History VideoGame / Relayer

''Relayer'' is a TurnBasedStrategy game developed by Kadokawa Games (now Creator/DragamiGames), particularly the team behind ''VideoGame/GodWarsFuturePast'', for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/PlayStation5. The Playstation versions released on March 24, 2022 worldwide, with the international versions published by Clouded Leopard Entertainment; the game would later see a PC port titled ''Relayer Advanced'' for UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on October 27, 2022 and Website/GogDotCom on November 18, 2022. A demo which covers the first two chapters (9 maps total) is available on the [=PlayStation Network=], with save data that carries over to the final game.

* WhatIf: The [[PostEndGameContent Asterism Expedition Logs]] are based on a hypothetical scenario where [[spoiler:Terra [[UnexplainedRecovery somehow gets better]] and Himiko remains with the Asterism]], with Pluto BreakingTheFourthWall to present the scenario to players.

''Relayer'' is a TurnBasedStrategy game developed by Kadokawa Games (now Creator/DragamiGames), particularly the team behind ''VideoGame/GodWarsFuturePast'', for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/PlayStation5. The Playstation versions released on March 24, 2022 worldwide, with the international versions published by Clouded Leopard Entertainment; the game would later see a PC port titled ''Relayer Advanced'' for UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on October 27, 2022 and Website/GogDotCom on November 10, 2022. A demo which covers the first two chapters (9 maps total) is available on the [=PlayStation Network=], with save data that carries over to the final game.

* MythicalMotifs: Most everything related to the God Relayers and their battle with the Ancient Aliens is essentially Greek Mythology [-[[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]]-], including Aphrodite, her lover Apollo, an engineer named Typhon whose descendants created the technology for Stellar Gears, and [[spoiler:Prometheus who loves the humans and wants to take revenge on Zeus]].

** Likewise, "Hoshino Oji" becomes Little Prince.

''Relayer'' is a TurnBasedStrategy game developed by Kadokawa Games, particularly the team behind ''VideoGame/GodWarsFuturePast'', for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/PlayStation5. It released digitally on March 24, 2022 worldwide, with the international versions of the game published by Clouded Leopard Entertainment; Japan received a physical disc release on the same day, but the international physical release was delayed until May 20, 2022. A demo which covers the first two chapters (9 maps total) is available on the [=PlayStation Network=], with save data that carries over to the final game. The game would later see a PC port titled ''Relayer Advanced'', first to UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on October 27, 2022, then to GOG on November 10, 2022.

''Relayer'' is a TurnBasedStrategy game developed by Kadokawa Games, particularly the team behind ''VideoGame/GodWarsFuturePast'', for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/PlayStation5. It released digitally on March 24, 2022 worldwide, with the international versions of the game published by Clouded Leopard Entertainment; Japan received a physical disc release on the same day, but the international physical release was delayed until May 20, 2022. A demo which covers the first two chapters (9 maps total) is available on the [=PlayStation Network=], with save data that carries over to the final game.

* ColonyDrop: How did the Ancient Aliens seal Aphrodite? [[spoiler:They threw planet Nibiru into planet Tia which caused Tia to break into pieces, then flung a piece of Tia into Earth. Fragments of Tia and Earth combined to form the Moon.]]

* ProductionThrowback: In the DLC story "Stargazing", Terra describes UsefulNotes/{{Tanabata}} to Terra and Dark Walker, with two silhouetted characters appearing on screen to represent Hikoboshi and Orihime. Those two silhouettes? Altair and Vega from Kadokawa's ''Starly Girls'', which ''Relayer'' owes much of its premise to.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: While competent as a whole, there are a handful of issues with the game's English translation:

* DuelBoss: Part 12 is a one-on-one between Terra and Luna :as Terra tries to stop Luna from opening a black hole to swallow up the moon and taking herself, the God Relayer, and the Asterism with it.

* SpiritualSuccessor: While the developers have denied that ''Relayer'' is the promised console version of Kadokawa's defunct mobile game ''Starly Girls'', there are enough similarities to summarize ''Relayer'' as a more somber, less colorful repackage of ideas from ''Starly Girls''. The basic description of "cute girls who serve aboard a ship named the Asterism who use gravity-manipulating mecha to fend off an alien invasion" applies to both games.

* SuicideAttack: Luna tries to pull this [[spoiler:on Terra, Grayson, the God Relayer, and their respective allies by forming a black hole to suck in the moon. When it's sabotaged by Terra, Luna is still satisfied with the thought of merely killing herself and Terra. That doesn't work out either, with both sisters surviving the encounter]].

''Relayer'' is a TurnBasedStrategy game developed by Kadokawa Games, particularly the team behind ''VideoGame/GodWarsFuturePast'', for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/PlayStation5. It released digitally on March 24, 2022 worldwide, with the international versions of the game published by Clouded Leopard Entertainment; Japan received a physical disc release on the same day, but the international physical release was delayed until at least May 20, 2022. A demo which covers the first two chapters (9 maps total) is available on the [=PlayStation Network=], with save data that carries over to the final game.

* DuelBoss: Part 12 is a one-on-one between Terra and Luna [[spoiler:as Terra tries to stop Luna from opening a black hole to swallow up the moon and taking herself, the God Relayer, and the Asterism with it.]]

* FirstEpisodeTwist: Downplayed with the reveal that Terra and Luna [[spoiler:are Grayson Order's daughters]]; the reveal comes at the end of the second chapter, which is seven missions in but early enough to serve as the final scene of the demo.
* GrandTheftPrototype: The first mission sees Luna stealing the Original One, the precursor to Stellar Gears that led to the initial discovery of the Relayers. [[spoiler:Luna does it again in Part 15 by snatching Selene from GT Labs, with several parties lampshading how easy this trope seems to be for her.]]

** "Amanogawa" is an OddNameOut in the Japanese version, being a distinctly Japanese name when most of the Starchildren use the English names of the celestial bodies that they carry the will of. The English version fixes this, changing her name to Milky Way.

* ExcusePlot: Perhaps unsurprisingly given that it's PostEndGameContent, the Asterism Expedition Logs are largely a series of maps with a loosely connected plot that is more setup for brief character interactions than anything else.

* LimitBreak: "Big Bang", special techniques only usable by Starchildren that drain the Big Bang Gauge.

* OnlySixFaces: Nearly every woman in the game (and Pluto) has the same head shape, eye shape, and nigh-invisible nose. The only exceptions are Chairman Xoth, who is middle-aged or older, and [[spoiler:Aphrodite]], who is perhaps aided by her lipstick and unusual idle pose.

* StatusBuff: Status buffs are incredibly common in ''Relayer'', to the point where it's harder to name the attacks and skills in the late game that ''don't'' manipulate stats in some manner.

--> ''"Relayers, those who seek the inevitable end of the universe according to its laws, and the Starchildren who resist them. This is their story."''
---> --Opening narration