History VideoGame / Unloved

** Abyss: Restricted diffculty for levels above 150. Features [[DamageSpongeBoss Abyss Wanderers]]. Kill three of them and you will get Abyss Chest, if you survive run.

* TheComputerShallTauntYou: A recent patch added a "one-liner" system, where you will see creepy or threatening messages displayed upon picking up items or opening doors. This serves as a warning that the game's "heat" system is spawning more enemies; red text in particular gives the player notice that [[OhCrap there will be many new playmates on which to use that new weapon or totem you've just picked up]].
* CreepyBasement: The other stage preset, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin titled "Basement"]]

* {{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 from back in the day. 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 it 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 spawns enemies and has an undodgeable, armor-piercing, line-of-sight attack like the Arch-Vile.

* PermaDeath: There are no respawns mid-stage- if all players die, the level is over. However, you keep earned Karma, trinkets, ink bottles and photographs. [[GoodBadBugs However, it is possible for players other then the host]] to disconnect and reconnect, regaining full health. Players frequently abuse this to increase their chances of completing high-difficulty runs.
* SelfImposedChallenge: A recent update added a challenge system, in which the player can add a restriction or change to the gameplay in order to cause enemies to spawn Rubies, which can be used to upgrade [[RingOfPower Ring]] trinkets; the more difficult the challenge, the more rubies can spawn. These gameplay changes range from "no flashlight" to "pistol only" to "[[NintendoHard all enemies are]] [[EliteMook Rotten]]".

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

* CastFromHP: Of a sorts. In order to activate the blood machines and open the exit elevator, you pay a cost in health- 49 total, which is about half your starting maximum. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Try not to activate one if you are low...]]

* ShoutOut: Two to the creator's previous games, Super Panda Adventures and GunGirl2, in the form of equippable figurine trinkets. There's also a figure of the [[{{Doom}} Doomguy]], and you can find his armor as a totem.
** A recent update added a dingy pizzeria tileset. The developer has openly stated this to be a ShoutOut to FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation.

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[[caption-width-right:350: [[EverythingTryingToKillYou Nothing wants you here.]]]]

* DeadlyGaze: Looking into a Witch's eyes for too long [[InterfaceScrew casts your screen in a black-and-white filter]] and takes a chunk out of your health- [[ArmorPiercingAttack through your armor, no less.]] The [[EliteMook Rotten]] Witches [[OneHitKill can kill you outright this way.]]

* GuideDangIt: The game's most important mechanic, which is never explained in any way within the game itself, is the "heat" system. Basically, enemy spawns are ''not'' infinite, but rather based on an "aggro" stack that builds up as you pick up items and open doors, and goes down with each new enemy spawned. Once the stack empties out, no new enemies will spawn until you start to fill it up again. Since there's no way to know this going in, new players tend to grab everything they can find and end up mobbed to death as the level fills up with almost a hundred enemies at once.

** Sliver of Mercy: Easy, for levels 1-5. Enemies are weak and ammo/health/armor drops are worth double.
** No Hope: Normal, for levels 5-15. Supplies are still worth double but enemies are tougher.

** Beast Mode: Harder still, for levels 50-100. A single Demon Chest will spawn.
** Unearthly: HarderThanHard, for levels over 100. Two Demon Chests will spawn.

* PaletteSwap: There are ''two hundred'' different two-tone color schemes for The Fool. You obtain them by trading in ink bottles found in the maps.
* PermaDeath: There are no respawns mid-stage- if all players die, the level is over. However, you keep earned Karma, trinkets, ink bottles and photographs.

* TheComputerShallTauntYou: A recent patch added a "one-liner" system, where you will see creepy or threatening messages displayed upon picking up items or opening doors. This serves as a warning that the game's "heat" system is spawning more enemies; red text in particular gives the player notice that [[OhCrap there will be many new playmates on which to use that new weapon or trinket you've just picked up]].

* {{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 from back in the day. 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 that charges at you to melee you just like the Demon (though it 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 has an undodgeable, armor-piercing, line-of-sight attack like the Arch-Vile.

** On KillEmAll difficulty and above, 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.]]

* {{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 from back in the day. 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 has an undodgeable, armor-piercing, line-of-sight attack like the Arch-Vile.

* EliteMook: On KillEmAll difficulty and above, 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.]]

