History VideoGame / ImmortalRedneck

** The Quill Gun is the Needler from [[VideoGame/Halo]].

** The Quill Gun is the Needler from VideoGame/Halo.

Immortal Redneck is a RogueLike FirstPersonShooter created and published by Spanish studio Crema on April 25, 2017. It can be found on {{Steam}} [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/595140/ here.]]

* EgyptianMythology: [[Characters/EgyptianMythology Several gods and goddesses appear.]] Their "favor" can be purchased from the SkillTree, which then gives you alternate starting load-out options. Two other gods are mentioned in the form of weapons, Horus and Ra. A few prominent symbols appear: the Ankh appears both as a weapon and a minimap indicator marking the starting room of each floor, while the Eye of Horus decorates the gate that closes behind you after first entering.

What happens when a redneck goes go-karting in Egypt and runs afoul of some cursed ruins? Why, he gets [[{{Mummy}} mummified]], [[TimeTravel thrown back in time]], and [[ExcusePlot forced to negotiate a]] [[ProceduralGeneration Procedurally Generated]] pyramid, of course!

* AbnormalAmmo: The "Bat's Nest" weapon fires a group of bats that [[HomingProjectile home in on enemies.]]
* ActionBomb: A flying enemy in the second pyramid is this. The explosion itself isn't the problem- [[OhCrap its the spread of bullets it releases your way.]]
* AKA47: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the case of the actual AK and the Uzi- although they're cartoonish versions that are missing several otherwise critical parts.

* AncientEgypt: The aesthetic, though its [[TheTimeOfMyths a fancier, magical take...]] [[SchizoTech at first.]] The Pyramids are each a TempleOfDoom, are guarded by [[NonHumanHead Non-Human-Headed]] monsters with powers, and [[AncientArtifact Ancient Artifacts]] are everywhere. [[AnachronismStew Also, there are guns.]] [[MoreDakka A lot of them.]]

* BoomHeadshot: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. The game helpfully points out that mummies don't have brains.

* CameBackStrong: It's sort of implied that the Redneck can't actually be killed, especially considering he's already dead. And, if the player is diligent about purchasing upgrades, every time he dies, ''[[UpToEleven he comes back stronger.]]''

**[[TheBigGuy Apis, God of Strength:]] allows you to [[InvincibilityPowerup temporarily become invulnerable]] and carry four guns, but limits you to at most a single jump and lower movement speed.
** [[PowerOfTheStorm Seth, God of Storms:]] lets you emit [[ShockAndAwe a damaging lightning]] [[AreaOfEffect field]] and [[CounterAttack damage enemies that hit you.]] He increases your base damage and reduces your defense and health. At low upgrade levels, using Seth will push your defense [[OhCrap into the negatives.]]
**[[CatFolk Sekhmet, Goddess of]] [[TheMedic Healing]] allows you to turn [[EquivalentExchange every visible item into a]] [[PowerUpFood health steak]] and gain additional maximum health from each new room entered, but reduces your base damage.
** [[TheSneakyGuy Amunet, The Hidden One]]: Lets you drop a distracting NinjaLog and sprint backwards, but lowers your base movement speed.
** Neith, Goddess of Hunting: Lets you [[AttackAnimal summon a falcon to attack enemies]] and [[LongRangeFighter get increased damage at long range.]] She raises your base damage, critical chance and critical damage bonus but reduces your movement speed considerably.
** [[CessationOfExistence Ammit,]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Devourer of the Dead]]: Lets you [[CastFromHitPoints sacrifice maximum health]] to increase health recovered, and [[LifeDrain get health from kills]]- but not from steaks, as with the "{{Dracula}}" Scroll. She lowers your maximum health and defense.
** [[TunnelKing Hathor, Goddess of Mining:]] Lets you use a GrapplingHookPistol to pull yourself to objects and increases the amount of gold you find.
** [[TheSmartGuy Thoth, God of Wisdom:]] Lets you [[TeleportersAndTransporters teleport a short distance in the direction of your current movement]] and grants [[DoubleJump an extra jump.]] He reduces your defense to the same degree as Seth but also raises your movement speed.

* ChosenOne: One Medallion is called this exactly, which grants you increased damage and defense.

* DiscardAndDraw: The "[[ResidentEvil What Are You Buying?]]" scroll does this with one of your weapons at random.

* {{Eagleland}}: The Redneck exhibits signs of Type 2, specifically DeepSouth. He'll occasionally exclaim he's from Kansas, [[ShoutOut hence the page quote.]]

* {{Expy}}: The swarming yellow cobra enemies behave very similarly to the animated carrots from [[VideoGame/{{Ziggurat}} Ziggurat]]. There's also flying skulls that are [[IncrediblyLamePun dead]] ringers for the Lost Souls of [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} Doom.]]

