History VideoGame / SaraIsMissing

* {{Jerkass}}: Sara's mother comes across as this from her conversation with her.
** JerkassHasAPoint: Though her mother has a reasonable point when she tells Sara that getting a degree in parapsychology (or 'ghost research' as she calls it) will more than likely not get her a proper paying job.

* JumpScare: Once you restore the phone, you get one.

* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudini: Irizu gets away with the murders of James, Faith (or Sara) and presumably the countless murders of numerous people.]]

* [[spoiler:DownerEnding: James and either Faith or Sarah are dead, the cult gets to live another day and you're likely to die or become a member of the cult yourself.]]

* ItAmusedMe: [[spoiler:Irizu’s reason for making you [[SadisticChoice choose between letting Faith or Sara live]] is “it it fun.”]]

The game is available for Android, Mac OS X, Windows, and Google Play. A SpiritualSuccessor named ''VideoGame/{{SIMULACRA}}'' was released near Halloween 2017.
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* VillainProtagonist: Zigzagged. While the character ultimately cooperates with Iris, [[spoiler:they can find the sight of James held hostage "interesting", conversely say that they don't care about him, send the link to multiple people (though this invites no response from Irizu), state that they "feel like god" or that they love the sight of seeing Faith and Sara held hostage, and ultimately choose to kill one of them not to save the other, but merely because "I wanted to see what you would do to her".]]

* [[spoiler:AIIsACrapshoot: IRIS after it gets corrupted by the video sent to you by James. Downplayed, in that it doesn't change from its regular behavior prior to the corruption, though as things begin to unfold, you'll get a glimpse of how far IRIS is willing to go for Sara.]]
** [[spoiler:It’s hinted that [[BigBad Irizu]] is controlling it, which would make it a possibly subverted example.

* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:IRIS after it gets corrupted by the video sent to you by James. Downplayed, in that it doesn't change from its regular behavior prior to the corruption, though as things begin to unfold, you'll get a glimpse of how far IRIS is willing to go for Sara.]]
* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:If you choose Sara's name in the final sequence, you will fulfill this trope.]]
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: [[spoiler:Rather than call the cops on Irizu, or report the cult to the police once you get their coordinates, IRIS decides to go save Sara and leave you to your fate]].

* BenevolentAI: IRIS seems pretty reasonable, albeit a bit jarring... though later events [[spoiler:(possibly in part to its corruption)]] reveal that it may not be as benevolent as we think.

* BigGood: IRIS, [[spoiler:though with its corruption and confession at the end that [[KnightTemplar it's just doing it for Sara]], it is and will be limited to an extent]].

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:James and either Faith or Sarah are dead, the cult gets to live another day and you're likely to die or become a member of the cult yourself.]]
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: No matter what route you take, [[spoiler:James is doomed to be killed by the cult members]].

* HollywoodSatanism: [[spoiler:A mysterious cult that's into satanic rituals and kills people because they can/it's necessary, and no one knows about them without getting killed or joining.]]

** James when [[spoiler:the cult catches up to him. He texts, "Oh shit. I see them." and then dissapears]].

** An somewhat indirect variant happens in-universe, when [[spoiler: Irizu informs Sara that Faith is already at the party, and 'probably drunk already'. Sara, knowing that Faith doesn't drink, immediately realizes something is up.]]

* SadisticChoice: [[RedHerring Though none of the choices really matter, at least for now.]]

* SequelHook: It’s not clear if ''VideoGame/{{Simulacra}}'' is a direct sequel, but the ending definitely [[TheUnreveal leaves some questions hanging]].

** Sara means 'princess'. As she is IRIS's master, it is her KnightTemplar with UndyingLoyalty.

** James when [[spoiler:the cult catches up to him. He texts, "Oh shit. I see them."]]
** Iris when it learns that [[spoiler:Sara is in danger.]]

* ShoutOut: One of the runes that the cult uses, that James sends Sara in an e-mail, is the Mark of Sacrifice from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''.

* UnreliableExpositor: Sara tells her mother that [[spoiler:the breakup with Derek was mutual]], and tells Faith that [[spoiler:Derek broke up with her]], when actually [[spoiler:she left him due to him taking a job across the country involving nudes, ''on her birthday'', without telling her]].

* BigBad: [[spoiler: Irizu seems to be this, but could just as well be IRIS.]]
* BigGood: IRIS, though with its [[spoiler:corruption and confession at the end that [[KnightTemplar it's just doing it for Sara]], it is and will be limited to an extent]].

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: No matter what route you take, [[spoiler:James is doomed to be killed by the cult members.]]
* FalseFriend: It's implied that [[spoiler:Faith]] is this, as she seems to have [[spoiler: lured Sara to the Walpurgisnacht ceremony under the guise of it being a regular party with the intention of doing harm to her.]]

* HellIsThatNoise: The weird baby-like wail you hear during James' second call after you learn about [[spoiler:Irizu.]] Even James wonders what he just heard.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Irizu gets away with the murders of James, Faith (or Sara) and presumably the countless murders of numerous people.]]

** [[spoiler:Irizu kind of falls under TautologicalTemplar territory, saying they don’t kill anyone when they clearly do. They say it's because life is cyclical.]]

** IRIS is Apple's Siri, backwards. Ironically, there is no [=iOS=] version of this game [[spoiler:IRIS (if literally pronounced like Siri backwards), also sounds eerily similar to Irizu, which would be "Iris" in Japanese pronunciation, or at least a pronunciation by a Japanese person not having heard how it's pronounced in English. "Iris" in Japanese pronunciation is "Airizu".]]