* DeadlyDoctor: The Drowned Surgeon and his tougher cousin, the Lobotomized Doctor, who have amalgams of knives and scalpels in place of hands. Oh, and they throw green fireballs, too.
* DeathGlare: The Witches have a literal form of this- looking into their eyes for too long casts your screen in a black-and-white filter and takes a chunk out of your health- [[ArmorPiercingAttack through your armor, no less.]] The [[EliteMook Rotten]] Witches [[OneHitKill can kill you outright this way.]]

* EliteMook: On KillEmAll difficulty and above, much tougher versions of enemies known as "The Rotten" may occasionally spawn, with much deadlier attacks.

* PermaDeath: There are no respawns mid-stage- if you die, the level is over. However, you keep earned Karma, trinkets, ink bottles and photographs.

* UncannyValley: Aside from the BodyHorror, the monsters' textures and animations are of seemingly lower quality they could be- which only makes them more unsettling.

* DeathGlare: The Witches have a literal form of this- looking into their eyes for too long casts your screen in a black-and-white filter and takes a chunk out of your health- [[ArmorPiercingAtack through your armor, no less.]] The [[EliteMook Rotten]] Witches [[OneHitKill can kill you outright this way.]]

* IdiosyncraticDifficultyNaming:

** KillEmAll: Hard, for levels 15-30. Drops are fewer and worth their normal amount. Enemies are tougher still and the Rotten may spawn.

** Unearthly: HarderThenHard, for levels over 100. Two Demon Chests will spawn.
* InterchangableAntimatterKeys: Any Silver Keys you find can be used to open any Totem boxes, or the Demon Chests. The Totem boxes reward you with a Totem item, which provides a buff for the remainder of that map, while the Demon Chests are carried with you and if you finish the map successfully, are added to your trinket inventory and can be opened at a Karma cost in exchange for a random rank 3 trinket.

[[caption-width-right:350: You are not wanted here.]]

** GhostTown The "Town" stage preset.

* BackStory: Not given in gameplay, but can be revealed bit by bit in exchange for photographs found in the maps. It's disjointed at first, with seperate entries containing a dream log, the fevered scrawlings of an asylum patient, a criminal investigator's journal, and so on.

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

UNLOVED is a FirstPersonShooter slash SurvivalHorror slash RogueLike game by developer Paul Schneider, based on a 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.

* AbandonedArea: For certain.

* CreepyBasement: One of the stage presets, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin titled "Basement"]]

* FlashStep: Enemies do this. You don't.
* GuideDangIt: The game's most important mechanic, which is never explained in any way within the game itself, is the "heat" system. Basically, enemy spawns are ''not'' infinite, but rather based on a "stack" that builds up as you pick up items and open doors, and goes down with each new enemy spawned. Once the stack empties out, no new enemies will spawn until you start to fill it up again. Since there's no way to know this going in, new players tend to grab everything they can find and end up mobbed to death as the level fills up with almost a hundred enemies at once.

* SpookyPainting: All over the place, but they don't do anything besides look menacing.
** SpookyPhotographs: On the other hand, the photographs are a form of currency that can be exchanged for bits of the BackStory.

UNLOVED (based on a mod for DOOM II from 2009) is a FirstPersonShooter slash SurvivalHorror game put on Steam's Early Access program in 2015 and final released as a full game towards the end of 2016. The player explores a procedurally generated maze full of randomly spawning monsters, unlocking new zones and rationing the limited supplies of ammunition, healing, and armour.

* TheBlank: One of the enemy types, with some nasty looking claw fingers for good measure.

* EmergencyWeapon: Your kukuri does less damage than a bullet, but you've always got it.

* {{Roguelike}}: The maps are procedurally generated. You have a limited array of items as you begin, but collect more per run. There are no respawns mid-stage. The RPG elements prevalent in the genre are mostly missing, but weapon upgrades are still important.

** SpookyPhotographs

* GuideDangIt: The game's most important mechanic, which is never explained in any way within the game itself, is the "heat" system. Basically, enemy spawns are ''not'' infinite, but rather based on a "stack" that builds up as you pick up items and open doors. Once the stack empties out, no new enemies will spawn until you start to fill it up again. Since there's no way to know this going in, new players tend to grab everything they can find and end up mobbed to death as the level fills up with almost a hundred enemies at once.

UNLOVED (based on a mod for DOOM II from 2009) is a 2015 FirstPersonShooter slash SurvivalHorror game currently in Steam's Early Access program. The player explores a procedurally generated maze full of randomly spawning monsters, unlocking new zones and rationing the limited supplies of ammunition, healing, and armour.

UNLOVED (based on a mod for DOOM II from 2009) is a 2015 FirstPersonShooter currently in Steam's Early Access program.

** SpookyPhotograph