Line #25 VideoGame/Octogeddon


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Featuring the world's angriest octopus.]]
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4	''Octogeddon'' is a 2018 indie game published by All Yes Good. It was developed by George Fan, of ''VideoGame/{{Insaniquarium}}'' and ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' fame.
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6	The game opens with an mutant octopus named Octogeddon casually watching videos on the Internet from its undersea grotto. It comes across a cooking video during which, to its horror, the cook prepares an octopus-based dish. This sets off Octogeddon's HairTriggerTemper, and the cephalopod decides to retaliate by destroying the Statue of the Liberty in New York City. It then begins its quest for vengeance and destruction.
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8	The game has elements of a ShootEmUp, but has its own unique quirks as well: the player controls the titular Octogeddon and must defeat hordes of enemies by attacking them with its tentacles. Soon, the player will unlock DNA from various animal species, which can replace a single tentacle with parts of other animals like snakes, crabs or roosters. Each of these animals have unique properties: snakes can shoot poison around, crab claws deal huge damage to close opponents, etc. The player can select several tentacle options at the start of each levels. After the end of each chapter, Octogeddon will also find a new animal buddy which can accompany it on its quest but won't take a tentacle spot.
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10	There are two kinds of levels: underwater levels in which Octogeddon is completely static and can only be rotated by the player, and land levels in which the octopus will move left or right while spinning. Each chapter starts with 3 underwater levels followed by 3 land levels.
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12	The game borrows several elements from Fan's previous works ''Insaniquarium'' and ''Plants Vs Zombies'', most notably the gain of new items at the end of most of the levels which can be selected for use in the later levels of the game. ''Octogeddon'' also shares its art designer with ''Plants Vs Zombies'', and as such, the graphics of the two games are very similar.
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16	!!This game provides examples of!:
17	* AnimalGenderBender: The Chicken tentacle shoots explosive eggs. It upgrades into the Rooster tentacle, which...''shoots twice as many eggs.'' Never mind that a rooster is a '''male''' chicken, which obviously does ''not'' lay eggs.
18	* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: A giant, angry mutant octopus with ice-shooting penguins heads, crab claws and turtle shells (among others) for tentacles, to be precise.
19	* BaguetteBeatdown: The EnemyMime in Paris has an attack during which it strikes Octogeddon with a gigantic baguette.
20	* BattleBoomerang: One of the bosses uses one to fight Octogeddon. Of course, this boss is fought in Australia.
21	* BeeBeeGun: One of the DNA the player can collect if the Bee DNA, and the resulting tentacle will shoot small, bees which will home on the nearest enemy.
22	* ClamshellCurrency: Catfish Carl's shop, which is visited after the Game Over, uses seashells as currency.
23	* DisproportionateRetribution: Granted, seeing someone cook octopus tentacles while being an octopus themselves can be quite jarring, so we can give Octogeddon a pass on that one. But as for the others... Destroying the Tokyo Imperial Palace because some {{Kaiju}} movie had a Godzilla-like monster deliver a CurbStompBattle to a gigantic octopus...? That might be overreacting.
24	* ElectricJellyfish: Several electric jellyfishes can appear in various levels. They are invincible and slowly approach Octogeddon. Unless blown away with the Elephant tentacle, they will zap and paralyse Octogeddon for a few seconds.
25	* EnemyMime: A giant robotic one appears as a boss in Paris.
26	* {{Expy}}: Catfish Carl, the shopkeeper, is basically a fish version of [[VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies Crazy Dave]].
27	* FloatingInABubble: The animal buddies move around floating in a water-filled bubble during the land levels.
28	* FlunkyBoss: The Big Boss Bass enemies will summon smaller robotic fishes to attack Octogeddon while they themselves circle around it. Mecha-Octogeddon can also summon these.
29	* FrenchAccordion: Accordions are used in the sea levels when Octogeddon is headed to Paris to destroy the Eiffel Tower.
30	* HairTriggerTemper: Octogeddon will get ''extremely angry'' at the drop of a hat. Some theater play stars a dumb FunnyOctopus? Let's destroy the Sydney Opera House in retaliation!
31	* HeartContainer: Catfish Carl will give Octogeddon an extra health heart as a fidelity bonus after each set number of items bought from his shop. Just like every object one gets from his shop, it will stay in place in every subsequent game.
32	* HeartsAreHealth: Octogeddon's life bar is represented by hearts. Also, white submarines and planes with heart symbols can replenish your health when hit.
33	* InfernalBackground: Each and everytime Octogeddon gets triggered, flames appear in the background while it roars in anger.
