History VideoGame / Firefall

Has a finished tie-in comic, [[http://www.firefallthegame.com/manga/ Affinity]], written by OrsonScottCard and his daughter. Yes, ''[[EndersGame that]]'' Orson Scott Card.

* GatlingGood: The vanilla Dreadnaught has a giant Minigun ("Heavy Machine Gun"). The offensive dreadnaught Rhino has a HitScan Laser HMG. The defensive dreadnaught Mammoth has a Plasma HMG with projectiles falling-off after some distance.

* HitScan: A few of the weapons. Rhino battleframe signature weapon, the Laser HMG, combines this with GatlingGood. Other examples: Chosen Sniper charging rifle, Bastion battleframe signature Tesla Rifle.

* AnimalThemeNaming: The names of all the advanced battleframes save the engineer types have this. The Assaults (Firecat, Tigerclaw) have feline names, the remaining Dreadnoughts (Mammoth, Rhino) are named after large mammals, the Biotechs (Recluse, Dragonfly) after a spider and insect, respectively, and the Recons (Raptor, Nighthawk) after [[NobleBirdOfPrey birds of prey.]] Also present in some LGVs, like the Locust and Cobra.

* NonLethalKO: Friendly players can simply interact with downed players to revive them, and some abilities make this REALLY easy. Bleeding out is possible. Dying to additional damage (like getting eaten alive by wargrims) is possible. toxic grenade.
* NotSoDifferent: One of the major themes of the game. At first, it seems like the Chosen are a BlueAndOrangeMorality invasion force from another dimension. But as you slaughter their ranks you'll notice that they act exactly like the human enemies of the game, with sligOpponents can be executed (not that you get to see many opponents with instanced PvP having been PutOnABus). And some V.I.P. enemies will be captured alive thanks to your battleframe's non-lethal weapon settings - even if you shot them in the head with a nuclear-neurohtly different tactics, and slightly different goals. They even have their own civil wars in the middle of an invasion, just like the Accord and gangs do. On the human side, lots of villains call out the player character for being just as bloodthirsty and violent as they are, which is usually an accurate description for a casual gamer: the Somalian look-alikes are trying to survive while the Accord starves humanity's remaining lower-class citizens (the ones you did quests for in Copa), Black Hills gang members consist of former mercenaries who stopped fighting for the good of humanity and started fighting for exp, money, and fun (much like the player), and the poachers will call out the player on all the death and suffering they've caused other beings while fighting to protect a few dumb animals (and sometimes, the player will kill innocent animals in their downtime for fair game).

* SadisticChoice: In the BackStory. Consul Nostromo was the captain of the Arclight on what would have been it's maiden voyage. When disaster struck and the ship fell out of orbit, all he could do was decide where it was going to hit: heavily populated Rio De Janeiro, or Fortaleza, which had significantly fewer people... but was home to his own wife and daughter. [[TheNeedsOfTheMany He chose Fortaleza,]] and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone hasn't been the same man since.]]

* TheMerch: A more literal example. [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/01/05/ The Merch]], or ''Merchai'' is a free unlockable pet you could get by doing the [[http://beta.firefallthegame.com/crystitechallenge crystite challenge.]] True to the comic, it will turn into the Flesh Reaper if not fed crystite. And it shares the exact same type of "insight" as in the comic.

* KillItWithFire: This is the entire premise of the [[MeaningfulName Firecat]] frame. Properly set up, ''all'' of your attacks can deal "thermal" damage, as the game puts it.

** The Black Hills gang all wear dark grey, hooded cloaks, haunt the Northern Shores region, and comprise a significant number of [[HeelFaceTurn ex-Accord troops.]]

** The Chimera of Fortaleza Antigua and The Nest are [[HollywoodHacking Hollywood Hackers]] that wear garish green pants, have overly superior attitudes and like to commit InterfaceScrew against you.
** The poachers of Cerrado Plains are the [[TheGenericGuy the most generic group]], wearing plain brown/black gear and having not motivation other then, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin poaching.]]
** Charon's [[{{Cult}} Cultists]] are probably the worst of the lot, murderous zealots on a PathOfInspiration. Some of them wear bright red and have glowing eyes on their masks.
* GangUpOnTheHuman : [[AvertedTrope Averted]]; the aggressive wildlife, bandits/Ophanim and Chosen will all fight each other. Humanoid targets will also stop attacking players to fight back against wildlife that wandered by. This is even [[LampshadedTrope lampshaded]] in an early mission where you drop pheromones in a bandit camp. There's a mission where you need to [[EnemyMine bolster the bandit's morale]] against the [[BigBad Chosen]]. Later on, the Chosen will deploy mining thumpers and be completely swarmed by angry wildlife, just like it would be for players.

