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''Lost Technology'', or in Japanese, ''Vahrenturga'' (ヴァーレントゥーガ) is a grand strategy[=/=]RealTimeStrategy RPG for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], developed by Studio 4D and published by AGM PLAYISM. Originally a freeware game in Japanese, the game was released commercially on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on 9th August, 2017 to support the developer and its localization, with all stories fully translated as of September 12, 2023. The twelve campaigns are as follows: [[OurElvesAreDifferent Álfheim]], [[EvilLuddite Makan]], [[TheEmpire the Reinald Empire]], [[CulturedWarrior the Kingdom of Gug]], [[ChurchMilitant Castus]], [[DragonRider the Dragon Knights of Fevnr]], and [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Apotiakara]], [[AChildShallLeadThem Lion]], [[TheOrder Cunitz]], [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores Alcatraz]], [[FantasyGunControl Musket]], and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Crime]].

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''Lost Technology'', or in Japanese, ''Vahrenturga'' (ヴァーレントゥーガ) Technology'' is a grand strategy[=/=]RealTimeStrategy RPG for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], developed by Studio 4D and published by AGM PLAYISM. Originally a Creator/{{Playism}}. Based on the 2009 Japanese freeware game in Japanese, ''Vahrenturga'' (ヴァーレントゥーガ), the game was released commercially on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Platform/{{Steam}} on 9th August, 2017 to support the developer and its localization, with all stories fully translated as of September 12, 2023. The twelve campaigns are as follows: [[OurElvesAreDifferent Álfheim]], [[EvilLuddite Makan]], [[TheEmpire the Reinald Empire]], [[CulturedWarrior the Kingdom of Gug]], [[ChurchMilitant Castus]], [[DragonRider the Dragon Knights of Fevnr]], and [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Apotiakara]], [[AChildShallLeadThem Lion]], [[TheOrder Cunitz]], [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores Alcatraz]], [[FantasyGunControl Musket]], and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Crime]].



!!This game provides examples of the following tropes:

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!!This game !!''Lost Technology'' provides examples of the following tropes:



** Reconstructed in the Reinald Empire's [[GuideDangIt hidden good ending]]. After the fall of the Empire, she and her bodyguard, Diethard, seek refuge with the Knights of Cunitz, from which after a series of event she got secretly tutored by their Second-In-Command, enrolled into their prestigious academy and even got her name cleared as an evil Empress. She was so skillful and popular with the people, to the point where she reaches top of the class in the Academy and having beat the leader of Cunitz itself in a democratic vote in her early adulthood, a far cry from her days as a bratty puppet within her former corrupt Empire.

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** Reconstructed in the Reinald Empire's [[GuideDangIt hidden good ending]]. After the fall of the Empire, she Agnes and her bodyguard, Diethard, seek refuge with the Knights of Cunitz, from which which, after a series of event events, she got secretly tutored by their Second-In-Command, second-in-command, enrolled into their prestigious academy and even got her name cleared as an evil Empress. empress. She was so skillful and popular with the people, to the point where she reaches top of the class in the Academy and having beat the leader of Cunitz itself in a democratic vote in her early adulthood, a far cry from her days as a bratty puppet within her former corrupt Empire.empire.



* ChurchMilitant: Castus, a faction whose religion is founded on [[LightIsNotGood protecting the weak and judging the strong]], is just as militant and imperialist as everyone else.



* ChurchMilitant: Castus, a faction whose religion is founded on [[LightIsNotGood protecting the weak and judging the strong]], is just as militant and imperialist as everyone else.



* DecadentCourt: The ''only'' uncorrupt part of the Reinald Empire is the military.



* DecadentCourt: The ''only'' uncorrupt part of the Reinald Empire is the military.



* OurElvesAreDifferent: They can shape trees by touching them, move quickly through forests, use wind magic, and have advanced pharmacology compared to most of the world.
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Apokitara is a society run by craftsmen whose infantry have axes. Subverted in the fact that they also have powerful earth magic, and the dwarven societies in Cerberus Hills are agrarian instead of craft-focused.



* PenalColony: What Alcatraz started as.

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* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Apokitara is a society run by craftsmen whose infantry have axes. Subverted in the fact that they also have powerful earth magic, and the dwarven societies in Cerberus Hills are agrarian instead of craft-focused.
* OurElvesAreDifferent: This game's elves can shape trees by touching them, move quickly through forests, use wind magic, and have advanced pharmacology compared to most of the world.
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PenalColony: What Alcatraz started as.



* TheSyndicate: The Alcatraz Organization, which doubles as its own country.

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* %%* TheSyndicate: The Alcatraz Organization, which doubles as its own country.



* WrittenByTheWinners: So utterly prevalent that the world as we known it ''has'' no history.