* FinalDeath: As per standard, dying once ends your run- but you keep your gold. You can forestall this with the "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Second Chance]]" Scroll, which gives you [[VideoGameLives an extra life.]] However, any gold you don't spend on upgrades is lost when you reenter the pyramid, taken as "tribute to the gods."

* GratuitousLatin: [[PostMortemOneLiner Upon getting a kill]] with the rocket launcher, the Redneck may utter "ad astra per espera, [[SophisticatedAsHell fuckers]]". It can mean "through hardships, to the stars" and is [[ShownTheirWork the state motto of]] Kansas, from whence our hero hails.

* HubLevel: Between runs, the Redneck emerges from his sarcophagus in an open desert area just outside the three pyramids. From here you can access the SkillTree, test your weapons on a TrainingDummy to see their damage, and, once you've purchased their services, speak with Suy the merchant to purchase scrolls, lock the pyramid's layout, or change your selected medallion. [[InsurmountableWaistHeightFence Attempting to leave the area will get you blown back in by strong winds.]] It also gives you the [[LampshadeHanging "No Way Out"]] [[CosmeticAward achievement.]]
* KickingAssAndTakingNames: Not in the spirit of the trope, but misquoted by the Redneck. He says he's going to kick names and [[ThatCameOutWrong catches himself before he finishes the sentence.]]

* [[LaserHallway Laser Floor:]] Maaty's arena turns into this partway through his fight.

* LifeDrain: The {{Dracula}} Scroll allows you to recover health for each kill, [[IDoNotDrinkWine but makes it so steaks no longer heal you.]]

* ThePhoenix: Appears in the form of both a a weapon that fires a swarm of seeking projectiles, and a scroll that gives any weapons fire a chance to spawn one. [[CulturedBadass The Redneck knows enough about the myth]] to make [[PostMortemOneLiner a crack about enemies not coming back from being hit by one.]]

* PopCulturedBadass: Maybe not as much as VideoGame/DukeNukem or VideoGame/SeriousSam, but The Redneck is at least familiar with ''Franchise/XMen'' and ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'', and will quote Mad Dog Tannen's taunt from Part 3 of the latter upon [[BalefulPolymorph turning an enemy into a chicken.]]

* PostMortemOneLiner: The Redneck is fond of these.

* RewardingVandalism: Oddly, this is normally [[AvertedTrope averted.]] However, acquiring the "Lucky Vessel" scroll enables this, allowing pots to occasionally yield gold, ammo or health.

* SchizoTech: Some of the guns are made to look like they're [[AncientEgypt ancient Egyptian artifacts]]... [[CaptainObvious except that they're guns.]]

** The Explosive Bow is the [[GearsOfWar Torque Bow]] in all but name. Picking it and the above two weapons up at least once grants the "[[LampshadeHanging Nostalgia]]" [[CosmeticAward achievement.]]

* ShockwaveStomp: Weryt will occasionally pound the floor of his arena, sending out a sandy shockwave in all directions. Unless you've got [[DoubleJump a lot of jumps,]] the only way to avoid getting hit by it is to [[BenevolentArchitecture use the]] FloatingPlatforms [[BenevolentArchitecture in each corner.]]

* StickyBomb: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Sticky Grenade]]. It even looks a bit like the ones from the original ShadowWarrior.
* StockNinjaWeaponry: [[RuleOfCool for some reason,]]Kunai are available as throwing weapons. They deal very high damage and obviously do not need to be reloaded, but the time between throws is long.

* TrashTalk: The Redneck frequently insults the bosses, usually mixing in a BadassBoast. [[NoSell Not that they pay him much mind.]]
* UselessItem: The "Shit" scroll. It's... [[ToiletHumor well.]] [[{{Irony}} It mentions you should watch your language.]]

* UpgradeArtifact: Present in the form of ancient scrolls which provide a perk when picked up for the rest of that run, similarly to the upgrade items found in other [[RogueLike Rogue-ish games]]. [[PoisonMushroom A few of them are negative however.]]
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: After [[BalefulPolymorph turning an enemy into a chicken]], you can then kill the chicken. Doing so rewards you with the "[[WhatTheHellPlayer Why?]]" [[CosmeticAward achievement.]]

* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: Most [[FirstPersonShooter FPSes]] let you interupt a reload by switching to another weapon. Not this one- you need the "Not Now" scroll first.

