History VideoGame / Sudeki

* CainAndAbel: [[spoilers: Talos is the Cain to Kazel's Abel. This is a stark contrast of their counterparts Tal's brother and Tal, which implied in the dialogue that both have a good relationship.]]

* DarkIsNotEvil: The [[spoiler:Aklorian]] inhabitants, especially the [[spoiler: Shadow Party (Kazel, Alexine, Nico and Cafu). The Aklorian soldiers you fight are revealed to be renegades in their own realm, driven desperate if not outright mad by the loss of the light.]] One character, however, plays this straight: [[spoiler: Talos, the counterpart of Tal's brother just as he is Kazel's older brother. And the latter was killed by him, as Talos (now host of Heigou) reveals to Tal before the FinalBattle]].

* GuestStarPartyMember: ''Three'' of them, in fact. Kazel, Alexine, and Nico, [[spoiler:Tal, Ailish and Buki's Aklorian counterpart]] join your party.

* JerkAss: Arlo, in spades.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Elco when discovering that his invention, [[spoiler:the Crystal Tower]], is the one responsible for draining the light from the Akloria.

* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:happens to the professor in Transentia soon after the heroes have gone through the newly-activated portal, and to Queen Lusica at the end. Both are killed by Talos.]]

** A dark example would be [[spoiler:her mother, Queen Lusica]].

* DarkIsNotEvil: The [[spoiler:Aklorian]] inhabitants, especially the [[spoiler:Shadow Party. The Aklorian soldiers you fight are revealed to be renegades in their own realm, driven desperate if not outright mad by the loss of the light]]. One character, however, plays this straight: [[spoiler:Talos, the counterpart of Tal's brother. And the latter was killed by him, as Talos (now host of Heigou) reveals to Tal before the FinalBattle]].

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Elco really couldn't believe that supernatural powers were at play, even as he received Tetsu's blessing. This is the reason why he receives his blessing too late (after he and Tal rescued Ailish and Buki at Cyantine), as opposed to the more spiritual Buki who receives her blessing at Transentia and arguably Ailish and Tal (who received their respective second blessings twice and they received them earlier before Buki's second blessing) but it was more about their TheDeterminator to do what is right attitude rather than spirituality.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Elco really couldn't believe that supernatural powers were at play, even as he received Tetsu's blessing.

* DarkIsNotEvil: The [[spoiler:Shadow Realm]] inhabitants, especially the [[spoiler:Shadow Party. The Askilian soldiers you fight are revealed to be renegades in their own realm, driven desperate if not outright mad by the loss of the light]]. One character, however, plays this straight: [[spoiler:Talos, the counterpart of Tal's brother. And the latter was killed by him, as Talos (now host of Heigou) reveals to Tal before the FinalBattle]].

* EvilCounterpart: Subverted, the [[spoiler:Shadow Party members]] are not evil, and they simply seek to restore the light that has gone missing in Shadow Realm. [[spoiler:Talos, Tal's brother counterpart]], on the other hand, plays this straight. [[spoiler:He even killed his counterpart.]]

* FusionDance: Done prior to the final battle, with every one of the heroes merging with their [[spoiler:Shadow counterparts]].

* GuestStarPartyMember: ''Three'' of them, in fact. Kazel, Alexine, and Nico, [[spoiler:Tal, Ailish and Buki's Shadow Realm counterpart]] join your party.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Elco when discovering that his invention, [[spoiler:the Crystal Tower]], is the one responsible for draining the light from the Shadow Realm.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: The playable female cast. Interestingly, Ailish's more advanced armors progressively covers her up even though she's the StaffChick of the party. Likewise, Alexine, [[spoiler:Ailish's Shadow Realm counterpart]] has a comparatively conservative costume. Buki on the other hand, [[ThongOfShielding is the opposite]].

* DistressedDude/DistressedDamsel: At one point in the game, the heroes practically take turns in these roles. First Tal and Elco fall prey to the chanting of a siren, and it's up to Ailish and Buki to save them. Just after the girls have killed the siren, however, they are captured by [[spoiler:the Shadow Party]] and the guys go to their rescue.

%% * MadScientist Milly Lupa, stargazer, believer in aliens, and a MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter has a 'family' of cloned children. And a book about making a Child Clone army to take over the world.

''Sudeki'' is a RolePlayingGame by the Creator/ClimaxGroup, made for the {{Xbox}} in 2004 and ported to the PC in 2005. Oddly, despite being made by Western game designers, is basically an {{Animesque}} EasternRPG experience.

The game itself was notable for being one of the few Eastern RPG-like games on the XBox, and even though the Xbox version was released in the United States, the PC port never saw a US release, but due to PC games not being region locked and the fact it has an English dub, it is perfectly importable.

