Line #40 Videogame/ContinueStopRise


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3	--> "Are you even worth anything now that you've done your purpose?"
4	-->--'''The Judge to Batter in a [[DreamSequence Dream]]'''
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6	The switch has been flipped to ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}''. But instead of darkness, [[AndTheAdventureContinues there is light.]]
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8	The Batter, having just finished his mission, wakes up in an empty field, and immediately discovers that his Add-Ons are missing. So, with nothing else to do, he decides to go looking for them.
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10	He searches all day, but no matter how long he walks, he can't find the Add-Ons anywhere, so he finally decides to just go to sleep for the night. The next morning, he finds himself confronted by two other versions of himself: The hot-tempered, foul-mouthed Ghost Batter, and the seemingly sweet and polite but AxeCrazy Bad Batter. This being [[TheStoic The Batter]], of course, he's not that bothered by this new mystery, and chooses to drag them along as he continues his search.
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12	It isn't too long after that that the trio discovers an odd set of rainbow stairs, which take them straight up to heaven. It's here where the adventure really begins, as the mysteries continue to pile up while they explore the place. The Three Workforces of Heaven have recently been taken over by new overseers, known as Mr. A, Dr. O, and [[BigBad E]], and while the Elsen living there are pretty happy with what they've been doing, it seems that their operations are causing heaven to sink, which is allowing more specters to invade it. [[FromBadToWorse And possibly worse.]]
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14	Will Batter and his two companions help the situation in heaven or make things worse? Will they find out what happened to the Add-ons? What about the rest of the cast? Is there a place left for Batter now that his mission is complete?
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16	''VideoGame/ContinueStopRise'' is yet another FanSequel to Mortis Ghost's Indie UsefulNotes/RPGMaker game ''Videogame/{{OFF}}'' made by [[http://isasapiensworks.tumblr.com/ M-256]] on Tumblr. It can be downloaded [[http://rpgmaker.net/games/6764/ here.]]
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18	There's also a lesser known prequel of sorts that is a fusion crossover with ''VideoGame/YumeNikki'', called ''[=InterExtraIntraAdd=]'' that is also worth checking out. The download is on M-256's blog, [[http://isasapiensworks.tumblr.com/post/97561079311/interextraintraaddrar here.]]
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20	And there is also a spinoff for RPG Maker [=VX=] Ace, called Bx: Execute, which can also be found on M-256's blog, as well as the third demo of UNLOAD, a fangame within the CSR universe.
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22	Within the general RPG Maker sphere, she has also made ''VideoGame/YumeNikki'' fangames called ''VideoGame/Me2011'' and ''Somnium'', and has also made an original game called ''White's Adventure''.
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24	'''Note: There's a lot of spoilers for the original game below, since this is a FanSequel. It's recommended that you play the original game first.'''
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26	!!The game provides examples of:
27	* AfterTheEnd: Played with. This takes place after the world that ''OFF'' took place in was destroyed, but in this game's interpretation of events, that world was fake to begin with. The real world hasn't ended at all.
28	* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:Espilon declares himself a God just before the final battle.]]
29	* ArcWords: "I fly"/"Fly Away"/"I'm a bird" and "Was it worth it?"/"It was/n't worth it."
30	* AscendedExtra: The Add-Ons go from being extra party members with no dialogue in OFF [[spoiler:to being the bosses of each Workforce, with Espilon in particular being the BigBad]].
31	* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:This is what happened to the Add-ons. They all ascended to heaven and became angels, taking on new forms and becoming the bosses of heaven's Workforces.]]
32	* AntiHero: The Batter Trio are all different degrees of anti-hero. The Batter himself is a NominalHero who basically just fights specters because it's his job as a purifier, at least until his CharacterDevelopment kicks in. Ghost Batter seems to be a BloodKnight who enjoys fighting specters for the hell of it, while Bad Batter is a SociopathicHero at best.
33	* AxeCrazy: Bad Batter. He's friendly enough normally, but he doesn't have any trouble killing random people who upset him, or eating people for no real reason.
34	* AWorldHalfFull: The world definitely has its problems, but as [[TravelingSalesman Celeste]] says, if the world didn't have problems, then what would be the point? [[spoiler:Earth being one of these is one of the BigBad's motivations.]]
35	* BagOfSpilling: Averted, in that you start out at level 22 with the highest level normal weapons you can get in the original game. It could also be seen as played straight since you lose the Add-Ons, though they immediately get replaced by Ghost Batter and Bad Batter.
36	* BerserkButton:
37	** [[RunningGag Bad Batter is a beautiful and graceful swan,]] not an ugly duck thing. Do not call him a duck. Especially do not ask him why he insists on being called a swan instead of a duck. Despite this, perhaps ironically, his VerbalTic is a monstrous-sounding quack and he quacks randomly when happy.
