History VideoGame / TheCitadel

* ImprobablyFemaleCast: With the exception of two, all of the enemies and bosses faced are female. This includes soldiers decked in bulky combat armor who at first glance look like males... until their helmet has been shot-off.

The story is set in a dark, dystopian cyberpunk setting as players assumes the role of the Martyr, a human who finds herself being called forth on a holy mission to "free" the seven Guardian Angels and kill the Sleeping God. This mission, however, is easier said than done as she must fight her way through a legion of rogue cyborgs and machines under the Sleeping God's influence. The game features over thirty levels that are divided between six episodes, where players can create a path of [[LudicrousGibs visceral carnage]] with fourteen weapons with their own unique secondary firing modes they can uncover, ranging from pistols, automatic rifles, a whalegun, and rocket launcher, all while managing their supply of blood, oxygen, and food. Players can also use the gold acquired from slain enemies to buy upgrades, weapons, and supplies from the merchant Tycho at the hub area or at certain levels. Similarly to the ''Marathon'' games, weapons do not have an endless magazine and must be reloaded manually, and the game features the option to toggle the ability to lean from cover and weapon jamming during gunfights.

* DeathSeeker: If players interact with Celeste, they'll find that she wants the player to kill her to [[MercyKill free her]] from the Sleeping God's control.
* DoubleJump: The Martyr is capable of jump twice in the air, but a double jump uses some oxygen.

* {{Hitscan}}: Averted, all enemies' and player's weapons shoot visible projectiles. The projectiles from the player's weapons also drop as they travel.

* LudicrousGibs: You can splatter your enemies into pieces when killing them, especially with a well-placed headshot or high-powered weapon, resulting piles of strewn body parts, organs, and mechanical parts, yet no bloodshed can be found outside of some of the cyborgs [[BloodFromTheMouth bleeding from their mouth]] or severed body parts after death. This also applies to the player upon dying as well.
* MechaMook: Besides the cyborg enemies, there are some robots and mech suit enemies in the game.
* MiniMecha: Some of the enemies in later levels pilot a miniature mech suit armed with high-powered weapons, and a few cases you can pilot one yourself and use its firepower against them.

* SpritePolygonMix: Although the was made in Unreal Engine 4, the games uses 2D sprites for the player, the enemies, [=NPCs=], and pick-ups, while the levels and effects are rendered in 3D.

The game was released on August 5, 2020 and is available on [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1378290/The_Citadel/ Steam]] along with a demo of the first episode. Not the confused with the film of the same name or the 1995 Amiga game ''Citadel''.

* AnAxeToGrind: The player's starting weapon is the Forgiver, a large battle axe.

* StandardFPSGuns: Forgiver ([[AnAxeToGrind axe]]), Meta-Magnum ({{handgun|s}}), Auto-Rifle w/ Bombast Laser ([[MoreDakka assault rifle]] with a [[EnergyWeapon laser beam]]), Blunderbuss (pump-action {{shotgun|sAreJustBetter}}) and Shockhammer (automatic shotgun), Flechette SMG (submachine gun), Chaingun w/ Flamer ([[GatlingGood Gatling gun]] with a [[FireBreathingWeapon flamethrower]]), SSM Launcher (RPG) and Flash (quad RPG), Whalegun ({{sniper rifle}}), Remote Detonator (demolition pack), Laser Designator ([[DeathFromAbove remote air strike]]), ZEUS Cannon (energy cannon), and Redeemer (ditto). There are also Grenades, and the disposable [=DieselGun=] (flamethrower), Hyper Blaster (energy cannon), and Hyper Bolter (mini-gun).

The story is set in a dark, dystopian cyberpunk setting as players assumes the role of the Martyr, a cyborg who finds herself being called forth on a holy mission to "free" the seven Guardian Angels and kill the Sleeping God. This mission, however, is easier said than done as she must fight her way through a legion of rogue cyborgs and machines under the Sleeping God's influence. The game features over thirty levels that are divided between six episodes, where players can create a path of [[LudicrousGibs visceral carnage]] with fourteen weapons with their own unique secondary firing modes they can uncover, ranging from pistols, automatic rifles, a whalegun, and rocket launcher, all while managing their supply of blood, oxygen, and food. Players can also use the gold acquired from slain enemies to buy upgrades, weapons, and supplies from the merchant Tycho at the hub area or at certain levels. Similarly to the ''Marathon'' games, weapons do not have an endless magazine and must be reloaded manually, and the game features the option to toggle the ability to lean from cover and weapon jamming during gunfights.

* {{Cyborg}}: The Martyr, Lysander, and the various enemies and some of Guardian Angels you'll encounter in the game.