* {{DRM}}: The PC version has Starforce, which made installing it difficult even on computers it was officially designed for, and due to how ancient the version of Starforce included was, it would make running the game on 64-bit operating systems nigh impossible (though 32-bit systems also have their own problems). When the DRM is removed, the game installs and runs fine.

* BadassPrincess; Ailish makes it quite clear to Tal she is one and she has no desire to listen to any StayInTheKitchen nonsense.

* LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards: Subverted. Ranged characters like Ailish and Elco can be nigh on GameBreaker useful since they can use FirstPersonShooter tactics to circle strafe enemies to death, thus allowing them to OneManArmy everything on the battlefield while avoiding damage as long as they keep moving. Melee fightrs, while they get to deal far more damage, they have very few means of consistently avoiding getting dogpiled by enemies.

* {{Badass}}
** ActionGirl: Buki and Ailish.
** BadassFingerSnap: Ailish can open chests and smash breakable stuff this way.
** BadassPrincess; Ailish makes it quite clear to Tal she is one and she has no desire to listen to any StayInTheKitchen nonsense.
** EyepatchOfPower: Worn by General Arlo.

* RedHeadedHero: Tal.
** HeroesWantRedheads: Ailish has a blatantly obvious crush on Tal.

* BonusBoss: In Transentia, Tal can fight a killer robot. You can fight as soon as you get here, but he's no joke. His regular attacks will probably wipe of a good portion of your health bar unless you put up a shield, he has enough HP to tank several Spirit Strikes, and he [[InstantDeathRadius has a ranged attack that takes you down instantly and covers a good portion of the arena.]] Defeating him gives 2K xp, a Huge Gold Bar and a Wolf Totem. In the research center there are similar, but far more manageable enemies.

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* MagicEnhancement: Weapons and armors can be enhanced with runes. Armor upgrades are far more costly and are kept after upgrading; you start with three of them grant you immunity to Weaken and Curse, Poison and Slow; and one reflects back some damage; in the lategame you will find 3 runes that will autocast either defense, damage or regeneration buff on entering battle. Weapon can have either round or square slots; square runes are stronger but are only awarded at certain points of plot. Runes give a flat +5/10 damage increase (for Tal and Buki) or percent damage increase for Elco and Ailish (as such, slow but powerful weapons like Batholith receive the most from them while fast firing weapons like Proton Phaser are better suited for non-damage buffs[[labelnote:Note]]This goes to the point that if you stuff Ailish's or Elco's InfinityPlusOneSword with ManaSteal buffs, they'll be able to recover SP at a fast rate, allowing you spam their Skills.[[/labelnote]]) +5%/10% critical rate increase, 10%/20% HP steal, 1/2% SP steal and 25%/50% buff dispelling on hit.

* MagicEnhancement: Weapons and armors can be enhanced with runes. Armor upgrades are far more costly and are kept after upgrading; three of them grant you immunity to Weaken and Curse, Poison and Slow; while the last one reflects back some damage. Weapon can have either round or square slots; square runes are stronger but are only awarded at certain points of plot. Runes give a flat +5/10 damage increase (for Tal and Buki) or percent damage increase for Elco and Ailish (as such, slow but powerful weapons like Batholith receive the most from them while fast firing weapons like Proton Phaser are better suited for non-damage buffs[[labelnote:Note]]This goes to the point that if you stuff Ailish's or Elco's InfinityPlusOneSword with ManaSteal buffs, they'll be able to recover SP at a fast rate, allowing you spam their Skills.[[/labelnote]]) +5%/10% critical rate increase, 10%/20% HP steal, 1/2% SP steal and 25%/50% buff dispelling on hit.

* BonusBoss: In Transentia, Tal can fight a killer robot. You can fight as soon as you get here, but he's no joke. His regular attacks will probably wipe of a good portion of your health bar unless you put up a shield, he has enough HP to tank several Spirit Strikes, and he [[InstantDeathRadius has a ranged attack that takes you down instantly and covers a good portion of the arena.]] Defeating him gives 2K xp, a Huge Gold Bar and a Wolf Totem.

* TheDragon: [[spoiler:Lord Talos for Queen Lusica, but [[DragonAscendant he kills her after becoming Heigou's host]].

* AIIsACapshoot: The Krenn systrem in transentia. Elco pointed out he warned that something like this would happen.

