History VideoGame / TheaTheAwakening

* ButThouMust: Depending on what God you chose, you are forced to make certain choices in the main quest. For example, when playing as the sun god Svarog, you cannot choose to [[spoiler:let the world remain in its current balanced state between darkness and light]], whereas the god of the underworld, Veles, will not allow you to [[spoiler:destroy the Cosmic Tree to usher in an age without magic]].

* OneHandedZweihander: Warriors can weild a two-handed sword with only one hand, leaving the other free for a shield.

* OurElvesAreBetter: If you manage to recruit an Elf, they're far superior to most other fighters. They get a free attack before the round starts regardless of the weapon they use, so you can give them an InfinityPlusOneSword and they will inflict massive damage before combat begins.

* BoringButPractical: Staves and spears are the best weapons in the early to mid game as each party member wielding one gets a free attack before the round starts. They start to lose ground against hammers and axes which do double to triple the damage once the player has access to the better crafting materials in the game.
Analogically, one-handed clubs are quite powerful in early game as the blunt damage allows to spill damage to the next creature and at the start of the game, you will be mostly fighting multiple small creatures. In the mid-to-end, Two-handed Swords and Axes are much better in terms of damage output.

Has a wiki [[http://thea-the-awakening.wikia.com/wiki/Thea:_The_Awakening_Wikia here]]. Players beware that the game is [[JustOneMoreLevel ridiculously addictive]].

* ShoutOut: One of the random encounters has you come across the bridge where a ghost asks you three questions - your name, [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail your favorite color, and how far a rock thrown by a Troll will fly]].

* CrapsackWorld: The Darkness has destroyed the old world's civilization--and it's up to you to rebuild it. The darkness still lasts longer than daylight, and everything is out to rob, or play tricks on, or murder and eat you. The only remaining ember of civilization in the entire world is your own tiny village. There is no restoring light and civilization within the mechanics of the game, even if you do achieve victory. Life is a constant struggle against EverythingTryingToKillYou. The only solace the player can have is that once they mine enough mithril and moonstone to outfit all their villagers with the best armor and weapons, they will have an EliteArmy that will comfortably [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomp]] dragons and giants and can travel about the DeathWorld of horrors that is Thea with complete confidence.

* Literature/BabaYaga: Being based on Slavic folklore, Thea is home to these old hags who steal children in the night to eat them. They will even randomly kidnap and eat adult party members in a random event.

* AWorldHalfFull: The Darkness has destroyed the old world's civilization--and it's up to you to rebuild it.

* DarkIsNotEvil: The player will encounter plenty of night creatures that aren't evil, but are just trying to get by. The player themselves can choose the night god Horos (who is not evil either) as their patron.

* InfinityPlusOneSword: Warhammers made out of pure moonstone and Two-handed axes made out of pure {{Mithril}}.

* WizardNeedsFoodBadly: Every group of your people, both the village and exploring parties have to bring enough food and fuel with them or begin to starve/freeze. You also get substantial bonuses for bringing many different kinds of (crafted) food.

''Thea: The Awakening'' is an indie not-quite-FourX TurnBasedStrategy released in 2015 by the British-Polish studio [=MuHa=] Games. It is based on the Myth/SlavicMythology and plays a lot like the ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'' does in the first turns: you explore the randomly generated world map, collect resources, expand your settlements, and craft upgrades.

* WizardNeedsFoodBadly: Every group of your people, both the village and exploring parties has to bring enough food and fuel with them or begin to starve/freeze. You also get substantial bonuses for bringing many different kinds of (crafted) food.

* CriticalExistenceFailure: Subverted. When a character's HitPoints drop to zero, they cannot participate in combat, but do not die and can, in fact, recover from their wounds if they have enough food and a medic to look after them.
** Sadly it works the other way around too, a party member gravely wounded, even if undefeated in combat, has a chance to die until they recover, that chance can be lowered by having a medic in the party.

Has a wiki [[http://thea-the-awakening.wikia.com/wiki/Thea:_The_Awakening_Wikia here]].