History VideoGame / NuclearThrone

At some point in the past, humanity [[AfterTheEnd messed up]]. They tried their best, but they went extinct, either dying in the wake of the apocalypse or mutating to a point where they could no longer be called humans or classified as anything remotely close to natural life. Though the human race was destroyed, Earth was not; it merely changed. Life became a struggle for survival, but it continued ever onward. A long time has passed since the apocalypse, and now rumours of the mysterious [[MacGuffinTitle Nuclear Throne]] has led a small group of mutants together to a secluded campfire. They have very little in common, but they all have the same goal; seeking the Nuclear Throne. This will by no means be easy, however, as the path to the Nuclear Throne is guarded by murderous bandits, ravenous monsters, and the mysterious Interdimensional Police Department (IDPD), a heavily armed militia determined to prevent anyone from reaching the Nuclear Throne for unknown reasons. Using their uniquely abnormal superpowers, the mutants will do whatever it takes to claim their prize and rise on top of the apocalyptic food chain, no matter the consequences.

At some point in the past, humanity [[AfterTheEnd messed up]]. They tried their best, but they went extinct, either dying in the wake of the apocalypse or mutating to a point where they could no longer be called humans or classified as anything close to natural creatures. Though the human race was destroyed, Earth was not; it merely changed. Life became a struggle for survival, but it continued ever onward. A long time has passed since the apocalypse, and now rumours of the mysterious [[MacGuffinTitle Nuclear Throne]] has led a small group of mutants together to a secluded campfire. They have very little in common, but they all have the same goal; seeking the Throne. This will by no means be easy, however, as the path to the Nuclear Throne is guarded by murderous bandits, ravenous mutants, and the mysterious Interdimensional Police Department (IDPD), a heavily armed militia determined to prevent anyone from reaching the Nuclear Throne for unknown reasons. Using their uniquely abnormal superpowers, these mutants will do whatever it takes to get to the Nuclear Throne, no matter the consequences.

''[[http://nuclearthrone.com/ Nuclear Throne]]'' is an Action [[{{Roguelike}} Roguelike-like]] by Vlambeer, creator of ''VideoGame/SuperCrateBox'', ''{{VideoGame/Luftrausers}}'' and ''VideoGame/SeriousSamTheRandomEncounter''. The game is currently available on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, [[UsefulNotes/{{Playstation4}} PS4]], UsefulNotes/PSVita, and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. The game is focused on high-adrenaline shootouts in randomly generated environments with a large amount of guns available at the player's disposal. Every character has different passive and active abilities, ranging from blowing up corpses to spending their own health to spawn allies. In addition as you defeat enemies you gain radiation, which allows your character to mutate, gaining new perks as you travel across the wasteland. But no matter how strong you or your weapons are, you must still be careful, because death comes quickly, and death means you're going on a [[FinalDeath one-way trip]] back to the campfire.

At some point in the past, humanity [[AfterTheEnd messed up]]. They tried their best, but they went extinct, either dying in the wake of the apocalypse or mutating to a point where they could no longer be called humans or classified as anything close to natural creatures. Though the human race was destroyed, Earth was not; it merely changed. Life became a struggle for survival, but it continued ever onward. A long time has passed since the apocalypse, and now rumours of the mysterious [[MacGuffinTitle Nuclear Throne]] has led a small group of mutants together to a secluded campfire. They have very little in common, but they all have the same goal; seeking the Throne. This will by no means be easy, however, as the path to the Nuclear Throne is guarded by murderous bandits, ravenous mutants, and the mysterious Interdimensional Police Department (IDPD), a heavily armed militia determined to prevent anyone from reaching the Nuclear Throne for unknown reasons. Using their own uniquely abnormal powers, these mutants will do whatever it takes to get to the Nuclear Throne, no matter the consequences.

