the transformations. When you do, they usually feature an instantaneous transformation or an offscreen one. ''Then'' there's [[spoiler: Andrei Ulmeyda]], whose transformation goes like this: [[spoiler: The army, wishing to experiment on him to try and use Smiles as their own weapons, injects potent Heaven Smile tumors into him. The army triggers a small explosion for some reason, but then an even larger explosion occurs and Ulmeyda asks why you didn't kill him at the injection and saying he "can't control this urge to kill." He then screams, his head then flies off his head, his acidic blood (acidic because of all the diseases he infected himself with to create vaccines) kills everyone in the army present, then his blood brings his head back onto his body and pulls up his afro.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Kaede Smith never uses shoes or boots when you're playing as her. This is the reason why her nickname as part of the Killer 7 is "Barefoot", and Iwazaru always refers to her this way.