History VideoGame / ArmedWithWings

* AwesomeButPractical: The Fire sword of Eden special has a pretty fast cast time, consumes only about half of your energy bar, deals enough damage to slay Elite guards in one hit, and most importantly ''[[SoCoolItsAwesome unleashes a massive explosion of fire]]''. It's probably worth to use it throughout all the game once you get it. The only better sword is the [[BraggingRightsReward sword of Lightning]].

* HotMom: Eivana's pregnancy definitely hasn't done anything to lessen her beauty.

The newest game in the series, ''Culmination'', follows the side story of Lone Warrior during the events of ''Armed With Wings 3'' as he sets out on his own, blinded by rage, to slay Vandheer Lorde. [[ForegoneConclusion That goes]] [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption well]]. ''Culmination'' is a short, pure fighting platformer with no puzzle elements nor level system, but it really tones up the epic attacks and combos. Thanks to a deal made between Sun Studios and CartoonNetwork, the game can also be played in the form of a ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' flash game called ''Shadow Mission'', which replaces the Lone Warrior with Robin and the BigBad with Young Justice villain Klarion, and whose plot involves Robin being pulled into a shadow dimension and having to fight his way out with the help of the other members of his team.

** [=AWW3=]: Getting pushed through walls and stuck inside of them without possibility to get out nor a level restart button, Network teleporting out of reach in Survival mode, Vandheer freezing up in Survival mode...

* ShoutOut: The whole series is clearly inspired by {{Bleach}}. The Power Wave and the Power of the Red Moon are very reminiscent of Getsouga Tenshou, and Vandheer's mask is quite reminiscent to something you'd see in Bleach. Completed Network is quite similar appearance-wise to Hollow Ichigo.

The newest game in the series, ''Culmination'', follows the side story of Lone Warrior during the events of ''Armed With Wings 3'' as he sets out on his own, blinded by rage, to slay Vandheer Lorde. ForegoneConclusion That goes]] [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption well]]. ''Culmination'' is a short, pure fighting platformer with no puzzle elements nor level system, but it really tones up the epic attacks and combos. Thanks to a deal made between Sun Studios and CartoonNetwork, the game can also be played in the form of a ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' flash game called ''Shadow Mission'', which replaces the Lone Warrior with Robin and the BigBad with Young Justice villain Klarion, and whose plot involves Robin being pulled into a shadow dimension and having to fight his way out with the help of the other members of his team.

''Armed with Wings 3'' appears to take place many years after the events of the first two games. The shadow of a great evil hangs over the lands, and it's up to Leo - a mere boy, Eivana's child - to save his world. In this one, the eagle element is reintroduced, though the puzzles are much easier than in the first game. This game also has an RPG element, as Leo can gain experience, upgrade his stats, learn new skills and find new powerful spells.

The newest game in the series, ''Culmination'', follows the side story of Lone Warrior during the events of ''Armed With Wings 3'' as he sets out on his own, blinded by rage, to slay Vandheer Lorde. [[SarcasmMode That]] [[ForegoneConclusion goes]] [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption well]]. ''Culmination'' is a short, pure fighting platformer with no puzzle elements nor level system, but it really tones up the epic attacks and combos. Thanks to a deal made between Sun Studios and CartoonNetwork, the game can also be played in the form of a ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' flash game called ''Shadow Mission'', which replaces the Lone Warrior with Robin and the BigBad with Young Justice villain Klarion, and whose plot involves Robin being pulled into a shadow dimension and having to fight his way out with the help of the other members of his team.

The newest game in the series, ''Culmination'', follows the side story of Lone Warrior during the events of ''Armed With Wings 3'' as he sets out on his own, blinded by rage, to slay Vandheer Lorde. [[SarcasmMode That]] [[ForegoneConclusion goes]] [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption well]]. ''Culmination'' is a short, pure fighting platformer with no puzzle elements nor level system, but it really tones up the epic attacks and combos. Thanks to a deal made between Sun Studios and CartoonNetwork, the game can also be played in the form of a ''YoungJustice'' flash game called ''Shadow Mission'', which replaces the Lone Warrior with Robin and the BigBad with Young Justice villain Klarion, and whose plot involves Robin being pulled into a shadow dimension and having to fight his way out with the help of the other members of his team.

The newest game in the series, ''Culmination'', follows the side story of Lone Warrior during the events of ''Armed With Wings 3'' as he sets out on his own, blinded by rage, to slay Vandheer Lorde. [[SarcasmMode That]] [[ForegoneConclusion goes]] [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption well]]. ''Culmination'' is a short, pure fighting platformer with no puzzle elements nor level system, but it really tones up the epic attacks and combos. Thanks to a deal made between Sun Studios and CartoonNetwork, the game can also be played in the form of a ''YoungJustice'' flash game called ''Shadow Mission'', which replaced the Lone Warrior with Robin and the BigBad with Young Justice villain Klarion, and whose plot involves Robin being pulled into a shadow dimension and having to fight his way out with the help of the other members of his team.

