History VideoGame / Deception

* ClothingDamage: Deception IV: Blood Ties has this feature where attacking female enemies multiple times cause their clothes to be ripped off.

The series in general follow the same patron, with you having to protect your castle [[ExcusePlot for one reason or another]], with {{Death Trap}} and gizmos. The biggest selling points in general is the same: play from an unusual point of view (the TrapMaster) and kill your enemies in [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential goresome ways]]. In most of them you are plain evil, but some of them try leave you in a more ambiguous position, where [[BlackAndGreyMorality it's not clear which side is the good one]]. This actually makes the experience stronger, as one is not sure if what you are doing is right or wrong.

#''Deception IV: Blood Ties'' (''Kagero: Darkside Princess'') -- Recently announced for the Playstation 3 and Vita, planned to be released in March 2014. Centered around a girl named Laegrinna, an "animated fragment of the imprisoned Devil's soul", she operates under the guidance of three servants: [[EvilRedhead Veruza]], Caelea, and [[CuteAndPsycho Lilia]].

* [[DubNameChange Subtitle Name Change]]: The change from "Alicia" to "Allura" was strictly in the text. The voice acting still very obviously uses "Alicia".

* SupernaturalElite: In the second game, humans are basically second-class to a nobility consisting of 'Timenoids' - blue-skinned immortals. As the player, you are initially a slave to the Timenoids, but eventually, you must decide whether to help them brutally suppress an emerging human uprising, help LaResistance destroy the Timenoid elite, or just KillEmAll.

The series in general follow the same patron, with you having to protect your castle [[ExcusePlot for one reason or another]], with {{Death Trap}} and gizmos. The biggest selling points in general is the same: play from an unusual point of view (the TrapMaster) and kill your enemies in [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential goresome ways]]. In most of them you are plain evil, but some of them try leave you in a more ambiguous position, where [[BlackAndGreyMorality it's not clearly which side is the good one]]. This actually makes the experience stronger, as one is not sure if what you are doing is right or wrong.

#''Deception IV: Blood Ties'' (''Kagero: Darkside Princess'') -- Recently announced for the Playstation 3 and Vita, planned to be released in March 2014. Centered around a girl named Laegrinna, an "animated fragment of the imprisoned Devil's soul", she operates under the guidance of three servants: [[EvilRedhead Veruza]], Caelea and [[CuteAndPsycho Lilia]].

In 1996, for the Sony PlayStation, Tecmo released ''[[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt Tecmo's]] Deception: Invitation to Darkness'', which, while not a smash success by any stretch of the imagination, allowed the player to do something not often seen in video games: [[EvilFeelsGood play as the bad guy]]. The goal of the story was to resurrect {{Satan}}, and instead of doing so with direct combat, you utilized a series of [[DeathTrap deadly traps]] that you placed throughout your castle. The game did well enough to spark a small series, although nothing new has been announced as of this time.

#''Deception IV: Blood Ties'' (''Kagero: Darkside Princess'') -- Recently announced for the Playstation 3 and Vita planned to be released in 2014. Early information states it will be a [[VideoGameRemake reimagining]] of the first ''Deception''.

* ActionGirl: Curiously, female [=PCs=] outnumber the males three to one.

* TheCameo: Suezo from ''VieoGame/MonsterRancher'' appears in ''Kagero'' as an unlockable trap. Previously, Ardebaran from ''Invitation to Darkness'' appeared in a ''Monster Rancher'' game as a secret monster.

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* BoringButPractical: The vase traps. To be fair, they're more mundane than boring ([[BlackComedy you try telling me someone running around screaming their heads off with a lava packed vase on their heads isn't funny]]), but they're not nearly as "HOLY SHITBALLS" inducing as say, gigantic springloaded boots or [[MonsterRancher a Suezo]]. However, they'll what will net you your highest combos early on, especially if you never repeat yourself in a combo.

* TheCameo: Suezo from ''MonsterRancher'' appears in ''Kagero'' as an unlockable trap. Previously, Ardebaran from ''Invitation to Darkness'' appeared in a ''Monster Rancher'' game as a secret monster.

* ATasteOfPower: The first game lets you utilize Volt Cages to capture Ardebaran and Idorigo (and optionally Doneal). You don't get access to such traps again until Chapter 10, and even then you have to spend gold to '''create''' new ones.

* TraumaInn: Subverted in ''Invitation to Darkness''. Yeah, you can build a bedroom and sleep in the bed to recover HP, but you can still get attacked there by invaders.

* BlackMagicianGirl: Astarte.

* InsistentTerminology: The third game always refers to TRAPs in all capitals, for some reason.

A new game for the PlayStationVita has been announced titled ''Kagero: Darkside Princess''.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: ''Invitiation to Darkness'' is almost completely different from its successors, and it made use of [[ArtEvolution gouraud-shaded]], SuperDeformed polygons similar to ''FinalFantasyVII'' while the sequels would opt to go with straight texture-mapping and proportions.

* WhatMeasureIsAMook: The games often go to some bother to make it clear that you're not killing anonymous mooks, but ''people'', with actual names, backstories and personalities. The [[{{Narm}} terrible acting]] keeps this from having the effect Tecmo was going for, however.

* [[strike:[[DubNameChange Dub]]]] [[DubNameChange Subtitle Name Change]]: The change from "Alicia" to "Allura" was strictly in the text. The voice acting still very obviously uses "Alicia".

* SpoilerOpening: Of a sort. ''Invitation to Darkness''' manual spoils that [[spoiler:Fiana]] can be used as a monster.

* [[EvolvingWeapon Evolving Trap]]: They merely get stronger and more durable in earlier games, but later on, you can add special effects to them as well. Monsters in ''Invitation To Darkness'' can level up, too.

* MostDefinitelyNotAnImpostor: ''3'' and ''TRAPT'' both include some schmo-ette pretending to be the evil queen, seeking your help. Fails the smell-test both times, not that that means you can't accept.

#''{{Trapt}}'' (''Kagero II: [[GratuitousEnglish Dark Illusion]]'') -- Released in June, 2005. Princess Allura has been framed for the murder of her father and flees to a dark castle to escape execution, and while there, a demon offers her a chance for revenge.