38	** Also, don't [[spoiler:talk about flying or falling in relation to Ghost Batter]].
39	* BigBad: E, aka [[spoiler:Epsilon, one of The Batter's former Add-Ons]], now the ruler of Heaven who wants to fuse it with Earth and [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill strip away everyone's free will]] in order to [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans create a utopia]].
40	* BittersweetEnding: In the True Ending, [[spoiler:after all is said and done, the Batter learns how to visit purgatory so he may see the Judge, only to find him clinically insane, obsessed with rebuilding the world he lived in (despite not having the power to do so), and not wanting anything to do with the Batter]].
41	* BloodierAndGorier: Especially from Workforce 2 onward.
42	* BookEnds: In the True Ending, [[spoiler:when Batter chooses to spare Espilon after defeating him, he walks around him to set the switch keeping heaven afloat to ON]].
43	* BreakingTheFourthWall:
44	** A few times, only from Squirure. The first time is inside his house where a [[spoiler:black screen appears and addresses the player with a huge, bright red '''You''']], and the second time happens near the end of the game, where he simply says [[spoiler:"Howdy there, Watcher. How do you do?"]].
45	** He also does it during the Fake Ending, [[WhatTheHellPlayer where he calls the player out]] for [[spoiler:making The Batter choose not to spare Espilon, since it goes completely against Batter's CharacterDevelopment up to this point]].
46	* CrapsackWorld: [[spoiler:Workforce 3. More obviously the prison, but the rest of the area isn't that much better. It's for similar reasons to Zone 3, though the FantasticDrug used here is actually [[BodyHorror way]] [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul worse]] than sugar.]]
47	* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: In Bad Batter's section of Workforce 1, you can't move on until you've eaten the group of Elsen who try to scold him for [[WhatTheHellHero tricking the Elsen guard into flipping a switch that releases a large incursion of specters into the area,]] just so Bad Batter can feel useful by purifying them. Fortunately, Ghost Batter hunts him down and punishes him for it once he finds out in his own section.
48	* CutsceneBoss: [[spoiler:[=KNO3=]. Although you can take her on proper as a boss late in the game.]]
49	* DeathIsCheap: For the residents of heaven, at least. Since they're already dead, they can't die again and will respawn if "killed". This doesn't make it any less unpleasant, and they really don't like it when this happens. This also doesn't stop Batter from being upset when [[spoiler:Celeste]] gets shot by [[spoiler:[=KNO3=]]].
50	* DeathSeeker: It becomes pretty clear by at least the NightmareSequence in Workforce 2 that [[spoiler:The Batter]] is one of these. This eventually culminates in the sequence of events described in DrivenToSuicide below and is driven home even harder by the entirety of ''[=InterExtraIntraAdd=]''. [[spoiler:He manages to overcome it after his near-death experience in the Science Factory, however.]]
51	* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:Omega.]] Which doesn't mean you don't still have to fight him. [[spoiler:Alpha is initially on board with Espilon's plan, but when he sees how the situation in Workforce 3 has deteriorated, he also defects.]]
52	* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: One of the major themes of the game is The Batter trying to figure out where to go from here now that his mission from the original game is complete.
53	* DownerEnding: The Fake ending, [[spoiler:which you get if Batter doesn't spare Espilon after the final battle]]. [[NightmareFuel And what an ending it is, too.]]
54	* DrivenToSuicide: Happens several times throughout the game. [[spoiler:It's how Black Batter became Ghost Batter, for one thing.]] [[spoiler:There's also an unnamed Elsen the Batter meets when he gets separated from the rest of the party in the Science Factory. He somehow notices that the Batter is also depressed and tries to talk him into a SuicidePact. At the very least, Batter gives in to his request to [[SuicideByCop put him out of his misery]], but it's unclear whether he actually intended to fulfill his side of the bargain. Though considering he just stands there and lets [=KNO3=] shoot him when she betrays the party not too long after that...]]
55	* FluffyCloudHeaven: The entrance looks like this, anyway. Beyond there, the Workforces look like fairly normal towns, though the Elsens living there all seem pretty happy and content with their lives. Specters still attack here sometimes, but the Elsens claim that the infestations are so small that they can usually handle them without a purifier's help. [[spoiler:Of course, this is an ''OFF'' fan game, so you know all isn't as it seems. Though most of the bad stuff is the fault of the villains mucking around with things.]]
56	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mr. A, Dr. O, E... [[spoiler:Aren't those similar to your Add-ons, Alpha, Omega and Epsilon?]]
