Line #43 VideoGame/Poke646


1	''[=Poke646=]'' is a ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' gamemod. ''The'' ''Half-Life'' gamemod.
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4	Thirteen months after the Black Mesa incident, the research facility has been shut down. The nation never got to know anything about the experiments there, and the governement created a organisation specificly to handle "Alien Related Topics". The name of that organisation is [=Poke646.=]
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6	Unfortunately aliens are invading Nation City with portals, and Damien Reeves is the only [=Poke646=] member who didn´t evacuate, due to an accident. Guided by a man named Dr. Sebastian Fuller through [=Poke646=]'s radio transmitter, he must turn on 4 generators in the city to stop the portals from coming.
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8	Five years after the mods release, ''[=Poke646: Vendetta=]'' was created, which takes place right where the predecessor left off.
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11	!!This game mod takes place in same universe as Half-Life, therefore same tropes apply. [=Poke646=] provides examples of:
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13	* ActionizedSequel: ''Vendetta'' has a lower emphasis on navigation and puzzles, and makes use of an assault rifle with a grenade launcher in place of the civilian nail guns from the first game. [[spoiler:The robot you fight at the end is an exact copy of the one from the first game, but here you beat it down with your weapons instead of navigating around it to shut down its power source]].
14	* AbnormalAmmo: The Xen Squasher is an alien that must be fed with candy in order to shoot gooey projectiles.
15	* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Below Nation City, in which it is possible to get lost.
16	* ApocalypticLog: Through notes and tablets.
17	* ArtEvolution: The first game has models made with resemblance to the original Half-Life's models. Come Vendetta, and the scientist models are remade in the HD pack's image. The game also defaults the alien models to their HD counterparts (in the first game it's determined if the base game has the HD models enabled or not). The soldiers remain the same, however.
18	* BagOfSpilling: Between [=Poke646=] and [=Poke646=] Vendetta. Or rather, once [[spoiler:Reeves enters Xen]] at the climax of the first game.
19	* BlandNameProduct: [=Poke646`s=] own vending machines are full of them. You can guess what a bottle of [[{{Pun}} Poke]] is.
20	* DownerEnding: In the first game [[spoiler:Reeves is revealed to be an UnwittingPawn to Dr. Fuller, betrayed and left stranded on Xen after blowing up the receiver supposed to destroy Xen]]. However...
21	* EarnYourHappyEnding: In ''Vendetta'' [[spoiler:Reeves, being a skilled technician, uses the remains of said receiver and other technology brought to Xen, to build a teleporter, get back to Earth, fight his way through the rampage in Nation City and stop the crazy scientists from nuking it. Then he gets commended for his actions and gets a promotion]].
22	* EdibleAmmunition: The Xen Squashers candy, again.
23	* EmergencyWeapon: Damien's melee weapon is a heater pipe, and he uses the [=Poke646's=] [[ImprovisedWeapon nailguns as weapons]].
24	* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: Sebastian Fuller and his cohorts were actually intent on nuking Xen to cover up their tracks. In ''Vendetta'' they also try nuking Nation City as well to do the same.]]
25	* ExclusiveEnemyEquipment: Throughout the mod, the closest thing to a automatic gun you find is a nail gun fed by drum magazines. In ''[=Poke646: Vendetta=]'' you finally get to pick up the assault rifles carried by the soldiers.
26	* FacelessGoons: Some of the soldiers doing the cleanup.
27	* FlunkyBoss: [[spoiler:The Robot at the end of ''Vendetta'']].
28	* GangstaStyle: You can do this with the nail pistol, which lowers the accuracy and heightens the fire rate. But because the weapon in question looks like a big blue drill, it does not look cool.
29	* HopeSpot: The man sent to find you with a armored tank... he doesn't last long.
30	* ImmuneToBullets: The Giant robot guardians made by ''[=Poke646=]''.
31	* InsurmountableWaistHeightFence: Averted. You can double jump over them with the shotgun, all the way to the edge of the map.
32	* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Dr. Fuller and his co-consirators were fully willing to commit ''planetary scale genocide'' by activating nuclear detonaters that were planted on Xen. In ''Vendetta'', Damien kills them all by blowing them up with the bombs that were planted by a defected security guard.]]
33	* MadeOfExplodium: Get some safe distance if you plan on turning on the microwave.
34	* MythologyGag: A book is found aboard the space station called,"''How i Survived Black Mesa''" written by Barney Calhoun.
35	* NailEm: Nailguns are one of the weapons available to you. They can also be used GangstaStyle.
36	* NintendoHard: The lack of armor and scarcity of ammo means that your resourcefulness is put to the test.
37	* PipePain: A gas pipe is picked up and used as the mod's melee weapon. Incorporates a unique (for the time) mechanic where, if used too many times in a row, will cause you to weaken and tire from exhaustion.
38	* RecoilBoost: Done by firing the shotgun at the ground while in the air, making a useful double jump.
39	* RenegadeSplinterFaction: [[spoiler: The ending of ''Vendetta'' reveals that Fuller and his men were actually a part of a conspiracy within [=Poke646=] and leadership are actually ''glad'' they're gone.]]
40	* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The generators are meant to destroy Xen, and the Xen creatures aren't normally hostile. It's all a conspiracy pulled by a RenegadeSplinterFaction led by Dr. Fuller]].
41	* ShoutOut:
42	** Two of the offices in one of the buildings belong to a [[{{Franchise/Superman}} L. Lane and a C. Kent]].
43	** The name of the organization itself comes from a Platform/{{Commodore 64}} BASIC command that changes the color of subsequently-typed characters (e.g. POKE 646,1 would make them white). It's one of the first POKE commands most Commodore users learn.
44	* TwoShotsFromBehindTheBar: Yes. Behind the bar is a nice shotgun you can pick up, and conveniently aliens teleport in.
45	* UnwittingPawn: In the finale it is revealed that [[spoiler:Reeves was just a pawn for Dr. Fuller who intended him to commence the nuking of Xen when the original task force failed to accomplish it.]]
46	* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Sebastian keeps contact with Damien by the use of radios placed around the city.

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