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** The finale of chapter three has Briggs unmask the Soul Taker who has been terrorizing the citizens of Darkmere... by literally [[DramaticUnmask ripping off the human skin]] the (''very'' non-human-shaped) monster had been wearing as a disguise. Thanks to the lacking animation, it ends up looking like something out of Scooby-Doo.
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** The finale of chapter three has Briggs unmask the Soul Taker who has been terrorizing the citizens of Darkmere... by literally [[DramaticUnmask ripping off the human skin]] the (''very'' non-human-shaped) monster had been wearing as a disguise. Thanks to the lacking animation, it ends up looking like something out of Scooby-Doo. Intentional {{homage}} that fell flat or just bad writing? Who knows, and frankly who cares.
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* MostAnnoyingSound : "Join us... Join us... Join us now !" It was [[NightmareFuel quite the opposite]] when spoken aloud by [[spoiler:the Hammer Haunts]] in the ''{{Thief}}'' games.
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* MostAnnoyingSound : "Join us... Join us... Join us now !" It was [[NightmareFuel quite the opposite]] when spoken aloud by [[spoiler:the Hammer Haunts]] in the ''{{Thief}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}'' games.
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*** Which may be giving them too much credit.
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** Also, the entire portrayal of Benjamin Spooner Briggs, who bears no resemblance to the dedicated, ethical, and religious father, husband, captain, and man he was.
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** Before Briggs meets face to face with a Cerberos-like monster dog in the first level, he finds his bowl first. It's got a pentagram engraved inside and the label "[[HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone Fluffy]]" on the outside. In the font from the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' logo.
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** Before Briggs meets face to face with a Cerberos-like monster dog in the first level, he finds his bowl first. It's got a pentagram engraved inside and the label "[[HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone "[[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone Fluffy]]" on the outside. In the font from the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' logo.
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** Another example (also referring to Grunger) is having to put sleeping snot in gruel when the jailor's already asleep. Grunger may be asleep when you encounter him, but Ed refuses to let you pass until you feed him (threatening to have Grunger kill you at least once), and it'd be pretty much impossible to get past Grunger when he's awake.
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** And even it is slightly debatable if Grunger's note in the prologue actually refers to Quagmire - the name on the note is "Jethro Quagmire", when Jethro is the name of the janitor in the Machine chapter. An intentional case of defying OneSteveLimit, or a continuity mistake? Only the developers know.
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** In Chapter IV, have fun hearing this announcement every time you use the train:
--> Ladies and Gentlemen we have now arrived at <location name>. Now please ensure you have taken all your belongings with ya. I hope you've enjoyed your travel with Wreck and Ruin Railways and uh... we get ya there...eventually.
--> Ladies and Gentlemen we have now arrived at <location name>. Now please ensure you have taken all your belongings with ya. I hope you've enjoyed your travel with Wreck and Ruin Railways and uh... we get ya there...eventually.
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** The finale of chapter three has Briggs unmask the Soul Taker who has been terrorizing the citizens of Darkmere... by literally [[DramaticUnmask ripping off the human skin]] the (''very'' non-human-shaped) monster had been wearing as a disguise. Thanks to the lacking animation, it ends up looking like something out of Scooby-Doo.
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* FridgeBrilliance: People have pointed out the nonsense of Briggs being "Destiny's weapon against Fate", given that the two are practically the same thing. However, this does make a bit of sense when one considers that they are portrayed as brothers, and if one takes Destiny to mean positive predestined events and Fate to mean negative predestined events.
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These aren\'t YMMV. Moving.
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* FakeDifficulty: A good deal of the game's puzzles are solved in incredibly unintuitive ways.
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* TheUnintelligible: Some of the characters are very hard to understand.
* WhoForgotTheLights: In the [[PixelHunt worst possible genre for it]]. Then again, it's a horror game...
* WhoForgotTheLights: In the [[PixelHunt worst possible genre for it]]. Then again, it's a horror game...