The newest game in the series, ''Culmination'', follows the side story of Lone Warrior during the events of ''Armed With Wings 3'' as he sets out on his own, blinded by rage, to slay Vandheer Lorde. [[SarcasmMode That]] [[ForegoneConclusion goes]] [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption well]]. ''Culmination'' is a short, pure fighting platformer with no puzzle elements nor level system, but it really tones up the epic attacks and combos.

--> Vandheer (to Hawken's boast about the Red Moon): ''[[spoiler: Hmph. A Red Moon. So? What kind of King would I be if I couldn't harness the power of something as forgetable as that?]]

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Daniel-Sun must ''really'' love this. Lone Warrior is doomed by canon -- he is to be slain by Vandheer Lorde and then revived by Leo. Normal Mode plays with it a bit though, since [[spoiler:[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome you take control of Vandheer Lorde for the battle]].]] Hard Mode plays it straight, since [[spoiler:you fight Vandheer with Lone Warrior and Vandheer will pretty much one-hit kill you as soon as you bring him down to no health.]]

* {{Fireballs}}: Quema Tormenta's ultimate attack is a massive ball of fire that can only be avoided via super jump and deals massive damage if it hits.

** [=AWW3=]: Getting pushed through walls and stuck inside of them without possibility to get out nor a level restart button, Network teleporting out of reach in Survival mode, Vandheer freezing up in Survival mode...

** Network, the fifth boss. Once taken to half health he proceeds to collapse the sides of the area you're fighting him in to a bottomless abyss (which can be a nasty surprize if you were precisely there just as you brought him at half health). He will also start using his special moves much more often, and uses more of them too.

** That doesn't really look like the Blade of Lightning...

* FridgeBrilliance: Vandheer's moveset changes highly from game to game, but his moveset here is almost identical to [=AWW3=]. Odd... until you remember this takes place during the events of [=AWW3=]...

* ShoutOut: The whole series is clearly inspired by {{Bleach}}. The Power Wave and the Power of the Red Moon are very reminiscent of Getsouga Tenshou, and Vandheer's mask is quite reminiscent to something you'd see in Bleach.

* AnIcePerson: in every game of the series, including the one where you control him, Vandheer is able to fire blue damaging projectiles. Due to the series' peculiar art style, they could have been anything, and it's only in ''Armed with Wings 3'' that they are revealed to be ice bolts.

* BadAss: [[WorldOfBadass mostly everyone]], but Vandheer most of all.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: the art style is like this.

* GameBreakingBug: sadly, the programming in the games is often lacking. Examples include:
** [=AWW1=]: goals that don't appear when supposed to, goals that are unreachable, getting stuck inside walls from knockback, problems with point of view and scrolling, inability to walk on certain objects may cause you to become stuck...

** [=AWW2=]: the one I can remember on top of my head is Vindstot freezing in a state where she's unattackable and unable to attack.
** [=AWW3=]: getting pushed through walls and stuck inside of them without possibility to get out nor a level restart button, Network teleporting out of reach in Survival mode, Vandheer freezing up in Survival mode...

* MadeOfExplodium: weaker enemies and player characters dissipate into nothingness when they die, powerful enemies explode. Justified with everybody in this world being made of Blackmist.

* RuleOfCool: there is no shortage of awesome-looking moves, explosions, and overall awesomeness.
* SequelDecay: some pay be disappointed with the lower difficulty of the later games compared to the first one.
* SequelEscalation: the first game was unbearably hard and lacked several crucial features, like a save function and the ability to jump, which admittedly makes for an odd platformer. Later games fixed those problems, toned down the difficulty, were much richer in terms of story and last but not least, [[RuleOfCool had more awesome attacks.]]
* ShoutOut: the whole series is clearly inspired by {{Bleach}}. The Power Wave and the Power of the Red Moon are very reminiscent of Getsouga Tenshou, and Vandheer's mask is quite reminiscent to something you'd see in Bleach.

* VillainTeleportation: Vandheer Lorde, in almost every game featuring him. The only game in which he does not is AWW2 - the one where you play as him.

* AdvancingBossOfDoom: a particular type which, instead of chasing you, tries to pin you to a spiked wall behind you, or knock you back into it.

* GuideDangIt: killing the demon boss and solving some of the puzzles late-game can be rather frustrating. Thankfully there's a walkthrough.

* StealthBasedGame: you can use your eagle to get enemies to face away from you while you powerslash them from behind, or make it drop rocks to make them move away from crucial spots.
* WeaksauceWeakness: the chosen of Blackmist is unable to jump even a centimeter off the ground and depends entirely on bridges to get across even the tiniest gaps.

