History VideoGame / Vigor

'''''[[https://vigorgame.com/ Vigor]]''''' is a free-to-play LooterShooter on UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation 5 and the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch by Bohemia Interactive (of ''VideoGame/{{ARMA}}'' and ''VideoGame/DayZ'' fame) that pits up to 12 players against each other in slow-paced, tactical engagements called "Encounters" over large, sprawling maps. Players who make it out of an Encounter alive get to keep whatever they looted for use in their next match, or to upgrade their shelter to produce resources for them. Players who ''don[='=]t'' make it out alive end up losing everything on their character, including any weapons and equipment brought into battle, making each Encounter a balance between risk and reward.\\\

* DarkerAndEdgier: While the game was never super lighthearted to begin with ''Season 17: Malediction'' is notably much more grim than any season that came before it, rather fitting for an update that dropped just before Halloween. Instead of the mundane survival gear and army uniforms of previous seasons its rewards pass includes things like slasher outfits, mad scientist clothes, body horror cosmetics and even some straight up ''occultism'' in its designs.

* DarkerAndEdgier: While the game was never super lighthearted to begin with ''Season 17 Malediction'' is notably much more grim than any season that came before it, rather fitting for an update that dropped just before Halloween. Instead of the mundane survival gear and army uniforms of previous seasons its rewards pass includes things like slasher outfits, mad scientist clothes, body horror cosmetics and even some straight up ''occultism'' in its designs.

* ScaryStitches: Some of the new cosmetic items included in ''Season 17 Malediction'' are gruesome stitch patterns for the face and hands, including [[BodyHorror reattached severed fingers and patchwork patches]] to suggest the flesh was put together piece by piece. Definitely something that will draw the attention of fellow Outlanders during encounters.

The game is set in an AlternateUniverse where [[WorldWarIII a nuclear war]] occurred in 1991, rendering most of the Earth uninhabitable with the exception of Norway. Outlanders, the remnants of humanity, fight for survival amongst what's left of this post-apocalyptic Earth.

* SniperDuel: Sniper rifles and similar long ranged weapons are highly favored to the point where roughly half the players in an encounter can be expected to be carrying one, even if only as a backup weapon. As a result these sorts of exchanges are extremely common and prone to happening at least once or twice a match. The presence of dozens or possibly hundreds of excellent sniping spots on each map only encourage this further.

* ExcusePlot: The only real story to the game is that it takes place in post-apocalyptic Norway and... that's about all there is to it.

* HolidayMode: Player houses are covered in festive decorations and snow during the holiday season while the airdrop is replaced by Santa's sleigh.

* TrickBomb: The ''Chronicles: Vengeance'' update added the M84 Flash Grenade. Predictably, it blinds and deafens players who are nearby when it detonates.

''[[https://vigorgame.com/ Vigor]]'' is a free-to-play LooterShooter on UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation 5 and the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch by Bohemia Interactive (of ''VideoGame/{{ARMA}}'' and ''VideoGame/DayZ'' fame) that pits up to 12 players against each other in slow-paced, tactical engagements called "Encounters" over large, sprawling maps. Players who make it out of an Encounter alive get to keep whatever they looted for use in their next match, or to upgrade their shelter to produce resources for them. Players who ''don[='=]t'' make it out alive end up losing everything on their character, including any weapons and equipment brought into battle, making each Encounter a balance between risk and reward.\\\

* AdvancingWallOfDoom: Radioactive dust starts sweeping the map from a pre-determined starting point after an Encounter has dragged on for around 10 to 15 minutes. Players who are still lingering in the area by then are subject to increasingly worse MaximumHPReduction until they simply drop dead.

* ItemCrafting: Once an Outlander makes the appropriate upgrades to their shelter and gathers all the proper materials they can craft various consumables, ammo and weapons from the comfort of their own home between matches. All construction is done in real time and usually requires the player to wait several minutes or hours before their new item is finished.

