History VideoGame / Lacuna2021

* NobleBigotWithABadge: Gary (your partner in the CDI) is pretty openly prejudiced against Saviants, but still tries to solve crimes against them.
* PlanetTerra: A twist on the trope, since the story of ''Lacuna'' takes place in a solar system that is evidently different from the real life one. But the Earth analogue is called "Ghara".

* CorporateConspiracy: It soon becomes clear that the murder of Joseph Banny involves some big-money players in the world. It's your job to figure out to ''what'' extent.

For several decades, the human race has slowly, but steady been colonizing the Solar system, expanding outwards from their planet of origin, know as Ghara. This process has been far from painless, having been marked by strife and unrest, especially between the Federation lead by Ghara and New Jordan, the only planet that has so far been successful in declaring its independence from the Federation, and has even been able to set itself up as as the only other superpower in the solar system to serious challenge the Federation. Recently the discovery of tyllanium, a rare mineral that has proved crucial in the development new innovative technology, has lead to increased competition between the Federation and New Jordan, as they struggle to outmanoeuvre each other in taking control of the few tyllanium deposits. Matters have not been made less complicated by the fact that Drovia, a colony controlled by the Federation, and the home of the largest known quantity of tyllanium, has started to agitate for its independence, demanding the right to determine its own fate on the solar stage. Ghara not being ready to grant Drovia independence and thereby letting go of its precious tyllanium, have caused tensions to inflame. With neither side willing to budge, and with rumors about a possible Drovian revolt in the near future and that New Jordan is poised to come to their aid if it were to happen, many fear that an interplanetary war is forthcoming.

''Lacuna'' is a SciFi [[FilmNoir Noir]] AdventureGame, developed by the Germany-based [=DigiTales Interactive=], and released in May 2021.

* SlidingScaleOfLawEnforcement: The police agencies (namely the CDI, a sort of FBI/anti-terrorism unit your character works for) are portrayed as a kitchen sink of good intentions, cynicism, corruption and various problems InherentToTheSystem. It's up to the player where Neil Conrad falls in this conundrum.

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* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler:The mercs involved in the conspiracy abduct Neil's daugther, Laura, to blackmail him into aiding them.]]
* PlanetTerra: A twist on the trope. The Earth stand-in is called Ghara.

* BittersweetEnding: Many of the MultipleEndings qualify to some degree or another. [[spoiler:The main one is perhaps whether Neil decides to expose TheConspiracy behind the "Sector II incident" or not. If the player chooses to expose the truth, Neil is fired from the CDI for leaking the information and the tensions between Ghara and Drovia heats further up, with a war seeming more likely than ever, but public pressure leads to the arrested and eventually jailing of all the conspirators, and in spite of everything Neil has a relatively clear conscience, believing that what he did was in the interest of ensuing justice. If the player chooses against exposing it, Neil gets to keep his job, and while there is still tension between Ghara and Drovia, it is not nearly as bad, but Neil is left with serious doubts and questions to the morality of his work with the CDI, seeing the people behind the conspiracy is still out there running things and will get away with what they did, for now at least.]]

* GoldenEnding: While most of the MultipleEndings are {{Bittersweet| Ending}} to some degree or another, some of the variations that have personal meaning to Neil are unquestionably happy. [[spoiler:If he manages to rescue his daugther, Laura, reconnect with his ex-wife, Cat, and make Zora reconsider her life-choices, making her pull a HeelFaceTurn at the end, Neil is ultimately at peace and happy, no matter what else has happened.]]

* {{Unobtainium}}: Tyllanium is a rare mineral that is hard to acquire, yet it forms the basis of a lot of modern technology. Hence why controlling it has become an important political question.

For several decades, the human race has slowly, but steady been colonizing the Solar system, expanding outwards from their planet of origin, know as Ghara. This process has been far from painless, having been marked by strife and unrest, especially between the Federation lead by Ghara and New Jordan, the only planet that has so far been successful in declaring its independence from the Federation, and has even been able to set itself up as as the only other superpower in the solar system to serious challenge the Federation. Recently the discovery of tyllanium, a rare mineral that has proved crucial in the development new innovative technology, has lead to increased competition between the Federation and New Jordan, as they struggle to outmanoeuvre each other in taking control of the few tyllanium deposits. Matters have not been made less complicated by the fact that Drovia, a colony controlled by the Federation, and the home of the largest known quantity of tyllanium, has started to agitate for its independence, demanding the right to determine its own fate on the solar stage. Ghara not being ready to grant Drovia independence and thereby letting go of its precious tyllanium, have caused tensions to inflame. With neither side willing to budge, and with rumors about a possible Drovian revolt in the near future and that New Jordan might come to their aid if it were to happen, many fear that an interplanetary war is forthcoming.

