History VideoGame / FairyFencerF

* SuperMode: Fairy Form is reminiscent of the goddess forms in ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptunia''.

* BaitAndSwitchCredits: In the opening for the ps3 original, Ethel is shown fighting Tiara implying she'll have a strong antagonistic presence on the group or be [[TheRival a rival]] to Tiara. She is also shown wielding a scythe as if it is her primary weapon. However in actual gameplay not only does she have little to do with the overall plot but a bow is her primary fury form rather than a scythe.

* BroadStrokes: ''Refrain Chord'' starts in a timeline roughly similar to the initial timeline of ''Advent Dark Force'', notably Ethel has her unique yandere trait from that timeline and Marianna legitimately cares about children, though Fang and Tiara's ages are confirmed to be in line with the original game's starting timeline. The game picks up a point where Harley, Sherman, and Galdo have all joined up with Fang and Tiara, Sherman in particular either joined early or missed his encounter with Zenke due to the latter still being alive, but have yet to meet Pippin, and Ethel, Apollonius, and Marianna are all still antagonistic.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The ultimate skills, usable only in Fairize mode. They certainly look impressive, but get quickly outclassed in damage by a character's normal special moves and magic. They also take forty percent of a character's maximum health to cast, in addition to having a high SP cost. Since Fairize also boosts a character's damage across the board, it's almost always safer to just stick to using normal special moves after Fairizing. ''Advent Dark Force'' made these attacks do more damage than normal special attacks and magic for the entire game, but they still fall under this trope since the high HP and SP costs mean they're still impractical for anything other than a FinishingMove.

* InterfaceSpoiler: Possibly the biggest hook of ''Advent Dark Force'' is that you get to play two new gameplay routes with new stories. These are the [[spoiler:Vile God Story and Evil Goddess Story and the fact that there even ''exists'' an Evil Goddess is intended as a pretty major plot revelation in the Evil Goddess Story as there is nothing in the other two stories that even hints at this. However, the trophies/achievements for these are named "Vile God Story Cleared" and "Evil Goddess Story Cleared" and trophy guides for ''Advent Dark Force'' don't generally go to any effort to hide the names of these story modes.]]

* BonusBoss: [[spoiler:If you completely unseal the Vile God within Godly Revival, then you immediately trigger a boss fight with a facsimile of the Vile God himself]].

** "Godly Revival" allows you to grant bonus abilities to the Fairies you have accumulated... but from a story perspective, this involves undoing the seals on either the Goddess or the Vile God (who each offer different abilities). The game makes it clear that although you ''have'' the option to unseal the Vile God, it would be an incredibly dumb idea to do so. [[spoiler:As it turns out? Godly Revival does not affect the story, events or ending of the game in any way. You gain nothing from completely unsealing the Goddess. The ''only'' consequence to unsealing the Vile God is triggering a BonusBoss fight, and that is only if you remove every single seal. The game excuses this afterwards by stating that a complex ritual is required ''in addition'' to Godly Revival to truly unseal either being after the fact, as well as multiple times during the story]].

* SchmuckBait: Furies are used to revive the Goddess. They can ALSO be used to revive the Vile God. The game makes it abundantly clear that doing so is schmuck bait. [[spoiler:Funnily enough, there is ''no'' negative consequence to unsealing the Vile God within Godly Revival, save for triggering the BonusBoss]].

''Fairy Fencer F'' is a game developed by Creator/CompileHeart for the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation 3}} and was released on October 10, 2013 in Japan. It was released from September 16, 2014 to September 25, 2014 in the West by [[Creator/NipponIchi NIS America]]. A PC release from [[Creator/IdeaFactory Idea Factory International]] was released on 4th August 2015.

An UpdatedRerelease called ''Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force'' was released in Japan for the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation 4}} on October 5, 2015, and later for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in the Fall of 2018. This update increases the number of battle party members from three to six, features new story scenarios, allows you to recruit two additional characters, improves the battle mechanic and graphics, and provides various other helpful updates. The updated release was also released on the PC shortly after it was released on the [=PlayStation 4=], although the original PC release is still left on sale as well strangely enough. If you're buying the game for the PC for the first time, it is highly recommended that you skip over the original for the updated release.

Another game in the series, ''Fair Fencer F: Refrain Chord'', was announced for the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation 5}}, UsefulNotes/{{Playstation 4}}, and Usefulnotes/NintendoSwitch. It was released on September 15, 2022. An [[http://ideafintl.com/fairyfencerf-rc/ English-language localization]] ([[NoDubForYou subtitles/text only]]) for all of the above platforms has been announced for release on April 25, 2023 with a Steam release on May 23, 2023. Gameplay trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0in01DbFHE here]].

