History TabletopGame / MutantChronicles

* KatanasAreJustBetter: Zig-zagged. Katanas are the best standard-pattern swords. There are several other types of swords, such as claymores forged by clan Gallagher, which are significantly better, but they are either {{Ace Custom}}s or {{AncestralWeapon}}s.

What's it all about? Earth gets too tight for the {{MegaCorp}}s, so after battling for quite a time, they go and colonize the whole inner Solar System (and a few outposts beyond), since AllPlanetsAreEarthLike (MASSIVE terraforming). Sadly, [[TheBritishEmpire Imperial]] colonizers go a planet too far, reaching the mysterious Tenth Planet (named Nero) and unleashing the CosmicHorror - The Dark Soul along with its [[HumanoidAbomination Apostles]] and their [[TheLegionsOfHell Dark Legion]]. People go nuts and form [[ReligionOfEvil evil cults]], the Dark Symmetry makes [[AIIsACrapshoot all sufficiently powerful computers go evil]], [[DemonicInvaders Demonic]] AlienInvaders expand their ranks with {{Squick}}y BodyHorror Shop creations from cybernetic [[TheUndead zombies]] and {{mutants}} of different kinds to Franchise/{{Godzilla}}-sized zombies to biomechanical {{Spider Tank}}s. In short: TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.

''Mutant Chronicles'' is a post-apocalyptic role playing game created by the Swedish company Target Games. It also spawned a semi-successful franchise: two {{Collectible Card Game}}s (''DoomTrooper'' and ''TabletopGame/DarkEden''), three {{Board Game}}s (Fury of the Clansmen, Blood Berets and Doom Troopers: Siege of the Citadel) two tabletop wargames (War Zone and Mutant Chronicles: Collectible Miniatures Game), a VideoGame (''VideoGame/DoomTroopers'', the second one planned to be a RTS in the vein of DawnOfWar was canned), a novel trilogy, a short ComicBook series and a film whose writers apparently just didn't know or [[TheyJustDidntCare Just Didn't Care]], not to say it wasn't still good on its own.

* AndIMustScream: The appropriately named Screaming Legionnaires, one of the fates for those Heretics who aren't saved from TheCorription.

* FateWorseThanDeath: Being processed into any of the Legionnaire or Necromutant variants. Or even "reanimated" into Cybertronic service... when your original Corporation manages to capture you alive.%* FeudalFuture: Played straight by Bauhaus and Mishima, downplayed by Imperial, subverted by Capitol.

* ActionHero: Mitch Hunter is modeled as a typical action hero, he' fight his way in a Dark Legion fortress blow it up, and come out of it with an orphan in his hand.

%%* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Dark Legion. Very, very Straight.

%%* AndIMustScream: The appropriately named Screaming Legionnaires.

%%* ArmCannon: Most Mecha.

%%* BadassArmy: Lots if not all.
%%* BadassBiker: Imperial Fenris Bikes and Necromowers, though the latter are more like Badass Quads.

%%* BadPowersBadPeople: The Dark Legion. No exceptions.

%%* TheBigBad: The Dark Soul

%%* BlackMagic: Dark Symmetry. Duh.

%%* BlingOfWar: Mishima with their samurai-styled armors, Brotherhood with {{Badass Long Robe}}s and Imperial Wolf Packs to name a few.
%%* BodyHorror: Dark Legion is rife with this. Heretic Corruptors, Metropolitan Prophets and Cairaths to name a few. And if you're a Heretic, pray to your Apostle you don't start succumbing to TheCorruption.
%%* {{Brainwashed}}: Dark Legion Cultists. And Cybertronic too.

%%* ChurchMilitant: The Brotherhood. On the flipside, Dark Legion Cultists are an evil version of this.

%%* CorporateWarfare: Before and after everything went to hell.

%%* TheCorruption: Dark Symmetry again.

%%* TheDarkSide: Dark Symmetry.

%%* TheDarkChick: Demnogonis
%%* DemonicInvaders: The Dark Legion.
%%* DieselPunk: The game's theme and style sure counts.
%%* TheDragon: Ilian

* FateWorseThanDeath: Being processed into any of the Legionnaire or Necromutant variants. Or even "reanimated" into Cybertronic service... when your original Corporation manages to capture you alive.
%%* FeudalFuture: Played straight by Bauhaus and Mishima, downplayed by Imperial, subverted by Capitol.
%%* FiveBadBand: The Dark Soul and its Apostles fit pretty well.

