History VideoGame / DeadSynchronicity

The official website can be found [[http://www.deadsynchronicity.com/en/ here]].

'''Dead Synchronicity''' (released April 10th, 2015) is an AdventureGame about a man named Michael, who awakes in a CrapSackWorld after a [[ApocalypseHow disaster]] that destroyed most of his city, possibly the world; military forces are now in control and there is an epidemic of "Dissolved". The main objective of the game is to find out who Michael was and the story behind what happened while he was in coma.

** Rose who became a female variation of {{Manchild}} after the Great Wave left her as a wanderer and being [[DespairEventHorizon raped by the drunken guards]] before a "help" by two thugs who made her into a prostitute in her child-like state. [[spoiler: All of this ended in her catatonic state after Michael gave her a gun to [[TheDogBitesBack kill her two tormentors]].]]

* TheReveal: Michael: [[spoiler:was a photographer who was [[HappilyMarried married]] to his wife, Emily. Things went sour when Emily suffered a miscarriage that led to Michael becoming TheAlcoholic. Later, both Emily and Michael went to Japan to investigate the rift in the sky before the Great Wave, to fulfill an assignment from The New Truth and repair their marriage. However, Emily became "Dissolved" and Michael suffered an amnesia from the Great Wave. Also Michael became the "Dissolved" in the ending.]]

** The starting area of the game is a refugee camp, which is now a Gulag for dissidents and homeless people. To make matters worse, there is an epidemic of "Dissolved" where the infected people are captured by the Cleanup Brigade with the aid of [[LesCollaborateurs Army]] [[TheMole Moles]], whose infected relatives would also be taken away.
** The city isn't in good shape either. Anyone there who is either homeless or out in the streets during curfew hours will be sent to refugee camp, which the numbers being sent has been increasing due to housing shortages stemming from crumbling structures. The city park is filled with people DrivenToSuicide and has not been cleaned up since then. In addition, it also houses a facility for "Dissolved" patients [[spoiler:who are forced to suffer until their expiration due to the lack of a cure for them]].

** The preacher in the city church. He used to be quite sane [[spoiler: - and apparently knew how to stop Dead Synchronicity -]] but the aftermath of the Great Wave slowly drove him mad. Now, he recites sudeo-prophetic words [[spoiler: which are actually from the presentation he was to give had the Great Wave not hit when it did.]]
** Rose who became a female variation of {{Manchild}} after the Great Wave left her as a wanderer and being [[DespairEventHorizon raped by the drunken guards]] before "helped" by two thugs who made her into prostitute in her child-like state. [[spoiler: All of this ended in her catatonic state after Michael gave her a gun to [[TheDogBitesBack kill her two tormentors]].]]

* FindTheCure: Heroic example. Rod Atkinson ask Michael to find one for [[spoiler: his son]] in exchange for Michael's returned memories. {{Justified}} in that Rod doesn't know where such a cure is and needs to stay and support his wife. [[spoiler: {{Subverted}} when Michael discovers the cure is another of the [[GovernmentConspiracy government's]] lies]].

* ThePlague: The increasing number of "Dissolved", which causes victims to become sick and red eyed along with visions from other worlds.

* ArmiesAreEvil: Initially, they were WellIntentionedExtremist before they took over the city under martial law. Now their ranks are filled with {{Sociopathic Soldier}}s.

** Rose who became a female variation of {{Manchild}} after the Great Wave left her as a wanderer and being [[DespairEventHorizon raped by the drunken guards]] before "helped" by two thugs who made her into prostitute in her child-like state. [[spoiler: All of this ended in her catatonic state after being Michael gave her a gun to [[TheDogBitesBack kill her two tormentors]].]]

* FindTheCure: Heroic example. Rod Atkinson ask Michael to find one for [[spoiler: his son]] in exchange for Michael's returned memories. {{Justified}} in that Rod doesn't know where such a cure is and needs to stay and support his wife. {{Subverted}} when Michael discovers the cure is another of the [[GovernmentConspiracy government's]] lies.

