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''Volume'' is an indie stealth-based video game developed by Mike Bithell. It was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 in August 2015, and the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita version in January 2016.

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''Volume'' is an indie stealth-based video game developed by Mike Bithell. It was released for Microsoft Windows, Platform/MicrosoftWindows, [[Platform/MacOs OS X, X]], and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 Platform/PlayStation4 in August 2015, and the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita Platform/PlayStationVita version in January 2016.
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The game presents a modern take on the Myth/RobinHood legend, where a young thief discovers a plot for a military coup involving various heists, and uses a device called "Volume" with the assistance of its artificial intelligence to perform these heists in a virtual manner and broadcasting them to the world at large to make the coup known. The story is presented with help of voice actors Charlie [=McDonnell=], Danny Wallace, Dan Bull, and Andy Serkis.

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The game presents a modern modern-slash-CyberPunk take on the Myth/RobinHood legend, where a young thief discovers a plot for a military coup involving various heists, and uses a device called "Volume" with the assistance of its artificial intelligence to perform these heists in a virtual manner and broadcasting them to the world at large to make the coup known. The story is presented with help of voice actors Charlie [=McDonnell=], Danny Wallace, Dan Bull, and Andy Serkis.
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* GenderFlip: Little John becomes Jo Little, a woman who streams combat tutorials inspired by Rob's heists. Like her counterpart in the original tales, she favours a SimpleStaff.

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* GenderFlip: Little John becomes Jo Little, a woman who streams combat tutorials inspired by Rob's heists. Like her counterpart in the original tales, she favours a SimpleStaff.staff.

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* AllThereInTheManual: All of the backstory is found in in-game text files scattered around the maps.



* BottleEpisode: Every level is a virtual projection inside of a warehouse.



* [[spoiler: DoomedByCanon: Bithell's latest game, ''The Solitaire Conspiracy'', reveals that although Gisborne was defeated, the people backing him were able to halt the Merry's revolution in its tracks and take Locksley and his friends prisoner.]]

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* [[spoiler: DoomedByCanon: Bithell's latest game, ''The Solitaire Conspiracy'', reveals that [[spoiler: although Gisborne was defeated, the people backing him were able to halt the Merry's revolution in its tracks and take Locksley and his friends prisoner.]]


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* HowWeGotHere: The game abruptly starts with Locksley being caught by the police. The game rewinds to three hours earlier, where the player gains control and plays up until the arrest again.
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* BadassBeard: One text file implies the previous King George (Yes, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George_of_Cambridge that one]]) sported one of these. A PR consultant suggests that Gisborne can make himself more marketable by emulating it, but given [[BeardOfEvil the type of guy he is...]]
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* [[spoiler: DoomedByCanon: Bithell's latest game, ''The Solitaire Conspiracy'', reveals that although Gisborne was defeated, the people backing him were able to halt the Merry's revolution in its tracks and take Locksley and his friends prisoner.]]
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* OneWordTitle: Named for an essential device the player uses.



* StealthSequel: The game was marketed as a standalone title, but the in-game flavor-text quickly establishes it as a sequel to [[spoiler: creator Mike Bithell's earlier game, ''VideoGame/ThomasWasAlone''. It even includes lyrics from a song about the protagonists of the first game.]]

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* StealthSequel: The game was marketed as a standalone title, but the in-game flavor-text quickly establishes it as a sequel to [[spoiler: creator Mike Bithell's earlier game, ''VideoGame/ThomasWasAlone''. It even includes lyrics from a song about the protagonists of the first game.]]]]
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* CerebusCallBack: Hey, you know those sweet, kind, eccentric AIs you fell in love with in ''VideoGame/ThomasWasAlone''? [[spoiler: Turns out they ended up being used to turn Britain into a authoritarian corporate slave-state.]]

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* CerebusCallBack: Hey, you know those sweet, kind, eccentric AIs you fell in love with in ''VideoGame/ThomasWasAlone''? [[spoiler: Turns out they ended up being used (albeit unwittingly and reluctantly) to turn Britain into a authoritarian corporate slave-state.]]
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* CerebusCallBack: Hey, you know those sweet, kind, eccentric AIs you fell in love with in ''VideoGame/ThomasWasAlone''? Turns out they ended up being used to turn Britain into a authoritarian corporate slave-state.

