History VideoGame / Firefall

* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Despite the game taking place in a future ''Brazil'', in places such as Broken Shores, there's signage for the ''American Interstate System''.
** There are also various Japanese signs around as well. These''might'' be [[HandWave HandWaveable]] due to the Accord being a global government, but it's still incongruous.

* ImproperlyPlacedFirearms: The [[http://firefall-wiki.com/images/firefall-wiki.com/thumb/c/c1/Sub-Machine_Gun.png/800px-Sub-Machine_Gun.png SMG]] is a P90, the [[http://firefall-wiki.com/images/firefall-wiki.com/9/93/BurstRifle.png Burst Rifle]] is a FAMAS, and the revolver shown [[http://i.imgur.com/AYEYZmW.jpg here]] is a [[RareGuns Mateba revolver]].

* MacrossMissileMassacre: The Tigerclaw's "Hellfire" ability unleashes a swarm of wrist-launched mini-missiles, and causes you to hover in place for the duration. Triggering Hellfire while under the effects of [[LimitBreak Supercharge]] will ''[[UpToEleven double]]'' the missiles launched.

* TeleportersAndTransporters: Arcfolding is a means of long-distance travel via a {{Wormhole}}. It's notorious in-universe for being unreliable, [[GamePlayAndStorySegregation except where convenient for the plot.]]

* 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 slight references to player insults. 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).

* DummiedOut: A startling amount of content was outright removed rather then retooled, especially by the 1.6 update in January of 2016. Several abilities, the secondary fire modes of the signature frame weapons, several story quests and related {{Non Player Character}}s such as the Devilhawks team, entire areas of play and even an advanced dreadnought battleframe, the Arsenal, were removed. Those who owned an Arsenal frame were provided with a compensation package that included an array of goodies, including a reusable item to summon a 5-seat truck. Devil's Tusk, an endgame area set in a volcanic region of Hawaii, was set to return in Update 1.7., which failed to materialize before the shutdown.

* ItemCrafting: A heavy part of the game was gathering resources from thumping and from dead enemies, and then using them to craft your gear. This was DummiedOut as of 1.6, and never re-enabled. In the end, you could upgrade[[RandomlyDrops random drops]] by speaking with "Tinker" {{Non Player Character}}s.

** Dreadnaught: Taunts enemies and gives you damage resistance before letting out a major blast. [[DummiedOut Previously summoned]] a powerful [[StuffBlowingUp mortar cannon]].

** Biotech: Slows down nearby enemies and buffs you and your allies to gain health back when you damage enemies. [[DummiedOut Formerly, could summon]] a chemical sprayer that [[HealingShiv kills enemies but heals other players]].

** 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.
** Mammoth: Emits a "Dreadfield" that damages enemies and reduces their damage output. [[DummiedOut previously caused a]] [[EarthquakeMachine violent tremors]] around the user, periodically damaging anything nearby.
** [[DummiedOut Arsenal]]: Launches a [[MacrossMissileMassacre large number of high explosive missiles]] at whatever the user is aiming at.
** Tigerclaw: Supercharges your frame, granting unlimted jet energy, increased movement speed and faster ability cooldowns for the duration, as well as amping up the effects of your other abilities. [[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.

** Nighthawk: Causes slain enemies to explode, causing [[SplashDamage AoE damage]], for a short while. [[DummiedOut Previously it simply]] gave you explosive rounds.
** Raptor: Not only makes the player's gun fire significantly faster, it also causes every shot to cause an energy explosion. [[DummiedOut Previously, it caused]] your shots to [[ChainLightning shoot arcs of electricity towards nearby foes]].

* SoleSurvivor: A DummiedOut plotline involved the player collaborating with an ARES team called the Devilhawks. This culminated in a disasterous joint raid on the Blackwater Anomaly, leaving only the team's female Recon, Fade, alive. Throughout this version of Blackwater you heard transmissions from Fade, [[ColdSniper the most quiet and distant member]] of the Devilhawks. She became NotSoStoic, suffering a quiet breakdown, and began to ramble. Nonetheless, she was your sole backup against Blackwater's FinalBoss-and she held her own. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What happened to her thereafter was never explored.]]

The main premise of the story is this: TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, a massive asteroid impact, the titular "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 Arclight]]: 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.

The main website can be found [[http://www.firefallthegame.com/ here]]. ''Firefall'' was officially released for everyone on July 29th, 2014. The game officially went live on this day. The game has received many patches, some of which introduced total overhauls to various parts of the game, so some tropes are applicable only to certain previous version of the game and may have since been removed.

Firefall shut down for good on July 7th, 2017. A mobile version is said to be in the works.

Has a finished tie-in comic, [[http://www.firefallthegame.com/manga/ Affinity]], written by Creator/OrsonScottCard and his daughter.

** 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]] [[Tabletopgame/MutantChronicles 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 [[VideoGame/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]]. [[{{Homage}} It's all done so seamlessly that]] [[TropesAreNotBad it doesn't look like anything was stolen]].