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* WhoForgotTheLights: In the [[PixelHunt worst possible genre for it]]. Then again, it's a horror game...
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Not being told the solution is kind of the point in puzzle games. However, when the solution makes no sense in the first place...
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* FakeDifficulty: You're not told how to solve a A good deal of the game's puzzles.puzzles are solved in incredibly unintuitive ways.
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** Before Briggs meets face to face with a Cerberos-like monster dog in the first level, he finds his bowl first. It's got a pentagram engraved inside and the label "[[HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone Fluffy]]" on the outside. In the font from the ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' logo.
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** Before Briggs meets face to face with a Cerberos-like monster dog in the first level, he finds his bowl first. It's got a pentagram engraved inside and the label "[[HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone Fluffy]]" on the outside. In the font from the ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' logo.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: GODDAMN GIANT STEAMPUNK ROBOT
** The end of Chapter 3 has screenshots of Briggs counting down from three with the goofiest facial expressions possible.
** The end of Chapter 3 has screenshots of Briggs counting down from three with the goofiest facial expressions possible.
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* MostAnnoyingSound : "Join us... Join us... Join us now !" It was [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel quite the opposite]] when spoken aloud by [[spoiler:the Hammer Haunts]] in the ''{{Thief}}'' games.
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* MostAnnoyingSound : "Join us... Join us... Join us now !" It was [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel [[NightmareFuel quite the opposite]] when spoken aloud by [[spoiler:the Hammer Haunts]] in the ''{{Thief}}'' games.
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Though it's really unlikely.
* AccidentalNightmareFuel: A lot of the faces are horribly creepy, such as Briggs'.
* AccidentalNightmareFuel: A lot of the faces are horribly creepy, such as Briggs'.
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* NightmareFuel: A lot of the faces are horribly creepy, such as Briggs'.
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* BeyondTheImpossible: So these guys blatantly stole from mega-blockbuster video games and a couple of summer action movies ''and weren't instantly sued into the ground,'' and still managed to get published ''twice?'' That'd be amazing if it weren't so ''very, very stupid.''
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*** [[BeyondTheImpossible It gets worse.]] [[AbsurdityAscendant The lights you see in-game are just some old cheapo animated GIFs of torches or light bulbs, pasted onto the 2D backgrounds.]]
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*** [[BeyondTheImpossible [[SerialEscalation It gets worse.]] [[AbsurdityAscendant The lights you see in-game are just some old cheapo animated GIFs of torches or light bulbs, pasted onto the 2D backgrounds.]]
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** Seriously, this whole damn abortion of a game is a pure gold mine of {{Narm}} !
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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: A lot of the faces are horribly creepy, such as Briggs'.
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* EpicFail: So, [[LetMeGetThisStraight let's get this straight]]: This game has been in the making for 13 years. Its puzzles and plot haven't changed in the slightest in all that time. All of the graphics are either plagiarized or prefab Poser models. And the plagiarism comes from ''enormously popular million-selling critically-adored mega-games, [[WhatAnIdiot and the creators didn't think anyone would catch on or care.]]'' [[BeyondTheImpossible Holy crap.]]
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* DesignatedHero: Briggs hardly does anything even remotely heroic throughout the course of the game. At best, he's just a complete asshole to everybody.
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* MemeticMutation: The plagiarism charges led to a brief fad of photoshopping the main character into other games. Rock Paper Shotgun even held a [[http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/compo-of-the-lost-gallery/ contest]] seeking these.
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* lternativeCharacterInterpretation: rpg.net forum users seem to agree, that Captain Benjamin Spooner Briggs is a cultist of Elder Gods, who forsaken his sanity long before the events of game.
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* AlternateCharacterIntepretation: rpg.net forum users seem to agree, that Captain Benjamin Spooner Briggs is a cultist of Elder Gods, who forsaken his sanity long before the events of game.
