History VideoGame / TrafficDepartment2192

A multidirectional [[ShootEmUp shooting game]] by P-Squared Productions / Safari Software, released in 1994 for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer MS-DOS]], as {{shareware}}. It was re-released as freeware in 2007 and can be downloaded from [[http://www.classicdosgames.com/game/Traffic_Department_2192.html here]].

* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler: after one too many failures, Col. Wolstencroft is killed by the even more ruthless Gen. Kreel, who takes his place.]]
** This seems to be standard Vulture policy. [[spoiler:Earlier, there's a mission in which one of Wolstencroft's lackeys attempts to kill you, but all you have to do is get back to your base. Go back without killing the lackey, and in a cutscene he'll argue to Wolstencroft that his wingmen should be executed for their incompetence. Wolstencroft decides it would be easier to execute ''him''.]]

* CloningBlues: Dr. Clive/Philip/Leopold/Bela Ramses. A couple other character are subjected to this trope, but he is the absolute master.

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:Not counting Velasquez, there are four survivors at the end--[[RedemptionEarnsLife Orlok]], [[RobotBuddy Bob]], [[ImprobableInfantSurvival and the two kids]]. ''Everyone'' else is gone.]]

* CowboyCop: Velasquez, taken to the absolute limit. Her one and only motivation is to kill as many Vultures as possible, and she doesn't care who or what gets in her way. She has no sense of professionalism, little obedience to orders, and insults everyone she meets, including her superiors. The only thing keeping her from being a JerkSue is that everyone hates her right back.
** Plus she has a FreudianExcuse for her attitude, of which her commander is well aware [[spoiler:as her father had sacrificed himself to save said commander]].

* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Justified. The technology to replace damaged brain areas is new and untested, [[spoiler:and it slowly destroys the organic part of the brain, causing migraines, hallucinations, and delusions of grandeur. Eventually it leads to death.]]
** [[spoiler: Despite this, Dr. Bela Rameses is somehow able to stabilize Velasquez' condition shortly before the end of part three.]]

* DesertPunk

* EscortMission

* [[spoiler:KillEmAll]]: [[spoiler:Not counting Velasquez, there are four survivors at the end--[[RedemptionEarnsLife Orlok]], [[RobotBuddy Bob]], [[ImprobableInfantSurvival and the two kids]]. ''Everyone'' else is gone.]]

* MissionBriefing

* MoralityChain: Velasquez has several, most of them stripped away over the course of the game. The most important is [[spoiler:Ian, her son, who she wants to provide a better life for]].
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Dr. Bela Rameses stabilizes Velasquez' decaying body towards the end of part three, all so he can experiment on her.
* NonstandardGameOver: A few of them for failed missions.

* TitleByYear

* [[spoiler:WeCanRebuildHim: Velasquez, after sabotage to her helicopter leaves her splattered all over the landing pad. Her entire left side becomes quite glaringly robotic.]]
* [[spoiler:WhatHaveIBecome: See above.]]

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Because they [[AnyoneCanDie tend to get killed]].

* NotSoDifferent: Velasquez and the Vultures, less and less subtly.

* [[spoiler:KillEmAll]]: [[spoiler:Not counting Velasquez, there are four survivors at the end--[[RedemptionEarnsLife Orlok]], [[RobotBuddy Bob]], [[InfantImmortality and the two kids]]. ''Everyone'' else is gone.]]

* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding]]: [[spoiler: The only faction left standing is the Vultures, but Orlok believes he can reform them from within and prevent further atrocities.]]

* CloningBlues: Oh my, Dr. Clive/Philip/Leopold/Bela Ramses. A couple other character are subjected to this trope, but he is the absolute master.

A multidirectional [[ShootEmUp shooting game]] by P-Squared Productions / Safari Software, released in 1994 for MS-DOS, as {{shareware}}. It was re-released as freeware in 2007 and can be downloaded from [[http://www.classicdosgames.com/game/Traffic_Department_2192.html here]].

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** This seems to be standard Vulture policy. [[spoiler:Earlier, there's a mission in which one of Wolstencroft's lackeys attempts to kill you, but all you have to do is get back to your base. Go back without killing the lackey, and in a cutscene he'll argue to Wolstencroft that his wingmen should be executed for their incompetence. Wolstencroft decides it would be easier to execute ''him''.]]

A multidirectional [[ShootEmUp shooting game]] by P-Squared Productions / Safari Software, released in 1994 for MS-DOS, as {{shareware}}. It was re-released as freeware in 2007 and can be downloaded from [[http://www.classicdosgames.org/game/Traffic_Department_2192.html here]].

* AnticlimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Osyluth in episode 3.]]

* CloningBlues: Oh my, Dr. Ramses. A couple other character are subjected to this trope, but he is the absolute master.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: While ostensibly on your side, Osyluth in episode 3 suddenly goes rogue when you try to negotiate peace with General Orlok.]]

* [[spoiler:KillEmAll]]: [[spoiler:Not counting Velasquez, who has very little time left to live, there are four survivors at the end--[[RedemptionEarnsLife Orlok]], [[RobotBuddy Bob]], [[InfantImmortality and the two kids]]. ''Everyone'' else is gone.]]

* ItGotWorse: The game's plot is made of this trope up until almost the end.

* AlasPoorScrappy: [[spoiler:Nicola Cartel. True, she was a bitch, but she didn't deserve such horrible off-screen death, as told before the last mission of the first episode.]]

* CompleteMonster: Almost any Vulture character.