History VideoGame / Lucius

** The Motel owner from the third game is one of Norman Bates, dead mother who he thinks is talking to him and all.

* [[spoiler:PaterFamilicide: {{invoked}}. Charles kills Nancy with a nailgun because Lucius is mind-controlling him. This happens in public, leaving Dad to take the blame.]]

''Lucius III'' has been officially announced in August 2018.

* {{Narrator}}: Detective [=McGuffin=].

** This may also be a reference to ''Franchise/ChildrenOfTheCorn'', as not only does Issac share the first name to the BigBad of that movie, but bears a striking resemblance to his right-hand man, Malachi.

** In the sequel, Issac may share the first name with the villain of ''Franchise/ChildrenOfTheCorn'', but he is the near spitting image of Malachi.

A [[VideogameDemake demake]] of the first episode, simply titled ''Lucius Demake'', was released on August 9, 2016. It is intended as a smaller project before the third episode enters production.

* AdultsAreUseless[=/=]PoliceAreUseless: Detective [=MacGuffin=] get no closer to solving the mysterious murders, at least until Lucius II... right before Satan himself comes before him and gets him to swear eternal loyalty to Lucius.

* AnvilOnHead: [[spoiler: Or in this case, [[PianoDrop Piano on head]]]].

* {{Defictionalization}}: Gergely Sinkó, a fan of the original game, created a mock-up picture that showed how ''Lucius'' would look if it was made during the 8-bit era. Shiver Games were so impressed they decided to make an entire game out of it, even hiring Sinkó to do the graphics for the demake.

* TheAntiChrist

* PsychicAssistedSuicide: Several of Lucius' victims meet their end this way: [[spoiler:One of the maids is manipulated into throwing herself of a balcony, the gardener is forced to place his head inside a lawnmower, and the tutor blows his own brains out with a revolver.]]

* VideogameDemake: ''Lucius Demake'' keeps the storyline and most of the puzzles and situations of the first game, and translates them into a pixelated top-down visual, making it look and feel like it was made in the 1980s on a Commodore 64.

* {{Defictionalization}}: Gergely Sinkó, a fan of the original game, created a mock-up picture that showed how ''Lucius'' would look if it was made during the 8-bit era. Shiver Games were so impressed they decided to make an entire game out of it, even hiring Sinkó to do the grpahics.

Of course, Lucius then discovers that he is ''excessively'' not-normal: That night, he is contacted by the Devil Himself, Lucifer, in a dream. Lucifer reveals that Lucius is TheAntiChrist, and orders him to begin gathering power by murdering all the people in the manor. Gameplay is something of a stealth/puzzle mishmash, as you investigate your latest victim and figure out how to use Lucius' various powers (telekinesis, limited mind control, etc), or perhaps just cunning and wits, to MakeItLookLikeAnAccident. And there's always the possibility that Lucius' father, Charles, or some other characters might suddenly become GenreSavvy...

A sequel, ''Lucius II: The Prophecy'' was released on February 13 (on a Friday, no less), 2015. Taking place directly after the events of the first game, Lucius now has an entire hospital as well as a small town to wreak havoc on as well as contending with another son of the devil.

* NumberOfTheBeast: Same reference to is as in ''Film/TheOmen'' (see {{Expy}}, above.

* ActionizedSequel: ''The Prophecy'' eschews the original game's focus on named targets and ongoing story development in favor of a ''[[VideoGame/HitMan Hitman]]'' style, where Lucius sneaks through guarded levels and takes out dozens of people to reach a specific goal.

* {{Expy}}: Let's see... Born the sixth day of the sixth month of 1966, he is TheAntiChrist, he has demonic murder powers... Oh, dear! Lucius is [[TheOmen Damien Thorn]]'s successor!

* ActionizedSequel: ''The Prophecy'' eschews the original game's focus on named targets and ongoing story development in favor of a ''VideoGame/Hitman'' style, where Lucius sneaks through guarded levels and takes out dozens of people to reach a specific goal.

Lucius Wagner was born on June 6, 1966. Despite this, nobody expected him to be anything other than a normal boy. Of course, he's the PlayerCharacter in a VideoGame, so that was ''never'' going to happen. And, indeed, on On the day of his 6th birthday, Lucius kills Mary, one of the household maids, by locking her in a freezer.

* ShoutOut: Your rival's name in the sequel? [[TheBindingOfIsaac Isaac]].

A sequel, ''Lucius II: The Prophecy'' was released on February 13 (on a Friday, no less), 2015. Taking place directly after the events of the first game, Lucius now has an entire hospital as well as a small town to unleash havoc on.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Fabius made a pact with Satan that led to Lucius becoming the Antichrist. He gets sacrificed on the very alter he set up to help in this, by Lucius himself.]]

A sequel, ''Lucius II: The Prophecy'' was released on February 14, 2015. Taking place directly after the events of the first game, Lucius now has an entire hospital as well as a small town to unleash havoc on.