History VideoGame / SoreLosers

* DropTheHammer: There’s a sledgehammer weapon that can be stolen early on. It does good, but unexceptional damage and is soon outclassed by other weapons. Instead, its real value lies in its ability to shatter SuspiciouslyCrackedWall sections to get the items behind them.

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* CameraScrew: It’s very difficult to distinguish regular roofs from overpasses (and thus detect the paths you can walk beneath) because of the strict top-down perspective. If you choose to [[spoiler: side with the rebels instead of escaping]], then a mandatory stealth section also requires passing through a way that is completely obscured from your perspective by a tall stack of crates.

* VendorTrash: Tin Lunchboxes, Thumb Tacks and rolls of Parcel Tape are the three “Sellable” items that have no use besides being sold at the shops for a pitiful sum of credits. The only time they have a quest significance is when Markus can deliver Thumb Tacks alongside a couple of crafting items to a man in the starting slum, and receive a Nail Gun in return.

* InfantImmortality: Averted in one of Alexis’ flashbacks, where a young girl gets shot in front of her. The way the scene is shot leaves it ambiguous whether it was a soldier next to her who did the deed, or Alexis herself.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The background for the room where you fight the security drone has what appears to be a blurred picture of a naked woman on one of the walls.

* GreyAndGreyMorality: The conflict between Ferusians and the rebels hovers between this and GreyAndBlackMorality. On one hand, Ferusia is a fascist society that deals with crimes ranging from attempted murder to infidelity by deporting everyone into the slums, and is looking to create some sort of cyber-zombies through its Project Ferustine. On the other hand, the rebels have a clear WithUsOrAgainstUs mentality, treat the civilians they’re supposed to be liberating with open contempt and generally believe that democracy will automatically make things better without bothering with many plans for the future.

''Sore Losers'' is a 2010 [[RolePlayingGame RPG]], developed by Sated in VideoGame/RPGMaker. It is set in the Slums of Central Ferusia, which are used by the fascist Government of Ferusia to house all of the criminals instead of maintaining prisons. These slums are separated into four sectors of differing levels of prosperity; the richest area isn’t much different from typical suburbia, and can afford to pay the Ferusian Soldiers for protection. Other areas are at the mercy of gang leaders, and are also at risk of attack by mutated wildlife from the uninhabitable slums.

* AntidoteEffect: Averted. If one of the characters is poisoned during the battle, they’ll stay poisoned afterwards, and will continue to take damage in real time, up until they cure poisoning.
* AntiHero: Both Markus and David qualify. Markus is a very cynical and selfish person, who freely admits that he’s only gotten into slums because of his own stupidity and that Ferusian Government has a good reason to keep them there. David, on the other hand, is a calm, level-headed person… who got sent into the slums for trying to murder his wife’s lover, and then spent a year hunting him down with Markus in the slums, so that he could finish him off for good.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: The Markus and David accept that they’re put into the slums for life by an uncaring Ferusian government for crimes that often don’t deserve such treatment. However, they’re unwilling to believe that this government is conducting genetic research on humans in order to create mindless, practically unkillable supersoldiers.

* BrickJoke: Many of the recurring environmental object descriptions go into this.

* GenreSavvy: Markus parodies the typical tropes when he’s asked to download the Black List, such flipping through laser cage or an army of robots activating.

* GreyAndGreyMorality: The conflict between Ferusians and the rebels hovers between this and GreyAndBlackMorality. On one hand, Ferusia is fascist society that deals with crimes ranging from attempted murder to infidelity by deporting everyone into the slums, and is looking to create some sort of cyber-zombies through its Project Ferustine. On the other hand, rebels have a clear WithUsOrAgainstUs mentality, treat the civilians they’re supposed to be liberating with open contempt and generally believe that democracy will automatically make things better without bothering with many plans for the future.

* MoneySpider: Averted. Defeated animals don’t drop any credits, and even humans aren’t guaranteed to have any on them.

* RoseHairedSweetie: Averted with Jade. She’s still one of the most sympathetic characters in the game, treating Markus and David with fair sense of humour and even apologetic when [[spoiler: you’re forced to fight her on the train.]], but she’s definitely not sweet, especially to the people she despises.

'''Sore Losers''' is a 2010 [[RolePlayingGame RPG]], developed by Sated in VideoGame/RPGMaker. It is set in the Slums of Central Ferusia, which are used by the fascist Government of Ferusia to house all of the criminals instead of maintaining prisons. These slums are separated into four sectors of differing levels of prosperity; the richest area isn’t much different from typical suburbia, and can afford to pay the Ferusian Soldiers for protection. Other areas are at the mercy of gang leaders, and are also at risk of attack by mutated wildlife from the uninhabitable slums.

