History VideoGame / LISAThePointless

* AntiFrustrationFeature: Unlike Lisa the Painful, any KO'd party members will still get EXP after battle.

* BookEnds: Both the beginning and ending of the game involve [[spoiler: Alex being taken somewhere while bleeding to death on a vehicle.]]

* DenserAndWackier: The game manages to be both this and DarkerAndEdgier simultaneously. There's a lot more [[BlackComedy levity]] than there was in The Joyful, but there's a disturbing and surreal undercurrent to most of it. The horror is quite understated and usually of the [[NothingIsScarier minimal, atmospheric variety]].

* EarlyBirdCameo: A very easy to miss one. Georgy, a party member early on in the game, leaves Alex's party a while after they enter the mainland. [[spoiler: If one remembers Garbage Island in the Painful, they might recognize Georgy as one of the Joy Mutants Brad fights.]]

* EverythingFades: Averted for the most part. Unlike Lisa the Painful, all the enemies you fight will still be present as bloodied corpses, with some exceptions, such as gameplay limitations, and if said enemies are just KO'd.

** Alex and Joel. The game is very much stated to be taking place during the early events of the Painful.

* LighterAndSofter: Heavily downplayed. While the main theme is generally accepted to be a bit lighter than The Painful's, having less focus on the topic of sexual assault, body horror, and has a generally more hopeful feel to it combined with more BlackComedy, it's still a LISA game.

* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler: Rick appears in a TV show Alex watches... despite Brad beating him near-fatally in the Painful. Of course, that's assuming that the program was even real to begin with.]]

The gameplay is mostly the same as that of the Painful RPG, although there are a few notable changes. The difficulty is significantly ramped up, with save points being less common, items being in shorter supply, and enemies hitting much harder than before. It's imperative that you carefully manage your items as well as Alex and Joel's abilities. Even the most basic enemies are capable of killing the duo if you're not operating at the top of your game.

''LISA: The Pointless'' is a fan-made {{Interquel}} to VideoGame/{{Lisa}} by Lithuanian developer Edvinas Kandrotas.

* AllThereInTheManual: Supplementary lore about the setting, like the Central Powers and their Game, as well as the names of most NPCs that aren’t fought or tell you their names, like the TV host’s real name, have been divulged by the developers throughout posts on social media, with the wiki recording them for reference.

* NotWithTheSafetyOnYouWont: [[spoiler: When Hugo attacks the campsite, Joel tries to fire his one bullet at him to save Alex, but he forgets to load it in]].