History VideoGame / Primal

* NighInvulnerability: Scree, in most cases. However, this is [[AvertedTrope averted]] if he's possessing a statue and fighting. Also, although he has no visible health bar himself (his bar shows his "tank" of reserve demon energy) there are a couple places in Volca where Scree can die (the first is while he's transporting weights to a pressure plate to [[spoiler:rescue Jen from the corrupted Djinn form]] if he gets hit by enough falling volcanic rocks. The second is if, while he's going to possess a statue to [[spoiler: fight Jen in said corrupted Djinn form]], he gets hit enough times by [[spoiler:corrupted Djinn Jen]]). Either of these things causes a GameOver.

* PointOfNoContinues: If Jen runs out of health while in human form during a boss battle, [[GameOver she immediately dies.]] The same thing happens if any statue Scree is possessing runs out of health during a boss battle, since he can't use Life Gems or his reserve demon energy in this case.

* RegeneratingHealth: But only under two circumstances. The first is when Jen is in human form ''and'' not in combat. The second is when she is in Undine form ''and'' in clean water. (Most of the water in Aquis is polluted, bar the opening lagoon. Jen doesn't lose health when in polluted water, but she also doesn't automatically regenerate it.)

* TimedMission: Shortly after you enter Aquis (the UnderTheSea level) and get the "Undine" (fish-like creature) form, Queen Aino is raised out of the water. You have to turn two valves on the other end of the lake to get her back into the water. There's no visible clock, just her [[HellIsThatNoise increasingly desperate cries of "Help me!" every minute or so]], and if you don't rescue her, she will eventually die... [[GameOver and so will Jen]].

* OneUp: Life Gems for Jen automatically refill her demon energy to full should she ever run out. This is only available to her when she is in one of her demon forms, however. Her human form also acts as an extra life if she runs out of demon energy, but it can't use Life Gems. What this means if she runs out of health as a human, it triggers either a TimedMission for Scree to bring her back, or, if it happens during a boss fight, an instant GameOver.

* OneUp: Life Gems for Jen automatically refill demon energy to full should she ever run out.

* WalkItOff: In human form Jen regenerates health when not in combat. Fighting in human form also saves LifeGems, which are automatically used when Jen runs out of energy in beast form. So there's a double reason to fight in human form as much as possible.

* EmergencyWeapon: Jen's carries a knife she can use in human form. It's not as strong as the demon forms, but it does the trick if she's out of energy.

** [[AllThereInTheManual The game manual states that]] Jen’s health as a human is her connection to the spirit world, which means that if she runs out of health, she gets kicked out of the spirit world and back into her physical body (which, as it is established at the beginning of the game, is comatose and near death). If that happens, the rift gates will open, and you, as Scree, have to get to one to bring Jen back. Just like the Aino mission, there is no visible clock, but you still have to move it, or risk a Game Over.

* TimedMission: Shortly after you enter Aquis (the UnderTheSea level) and get the "Undine" (fish-like creature) form, Queen Aino is raised out of the water. You have to turn two valves on the other end of the lake to get her back into the water. There's no visible clock, just her [[HellIsThatNoise increasingly desperate cries of "Help me!" every 15 seconds or so]], and if you don't rescue her, she will eventually die... [[GameOver and so will Jen]].
** If Jen runs out of health in human form, the rift gates will open, and you, as Scree, have to get to one to bring Jen back. Just like the Aino mission, there is no visible clock, but you still have to move it, or risk a Game Over.

->"'''''Civilization is only skin deep.'''''"

Controllable Characters

* CompleteMonster: [[AristocratsAreEvil Count Raum of Aethia]] is a vampiric Wraith nobleman who rules the lower Helot classes as a vicious despot. To prolong his {{immortality|Immorality}}, Raum demands tributes and sacrifices, having innocent Helots abducted to be painfully harvested for blood, which has crippled the lower classes. When he judges a sacrifice inadequate, Raum kills the man for enjoyment. Also indulging in brutal torture, Raum slaughtered all the other nobles who knew of his blood machine to protect his secrets. Not even caring when his supposedly beloved wife Empusa dies, Raum shows he is one of the worst in all of the realms of chaos or order alike.

* AbortedArc: Scree grills Jen about her PowerTattoo, saying the symbol is very important, and asking where the designer saw it. While the same symbol is seen all throughout the game, we're never told why it's so important, or what it means.

* DeadlyDecadentCourt: The Wraith nobility.

Not to be confused with the Creator/GenndyTartakovsky series, ''WesternAnimation/Primal2019''.

It has been released as a [=PS2=] classic on the UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Jen and Abdizur stop Abaddon from destroying Nexus, [[KillTheOnesYouLove but Jen is forced to kill Lewis]], [[BrainwashedAndCrazy who's become Abaddon's champion]], in the process. Abdizur, however, says there's a chance the Well of Nexus could bring him back to life, but it's a very slim chance, and throws Lewis's body into it with Jen's blessing. Jen also returns to her body in Mortalis, but will never see Adbizur again. Jen is later seen visiting Lewis in the hospital, [[CliffhangerEnding but he's still in a coma and it's never revealed if he wakes up or not.]]]]

* ElementalPowers - Not strictly speaking, but the four realms of Oblivion correspond to the classical four elements, Earth, Water, Air and fire.

* FireIceLightning: Jen's Undine form uses lightning attacks. The Djinn form uses flaming blades. The Ferai Realm is permanent night, winter, and snow.

Not to be confused with the Creator/GenndyTartakovsky series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Primal}}''.

Not to be confused with the upcoming Creator/GenndyTartakovsky series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Primal}}''.

* Jared - voiced by Sean Pertwee. Son of Jon Pertwee of ''Series/DoctorWho'' fame. Sean also voiced the Aquis Engineer uncredited. (You can't mistake that voice.)