* AirVentPassageway: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] at first: When examining the vents on every roof, you’ll get the response of “Although it would be cool, you’re not jumping down the ventilation shaft.”

'''Sore Losers''' is a 2010 [[RolePlayingGame RPG]], developed by Sated in VideoGame/RPGMaker. It is set in the Slums of Central Ferusia, which are used by the fascist Government of Ferusia to house all of the criminals instead of maintaining prisons. These slums are separated into four sectors of differing levels of prosperity; the richest area isn’t much different from typical suburbia, and can afford to pay the Ferusian Soldiers for protection. Other areas at the mercy of gang leaders, and are also at risk of attack by mutated wildlife from the uninhabitable slums.

* AntiHero: Both Markus and David qualify. Markus is a very cynical and selfish person, who freely admits that he’s only gotten into slums because of his own stupidity and that Ferusian Government has a good reason to keep them there. David, on the other hand, is a calm, level-headed person… who got sent into the slums for trying to murder his wife’s lover, and then spent a year hunting him down with Markus so that he could finish him off for good.
** At one point, when Locke (hardly a positive character himself) said, lying, that the two of them seem to have a compassion streak, Jade replies “No, not compassion. Boredom or something, but not compassion.”
** Then, there’s another point where Markus himself is asked by the incredulous rebels why he doesn’t want to bring down the government, and he replies “ No, I don’t hate the government. They aren’t the greatest organisation in the world, but, well, it’s not as if either of us are innocent.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: The Markus and David accept that they’re put int the slums for life by an uncaring Ferusian government for crimes that often don’t deserve such treatment. However, they’re unwilling to believe that the government is conducting genetic research on humans in order to create mindless, practically unkillable supersoldiers.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Custom-Chained Rifles for other party members. Sure, the bayonets are awesome… except that the actual bullets fired from it deal 10 damage less than the unmodified [=G3A3=] you can get from upgrading MK-17 Scar.
* BaitAndSwitch: There’s one where you can hear two women discussing their “work” using terms that appear loaded with sexual meaning (need to be more revealing, gotta keep them coming back for more), but then it turns out that they’re actually talking about telling stories.
* BlackoutBasement: Several buildings and vents on the level where you’re required to perform an assassination are very dark.

* CameraScrew: It’s very difficult to distinguish regular roofs from overpasses (and thus detect the paths you can walk beneath) because of the strict top-down perspective. One stealth section at the end also requires passing through a pass that is completely obscured from your perspective by a tall stack of crates.

** Then, if you choose to assist the rebels in the end, the second-final boss battle is against two regular Second-Class Ferusian soldiers and a First-Class Ferusian, who is not only heavily armored in a gas mask, but is also equipped with a powerful chainsaw.

* DramaticPause: Used gratiously during the early dialogues, though things do get better afterwards.

* DropTheHammer: There’s a sledgehammer weapon that can be stolen early on. It does good, but exceptional damage and is soon outclassed by other weapons. Instead, its real value lies in its ability to shatter SuspiciouslyCrackedWall sections to get the items behind them.

* EvilutionaryBiologist: Invoked with the Ferusian genetic research centers, which are essentially used to create Ferustine-enhanced soldiers who would still be able to get back up and fight after getting killed. You encounter a few severed hands that are still able to fight well enough as a result.
* EyeScream: Human enemies in the slums, like Badland Vagabonds and Badland Berserkers, will have the skill known as Across the Eyes, where they literally try to slash one of the party members across the eyes, inflicting blindness if they succeed.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The background for the room where you fight the security drone has what appears to be a blurred picture of a naked woman in the background.
* GoldfishPoopGang: Donovan and Garcia are minor example, since you only fight them twice, and the second time only occurs in a certain sidequest. Nevertheless, they’re “right and left hand” of a rival crime boss, who are nevertheless quite incompetent and are easily routed each time they’re fought.

* GunsAreUseless: Played straight with pistols: Alexis, who starts the game dual-wielding pistols, deals less damage than either Markus or David would with two Switchblades. Downplayed with assault rifles: while they deal less damage then melee weapons of similar tier, they compensate for that due to attacking all enemies at once.
* GreenEyedMonster: David is eventually revealed to have been sent to the Slums due to trying to kill his wife’s lover, then carrying out the deed once already inside, hunting the poor guy down for almost a year. He’s said to have considered killing his wife as well, but back down at the last moment.
* GreyAndGreyMorality: The conflict between Ferusians and the rebels hovers between this and GreyAndBlackMorality. On one hand, Ferusia is fachist society that deals with crimes ranging from attempted murder to infidelity by deporting everyone into the slums, and is looking to create some sort of cyber-zombies through its Project Ferustine. On the other hand, rebels have a clear WithUsOrAgainstUs mentality, treat the civilians they’re supposed to be liberating with open contempt and generally believe that democracy will automatically make things better without bothering with many plans for the future.
** Markus gets a dialogue option at one point that really says it best: "'''This''' place? You think everyone down ‘ere supports you because you’re against the Ferusians? Are you fucking insane? We don’t support you, everything you do makes things harder for us. When you blow up autofarms and autoclaves, how do you think Ferusians ration out food? They sure as shit don’t give us more of it! [[PrecisionFStrike Fuck!]] You self-righteous twat! I don’t even need a reason to kill you now!" (begins battle).