%%* ForeverWar

%%* GermanicEfficiency: Bauhaus. In spades.

%%* {{Hellgate}}: Nero.

%%* LaserBlade: Cybertronic Machinators use those.
%%* LaserSight: Some elite units can be equipped with those.

* NightOfTheLivingMooks: Legionnaires, undead fol

%%* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Cartel has them in heaps.
%%* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Mishima and part of Imperial.

%%* ReligionIsMagic: The Brotherhood.
%%* ReligionOfEvil: Dark Symmetry and its Apostles.

%%* SoulsavingCrusader: The Inquisition, again.

%%* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Brotherhood Crucifiers.

%%* NightOfTheLivingMooks: Legionnaires.

* MegaCorp: Strangely subverted. The major players are referred to as "megacorps", but Capitol is the only one which is a corporation by the modern definition.

Of course, the {{MegaCorp}}s try to stop them, get their asses handed to them a couple of times, and if not for a ChurchMilitant called the Brotherhood, they'd [[MemeticMutation fail forever]]. With the Brotherhood's help, the bigger part of humanity repents (mainly because the [[KnightTemplar Brotherhood's]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist methods are brutal,]] [[TheExtremistWasRight but work for humanity's good]]), leveling the playing field. On the other hand, [[WeAreStrugglingTogether corporate rivalries aren't forgotten]]; if the Corporations aren't kicking Legion ass, they're most probably butting heads over resources. If the [[UsefulNotes/UnitedNations Cartel]], a body formed especially to mediate among the {{MegaCorp}}s, allows it. Most of the time, it does.

* AbnormalAmmo - some Dark Legion guns use it: black holes, corrosive chemicals, bullets that [[FaceHeelTurn turn you into]] [[TheDarkSide a Heretic]] and energy drained from ''[[FetusTerrible demonic fetuses]]''. Squicky.
* AIIsACrapshoot - played straight in the backstory, adjusted for the RuleOfFun in the game itself. Cybertronic is a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Corporation built around cyborgs, androids, AIs and computers.]] Their AI-controlled war machines tend to go berserk from time to time if you happen to roll a CriticalFailure.

* AliensAndMonsters - the Dark Legion. Part this, part that. And {{mutants}} and [[TheLegionsOfHell demons]] too.
* AllThereInTheManual - see above. ''Warzone: Universe Under Siege'' manual serves backstories by the bucketload, not mentioning the comic book series starring signature characters.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil - the Dark Legion. Very, very Straight.
* AmazonBrigade - lots. Etoiles Mortant, Mourning Wolves, Vestals and Valkyries to name a few. All supremely BadAss Special Forces within their respective organizations.
* AmbiguouslyEvil - Cybertronic. They use AIs, which have proven themselves to be a conduit for the [[DarkSide Dark Symmetry]], seemingly without ill effects. They mysteriously lure employees away from other corporations. They seem to have developed some form of MindControl. Their contributions to the Brotherhood are token at best. But they also send plenty of their troops to become Doomtroopers, provide other Doomtroopers with weapons, and no Cybertronic employee has ever shown signs of following the Dark Symmetry.
* AndIMustScream - the appropriately named Screaming Legionnaires.
* AristocratsAreEvil - Although far from universal, Bauhaus has a lot of those. Stahler from the comic being evil beyond the usual level.

* ArmCannon - most Mecha.

* ArtificialLimbs - domain of Cybertronic. Even if not entirely metal/plastic/inhuman, they will have metal bits and wires sticking out as a hint.