* ImproperlyPlacedFirearms: The [[http://firefall-wiki.com/images/firefall-wiki.com/5/58/Weapon06SuppressorRifle.png Suppression Rifle]] is a P90, and the revolver shown [[http://i.imgur.com/AYEYZmW.jpg here]] is a [[RareGuns Mateba revolver]].

* CoolBike: The Light Ground Vehicles. They come in several flavors, some of which are no longer available for purchase, such as the Founders Pack-only Locust, green-painted Ares Pack-only K-12 Cobra, and the orange Vapor. Standard grey Cobras can be found in single use call-downs by renting them from specific consoles in the world.
** It is now possible to obtain a permanent bike via a quest, when you reach the second major HubCity, Dredge.
** Reaching Level 40 on any frame now unlocks a permanent blue Cobra for use.

* ChainmailBikini: The female Assault Armor is best described as armored Daisy Dukes... that weigh in at 8 tons. Unlike the CleavageWindow, the shorts continue to be blatantly visible on advanced assault frames, the Firecat and Tigerclaw.

* CleavageWindow: The female model of the basic Assault frame is a bit, um, exposed. Averted by the Firecat and Tigerclaw.

* CoolBike: The Light Ground Vehicles. They come in several flavors, some of which are no longer available for purchase, such as the Founders Pack-only Locust and the green-painted Ares Pack Cobra. Standard grey Cobras can be found in single use call-downs by renting them from specific consoles in the world.

* EarthIsABattlefield: The entire planet is covered with an energy storm and the places that are free of the Melding are under attack by Chosen.

* EmergencyWeapon: In beta, the scanhammer could be used as a melee weapon. Later, a melee button was added that enabled PistolWhipping. As of 1.6, you can now equip one of several auxillary weapons that can be triggered at any time and do not consume any resources, which included power PistolWhipping for more damage, an EnergyBlade, various [[TrickBomb elemental grenades]] and wrist minirockets.

** Tigerclaw: Supercharges your frame, granting unlimted jet energy, increased movement speed and faster ability cooldowns for the duration. [[DummiedOut previously summoned]] a small dome that causes damage to enemies inside. If they left it, it caused a ton of damage for their trouble.
** Firecat: Fires a massive firebomb that [[KillItWithFire sets fire to a large swathe of terrain]].

* LostForever: Many limited-time store items are no longer available for purchase, such as the Founder's Pack items. Some of the items can be found on the player-run marketplace in limited quantities, at astronomical prices.

* NonLethalKO: Friendly players can simply interact with downed players to revive them, and some abilities make this REALLY easy. Bleeding out is possible. Dying to additional damage (like getting eaten alive by wargrims) is possible. Opponents can be executed (not that you get to see many opponents with instanced PvP having been PutOnABus). And some V.I.P. enemies will be captured alive thanks to your battleframe's non-lethal weapon settings - even if you shot them in the head with a nuclear-neurotoxic grenade.
* NotSoDifferent: One of the major themes of the game. At first, it seems like the Chosen are a BlueAndOrangeMorality invasion force from another dimension. But as you slaughter their ranks you'll notice that they act exactly like the human enemies of the game, with slightly different tactics, and slightly different goals. They even have their own civil wars in the middle of an invasion, just like the Accord and gangs do. On the human side, lots of villains call out the player character for being just as bloodthirsty and violent as they are, which is usually an accurate description for a casual gamer: the Somalian look-alikes are trying to survive while the Accord starves humanity's remaining lower-class citizens (the ones you did quests for in Copa), Black Hills gang members consist of former mercenaries who stopped fighting for the good of humanity and started fighting for exp, money, and fun (much like the player), and the poachers will call out the player on all the death and suffering they've caused other beings while fighting to protect a few dumb animals (and sometimes, the player will kill innocent animals in their downtime for fair game).

