History VideoGame / Pylons

* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:[[UndeadChild The children who were killed by the Pylons rise as their servants]], and are noted by the protagonist to be [[AshFace ash-gray]], as a result of being [[ManOnFire horribly charred]] by the electrical current. Also, anyone overtaken by the [[BrownNote Hum]] has their face [[FacialHorror hideously distort]] into [[UncannyValley an exaggerated smile]], while their joints twist to an unnatural angle, shaping them into horrific human facsimiles of the [[Blog/SlimySwampGhost Milk Walker]]-like Pylon Mascot from the PSA segments.]]

* [[spoiler:AdultsAreUseless: The Officer of the Law is too lenient in dealing with the Pylon crisis, simply warning children away and resolving to wait until the Pylon Company arrives to fully investigate the deaths, and is [[PoliceAreUseless quickly killed off by the Pylons and their servants when the invasion begins.]] One of the only other adult characters in the game, the Pylon Man, turns out to be in on the conspiracy, being one of the brainwashed Cultists who make [[HumanSacrifice Human Sacrifices]] to the [[MechanicalAbomination Pylons]], while the third, the Hooded Stranger, [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie succumbs]] to the [[BrownNote Hum]] just after telling you how to stop them.]]

* [[spoiler:BodyHorror: [[UndeadChild The children who were killed by the Pylons rise as their servants]], and are noted by the protagonist to be [[AshFace ash-gray]], as a result of being [[ManOnFire horribly charred]] by the electrical current. Also, anyone overtaken by the [[BrownNote Hum]] has their face [[FacialHorror hideously distort]] into [[UncannyValley an exaggerated smile]], while their joints twist to an unnatural angle, shaping them into horrific human facsimiles of the [[Blog/SlimySwampGhost Milk Walker]]-like Pylon Mascot from the PSA segments.]]
* [[spoiler:CruelTwistEnding: You made it to the top of the radio tower and put the frequency scrambler in place. It activates... and the [[BigBad Mettel Mother]] awakens.]]
* [[spoiler:EldritchAbomination / MechanicalAbomination: The true nature of the Pylons, being ancient, man-eating metal beasts that brainwash the population into forming a cult and offering human sacrifices to them. It’s implied that this has been going on for a very long time.]]

* [[spoiler:AdultsAreUseless: The Officer of the Law is too lenient in dealing with the Pylon crisis, simply warning children away and resolving to wait until the Pylon Company arrives to fully investigate the deaths, and is [[PoliceAreUseless quickly killed off by the Pylons and their servants when the invasion begins.]] One of the only other adult characters in the game, the Pylon Man, turns out to be in on the conspiracy, being one of the brainwashed Cultists who make [[HumanSacrifice Human Sacrifices]] to the [[MechanicalAbomination Pylons]], while the third, the Hooded Stranger, [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie succumbs]] to the [[BrownNote Hum]]] just after telling you how to stop them.]]

* [[spoiler:BodyHorror: [[UndeadChild The children who were killed by the Pylons rise as their servants]], and are noted by the protagonist to be [[AshFace ash-gray]], as a result of being [[ManOnFire horribly charred]] by the electrical current. Also, anyone overtaken by the [[BrownNote Hum]] has their face [[FacialHorror hideously distort]] into [[UncannyValley an exaggerated smile]], while their joints twist to an unnatural angle, shaping them into horrific human facsimiles of the [[Creator/TrevorHenderson Milk Walker]]-like Pylon Mascot from the PSA segments.]]

* [[spoiler:AdultsAreUseless: The Officer of the Law is too lenient in dealing with the Pylon crisis, simply warning children away and resolving to wait until the Pylon Company arrives to fully investigate the deaths, and is [[PoliceAreUseless quickly killed off by the Pylons and their servants when the invasion begins.]] The only other notable adult character in the game, the Pylon Man, turns out to be in on the conspiracy, being one of the brainwashed Cultists who make [[HumanSacrifice Human Sacrifices]] to the [[MechanicalAbomination Pylons]].]]

* [[spoiler:BodyHorror: [[UndeadChild The children who were killed by the Pylons rise as their servants]], and are noted by the protagonist to be [[AshFace ash-gray]], as a result of being [[ManOnFire horribly charred]] by the electrical current.]]

* [[spoiler:CruelTwistEnding: You made it to the top of the radio tower and put the frequency scrambler in place. It activates... and the [[BigBad Mettle Mother]] awakens.]]

* XRaySparks: The messages from the pylon man contain such an image of children resulting from touch a pylon.

* CreepyCemetery: A small one close to a pylon. The PlayerCharacter calls it creepy when he first sees it.

* OneHitPointWonder: If you get touched by [[spoiler:possessed workers or hooded people]], then it's GameOver.

* {{Retraux}}: The game is presented to look like an old UsefulNotes/Commodore64 game, with 8-bit graphics and sounds.

* OneHitPointWonder: If you get touched by [[spoiler:possessed workers or hooded people]], and it's GameOver.