Line #3 VideoGame/Antihero


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3	'''Antihero''' is a TurnBasedStrategy game, developed by Tim Conkling and published by Versus Evil, and which came out on Platform/{{Steam}} and Website/GOGDotCom on 10th July, 2017, before being ported to [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames IOS devices]] on January 2nd, 2018.
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5	This game is set in the ersatz version of the Victorian London, and is devoted to running a Thieves' Guild. There's both a story-driven campaign, the various skirmish scenarios played against the AI, and the multiplayer, which can even be played via email.
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7	!! Tropes present in Antihero:
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9	* ActuallyFourMooks: A gang can have up to five members but works as a single unit, with each life point represented by each individual member.
10	* BadassInANiceSuit: The gang leader dresses like a fancy british gentleman, but is far from one.
11	* CheapGoldCoins: Averted. You generally only get 1 or 2 coins in revenue per turn from the buildings you control, but your expenses never go beyond the low 10s.
12	* TheCoup: One of the skirmish scenarios is set in a palace, where your goal is to organize one.
13	* DecoyProtagonist: In the campaign, [[spoiler:the guildmaster is critically injured by their former #1, and the red-haired urchin is the (anti)hero for the final level]].
14	* DirtyCop: Both you and your rivals will eventually be able to call Truant Officers on the buildings occupied by rival's Urchins, who'll imprison everyone they manage to catch and leave the place vacant again.
15	* DumbMuscle: Thugs, which can be placed to block streets. However, they are not going to fare so well against a well-equipped gang.
16	* EtTuBrute: In the campaign, [[spoiler:the guildmaster's #1 stabs them in the back after all the other gangs are taken down, in order to take control]].
17	* FogOfWar: The map of the city is covered in the literal thick British fog at first, which only lets through the mere outlines of the streets and the names of each location. This shows that your fledgling guild hasn't yet located fellow members of the Underworld in that area, and so it takes a Spymaster spending a turn scouting out the district in order to remedy that.
18	* FromNobodyToNightmare: You start out as a single Spymaster no-one's heard of, and finish the game as someone who has London's entire underworld under their thumb, and has likely ordered the deaths of multiple people to get there.
19	* HyperactiveMetabolism: Played with. While food or drink doesn't provide healing, investing in Fine Ale, The Hard Stuff and taking full control of a pub boosts the maximum health of your thugs.
20	* MeaningfulName: Vicious Wren? Widow's End? Stag Town? Dagger's Edge? How about Lesser Welt or Old Custard? The randomly assigned locations' names all add to the grubbiness of the city.
21	* MurderInc: As your syndicate grows in renown, certain interests will want you to act in that role, and offer well-paid contracts to get rid of their enemies.
22	* LondonGangster: Since the game takes place in victorian England, just about anyone in the game is one.
23	* ProceduralGeneration: While the key locations like The Palace or The Wharf obviously stay in place, their internal layout changes with every new game.
24	* ProfessionalKiller: The Assassin. Unlike a Gang, which kills people through brute strength, and does so alongside the other activities like kicking Urchins out of the buildings, she is a true professional. If you can afford her servives, she will immediately wipe out the entire enemy gang, then wait until you might need to pay up again.
25	* TheSyndicate: In the large campaign and multiplayer, your goal is to assemble one.
26	** However, skirmish maps often present more localized scenarios. Be it stealing invitations for the balls to ply a complicated intrigue in The Masquerade, or taking control of The Wharf as a steamship's crew, before a rival ship muscles you out.
27	* TechTree: A suitably grounded variation, with the [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Skullduggery, Sneakery and Stabbery]] trees.
28	* TrapMaster: The Spy protects your buildings through placing traps in them. These stun anyone trying to attack or infiltrate the building, but have to be reapplied afterwards.
29	* WorkerUnit: [[StreetUrchin Urchins]] act as one, since they are the ones who infiltrate buildings, which allows you to derive revenue from them, or use them for other purposes. For instance, keeping urchins in a church is surprisingly useful, as they'll be spying all day, and eventually obtain blackmail information that allows you to gain favors from the city rulers.
30	* YouRequireMoreVespeneGas: While the main resource is obviously gold, the secondary one used to gain upgrades is...gas lanterns.
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