It has been released as a [=PS2=] classic on the PlaystationNetwork.

A British counterpart to ''{{Ico}}'', ''Primal'' is as much or more about experiencing the game's universe and interaction between characters as it is about gameplay. Sometimes it's like a luxuriously animated old-school text adventure. In contrast to ''{{Ico}}'''s minimalist approach, ''Primal'' spared no expense in its presentation production values. Motion capture, BAFTA nominated soundtrack, machine band combat soundtrack, lavish object and character models, luxurious textures, top-quality voice acting, richly imagined worlds, cultures and races, realistic characters with sometimes extravagant amounts of dialog.

Developed by SCEE Cambridge, the development team responsible for ''VideoGame/MediEvil'' and its sequel, ''{{Primal}}'' (2003) is a [=PS2=] exclusive. Even today, it can hold its own against more recent games. It is a single player, two character action/adventure game focusing on Jen, a mortal girl attacked when leaving a nightclub with her boyfriend Lewis, singer in the club's band.

* GraveHumor: Wraith Jen breaks a tombstone for '[[Franchise/TombRaider Laura Cruft]]' with a death year of 2003, the year Primal was released.

* OrderVersusChaos: The entire premise of {{Primal}}. Arella was the literal personification of order, and is explicitly named to be so. Her polar opposite is Abbadon.

* TakeThat: at [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]]. Wraith Jen breaks a tombstone for 'Laura' Cruft with a death year of 2003, The same year both ''Primal'' and ''Angel of Darkness'' were released. ''Angel of Darkness'' is also known for being a major bomb.
* TarotMotifs: The four worlds Jen visits are each based around one of the Minor Arcana Suits (Solum is Disks, Aquis is Cups, Aetha is Swords, Volca is Wands).

* OneUp: Life Gems for Jen automatically refill demon energy to full should she ever run out.

* FakeKing
** [[spoiler:Ferai Queen Devena of Solum is actually dead. She's been replaced by a demon magically to imitate her.]]
** [[spoiler:King Adaro of Aquis has been transformed into a monster by unfiltered 'normal' water in his world. His queen allows him to sacrifice her to alleviate the problem.]]
** [[spoiler:Iblis of Volca pretends not to be the king when he actually is.]]

* ActionGirl: Jen

* AllDrummersAreAnimals

* BattleThemeMusic - by machine band [=16Volt=].
* BerserkButton - Don't call Scree "short."
* {{BFS}} - The large fire sword in Djinn form is the most powerful attack form in the game.

* CarryABigStick: Herne

* [[strike: Captain]] [[CaptainErsatz Count Ersatz]]: [[{{Dracula}} Evil Count]] in a castle what could easily pass for the Carpathian mountains. Gains invulnerability, and perhaps immortality, by feeding off of the blood of poor villagers.
** {{Lampshade}}d by Jen's "I guess the ol' 'fangs in the neck' trick went out of fashion" when she sees the BloodMachine.

* TheDragon: Belahzur.
* DoingItForTheArt
* DownTheDrain
* DualBoss: Raum and Empusa.

* DyingDream

* EmergencyWeapon: Jen's human form.

* GameplayAllyImmortality: Scree.

* GiantEnemyCrab - The Glakk (possibly acronym for Giant Land Aquisian King Krab?) is bigger than Jen.

* GirlyRun: Averted with Jen.

* GraveClouds

** Possible TakeThat listed below.
* GuideDangIt: Averted via a hint system.

* HorseOfADifferentColor: [[StarWars Tauntauns!]]

* InformingTheFourthWall

* KillItWithFire:

** Lampshaded when Jen remarks, [[strike: "I hate mazes,"]] "Eugh. Mazes suck," on encountering it.

* MobileMaze - There's a switch in the maze that causes it to change. That permits the player to advance to another switch that changes the maze again, but to a much simpler form.
* MoodDissonance: Jen is a fountain of this.
* MotionCapture, and lots of it.

* NoFlowInCGI

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Scree]]

* OneUp: Life Gems for Jen.
* OneWingedAngel

* PerkyGoth: Jen

* PuzzleBoss
* RightInFrontOfMe
* RoyalBrat: Elizabeth.

* SaveTheVillain
* [[SceneryPorn Graphics Porn]], lots of it.
* SexyBacklessOutfit

* SlidingScaleOfVisualsVersusDialogue
* SpeakingSimlish: The "Demon Tongue", as Scree Calls it.

* TransformationSequence: Very often, and longer than needed.

Developed by SCEE Cambridge, the development team responsible for ''VideoGame/MediEvil'' and its sequel, ''{{Primal}}'' (2003) is a PS2 exclusive. Even today, it can hold its own against more recent games. It is a single player, two character action/adventure game focusing on Jen, a mortal girl attacked when leaving a nightclub with her boyfriend Lewis, singer in the club's band.

It has been released as a PS2 classic on the PlaystationNetwork.

** The opening cutscene is just like the first person travel scenes by the angels in ''The Prophecy'' (1995).
** ''TheTerminator'' - The opening scene of a killer stalking through the dance floor of a nightclub.
** StarWars:
*** "Aren't you a little short for the Grim Reaper?"
*** The Tauntauns from ''StarWars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'' make an appearance in Solum. The Queen even rides one.
** Franchise/TombRaider
*** Jen has a "look" mode, where she moves her head around and the camera follows, much like Lara Croft's "look" mode in the Franchise/TombRaider series.

* SleevesAreForWimps

* SpringJump
* SuperpoweredEvilSide

* FlamingSword: Jen's Djinn form wield these and can alternate between [[DualWielding twin blades]] or one [[{{BFS}} very large one]].

* ICantUseTheseThingsTogether