History VideoGame / RazingStorm

* BigBad: You don't even get to fight against Paulo Guerra, the terrorist leader -- your team destroys him along with his HQ via a KillSat! [[spoiler:Or so you think, until he reappears alive and well before the FinalBattle]].

%%* EvilLaugh: [[spoiler:Paulo Guerra in the [=PS3=] sequel.]]

* HumongousMecha: Krakens.
* ImmuneToBullets: The SpiderTank is first fought against with the machine gun. Your machinegun bullets don't seem to even harm it in the least, so you switch to a [[StuffBlowingUp more suitable weapon]]...
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: The regular terrorist enemies are ''so'' like this.

** Krakens ''love'' to use these on you with their multiple missile turrets..

* MiniBoss: Raptors and HACS enemies tend to be fought alone or only alongside other Raptors/HACS.

* NintendoHard: Though it's easier compared to typical ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'' game because the threat circle gives several seconds instead of split second before it's the time to release the pedal, and expert players can finish the game without letting go of the pedal unless to reload. And though it's subtle, it takes a split second to fully go behind cover (unlike previous games where you're safe upon releasing the pedal), meaning timing your dodges is trickier.

* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: [[spoiler:The console version's Story Mode ends with pretty much everybody in the squad lives, even that guy who had launch trigger wired into him. [[NoodleIncident The specifics on how to disarm it]] [[GoryDiscretionShot wasn't seen though apart from it involve a gunshot]].]]

* HollywoodTactics: [[InsultToRocks With apologies to erroneous tactics used by Hollywood for the comparison.]] Suffice it to say Paulo Guerra or whoever replaces him should ''SHOOT'' the trainers for their terrorist army that thought it was a good idea to have their men [[TooDumbToLive charge headfirst at the elite commandos carrying weapons and shields that can bring down multistory mecha WHILE THROWING THEIR ARMS UP IN SOME BATTLE TAUNT]] ''[[TooDumbtoLive BEFORE]]'' [[TooDumbtoLive SHOOTING SAID COMMANDOS!]]

* MiniBoss: Raptors might qualify.

* RatedMForManly: Much more so than ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis''.

King: Yeah, she's telling you to live.\\
Casey: I guess you're right.

Shin: You're a natural!\\
Fortune: Nice and clean! Commendable skills!\\
King: That's right! That's how it's done!\\
Casey: Excellent work! The HACS is down!\\

--> Casey: Guess I won't be seeing my wife again for a while.\\

* EagleLand: Paulo Guerra sees the US as one.
* EvilLaugh: [[spoiler:Paulo Guerra in the [=PS3=] sequel.]]
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The title for the game says "Complete Destruction Machine Gun Game". Couldn't have said it any better.
** Also: "Shoot Like Crazy! Smash and Destroy! Exterminate Legions! Take Down Titans!"

--> Shin: Ha ha! See? Humans are the masters here!

-->Shin: How come no one told me about this thing?\\

--> Shin: You guys couldn't hit the broad side of a barn!

--> Shin: Is it okay to just destroy a house like that?!

--> Shin: These amateurs don't know who they're messing with!\\
Fortune: Aren't they afraid of dying?!\\
Delta Team Member: They don't even TRY to take cover!

* [[KillEmAll Exterminate Legions]]!

* CrusadingWidower: Casey. The Delta Team leader mentions his late wife before and after the final stage.

* BigBad: You don't even get to fight against Paulo Guerra, the terrorist leader -- your team destroys him along with his HQ via a KillSat!
** [[spoiler:Or so you think, until he reappears alive and well before the FinalBattle]].
* BilingualBonus: Taking place in South America, the enemies in Story Mode can be heard speaking in Portuguese. In particular, the dialogue of the prologue is entirely in Portuguese.

* BoomHeadshot: Headshots do the most damage to a {{Mook}}. This goes double for [[SnipingMission Stage 3-1]], where headshots are vital to quickly finishing the mission.

* CannonFodder: The unarmored terrorists.
** Fortune: "There are a lot of enemies!" Shin: "Ah, who cares? These clowns are nothing!"

** "Crazy skills, Alpha 1!"
** "Alpha 1! Awesome!"
** "There's such a thing as too good, Alpha 1!"
** "Glad you're on our side, Alpha 1!"
** "Alpha 1, you might just give Fortune a run for his money!"
** "All right, Alpha 2! Just keep doing what you're doing!"
** "Alpha 2. That's some fine shooting!"
** "You're one heck of a shot, Alpha 2!"
** "Good going, Delta 1!"
** "Delta 1 crushed that HACS!"
** Shin: "You're a natural!"
** Fortune: "Nice and clean! Commendable skills!"
** King: "That's right! That's how it's done!"
** Casey: "Excellent work! The HACS is down!"
** Need I go on?
* CombatTentacles: The [[MeaningfulName appropriately named]] [[HumongousMecha Kraken]] enemies will try to use their huge machine tentacles to smash the player.
** GiantFootOfStomping: The tentacles also happen to be how the Kraken units walk, smashing downwards through the roof to get at you.

