History Videogame / TheReconstruction

* TheWikiRule: [[http://www.tilde-one.com/wiki/pmwiki.php Here.]]

It can be downloaded [[http://www.tilde-one.com/reconstruction/index.html here]]. Despite what the name may make you think, it [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructs]] quite a few tropes. A prequel, ''IMissTheSunrise'', is currently in development and can be found [[http://rpgmaker.net/games/2732/ here]].

* DifficultyLevels: You can set them at the beginning of the game, though they aren't universal; they change specific things. Your characters can gain 150% essence and at the same time have monsters at 150% strength.

''"[[CentralTheme How far back must we stand before we can see everything ahead]]? And...[[IMissTheSunrise does that mean we must lose sight of what was closest to begin with?]]"''

!!This game provides examples of the following tropes:

* GodOfEvil: Tezkhra certainly seems to be this; the encyclopedia describes him as a foul, wretched, poisonous creature that brought death everywhere he walked and gave birth to the si'shra, one of the most violent creatures in the world. [[spoiler:However, this is subverted hard if you get the sixteenth character -- ''Tezkhra himself''. He turns out to actually be ShroudedInMyth and a perfectly nice guy. The Tezkhra figure that the si'shra worship was actually an evil creature that killed him and stole his name.]]

** In fact, [[BeyondTheImpossible there's so much of it]] that it requires [[Foreshadowing/TheReconstruction its own page]]!

** Even moreso, Interlude 4. By the Supreme One, '''''[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel interlude 4]]'''''.

''"[[CentralTheme How far back must we stand before we can see everything ahead]]? And...does that mean we must lose sight of what was closest to begin with?"''

* HeyItsYou: Though it's done in a rather depressing manner. [[spoiler:Yacatec]] appears in the final dungeon as [[PoeticJustice a slave]], and helps you get through said dungeon after you free him.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Funnily enough, in spite of everything that happened in the last chapter, [[spoiler:if Havan had not interfered in the watchers plans, the entire surface would have been razed to the ground by the watchers resulting in a level of death and destruction even Havan's rule as the God King would not have matched.]]

* HeyIKnowYou: Inverted, and played in a rather dark manner. [[spoiler:In chapter 6, Six Stars is instructed by a survivor of the apocalypse to meet "the boss", who she says is the reason they've survived so long. When "the boss" comes out to meet them, it's ''Alito'', and this is his reaction to seeing the guild.]]

* CerebusEnding: Not for the story in its entirety, but specifically, [[spoiler:chapter 3]].
** Possibly, [[spoiler:chapter 2]] counts as well: it ends with [[spoiler:the man you've been trying to protect throughout the entire quest ''[[DrivenToSuicide jumping off a cliff]]''.]]

* DoingInTheWizard: The GoldenEnding reveals that [[spoiler:Tezkhra isn't actually a god and the Watchers aren't actually angels/demigods/things; it's all just because Tez and his pals are SufficientlyAdvancedAliens]]. Magic is still magic, though. [[OrIsIt Probably]].

* InterfaceSpoiler: You can tell how many available party members there are, and how many you don't have, just by looking at the roster. Also, if you check the "Achievements and Records" page, you can see how many quests will be in the chapter, and also the secondary area you'll be going to later. Even that usually isn't too spoilery, though...except in chaper 5, where you can find out you'll be going to [[spoiler:Kir'Ssha]] as soon as the chapter begins.

* RingOutBoss: Boulders in the final Nal mission.

* NotSoFastBucko: The game doesn't actually wrap everything up when the twist is pulled, but it looks like it's on a fast track towards doing so. However, just when it looks like you're about to have some climactic final boss fight and SaveTheWorld, [[spoiler:Qualstio screams in horror as he finds that the Watchers have all been slaughtered. Also, you failed to stop Donz from activating the pillars, so civilization has been nearly wiped out. So, instead of going along with Fell's advice, the rest of the game revolves around stopping the BigBad and trying to [[TitleDrop reconstruct]] civilization.]]

** Played entirely straight in [[spoiler:Heaven]], though; it seems like you're going to [[spoiler:chase down Donz or whoever the main villain is]] and have some climatic final boss fight, but [[spoiler:all you actually do is solve a long puzzle and then see a [[WhamEpisode very shocking cutscene]].]] (See NotSoFastBucko, below.)

* [[spoiler:NeglectfulPrecursors]]

->''"Would you stake your life on [[{{Foreshadowing}} a world that cannot be saved?]]"''

->''"Would you stake your life on [[{{Foreshadowing a world that cannot be saved?}}]]"''

->''"Would you stake your life on a world that cannot be saved?"''

'''The Reconstruction''' is a very atypical RPG from [[http://www.tilde-one.com Tilde-One Games]]. The author describes that his intention in making this game was to defy convention at every turn -- both in EasternRPG gameplay and HeroicFantasy writing.

It can be downloaded [[http://www.tilde-one.com/reconstruction/index.html here]]. Despite what the name may make you think, it [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructs]] quite a few tropes. A prequel, ''IMissTheSunrise'', is currently in development and can be found [[http://rpgmaker.net/games/2732/ here]]. Sadly, you Mac users will just have to miss out on this series.

It can be downloaded [[http://www.tilde-one.com/reconstruction/index.html here]]. Despite what the name may make you think, it [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructs]] quite a few tropes. A prequel, ''IMissTheSunrise'', is currently in development and can be found [[http://rpgmaker.net/games/2732/ here]].

* OneDegreeOfSeparation: (spoilers, '''seriously'''.)

** [[spoiler:Councillord Crossar is both the father of Yfus and Zaka.]]