History VideoGame / RoadRedemption

* KatanasAreJustBetter: The swords top tier upgrade is a katana. The "Road Ninja" achievement is unlocked for making 88 kills with it.

** Planted explosives are powerful against groups and a OneHitKill on otherwise-tough vehicles, but are even more limited. Pipe bombs can wreak havoc, but are difficult to use correctly.

''Road Redemption'' is a VehicularCombat {{Roguelike}} game and SpiritualSuccessor to the ''VideoGame/RoadRash'' series. It was released on October 4, 2017 (after three years on Early Access) on personal computers via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, with console releases on Xbox One, Playstation 4, and Wii U planned for 2018.

* DifficultySpike: SIGMA territory. Switching weapons is no longer optional if you want to get through their shields in a hurry, the opponents are faster, and the shortcuts are both trickier and more crucial to traverse.

In world where America has been devastated by nuclear war and inexplicably become populated primarily by Australians, rival biker gangs vie for power, kept in check only by a powerful arms dealing corporation. After the assassination of a prominent biker gang leader threatens to destroy the uneasy peace between the country's gangs, the Ironsights Weapons Cartel places a $15,000,000 bounty on the head of the murderer. Now, every biker from coast to coast is dying, figuratively and literally, to claim the bounty's head and the cash reward. As one such biker, players are tasked with outracing their opponents and taking out anyone who gets in their way, from rival bikers to law enforcement.

** Swords can short out energy shields and decapitate unprotected riders, but bounce off helmets, leaving you vulnerable.

** Tasers deal no damage, but bypass deflections and shields.

** The second unlockable character is [[Film/WallStreet Gordon Gekko]], with half the base health compared to default character Dutch but gains 50% more cash and XP in return ''before'' skills and enhancements like Lucky Rabit's Foot, Medal of Valor and Midas Vest come into play. [[{{Catchphrase}} Greed is Good]]. Alas a missed opportunity for a ''Film/BlackRain'' [[Creator/MichaelDouglas reference]] with all the motorcycles and decapitations involved in the game.

** The second unlockable character is [[Film/WallStreet Gordon Gekko]], with half base the health compared to default character Dutch but gains 50% more cash and XP in return ''before'' skills and enhancements like Lucky Rabit's Foot, Medal of Valor and Midas Vest come into play. [[{{Catchphrase}} Greed is Good]]. Alas a missed opportunity for a ''Film/BlackRain'' [[Creator/MichaelDouglas reference]] with all the motorcycles and decapitations involved in the game.

** The second unlockable character is [[Film/WallStreet Gordon Gekko]], with half base health compared to default character Dutch but gains 50% more cash and XP in return ''before'' skills and enhancements like Lucky Rabit's Foot, Medal of Valor and Midas Vest come into play. [[{{Catchphrase}} Greed is Good]]. Alas a missed opportunity for a ''Film/BlackRain'' [[Creator/MichaelDouglas reference]] with all the motorcycles and decapitations involved in the game.

** The third unlockable character is [[Film/WallStreet Gordon Gekko]], with half base health compared to default character Dutch but gains 50% more cash and XP in return ''before'' skills and enhancements like Lucky Rabit's Foot, Medal of Valor and Midas Vest come into play. [[{{Catchphrase}} Greed is Good]]. Alas a missed opportunity for a ''Film/BlackRain'' [[Creator/MichaelDouglas reference]] with all the motorcycles and decapitations involved in the game.

* GuestFighter: [[VideoGame/ShovelKnight Shovel Knight]] himself is a playable character, unlocked by beating the campaign with two riders. Appropriately, he uses a shovel as his main weapon, and refuses to use guns.

* VillainRespect: The gang leaders will occasionally toss a compliment the player's way, but either threaten the player or insult their ride as they do.

* ColdHam: The assassin mocks and threatens the player in a slow and soft manner while the words themselves chew the scenery.

* DoesntLikeGuns: Some unlockable characters have the "no guns" attribute, which disables all firearms including the grenade launcher, though it doesn't by itself disable other lethal weapons.

* DoesntLikeGuns: Some unlockable characters have the "no guns" attribute, which disables all firearms, though it doesn't by itself disable other lethal weapons.

* GenreThrowback: The late 90s and early 2000s had no shortage of [[VehicularCombat vehicular brawlers]] with gratuitous over-the-top violence and a take-no-prisoners attitude that rewards aggression, while at the same time avoiding actual super-detailed gore (if there is any at all), rounded out with a [[ExcusePlot simple plot]]. This is that kind of game.

* GenreThrowback: The late 90s and early 2000s had no shortage of [[VehicularCombat vehicular brawlers]] with gratuitous over-the-top violence and a take-no-prisoners attitude that rewards aggression, while at the same time avoiding actual super-detailed gore (if there is any at all), rounded out with a story that doesn't take itself particularly seriously. This is that kind of game.

* StickyBomb: Plastic explosives can be placed on other vehicles, initiating a three-second countdown that should be used to get some distance.

* TheUnfought: The first two gangs have a last level where the mission it to take down their leader, but the Phantom's territory ends with a battle against the target assassin instead, [[spoiler:followed by a level where you ride the assassin's bike out of Phantom territory, with the implication that this leader and gang are still around after the events of the game.]]

* HeroAntagonist: The police, whose contribution to being an antagonist is simply being in your way.

* HitStop: In the Takedown objectives, the game world slows to a stop when the quota is reached, resulting in this for the final blow on the last target.