History VideoGame / SatelliteReign

* CoolGuns:
** You may choose between futuristic versions of sidearms, shotguns, SMG, sniper rifles, assault rifles, flame throwers. They can shoot bullets, plasma or laser. [[GunAccessories One special add-on]] can be inserted for increase in damage, accuracy, range, rapid fire and so on.
** Weapons also have different levels of effectiveness on certain enemies. Ballistic weapons do the most damage to health, but less damage to shield and armor. Plasma chews through armor, but does much less damage to shields and slightly less damage to health. Lasers devastate shields, but do slightly less damage to armor and much less damage to health. Lasers also do a lot of extra damage to mechanical enemies like drones and turrets.

** In the logs, one doctor is named "H. [=McCoy=]", which refer to "Henry [=McCoy=]", Beast's real name in the ''Franchise/XMen''.

* CyberPunk: Archetypally so, like past ''Syndicate'' games. You have the world ruled by corporations oppressing the underclass, the rainy, [[NeonCity neon-lit]] urban hell right out of ''Film/BladeRunner'', the disaffected outsiders fighting the power for reasons and with methods that may not be benevolent, various cybernetic implants to enhance the party's abilities, etc.

* HoverCar: There is a variety of hovers cars driving around the streets. They are purely cosmetic: they cannot hurt anyone and they don't even provide cover.

* ZergRush: When the alarm is sounded, mooks will quickly overwhelmed you from all sides.

* ObviousBeta:
** The original release of the game was riddled with bugs. The multiplayer component was missing and was only added many months later. Agents will get stuck while riding elevators, [[ArtificialStupidity enemies will behave incorrectly]], performance issues and crashes were all too common. Subsequent patches has fixed many of these issues.
** The most recent release, as of 2019, has bugged achievements: it's possible to get the "10 consecutive stealth kills" achievement in the middle of a huge firefight, for example.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Certain things stand out when using [[VeinOVision World Scan]]. [=ATMs=] are green, cameras are purple, power lines are cyan, mooks are red, recruitable scientists are gold.

* CoolGuns: You may choose between futuristic versions of sidearms, shotguns, SMG, sniper rifles, assault rifles, flame throwers. They can shoot bullets, plasma or laser. [[GunAccessories One special add-on]] can be inserted for increase in damage, accuracy, range, rapid fire and so on.

* CrapsackWorld: And how. In addition to the standard cyberpunk tropes of the rich oppressing the poor and weak, and the poor and weak having no chance of things getting better, you also have the fact that the rich and elite are ''immortal'' thanks to Dracogenics technology. So not only are the powerful going to stay powerful, they're going to stay powerful ''forever''.
** In addition, wandering around the city makes it clear that it's a shitty place. The Industrial section briefing warns you that you shouldn't stay long lest you get lung-rot.

* CyberPunk: Archetypally so, like past Syndicate games. You have the world ruled by corporations oppressing the underclass, the rainy, [[NeonCity neon-lit]] urban hell right out of ''Film/BladeRunner'', the disaffected outsiders fighting the power for reasons and with methods that may not be benevolent, etc.

* EarlyGameHell: Early on even small groups of basic mooks will make things difficult for your Agents, and good luck if you're outnumbered. Later in the game you generally have enough armor, shields, firepower and skills to take out waves of basic mooks and even non-basic mooks as long as you're using good tactics. [[FromBadToWorse So then you meet the elite mooks.]]

* ObviousBeta: The original release of the game was riddled with bugs. The multiplayer component was missing and was only added many months later. Agents will get stuck while riding elevators, [[ArtificialStupidity enemies will behave incorrectly]], performance issues and crashes were all too common. Subsequent patches has fixed many of these issues.

* [[spoiler: DownerEnding: Rather than taking control of [=ResTech=] distribution (as you might expect from a Syndicate-like game), your mysterious benefactor instead opts to steer all of the hacked satellites out of orbit and drop them onto major urban centers worldwide. An implied apocalypse ensues and your team, however much of it survived the last mission, dies when an explosion destroys the Dracogenics tower.]]

* CloneDegeneration: The first time you clone a hijacked civilian into an Agent, the Agent will benefit from a couple of bonuses (higher health, faster health regen). Those bonuses disappear if you use the same clone again (for example, if you have to respawn an Agent who hae been killed), forcing to have a high enough reserve of fresh clones if you want to keep those stats modifiers (or you can just try to avoid being killed).

* MoodDissonance: The MissionControl maintains her chirpy demeanor while ordering assassinations or deliveries of pet heads. She probably enjoys doing it, what with her comments that this corp over here did in the rain forests but have you ''tried'' their pizza? In an interesting twist, plenty of characters would probably act like this to indicate they've gone completely round the bend and taking lives matters less to them than deciding what sandwich to get; the MissionControl is instead an idealist who's high on justice and under no illusions that the revolution will be civilized, so as long as you're making the bad guys pay she's not bothered by how many heads you crack to make an omelette.

* MoodDissonance: The MissionControl maintains her chirpy demeanor while ordering assassinations or deliveries of pet heads. She probably enjoys doing it, what with her comments that this corp over here did in the rain forests but have you ''tried'' their pizza?

** The "Black Annex Club" is named after a [[http://blackannex.net/ different]] CyberPunk game aiming to follow in ''Syndicate'''s footsteps.

* DeflectorShields: Personal shields will easily absorb damage from [[PlasmaCannon plasma weapons]], and also provide good protection against ballistic weapons, but is weak against [[FrickinLaserBeams laser weapons]]. They also have a much faster recharge time than armor.

* FrickinLaserBeams: They come different shape and size: pistol, SMG, rifle, cannon, etc. They have a bonus against shields, electronics and robots.

** A [[FrickinLaserBeams laser beam weapon]] called the P.A.B.L.O.: Particle Accelerated Laser Beam Outlet.

Queue the robbery: a specialist team, [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall led by a commander at a computer, watching from a stealthy drone]], infiltrates Dracogenics' home city. They've been hired by a mysterious benefactor with the goal of navigating the city, subverting Dracogenics control, and taking control of the network of [=ResTech=] satellites, before putting a bullet in Dengler's head. How they do that is up to you.

** Wanted (4): The big guns will be pulled out, literally. A lower levels, guards will spawn with heavy weapons. At higher levels, MiniMecha will arrive to seriously ruin your day. Enemy forces will now be completely indiscriminate in their attempts to kill you, and will pursue you through the entire complex you're infiltrating.

* CyberPunk: Archetypally so, like past Syndicate games. You have the world ruled by corporations oppressing the underclass, the rainy, neon-lit urban hell right out of ''Film/BladeRunner'', the disaffected outsiders fighting the power for reasons and with methods that may not be benevolent, etc.
* CyberpunkWithAChanceOfRain: The City is blanketed in endless rain, leaving the streets to be illuminated by animated billboards and neon lights.