Line #53 VideoGame/DeadfallAdventures


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3	->''"A great name can be an even greater burden."''
4	-->-- '''James Lee Quatermain'''
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6	''Deadfall Adventures'' is a 3D FirstPersonShooter action-adventure by Polish developer The Farm 51 and published by Nordic Games in 2013, for PC and Xbox 360. The game is set just before UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and follows James Lee Quatermain, great-grandson of Allan Quatermain (the hunter/adventurer created by Creator/HRiderHaggard), who has been hired to seek out the [[AncientArtifact "Heart of Atlantis"]], alongside US agent and former colleague Jennifer Goodwin, before the Nazis/Russians do.
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8	The game combines modern first-person shooter combat with puzzle solving and treasure hunting. ''Deadfall Adventures'' is basically TwoFistedTales: The Game, with elements reminiscent of ''Franchise/IndianaJones'', ''Film/TheMummyTrilogy'', and a bit of ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}''.
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10	The game's official website is [[http://deadfall-game.com here]].
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13	!!This game provides examples of:
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15	* ActionGirl: Jenny is quite capable of defending herself when the need arises, at least until [[spoiler: she becomes the DamselInDistress]].
16	* AdvancedAncientHumans: Professor Jacobs suggests that the Atlantean race is more ancient than any other on Earth.
17	%%* AncientEgypt: The first chapter, along with BuildLikeAnEgyptian.
18	* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The game thankfully gives the player infinite ammo during the mine cart sequences.
19	* ArtifactCollectionAgency: The unnamed agency for which Professor Jacobs and Jennifer Goodwin work. Jenny says that although she is now a field agent, she was "only intel" when she worked with Quatermain before.
20	* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Quartermain learns in the Arctic that the third fragment of the Heart is in South America, so he and Goodwin head for Guatemala. Guatemala is in ''Central'' America.
21	* AwesomeButImpractical: The MG-34. With the hundred round magazine, decent damage and rate of fire; it can flush out a room full of baddies. However you cannot jump, move slowly, and cannot use your compass or flashlight without having to drop the gun.
22	* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler: Hagen, a.k.a. "Shepherd"]]. Alas, the GenreBlindness demonstrated by the protagonists is at the IdiotBall level, especially after having been warned by a defeated [[spoiler: Stein]]:
23	-->[[spoiler:'''Stein:''']] ''[dying]'' Beware of snakes, American. They can never neglect their nature...
24	* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Shootable targets in puzzles, or to trigger traps, are shiny gold. The three types of treasure are also differentiated by colour.
25	%%* CrateExpectations: Well, there ''are'' several large-scale archaeological expeditions going on.
26	* DeathFromAbove: The Undead King boss attacks with what amounts to a massive, flaming airstrike targeted on the player's current position - attacks that are thankfully presaged by the appearance of a [[OhCrap huge, glowing rosette on the ground]].
27	* DirtyCommunists: The third major foe, besides Nazis and undead, and led by a particularly brutal Red Army colonel.
28	* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: [[spoiler:Hagen, who poses as a Nazi agent while working for the Americans, but then is revealed to be only it it for himself.]]
29	* DullSurprise: Although the voice actors mostly manage to portray the characters' emotions, facial animations are absent, leading to a lot of this.
30	%%* DurableDeathtrap: Everywhere. Can be used against enemies, though.
31	* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The Russians managed to construct a huge mining base in the Arctic which Quartermain must traverse to rescue Jen.
32	%%* ExplodingBarrels: Once again, enemies can often be found loitering near these.
33	* FamousAncestor: Allan Quatermain, whose unpublished diaries provide the main characters with vital information (and which act as an in-game hintbook). Until James Lee actually lives through an adventure akin to one Allan would have had, he sees his ancestor as nothing more than a cash cow.
34	* GameplayAllyImmortality: Your allies seem to be unkillable, even a direct hit from a grenade will just knock them down for a few seconds. This is balanced out by the fact that they tend to hang back and camp the entrance instead of charging into the middle of a firefight.
35	* HailfirePeaks: The Arctic chapter, which starts in snowstorms and ice caves and ends up [[spoiler: in huge lava caverns in a Russian mine]].
36	%%* HandWave: In-universe, what Quatermain offers Jenny when she asks how his {{Phlebotinum}}-powered flashlight works.
37	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Quatermain starts off as a reluctant, dislikeable sort, viewing his family name solely as a means to make gambling money, and showing little regard for those with whom he works. The events of the game do appear to act as something of a RedemptionQuest, resulting in his showing a friendlier side, and having more respect for his forebear.
38	%%* LightAndMirrorsPuzzle: Several of them.
39	* LightIsGood: Undead must be weakened either by daylight or Quatermain's flashlight before shooting them.
40	%%* MacguffinDeliveryService: Quatermain ends up being this to [[spoiler:Hagen]].
41	* MagicCompass: Quatermain's compass points the way to nearby items of treasure, when close enough - the rest of the time it rotates idly.
