History VideoGame / Unloved

* {{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 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.

* MonsterClown: [[CaptainObvious The "Clown" enemies]]. And they're tough.

->''Dreams.''
->''I was always wrong about dreams.''
->''I thought they were part of my brain.''
->''Thoughts provoked by memories.''
->''I was so wrong.''
->''Dreams are not created in your brain.''
->''You are just a visitor of these unearthly places.''

UNLOVED is a FirstPersonShooter slash SurvivalHorror slash RogueLike game by developer Paul Schneider, based on a ''[[VideoGame/{{DOOM}} 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.

* BodyArmorAsHitPoints: With the exception of the Witch's "Face of Death" attack and self-inflicted damage from charging Blood Machines, damage will strip away your armour before it begins to damage your health.

* 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 since activating them builds huge amounts of heat, you ''don't'' want to be facing the ensuing monster spawns on only a single HP...

* TheComputerShallTauntYou: Long ago "one-liner" system was added to game 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]].
* 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....

* EmergencyWeapon: Your kukuri does less damage than a bullet, but you've always got it. It can however, be buffed by certain trinkets and totems...

* InNameOnly: The original ''Doom II'' WAD '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 WAD aside from the name.

* InterfaceScrew: As your health gets lower, more and more blood spatters the edges of the screen, making it even harder to see in the bloodstained gloom of the levels. Certain enemy fireballs (particularly those of Clowns) can briefly fill your screen with glare when they hit you as well.

* 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 Demonic Nurses are inspired by the iconic nurse enemies from the ''Franchise/SilentHill'' series, wearing [[HelloNurse nurse outfits that would be sexy]] [[FanDisservice if they weren't bloodstained and pierced by jagged spikes]], with heads overgrown by warped, featureless flesh.

* FanDisservice: The Demonic Nurses, which have mostly human bodies in [[HelloNurse sexy nurse outfits]], only stained with blood, with jagged spikes sticking out of their shoulders and warped flesh covering their heads that make them look a bit like [[VideoGame/HalfLife headcrab zombies]].

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. It features drop-in/out CoopMultiplayer for up to four people.

* 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.

* 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. 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.

* 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. (This goes up to 49 ''percent'', rather than points, at Beast Mode difficulty, negating any advantages given by health-boosting Trinkets.) [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Try not to activate one if you are low...]][[note]]Although a later patch prevented them from actually killing you; however since activating them builds heat, you don't want to be facing the ensuing monster spawns on only a single HP...[[/note]]

* {{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 teleports enemies to her and has an undodgeable, armor-piercing, line-of-sight attack similar to the Arch-Vile.

* 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 being the severely limited ammo compared to the Tactical pistol. 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.

** One of the threatening quit screen messages is [[WebVideo/BenDrowned You have met a terrible fate, haven't you?]]

* SpookyPainting: All over the place, but they don't do anything besides look menacing.

* ArmorAsHitPoints: With the exception of the Witch's "Face of Death" attack and self-inflicted damage from charging Blood Machines, damage will strip away your armour before it begins to damage your health.

* 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. (This goes up to 49 ''percent'', rather than points, at Beast Mode difficulty, negating any advantages given by health-boosting Trinkets.) [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Try not to activate one if you are low...]]

** Additionally, the Nurses are inspired by the iconic nurse enemies from the ''Franchise/SilentHill'' series, wearing [[HelloNurse nurse outfits that would be sexy]] [[FanDisservice if they weren't bloodstained and pierced by jagged spikes]], with heads overgrown by warped, featureless flesh.

* FanDisservice: The Nurses, which have mostly human bodies in [[HelloNurse sexy nurse outfits]], only stained with blood, with jagged spakes sticking out of their shoulders and warped flesh covering their heads that make them look a bit like [[VideoGame/HalfLife headcrab zombies]].
* FlashStep: Enemies do this, appearing in front of you in a puff of black smoke. You don't.

* GuideDangIt: Prior to the "one-liner" update mentioned above, the game's most important mechanic was never explained in any way within the game itself: "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. Until they realize the correlation between the messages and heat, 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.
* HitScan: Most of your weapons do this, but only one enemy is capable of such, and thankfully their attacks are weak: the Salem Servants.

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

* InterfaceScrew: When your health is low, blood spatters the edges of the screen very thickly, making it even harder to see in the bloodstained gloom of the levels. Certain enemy fireballs (particularly those of Clowns) can briefly fill your screen with glare when they hit you as well.

* 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. However, it is possible for players other then the host to disconnect and reconnect, regaining full health - but you get that chance only once.