* AxeCrazy - Heretic Corruptors and Destroyers, most of Muawijhe's Legions, Imperial Wolf Packs.
* {{Badass}} - lots.
** BadassArmy - lots if not all.
** BadassBiker - Imperial Fenris Bikes and Necromowers, though the latter are more like Badass Quads.
** BadassGrandpa - Jake Kramer, Brotherhood personalities Cardinal Dominic, Inquisitor Nicodemus and Sebastian Crenshaw. To name a few.
** BadassInANiceSuit - Cartel Field Agents, at least partially. Also Brotherhood Revisors, completely.
** BadassLongcoat - Jake Kramer.
** BadassLongRobe - Brotherhood elite units, like Inquisitors.
** RetiredBadass - crazy Capitol vet Jake Kramer. With a flamethrower.
* BadPowersBadPeople - the Dark Legion. No exceptions.
* {{BFG}} - lots. From the popular Deathlockdrum anti-tank [[GatlingGood vulcan rifle]], to Big Bob Watts' shoulder-mounted Atlas Megacannons, to a good handful of Legion guns.
* {{BFS}} - Dark Legion Nepharites love them. Imperial Wolf Packs too (if they don't have AnAxeToGrind, of course).
* BilingualBonus - In the film, Creator/RonPerlman says the Our Father in Irish.
* BlackMagic - Dark Symmetry. Duh.
* BladeOnAStick - halberds and spears are often used by Mishima and Dark Legion forces. In the latter case, [[ChainsawGood with chainsaws]].
* BlingOfWar - Mishima with their samurai-styled armors, Brotherhood with {{Badass Long Robe}}s and Imperial Wolf Packs to name a few.
* BodyHorror - Dark Legion is rife with this. Heretic Corruptors, Metropolitan Prophets and Cairaths to name a few. And if you're a Heretic, pray your Apostle you don't start succumbing to TheCorruption.
* {{Brainwashed}} - Dark Legion Cultists. And Cybertronic too.
* BurnTheWitch - Brotherhood Inquisitors use flamethrowers... see below...

* ChainsawGood - Capitol Sergeants have chain swords. Brotherhood Inquisitors have flamethrowers with chainsaw bayonets. And Legion has guys with chainsaw halberds.
* ChildSoldiers - literally, and powered by horror. The Children of Illian are [[UndeadChild kid-sized zombies]] that overrun their enemies and bludgeon them to death with maces shaped like rattles. Or snipe them with high-impact slingshots. It's much, much less funny than it sounds.
* ChurchMilitant - The Brotherhood. On the flipside, Dark Legion Cultists are an evil version of this.
* ColdSniper - Cybertronic Chem.IMN. Basically, a {{Terminator}} with sniper rifle and chemical weapons. Calistonian Sundancers (space demons with sniper rifles and {{Cool Helmet}}s) as well.
* CombatMedic - most Corporations field them. Cybertronic "personality" Dr Diana is an example.

* CombatTentacles - Vahldredd The Hunter and Tekron Warmasters. Both from the Dark Legion. Also from Team Evil, the [[LadyOfWar Nepharite Overlord of Algeroth Golgotha]] has a ''segmented'' variant (they look like spider legs, but are as flexible and versatile as less rigid types), and all Nepharites of Ilian go in combat with animated spiked chains attached to their armor.
* CoolHelmet - Bauhaus troops wear pickelhaubes and skull-shaped helmets, some Mishima troops wear kabutos, old figures of Capitol heavy infantry wore football helmets, Calistonians wear bone masks and Brotherhood Mortificator and Inquisitor helmets became iconic of the game.
* CoolOldGuy - Sebastian Crenshaw. The best assassin The Brotherhood has, not only doing his job, but also mentoring the younger Mortificators. And being a hit at parties.

* CorporateWarfare - Before and after everything went to hell.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive - mainly Stahler, but the backstory includes lots of others.
* TheCorruption - Dark Symmetry again.
* CosmicHorrorStory - Not mandatory, but it's easy for the GameMaster to make any campaign into this. It's just as easy to make it one flavor or another of LovecraftLite, though.
* CreepyChild - Voice of Demnogonis. Looks like a perfectly normal child and drains life from your troops pretty quickly. Also the Children of Ilian (see ChildSoldiers above).
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul - that's what The Brotherhood thinks about Cybertronic. They just wait for a bigger screw-up to round up the whole corporation and [[KillItWithFire burn them]]. Whether it's true or not is intentionally left a mystery.
* TheDarkSide - Dark Symmetry.
* DeadlyDecadentCourt - Any of the three nobility-styled {{MegaCorp}}s can have some aspects of this among its constituent noble houses, but the courts of Overlord Mishima and his three heirs are the best example.
* DeadlyDoctor - most field medics are armed. The Dark Legion's Curators take this UpToEleven, however.
* DeathFromAbove - Jump infantry, paratroopers, drop pods.
* DeathSeeker - Imperial Mourning Wolves, as they're all widows of Imperial Wolfsbane killed in combat with the Dark Legion. Think woad-painted {{Action Girl}}s with [[ChainPain spiked chains]], Wolverine-style claw bracers and the attitude of a [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} dwarf Slayer]] and you're not too far off the mark. Capitol's Martian Banshees as well (although either gender can be part of those).
* DemonicInvaders - The Dark Legion.
* DieselPunk - The games theme and style sure counts.
* DropTheHammer - Dark Legion's Gomorrean Emasculators wield big-ass warhammers. And dual gatling guns implanted in their shoulders.
* DualWield / GunsAkimbo - happens often, with units using [[GunAndSword swords and guns]] (or two melee weapons) at the same time. Played way too straight with Crucifiers, who have FOUR arms and a weapon in every one.