* HiveMind: The cyborgs in the game besides the Martyr and Lysander are under the control of the Sleeping God.

* OrganicTechnology: Some levels feature Giger-esque biotech. The first enemy you face is a giant brain powering several turrets.

* BloodlessCarnage: Shockingly played straight in a game with guts and limbs flying everywhere but nerea drop of the red stuff is shed during combat.

** Lysander has a gorgeous face... who happens to possess a completely mechanical, non-human body.

* FanDisservice: Many of your enemies are cute anime girls like yourself; and you will constantly see their innards, brains and appendages strewn everywhere; sometimes with their anguished expressions clearly visible on their (very rare) intact faces.

* Gorn: Every death results in a variety of lovingly drawn organs and gnarled body parts that never fade away from the battlefield. Ironically, the game's lack of blood highlights the gruesome detail.

* FanDisservice: Many of your enemies are cute anime girls like yourself; and you will constantly see thier innards, brains and appendages strewn everwhere; sometimes with their anguished expressions clearly visable on their (very rare) intact faces.

* SevenDeadlySins: The seven Guardian Angels are based on and named named them.

** WizardNeedsFoodBadly: The Food Meter, represented by the green meter, which players must keep an eye on otherwise their maximum Blood and Oxygen will diminish unless it is replenished.

* FlunkyBoss: Celeste's boss battle only has enemies trying to defend her while she doesn't fight back, justified that she doesn't want to hurt you and wants to be killed to be free from the Sleeping God's control.

* StandardFPSGuns: Forgiver ([[AnAxeToGrind axe]]), Meta-Magnum ({{handgun|s}}), Auto-Rifle w/ Bombast Laser ([[MoreDakka assault rifle]] with a [[FrickinLaserBeams laser beam]]), Blunderbuss (pump-action {{shotgun|sAreJustBetter}}) and Shockhammer (automatic shotgun), Flechette SMG (submachine gun), Chaingun w/ Flamer ([[GatlingGood Gatling gun]] with a [[FireBreathingWeapon flamethrower]]), SSM Launcher (RPG) and Flash (quad RPG), Whalegun ({{sniper rifle}}), Remote Detonator (demolition pack), Laser Designator ([[DeathFromAbove remote air strike]]), ZEUS Cannon (energy cannon), and Redeemer (ditto). There are also Grenades, and the disposable [=DieselGun=] (flamethrower), Hyper Blaster (energy cannon), and Hyper Bolter (mini-gun).

* AnAxeToGrind: The Forgiver, the player's starting weapon.

* BulletTime: After obtaining the Reflex Booster upgrade, players can invoke a bullet time effect after using an O2 Canister to overcharge their Oxygen Meter.
* CheckpointStarvation: Some stages have no checkpoints and you can't save your progress mid-level, and dying results in starting the level over. The only way to circumvent this is to use an Extra Life on a Buffer Pattern (if available) to save your mid-level progress.

* SavePoint: Buffer Patterns found in some levels will save your mid-level progress at the cost of an Extra Life.
* SaveToken: The Extra Life item function as one for the Buffer Patterns found in some levels, acting as a checkpoint for the level.

* StandardFPSGuns: Forgiver ([[AnAxeToGrind axe]]), Meta-Magnum ({{handgun|s}}), Auto-Rifle w/ Bombast Laser ([[MoreDakka assault rifle]] with a [[FrickinLaserBeams laser beam]]), Blunderbuss (pump-action {{shotgun|sAreJustBetter}}) and Shockhammer (automatic shotgun), Flechette SMG (submachine gun), Chaingun w/ Flamer ([[GatlingGood Gatling gun]] with a [[FireBreathingWeapon flamethrower]]), SSM Launcher (RPG) and Flash (quad RPG), Whalegun ({{sniper rifle}}), Remote Detonator (demolition pack), Laser Designator ([[DeathFromAbove remote air strike]]), ZEUS Cannon (energy cannon), and Redeemer (ditto). There are also Grenades (self-explanatory), and the disposable [=DieselGun=] (flamethrower), Hyper Blaster (energy cannon), and Hyper Bolter (mini-gun).

* HyperspaceArsenal: The Martyr can hold 14 weapons on her person, from a large battle ax, a pistol, a pair of Thompson machine guns, satchel bombs, and a rocket launcher. How is she able to carry such weapons all at once with little pocket space (and clothing) is a mystery.

The game was released on August 5, 2020 and is available on [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1378290/The_Citadel/ Steam]] along with a demo of the first episode. Not the confused with the film of the same name or the 1995 Amiga ''Citadel''.

* BlobMonster: The aptly-named Slime enemy. Don't let their innocent appearance fool you, they have maws with [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily razor-sharp teeth]] ready to chew you out.