At some point in the past, humanity [[AfterTheEnd messed up]]. They tried their best, but they went extinct, either dying in the wake of the apocalypse or mutating to a point where they could no longer be called humans or classified as anything close to natural creatures. Though the human race was destroyed, Earth was not; it merely changed. Life became a struggle for survival, but it continued ever onward. A long time has passed since the apocalypse, and now rumours of the mysterious [[MacGuffinTitle Nuclear Throne]] has led a small group of mutants together to a secluded campfire. They have very little in common, but they all have the same goal; seeking the Throne. This will by no means be easy, however, as the path to the Nuclear Throne is guarded by murderous bandits, ravenous mutants, and the mysterious Interdimensional Police Department (IDPD), a heavily armed militia determined to prevent anyone from reaching the Nuclear Throne for unknown reasons. Using their own uniquely abnormal powers, these mutants are determined to do whatever it takes to get to the Nuclear Throne, no matter the costs.

At some point in the past, humanity [[AfterTheEnd messed up]]. They tried their best, but they went extinct, either dying in the wake of the apocalypse or mutating to a point where they could no longer be called humans. Though the human race was destroyed, Earth was not; it merely changed. Life became a struggle for survival, but it continued ever onward. A long time has passed since the apocalypse, and now rumours of the mysterious [[MacGuffinTitle Nuclear Throne]] has led a small group of mutants together to a campfire. They have very little in common, but they all have the same goal: Seeking the Nuclear Throne. This will by no means be easy, however, as the path to the Throne is guarded by murderous bandits, ravenous mutants, and the mysterious Interdimensional Police Department (IDPD), a heavily armed militia determined to prevent anyone from reaching the Nuclear Throne for unknown reasons.

[[caption-width-right:350:The playable characters, from left to right, [[EnergyBeing Horror]], [[DefectorFromDecadence Rebel]], [[BloodKnight Plant]], [[AIIsACrapshoot Robot]], [[MindOverMatter Eyes]], [[GeniusBruiser Steroids]], [[JackOfAllStats Fish,]] [[TeamMom Crystal]], [[GlassCannon Melting]], [[OddJobGods Y.V]], [[TokenHuman Rogue]] and [[Determinator Chicken]] ]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The playable characters, from left to right, [[EnergyBeing Horror]], [[DefectorFromDecadence Rebel]], [[BloodKnight Plant]], [[AIIsACrapshoot Robot]], [[MindOverMatter Eyes]], [[GeniusBruiser Steroids]], Fish, [[TeamMom Crystal]], [[OneHitPointWonder Melting]], [[OddJobGods Y.V]], [[TokenHuman Rogue]] and [[TheDeterminator Chicken]] ]]

* FrickinLaserBeams: Weapons that use energy ammo fall under this category, and the mutation Laser Brain increases the effectiveness of all of them.

** [[FrickinLaserBeams Energy]]: Laser weapons which fire single piercing beams, plasma weapons which fire balls of energy which eventually explode, an orbital strike [[KillSat Ion Cannon]], and [[LightningGun lightning weapons]] that home in on objects. Similarly to the Explosives above, the Energy Screwdriver, Energy Sword, and Energy Hammer are all melee weapons which use Energy ammo. The Laser Brain mutation increases the strength and duration of all energy attacks.

* PlantPeople: Plant is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a giant walking plant.]]

Compare and contrast ''VideoGame/EnterTheGungeon''.

* FriendlyFireproof: Zigzagged trope. Most of the time, enemies can't hurt each other, but explosive damage will still hurt allies (which is justified, as it hurts ''everyone'' hit). A subversion comes with the IDPD. While the IDPD and normal mutant enemies don't try to gun for each other, IDPD attacks can hurt mutants and vice-versa. This last rule can come in handy in the Palace and [[spoiler:on the loops]], as it will help lighten the load.

* DifficultySpike: The Scrapyard. The area is the first to include stage hazards that are difficult to avoid (exploding cars and flame-launchers), is replete with both GoddamnBats (Crows) ''and'' DemonicSpiders (those goddamn Assassins and Snipers), and the boss of the stage, Big Dog, spams out BulletHell and explodes as a KaizoTrap; both tropes which become themes for all bosses after him.