** Some opponents can be executed (not that you get to see many opponents with instanced PvP having been PutOnABus) and will come back alive. 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-powered sniper rifle.

** Lampshaded by the game in the intro quest "Drop the Hammer" [[CaptainObvious which introduces the scanhammer.]]

* 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 for a horizontal slash attack, hammers that use the same sort of attack as the Scanhammer, various [[TrickBomb elemental grenades]] and wrist minirockets.

* BugWar: Among the lower-level mobs, we have Aranhas (skinny spiders), Hissers (bigger spider/crab things), Skivvers (weird crayfish/bug things) and Culexes (giant-ass mosquitoes). They're all attracted to working thumpers, so when you go mining, you're bound to wind up fending some of all of them off.

* DummiedOut: A startling amount of content has been outright removed rather then retooled, especially by the 1.6 update in January of 2016. Several abilities, the secondary fire modes of the signature frame weapons, several story quests and related {{Non Player Character}}s such as the Devilhawks team, entire areas of play and even an advanced dreadnought battleframe, the Arsenal, were removed. Those who owned an Arsenal frame were provided with a compensation package that included an array of goodies, including a reusable item to summon a 5-seat truck. Devil's Tusk, an endgame area set in a volcanic region of Hawaii, was set to return in Update 1.7., which failed to materialize before the shutdown.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: 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. Things like permanent vehicles and glider pads are also currently unavailable, but ''may'' return in periodic sales.
* PerpetualBeta: The game had a protracted beta phase and post-launch, continues to be plagued with bugs and technical issues, some of them dating back to the earliest playable builds. The developers' headcount has been reduced steadily over the years, which has only compacted these problems.

* SpiritualSuccessor: An odd case. An in-development game, EM-8ER ([[Letters2Numbers Prounounced "Ember"]]), is promised by [[WordOfGod former Red 5 head Mark Kern]] to be the game he originally envisioned Firefall becoming before he was removed.

* UselessItem: Alarmingly prevalent. Crafting was were removed in 1.6 and never re-implemented, rendering the resources useless, and abilities and weapons that were removed from the game were replaced in players' inventories by "broken" versions, which have no use other then to be salvaged for parts that can be used to upgrade surviving items.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Aero Santos, your handler, who serves as MsExposition when another NPC isn't there to do the job. Your dropship pilot, Oilspill, previously served in this capacity, but you hear from him much less in the current version of the game.

* CoolBike: The Light Ground Vehicles. They come in several flavors, [[PermanentlyMissableContent none of which are currently available for purchase]], such as the Founders Pack-only Locust, green-painted Ares Pack-only K-12 Cobra, the orange Vapor and the [[{{Tron}} Light-cycle-sounding]] Omnidyne bikes. Standard grey Cobras can be found in single use call-downs by renting them from specific consoles in the world.

* DummiedOut: A startling amount of content has been outright removed rather then retooled, especially by the 1.6 update in January of 2016. A least some of it is said to be making a return, such as item crafting. Several abilities, the secondary fire modes of the signature frame weapons, several story quests and related {{Non Player Character}}s such as the Devilhawks team, entire areas of play and even an advanced dreadnought battleframe, the Arsenal, were removed. Those who owned an Arsenal frame were provided with a compensation package that included an array of goodies, including a reusable item to summon a 5-seat truck. Devil's Tusk, an endgame area set in a volcanic region of Hawaii, was set to return in Update 1.7., which failed to materialize before the shutdown.

* ItemCrafting: A heavy part of the game is gathering resources from thumping and from dead enemies, and then using them to craft your gear.
** This has been temporarily DummiedOut as of 1.6, to be re-enabled in a future update. Presently you can upgrade existing [[RandomlyDrops random drops]] by speaking with "Tinker" {{Non Player Character}}s.

** To wit, there has been no official news or updates since May of 2016.

* UselessItem: Alarmingly prevalent. Crafting resources are presently useless as of 1.6 until crafting is renabled, and abilties and weapons that were removed from the game were replaced in players' inventories by "broken" versions, which have no use other then to be salvaged for parts that can be used to upgrade surviving items.

* DummiedOut: A startling amount of content has been outright removed rather then retooled, especially by the 1.6 update in January of 2016. A least some of it is said to be making a return, such as item crafting. Several abilities, the secondary fire modes of the signature frame weapons, several story quests and related {{Non Player Character}}s such as the Devilhawks team, entire areas of play and even an advanced dreadnought battleframe, the Arsenal, were removed. Those who owned an Arsenal frame were provided with a compensation package that included an array of goodies, including a reusable item to summon a 5-seat truck.
** A recent news post notes that Devil's Tusk, an endgame area set in a volcanic region of Hawaii, will be returning in Update 1.7.

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

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

* DummiedOut: A startling amount of content has been outright removed rather then retooled, especially by the 1.6 update in January of 2016. A least some of it is said to be making a return, such as item crafting. Several abilities, the secondary fire modes of the signature frame weapons, several story quests and related NPCs such as the Devilhawks team, entire areas of play and even an advanced dreadnought battleframe, the Arsenal, were removed. Those who owned an Arsenal frame were provided with a compensation package that included an array of goodies, including a reusable item to summon a 5-seat truck.

