History VideoGame / ProjectNomads

* SelfImposedChallenge: The game explains choosing Goliath to be this because he's using slow-but-powerful weapons in a game dominated by speedy aircraft. That said, he demolishes enemy defenses with ease, which the other characters struggle with until they obtain heavier weapons.

* WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou: Non-character example. If an island's Lighthouse is destroyed, the island breaks apart. This applies to both the players' and opponents' islands. This is weaponized in the battle again [[spoiler: The Skrit Queen]].

* DummiedOut: A surprising amount of spells are in the game's code, but never given to the player. A few planes are hidden in here as well.

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** The player characters each have a personal airplane based on their combat philosophy. It's also possible to aquire a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII style bomber plane, which can also take a bit more punishment. In the last level, hidden under an enemy turret is a hangar artefact to build a Stuka plane.

** Not exactly airplanes but still cool are the two coal collector units, a zeppelin and a helicopter-like floater. Collecting coal gives a massive boost to power, but getting the proper artefacts is somewhat difficult.

* MightyGlacier: Bombers and heavy cannons. Both are impervious to many types of attacks, and can cripple or destroy a hostile in a single attack themselves. Goliath's weapons are also made with this philosophy, as his cannons are exceptionally powerful but fire very slowly.

* SelfImposedChallenge: The game explains choosing Goliath to be this, because he's using slow-but-powerful weapons in a game dominated by speedy aircraft. That said, he demolishes enemy defenses with ease, which the other characters struggle with until they obtain heavier weapons.

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** Enemy forces usually consist of the aforementioned bomber, a lighter bomber and rustbucket fighters called "Sharks". A PaletteSwap Shark is used during one mission. A WorldWarI style fighter is used during another.

Project Nomads is an adventure game, taking place on a ruined steampunk planet. The world itself has fractured into smaller pieces. The laws of physics are in a strange place, as the remaining world is comprised of floating chunks of the planet, with the "the sea of flames" at the very lowest level. The player takes control of 1 of three Nomads, searching for treasure. The game begins with the player character left for dead after their plane crashes on a remote island in enemy territory. However, the crash frees a "Master Builder" from his prison, who rewards the PC by turning the island into a makeshift warship. And the game goes from there.

* ArbitraryGunPower: Honestly, gatlings guns should be more effective than they're portrayed here. However, it's the only thing keeping them from being overpowered.

* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:The Master Builder.]]

* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:The Master Builder. He is killed by the Skrit Queen when the latter gets accidentially released from her prison.]]

* SealedEvilInACan: The Master Builder and [[spoiler: the Skrit Queen. Both are released over the course of the game.]]

* TheVoiceless: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. The player charakter talks a few lines after the final boss is beaten.
* WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou: Non-character example. If an island's Lighthouse is destroyed, the island breaks apart. This applies to both the players' and opponents' islands.

** The player characters each have a personal airplane based on their combat philosophy. It's also possible to aquire a WorldWarII style bomber plane, which can also take a bit more punishment. In the last level, hidden under an enemy turret is a hangar artefact to build a Stuka plane.

* TheVoiceless: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. The player charakter talks a few lines after the final boss is beaten.

* ShatteredWorld

* SelfImposedChallenge: The game explains choosing Goliath to be this, because he's using slow-but-powerful weapons in a game dominated by speedy aircraft. That said, he demolishes enemy defenses with ease, which the other characters struggle with until they obtain heavier weapons.