History VideoGame / SweetHome

%%* BigBoosHaunt: The mansion.

* TropeMaker: The game is the precursor to the SurvivalHorror genre that was popularized and [[TropeCodifier codified]] almost a decade later by ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', though it is also predated by the ''VideoGame/FridayThe13th'' game.

* {{Permadeath}}: Unlike most [=RPGs=], there is no way to revive a dead party member in this title. Predictably, as soon as everyone dies, it's GameOver. [[spoiler:In the movie, Taguchi, Asuka, and Yamamura all meet their deaths.]]

Unlike many other [=RPGs=] of its era, ''Sweet Home'' has a [[FinalDeath permadeath]] system; thanks to a limited amount of item-carrying slots, losing even one party member makes finishing the adventure exponentially harder. This forces the player to conserve usage of limited items (especially healing items), keep all the party members alive, and use all of the crew's special items in tandem to survive.

* AnyoneCanDie: Any of your party members can die. [[FinalDeath If they die, they are dead for good.]]

* FinalDeath: Unlike most [=RPGs=], there is no way to revive a dead party member in this title. Predictably, as soon as everyone dies, it's GameOver. [[spoiler:In the movie, Taguchi, Asuka, and Yamamura all meet their deaths.]]

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: The mansion has no shortage of deaths, with fire traps, spiked pits, falling statues, and the numerous monsters. But [[spoiler:Yamamura's]] death is particularly gruesome, as [[spoiler:his flesh melts off his body while he's still conscious, leaving a bloody skeleton.]]

* AllThereInTheManual: Asuka brings a vacuum cleaner to a haunted house. This may seem odd to people only familiar with the game, but the film shows that she is a professional art restorer and the vacuum is a precision item for cleaning neglected works of art (which makes it all the stranger that the player can use any old broom to do the same task).

* MirrorMatch: Assuming you have your whole team, you can have them beat the hell out of their “😈-(Name)” counterparts.

!! The video game version of ''Sweet Home'' includes the following tropes:

* SkippableBoss: Due to the twisting layout of TheVeryDefinatelyFinalDungeon, it is possible to avoid fighting [[spoiler: Fake!Kazuo and Fake!Emi]] during the final stretch of the game, as they are only fought on paths you don't need to go through to get to the FinalBoss.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The ending of the game heavily suggests Yamamura may have been Ichiro Mamiya himself.]]

%%* MasterOfUnlocking: Emi can unlock many of the doors in the mansion with her 'key' item.
%%* MirrorMonster

%%* MrExposition: [[spoiler:Yamamura]].

%%* ScareChord

%%* SkippableBoss: It is possible to avoid fighting [[spoiler: Fake!Kazuo and Fake!Emi]] during the final stretch of the game.

%%* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Yamamura's death has to qualify.]]

%%* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: The "Zombie" enemy, as well as the death scene displayed for Kazuo and Taguchi, both qualify.
%%* HauntedHouse
%%* HauntedHouseHistorian

%%* HomicideMachines: The incinerator.

%%* ImprobableInfantSurvival: [[spoiler:Horribly subverted; Lady Mamiya's son and countless other children were cremated. Alive.]]

%%* MasterOfUnlocking: Emi, naturally.

* DifficultySpike: Losing a party member does not necessarily stop you from completing the game... but it will make item puzzles far more difficult thanks to a shortage of item slots.

* BigBad: The Apparition Of Lady Mamiya. To A Lesser Extent Armor And Knights.

* TropeMaker: The game is the precursor to the SurvivalHorror genre that was popularized and [[TropeCodifier codified]] almost a decade later by ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''.

* AllThereInTheManual: Asuka brings a vacuum cleaner to a haunted house. This may seem odd to people only familiar with the game, but the film shows that she is a professional art restorer and the vacuum is a precision item for cleaning neglected works of art.
** Which makes it all the stranger that the player can use any old broom to do the same task.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Taguchi, Asuka, and Yamamura]] all die in the movie, but [[spoiler:Taguchi and Asuka]] survive the game in the "true" ending.

* FakeDifficulty: Played with. When battling them at lower levels and with lower HP, enemies can shave off a pretty hefty amount of health if you're not prepared. Otherwise, dealing 50 damage feels like {{Scratch Damage}} when you've got over 1000 HP total. A lot of the danger is the constant threat of random status ailments afflicting your party and needing to cure them, especially if Akiko is nowhere around or has died and you don't have the backup item on hand. Otherwise, the game isn't quite as hard as it can seem.
** A number of traps in the game can very quickly relieve you of a lot of HP if you're not careful. However, most of the time, the necessary item to handle them is nearby somewhere, as well as a hint on how to circumvent or lessen the threat. As far as traps go, they're only dangerous if you blunder into them without thinking or paying attention to anything.

* FinalDeath:
** Unlike most [=RPGs=], there is no way to revive a dead party member in this title. [[spoiler:In the movie, Taguchi, Asuka, and Yamamura all meet their deaths.]]
** Furthermore, your game will be over if the entire party dies!
* FiveManBand

%%* ForgottenFallenFriend: Unlike the movie, this is averted.

%%* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler:Horribly subverted.]]

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