Line #40 VideoGame/RelicOfWar


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Here the badasses are!]]
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4	''Relic of War'' is a Real time strategy flash game from Toge Productions, the creators of the ''VideoGame/{{Infectonator}}'' series.
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6	Originally released as ''Reich of Darkness'', the game was later removed from Armor Games after someone complained the game was Pro-Nazi to the point the creators got [[http://togeproductions.com/news/942/rod-temporarily-removed/ a letter from The Anti-Defamation League]]. [[http://kbhgames.com/7656/reich-of-darkness/ Reich of Darkness can still be played here]].
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8	Set in AlternateHistory World War 2, the players take control of either the Axis or Allies after a secret SS division discovers an AncientArtifact that allows them to create super weapons.
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10	The game can be played [[http://armorgames.com/play/13364/relic-of-war here]].
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13	!!Tropes:
14	* ActionGirl: Lt. Helga Frauscharf.
15	* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: Forces are soft-limited by food, and capturing buildings increases the limit.
16	* BilingualBonus: What the Axis units say, if you speak German (though it's pretty easy to understand).
17	* ColonelBadass: Col. Price Sterling.
18	* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:After Genzken absorbs the power of the Relic portal, his appearance looks like the ComicBook/RedSkull. He doesn't make a big deal about it since he's now powerful.]]
19	* CosmeticallyDifferentSides: Nearly every unit has an equivalent with the same stats.
20	* DieselPunk: Largely of the Weird War strain. The mechs are a good example of this.
21	* DoomTroops: Uber-Soldat troops have GlowingEyesOfDoom and BFG's. They are also huge.
22	* EliteArmy: [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous Green Berets]] / [[SuperSoldier Uber-soldats]]. Ranged infantry with lots of HP and damage that only cost a little more than a normal squad, and take up just as much time to build and food cap. Especially compared with the mechs, which build slower and cost more.
23	* EnemyChatter: Units will say lines in speech balloons usually about killing the enemy.
24	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Hanz Genzken first appearance has him ordering enemy prisoners tortured for information before killing them with delight. This will give you an idea how evil he is.
25	* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:By the end of the Allied Campaign, both Helga and Abigail discover that General [=MacDouglas=] is not so different from Genzken who, rather than destroy the Relic Portal, he wants to use its power to attack the Japanese, the Soviets and rule the world for America.]]
26	* {{Expy}}:
27	** General [[PunnyName Arthur [=MacDouglas=]]] is an expy of General UsefulNotes/DouglasMacArthur.
28	** Heichler is... yeah.
29	** [[spoiler: After absorbing the power of the Relic from the portal, Genzken now looks like the ComicBook/RedSkull.]]
30	* FrankensteinsMonster: [[spoiler: Uber-Soldats]].
31	* GenkiGirl: Jeanice.
32	* GlassCannon: Snipers.
33	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Helga becomes a mole for the Allies after Genzken killed her Commander and later defects after her betrayal is discovered.]]
34	* HeroUnit: The enemy's hero unit is announced by a mini-display in the corner, and they tend to be difficult to take down.
35	* InvadedStatesOfAmerica: The Allied campaign focuses on the Allies fighting back the Axis after they successfully invaded the American East Coast.
36	* LaResistance: The French Resistance aids the Allies during the Axis campaign in France.
37	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Genzken remarks that the player can casually send soldiers to their deaths as if the player is watching through a window from another world. He's not too far off.
38	* MissionControl: Lt. Helga Frauscharf to the Axis Commander and Lt. Abigail Steamfox to the Allied Commander.
39	* NonEntityGeneral: Lampshaded by Genzken, who notes that you casually send troops to their deaths as if you were looking at them through a window from another world.
40	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Hanz "The Hellspawn" Genzken, in charge of the SS Paranormal Division.
41	* NoSwastikas: The Axis uses a triskellion (an inverted Y) instead.
42	* MadScientist
43	* ShoutOut:
44	** The Elite Axis troops resemble the [[Anime/JinRohTheWolfBrigade Kerberos unit]].
45	** An elite Allied soldier named Franchise/{{Rambo}}o.
46	* SuperSoldier: Literally, with the Uber-soldat (several corpses stitched together, reanimated and given a minigun).
47	* StupidJetpackHitler: Most of the weapons both sides uses are ahead of their time.
48	* TopHeavyGuy: The {{Palette Swap}}s of the large soldier has arms half as thick as his chest, and has legs like toothpicks.
49	* WrenchWench: Jeanice. Her portrait has her ''literally'' holding onto a wrench.
50	* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:[=MacDouglas=] reveals himself to be this in the Allied campaign finale.]]
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