** Later however, when he has to go to Transentia with Elco (and not knowing Ailish and Buki have preceded them there), he expresses appreciation for some female company, which may be a sign to him mellowing.
* DarkIsNotEvil: The [[spoiler:Shadow Realm]] inhabitants, especially the [[spoiler:Shadow Party. The enemy soldiers you fight early in the game are revealed to be renegades in their own realm, driven desperate if not outright mad by the loss of the light]].
* DistressedDude/DistressedDamsel: At one point in the game, the heroes practically take turns in these roles. First Tal and Elco fall prey of the chant of a siren, and it's up to Ailish and Buki to save them. Just after the girls have killed the siren, however, they are captured by [[spoiler:the Shadow Party]] and the guys go to their rescue.

* EvilCounterpart: Subverted, the [[spoiler:Shadow Party members]] are not evil, and they simply seek to restore the light that has gone missing in Shadow Realm.

* FusionDance: Done prior to the final battle, with every one of the heroes merging with their [[spoiler:Shadow counterparts]]. Then done again as everyone merges to become Tal.

** A straighter example will be [[spoiler:Lord Talos, aka the eventual Final Boss]], accompanying Elco back from Akloria to Haskilia. He has maxed out stats, but cannot be controlled directly.

* OurAngelsAreDifferent: A particular one shows up as a messenger from above to announce each hero is TheChosenOne [[spoiler:since they are the ancestors of the ancient heroes mentioned in the backstory]], and they also hand out each character's TakeALevelInBadass power.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: The playable female cast. Interestingly, Ailish's more advanced armors progressively covers her up even though she's the StaffChick of the party. Likewise, Alexine, [[spoiler: Ailish's Shadow Realm counterpart]] has comparatively conservative costume. Buki on the other hand, [[ThongOfShielding is the opposite]].

* AIisacrapshoot The Krenn systrem in transentia. Elco pointed out he warned that something like this would happen.

* ChasteHero: Tal, especially in response to Ailish, who he gets very nervous around when she gets flirty. He also seems to be nervous when women get inside his personal space in general, as best demonstrated at the beginning of the game when Buki gets a little close for comfort.
* DarkIsNotEvil: The [[spoiler: Shadow Realm]] inhabitants, especially the [[spoiler: Shadow Party]].

* EvilCounterpart: Subverted, the [[spoiler: Shadow Party members]] are not evil, and they simply seek to restore the light that has gone missing in Shadow Realm.

* GuestStarPartyMember: ''Three'' of them, in fact. Kazel, Alexine, and Nico, [[spoiler: Tal, Ailish and Buki's Shadow Realm counterpart]] join your party.

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: [[spoiler: Queen Lusica]] wanted to summon the demon Heigou to make her immortal, allowing her to rule forever.

* OurAngelsAreDifferent: A particular one shows up as a messenger from above to announce each hero is TheChosenOne [[spoiler: since they are the ancestors of the ancient heroes mentioned in the backstory]], and they also hand out each character's TakeALevelInBadass power.

** A dark example would be [[spoiler: her mother, Queen Lusica]].

* TheHighQueen: Ailish's mother Lusica, the Queen of the realm of Haskilia, [[spoiler: is a subversion]]. Caprine, the Queen of Akloria, [[spoiler: is a straight example]].

* WellDoneSonGuy: Tal, at the very least, would greatly enjoy not having General Arlo (his father) treat him like a screwup every five minutes, especially towards the beginning of the game where the plot screws him over independent of his actions.

** SexyPackaging: Played straight with the [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71DnrGZ3lyL._SL1000_.jpg　US and EU cover]], and interestingly ''averted'' with the [[http://blogs.c.yimg.jp/res/blog-25-01/beavistyan/folder/1084505/11/47523911/img_0 Japanese cover]].

* {{DRM}}: The PC version has Starforce, which made installing it difficult even on computers it was officially designed for, and due to how ancient the version of Starforce included was, it would make running the game on 64-bit operating systems nigh impossible (though 32-bit systems also have their own problems). However, it was discovered that with the DRM removed, the game installs and runs rather well.

* {{DRM}}: The PC version has Starforce, which made installing it difficult even on computers it was officially designed for, and due to how ancient the version of Starforce was included, it would make running the game on 64-bit operating systems nigh impossible (though 32-bit systems also have their own problems). However, it was discovered that with the DRM removed, the game installs and runs rather well.

[[http://www.gog.com/game/sudeki It was also released on GOG.com]], wich only realeses DRM free games.

* MadScientist Milly Lupa, stargazer, beleiver in alien live, and a MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter has a 'family' of cloned children. And a book about making a Child Clone army to take over the world..

** Lampshaded by a Robot in Transentia. Only Tal is supposed to fight the Robot in the area. If you try to do this as Alish the Robot rejects her and advises her to "put some more clothes one". Buki is rejected for being Antrophomorph, Eclo for his cybernetics.

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[[http://store.steampowered.com/app/233350/ The game was released on Steam]], hopefully without the below-mentioned DRM.