Line #15 VideoGame/Barkley2CurseOfCuchulainn


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2	The follow up to ''VideoGame/BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden'', also known as ''"The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 - Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie - Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley [=SaGa=]"''
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4	The year is 666X. A powerful youngster, wise beyond his years, awakens from a B-Ball induced coma aboard the mysterious dwarf space ziggurat Necron 7, held captive by the Malevolent A.I. Cuchulainn.[[note]]Cuchulainn tricked Charles Barkley into freeing him with the promise of Incan Gold.[[/note]] With no memory of who he is or where he came from, he adopts the identity of [=X114JAM9=] and sets off into the Post-Cyberpocalyptic Wasteland in search of the enigmatic Cyberdwarf, the only one who can reveal to him the terrible truth behind his forgotten past and make sense of his harrowing future.
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6	After having a successful Kickstarter in 2012, the game has languished in DevelopmentHell. [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/talesofgames/barkley-2-an-rpg-sequel-to-barkley-shut-up-and-jam/posts/2525425 A Kickstarter update in June of 2019]] revealed that several important team members have left the project but promises to continue development.
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8	In 2021, the remaining developer, Paperjack, [[https://talesofgames.itch.io/barkley-2/devlog/262720/the-future-of-barkley-2 released what was already made for the game to open source and effectively cancelled the project.]]
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10	!!This game uses some of these tropes:
11	* AfterTheEnd
12	* AnAdventurerIsYou
13	* BigBad: Cuchulainn.
14	* CharacterCustomization: The game opens up with an ''extremely'', overly specific and very long character creation process, which involves choosing your name, birth year (in Before or After Clispaeth), Blood (Type), whatever combination of gender you are, your likes and favorites, filling out questionnaires to determine your character alignment, choosing tarot cards, doing Rorschach tests, getting offered a gumball... And none of this affects your player character.
15	* ContinuityNod: The protagonist of Barkley 2, who doesn't remember who he is, calls himself [=X114JAM9=], after an error message. In the original, Vinceborg cites error [=X114JAM9=] in association with him not remembering his purpose.
16	* EldritchAbomination: Cuchulainn again.
17	* GenreShift: While the original game was a turn-based RPG, Barkley 2 is a loot-based Action RPG in the vein of ''Videogame/{{Diablo}}'' and ''Videogame/{{Borderlands}}''.
18	* LivingWeapon: Guns are living creatures that you [[ItemCrafting craft]] via a [[CreatureBreedingMechanic breeding system]] as well as [[FishingMinigame fishing]] for them in the wild.
19	* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo[=/=]ColonCancer: Invoked; ''"The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 - Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie - Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley [=SaGa=]"''.
20	* OldSaveBonus: A save import from ''Barkley 1'' was the $62,000 stretch goal in the Kickstarter.
21	* ShoutOut: In the demo, if you repeatedly die a couple of times, you get sent to a completely different area, to what is basically ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''' Firelink Shrine, complete with the obligatory crestfallen warrior.
22	* YearX: Year [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]]X

Context VideoGame / Barkley2CurseOfCuchulainn