** Casey: "Guess I won't be seeing my wife again for a while."
** King: "Yeah, she's telling you to live."
** Casey: "I guess you're right."

** Shin: "Ha ha! See? Humans are the masters here!"

-->Shin: "How come no one told me about this thing?"\\
King: "Because we didn't know about it! Now just keep firing!"

* HollywoodTactics: [[InsultToRocks With apologies to erroneous tactics used by Hollywood for the comparison.]] Suffice it to say Paulo Guerra or whoever replaces him should ''SHOOT'' the trainers for their terrorist army that thought it was a good idea to have their men [[TooDumbToLive charge headfirst at the elite commandos carrying weapons and shields that can bring down multistory mecha WHILE THROWING THEIR ARMS UP IN SOME BATTLE TAUNT]] ''[[ToodumbtoLIVE BEFORE]]'' [[TooDumbtoLive SHOOTING SAID COMMANDOS!]]

** Shin: "You guys couldn't hit the broad side of a barn!"

* RammingAlwaysWorks: Averted. [[MiniMecha Raptors]] and the SpiderTank will try to ram your character, but you can use your MadeOfIndestructium shield to guard against those.
** At the start of the second stage, your army jeep bowls over a Raptor easily.

* RedShirt: Many of your squad teammates- at least four get downed in the very first stage.
** RedShirtArmy: The police commandos guarding Guerra's cell.

** Shin: "Is it okay to just destroy a house like that?!"

* SubsystemDamage: Krakens have multiple guns, all of which can be targeted and destroyed to make life easier. It's real [[AttackItsWeakPoint weak point]], however, is the [[WaveMotionGun main cannon]].
** Same goes for the FinalBoss too.

* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: [[spoiler: The console version's Story Mode ends with pretty much everybody in the squad lives, even that guy who had launch trigger wired into him. [[NoodleIncident The specifics on how to disarm it]] [[GoryDiscretionShot wasn't seen though apart from it involve a gunshot]].]]

* TooDumbToLive: The regular terrorists that try to charge the player en masse. Their suicidal stupidity is heavily lampshaded by your squad mates.
** Shin: "These amateurs don't know who they're messing with!" Fortune: "Aren't they afraid of dying?!" Delta Team Member: "They don't even TRY to take cover!"
** They have guns. Does it not cross their minds to ''shoot at the player(s)?''

* ZergRush: The regular terrorists that rush you en masse and [[TooDumbtoLive hold up their hands in the air for a few seconds]] before stomping you. [[CannonFodder Or getting shot to death first]].
** Used successfully in the prologue mission in the [=PS3=] sequel where Guerra's fighters manage to overwhelm police commandos guarding Guerra's cell by surprise.

* WolfpackBoss: Near the end of the second mission, you have to fight about five [[MiniMecha Raptors]], the last four two at a time. Not that hard, but truly '''''[[GoddamnedBats annoying]]'''''.

* ZergRush: The regular terrorists that rush you en masse and [[WhatAnIdiot hold up their hands in the air for a few seconds]] before stomping you. [[CannonFodder Or getting shot to death first]].

You play as two members of the special forces unit S.C.A.R., identified as [[CodeName Alpha One and Alpha Two]], to assassinate terrorist leader Paolo Guerra. When the plan goes awry due to an anti-air attack, the unit must fight for the success of the mission. Most of the game primarily involves the use of a machine gun that is effective against soldiers and lightly armoured personnel. At certain points, you will fight against the terrorists' [[MechaMooks death machines]]. These include the fast but weak MiniMecha "Raptor", a {{Spider Tank}}, and HumongousMecha known as "Kraken", forcing you to change weapons. Your mission is to eliminate the terrorist threat and destroy the enemy's headquarters, while battling the terrorists and their HumongousMecha in the process.

* EagleLand: Paolo Guerra sees the US as one.

* ExcusePlot: Nothing really explains who is Paolo Guerra and how an armed militia has access to mechanical abominations of various sizes and how the US only sends a bunch of military men against them. The console version sheds some light of the story behind Paolo Guerra, though.

* HollywoodTactics: [[InsultToRocks With apologies to erroneous tactics used by Hollywood for the comparison.]] Suffice it to say Paulo Guerra or whoever replaces him should ''SHOOT'' the trainers for their terrorist army that thought it was a good idea to have their men [[TooDumbToLive charge headfirst at the elite commandos carrying weapons and shields that can bring down multistory mecha WHILE THROWING THEIR ARMS UP IN SOME BATTLE TAUNT ''BEFORE'' SHOOTING SAID COMMANDOS!]]

* RewardingVandalism: Destroying buildings not only nets you points, but dogtags which will extend your life bar during the {{Spider Tank}}'s TakingYouWithMe MacrossMissileMassacre. Destroying huge chunks of terrain will cause them to fall on the terrorists, taking out many at one go (and hence saving time and earning more points)

** King: Choleric. The BaldBlackLeaderGuy of the Alpha Unit, who speaks loudly when speaking or giving out orders. He's the one that calls the shots during battle and tells the player what weapons to use.

