History VideoGame / Unloved

** Some update added a dingy pizzeria tileset. The developer has openly stated this to be a ShoutOut to ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation''.

** On KillEmAll difficulty and above, large, grey, much more dangerous versions of enemies known as "The Rotten" may occasionally spawn, some of which have different abilities. [[OneHitKill Beware the Rotten Witch, in particular.]]

** KillEmAll ("You feel a constant, sharp pain and you want to inflict it on others"): Hard, for levels 15-30. Drops are fewer and worth their normal amount. Enemies are tougher still. The Rotten may appear on this difficulty and above.

* ExcusePlot: [[UpToEleven Bordering on]] NoPlotNoProblem. All the story amounts to is a guy named "The Fool" entering a strange realm where he has to fight his way through countless monsters and reactivate the elevator so he can continue down further floors... and that's it. There's no actual dialogue or anything, unless you're using voice chat in co-op.

*** [[Music/TheRollingStones "I look inside myself and see my heart is black."]]

** Sliver of Mercy: Easy, for levels 1-5. Enemies are weak and ammo/health/armor drops are worth 50% more.
** No Hope: Normal, for levels 5-15. Supplies are worth 25% more but enemies are tougher.
** KillEmAll: Hard, for levels 15-30. Drops are fewer and worth their normal amount. Enemies are tougher still. The Rotten may appear on this difficulty and above.
** Time to Die: Harder, for levels 30-50. A single Demon Chest may spawn.
** Beast Mode: Harder still, for levels 50-100. Up to two Demon Chests may spawn and the collectible card pieces have a small chance of giving you another one.
** Unearthly: HarderThanHard, for levels over 100.
** Abyss: Restricted difficulty for levels above 150. Features [[DamageSpongeBoss Abyss Wanderers]]. Kill three of them and you will get an Abyss Chest, if you survive the run.
* InNameOnly: The original ''Doom II'' mod 'Unloved' was a fairly normal but extremely high-quality custom campaign mainly notable for its dedicated and genuinely terrifying horror atmosphere. Aside from a few aesthetic similarities, this [[ProceduralGeneration procedurally-generated]] CoopMultiplayer RogueLike bears little to nothing in common with the original mod aside from the name.

** The quad damage challenge is widely considered the only way to complete an Abyss difficulty level in single-player without rank 4 equipment (which you can only get by completing an Abyss difficulty level, resulting in a Catch-22 if you don't have rank 4 equipped friends to boost you). Otherwise, the amount of shots it takes to kill enemies is simply too high to handle with rank 3 weapons, while the damage enemies deal to you can be mitigated with heavily armor-focused rank 3 trinkets.

* FakeUltimateMook: Bloody or Drowned variants of enemies are usually tougher and more dangerous than the regular version. The Drowned Faceless is an exception, as it lacks a ranged attack and instead is limited to melee hits, while still having average/below average speed as well as being unable to FlashStep, just like the regular Faceless. That said, they still pack a wallop with their melee attacks, so you're advised to keep away reegardless.

* {{Fireballs}}: The vast majority of enemies with projectiles use these, varying colors.

* AbandonedArea: For certain. Aside from the "Apartments" stage preset, there's also:

** EyelessFace

* BodyHorror: Neck mouths, horns, grotesque tumors. Lots of messed up, vaguely humanoid monsters.

* FakeUltimateMook: Bloody or Drowned variants of enemies are usually tougher and more dangerous than the regular version. The Drowned Faceless is an exception, as it lacks a ranged attack and instead is limited to melee hits, while still having average/below average speed as well as being unable to FlashStep, just like the regular Faceless.

* UndergroundMonkey: Most of the enemies have two possible color schemes, indicating their abilities.

UNLOVED is a FirstPersonShooter[=/=]SurvivalHorror[=/=]RogueLike game by developer Paul Schneider, based on a ''VideoGame/{{Doom}} II'' mod of the same name he created in 2010. It was initially released via Steam's Early Access program in 2015, before releasing officially on September 29th, 2016. It features drop-in/out CoopMultiplayer for up to four people.

The player takes the role of a man known only as "The Fool", who has found himself lost in a nightmarish [[ProceduralGeneration procedurally generated]] maze of rusted and rotting rooms, full of randomly spawning monsters, searching for keys to unlock new rooms and rationing the limited supplies of ammunition, healing, and armour.