* BigBad: [[CorruptCorporateExecutive President Hanagata]], the 52-year old leader of [[MegaCorp Dorfa]] who plans to resurrect the Vile God to conquer the world and bring peace. Depending on the route [[spoiler:[[DiscOneFinalBoss however, he’s usurped by a different character]]]]. In the ''Goddess'' Route, he [[spoiler:is killed; Sherman Shallancer becomes the new leader once [[KlingOnPromotion he offs Hanagata]] and goes off the deep end, deciding to fuse with the Vile God himself [[KnightTemplar to bring peace]]]]. In the ''Vile God'' route Hanagata [[spoiler:isn't even the real president, it’s ''[[TheHero Fang]]'', who himself is just a figurehead for [[TheDarkChick Marianna]], [[TheManInFrontOfTheMan one of the Four Heavenly Czars]]]]. In the ''Evil Goddess'' route, Dorfa [[spoiler:isn’t even a threat anymore as it’s been disbanded, and there is a new organization, the Septerion Club, ruled by Jeane/Junown, who wants to revive the titular Evil Goddess]].

Another game in the series, ''Fair Fencer F: Refrain Chord'', was announced for the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation 5}}, UsefulNotes/{{Playstation 4}}, and Usefulnotes/NintendoSwitch. It was released on September 15, 2022. An [[http://ideafintl.com/fairyfencerf-rc/ English-language localization]] for all of the above platforms has been announced for release on April 25, 2023 with a Steam release on May 23, 2023. Gameplay trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0in01DbFHE here]].

Another game in the series, ''Fair Fencer F: Refrain Chord'', was announced for the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation 5}}, UsefulNotes/{{Playstation 4}}, and Usefulnotes/NintendoSwitch. It was released on September 15, 2022.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: In Advent Dark Force, Tiara has a dream that Fang and Eryn do this and just stop caring altogether about their quest to entertain the player... ''by singing''. Thankfully, she wakes up before they start to sing.

** In Advent Dark Force, these [[SpecialAttack special attacks]] now [[CastFromHitpoints take away 30% of the characters maximum health]] and yields far more better results. Fang also gets an additional one that still costs 40%, but get even better results.

* MenAreTheExpendableGender: [[spoiler: After Fang goes to the past and decides to spare all of the people he had killed the first time around he '''will''' save all of the women who died. On the other hand he outright fails to save a couple of the men, one will still die unless certain obscure triggers are met, and some who survived the first time around die.]]

* OneTimeDungeon: In Advent Dark Force, you start the game in a prison, once you leave said prison, you can never enter there again on that playthrough.

** Kravisse Cave in Advent Dark Force is a more straight forward example. The Change Enemies Shaping Effect causes Dark Shark, Anklet Warg, and Mute Riser to show up in the area, making it one of the only areas in the first timeline with enemies that give more than a single WP. With the +50% WP Shaping Effect, it's easy enough to get around a couple hundred WP a run of the place. Being the second area of the game, you're going to be spending a lot of time here as each new character joins to get through Hard or Hell difficulties.

** One of the DLC packs gives each character a Neptunia based weapon or two (Tiara having two variants of Vert's weapons). Advent Dark Force gives everyone the option to equip the ''Nepgeardam'' headpiece accessory.

* UpdatedRerelease: A version for the [=PS4=] called Advent Dark Force, with updated graphics, new story routes, characters, and an increase of the party size from three to six along with different difficulty settings to compensate for the larger party.

** With the new routes in ''Dark Advent'', you get new endings for [[spoiler:Harley and Marianna.]]

* BroadStrokes: ''Refrain Chord'' starts in a timeline roughly similar to the initial timeline of ''Advent Dark Force'', notably Ethel has her unique yandere trait from that timeline and Marianna legitimately cares about children, though Fang and Tiara's ages are confirmed to be in line with the original game's starting timeline. The game picks up a point where Harley, Sherman, and Galdo have all joined up with Fang and Tiara, but have yet to meet Pippin, and Ethel, Apollonius, and Marianna are all still antagonistic.

* CantLiveWithoutYou: When a Fencer dies the Fairy they're linked to also dies. The party actively exploits this whenever a Fairy and their Fencer get separated, since the fact that the Fairy is still alive is proof that the Fencer is too.

Another game in the series, ''Fair Fencer F: Refrain Chord'', was announced for the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation 5}}, UsefulNotes/{{Playstation 4}}, and Usefulnotes/NintendoSwitch, releasing on September 15, 2022.