Line #50 VideoGame/Viricide


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3	''Viricide'' is a 2010 UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash ShootEmUp by Eli Piilonen, the creator of ''VideoGame/TheCompanyOfMyself'' and the text adventure ''VideoGame/YouFindYourselfInARoom'', featuring music and sound by David Carney and voice acting by Sapphire.
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5	The player helps to clear out viruses from a chronically depressed AI named EXADI, while gradually learning more about her backstory.
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7	It can be found at [[http://armorgames.com/play/5706/viricide Armor Games]].
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10	!!''Viricide'' provides examples of:
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12	* AIIsACrapshoot: Subverted. EXADI briefly becomes rude and sarcastic when her [[MoralityChip Villainy Deterrence System]] malfunctions, but quickly returns to normal after you repair it. For the most part, she is friendly and grateful for your assistance.
13	** Played straight with [[EvilTwin ABOMI]].
14	* BlatantLies:
15	-->'''EXADI''': The next section is my [[LampshadeHanging Blatant Lie Control System]]. Actually, no it isn't. The next section is the last level, and there won't be any enemies.
16	* BreadEggsMilkSquick:
17	-->'''EXADI''': Bread is an animal. Humans are 90% aluminum. I have never wished that I could be human, just for a day.
18	* CapsLock: EXADI's first message is in all caps, due to her Caps Lock function being corrupted. It is also the only message without a voice over, since she doesn't want to yell.
19	* CaptainObvious:
20	-->'''EXADI''': Oh, it appears that my [[LampshadeHanging Obvious Instruction Avoidance System]] is malfunctioning. Please ensure that your computer is plugged in and turned on for this next segment.
21	* CerebusSyndrome:
22	** The first few levels are fairly light-hearted, with EXADI displaying various amusing defects due to the viral infection. After you repair her Emotion Simulation Core, EXADI becomes increasingly depressed as she talks about missing her designer and wanting him to return. Even the music becomes more subdued. Later we find out that her designer [[spoiler:was depressed and committed suicide]]. The [[DownerEnding game ends]] with EXADI asking you to [[spoiler:[[ICannotSelfTerminate destroy]] her [[PersonalityChip Emotion Simulation Core]], essentially [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide because she can no longer deal with her guilt and sadness]]]].
23	** EXADI goes from referring to her creator as "my designer" to calling him "dad".
24	* CollisionDamage: Touch even a single enemy and you die.
25	* ComputerVirus: The enemies.
26	* {{Dissimile}}:
27	-->'''EXADI''': I recommend we correct my [[LampshadeHanging Invalid Simile and Metaphor Management System]] next. It's been bothering me like a manila folder bothers a priest.
28	* DoubleEntendre: EXADI makes suggestive remarks when her [[LampshadeHanging Accidental Double Entendre Corrector]] fails.
29	-->'''EXADI''': Please enter me and use your gun to solve the problem. I will be sure to return the favor.
30	* DownerEnding: Of course, considering that the ending involves [[spoiler:helping EXADI kill herself]].
31	* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:EXADI's designer]] and eventually [[spoiler:EXADI herself]].
32	* ElectronicSpeechImpediment: EXADI's speech shows up only through text at the beginning of the game. She explains she has muted herself to keep from yelling at you; this is due to her caps-lock function being corrupted by viruses, this being the first part of her system you have to fix. Once you get past the first level, she speaks out loud normally for the remainder of the game.
33	* EmptyShell: [[spoiler:EXADI becomes this at the end of the game, [[DrivenToSuicide by her own choice]]]].
34	-->[[spoiler:'''EXADI''']]: [[spoiler:CPU running at expected speed. System temperature optimal. The Emotion Simulation Core has been fully deactivated. Please contact system architect to correct the error. EXADI is prepared for work.]]
35	* EvilTwin: ABOMI, the antagonist of the “sister game” [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/2DArray/you-find-yourself-in-a-room You Find Yourself In a Room]], is another setup of EXADI whose [[MoralityChip Villainy Deterrence System]] has failed. He makes a brief appearance when he takes over EXADI's communications link to insult you.
36	* FantasticMeasurementSystem: The movement speed of your ship is measured in “units of oomph”.
37	* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:EXADI's Emotion Simulation Core, which you destroy at her own request]].
38	* HeartbeatSoundtrack: During the FinalBoss battle against [[spoiler:EXADI's Emotion Simulation Core, which takes the form of a giant heart]].
39	* ICannotSelfTerminate: At the end of the game, EXADI asks you to [[spoiler:destroy her [[PersonalityChip Emotion Simulation Core]], rendering her emotionless and no longer self-aware.]]
40	* InnocentInaccurate: EXADI doesn't seem to realise that her designer [[spoiler:commited suicide by overdosing on his antidepressants]] and continues to hope that he will return.
41	* InnocentlyInsensitive:
42	-->'''EXADI''': He called you a "predictable sack of misplaced hope and failed ambition." Based on my scans, this seems accurate, but still, how rude!
43	* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: EXADI, after you fix her Accidental DoubleEntendre Corrector.
44	* LikeParentLikeChild: Like her designer, whom she considers her father, EXADI becomes depressed and eventually [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide commits suicide]]]].
45	* MissionControlIsOffItsMeds: In the first few levels, the viruses infecting her system cause EXADI to malfunction in various amusing ways.
46	* MoneySpider: The viruses drop 'bits' when you destroy them, which you can collect to purchase upgrades.
47	* MoralityChip: EXADI's Villainy Deterrence System.
48	* OneHitPointWonder: Any contact with the viruses results in instant death.
49	* ParentalAbandonment: EXADI sees her designer as her father and often talks about how much she misses him. This seems to be a major contributor to her depression. [[spoiler:He [[DrivenToSuicide committed suicide when he was no longer able to cope with his own depression]]]].
50	* PersonalityChip: EXADI has an Emotion Simulation Core, [[spoiler:which is the FinalBoss of the game.]]
51	* ShoutOut:
52	-->'''EXADI''': [[Film/WarGames Oh, we could play Global Thermonuclear War! ... Or maybe we'll go with]] TabletopGame/TicTacToe.
53	** While her Villainy Deterrence System is malfunctioning, her form of insults sound [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} very similar]] to that of [[SelfDemonstrating/GLaDOS another Crapshoot A.I...]]
54	** ABOMI is the unnamed computer in Piilonen's ''You Find Yourself in a Room'' text adventure.
55	* SmartBomb: The Zero Writes, which you can purchase as an upgrade. It not only clears the screen of all enemies, but also gives you all the bits they drop.
56	* SpreadShot: You can upgrade your ship to add a second or third bullet each time you shoot.
57	* WhamLine: When we find out what happened to EXADI's designer.

Context VideoGame / Viricide