** A series of ARES missions are handed out by an Omnidyne manager who, needs you to just go ahead and do this thing. If you could. [[{{Film/OfficeSPace}} That'd be greeeeaaat]].

** One set of ARES missions in Sertao has you go looking for the heir to the Astrek fortune. Instead you find [[{{Film/BatmanAndRobin}}Sand Man and Quail]].
** A series of ARES missions are handed out by an Omnidyne manager who, needs you to just go ahead and do this thing. If you could. [[{{Film/OfficeSPace}}That'd be greeeeaaat]].

** Rhino: A FoeTossingCharge, dealing high damage. [[DummiedOut Previously surrounded the player in a dome. The more enemies were inside, the more damage the Rhino would cause.

* SadisticChoice: In the BackStory. Consul Nostromo was the captain of the Arclight on what would have been it's maiden voyage. When disaster struck and the ship fell out of orbit, all he could do was decide where it was going to hit: heavily populated Rio De Janeiro, or Fortaleza, which had significantly fewer people... but was home to his own wife and daughter. [[TheNeedsOfTheMany He chose Fortaleza, and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone hasn't been the same man since.]]

* GameBreakingBugs Arguably famous for this, see PerpetualBeta below. Each update seems to break more then it fixes, though post-update patches are regular and ongoing.

* BuyingYourWayToVictory: Not originally, but it is now possible to buy "booster" items that increase things like your health and damage, using Red Beans, the real-money currency.

''Firefall'' is an MMO ThirdPerson shooter made by Red 5 Studios. Features [[JetPack jetpacks]], TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, [[RubberForeheadAliens aliens that came from a sentient radiation storm]], and cartoony CelShading.

The main premise of the story is this: TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, a massive asteroid impact, the titualr "Firefall" occurs. The world shatters, continents are rearranged, and countries are broken and fragmented. But this impact brought [[GreenRocks Crystite]], a blue crystaline mineral that can be used to power just about anything. For example, [[CoolShip the Arclite]]: A massive capital spacecraft that would have been the first ship capable of traversing {{Hyperspace}}... [[PhlebotinumBreakdown except that its reactor overloaded]] and the ship crashed into Fortaleza, Brazil, unleashing [[NegativeSpaceWedgie a giant storm called The Melding]] which starts to cover the Earth leaving only New Eden, a piece of land in Brazil that survives only because the Arclight's reactor is still functional and somehow repelling the Melding.

* GameBreakingBugs: Arguably famous for this, see PerpetualBeta below. Each update seems to break more then it fixes, though post-update patches are regular and ongoing.

-->-- '''El Terremoto''', in his pre-Live NPCAmnesia glory %% A stylish, accent-heavy taunt always triggering on approaching Sunken Harbor in pre-Live-versions. Even if you beat his records in lgv-races many times. Hated by some for hamminess and how cumbersome it gets to listen to him again and again. That "idiota" thing may not be a local meme, but it is a guarranteed connection to the El Terremoto NPC.

''Firefall'' is an MMO shooter made by Red 5 Studios. Features [[JetPack jetpacks]], TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, [[RubberForeheadAliens aliens that came from a sentient radiation storm]], and cartoony CelShading.

The main premise of the story is that after a tragic cataclysm, the titular "Firefall", the world shatters, continents are rearranged, and countries are broken and fragmented. To top it all off a giant spaceship explodes and crashes on earth, unleashing a giant storm called The Melding which starts to cover the Earth leaving only New Eden, a piece of land in Brazil that survives only because the aforementioned starship ''crashed there'' and is repelling The Melding somehow. (At the front page of the website there is mention of repulsor technology that pushes back The Melding but it hasn't shown up in leaked lore yet.)

From this storm rises a new species called themselves the Chosen. They seek to eradicate the human race and eventually conquer the world.

The game is touted to be in an open persistent world in which "hundreds" of players can play together and try to defend themselves from the Melding.

The main website can be found [[http://www.firefallthegame.com/ here]]. The final version of ''Firefall'' was released for everyone on July 29th, 2014. The game officially went live on this day. Some beta patches have introduced overhauls to various parts of the game, so some tropes can be applicable to certain previous version of the game rather than any version.

Has a finished tie-in comic, [[http://www.firefallthegame.com/manga/ Affinity]], written by OrsonScottCard. Yes, ''[[EndersGame that]]'' Orson Scott Card.