** If you [[spoiler:spread the death curse, you condemn more people to death and James still dies.]]

* PoorCommunicationKills: If Derek had told Sara that [[spoiler:he got a last minute job that involves a flight on her birthday, that involved photographing nudes for a fashion shoot, she wouldn't have broken up with him. She's upset that he lied to her.]]

%%* SequelHook

* UndyingLoyalty: IRIS to Sara. It makes it very clear how important Sara is to it. [[spoiler:It's willing throw away the player once they've helped it locate Sara. In fact, it leaves them alone in the final scene, saying that it doesn't care for the conversation anymore.]]
* UnreliableExpositor: Sara tells her mother that [[spoiler: the breakup with Derek was mutual, when actually she left him due to him taking a job across the country involving nudes, ''on her birthday'', without telling her.]]

* VitriolicBestBuds: Faith and Sara. [[spoiler: Possibly. Reading their messages, and with the heavy implication that Faith lured Sara to her kidnapping (not realizing that she would be a victim too), it's unclear if they even liked each other at all.]]
* VillainProtagonist: Zigzagged. While the character ultimately cooperates with Iris, [[spoiler: they can find the sight of James held hostage "interesting", conversely say that they don't care about him, send the link to multiple people (though this invites no response from Irizu), state that they "feel like god" or that they love the sight of seeing Faith and Sara held hostage, and ultimately choose to kill one of them not to save the other, but merely because "I wanted to see what you would do to her".]]

* YouMonster: [[spoiler:IRIS will call you out if you choose Sara to die instead of Faith's.]]

** IRIS is Apple's Siri, backwards. [[spoiler:IRIS (if literally pronounced like Siri backwards), also sounds eerily similar to Irizu, which would be "Iris" in Japanese pronunciation.]]

* ShoutOut: One of the runes that the cult uses, that James sends Sara in an e-mail, is the Mark of Sacrifice from Berserk.

* YouMonster: [[spoiler:IRIS will call you out if you choose Sara's name instead of Faith's.]]

* AssholeVictim: Several of Sara's contacts are, to put it bluntly, assholes. Her ex-boyfriend broke her heart, her outgoing friend Faith pressures her into parties she doesn't want to go to, her mother is controlling and emotionally abusive, Buddy only talks to her in order to sexually harass her over text messages... the list goes on. [[spoiler: It makes it a little easier to post the cult's link to them if you use it as a means of punishing them for their behavior.]]

* ControllableHelplessness: You can't talk to anyone except via text with minimal dialogue options. [[spoiler:When James tries to call you, you're unable to answer him]].

%%* ItHasOnlyJustBegun: [[spoiler:Welcome to the cult, player.]]

** [[spoiler:Irizu kind of falls under TautologicalTemplar territory, saying he doesn't kill anyone when he clearly does. He says it's because life is cyclical.]]

* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Irizu. They capture James and threatens to kill him if you don't send the link to the curse to the people on Sara's phone, though even if you comply with their demand, they still kill James. Also, when they reveal they have Sara and Faith, they force you to choose which one will live.]]

* OutOfCharacterAlert: [[spoiler:James is clearly in danger and sends frightened texts to you as he is apprehended... and his next text starts with proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling, with 'Hullo, hullo', said in another thread you saw earlier by an individual named Irizu.]]

* VillainProtagonist: Zigzagged. While the character ultimately cooperates with Iris, [[spoiler: find the sight of James held hostage "interesting", conversely say that they don't care about him, send the link to multiple people (though this invites no response from Irizu), state that they "feel like god" or that they love the sight of seeing Faith and Sara held hostage, and ultimately choose to kill one of them not to save the other, but merely because "I wanted to see what you would do to her".]]

* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: The player's reaction [[spoiler:if they send around the link to the curse and Irizu kills James anyway]].

The game is available for Android, Mac OS X, Windows, and Google Play. A SpiritualSuccessor named ''SIMULACRA'' was released near Halloween 2017.

The game is available for Android, Mac OS X, Windows, and Google Play.

* ButThouMust: [[spoiler: When Irizu forces you to choose between Sara and Faith within 10 seconds, you can attempt to simply not respond, but IRIS will intervene and choose Faith to die.]]

* [[spoiler: HollywoodSatanism]]

** [[spoiler: IRIS is revealed to be this when it leaves you for dead after you find Sara.]]
** [[spoiler: Irizu kind of falls under TautologicalTemplar territory, saying he doesn't kill anyone when he clearly does. He says it's because life is cyclical.]]

* TheHellIsThatNoise: The weird baby-like wail you hear during James' second call after you learn about [[spoiler:Irizu.]] Even James wonders what he just heard.

* NeverSayDie: [[spoiler:Irizu chooses to believe that they're not a murderer, especially when they killed James for intruding on the night's events.]]

* FalseFriend: [[spoiler:Faith]] ''might'' be this, as she seems to have [[spoiler:lured Sara to the Walpurgisnacht ceremony under the guise of it being a regular party with the intention of doing harm to her.]]

** [[spoiler: IRIS is revealed to be this when [[AmbiguousGender he/she/they/it)]] leaves you for dead after you find Sara.]]

* OnlySaneMan: Aya seems to be this among Sara's friend group, as she is not involved with the paranormal like James, and is also legitimately supportive and kind to Sara, unlike Derek, Buddy, and her mother.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Faith and Sara. [[spoiler:Possibly. There's an implication that Faith lured Sara to her kidnapping, not realizing that she would be a victim too.]]