* EldritchAbomination - The Dark Soul. It's a piece of the original Nothing that "was" before the Big Bang that wants a return to the good old days of nonexistence. '''''[[OmnicidalManiac Badly.]]'''''
* FantasyCounterpartCulture - all of 'em.

** Capitol - the friggin' {{Eagleland}}, looking like they're still stuck in the VietnamWar.
*** {{Eagleland}} and Canada, according to one of the novels.

* FateWorseThanDeath - being processed into any of the Legionnaire or Necromutant variants. Or even "reanimated" into Cybertronic service... when your original Corporation manages to capture you alive.
* FeudalFuture: Played straight by Bauhaus and Mishima, downplayed by Imperial, subverted by Capitol.
* FiveBadBand - The Dark Soul and its Apostles fit pretty well.
** TheBigBad - The Dark Soul
** TheDragon - Ilian
** TheSmartGuy - Muawhije and Semai (although actually [[MagnificentBastard Ilian trumps both]])
** TheBrute - Algeroth (GeniusBruiser version; he represents all aspects of war, including strategy and technology)
** TheDarkChick - Demnogonis
* ForeverWar
* GambitPileup - When you consider dominance of the solar system as the prize,
* GasMaskLongcoat - Imperial Trenchers. Trenchcoats and gasmasks and Brodie helmets, oh my!
* GasMaskMooks - basic infantry of Bauhaus, Capitol and Imperial. The rest is more fashionable.
* GatlingGood - a lot of heavy machine guns are those. Amount of barrels may vary, from three to [[MoreDakka shitload]].
* GeoEffects - In the tabletop wargames, pieces of terrain provide cover, concealment, the usual blah.
* GermanicEfficiency: Bauhaus. In spades.
* GirlWithPsychoWeapon - Mourning Wolves, who wield a length of chain with a weighted end on one hand and Wolverine-like claws on the other. And Bauhaus personality Valerie Duval, who uses blade-tipped tonfas with one shot 20mm autocannon rounds in the other end.
* {{Golem}} - Dark Legion creations (hence the full name being 'Golem of Darkness').
* GratuitousGerman - the names of some Bauhaus units and characters.
* GratuitousJapanese - the names of some Mishima units and characters.
* {{Hellgate}} - Nero.
* HumongousMecha - Imperial Hurricane Walkers. Not as humongous as Praetorian Behemoths, but still pretty big.

* InterserviceRivalry - introduced in ''Warzone: Universe Under Siege'', where each faction has units divided between separate "services" that usually don't mix up.
* TheJuggernaut - Dark Legion has a good few of'em, size XXXL. The Mercurian Maculator and Praetorian Behemoth, for instance. The biggest of all though is the [[OurGiantsAreBigger Bio-Giant]].

* LaserBlade - Cybertronic Machinators use those.
* LaserSight - some elite units can be equipped with those.

* MagicKnight - most Brotherhood sergeants in Warzone. Most Brothehood personel period (yes, even the ostensibly noncombatant missionaries and administrators) in the RPG.
* McNinja - Mortificators for example.

* MercyKill - units can be outfitted with a special auto-injectors pumping them full of toxins whenever they get under the influence of Dark Symmetry.
* MoreDakka - a good couple of weapons fall under this one, Bauhaus [=AZ61=] '''Twin Rotary Shotgun''' being one of the most {{egregious}} examples.
* MrFanservice - Nick Michaels. Lessee... TallDarkAndHandsome, HellBentForLeather, ManInAKilt, WalkingShirtlessScene and TroubledButCute, all in one supremely dangerous package.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous - Brotherhood Crucifiers.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast - Dark Legion runs on those. Algeroth The Apostle Of War, Demnogonis The Befouler, Ilian The Mistress Of The Void, Muawijhe (''pronounced "moo-ah-jee"'') The Lord Of Visions, Semai The Lord Of Spite - and that's just the beginning. Their units have equally colorful names - Immaculate Furies, Gomorrean Emasculators and Zenithian Soulslayers, for example. The Nepharites, for their part, ave names mostly inspired from Abrahamic religions like Golgotha or Absalom. Not mentioning the ''weapons'', like Ashreketh, Azoghar, Kratach or Vassht.
** FluffyTheTerrible - Billy the Dark Prophet.
* NewTechnologyIsEvil - people are afraid to build too capable computers after the last ones they had went on the fritz, and murderously so, due to Dark Symmetry. Of course, Cybertronic just doesn't care.