* FindTheCure: Heroic example. Rod Atkinson ask Michael to find one for [[spoiler: his son]] in exchange for Michael's returned memories. {{Justified}} in that Rod doesn't know where such a cure is and needs to stay and support his wife. {{Subverted}} when Michael discovers the cure is another of the [[GovernmentConspiracy government's]] lies.

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler:Reality itself is coming to an end.]]

* Manchild: Rose, a prostitute who acted in child-like manner after the Great Wave.

** The city isn't in good shape either. Anyone there who is either homeless or out in the streets during curfew hours will be sent to refugee camp, which the crumbling housings had increased the number of deportees. The city park is filled with people DrivenToSuicide and has not been cleaned up since then. In addition, it also houses a facility for "Dissolved" patients [[spoiler:who are put down due to the lack of a cure for them]].

* DrivenToMadness: The preacher in the city church. He used to be quite sane [[spoiler: - and apparently knew how to stop Dead Synchronicity -]] but the aftermath of the Great Wave slowly drove him mad. Now, he recites sudeo-prophetic words [[spoiler: which are actually from the presentation he was to give had the Great Wave not hit when it did.]]

** The city isn't in good shape either. Anyone there who is either homeless or out in the streets during curfew hours will be sent to refugee camp, which has been expandiong due to collapsing housings. The city park is filled with people DrivenToSuicide and has not been cleaned up since then. In addition, it also houses a facility for "Dissolved" patients: [[spoiler:they are put down due to the lack of a cure for them]].

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to any other game by DaedalicEntertainment, especially {{Deponia}}.

* ArmiesAreEvil: Initially, they were WellIntentionedExtremist before they took over the city under MartialLaw. Now their ranks are filled with {{Sociopathic Soldier}}s.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Michael being one of the [[spoiler:"Dissolved"]] in his frequent hallucinations where he sees the surrounding environment at various points in the past or future, or [[spoiler:the sensitivity to the timelessness of The Dead Synchronicity]].

'''Dead Synchronicity''' (released April 10th, 2015) is a game about a man named Michael, who awoken in a CrapSackWorld after the [[ApocalypseHow disaster]] that destroyed majority of the city, possibly the world, which is now ran by military forces and experienced epidemic of "Dissolved". The main objective of the game is to find out who Michael was and the story behind what happened while he was in coma.
Website can be found [[http://www.deadsynchronicity.com/en/ here]].