* ExplosiveStupidity: It's possible to accidentally toss a grenade and have it land somewhere near you before it explodes, or mistime cooking a grenade and have it blow up in your face instead. Similarly, the Sufferer enemy may accidentally toss grenades among other enemies.

* TheGoomba: The Cultist, they pose very little threat to the player, their axes do relatively weak damage, and can easily be dispatched with weaker weapons.

* MyBrainIsBig: Vectra, The Angel of Gluttony and the game's first boss, has been reduced to only her brain and it has mutated to a massive size.

* OrganicTechnology: The cyborgs in the game still have human-like features and organs. Some levels feature organic matter as well.

** Flechette SMG: Can be dual-wield and fired independently.

** The Martyr's outfit looks reminiscent to the titular WesternAnimation/AeonFlux.

** Some of EX Levels' names feature nods to classic FPS games. To wit: Act 1: "[[VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D Get Psyched]]", Act 3: "[[VideoGame/{{Doom}} Gate of Doom]]", Act 4: "Entryway", Act 5: "Deadly Simple".

* YourHeadASplode: Shooting a humanoid enemy's head will result in their heads being blown of from their shoulders or explode into pieces.

The game was released on August 5, 2020 and is available on [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1378290/The_Citadel/ Steam]] along with a demo of the first episode.

* HighVoltageDeath: Killing a humanoid enemy with an energy will electrocute them, complete with their skeleton being visible as their bodies are being shocked until they explode.

** SprintMeter: The Oxygen meter, represented by the blue meter and depletes when certain actions such as sprinting, double-jump, and swinging the Forgiver are performed.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: The game gives players various ways to eviscerate and brutalize their enemies, ranging from blowing their heads into pieces, cleaving their bodies apart with the Forgiver, setting them on fire and watch them scream and burn with the Chaingun's flamethrower, and kicking them off a ledge into a pit of spikes/lava or bottomless pits.

The story is set in a dark, dystopian cyberpunk setting as players assumes the role of The Martyr, a cyborg who finds herself being called forth on a holy mission to "free" the seven Guardian Angels and kill the Sleeping God. This mission, however, is easier said than done as she must fight her way through a legion of rogue cyborgs and machines under the Sleeping God's influence. The game features over thirty levels that are divided between six episodes, where players can create a path of [[LudicrousGibs visceral carnage]] with fourteen weapons with their own unique secondary firing modes they can uncover, ranging from pistols, automatic rifles, a whalegun, and rocket launcher, all while managing their supply of blood, oxygen, and food. Players can also use the gold acquired from slain enemies to buy upgrades, weapons, and supplies from the merchant Tycho at the hub area or at certain levels. Similarly to the ''Marathon'' games, weapons do not have an endless magazine and must be reloaded manually, and the game features the option to toggle the ability to lean from cover and weapon jamming during gunfights.

* TheGoomba: The Cultist, they pose very little threat to the player, their axes to relatively weak damage, and can easily be dispatched with weaker weapons.

* HiveMind: The cyborgs in the game besides The Martyr and Lysander are under the control of the Sleeping God.

* MyBrainIsBig: Vectra, The Angel of Gluttony and the game's first boss, has been reduced to only her brain and has mutated to a massive size.

** Chaingun: Underslung flamethrower (uses energy cells).

** The design of Act 2's boss Celeste looks similar to a [[Franchise/{{Alien}} xenomorph]].

** WizardNeedsFoodBadly: The Food Meter, represented by the green meter which players must keep an eye on, otherwise their maximum Blood and Oxygen will diminish unless it is replenished.

* ThrowDownTheBomblet: Players can use grenades, either found laying around the levels, purchased Tycho, or dropped from a Suffer, to clear out areas littered with enemies. Players can cook the grenades but it will explode after four ticks. The Sufferer also lobs grenades at the player.

The story is set in a dark, dystopian cyberpunk setting as players assumes the role of The Martyr, a cyborg who finds herself being called forth on a holy mission to "free" the seven Guardian Angels and kill the Sleeping God. This mission, however, is easier said than done as she must fight her way through a legion of rogue cyborgs and machines under the Sleeping God's influence. The game features over thirty levels that are divided between six episodes, where players can create a path of [[LudicrousGibs visceral carnage]] with fourteen weapons with their own unique secondary firing modes they can uncover, ranging from pistols, automatic rifles, a whalegun, and rocket launcher, all while maintaining their supply of blood, oxygen, and hunger. Players can also use the gold acquired from slain enemies to buy upgrades, weapons, and supplies from the merchant Tycho at the hub area or at certain levels. Similarly to the ''Marathon'' games, weapons do not have an endless magazine and must be reloaded manually, and the game features the option to toggle the ability to lean from cover and weapon jamming during gunfights.