* TimedMission: From the moment an encounter starts the players are racing each other to loot a small area that is mere minutes away from being hit by a massive incoming radiation cloud. (Perceptive players will even notice [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration that their Outlander avatar sets an egg timer as part of their start up animation at the very beginning of each encounter]] before the game actually starts. That ringing sound they hear after the radiation begins moving in is their set timer going off and telling them to ''get the hell out of dodge before they become a glowing green puddle.'')

* TooAwesomeToUse: Yellow rarity "Special Issue" weapons and consumables can fall under this, especially for newer players. Sure, they may have higher damage per second or attachments that lower rarity weapons don't have, but they're extremely rare and simply having one may cause more attentive players in a match to target them for their rare loot.

'''''[[https://vigorgame.com/ Vigor]]''''' is a free-to-play LooterShooter on UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation 5 and the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch by Bohemia Interactive (of ''VideoGame/{{ARMA}}'' and ''VideoGame/DayZ'' fame) that pits up to 12 players against each other in slow-paced, tactical engagements called "Encounters" over large, sprawling maps. Players who make it out of an Encounter alive get to keep whatever they looted for use in their next match, or to upgrade their shelter to produce resources for them. Players who ''don[='=]t'' make it out alive end up losing everything on their character, including any weapons and equipment brought into battle, making each Encounter a balance between risk and reward.\\\

* KnifeNut: Knives are the only available melee weapon to be found in the game so far. Though they come in many different shapes and rarities they all tend to have very similar (mediocre) stats... save for The John, an ultra rare combat knife that does slightly more damage than its many counterparts.

* CreepyCrows: Veteran Outlander's have learned to listen for the telltale caw of these guys while making their way towards an exit as their screeching is an audio cue warning that another player is in the nearby area.

* SceneryPorn: Post-apocalyptic Norway still looks pretty good for a violent irradiated hellhole. Certain maps like Grontheim Valley and Fjellkanten in particular seemed to have been designed to look as majestic and visually stunning as possible.

** The Hunters Season Pass has a number of ''Film/{{Rambo}}''-inspired cosmetics, as well as a blueprint for a serrated survival knife called "The John". The eponymous protagonist uses a similar knife.

* LandmineGoesClick: One of the new consumable items added in season 11 is the military grade Improvised Mine made from a creepy cymbal-banging monkey toy. It probably won't kill a player directly but its concussive effect will leave them dazed long enough to make them easy prey for any other nearby Outlanders to come in and finish off.

* DoNotRunWithAGun: Heavily enforced in this game, as moving or simply even standing straight while firing results in [[ATeamFiring comically low accuracy]]. Additionally, aiming while moving causes the player's movement speed to slow to a crawl, forcing players into fight-or-flight situations during an engagement. On the other hand, players can sprint slightly faster than normal when their weapon is holstered.

** Locked chests with combination padlocks used to only give clues to the correct combo either through controller vibration or a slightly different clicking noise while turning the tumblers. After Locked Containers were introduced (huge cargo crates which generally have more than one combination padlock), the tumblers also briefly flash a faint green when passing over the correct number, making it vastly easier to unlock them. Failing that, players can [[CuttingTheKnot just shoot the padlocks off]], at least on Locked Containers.

** Season 8: Trappers added Legacy Seasons to the game, allowing people who missed out on past {{Rewards Pass}}es to progress on the paid rewards track at a discounted price (390 Crowns versus the usual 690). Progress on Legacy Seasons doesn't expire between seasons, letting players grind at their own pace, and players who previously had levels in the season in question will instead get LootBoxes of varying rarity, so veteran players at least have ''some'' reason to continue on. Lastly, Legacy Seasons are also affected by {{Experience Booster}}s obtained from the current season, if players choose to purchase both passes.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Knives. While their attacks have little startup, they take about a second and a half to recover, and players need to hit their target ''four'' times for a kill, leaving a large window of opportunity for retaliation. The associated "Kill X players with a knife" daily challenge rewards players with a high-tier crate to compensate for its difficulty.