* AwesomeButImpractical: the Water sword of Eden unleashes geysers of water that deal massive damage to enemies. It also consumes all your energy to use it. And it has a looooong cast time, during which if an enemy hits you, you've wasted your energy. Yeeeeah. The best way to use it is on the second boss Vindstot in first phase while she's recovering.
* AwesomeButPractical: the Fire sword of Eden special has a pretty fast cast time, consumes only about half of your energy bar, deals enough damage to slay Elite guards in one hit, and most importantly ''[[SoCoolItsAwesome unleashes a massive explosion of fire]]''. It's probably worth to use it throughout all the game once you get it. The only better sword is the [[BraggingRightsReward sword of Lightning]].

* BondVillainStupidity: heroic example. [[spoiler:Why didn't Blackmist just kill Vandheer, but decided to seal him instead?]]
* BraggingRightsReward: you get the sword of Lightning when starting a NewGamePlus.

* DifficultySpike: the Hard mode in this game is very noticeably harder than Normal. It changes not only the power and amount of enemies, but also the layout of several levels to be noticeably harder. Also, it turns several bosses, which are fairly easy on normal mode, into vicious killing machines who will spam their attacks with barely any window to hit them in return.

* InfinityPlusOneSword: the sword of Lightning special consumes less energy than your cheapest special move, deals enough damage to kill even bosses in one hit, and most importantly, [[SoCoolItsAwesome calls down lightning from the skies]]. And it looks like a lightning bolt, too.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Blackmist is essentially the God of this world, and Armed With Wings definitely has Jesus-like overtones. Not to mention [[OurAngelsAreDifferent huge white wings]] when using his full power as Blackmist.

* AnnoyingArrows: the archers don't deal much damage (then again, most of the enemies don't deal too much damage anyways), plus their arrows can be deflected. However they can become deadly if they hit you mid-jump and send you hurtling into a bottomless pit.

* CrosshairAware: the location where the fourth boss' fireballs will fall is marked by a beam of light.

* FieldOfBlades: the first boss has an attack that makes a multitude of swords stab out of the ground, pointy ends up, of course.
* {{Fireballs}}: the flaming skull boss rains them from the sky and spits them from his mouth too.
* FlamingSkulls: you fight such enemies in the fourth level. And the boss of said level is a giant, [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinetic]] version.
* HopelessBossFight: you can't win the first battle with [[spoiler:Vandheer Lorde]]. You just have to survive long enough.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: when Leo comes to face Network, the latter asks him: "Have you come for justice, or revenge?" then snorts derisively that Leo is but a child blinded by his own hatred... [[spoiler:until, that is, he sees Blackmist's wings on Leo's back.]]

* TurnsRed: many bosses in the game do this at low health, starting to move faster and/or gaining other abilities. Particularly notable for this are:
** the first boss (who stops walking around slowly and starts running around at high speed, making him much more deadlier as it becomes harder to keep your distance, also when he uses his special the swords move around before emerging, making them harder to avoid),
** the fourth boss, who rains down more fireballs faster when damaged. The size of the fireball he casts just before taking a rest also goes up as his health goes down. If he's really badly wounded, he takes you by surprize by casting not one but two of them.

* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:well, mother.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: this game has the very first appearance of [[BigBad Net]][[{{Satan}} work]], in the ending cutscene. Back then, [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment his purpose was unclear]] as he just sorta appears and stands there, [[spoiler:stopping Vandheer from finishing Hawken off in the process]]. We never get any explanation of what he is and what he was doing there until [=AWW3=]. This encounter is how Eivana learned about Network and got the idea that Vandheer might be able to face him.
* BadMoonRising: the Red Moon, obviously.

* LimitBreak: the power of the Red Moon, which can be unleashed into a devastating power wave once you have slain enough enemies or collected a Moon orb.

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Daniel-Sun must REALLY love this. Lone Warrior is doomed by canon - he is to be slain by Vandheer Lorde and then revived by Leo. Normal Mode plays with it a bit though - since [[spoiler:[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome you take control of Vandheer Lorde for the battle]].]] Hard Mode plays it straight, since [[spoiler:you fight Vandheer with Lone Warrior and Vandheer will pretty much one-hit kill you as soon as you bring him down to no health.]]

* GoldenEnding: averted. Whether you play normal or hard, there will be NO good end. The final battle differs, but the result is the same.

* NaturalWeapon: most enemies are shadow-demons with blades for hands.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: basically the whole plot.
* RuleOfCool: runs on this, perhaps even more than previous installments.
* TeleportSpam: used in Lone Warrior's ultimate special. He becomes invulnerable and links all the enemies in sight with a "thread" of sorts, then teleports around, delivering a powerful slash to every target marked so. VERY satisfying to pull off on a multitude of enemies, especially since doing so will probably give you the energy to do it again.

* VillainTeleportation: Vandheer Lorde, in almost every game featuring him.

* This Cannot Be!: Network.

* BondVillainStupidity: [[spoiler:why didn't Blackmist just kill Vandheer, but decided to seal him instead?]]