* HitScan: Your three basic weapons (pistol, SMP, shotgun) do this, but only one enemy is capable of such, and thankfully their attacks are weak: the Salem Servants.

* NonIndicativeDifficulty: The one weapon only challenges (i.e. pistol only, shotgun only, smg only) can actually make the game easier if you've spec'd out your character to specialize in a single weapon, as it converts all ammo in the level to the ammo for that weapon, ensuring you'll have a steady supply.

** One of the threatening quit screen messages is [[WebVideo/BenDrowned "You have met a terrible fate, haven't you?"]]
** Another one is [[Film/TotalRecall1990 "Get your ass to Mars."]]
** Another is [[Music/TheDoors "My only friend, the end..."]]
** Yet another is [[VideoGame/SilentHill3 "They look like monsters to you?"]]

** Another one is [[VideoGame/{{DOOM}} "Get your ass to Mars."]]

* RagdollPhysics: Enemies go limp and lifeless one slain. Equip a pair of gloves that enhances the knockback of your melee attacks, and lighter enemies like Nurses and Servants can be sent flying comically across the room like they were shot from a cannon!

** Almost the entire game is this, as there are no tutorials or explanations for any of the mechanics whatsoever, other than a popup message describing each weapon's alternate fire mode whenever you swap to it (which can be disabled from the options once you get tired of seeing it).

* CastFromHP: Of a sorts. In order to activate the blood machines and open the exit elevator, you pay a cost in health — 49% of your total, 7% per machine. Be careful when activating them — a later patch prevented them from actually killing you, but activating them builds huge amounts of heat. You ''don't'' want to be facing the ensuing monster spawns on only a single HP.

* TheMillstone: If a player forgets to set a minimum level cap on the game they host, there's nothing stopping an inexperienced player from joining a high-level game (where they'll die in a few hits and do almost no damage with their underpowered weapons) and then, oblivious to [[GuideDangIt how the heat system works]], just running around blindly grabbing every item they see, regardless of whether they have any use for it or not, not only wasting supplies but spawning a ''huge'' wave of enemies to cause a TotalPartyKill. If they don't listen to the desperate pleas of the host or other veterans who ''should'' be playing at that level, the only way to stop them is to boot them from the game.

UNLOVED is a FirstPersonShooter slash SurvivalHorror slash RogueLike game by developer Paul Schneider, based on a ''VideoGame/{{Doom}} II'' mod of the same name he created in 2010. It was initially released via Steam's Early Access program in 2015, before releasing officially on September 29th, 2016. It features drop-in/out CoopMultiplayer for up to four people.

* TheMillstone: There's nothing stopping an inexperienced player from joining a high-level game (where they'll die in a few hits and do almost no damage with their underpowered weapons) and then, oblivious to [[GuideDangIt how the heat system works]], just running around blindly grabbing every item they see, regardless of whether they have any use for it or not, not only wasting supplies but spawning a ''huge'' wave of enemies to cause a TotalPartyKill. If they don't listen to the desperate pleas of the host or other veterans who ''should'' be playing at that level, the only way to stop them is to boot them from the game.

* PowerupLetdown: Trinkets earned from Demon Chests are randomly generated and can't be upgraded with Karma, so it is entirely possible to go to the trouble of finding and retrieving a Demon Chest, and have the resulting Trinket give little to no benefit over the fully-upgraded level 2 Trinkets that most players would likely have by that point.

** Time to Die: Harder, for levels 30-50.
** Beast Mode: Harder still, for levels 50-100. A single Demon Chest may spawn.
** Unearthly: HarderThanHard, for levels over 100. Two Demon Chests may spawn.

** Among trinket upgrades, the Cases that affect your ammo capacity, in particular the higher-level ones that give you a chance of ghost reloads (free ammo). While they're not as exciting as the weapon upgrade trinkets that directly boost your damage, they can make a ''massive'' difference to your chances on a run — more ammo means needing to take less pickups, which means less Heat generation, which means less monsters spawning for you to expend ammo on, which means less chance of dying.

A "run" in UNLOVED comprises a single level. You must find three crests, Blood, Moon and Sun, with the Sun Crest opening the way to a room or rooms containing "Blood Machines" that must be activated to open the exit elevator, at the cost of the player's own health. Whether you succeed or die, [[PermaDeath any weapons and upgrades you found in the level are lost]]- but you keep certain other items, as well as "karma", the game's currency.

