History VideoGame / Malicious

* TheHighQueen: In the good days Queen Ashlelei was adored and respected by all, her own peers in Santville and neighboring countries alike, they all loved her and was deserving of this whorship.

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: the Mad Queen, a fitting name for the present Queen Ashlelei, she wages on wars continuously, expanding the Kingom of Santville and the corruption within.

* LockedIntoStrangeness: Valeria and Erica did not seem to have blue hair in their previous lives, an illustration of the siblings visiting their imprisioned mother on the in-game novel supports this.

* ArchnemesisDad: King Eldrake, Valeria and Erica's father, is the main villain of the backstory novel and basically the one responsable for much of the suffering seen in the story, killing his own children and the following path of rage and insanity of their mother Queen Ashelei.
* BackFromTheDead: Valeria and Erica, Queen Ashelei's children were brought back to life by the Prophets to fight against their own mother, who turned insane as the Mad Queen.

* EvilMatriarch: Following King Eldrake's death in the backstory, Queen Ashelei follows suit in becoming corrupted, turning into a villain herself as the Mad Queen.
* FaceHeelTurn: Queen Ashelei prior the main campaign, seen in the short in-game novel Ashelei went from a benevolent and strong Queen to a enraged war hungry Mad Queen due a series of traumatic events.

** The Mad Queen's Mask and Sword were made of the sacrifice of her own children, following their deaths by the hands of their own father the Prophets crafted weapons for the Queen to overthrow the King; Valeria is part of the sword, Ashelei's strenght to attack, Erica is part of the mask, Ashelei's resilience to defend.
** The playable characters, Spirit Vessels Valeria and Erica are also made after the original siblings who died in the conflict bewtween Queen Ashelei and King Eldrake.

* FaceHeelTurn: Queen Ashelei prior the main campaign, seen in the short in-game novel Ashelei went from a benevolent and strong Queen to a enraged war hungry Mad Queen due a series traumatic events.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Both protagonists.

'''Malicious''' is a download-only 3D action game developed and published by Alvion for the PlayStation3 and the PlayStationVita. The main goal of the game is to defeat a dangerous group of creatures known as the ''Malicious''. The player makes use of a special black mantle that hangs from the main character's neck called [[ScarfOfAsskicking the Mantle of Cinders]]. Due to the lack of actual stage progression, the game is meant to offer a simple play experience. The game was released in October 2010 in Japan, February 2012 in Europe and Australia, and July 2012 in the United States, and is available to download from PlayStation Store. Because of the game's critical success, an [[UpdatedRerelease enhanced port]] of the game was announced for the PlayStationVita.

'''Malicious''' is a download-only 3D action game developed and published by Alvion for the PlayStation3 and the PlayStationVita. The main goal of the game is to defeat a dangerous group of creatures known as the ''Malicious''. The player makes use of a special black mantle that hangs from the main character's neck called [[ScarfOfAsskicking the Mantle of Cinders]]. Due to the lack of actual stage progression, the game is meant to offer a simple play experience. The game was released on October 27, 2010 and is available to download from PlayStation Store in Japan. Because of the game's critical success, an [[UpdatedRerelease enhanced port]] of the game was announced for the PlayStationVita.

* BossRush: Since thre is now real level progression, the whole game is essentially this.

* DoesNotLikeShoes
* NoNameGiven: Averted; the male protagonist is named Valeria, and the female protagonist is named Erica.
* PurelyAestheticGender
* ScarfOfAsskicking
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

'''Malicious''' is a download-only 3D action game developed and published by Alvion for the PlayStation3 and the PlayStationVita. The main goal of the game is to defeat a dangerous group of creatures known as the ''Malicious''. The player makes use of a special black mantle that hangs from the main character's neck called [[ScarfOfAsskicking the Mantle of Cinders]]. Due to the lack of actual stage progression, the game is meant to offer a simple play experience. The game was released on October 27, 2010 and is available to download from PlayStation Store in Japan. Because of the game's critical success, an enhanced port of the game was announced for the PlayStationVita.

'''Malicious''' is a download-only 3D action game developed and published by Alvion for the PlayStation3 and the PlayStationVita. The main goal of the game is to defeat a dangerous group of creatures known as the ''Malicious''. The player makes use of a special black mantle that hangs from the main character's neck called the Mantle of Cinders. Due to the lack of actual stage progression, the game is meant to offer a simple play experience. The game was released on October 27, 2010 and is available to download from PlayStation Store in Japan. Because of the game's critical success, an enhanced port of the game was announced for the PlayStationVita.