History VideoGame / BreathOfDeathVII

** Upon finding a locked chest in Lufestopolis, the narrator mentions that only a [[ResidentEvil master of unlocking]] could open the treasure within.

** Shopkeepers will say "[[ResidentEvil4 Welcome, strangah! What'cha buyin'?]]"

** The town names are all made by mashing together the Japanese and North American titles of RPGs from the 16-bit era.

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: You know how a lot of games put chests or locked doors in early towns you can only open much later by going back? You will ''never'' be able to open them in this one.

* ThemeNaming: The towns' names are all portmanteaus of classic [=RPGs=]' Japanese and [[CompletelyDifferentTitle English titles]] - [[{{Lufia}} Lufestpolis]], [[PaladinsQuest Palad-Lennus]], [[EarthBound Motherbound]] and [[DerLangrisser Langsong]]. The party members realize this and think that it's [[LampshadeHanging an odd thing to do]].

** A skeleton in Lufestpolis named [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Nabi]] begins a conversation with "Hey, listen!" and ends it with "[[TheLegendOfZelda It's a secret to everybody!]]"

** The robot boss in the Ruins of the Past says "[[ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink I am error]]" when defeated.

* AfterCombatRecovery: After each fight, you regain full hit points and a few magic points. In the late game, you'll be scrambling to keep your magic points afloat.

* DiscOneNuke: Lita's early weapon, the Shotgun could be considered the best item in the whole game. A measly +20 Strength, but can hit all enemies. At the end of the game, you're going to see groups of 4+ enemies constantly. Add in the level-up bonus of +1 Hit she can get, and suddenly it's double the damage - around 250 per monster. With this you can go through the final dungeon ''without using any magic''.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: At one point your party members [[spoiler:ask the narrator where ther's supposed to go next to advance the plot. The narrator gladly obliges. Later on, your characters make remarks about how short the game is and whether it was worth the $3 it cost the player to buy it.]]

* KleptomaniacHero: Averted when [[spoiler:you discover a shiny golden loot chest in a village building, only for your main character to proclaim his refusal of involuntary donations to the saving-the-world arsenal.]]

* KleptomaniacHero: [[spoiler:Averted when you discover a shiny golden loot chest in a village building, only for your main character to proclaim his refusal of involuntary donations to the saving-the-world arsenal.]]

* BreakingTheFourthWall: At one point your party [[spoiler:ask the narrator where ther's supposed to go next to advance the plot. The narrator gladly obliges. Later on, your characters make remarks about how short the game is and whether it was worth the $3 it cost the player to buy it.]]

* BreakingTheFourthWall: At one point your party [[spoilers:ask the narrator where ther's supposed to go next to advance the plot. The narrator gladly obliges. Later on, your characters make remarks about how short the game is and whether it was worth the $3 it cost the player to buy it.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The party ends up sacrificing themselves (and, by extension, ''their whole timeline'') in order to save the last Human, but because of this he's able to use the crystals to undo the apocalypse and save the world.]]

* ButThouMust: No story-relevant choices are actual choices, from the beginning up to the end. For example, when given the choice to [[spoiler:give up the crystals and completely erase the hero's timeline]] the player is given the choice between [[ButThouMust "Yes" and "Sure".]]

* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Erik sure hopes so, though it's not the case with Lita.

* HeroicMime: Parodies. Dem can not speak, due to lacking a tongue and vocal chords. Yet you hear his inner monologue often. However, everyone interacts with him like he's a classic HeroicMime, even if it runs counter to what he's actually thinking.

* InfinityPlusOneSword: Dem refuses to steal from townsfolk, though, so despite the chest screaming Bazooka of ultimate awesomeness, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption you aren't getting it. Ever.]]

* {{Retraux}}: The game is an 8-bit throwback with 16-bit-quality monster and character portraits.
** Some enemies have attacks in Engrish [[StylisticSuck on purpose]], such as "[[BlindIdiotTranslation Fureezu Aro]]", as a reference to translation errors in old 8-bit/16-bit games.

* SpaceFillingPath: If an area has enemies you can bet that you will need to snake your way through it. The city ruins are especially contrived with [[InsurmountableWaistHighFence shrubs and overturned garbage cans]] teaming up to barely block your path and force you to tour every building in the city to reach the goal. This is necessary as a good amount of distance can be covered between random encounters.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: [[spoiler: The final boss is some random reaper-like thing called Ultimate Evil.]]

Since then, the creators have released another game with equal levels of snark and parody called ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld''. Yes, it is indeed about that. Both games are also available on {{Steam}} in a two-for-one pack, so you don't need an XBOX to play them; once again, they are still almost absurdly cheap for the content. The PC versions even include new content, such as new party members, more dungeons, and an alternate campaign in ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld''.

* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: Lampshaded. One NPC comments that weaponsmiths will never give you a discount no matter how famous your are.

Since then, the creators have released another game with equal levels of snark and parody called ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld''. Yes, it is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Both games are also available on {{Steam}} in a two-for-one pack, so you don't need an XBOX to play them; once again, they are still almost absurdly cheap for the content. The PC versions even include new content, such as new party members, more dungeons, and an alternate campaign in ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld''.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: [[spoiler: The final boss is some random reaper-like thing called Ultimate Evil.]] Probably also sign of a LazyWriter.