42	* MayanDoomsday: Referenced. At one point our heroes come across the Mayan Calendar, and Jen remarks on the surprising accuracy of the ancient device going as far as "December 21, 2030". One puzzle involving explosives later, and a large chunk gets blown off...
43	-->'''James:''' Oops! I think I just took off about 18 years. Ahh, I don't think anyone will mind.
44	* MaybeEverAfter: The game ends with Jen going back to Egypt to see Quatermain, and it's implied they've become attracted.
45	* {{Mayincatec}}: The Guatemalan chapter, through and through.
46	* MeleeATrois: Mummies and enemy soldiers will fight each other as well as against Quatermain, although other than the first and last levels of the game, the two seldom appear in the same area.
47	* MinecartMadness: In the [[spoiler:Russian mine]]. Despite it being a spectacular (and lengthy) RollercoasterMine thrill ride, the cart is controlled for you, freeing you up to concentrate on shooting the copious bad guys.
48	* MisplacedAccent: Agent Goodwin and Professor Jacobs work for an American agency, but both have English accents, while James Lee Quatermain is supposed to be English (or at least descended from an Englishman) but has a US accent. None are beyond the bounds of possibility, but the apparent accent-swaps seem odd.
49	* NoSwastikas: Despite mentions of Nazis and the Third Reich, there is not a single swastika in the game. Rather it's only Xs.
50	* NonPlayerCompanion: Jen Goodwin accompanies you for most of the game and can hold her own in a shootout, but for most major firefights and puzzles she tends to hang back and let you sort things out rather than charging in and doing the work for you. [[spoiler: Dr. Hagen]] also follows you during the middle levels set in the Artic.
51	%%* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Quartermain in the beginning is more concerned with making money and collecting treasures. But then CharacterDevelopment kicks in.
52	* OutOfTheFryingPan: after being betrayed and stranded, Jenny and Quatermain have no choice but to surrender to [[spoiler: the Russian colonel]], only for them to be [[spoiler:tied up and interrogated in a mine]].
53	%%* PlotCoupon: The Tear of Isis.
54	%%* PressurePlate: All over the place, in puzzles and traps.
55	* PuzzleBoss:
56	** Averted with Colonel Stein. Because he's firing a machine gun from behind elevated cover, the game wants you to destroy the two supports of the platform he's standing on so he'll plunge to his death. However, you can just flank him and mow him down normally (he can take more bullets than a regular Mook, but still dies pretty quickly). However the game still requires you to blow up the platform to trigger Stein's death cutscene, even if you kill him and his men with bullets.
57	** The final boss is ImmuneToBullets, so you need to figure out a way to use the environment to kill him.
58	* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Colonel Stein, the Soviet Colonel, and [[spoiler: Dr. Hagen]] can all take several times the number of bullets as normal Mooks, although they can all still be mowed down relatively quickly.
59	* RevolversAreJustBetter: Averted. A pair of Webley revolvers are your default sidearms; they have infinite ammo, but have a below average rate of fire and a VERY long reload time, as well as strictly average damage. You can pick up a variety of semi-auto pistols, they have finite ammo but can fire and reload faster than the revolvers.
60	* RewardingVandalism: Smashing up priceless ancient pottery can yield treasure, or [[spoiler:a swarm of angry beetles]].
61	%%* RuggedScar: The Russian colonel.
62	* SequelHook:
63	-->'''Jenny:''' [[spoiler:Seven temples]]. And we've only seen three.
64	-->'''Quatermain:''' Plenty more material, then, for me to write another story about our adventures.
65	* ShortRangeShotgun: The shotgun is extremely short range, often taking at least a couple shots to kill past about a dozen feet, and being almost useless past about 20-25 feet. This makes it pretty poor against humans with guns, but decent against mummies (who charge straight at you).
66	* ShoutOut: When placing the Tear of Isis in its receptacle, Quatermain muses wryly: [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade "It belongs in a museum"]], followed by a wish to see the proceeds in his bank account.
67	* TempleOfDoom: Much of the game takes place in a sandy temple, an icy temple, and a jungle temple.
68	* TreasureMap: Each chapter has such a map located somewhere within it (often found with a previous, hapless explorer), which reveals the locations of all treasure items. However, the maps are generally both small-scale and ''very'' vague.
69	%%* TwoFistedTales: A very deliberate homage to the genre.
70	* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: The Soviet Colonel sounds like a Frenchman trying to sound Russian.
71	* WhyDidItHaveTobeSnakes: Parodied, where James Lee Quatermain's nonhuman archnemesis is... ''[[EverybodyHatesMathematics math]]''. Naturally, he comes across not one, but two puzzles involving math -- in the Mayan numeral system, no less.
72	* YouWouldntBelieveMeIfIToldYou:
73	-->'''Jenny:''' You can ''never'' publish your stories.
74	-->'''Quatermain:''' Don't worry. Nobody'd believe me anyway.

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