* CastFromExperience:
** Horror can fire a beam of radiation that reduces its EXP bar. Upgrading this ability makes it heal Horror the longer it's firing the beam.
** Ultra weapons use rads as ammo; thankfully, by the time they're available, you'd have likely reached Level Ultra and no longer have a need for rads beyond powering Ultra weapons.

** Yung Venuz' mansion rap references Film/TeenWolf, [[Disney/TheLionKing Hakuna Matata,]] and [[Series/TheCosbyShow Rudy Huxtable.]]

** The Super Plasma Cannon can pretty much kill anything it hits in 1 shot, and can even down the final boss in only 4 shots. It also has a 10-second reload time and chews through ammo like nobody's business.

** The devs seems to be aware of this for the Disc Gun and Nuke Launcher, because finding a golden version of one of them grants an achievement called "Good Riddance".

** Rebel can summon Allies at the cost of health — 1 HP for the first minion, and 2 HP for every Ally spawned when at least one is out.

** Cast From Experience: Horror can fire a beam of radiation that reduces its EXP bar. Upgrading this ability makes it heal Horror the longer it's firing the beam.
** Ultra weapons use rads as ammo; thankfully, by the time they're available, you'd have likely reached Level Ultra and no longer have a need for rads beyond powering Ultra weapons.

*** Dying to the final boss via collision damage gives you this mocking message: [[spoiler:[[DeathByIrony "You reached the Nuclear Throne"]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The playable characters, from left to right, [[EnergyBeing Horror]], [[DefectorFromDecadence Rebel]], [[BloodKnight Plant]], [[AIIsACrapshoot Robot]], [[MindOverMatter Eyes]], [[GeniusBruiser Steroids]], [[BadassGrandpa Fish]], [[TeamMom Crystal]], [[OneHitPointWonder Melting]], [[OddJobGods Y.V]], [[TokenHuman Rogue]] and [[TheDeterminator Chicken]] ]]

** Plant's B-skin was recolored to give him red vines and blue petals. Being the character with the fastest speed in the game, it comes to no surprise that he resembles a [[SonicTheHedgehog certain blue hedgehog]]. Better yet, one of its loading tips is "GOTTA GO FAST".

* PettingZooPeople: Fish and Chicken.

Compare ''VideoGame/EnterTheGungeon''.

''[[http://nuclearthrone.com/ Nuclear Throne]]'' is an Action [[{{Roguelike}} Roguelike-like]] by Vlambeer, creator of ''VideoGame/SuperCrateBox'', ''{{VideoGame/Luftrausers}}'' and ''VideoGame/SeriousSamTheRandomEncounter''. The game is currently available on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, [[UsefulNotes/{{Playstation4}} PS4]], and UsefulNotes/PSVita. The game is focused on high-adrenaline shootouts in randomly generated environments with a large amount of guns available at the player's disposal. Every character has different passive and active abilities, ranging from blowing up corpses to spending their own health to spawn allies. In addition as you defeat enemies you gain radiation, which allows your character to mutate, gaining new perks as you travel across the wasteland. But no matter how strong you or your weapons are, you must still be careful, because death comes quickly, and death means you're going on a [[FinalDeath one-way trip]] back to the campfire.

* EvilWeapon: Cursed Weapons have a small chance of spawning inside purple chests in every level. These weapons may be more advanced than what is possible for the given level it spawned in, but like cursed items in other roguelikes, [[StuckItems they cannot be replaced]] except with other Cursed Weapons[[note]]and neither can they be used as throwing weapons by Chicken, for that matter[[/note]]. Carrying two of them at once may cause enemies to drop purple-colored Cursed Mini Ammo Chests which give more ammunition on pickup than regular Ammo items, but will explode if left alone, possibly killing players who take too long to retrieve them. [[spoiler:Finally, loading screen tips suddenly begin turning into distorted messages which imply that the Cursed Weapons [[LivingWeapon are alive]] [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou and can see the player]].]] Retrieving a crown from the Crown Vault, choosing the Last Wish mutation, or looping the game will cleanse the weapon. [[note]]As an aside, [[SchmuckBait it might not be a good idea to try eating them as Robot either]]...[[/note]]