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* CerebusCallBack: Hey, you know those sweet, kind, eccentric AIs you fell in love with in ''VideoGame/ThomasWasAlone''? [[spoiler: Turns out they ended up being used to turn Britain into a authoritarian corporate slave-state. slave-state.]]
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* CerebusCallBack: Hey, you know those sweet, kind AIs you fell in love with in ''VideoGame/ThomasWasAlone''? Turns out they ended up being used to turn Britain into a authoritarian corporate slave-state.

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* CerebusCallBack: Hey, you know those sweet, kind kind, eccentric AIs you fell in love with in ''VideoGame/ThomasWasAlone''? Turns out they ended up being used to turn Britain into a authoritarian corporate slave-state.
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* CerebusCallBack: Hey, you know those sweet, kind AIs you fell in love with in ''VideoGame/ThomasWasAlone''? Turns out they ended up being used to turn Britain into a authoritarian corporate slave-state.
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler: the main story ends with Locksley escaping the warehouse and resolving to seek out the others he's inspired and take on Gisborne's forces in the real world.]]

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* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler: the main story ends with Locksley escaping the warehouse and resolving to seek out the others he's inspired and take on Gisborne's forces in the real world.]]
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** Get spotted by the guards often enough, and they'll call you a [[VideoGame/{{Thief}} taffer]].

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** Get spotted by the guards often enough, and they'll call you a [[VideoGame/{{Thief}} taffer]].taffer]].
* StealthSequel: The game was marketed as a standalone title, but the in-game flavor-text quickly establishes it as a sequel to [[spoiler: creator Mike Bithell's earlier game, ''VideoGame/ThomasWasAlone''. It even includes lyrics from a song about the protagonists of the first game.]]
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The game presents a modern take on the Robin Hood legend, where a young thief discovers a plot for a military coup involving various heists, and uses a device called "Volume" with the assistance of its artificial intelligence to perform these heists in a virtual manner and broadcasting them to the world at large to make the coup known. The story is presented with help of voice actors Charlie [=McDonnell=], Danny Wallace, Dan Bull, and Andy Serkis.

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The game presents a modern take on the Robin Hood Myth/RobinHood legend, where a young thief discovers a plot for a military coup involving various heists, and uses a device called "Volume" with the assistance of its artificial intelligence to perform these heists in a virtual manner and broadcasting them to the world at large to make the coup known. The story is presented with help of voice actors Charlie [=McDonnell=], Danny Wallace, Dan Bull, and Andy Serkis.



* RecycledInSpace: The Robin Hood legend... in a dystopic 2050s Britain.

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* RecycledInSpace: The Robin Hood Myth/RobinHood legend... in a dystopic 2050s Britain.
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'''''Volume''''' is an indie stealth-based video game developed by Mike Bithell. It was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 in August 2015, and the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita version in January 2016.

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'''''Volume''''' [[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/volumegame.jpg]]
''Volume''
is an indie stealth-based video game developed by Mike Bithell. It was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 in August 2015, and the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita version in January 2016.
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'''''Volume''''' is an indie stealth-based video game developed by Mike Bithell. It was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and PlayStation 4 in August 2015, and the PlayStation Vita version in January 2016.

The game uses stealth mechanics inspired by VideoGame/MetalGearSolid, allowing the player to plan courses of action to work through levels without being detected by guards, dogs, and automated security turrets to reach specific objectives. In addition to the game's levels, Volume supports user-made levels that can be shared with others.

The game presents a modern take on the Robin Hood legend, where a young thief discovers a plot for a military coup involving various heists, and uses a device called "Volume" with the assistance of its artificial intelligence to perform these heists in a virtual manner and broadcasting them to the world at large to make the coup known. The story is presented with help of voice actors Charlie McDonnell, Danny Wallace, Dan Bull, and Andy Serkis.

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'''''Volume''''' is an indie stealth-based video game developed by Mike Bithell. It was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and PlayStation 4 UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 in August 2015, and the PlayStation Vita UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita version in January 2016.

The game uses stealth mechanics inspired by VideoGame/MetalGearSolid, ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', allowing the player to plan courses of action to work through levels without being detected by guards, dogs, and automated security turrets to reach specific objectives. In addition to the game's levels, Volume supports user-made levels that can be shared with others.

