History VideoGame / S4League

-->''"S4 League in the building!"'' \\

Also, ''S4 League'' shares a number of visual and musical elements with the ''VideoGame/{{DJMAX}}'' series, also by Pentavision. A [[UsefulNotes/PlaystationPortable PSP]] version of the game was created, which, while different in some ways, still routed through the same servers as the PC version of the game for online play, meaning PSP players could compete alongside PC players. It was never released outside Korea.

* DropTheHammer - The Breaker.

* ExpansionPack - Season 1: Dark Lightning. Features three new maps, [[DropTheHammer three]] [[DualWielding new]] [[ShockandAwe weapons]], and three new Chaser Viruses.

** Some of the bugs which appeared later during the game's lifetime are '''''[[UpToEleven server breaking]]'''''.

** There is a major bug with the Gauss Rifle. When shooting, it often causes massive lag spikes for the user, for unknown reason. This bug has been around ''since the weapon itself'', and wasn't been fixed to this day, which is outrageous.
** Generally, the game is still very much bug-ridden, and yes, many are game breaking. Some recent bugs go even farther, as they are [[UpToEleven SERVER BREAKING]].

** There are actually some real-life revolvers which shoot shotgun rounds.

''[[http://s4.en.alaplaya.eu/ S4 League]]'' is a free-to-play, online, third-person shooter for the PC by Korean developer Pentavision, published in Europe (and catering to International players as well) by Alaplaya.

Similar in genre to ''[[VideoGame/GunZ GunZ: The Duel]]'', but approaching from a very different angle, the game places a heavy emphasis on team-based gameplay, with all the game modes' winners being decided by the teams' overall scores and presenting itself in a sporting, rather than violent light wherever possible.

There are currently nine main game modes:

* '''Battle Royal''' (BR), a basic free for all mode with no teams.
* '''Chaser''', a one vs all where the one has dramatically increased health, speed, and damage. The rest compete only to survive and deal the most damage to the Chaser.

The S4 in the name stands for "Stylish eSper Shooting Sports"; Stylish from the surprisingly deep and vibrant character customisation the game offers for its genre (after character creation); eSper from the abilities players can choose from, such as energy shields, flight, or invisibility to name a few; Shooting due to the game's emphasis on gunplay; and Sports, because the game claims to be an 'Online Sport', even going so far as to divide matches into two rounds, complete with a half-time dance from the mascots and a halfway decent automated commentator. Herein lies another oddity of ''S4 League'': it presents itself as 'real', and in a way, it is. Thematically it's a virtual reality gun-play competition participated in over the internet by players using a PC-based client - as played with a bit by the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwZKKwcTnJE game's trailer]], and further emphasized by the computerized aspects of the graphics, which are at times reminiscent of ''Film/{{TRON}}'' and ''Franchise/DotHack''.

While comparable to other online 3PS games such as ''[=GunZ=]'', ''S4 League'' has been praised for being much smoother, easier on the hands, and significantly less open to exploitation (though not completely immune) than most, with a nice degree of simplicity that avoids monotony by having arenas that are all visually unique and require wildly varying tactics and styles of play. It has also received significant praise for the level of polish it displays, both in graphics and gameplay, not to mention its unusual visual style and emphasis on teamwork.

Also, ''S4 League'' shares a number of visual and musical elements with the ''VideoGame/{{DJMAX}}'' series, also by Pentavision. A [[UsefulNotes/PlaystationPortable PSP]] version of the game has been created, which, while different in some ways, still routes through the same servers as the PC version of the game for online play, meaning PSP players can compete alongside PC based players. There appear, however, to currently be no plans to release ''S4 Portable'' outside Korea.

* DummiedOut - There's a large amount of content (maps, weapons, weapon skins, skills) that has never been released, or has been cut in one of the patches. Curiously, all of those things do exist in the game and are fully operational (although not entirely balanced), since they can be seen in action when hackers wielding them pop up from time to time.
** The Shockwave Gun was shortly introduced to the game in Dark Lightning season, but was later cut from the game due to complaints of player community about it being utterly useless. The developers did not bother to improve it, and instead simply removed it.
** Subverted with content which sometimes does eventually get released after a long period of being dummied out (most notably Metallic skill, Katana or Crystal Plasma Sword, to name a few).
** Almost all new weapons make an inversion of this trope, as they are implemented in the game a long time before their actual release, only to be used by hackers.

* AnnouncerChatter - From the same announcer of the ''VideoGame/{{DJMAX}}'' series (JC of vocalist/rapper fame). In fact, some of the comments are reused for ''DJMAX Trilogy''. He tends to speak [[MostAnnoyingSound quite a bit]] in Touchdown matches:
--> "Run run run!" "Whoops! Go get the ball man!" "Warning! Go to your goal post!" "It's lookin' bad, man!"
--> "TOUCHDOWN! WHOSE THAT MAN? WHOSE THAT MAN?"
* AntiPoopSocking - The game reports your play-time once every hour.

* GatlingGood - The Heavy Machine Gun, which is ExactlyWhatItSaySonTheTin

** I have to disagree on Senty Nell. Nell is too obviously fitting to the stun effect the weapon causes. In my opinion, it's an obvious pun, not an error. Besides, it's not ''that'' bad. Errors are occasional, and 90% of in-game text that isn't a spoken announcement or image-text is spot on.

* BrokenRecord - The Mr. Funky remix of [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Super Sonic]]. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoC53gj4uL4 SUPERSONIC! SUPERSONIC! SUPERSONIC! SUPERSONIC!]]

* CaptureTheFlag: Touchdown mode, though it plays a bit more like [[XMeetsY soccer meets CTF]], there's only one Fumbi, and it has to be taken to the ''enemy''[='=]s goal, not yours. If you will compare to another video game series, it's best likened to ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament2004''[='=]s Bombing Run mode... even though ''that'' game has ''regular'' CTF as well.

* AnnouncerChatter - From the same announcer of the ''{{DJMAX}}'' series (JC of vocalist/rapper fame). In fact, some of the comments are reused for ''DJMAX Trilogy''. He tends to speak [[MostAnnoyingSound quite a bit]] in Touchdown matches:

Also, ''S4 League'' shares a number of visual and musical elements with the ''VideoGame/{{DJMAX}}'' series, also by Pentavision. A [[PlaystationPortable PSP]] version of the game has been created, which, while different in some ways, still routes through the same servers as the PC version of the game for online play, meaning PSP players can compete alongside PC based players. There appear, however, to currently be no plans to release ''S4 Portable'' outside Korea.

* StoneWall - Metallic, kind of in the same light as [[HaloReach Halo Reach's]] Armor Lock, except... different... instead of being invincible, you just take much less damage, some of which is relfected back at the person who dealt it. It also slowly restores your health, making it the only way for someone to heal by themself, it's a bit more practical overall.