** In open beta, melding repulsors can be triggered to gradually push back the melding wall and temporarily hold it at its new front. The wall advances back into place after repulsor charge is spent (with time or due to mobs sabotage).
** Major "town" repulsing towers if not properly defended in a Chosen invasion event (regular in open beta versions), get destroyed and result in melding gradually, if rather quickly, engulfing the place, wiping out all players still there by that time.
** "Melding pocket" located at the other end of the portal left by freshly destroyed Melding Tornado is optional to visit and is essentially a contracting bubble somewhere withing the melding. Melding wall advances in with short pauses, leaving less and less safe space and killing anyone too slow to escape it.

* AppliedPhlebotinum: Crystite, a substance first brought to earth by the Firefall event. It's essentially used for super-power generators, and these days everything runs off it. It also is a form of currency. New lore indicates that actual pure crystite is rare. Most crystite is flawed in some way and mixed with other elements.
* ArtisticLicensePhysics/ArtisticLicenseBiology: Available in beta versions, Arsenal Battleframe passive ability is described as triggering Electromagnetic Pulse discharges upon ability use. Without much in the ways of visualization, it does the same [=AoE=] damage to anything from robotic "Chosen Drones" or turrets to organic-matter fauna or human bandits. EMP should be near-harmless to organics.

* TheBattlestar: The ''Arclight'', the largest spaceship built by man. Technically meant for 'research and colony aid,' its primary purpose was as a military ship to keep control of the faraway Alpha Prime colony and its vital crystite deposits. First ship to use arcfolding technology. Unfortunately, it exploded and crashed when humanity attempted their first arcfolding launch. The resulting crash created a rift to an alternate dimension which allowed the Melding to reach earth.

* ChainmailBikini: The female Assault Armor is best described as armored Daisy Dukes... that weigh in at 8 tons.
** At least it's better than the pre-"Live"-patch female Engineer which has [[FashionableAsymmetry one pant leg completely missing]].

* CleavageWindow: The female model of Assault Armor is a bit, um, exposed.

* CoolBike: The Light Ground Vehicles. They come in two flavors; Standard, and Founders Only Locust chopper. Only the Founder [=LGVs=] are permanently available at the moment. While the standard ones can be found in single use call-downs by scavenging a damaged one.
** The developers have stated everyone will be able to get their own at some point.

** One of the Male Assault voices also shouts this on occasion when activating the Crater ability.

* EverythingIsOnline: Subverted. Almost everything is now online - soldier interfaces, the computers of the homeless, hallucinogenic drugs - but not instant messaging. Justified by the small population of humanity's survivors - now it's easier to give out free internet than military-grade food, but there's less junk data to sift through so hacking is super-effective.

* ItemCrafting: A heavy part of the game is gathering resources from thumping and from dead enemies, and then using them to craft your gear.

** Dreadnaught: Summons a powerful [[StuffBlowingUp mortar cannon]].
** Assault: Emits a powerful force wave.
** Biotech: Summons a chemical sprayer that [[HealingShiv kills enemies but heals other players]].

** Rhino: Surrounds the player in a dome. The more enemies are inside, the more damage the Rhino will cause.
** Mammoth: Causes [[EarthquakeMachine violent tremors]] around the user, periodically damaging anything nearby.
** Arsenal: Launches a [[MacrossMissileMassacre large number of high explosive missiles]] at whatever the user is aiming at.
** Tigerclaw: Summons a small dome that causes damage to enemies inside. If they leave it, it causes a ton of damage for their trouble.

** Dragonfly: Surrounds itself in a field that [[GradualRegeneration heals other players]] and [[StatusBuff makes them do more damage]].

** Bastion: Instantly fixes all of the player's [[TheTurretMaster deployables]] and makes them hit harder for a while to boot.

** Nighthawk: Makes all of the user's shots do large amounts of [[SplashDamage AoE damage]] for a short while.
** Raptor: Not only makes the player's gun fire significantly faster, it also causes every shot to [[ChainLightning shoot arcs of electricity towards nearby foes]].
* MegaCorp: The massive Omnidyne Corporation.