For several decades, the human race has slowly, but steady been colonizing the Solar system, expanding outwards from their planet of origin, know as Ghara. This process has been far from painless, having been marked by strife and unrest, especially between the Federation lead by Ghara and New Jordan, the only planet that has so far been successful in declaring its independence from the Federation, and has even been able to set itself up as as the only other superpower in the solar system to serious challenge the Federation. Recently the discovery of tyllanium, a rare mineral that has proved crucial in the development new innovative technology, has lead to increased competition between the Federation and New Jordan, as they struggle to outmanoeuvre each other in taking control of the few tyllanium deposits. Matters have not been made less complicated by the fact that Drovia, a colony controlled by the Federation, and the home of the largest known quantity of tyllanium, has started to agitate for its independence, demanding the right to determine its own fate on the solar stage. Ghara not being ready to grant Drovia independence and thereby letting go of its precious tyllanium, have caused tensions to inflame. With neither side willing to budge, and rumors about a possible Drovian revolt in the near future, many fear that an interplanetary war is forthcoming.

For several decades, the human race has slowly, but steady been colonizing the Solar system, expanding outwards from their planet of origin, know as Ghara. This process has been far from painless, having been marked by strife and unrest, especially between the Federation lead by Ghara and New Jordan, the only planet that has so far been successful in declaring its independence from the Federation, and has even been able to set itself up as as the only other superpower in the solar system to serious challenge the Federation. Recently the discovery of tyllanium, a rare mineral that has proved crucial in the development new innovative technology, has lead to increased competition between the Federation and New Jordan, as they struggle to outmanoeuvre each other in taking control of the few tyllanium deposits. Matters have not been made less complicated by the fact that Drovia, a colony controlled by the Federation, and the home of the largest known quantity of tyllanium, has started to agitate for its independence, demanding the right to determine its own fate on the solar stage. Ghara not being ready to grant Drovia independence and thereby letting go of its precious tyllanium, have caused tensions to inflame, and many fear that an interplanetary war is forthcoming.

For several decades, the human race has slowly, but steady been colonizing the Solar system, expanding outwards from their planet of origin, know as Ghara. This process has been far from painless, having been marked by strife and unrest, especially between the Federation lead by Ghara and New Jordan, the only planet that has so far been successful in declaring its independence from the Federation, and has even been able to set itself up as as the only other superpower in the solar system to serious challenge the Federation. Recently the discovery of tyllanium, a rare mineral that has proved crucial in the development new innovative technology, has lead to increased competition between the Federation and New Jordan, as they struggle to outmanoeuvre each other in taking control of the few tyllanium deposits. Matters have not been made less complicated by the fact that Drovia, a colony controlled by the Federation, and the home of the largest known quantity of tyllanium, has started to agitate for its independence, demanding the right to determine its own fate on the solar stage. Drovia finds itself being backed up by New Jordan, putting the colonized worlds at the risk of interplanetary war.

Chaught in the middle of all this is agent Neil Conrad of the Central Department of Investigation (CDI), the main federal authority in charge of investigating high level crimes on Ghara. When Joesph Banny, Drovia's foreign minister, is suddenly assassinated mere hours before he was supposed to meet with the Federation's president to discuss a diplomatic solution to their disagreements, Conrad and his partner, Gary Long, is put in charge of the investigation, and must race against the clock to solve the crime before tensions boil over. Along the way, Conrad uncovers a conspiracy that forces him to come up close of the darker and more rotten parts of the Federation, and seriously challenges his convictions.

* TheFederation: The Federation certainly likes to portray itself that way. Both Neil and many other character notices that in effect it is not always that way, as various {{Mega Corp}}s are heavily involved with the government, meaning that it favors them above everything else.

* SmokingIsNotCool: Downplayed. A more technologically advanced society have lead to smoking becoming gradually less of a health risk, but it is still something that is considered an addiction. Neil is actively trying to quit smoking, and the game both rewards and punishes you both for trying to indulge and refuse to indulge him.

* TheFederation: The Federation certainly likes to portray itself that way. Both Neil and many other character notices that in effect it is not always that way, as it tend to favor the interest of the various {{Mega Corp}}s above everything else.

''Lacuna'' is a SciFi [[FilmNoir Noir]] AdventureGame, developed by the Germany-based DigiTales Interactive, and released in May 2021.

* TheFederation: The Federation certainly likes to portray itself that way. Both Neil and many other character notices that in effect it is not always that way, as it tend to favor the interest of the various MegaCorps above everything else.