History VideoGame / AlwaysSometimesMonsters

''Always Sometimes Monsters'' was made available on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} May 21st, 2014. It can also be purchased [[http://www.alwayssometimesmonsters.com/ over here.]]

* ADateWithRosiePalms: You can opt for this while taking a shower.

** The Indie Heroz figurines all are of characters or items from other games, including VideoGame/Dropsy, VideoGame/MonsterLovesYou, VideoGame/CharlieMurder, VideoGame/Postal2, and VideoGame/HotlineMiami.

** Your crankly landlord loves to rub in your protag's face how their life's gone down the tubes. If you spend a night out on the streets, expect him to be waiting by the mailboxes the next morning to taunt you about that.

** The Indie Heroz figurines all are of characters from other games, such as VideoGame/Dropsy or VideoGame/HotlineMiami.

* BadLiar: If you take the coat check job at the Phoenix, one of the people coming in to the concert makes a big show of telling you what a cool place this is and how eager he is to get his hands on "sweet, illegal drugs". [[LampshadeHanging Both of your potential responses to him are "Are you a cop?"]]

* Blatant Lies: If you tell Larry that ||the manuscript Sam submitted is actually yours, he tells you that he'll find help you out and make things right. He absolutely has no intention on doing so.||

** No matter what choices you make, Casey will always find something to disapprove of. For example, he calls you out for blackmailing the doctor into giving Viper the operation she needs...but he'll also call you out if you leave town without securing treatment for Viper in some way, and the only other way to get treatment for her is to let Darkeff smash up his car, an action which hinders your opportunity for a free ride out of town. You get called out for taking the warehouse job in Beaton and undermining the worker's strike in progress, but you ALSO get called out for walking out on the job without doing any work (and even if you actually do the work of moving hundreds of boxes, it's impossible to finish; the only way to move on to the next part of the game is to walk out in the middle). Even avoiding writing in your journal doesn't work, as there is a mandatory entry you have to make at the beginning of the game, and certain actions, [[spoiler: like cutting Stan's brakes]], will get you called out even if you didn't write in your journal the night they happened.

** Darkeff is trying to kick the habit for good, but his ex-girlfriend Viper doesn't think much of his efforts, and may bring him a baggie full of heroin before his latest show.

* FunctionalAddict: Darkeff is recovering from drug addiction, which you can help him with... or hinder.

** Your old writing partner, Sam, may turn out to be male or female.
** Similarly, depending on the identity of your significant other, their parent Casey could be their mother or their father.

** Darkeff views his relationship with Viper like this, and describes it as such [[spoiler:if she OD's]]:
--->'''Darkeff:''' We're opposite ends of a see-saw and if one doesn't go down then the other can never go up. Today she pays, and tomorrow I will because that's the way it goes.

* SchrodingersPlayerCharacter: {{Averted}}; the other party guests who you didn't select as your protagonist still appear, all with their own roles to play.

* ShoutOut:

* TimeSkip: The prologue showing your book deal takes place a year before the game proper. [[spoiler:Once you reach Los Vargas, a second skip takes you to the day before the wedding.]]

* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Many of the choices you're faced with come down to this. And yes, that includes potentially ''killing'' people who might stand between you and your ex.

* VideogameCaringPotential: You can reach out to others, befriend a lonely old woman, and help people get their lives together.

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Averted! The only time your character changes clothes are for work (coveralls), which you don't get to keep, and formal attire, which you have to buy if you want it. Also a notable aversion in that, since it's ''your'' clothing, your male protagonist can wear a dress and your female protagonist can wear a suit if they want.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Viper has dyed her hair light blue.

** No matter what choices you make, Casey will always find something to disapprove of. For example, he calls you out for blackmailing the doctor into giving Viper the operation she needs...but he'll also call you out if you leave town without securing treatment for Viper in some way, and the only other way to get treatment for her is to let Darkeff smash up his car, an action which hinders your opportunity for a free ride out of town. You get called out for taking the warehouse job in Beaton and undermining the worker's strike in progress, but you ALSO get called out for walking out on the job without doing any work. Even avoiding writing in your journal doesn't work, as there is a mandatory entry you have to make at the beginning of the game, and certain actions, [[spoiler: like cutting Stan's brakes]], will get you called out even if you didn't write in your journal the night they happened.

* VideogameCaringPotential: You can reach out to others, befriend a lonely old woman, help people get their lives together.

* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Many of the choices you're faced with come down to this. [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim And yes, that includes potentially ''killing'' people who might stand between you and your ex.]]