Line #18 VideoGame/TranscendenceExtended2


1	''Transcendence eXtended 2'' ''[=(TX2)=]'' is a GameMod and Expansion Pack for the game ''VideoGame/{{Transcendence}}''. The design behind it was to not only expand the linear world of Transcendence into a non-linear one, but to add numerous factions, much more plot, many more ships, stations, items, and so much more.
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4	!!''Transcendence eXtended 2'' includes examples of:
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6	* AIIsACrapshoot:
7	** Subverted when compared to Transcendence - [[spoiler: the Luminous aren't so rogue as they once appeared - the AI is just being a bit of a MagnificentBastard.]]
8	** Subverted with the Collective Project, whose fluff text is absolutely laden with [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial suspiciously specific denials]], [[VideoGame/EscapeVelocity shout-outs to an example of this trope played straight]], and just [[ShmuckBait shmuck bait]] in general, looking like a perfect ClicheStorm about to happen, the [[FailsafeFailure failsafes]] the designers put in do not fail - thus subverting and defying the trope in one blow.
9	* BiggerIsBetter: The scale of so many things in this GameMod are increased.
10	** Fleet battles are just epic. [[spoiler:The gigantic fleet battles which take place at the end of some [[StoryArc story arcs]] are just EPIC.]]
11	** So are [[MadeOfExplodium big explosions]].
12	** No, nothing was being compensated for in the making of this mod.
13	* {{BFG}}: There are a number of CoolButInefficient [[UselessUsefulItem weapons]] that are ridiculously powerful but cannot be used by the player (without cheating, of course), all for various plot-related reasons.
14	* CoolStarship: A large number of the spacecraft added are substantially larger than the average ship from the original game - and with [[JustifiedTrope good reason]]: this was done to balance a number of the factions against each other by giving them StandardScifiFleet; otherwise FridgeLogic would ensue and people would wonder why the more powerful factions [[JustShootHim wouldn't just squash their weaker enemies]].
15	* CrapsackWorld: This describes the backwaters of the commonwealth and the war-torn regions between the clashing superpowers accurately (especially the latter).
16	* DysonSphere: The Therrusian {{Worldship}}/{{MotherShip}} contains a [[minimalism miniaturized]] version of this (its still very large however).
17	* EarthThatWas: Played straight with Mars, as straight as it will get in that situation anyhow, and to a lesser degree with Earth itself - Earth however isn't entirely dead.
18	* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Averted; this is nolonger true with the new encounter tables introduced in [[Transcendence Transcendence [=RC4=]]]
19	* FriendlyFireProof: Subverted everywhere but in a few areas where shipwrecks needed to be [[MadeOfIndestructium immutable]] to prevent the game from becoming {{Unwinnable}}.
20	* GreyAndGreyMorality: {{TX2}} avoids meddling with the extremely ambiguous (both morally and in terms of information) main plot of the original, and instead builds many {{Story Arc}}s to compensate.
21	* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: Even more of this gets added in with the Therrusian traders, who import it from beyond the quarantine zone.
22	* KilledOffForReal: Played straight with everyone but the player - even Kate Morgental can die now. (Doing so does NOT result in an {{Unwinnable}} game anymore.)
23	* LivingShip: Played straight with the wyvera faction of [[OrganicTechnology genetically engineered ships]].
24	* {{Lockdown}}: The entire point of the first part of the game (like in vanilla transcendence) is to break out of the quarantine zone.
25	* MadeOfExplodium: Everything explodes all so beautifully! (Like in the original, but with even more explosions!)
26	* MoreDakka: Ships such as the Ranx Imperial Dragon and the Commonwealth Monitor follow the mantra of "[[BiggerIsBetter bigger]] [[MoreDakka with more guns!]]" to the letter.
27	%%* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: A number of ships fall into this category, namely the Therrusian's largest ship...
28	%%* NonStandardGameOver: Even more-so than the game its based off of.
29	* NumberedSequels: Averted in that this isn't a true sequel: the first one was abandoned and the ideas re-incorperated into this version
30	* OrganicTechnology: The wyvera exhibit this as well (well, they ARE the technology), not just the Teraton fabricators anymore. [[ShownTheirWork The Wyvera arn't squishy though]].
31	* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap:
32	** The Luminous are much more fleshed out and have loot that is actually worth something. Autons are now actually useful, throughout the duration of the game (you may still need to upgrade however).
33	** The Ventari are still [[JerkAss jerkasses]] InSpace, just with some backstory.
34	* SlidingScaleOfShinyVersusGritty: For the most part, [=TX2=] lands on the gritty end.
35	* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: For the most part, [=TX2=] lands on the cynical side, but some factions and people do offer hints of idealism.
36	* ShownTheirWork: No squishy organic 'armor' here! Where the laws of physics were broken in the original game and again here, that was due to [[ArtisticLiscense playability]] and the [[RuleOfFun fun of the game]] taking precedent to reality. (Trope only noticed in some [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] done for the [[RuleOfFunny humor of it]] in the Wyvera [[StoryArc story arc]].)
37	* StandardScifiFleet: Every major faction worth its beans is given one. Even some of the lesser factions.
38	* UsedFuture: The ships are designed to reflect a realistic and utilitarian world, except when it comes to rich business leaders who are more concerned with {{SpaceshipLuxury}}. This trope is very prominent in the backwaters of the commonwealth.
39	* WasOnceAMan: Aside from the Teratons and the Ringers and the Ares of the original, [[spoiler:the added Therrusian faction is composed of a people who were formerly human, however they found their fragile bodies too weak and augmented them to live on the new planet they settled. This actually becomes their saving grace by preventing the Iocrym and other alien races from recognizing them as humans because of how drastically they had modified themselves... to the point that, yes, one could validly say they weren't human anymore anyways.]]

Context VideoGame / TranscendenceExtended2