* NightOfTheLivingMooks - Legionnaires.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind - Capitol sergeants get PAID for this.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat - Cartel, some Megacorp officers as well.
* OfficerAndAGentleman - Bauhaus. Mostly. Imperial has some, to go with the Britishness of their theme.

* OneWingedAngel - Stahler from Dark Legion. When you shoot him for the first time, the fun is only starting.
* OrganicTechnology - Dark Legion Necrotech. Part organic, part demonic, all squicky.
* OriginalPositionGambit - In ''Ilian'', there are two short stories on this theme. Humans join the cult of Ilian because they want to become the exploiters rather then the exploited. And of course, their futures are so bright, since Ilian will smile upon them forever... until they fail or get backstabbed by each other, that is. Suckers.
* PistolWhipping - averted. Pistols work in close combat, but in the shooty way.
* PoweredArmor - Bauhaus and Mishima mecha are basically those. And in ''Warzone: Resurrection'', heavy infantry of most corporations got upgraded to Powered Armor status.
* PrivateMilitaryContractors - Cartel has them in heaps.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy - Mishima and part of Imperial.
* PsychicPowers - Brotherhood calls them Art, Mishima also got some flashy ones in ''Warzone: Universe Under Siege''.
* TheRedPlanet - Capitol has its capital there, they even dragged a whole freaking ASTEROID to serve as a third moon stabilizing the planet's orbit.
* ReligionIsMagic - The Brotherhood.
* ReligionOfEvil - Dark Symmetry and its Apostles.
* {{Room 101}} - mentioned a couple of times in the fluff. Both literally and metaphorically.
* SaintlyChurch - The Brotherhood. Yes, the Brotherhood runs an Inquisition, executes heretics, suppresses other religions, demands attendance and tithes (in practice if not theory) and violently opposes any new technology. And guess what? [[TheExtremistWasRight It's all at the very least justifiable, and in most cases necessary.]] The Brotherhood is also the one unifying factor among the corporations, and runs banks, schools, soup kitchens and hospitals.

* {{Samurai}} - Mishima's nobles and military, of course. They recently integrated ashigaru commoner-soldier units into the military, though, due to growing manpower needs and changing times. The enticement of escaping second-class citizen status (i.e. become a samurai yourself) if you perform well enough makes recruitment easy.
* ScaryBlackMan - Big Bob Watts. Imagine MichaelClarkeDuncan with two freaking [[{{BFG}} CANNONS]] on his shoulders. Yeah. There.
* SealedEvilInACan - and Imperial was stupid enough to open it...Twice!
* ShouldersOfDoom - One of the worst offenders in existence. Some figures have no armor apart from gargantuan shoulderpads. Old Capitol figures and Imperial special forces units stand out even by the standards of the setting. Then there's Erwin Stahler...
* SinisterScythe - some Dark Legion units wield those.
* SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness - hopelessly stuck on the serious end.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple - played straight in Capitol, Cybertronic and Legion, less so in other factions that have whole {{Amazon Brigade}}s.
* SoulsavingCrusader: The Inquisition, again.
* SpaceMarine - two literal kinds in Capitol alone (Assault Marines being the "true" Space Marines and Free Marines being an ArmyOfThievesAndWhores).

* SpiderLimbs - Golgotha. In ''Warzone: Resurrection'' Cybertronic hero Doctor Diana got a backpack with medical implements on spider limbs too, akin to Warhammer 40000's MadScientist Fabius Bile.
* SpiderTank - first created as a prop for miniature battle photos, the Dark Legion Black Widow was upgraded to a real unit in ''Warzone: Resurrection''. Other examples are Dark Legion's Tekron Warmasters, Cybertronic Cancer Machine Guns and ''Warzone: Resurrection'' redesign of the Cybertronic Scorpion LMG.
* SpikesOfVillainy - to drive the point home, Legion has this stuff liberally applied throughout. Golgotha's SpiderLimbs, Stahler's OneWingedAngel armor and some Nepharites, for example.
* SpyCatsuit - Etoiles Mortant.
* StandardSciFiSetting - more or less straight. Confined to the Solar System only, though.
* SwordAndGun - depends on the unit. Brotherhood infantry is usually the embodiment of this trope.
* TakeCover - it helps. See "Geo Effects" above.
* TakingYouWithMe - Mishima Faceless Ones are Kamikaze on foot, and their Suicide Warheads are essentially MiniMecha {{Action Bomb}}s. Crescentian Martyrs and Blessed Tears fit here in the "Allahu akbar '''KABOOM!'''" way as well.
* TortureTechnician - in the fluff, Inquisitors. In Warzone, and very squickily, Eonian Justifiers. To name a few.