* AwesomeButImpractical: [[HandCannon The Magnum]], at least if you start with it as your default Evidence-based weapon. While starting with what is effectively a heavy weapon ''sounds'' like fun, its primary drawback is the severely limited ammo compared to the Tactical pistol (-50% maximum ammo capacity and -60% pistol ammo gained from all pickups). Combined with the fact that it'll be ''massively'' overkilling light enemies like Servants and Nurses (which the Tactical pistol will usually kill in 1-2 shots anyway), you can find yourself running a bit low of bullets if you're not lucky or don't find another weapon to deal with the chaff. Additionally, the loss of the Tactical kit's critical chance may not be worth it, as a critical hit does 250% bonus damage and can occur frequently enough that a Tactical pistol can (with enough luck) even flat-out surpass the DPS of the Magnum.

* BoringButPractical: The pistol. With a ten-round magazine and a low amount of base damage, early on it's mostly only useful for killing Servants and Nurses to save shotgun shells for bigger enemies. But it reloads quickly and is one of only three weapons that enemies drop ammunition for, and with a properly upgraded Trinket and some luck with crit-based Weapon Mods, it can drop even a Clown with a single magazine- allowing the player to save the nailgun and railgun for more intense encounters.
** Among trinket upgrades, the Cases that affect your ammo capacity, in particular the higher-level ones that give you a chance of ghost reloads (free ammo). While they're not as exciting as the weapon upgrade trinkets that directly boost your damage, they can make a ''massive'' difference to your chances on a run- more ammo means needing to take less pickups, which means less Heat generation, which means less monsters spawning for you to expend ammo on, which means less chance of dying.

* CastFromHP: Of a sorts. In order to activate the blood machines and open the exit elevator, you pay a cost in health- 49% of your total, 7% per machine. Be careful when activating them - a later patch prevented them from actually killing you, but activating them builds huge amounts of heat. You ''don't'' want to be facing the ensuing monster spawns on only a single HP.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Weapon Mod pick-ups have a random chance of affecting any weapon you currently have - and ''only'' those. If you happen to pick up a bunch of them before grabbing extra weapons beyond the one you spawned with, you can end up with one very powerful weapon and several stock ones, which can be a problem if you run low on ammo for that one powerful weapon.

* DeadlyGaze: Being looked at by Witch's eyes for too long [[InterfaceScrew casts your screen in a black-and-white filter]] and after few seconds takes a large chunk out of your health - [[ArmorPiercingAttack through your armor, no less.]] The [[EliteMook Rotten]] Witches [[OneHitKill can kill you outright this way.]]
* DoWellButNotPerfect: The more stuff you pick up and the more doors you open, the more enemies spawn. Ideally you want to deal with what enemies are there with the equipment you have, and don't want to pick up any more until you ''absolutely'' need it. This is especially true in higher difficulty levels, where ''just opening your first door in the level'' can generate enough heat to get a [[OhCrap red-text one-liner]] and spawn a whole host of enemies to fight.

** Drowned Surgeons and Lobotomized Doctors aren't even nearly as dangerous as they appear at first glance either- although they have a damaging fireball attack, it's a single linear shot which is easy to dodge, and they're otherwise almost as slow as the Faceless, being similarly unable to FlashStep. They're extremely tough, but ultimately not nearly as dangerous as Witches, Clowns, or even standard Faceless.

* ShoutOut: Two to the creator's previous games, Super Panda Adventures and ''VideoGame/GunGirl2'', in the form of equippable figurine trinkets. There's also a figure of the [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} Doomguy]], and you can find his armor as a totem.

** Another is [[Music/JohnnyCash "My only friend, the end..."]]

* {{Expy}}: A number of enemies are clearly based on enemies from the original ''Doom'' and ''Doom II'', since the game is based on a ''Doom'' mod. The Salem Servant has low health and fires a weak single-shot firearm just like the zombieman, the Cutter Demon throws single fireballs just like the Imp, the Butcher is a squat heavyset enemy with above-average health that charges at you to melee you just like the Demon (though the bloodied version can also throw fireballs as well), The Clown has above average health and a homing projectile just like the Revenant, the Faceless throws a rapid series of dual fireballs like the Mancubus, the Doctor has high health and throws single green fireballs like the Hell Knight, and the Witch teleports enemies to her and has an undodgeable, armor-piercing, line-of-sight attack similar to the Arch-Vile.