** This has been temporarily DummiedOut as of 1.6, to be re-enabled in a future update. Presently you can upgrade existing [[RandomlyDrops random drops]] by speaking with "Tinker" NPCs.

Has a [[Characters/{{Firefall}} characters]] page.

* SoleSurvivor: A DummiedOut plotline involved the player collaborating with an ARES team called the Devilhawks. This culminated in a disasterous joint raid on the Blackwater Anomaly, leaving only the team's female Recon, Fade, alive. Throughout this version of Blackwater you heard transmissions from Fade, [[ColdSniper the most quiet and distant member]] of the Devilhawks. She became NotSoStoic, suffering a quiet breakdown, and began to ramble. Nonetheless, she was your sole backup against Blackwater's FinalBoss- [[{{Badass}} and she held her own.]] [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What happened to her thereafter was never explored.]]

* GatlingGood: The vanilla Dreadnaught has a giant Minigun ("Heavy Machine Gun"). The offensive dreadnaught Rhino has a {{hHitscan}} 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.

* InsectoidAliens: The aranhas are alien to Earth, having stowed aboard transport ships from the Alpha Prime colony. The Hissers were deliberately brought here in an effort to contain the former, that [[GoneHorriblyWrong went horribly awry.]] [[AvertedTrope Averted by the Skivvers,]] which are noted to be a previously unknown deep-sea species.

* LimitBreak: HKM abilities. They can only be activated after dealing a consecutive amount of damage, and involve summoning a weapon/force of mass destruction onto the battlefield. Most of the limit breaks involve arkfolding, and some are just really powerful copies of other techniques.

* MegaCorp: The massive Omnidyne Corporation, as well its competitors, Astrek and Kisuton.

* NoArcInArchery: Mostly played straight by the bullet-firing weapons, [[AvertedTrope but averted]] in the case of the primary weapons of the stock Assault, Firecat, Mammoth, Dragonfly, and of course the Bastion's grenades, which all arc over a distance. This is deliberately played straight by the Tigercat's primary weapon, the Fusion Cannon, which has straight-flying projectiles to distinguish it from the general use Plasma Cannon.

* PoweredArmor: Battleframes, though some of them look more like powered exo-suits. They're all powered by Crystite reactors, capable [[JetPack of limited flight,]] and are commonplace enough that the Accord issues them to mercenary contractors, and people in dangerous professions, including some criminals, have them.

** There are also various Japanese signs around as well.

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

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

* SoleSurvivor: A DummiedOut plotline involved the player collaborating with an ARES team called the Devilhawks. This culminated in a disasterous joint raid on the Blackwater Anomaly, leaving only the team's female Recon, Fade, alive. Throughout this version of Blackwater you heard transmissions from Fade, [[ColdSniper the most quiet and distant member]] of the Devilhawks. She became NotSoStoic, suffering a quiet breakdown, and began to ramble. Nonetheless, she was your sole backup against Blackwater's FinalBoss- [[{{Badass}}and she held her own.]] [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What happened to her thereafter was never explored.]]

* DummiedOut: A startling amount of content has been outright removed rather then retooled, especially by the 1.6 update in January of 2016. A least some of it is said to be making a return, such as item crafting. Several abilities, the secondary fire modes of the signature frame weapons, several story quests and related NPCs, entire areas of play and even an advanced dreadnought battleframe, the Arsenal, were removed. Those who owned an Arsenal frame were provided with a compensation package that included an array of goodies, including a reusable item to summon a 5-seat truck.

* SpyCatsuit: The Recon frames not so much armors as extremely form-fitting bodysuits with a few plates stuck on.

** 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]] [[Tabletopgame/MutantChronicles 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]]. [[{{Homage}} It's all done so seamlessly that]] [[TropesAreNotBad it doesn't look like anything was stolen]].

* CoolBike: The Light Ground Vehicles. They come in several flavors, [[LostForever none of which are currently available for purchase]], such as the Founders Pack-only Locust, green-painted Ares Pack-only K-12 Cobra, the orange Vapor and the [[{{Tron}} Light-cycle-sounding]] Omnidyne bikes. Standard grey Cobras can be found in single use call-downs by renting them from specific consoles in the world.

* 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. Things like permanent vehicles and glider pads are also currently unavailable, but ''may'' return in periodic sales.

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

* SecondaryFire: Prior to Update 1.6, all the signature frame weapons had some form of alternate fire. These have been replaced by iron-sight aiming save for the Dragonfly's Biorifle, which retains it's alt-fire heal (now powered by your jet energy instead of ammo), the Bastion's mine launcher, and of course the scopes on the Recon weapons.

* {{Microtransactions}}: Firefall is getting some attention (for example, the ''WebVideo/ExtraCredits'' team) for its commitment to the free to play model and using strictly microtransactions to fund the game. According to ''Extra Credits'', this game is the first Triple-A quality game to be this committed to this model.