34	* HumongousMecha: Amazingly enough, [[spoiler:The White House]] is mounted on a ''very'' American one named the Mech Force One. It can send missiles, nukes and the Liberty Bell at Octogeddon to get rid of it.
35	* KangaroosRepresentAustralia: Three guesses on which animal species can bee seen fleeing from Octogeddon during his rampage on Sydney. Also, this world's boss is Kongaroo, a jumbo-sized robotic kangaroo, which wields a BattleBoomerang to make things even more stereotypical.
36	* LightEmUp: The Firefly tentacle can not only reveal cloaked enemies, it will also damage them by shining its light upon them.
37	* MixAndMatchCritter: Octogeddon starts off as a normal octopus with octopus tentacles, but with all the DNA it acquires it can replace those with crab claws, turtle shells, rooster heads, and many, many more.
38	* MonumentalDamage: Each of Octogeddon's rampages culminates with the destruction of an incredibly famous landmark, like the Eiffel Tower or the Statue of the Liberty.
39	* NukeEm: Octogeddon's enemies are rather trigger-happy with their nuclear stuff, sometimes launching dozens of them at once during the "Nuclear Waves". However, they do not cause much destruction, so its not ''too much'' of an issue.
40	* PainfulPointyPufferfish: Spike the Pufferfish is one of the aquatic buddies Octogeddon can acquire. It can puff up to tremendous sizes, destroying every nearby enemy with its spikes.
41	* PelicanPackagePouch: The Pelican tentacle can swallow up enemies and store them in its beak before shooting them away.
42	* PiranhaProblem: Robotic piranhas are featured among the enemies Octogeddon comes across in the underwater levels. These annoying foes circle at high speed around it before lunging at the octopus.
43	* PsychoElectricEel: Volt the Electric Eel. This adorable fish can unleash a huge electric shock stunning every enemy on screen. The attack will also reveal every cloaked enemy which was onscreen.
44	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: While Octogeddon itself is far from being conventionally cute, its animal buddies really are adorable.
45	* SeaHurtchin: Ursula the Urchin is an animal buddy which can fire a flurry of spikes all around her, damaging every enemy they strike.
46	* SeaMine: During the {{Bonus Stage}}s, the animal buddies must dodge a plethora of sea mines descending upon them at high speeds.
47	* ShoutOut: There are many to George Fan's previous games ''Insaniquarium'' and ''Plants Vs. Zombies''.
48	** The system of the new DNA Octogeddon can get at the end of many levels is remarkably reminiscent of the way of getting new pets and new plants from both these games.
49	** The new animal buddies Octogeddon gets at the end of each chapter are hatched from an egg, just like in ''Insaniquarium''. All of them also are aquatic creatures.
50	** As stated above, Catfish Carl is a blatant reference to Crazy Dave, the shopkeeper from ''Plants Vs. Zombies.'' Also, just likes Meryl's Fish Emporium from ''Insaniquarium'', his shops uses seashells as currency.
51	** The Goldfish tentacle produces money, just like the guppies from ''Insaniquarium''. They are also both colored the exact same way.
52	* SizableSnowflakes: The Penguin tentacle shoots gigantic snowflakes which freeze enemies, slowing them down.
53	* SpitTake: Octogeddon's reaction to the theatre play making fun of octopi is spitting its coffee. And then it goes to raze the Sydney Opera House in retaliation.
54	* SuperWindowJump: The terrified humans escape the buildings attacked by Octogeddon this way. Amazingly, despite jumping from the highest floors of six- or ten-story buildings, they do not splatter on the ground - they land perfectly safely and run away as his they jumped from the lowest step of a staircase.
55	* SwordfishSabre: The Sawfish head can slice enemies with its rostrum. When rotating, it even moves and sounds like a real chainsaw.
56	* TentacledTerror: Octogeddon is a mean-looking, giant octopus with a HairTriggerTemper which goes on rampage in various cities around the world, causing major destruction wherever it goes. It can enhance its tentacles with DNA from various other animals to make them even deadlier.
57	* ThreateningShark: ROBOT-sharks, to be precise. They continuously circle around Octogeddon, constantly getting closer to it. Since the player has to rotate Octogeddon around to aim, their moving pattern makes them quite bothersome to hit. Winged, flying variants appear during the on-land levels, too.
58	* UncleSamWantsYou: The famous poster is seen on many buildings in the D.C. level with "We want YOU to fight Octogeddon'' as the slogan.
59	* WashingtonDCInvasion: The final level involves the Octogeddon destroying Washington D.C. and TheWhiteHouse.
60	* WaveMotionGun: [[spoiler:The White House]] and the Stomp-A-Tron X will fire such a weapon at Octogeddon while hovering above it.

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