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* AlternateCharacterIntepretation: lternativeCharacterInterpretation: rpg.net forum users seem to agree, that Captain Benjamin Spooner Briggs is a cultist of Elder Gods, who forsaken his sanity long before the events of game.
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* AlternateCharacterIntepretation: rpg.net forum users seem to agree, that Captain Benjamin Spooner Briggs is a cultist of Elder Gods, who forsaken his sanity long before the events of game.
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an arm, a skull, sewage water, and snot. Good luck!
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* CriticalResearchFailure: Mixing water and saffron DOES NOT MAKE SOMETHING GREEN!
* MemeticMutation: The plagiarism charges led to a brief fad of photoshopping the main character into other games. Rock Paper Shotgun even held a [[http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/compo-of-the-lost-gallery/ contest]] seeking these.
an arm, a skull, sewage water, and snot. Good luck!
* SpecialEffectFailure: At one point in the prologue, Briggs enters a hallway at which the camera is tilted at an angle. He is (very obviously) not angled.
** Later, in the aforementioned "sewer" chapter, the developers tried to cover up the fact that Briggs is actually walking ''on top of'' the water by overlaying a cheap-looking dithered pattern over his feet.
** Ohhh, there's lots. When you're working with purchased Poser models on 2D backgrounds, there's no limit to the failure of the special effects.
** One of the most obvious issues that persists throughout the game is the layering of text onto round objects. Many, many times through the game, there will be bags or round bottles with flat text. Nothing in this game has any real attempt at special effects.
** One particularly hilarious note about the game's visuals is that the behind-the-scenes featurette on the bonus DVD makes a big deal about the game's dynamic lighting effects. It's just too bad the light source or the characters' positioning have no bearing on how the shadows actually fall.
*** [[BeyondTheImpossible It gets worse.]] [[AbsurdityAscendant The lights you see in-game are just some old cheapo animated GIFs of torches or light bulbs, pasted onto the 2D backgrounds.]]
* SpecialEffectFailure: At one point in the prologue, Briggs enters a hallway at which the camera is tilted at an angle. He is (very obviously) not angled.
** Later, in the aforementioned "sewer" chapter, the developers tried to cover up the fact that Briggs is actually walking ''on top of'' the water by overlaying a cheap-looking dithered pattern over his feet.
** Ohhh, there's lots. When you're working with purchased Poser models on 2D backgrounds, there's no limit to the failure of the special effects.
** One of the most obvious issues that persists throughout the game is the layering of text onto round objects. Many, many times through the game, there will be bags or round bottles with flat text. Nothing in this game has any real attempt at special effects.
** One particularly hilarious note about the game's visuals is that the behind-the-scenes featurette on the bonus DVD makes a big deal about the game's dynamic lighting effects. It's just too bad the light source or the characters' positioning have no bearing on how the shadows actually fall.
*** [[BeyondTheImpossible It gets worse.]] [[AbsurdityAscendant The lights you see in-game are just some old cheapo animated GIFs of torches or light bulbs, pasted onto the 2D backgrounds.]]
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* WhoForgotTheLights: In the [[PixelHunt worst possible genre for it]]. Then again, it's a horror game...game...
!![[http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=400406 Wields-Rulebook-Heavily's Let's Play]] provides examples of:
* BileFascination: Not enough to get WRH through in one piece, though.
* MemeticMutation: It's a GIANT STEAMPUNK ROBOT.
** And he didn't even get to ride it!
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* BileFascination: Not enough to get WRH through in one piece, though.
* MemeticMutation: It's a GIANT STEAMPUNK ROBOT.
** And he didn't even get to ride it!
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* SoBadItsHorrible: The rest of the "game". The ''wiki'' doesn't even bother calling it a game.
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** Before Briggs meets face to face with a Cerberos-like monster dog in the first level, he finds his bowl first. It's got a pentagram engraved inside and the label "[[FluffyTheTerrible Fluffy]]" on the outside.
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