You play as two members of the special forces unit S.C.A.R., identified as [[CodeName Alpha One and Alpha Two]], to fight futuristic terrorists. Most of the game primarily involves the use of a machine gun that is effective against soldiers and lightly armoured personnel. At certain points, you will fight against the terrorists' [[MechaMooks death machines]]. These include the fast but weak MiniMecha "Raptor", a {{Spider Tank}}, and HumongousMecha known as "Kraken", forcing you to change weapons. Your mission is to eliminate the terrorist threat and destroy the enemy's headquarters, while battling the terrorists and their HumongousMecha in the process.

* KillSat: You get to use this on the enemy HQ, as well as a {{Wall Crawl}}ing SpiderTank.

* NintendoHard: Though it's easier compared to typical ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'' game because the threat circle gives several seconds instead of split second before it's the time to release the pedal, and expert players can finish the game without letting go of the pedal unless in several segments. And though it's subtle, it takes a split second to fully go behind cover (unlike previous games where you're safe upon releasing the pedal), meaning timing your dodges is trickier.

* NGOSuperpower: Guerra's rebels have MiniMecha, SpiderTank, HumongousMecha, and WaveMotionGun firing spaceship. The protagonists are just around half dozen squad of foot soldiers.

A compilation with the ''sequel'' to this game, titled ''Time Crisis: Razing Storm'', was ported to [=PlayStation=] 3 under the new "Move" controls (which unfortunately turned the game into something akin to a FirstPersonShooter). The arcade mode was also included and two other arcade shooters are packaged with it: ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis4'' (the arcade mode only, not include the earlier FPS mode of the console version) and the moderate smash-hit ''VideoGame/DeadstormPirates'' (a pirate-themed shooter similar to Creator/Sega's ''VideoGame/LetsGoJungle!'').

A compilation with the ''sequel'' to this game, titled ''Time Crisis: Razing Storm'', was ported to [=PlayStation=] 3 under the new "Move" controls (which unfortunately turned the game into something akin to a FirstPersonShooter). The arcade mode was also included and two other arcade shooters are packaged with it: ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis4'' (the arcade mode only, not include the earlier FPS mode of the console version) and the moderate smash-hit ''VideoGame/DeadstormPirates'' (a pirate-themed shooter similar to Creator/Sega['s] ''VideoGame/LetsGoJungle!'').

A compilation with the ''sequel'' to this game, titled ''Time Crisis: Razing Storm'', was ported to [=PlayStation=] 3 under the new "Move" controls (which unfortunately turned the game into something akin to a FirstPersonShooter). The arcade mode was also included and two other arcade shooters are packaged with it: ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis4'' (the arcade mode only, not include the earlier FPS mode of the console version) and the moderate smash-hit ''VideoGame/DeadstormPirates'' (a pirate-themed shooter similar to Creator/Sega[='s=] Video Game/LetsGoJungle!).

The ''sequel'' to this game, titled ''Time Crisis: Razing Storm'', was ported to [=PlayStation=] 3 under the new "Move" controls (which unfortunately turned the game into something akin to a FirstPersonShooter). Two other arcade shooters are packaged with it: ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis4'' (the arcade, not the earlier console version) and the obscure ''VideoGame/DeadstormPirates''.

* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Paulo Guerra. After instigating a bloody revolution in his home country and nearly nuking the United States, his last act is to leave the world of the living with an eerie grin on his face.]]

* Cluster Shot (for [[MiniMecha Raptors]] and the Mission 4 squad of [[PoweredArmor HACS]])

* [[SequelDifficultyDrop Spinoff Difficulty Drop]]: Compared to ''Time Crisis'' series, which generally only give you split second to avoid red soldiers shooting, the threat circle in ''Razing Storm'' gives the player at least 3-7 seconds to react as the circle closes in for a shot. Also deploying shield did not block the point of view, allowing the players to scout the situation.

* RealSongThemeTune: This game uses two of Music/FiveFingerDeathPunch's 2007 songs, "Ashes", during the intro and "The Bleeding" during the credits.

* [[spoiler:NoEnding]]: [[spoiler:After completing Stage 4, your squad receive a message that Bravo Team (the other team) was intercepted and captured. As your squad gets ready to rescue, the credits roll.]]

* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: Kind of averted here- the only cephalopods you fight are "Krakens". These are squid-like HumongousMecha equipped with a huge set of [[MacrossMissileMassacre missile launchers]], [[BeamSpam laser guns]], a WaveMotionGun, and a few nasty CombatTentacles.

** Shin: "How come no one told me about this thing?" King: "Because we didn't know about it! Now just keep firing!"

* [[spoiler:GoOutWithASmile]]: [[spoiler:Paulo Guerra. After instigating a bloody revolution in his home country and nearly nuking the United States, his last act is to leave the world of the living with an eerie grin on his face.]]

* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler:Barely averted with Hunt near the end of the game. He urges King to kill him in order to stop a launch device linked to his heart, before it launches a nuclear missile targeting the United States. Thankfully, the heroes are able to have Headquarters disarm it non lethally.]]

''Razing Storm'' is a {{light gun}} {{rail shooter}} arcade game developed and published by [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco Bandai]] for the System 357[[note]]Namco's arcade board based on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3[[/note]] board.