* InfantImmortality: Averted in one of Alexis’ flashbacks, where a young girl gets shot in front of her. The way the scene is shot leaves it ambigious whether it was a soldier next to her who did the deed, or Alexis herself.

* OptionalSexualEncounter: Available in the Eastern Slums, where there’s both a dedicated brothel and a flat where two bunny-suited prostitutes work on their own. Both will restore all health and MP, just like a stay at an inn, and Markus will even comment “This is better than a night’s sleep” when he’s done. Plus, going to the flat is actually cheaper than just staying at an inn.
* PaletteSwap: Done to every human enemy variation. Badland Berserkers are visually just blue-tinted version of Badland Vagabonds. Ferusian Grenadiers look identical to Ferusian Privates, except that they’re gold and purple instead of silver and green, while the Captain is [[TinTyrant all steel]]. Rebel Scout Medics and Captains are green and blue-tinted versions of Scout Shotgunners, although Captains also have moustachied face pasted on.

* StatStick: This can happen when characters are dual-wielding weapons and are using skills specific to swords, pistols or axes. Those only require one such weapon to be equipped and it’s possible to have a powerful off-hand weapon of different type still act to enhance the skill power. This works best with the Taser, which increases attack power by 25, thus being the most powerful one-handed weapon.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Magtown Lashers fought briefly during a side-quest are dressed in stripper-like attires.
* SuspiciouslyCrackedWall: There are the hollowed-out crosses on sewer walls, which can be shattered with a sledgehammer to reveal some goodies.

* VendorTrash: Tin Lunchboxes, Thumb Tacks and rolls of Parcel Tape are the three “Sellable” items that have no use besides being sold at the shops for a pitiful sum of credits. The only time they have a quest significance is when Markus can deliver Thumb Tacks alongside a couple of crafting items to a man and receive a Nail Gun in return.

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* TakeYourTime: There’s a segment on a train that will supposedly crash anytime soon, yet it is not timed at all, and it is possible to pace around to regenerate your group’s stamina before tackling on each set of guards.

* Tykebomb: Invoked in the Eastern Slums Inn, where you can talk to the drunken philosopher who relays rumours about how scientists now plan to use magic stones they found to create super soldiers that obey commands perfectly from young ages. [[spoiler: He turns out to be mostly right, as these are the aims of the Project Ferustine.]]

* TykeBomb: Invoked in the Eastern Slums Inn, where you can talk to the drunken philosopher who relays rumours about how scientists now plan to use magic stones they found to create super soldiers that obey commands perfectly from young ages. [[spoiler: He turns out to be mostly right, as these are the aims of the Project Ferustine.]]

'''Sore Losers''' is a 2010 RPG, developed by Sated in VideoGame/RPGMaker. It is set in the Slums of Central Ferusia, which are used by the faschist Government of Ferusia to house all of the criminals instead of maintaining prisons. These slums are separated into four sectors of differing levels of prosperity; the richest area isn’t much different from typical suburbia, and can afford to pay the Ferusian Soldiers for protection. Other areas at the mercy of gang leaders, and are also at risk of attack by mutated wildlife from the uninhabitable slums.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: One is attempted right after [[spoiler: Alexis jumps off the Maglev train alone, while Markus and David are forced ot fight and kill Jade.]], whereas David explains that things would’ve had likely gone down the same way regardless, with a cutscene to show that. It’s still doesn’t explain everything, though. [[spoiler: I.e. Alexis didn’t know Benji and Chris, and even if she ended up with them, it’s possible they would’ve had chosen Markus’ side instead of hers.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Custom-Chained Rifles for other party members. Sure, the bayonets are awesome… except that the actual bullets fired from it deal 10 damage less than the unmodified G3A3 you can get from upgrading MK-17 Scar.

* CrazyAwesome: Chris and Benji, the two Junkers whose help is eventually needed by Markus and co. in order to escape the town.

* DropTheHammer: There’s a sledgehammer weapon available thr.

* ItemCrafting: Upgraded versions of common equipment can be synthesized by certain weaponsmiths. For instance, a regular Two-Handed Sword can be turned into a Claymore with the addition of some scrap metal, or