* AfterTheEnd: The game sets after the Great Wave, which created a large shockwave that destroyed the Old World civilization after the appearance of large hole in the sky.
* ArmiesAreEvil: Initially, they were WellIntentionedExtremist before they took over the city under MartialLaw. Now their ranks is filled with {{Sociopathic Soldier}}.
* ApocalypseHow: Laying between Class 1 (military as sole authority) and Class 2 (most of the government has collapses. By the end of the game, [[spoiler: Class Z]].
* CrapsackWorld: Oh boy,
** The starting area of the game is in refugee camp, which is now a Gulag for dissidents and homeless people. To make matter worse, there are epidemic of "Dissolved" where the infected personal were captured by the Cleanup Brigade with the aid of [[LesCollaborateurs Army]] [[TheMole Moles]] whose infected relatives would also be taken away.
** The city isn't in good shape either. Anyone who were either homeless or out in the street during the Curfew will be sent to refugee camp, which has been increasing due to collapsing housings. Also the park is filled with people DrivenToSuicide and has not been cleaned up since then. In addition, it also houses a facility that houses "Dissolved" patients: [[spoiler: who would be put down due to the lack of cure for them]].
** To make matter worse, [[spoiler: the entire world also suffered from Great Wave, and time itself is coming to an end.]]
* CosmicHorrorStory: [[spoiler: The world is coming to an end due to [[TitleDrop Dead Synchronicity]], which the universe is experiencing the end of time itself.]]
* {{Cliffhanger}}: [[spoiler: Michael is a "dissolved" and trapped in Underground Highway.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to DaedalicEntertainment's {{Deponia}}.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Michael being one of the [[spoiler: "dissolved"]] is his frequent hallucinations that represent the various times of the environment, or [[spoiler: the sensitivity to timelessness of The Dead Synchronicity]].
* PapaWolf: Rod Atkinson is protective of his son [[spoiler: who is infected with "dissolved"]].
* ThePlague: The increasing number of "dissolved", which causes victims to become sick and red eyed along with seeing from other world.
* TheReveal: Michael: [[spoiler: He was a photographer who was [[HappilyMarried married]] to his wife, Emily. Things went sour when Emily suffered a miscarriage that led to Michael becoming TheAlcoholic. Later, both Emily and Michael went to Japan to investigate the rift in the sky before the Great Wave as to fulfill an assignment from New Truth and repair their marriage. However, Emily became "Dissolved" and Michael suffered an amnesia from the Great Wave. Also Michael became the "Dissolved" in the ending.]]
** The Great Wave and the "dissolved": [[spoiler: The latter had existed before the Great Wave, which only multiplied after that event. The victims of "Dissolved" plague became aware of the Dead Synchronicity and contact with people from Underground Highway, which included a few "dissolved" like Emily. The Great Wave is also precursor to Dead Synchronicity that would end the reality of the universe along with physics and time.]]
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler:The reality itself is coming to an end.]]
* TitleDrop: [[spoiler: Dead Synchronicity is an event where time itself is coming to an end. All hope lies with Underground Highway.]]
* IntrepidReporter: [[spoiler: Michael worked for Chris and The New Truth, serving as this trope, as a photographer]]

** The city isn't in good shape either. Anyone who were either homeless or out in the street during the Curfew will be sent to refugee camp, which has been increasing due to collapsing housings. In addition, it also houses a facility that houses "Dissolved" patients: [[spoiler: who would be put down due to the lack of cure for them]].

* Cliffhanger: [[spoiler: Michael is a "dissolved" and trapped in Underground Highway.]]

* Foreshadowing: Michael being one of the [[spoiler: "dissolved"]] is his frequent hallucinations that represent the various times of the environment, or [[spoiler: the sensitivity to timelessness of The Dead Synchronicity]].

* [[spoiler: TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: The reality itself is coming to an end.]]

'''Dead Synchronicity''' is a game about a man named Michael, who awoken in a CrapSackWorld after the [[ApocalypseHow disaster]] that destroyed majority of the city, possibly the world, which is now ran by military forces and experienced epidemic of "Dissolved". The main objective of the game is to find out who Michael was and the story behind what happened while he was in coma.

* ApocalypseHow: Laying between Class1 and Class2. By the end of the game, [[spoiler: Class Z]].

** To make matter worse, [[spoiler: the world also suffered from Great Wave, and time itself is coming to an end.]]
* [[spoiler: CosmicHorrorStory: The world is coming to an end due to [[TitleDrop Dead Synchronicity]], which the universe is experiencing the end of time itself.]]

* TitleDrop: [[spoiler: Dead Synchronicity is an event where time itself is coming to an end. All hope lies with Underground Highway.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to Daedalus Entertainment's {{Deponia}}.

* DarkerandEdgier: Compared to Daedalus Entertainment's {{Deponia}}.

[b]Dead Synchronicity[/b] is a game about a man named Michael, who awoken in a CrapSackWorld after the [[ApocalypseHow disaster]] that destroyed majority of the city, possibly the world, which is now ran by military forces and experienced epidemic of "Dissolved". The main objective of the game is to find out who Michael was and the story behind what happened while he was in coma.

* IntepridReporter: [[spoiler: Michael worked for Chris and The New Truth, serving as this trope, as a photographer]]