** Apis gives you the Rusty Revolver, [[MoreDakka Uzi,]] [[GatlingGood Gatling]] and GrenadeLauncher.

** Seth gives you the [[CoolSword Taser Sword,]] [[LightningGun Tesla Coil and Electric Flamethrower.]]
** Amunet gives you the [[StockNinjaWeaponry Kunai,]] [[MoreDakka Machine Gun]] and [[StuffBlowingUp Gunpowder Bomb.]]

** Ammit gives you the {{Hellsing}} Pistol, the Crossbow and the Bat's Nest.

* XRayVision: The "Wall-Ray Vision" Scroll allows you to see enemies through walls and objects and highlights them in bright red. [[AntiFrustrationFeatures This happens automatically if you've been in a room for a certain length of time.]]

* AmericanAccents: The Redneck has a fairly generic "Hillbilly" one, but he's surprisingly eloquent for the stereotype... except when he pronounces "Tesla" as "Tesler".

* BalefulPolymorph: A certain scroll with give any of your weapon attacks a small chance to instantly turn an enemy into a harmless chicken.

** [[TheHunter Neith, Goddess of Hunting]]: Lets you [[AttackAnimal summon a falcon to attack enemies]] and [[LongRangeFighter get increased damage at long range.]] She raises your base damage, critical chance and critical damage bonus but reduces your movement speed considerably.

** The [[XMen Gambit]] weapon lets you throw[[DeathDealer exploding playing cards.]]

* PopCulturedBadass: Maybe not as much as DukeNukem or SeriousSam, but The Redneck is at least familiar with XMen and BackToTheFuture, and will quote Mad Dog Tannen's taunt from Part 3 of the latter upon [[BalefulPolymorph turning an enemy into a chicken.]]

* StandardStatusEffects: The "Poisoner" scroll gives you a chance to apply poison DamageOverTime with any attack. The [[TranquilizerDart Tranquilizer Gun]] will stun enemies on hit. The "Froyo" scroll will give you a chance to freeze enemies.

-> ''"[[WorstWhateverEver Worst hangover ever.]] [[TheWizardOfOz Guess we're not in Kansas anymore...]]"''

* AttackItsWeakSpot: The only way to defeat [[LivingStatue Weryt the Disturber,]] the second and final boss of the first pyramid, is to destroy the lights under his floating head. Shooting him elsewhere is a waste of time and ammo.

* NoodleIncident: The Dynamite reminds the Redneck of his fishing trips with his uncle Jake. And the Ankh weapon reminds him of a girl that had said symbol tattooed "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar by her... whatever]]",

--> The Redneck

Gameplay is similar to other Rogueish [[FirstPersonShooter FPSes]] of recent years, such as TowerOfGuns or [[VideoGame/{{Ziggurat}} Ziggurat]], with the added bonus of persistent progression of a type as seen in RogueLegacy, where you can use money earned from your last run to purchase permanent upgrades such as new characters and maximum stat increases.

* CriticalHit: You have a chance to inflict these with any regular shot. Your base chance to crit as well as the damage bonus can both be upgraded, and certain Scrolls affect it: The "Lucky Shot" Scroll ''doubles'' your chance, while the "Critigold" and "Critihealth" scrolls reward you for landing them.

* PopCulturedBadass: Maybe not as much as DukeNukem or SeriousSam, but The Redneck has at least seen BackToTheFuture, and will quote Mad Dog Tannen's taunt from Part 3 upon [[BalefulPolymorph turning an enemy into a chicken.]]

* GratuitousLatin: [[PostMortemOneLiner Upon getting a kill]] with the rocket launcher, the Redneck may utter "ad astra per espera, [[SophisicatedAsHell fuckers]]". It can mean "through hardships, to the stars" and is [[ShownTheirWork the state motto of]] Kansas, from whence our hero hails.

* AbnormalAmmo: The "Bat's Nest" weapon fires a group of bats forward in a spread.

* EgyptianMythology: [[Characters/EgyptianMythology Several gods and goddesses appear.]] Their "favor" can be purchased from the SkillTree, which then gives you alternate starting load-out options. A few prominent symbols appear: the Ankh appears both as a weapon and a minimap indicator marking the starting room of each floor, while the Eye of Horus decorates the gate that closes behind you after first entering.

* MagicMissile: Some of the weapons fire seem to these, such as the Energy Gloves, Ankh and ThePhoenix. [[EmergencyWeapon Notably, the Gloves and Ankh do not consume any ammo when fired but deal much less damage as a tradeoff.]]

* MundaneFantastic: The Redneck does not act in the least bit phased by any of the magical weirdness going on.

* StandardStatusEffects: The "Poisoner" scroll gives you a chance to apply poison DamageOverTime with any attack. The [[TranquilizerDart Tranquilizer Gun]] will stun enemies on hit.