History VideoGame / RockOfAges

This game has [[SimilarlyNamedWorks nothing to do]] with the Music/DefLeppard song or [[Theatre/RockOfAges the musical]]; nor UsefulNotes/Jesus, whose epithets include "The Rock of Ages."

This game has [[SimilarlyNamedWorks nothing to do]] with the Music/DefLeppard song or [[Theatre/RockOfAges the musical]].

This is the story behind ''Rock of Ages'', a game developed by Ace Team (the minds behind the also-very-bizarre ''VideoGame/ZenoClash'') and released on August 31st, 2011 for UsefulNotes/Xbox360, on September 7th, 2011 for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] and on May 15th, 2012 for UsefulNotes/Playstation3. The objective is to roll your boulder into your opponent's castle gate, while preventing him from destroying your gate by setting up towers, catapults, elephants and other traps to slow him down.

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D41Cdj0NGAU A sequel]], titled ''Rock of Ages 2: Bigger and Boulder'', was released on August 28th, 2017 for [=PC=], UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and then on May 14th, 2019 for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. Another sequel titled ''Rock of Ages III: Make & Break'' was made for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC, and released July 21st, 2020.

** Rasputin's cutscene parodies his appearance in ''Franchise/WorldHeroes''.

* ArtShift: Each era takes images from artwork from the era. [[spoiler:Cronus even transforms from a Greek Black-Figure etching into Goya’s infamous Saturn who [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Devouring_His_Son famously devoured his son]] during his intro.]]

** [[spoiler:Saturn has no small resemblance to Francisco Goya's painting ''Saturn Devouring His Son''.]]

%% * KillEmAll

** Kali's cutscene parodies the 90's ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' cartoon's opening.

* BossArenaIdiocy: Every boss except for the dragon. Why are there CANNONS in heaven?!

%% * PokemonSpeak: Adam and Eve.

* LevelAte: [[spoiler:Spaghettiland, a land of noodles, meatballs, and tomato sauce where you fight the UsefulNotes/FlyingSpaghettiMonster. It’s portrayed here, as it is in Pastafarianism, that it created the world and even God (who just finished up his work by making Adam and Eve).]]

** The Beast’s cutscene is basically a parody of ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', complete with cursed servants in the form of household objects. Special mention goes to one servant- morphed into a pipe- who says “[[Creator/ReneMagritte Je ne suis pas une pipe.]]”[[subtitle:I am not a pipe.]]

* AttackItsWeakPoint: Each boss has an obvious weakness.
** [[MediumAwareness The Dragon even flinches when his weak point is pointed at.]]

* AxCrazy: Bascially anyone with a rock, Sisyphus included.

* CaligulasHorse: The He-goat of the woods, after eating the wig of the previous king, George III.
* DemBones: Plague.
* {{Dracula}}: [[UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler Vlad Tepes]].

* ExtremeOmnivore: Bacchus.
* FatBastard: Bacchus.
* FluffyCloudHeaven: The Heavens.
** FireAndBrimstoneHell.

** [[Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife DON'T STAND THERE GAWKING LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THE HAND O' GOD BEFORE!]]

* GroinAttack: [[spoiler:How you take down the David. OUCH.]]
* TheHedonist: Bacchus.
* AHellOfATime: [[spoiler:The ending.]]
* IHaveManyNames: [[spoiler:Cronus A.K.A. Saturn. That's ''exactly'' what his [[BossSubtitles subtitle]] says.]]
* ImAHumanitarian: Bacchus.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: The Plague. Unfortunately he vomits rats and [[WalkingWasteland anything he approaches dies.]]

* JokeCharacter: The Block of Ages, which is a cube instead of a sphere.

* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:Gandalf]].
* KillEmAll

* TheManBehindTheCurtain: Most of the characters become this during the level.

* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Sisyphus, Bacchus and Michaelangelo's David.
* NewMediaAreEvil: Leonardo Da Vinci sure thinks so.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Performed by none other by Leonidas.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Sisyphus vs Hades. FIGHT!

* SinisterMinister: Rochiele.

* UpperClassTwit: Marie Antoinette.

* VillainousGlutton: Bacchus.
* WalkingWasteland: Plague. PlayedForLaughs.
* WeaponizedLandmark: Michelangelo's David.
* WidgetSeries: This is a weird game. This is a ''seriously'' weird game. It classes as something of a "Witchet" ('''W'''eird '''C'''hilean '''T'''hing).
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Plague.
* WorldGoneMad
* {{Yandere}}: Marie Antoinette.
* YouShallNotPass: Performed by Gandalf, [[spoiler:only to be KilledMidSentence.]]

* PokemonSpeak: Adam and Eve.

* BlowYouAway: Fans can be placed to blow a boulder off-course. Some of the higher-grade fans are [[EverythingsBetterWithCows cow]]-powered.

* EverythingsBetterWithCows: But not if the other player puts them in your path, as they try to bump you off of the road.

* ArtShift: Each era takes images from artwork from the era. [[spoiler:Cronus even transforms into a picture of his in-game model (which is in full 3D) during his intro.]]

* TheScreamParody: The Scream itself appears at one point, sunbathing in Oslo. Due to a mix-up, it accidentally glues its hands to its face, and this results in it making the screaming face.

* LevelAte: [[spoiler:Spaghettiland, where you fight the UsefulNotes/FlyingSpaghettiMonster. It’s portrayed here, as it is in Pastafarianism, that it created the world and even God (who just finished up his work by making Adam and Eve).]]

* CaligulasHorse: The He-goat of the woods, after eating the wig of the previous president.