* {{Ubermensch}} - Vince Diamond. In short: bleached {{Cyborg}} VinDiesel. Some other Cybertronic troops also qualify.
* UndeadChild - Children of Ilian. They beat the crap out of your units with rattles and slingshots.

* WarForFunAndProfit - the second part happens when Megacorps start butting heads over resources. No fun for the troops, though.
* WhipItGood - ''Warzone: Resurrection'''s new Bauhaus hero, Angelica Drachen.

* ZombieApocalypse - Legionnaires aplenty. Those guys are zombies WITH GUNS. Also, painfully literal in TheMovie.

* MrFanservice - Nick Michaels. Lessee... TallDarkAndHandsome, BadassLonghair, HellBentForLeather, ManInAKilt, WalkingShirtlessScene and TroubledButCute, all in one supremely dangerous package.

* WritingAroundTrademarks: Sort of. Nothing is stated outright, but it's heavily implied that Bauhaus is the contemporary retail chain [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus_(company) Bauhaus]], and that Imperial grew out of clan Murdoch, which, in turn grew from {{Rupert Murdoch}}'s media empire.

* CanineCompanion: Pride to Mitch Hunter. As of ''Ressurection'', Pride has gone from appearing in one unpublished comic to becoming a playable character,

** A source of a lot of conflict between Bauhaus and Capitol. Capitol likes to portray Bauhaus as a BreadAndCircuses {{Dystopia}}, whereas Bauhaus are equally prone to point to Capitol's anarchic nature, the astronomical violent crime rates and the hypocrisy of claiming democracy when 11 people control 50% of the votes. Neither side is portrayed as completely right, though. It's just a matter of deciding which you prefer.

* SealedEvilInACan - and Imperial was stupid enough to open it...

* ShouldersOfDoom - old Capitol figures are most probably one of the biggest offenders. If we count Stahler out, that is.

''Mutant Chronicles'' is a post-apocalyptic role playing game created by the Swedish company Target Games. It also spawned a semi-successful franchise: two {{Collectible Card Game}}s (''DoomTrooper'' and ''TabletopGame/DarkEden''), three {{Board Game}}s (Fury of the Clansmen, Blood Berets and Doom Troopers: Siege of the Citadel) two tabletop wargames (War Zone and Mutant Chronicles: Collectible Miniatures Game), a VideoGame (''VideoGame/DoomTroopers'', the second one planned to be a RTS in the vein of DawnOfWar was canned), a short ComicBook series and a film whose writers apparently just didn't know or [[TheyJustDidntCare Just Didn't Care]], not to say it wasn't still good on its own.

* BilingualBonus - In the film, RonPerlman says the Our Father in Irish.

** Bauhaus - Germany, Russia, France and Italy, served as 19th Century-style.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast - Dark Legion runs on those. Algeroth The Apostle Of War, Demnogonis The Befouler, Ilian The Mistress Of The Void, Muawijhe (''pronounced "moo-ah-jee"'') The Lord Of Visions, Semai The Lord Of Spite - and that's just the beginning. Their units have equally colorful names - Immaculate Furies, Gomorrean Emasculators and Zenithian Soulslayers, for example. The Nepharites, for their part, ave names mostly inspired from Abrahamic religions like Golgotha or Absalom. Not mentioning the ''weapons'', like Ashreketh, Azoghar, Kratach or Vassht. Half-averted in one case - The Dark Prophet, badass messenger of doom, is named... Billy.

* PoweredArmor - Bauhaus and Mishima mecha are basically those.

** Also has Marines of the standard variety
* SpiderLimbs - Golgotha.
* SpiderTank - mostly mentioned in backstory (created by Dark Legion Necrotech and appearing as a prop on the photos). Two in-game examples are Cybertronic Cancer Machine Guns and Tekron Warmasters - both have spider legs and pack enough firepower for a whole battalion.