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* %%* WrittenByTheWinners: So utterly prevalent that the world as we known it ''has'' no history.
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''Lost Technology'', or in Japanese, ''Vahrenturga'' (ヴァーレントゥーガ) is a grand strategy[=/=]RealTimeStrategy RPG for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], developed by Studio 4D and published by AGM PLAYISM. Originally a freeware game in Japanese, the game was released commercially on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on 9th August, 2017 to support the developer and its localization. While the game is fully playable, only eleven of the twelve playable factions have fully translated text as of December 2021: [[OurElvesAreDifferent Álfheim]], [[EvilLuddite Makan]], [[TheEmpire the Reinald Empire]], [[CulturedWarrior the Kingdom of Gug]], [[ChurchMilitant Castus]], [[DragonRider the Dragon Knights of Fevnr]], and [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Apotiakara]], [[AChildShallLeadThem Lion]], [[TheOrder Cunitz]], [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores Alcatraz]], and [[FantasyGunControl Musket]].

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''Lost Technology'', or in Japanese, ''Vahrenturga'' (ヴァーレントゥーガ) is a grand strategy[=/=]RealTimeStrategy RPG for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], developed by Studio 4D and published by AGM PLAYISM. Originally a freeware game in Japanese, the game was released commercially on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on 9th August, 2017 to support the developer and its localization. While the game is fully playable, only eleven of the twelve playable factions have localization, with all stories fully translated text as of December 2021: September 12, 2023. The twelve campaigns are as follows: [[OurElvesAreDifferent Álfheim]], [[EvilLuddite Makan]], [[TheEmpire the Reinald Empire]], [[CulturedWarrior the Kingdom of Gug]], [[ChurchMilitant Castus]], [[DragonRider the Dragon Knights of Fevnr]], and [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Apotiakara]], [[AChildShallLeadThem Lion]], [[TheOrder Cunitz]], [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores Alcatraz]], and [[FantasyGunControl Musket]].
Musket]], and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Crime]].
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* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Apokitara is a society run by craftsmen whose infantry have AnAxeToGrind. Subverted in the fact that they also have powerful earth magic, and the dwarven societies in Cerberus Hills are agrarian instead of craft-focused.

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* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Apokitara is a society run by craftsmen whose infantry have AnAxeToGrind.axes. Subverted in the fact that they also have powerful earth magic, and the dwarven societies in Cerberus Hills are agrarian instead of craft-focused.
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* MusicalAssassin: The [[FrogMen Kingdom of Gug]] is capable of weaponizing their music in order to damage their foes and shatter walls. There is also a more literal example in the neutral hero McGraw.

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* MusicalAssassin: The [[FrogMen Kingdom of Gug]] is capable of weaponizing their music in order to damage their foes and shatter walls. There is also a more literal example in the neutral hero McGraw.[=McGraw=].
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Over 100, each of which has the potential to be recruited.

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''War…''\\\
''No one knows when or how it started.''\\\
''In the lands controlled by humans, one fights in the name of peace and justice, one battles for no reason other than to fight, one battles out of greed, to gain more land, and like this, they all faded in the fighting.''\\\
''The victor edits history to put them in a favorable light, and removes anything that they deem unflattering…''

''As a result, humanity has lost many things to the wars.''

''Territory, technology, and their true history…''

''Now there’s not a single country that’s lasted more than 50 years…''

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''War…''\\\
''No
->''War…\\
No
one knows when or how it started.''\\\
''In
\\
In
the lands controlled by humans, one fights in the name of peace and justice, one battles for no reason other than to fight, one battles out of greed, to gain more land, and like this, they all faded in the fighting.''\\\
''The
\\
The
victor edits history to put them in a favorable light, and removes anything that they deem unflattering…''

''As
unflattering…\\
As
a result, humanity has lost many things to the wars.''

''Territory,
\\
Territory,
technology, and their true history…''

''Now
history…\\
Now
there’s not a single country that’s lasted more than 50 years…''



* ApocalypseHow: Due to constant war, Regional Societal Disruption or Collapse is ''incredibly'' common, to the point that no society is expected to live past fifty years.
* ArmyOfThievesAndWhores: The backbone of Alcatraz's armies are rogues and pirates, and the Alcatraz Organization itself is a massive crime syndicate.
* BadassAdorable: Some wandering comrades count, and the entire Kingdom of Gug counts, being a militant kingdom full of singing frogs.



* ApocalypseHow: Due to constant war, Regional Societal Disruption or Collapse is ''incredibly'' common, to the point that no society is expected to live past fifty years.
* ArmyOfThievesAndWhores: The backbone of Alcatraz's armies are rogues and pirates, and the Alcatraz Organization itself is a massive crime syndicate.
* BadassAdorable: Some wandering comrades count, and the entire Kingdom of Gug counts, being a militant kingdom full of singing frogs.

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