* CriticalExistenceFailure: You and the enemies look normal if they have any point of health left, but once it hits 0, you or the enemies explode in a pile of mechanical and body parts.

* LudicrousGibs: You can splatter your enemies into pieces when killing them, especially with a well-placed headshot or high-powered weapon, resulting piles of strewn body parts, organs, and mechanical parts, yet no bloodshed can be found outside of some of the cyborgs [[BloodFromTheMouth bleeding from their mouth]] after death. This also applies to the player upon dying as well.

The story is set in a dark, dystopian cyberpunk setting as players assumes the role of The Martyr, a cyborg who finds herself being called forth on a holy mission to "free" the seven Guardian Angels and eventually kill the Sleeping God. This mission, however, is easier said than done as she must fight her way through the other rogue cyborgs and machines under the influence of the Sleeping God. The game features over thirty levels that are divided between six episodes, where players can create a path of [[LudicrousGibs visceral carnage]] with fourteen weapons with their own unique secondary firing modes they can uncover, ranging from pistols, automatic rifles, a whale gun, and rocket launcher, all while maintaining their supply of health, oxygen, and hunger. In between episodes, players can use the gold acquired from slain enemies to buy upgrades, weapons, and supplies at the hub area. Similarly to the ''Marathon'' games, weapons do not have an endless magazine and must be reloaded manually, and the game features the option to toggle the ability to lean from cover and weapon jamming during gunfights.

* EssenceDrop: Slain enemies leave behind pieces of gold/silver that can be used to purchase supplies, weapons, and upgrades from Tycho at the hub.

* FireBreathingWeapon: The Gatling Gun's secondary fire is a flamethrower that burns enemies into cinder. The Flamer enemies also wield a flamethrower that is just as deadly to you.

* LudicrousGibs: You can splatter your enemies into pieces with a well-placed headshot or high-powered weapon, resulting piles of strewn body parts, organs, and mechanical pieces, yet none of them bleed.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: While most of the cyborgs look humanoid in design, Lysander however looks more robotic as she is missing humanoid limbs, partially visible ribcage, and have large robotic arms with wheels.

** LifeMeter: Your Health meter, represented by the red meter.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: The game gives players various ways to eviscerate and brutalize their enemies, ranging from blowing their heads into pieces, cleaving their bodies apart with the Forgiver, setting them on fire and watch them scream and burn with the Gatling Gun's flamethrower, and kicking them off a ledge into a pit of spikes/lava or bottomless pits.
* WizardNeedsFoodBadly: There is a Food Meter that players must keep an eye on, otherwise their maximum Health and Stamina will diminish.

''The Citadel'' is an anime-styled FirstPersonShooter game for Windows developed by doekuramori and published by Top Hat Studios. It is {{genre throwback}} game that was largely inspired by 1980's anime, classic first-person shooter games such as ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'', the UsefulNotes/SharpX68000 game ''Relics'', and ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'', and the works of Creator/HRGiger.

* {{Hitscan}}: Averted, all enemies' weapons shoot visible projectiles.
* {{Homage}}: To classic 90's first-person shooters, 80's action anime, and H.R. Giger.

* ShoutOut: The game's way of having the player select the difficulty level is handled in a similar manner to ''VideoGame/{{Quake|I}}''.

The story is set in a dark, dystopian cyberpunk setting as players assumes the role of The Martyr, a cyborg who finds herself being called forth on a holy mission to "free" the seven Guardian Angels and eventually kill the Sleeping God. This mission, however, is easier said than done as she must fight her way through the other rogue cyborgs and machines under the influence of the Sleeping God. The game features over thirty levels that are divided between six episodes, where players can create a path of [[LudicrousGibs visceral carnage]] with fourteen weapons with their own unique alternate firing modes they can uncover, ranging from pistols, automatic rifles, a whale gun, and rocket launcher, all while maintaining their supply of health, oxygen, and hunger. In between episodes, players can use the gold acquired from slain enemies to buy upgrades, weapons, and supplies at the hub area. Similarly to the ''Marathon'' games, weapons do not have an endless magazine and must be reloaded manually, and the game features the option to toggle the ability to lean from cover and weapon jamming during gunfights.

* SpritePolygonMix: Although the was made in Unreal Engine 4, uses 2D sprites for the enemies, [=NPCs=], and pick-ups, while the levels and effects are rendered in 3D.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: The game gives players various ways to eviscerate and brutalize their enemies, ranging from blowing their heads into pieces, cleaving their bodies apart with the Forgiver, setting them on fire and watch them scream and burn with the Gatling Gun's flamethrower, and kicking them off a ledge into a bottomless pit or a pit of spikes.