The game presents a modern take on the Robin Hood legend, where a young thief discovers a plot for a military coup involving various heists, and uses a device called "Volume" with the assistance of its artificial intelligence to perform these heists in a virtual manner and broadcasting them to the world at large to make the coup known. The story is presented with help of voice actors Charlie McDonnell, [=McDonnell=], Danny Wallace, Dan Bull, and Andy Serkis.
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* BadassBeardOfAwesome: One text file implies the previous King George (Yes, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George_of_Cambridge that one]]) sported one of these. A PR consultant suggests that Gisborne can make himself more marketable by emulating it, but given [[BeardOfEvil the type of guy he is...]]

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* BadassBeardOfAwesome: BadassBeard: One text file implies the previous King George (Yes, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George_of_Cambridge that one]]) sported one of these. A PR consultant suggests that Gisborne can make himself more marketable by emulating it, but given [[BeardOfEvil the type of guy he is...]]
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* BeardOfAwesome: One text file implies the previous King George (Yes, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George_of_Cambridge that one]]) sported one of these.

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* BeardOfAwesome: BadassBeardOfAwesome: One text file implies the previous King George (Yes, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George_of_Cambridge that one]]) sported one of these. A PR consultant suggests that Gisborne can make himself more marketable by emulating it, but given [[BeardOfEvil the type of guy he is...]]
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* BeardOfAwesome: One text file implies the previous King George (Yes, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George_of_Cambridge that one]]) sported one of these.
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* RecycledInSpace: The Robin Hood legend... in a dystopic 2050s Britain.

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* RecycledInSpace: The Robin Hood legend... in a dystopic 2050s Britain.Britain.
* ShoutOut:
** Gisborne's character portrait looks quite a lot like Creator/CharlieBrooker. [[Series/BlackMirror Very fitting]] for a work set in a technologically dystopian Britain.
** Get spotted by the guards often enough, and they'll call you a [[VideoGame/{{Thief}} taffer]].
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AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler: the main story ends with Locksley escaping the warehouse and resolving to seek out the others he's inspired and take on Gisborne's forces in the real world.]]
BigBad: Gisborne.
CompositeCharacter: Guy Gisborne is a clear Sheriff of Nottingham analogue.
EqualOpportunityEvil: Gisborne may be a nationalistic overlord, but he does have a fairly diverse inner circle.
GenderFlip: Little John becomes Jo Little, a woman who streams combat tutorials inspired by Rob's heists. Like her counterpart in the original tales, she favours a SimpleStaff.
RecycledInSpace: The Robin Hood legend... in a dystopic 2050s Britain.

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* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler: the main story ends with Locksley escaping the warehouse and resolving to seek out the others he's inspired and take on Gisborne's forces in the real world.]]
* BigBad: Gisborne.
* CompositeCharacter: Guy Gisborne is a clear Sheriff of Nottingham analogue.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: Gisborne may be a nationalistic overlord, but he does have a fairly diverse inner circle.
* GenderFlip: Little John becomes Jo Little, a woman who streams combat tutorials inspired by Rob's heists. Like her counterpart in the original tales, she favours a SimpleStaff.
* RecycledInSpace: The Robin Hood legend... in a dystopic 2050s Britain.
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'''''Volume''''' is an indie stealth-based video game developed by Mike Bithell. It was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and PlayStation 4 in August 2015, and the PlayStation Vita version in January 2016.

The game uses stealth mechanics inspired by VideoGame/MetalGearSolid, allowing the player to plan courses of action to work through levels without being detected by guards, dogs, and automated security turrets to reach specific objectives. In addition to the game's levels, Volume supports user-made levels that can be shared with others.

The game presents a modern take on the Robin Hood legend, where a young thief discovers a plot for a military coup involving various heists, and uses a device called "Volume" with the assistance of its artificial intelligence to perform these heists in a virtual manner and broadcasting them to the world at large to make the coup known. The story is presented with help of voice actors Charlie McDonnell, Danny Wallace, Dan Bull, and Andy Serkis.

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AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler: the main story ends with Locksley escaping the warehouse and resolving to seek out the others he's inspired and take on Gisborne's forces in the real world.]]
BigBad: Gisborne.
CompositeCharacter: Guy Gisborne is a clear Sheriff of Nottingham analogue.
EqualOpportunityEvil: Gisborne may be a nationalistic overlord, but he does have a fairly diverse inner circle.
GenderFlip: Little John becomes Jo Little, a woman who streams combat tutorials inspired by Rob's heists. Like her counterpart in the original tales, she favours a SimpleStaff.
RecycledInSpace: The Robin Hood legend... in a dystopic 2050s Britain.

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