* PoweredArmor: Battleframes. Not much is known about them, other than the fact that most of them can fly somehow.
** Is now known to be powered by Crystite Reactors.
* RangedEmergencyWeapon: Optionally equipped secondary weapon (possible types: assault rifle, burst rifle, smg, grenade launcher, shotgun) can be switched to from the signature weapon. In "Live" version of the game, secondary weapons have unlimited pool of ammo (clip size is still finite). Before "Live", not having a secondary weapon freed more mass and power limits for perhaps equipping better (and more demanding) gear in other slots.

* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Aero, your handler, who serves as MsExposition.

* YouAreNumberSix: Your character is designated as "ARES three-five".

** Some bandits make a dying joke - "Oh, you shot me for reals!".
* DropTheHammer: The "Scanhammer" is a giant sledgehammer that players can slam onto the ground to find resources and minerals. It can also be used as a melee weapon in a pinch.

* FashionableAsymmetry: The engineer. Downplayed in female engineer after the "Live" patch, as her lower body armor now is symmetrical, only [[IncrediblyLamePun heavy-handedness]] is left.

* NonLethalKO: Friendly players can simply interact with downed players to revive them, and some abilities make this REALLY easy. Bleeding out is possible. Dying to additional damage (like getting eaten alive by wargrims) is possible. Opponents can be executed (not that you get to see many opponents with instanced pvp having been PutOnABus). And some V.I.P. enemies will be captured alive thanks to your battleframe's non-lethal weapon settings - even if you shot them in the head with a nuclear-neurotoxic grenade.

* OneNationUnderCopyright: Sort of. Omnidyne controls the technology, controls most of the crystite, and, therefore, controls the governments. This is hinted not to be a bad thing; Omnidyne influence was implied to be the only thing stopping the various superpowers from going at each other's throats. Again. At least, until the Melding. And even then they retain most of their power as seen in the "Dreadnaught" trailer.

* RocketTagGameplay: You versus large armies / giant angry animals. Your battleframe and its weapons are almost always superior to any equally levelled enemy, but they more than make up for that in sheer numbers. If you are out in the open, have attracted the violent hatred of every enemy on the field, and don't have enough jet power or the right skills to evade their shots, you are likely going to die in seconds. If you play your cards right, you can pick off their army like flies while they're desperately trying to find and hit you. Giant animals, on the other hand, play this more straight: your attacks will decimate these goliaths in a matter of seconds, but a Claw or a Slinger can kill you in one direct hit. Hell Slingers can do instant-kill damage on fully-levelled players.

* ShoutOut: Crystite originally occurred in the early sci-fi mining sim M.U.L.E., where it was the only commodity that wasn't used for anything.

** The game story, context and elements take a lot of elements from other works of fiction. [[Film/EventHorizon The Arclight warp drive opens a portal to somewhere evil]]. Out of the [[NegativeSpaceWedgie portal]] comes out an [[Tabletopgame/{{Warhammer40000}} evil cloud that spawns or turn humans into evil soldiers]][[note]]Warp Storm[[/note]]. Humans that are killed but not "Chosen" are turned into [[Videogame/MassEffect zombie-like carcasses]]. Human soldiers wear PoweredArmor with a [[Franchise/StarCraft large reactor in their back]][[note]]Dreadnaughts are especially reminiscent of Marines, and recon look like the Ghosts[[/note]], [[GiantSpider Aranhas]] tend to attack in large swarms that reminds players of [[Film/StarshipTroopers Starship Troopers]]. It's all done seamlessly that [[TropesAreNotBad it doesn't look like anything was stolen]].

** An early equipment vendor in Copacabana was named [[{{Firefly}} Kaylee]].

* AllegedlyFreeGame: Notably averted. Red Beans (the real money currency) can be bought with in-game currency, and most of the items in the shop are cosmetic in nature or of the "temporary exp/currency boost" variety. The only thing that comes close to an exception is the advanced battleframes, which are still not overpowered compared to their basic free counterparts.

** Credits have their uses as instant-revives, but at a price of 250 credits (6250 crystite) per revive, it's really not worth it.

* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Aero definitely counts as this.

* WeWillSpendCreditsInTheFuture: An additional currency introduced with "Live" patch is called "credits". It deposed crystite as currency for selling and buying items between players (players can convert their crystite into credits, with a daily quota in place). Player driven exchange of credits with "cash shop" currency (Red Beans) is available.

** Copacabana is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copacabana_%28Rio_de_Janeiro%29 the most famous beach]] in Rio De Janeiro.