History VideoGame / InvisibleInc

* EnemyChatter: Guards have prescripted things to say when they spot an intruder, notice movement out of the corner of their eye, discover the body of another guard, and so on. For variety, there are a few different sets, with different voices and a slightly different lines, including one gung-ho guard who sounds a bit like John Wayne.

* ColdBloodedTorture: Implied but not shown. The term "corporate deprogamming" at a "detention facility" is used instead. However, Central's backstory includes being captured and held at one such chamber, [[spoiler:resulting in injuries that prevented her from further field work as an agent]], you can encounter and rescue "thoroughly interrogated" prisoners at such facilities with a movement penalty, and to top it off, if you look closely near the holding cells, you can find enclosed glass chambers with what looks like [[RoboticTortureDevice various pointy instruments]] hanging down in them. Add in a technologically advanced setting where you can heal someone from otherwise deadly injuries with an injection of cells and regenerative nanobots (and thus keep someone alive despite inflicting horrible damage on them), or literally hack into someone's brain for a password, and it becomes clear why Central considers these things a FateWorseThanDeath.

** In early access, safes could contain a multiple choice event, offering loot if a skill check was passed but springing a trap if failed. Crusher traps would stun agents, and gas traps would fill the room with smoke and summon a guard.

The official website may be viewed [[http://www.invisibleincgame.com/ here]]. A (rather outdated) wiki can be found [[http://invisibleinc.wikia.com/wiki/Invisible,_Inc._Wiki here]]. At the moment, the most active fan community for the game is located on a Discord server, [[https://discordapp.com/invite/aQrXEse here]].

* HiddenDepths: The special Archive versions of your agents reveal interesting backstory elements that inform the new loadouts.

** Banks: [[spoiler:Was once a major embezzler and only started sharing her wealth after a siege of Dublin]]
** Dr. Xu: [[spoiler:Used his family's wealth to grant himself augmentations that let him cheat his way through his degree. He also worked with Sharp back in the day to co-develop the Thermal Generator.]]

** Derek: [[spoiler:The reason [=Monst3r=] and Central are so close is because he's the one who rescued her from the horrors of the Deprogramming Chamber.]]

* AntagonistTitle: [[spoiler:Used to be this back when it was called Incognita]].

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Based on banter and Central's assessments, certain agents are considered more useful than others based on abilities, skillsets etc. However, the actual ranking of each agent's general usefulness (especially if you obtain them via rescue and they have no gear) can be very different, to the point of making an alleged ability seem like an InformedAttribute. Extreme examples include CrutchCharacter Dr. Xu with a universally useful free EMP ability with a myriad of tactical applications, and Shalem 11, an experienced ProfessionalKiller whose superior field experience doesn't really translate into any special abilities.

The official website may be viewed [[http://www.invisibleincgame.com/ here]]. A wiki can be found [[http://invisibleinc.wikia.com/wiki/Invisible,_Inc._Wiki here]].

* GreyAndGrayMorality: In a world where megacorporations have all the power and can even override basic human rights for profit, the Agency is one of the last remaining major forces still fighting against them. However, Central has no qualms using brutally efficient methods to achieve her goals. While there are gameplay challenges to dealing with enemies by cutting a bloody swatch through them, ''she'' is not going to complain about unnecessary guard or civilian deaths so long as the main objective has been completed, and the agent summaries indicate she's equally disapproving of Internationale's moral scruples and Sharp's complete lack thereof. Still, even she draws a line at [[spoiler: nuking all the corporate {=HQs=} from orbit, apparently]].

* GreyAndGrayMorality: In a world where megacorporations have all the power and can even override basic human rights for profit, the Agency is one of the last remaining major forces still fighting against them. However, Central has no qualms using brutally efficient methods to achieve her goals. While there are gameplay challenges to dealing with enemies by cutting a bloody swatch through them, ''she'' is not going to complain about unnecessary guard or civilian deaths so long as the goal has been achieved, and the agent summaries indicate she's equally disapproving of Internationale's moral scruples and Sharp's complete lack thereof. Still, even she draws a line at [[spoiler: nuking all the corporate HQs from orbit, apparently]].

** The guest agents in the final mission have scripted reactions to certain events that they will still say even if they've been knocked unconscious at the time.

* ConspicuouslySelectivePerception: Guards only notice changes that happen in front of their eyes; they will investigate if they see a door closing or another guard being knocked out, but pay no attention if a door that was open last time they passed it is now closed, or another guard doesn't show up at the place where their patrol routes always cross.

** Particular types of mission, including Vault missions and Security Dispatch missions, have an objective that's in a room by itself with a locked door, requiring agents to find the key to complete the mission. Vault access cards must be obtained before beginning the mission, either by doing a Vault Access Card mission or getting one as a random offer from [=Monst3r=]; for other kinds of doors, the key will be somewhere in the same mission as the door.

* ThrowingTheDistraction: The DLC introduces the "Cry Baby" grenade, which can be thrown and will then make a distracting noise that the guards will go and investigate. The flavor text claims that it's the result of intensive research into what noise guards find most interesting.

** Particular types of mission, including Vault missions and Security Dispatch missions, have an objective that's in a room by itself with a locked door, requiring agents to find the key to complete the mission. Vault access cards must be obtained before beginning the mission, either by doing a Vault Access Card mission or getting one as a random offer from [=Monst3r=]; otherwise, the key will be somewhere in the same mission as the door.
** Some percentage of the doors on any mission will be locked "level one security doors". A guard on the level will be carrying a key for them, and there are also augments and gadgets available to hack them. Unlike the mission-critical doors, any room with a locked security door will always have another door that isn't locked, as a deliberate design decision by the developers to avoid the possibility of a door that can only be unlocked by a ket that's on the other side. It can still be useful to unlock them, to open more direct routes between points of interest and to have more options for dodging guards.

** If you want to spend your hard-earned credits on anything other than agent buffs and the limited items Monster can sell, you'll have to find a shop inside a level. And then hack it.

* ItsProbablyNothing: Investigating Guards will say some variation of this if they get to a point of interest and don't see intruders. However, guards in hunting mode [[AvertedTrope will never go back to patrols]] and will endlessly search until they find agents.

** The black marketeer who supplies augment upgrades goes by "[=MONST3R=]".

* LightBulbJoke: Mocking Internationale's communist tendencies, Sharp poses the question: How many workers does it take to disable a Sankaku security drone? His answer: Only one, but I would have to throw him really hard.

* MacGuffin: In the Contingency Plan DLC, [[spoiler:Monster refers to the Quantum Raft as one of these. Central doesn't understand.]]