57	* FreudianExcuse: The reason why Bad Batter acts out like he does is because [[spoiler:since his brother always tried to keep him from causing trouble when he was alive, he thinks he can bring his brother back if he's bad enough. Nevermind that his brother is, in fact, still around and trying to keep him out of trouble, because he refuses to acknowledge Ghost Batter as his brother]]. WordOfGod says he knows deep down that it doesn't work that way, but he doesn't want to admit it. [[spoiler:Of course, as a result, all he does is cause Ghost Batter more pain.]]
58	* FreudianTrio: Bad Batter as the Id, The Batter as the Ego, and Ghost Batter as the Superego.
59	* ImAHumanitarian: Bad Batter has a very bad habit of going around eating the Elsens when left to his own devices.
60	* InterfaceSpoiler: During the Batter's nightmare sequence in Workforce 2, Black Batter and White Batter's class is [[spoiler:Ghost and Duck]], respectively.
61	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ghost Batter may be a self-loathing asshole who curses like a sailor, and he and Bad Batter don't get along very well at all, but he is perfectly willing to stick his neck out for his companions when need be. [[spoiler:He also shows some concern for the Batter when Bad Batter and Ghost find him crying in the corridor. When KNO3 shot The Batter, Ghost was extremely upset by his death, up to the point where Bad points out that he cried "enough to make a puddle".]]
62	* MergingTheBranches: This actually seems to have happened with all three of the original game's endings. While mostly following the Batter ending, the extra scene from this game's true ending that you only see if you have the Rabbit card implies that the UFO Ending also occurred, and when Batter finally meets the Judge again, [[spoiler:he discovers that he's in Limbo due to having trapped himself in a delusion where the Judge ending happened. He thinks that he's still in the zones trying to rebuild them and mistakes Batter for a ghost haunting him]].
63	* MergedReality: [[spoiler:This is what Espilon wants to do to the planes of Heaven and Earth, out of the belief that doing so would create an Ultimate Paradise everyone could share.]]
64	* MindScrew
65	* MythologyGag: The 8 men on their Silver Spheres are, in fact, real. In fact, they're the first boss-type enemies. They're called Venholdendes.
66	* NothingIsScarier: During the Batter's nightmare sequence in Workforce 2, he encounters a knife in a room full of other Batters. Interacting with the knife simply give you a yes/no prompt with no question. Choosing no does nothing. Choosing [[{{Gorn}} yes]]...
67	* OnlyFriend: The Batter considers The Judge to be this to him.
68	* PleaseWakeUp: The Batter says this to [[spoiler:Celeste after [=KNO3=] shoots her]].
69	* RoomFullOfCrazy: Several areas throughout the game are like this, such as the hallways in Squirure's house, for some reason.
70	* ShoutOut: This game features several to ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'', the most obvious being Photographerelsen, who appears in each Workforce and will take pictures of the party. He even tells the party to "Say Fuzzy Pickles!" These pictures actually appear in your inventory and can be viewed.
71	** A random rant that Ghost Batter goes on at one point is [[http://isasapiensworks.tumblr.com/post/105822142486/this-thing-actually-partially-inspired-ghost a reference to a similar rant]] from ''WebComic/JerkCity'', which he even lampshades as he does it.
72	** One of the books in the library has child-like drawings of four cats. They look very similar to the main characters of another ''OFF'' fan game, ''VideoGame/HOME2013''.
73	** An Elsen in Workforce 2 mentions that he had a dream where everyone [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion fused together into orange soda]]. Another one asks you if [[{{Website/Tumblr}} you love the color of the sky]].
74	** After Black Batter [[spoiler:commits suicide, his cries for help briefly devolve into [[VideoGame/ChzoMythos "ithurtsithurtsithurts"]]]].
75	* ShowWithInAShow: Panic In Ballville makes a return with another issue that Ghost Batter can find in the library in his section of Workforce 1. [[spoiler:Its protagonist, Boxxer, later shows up to give Batter a pep talk during his NearDeathExperience at the Science Factory.]]
76	* ShowsDamage: The Elsens that Bad Batter hunts down in Workforce 1. As the battle goes by and they accumulate damage, their sprite becomes more and more injured, until the sprite shows them with their eyes gouged out, their mouths bloody, and their head cracked open.
77	* SuicideAsComedy: At one point, Ghost Batter jumps out a window as [[DisproportionateRetribution self-inflicted punishment]] after being caught yelling in the library in his solo section of Workforce 1, only to remember belatedly that as a ghost, he's already dead. [[spoiler:Of course, this is a whole lot less funny when we find out the truth about Ghost Batter's origins.]]
78	* SurrealHorror: Well, it's an ''OFF'' fangame. There were elements of this from the start, but [[spoiler:it doesn't really kick off until the NightmareSequence in [[WhamEpisode Workforce 2]]]].
79	* [[ThatThingIsNotMyChild That Thing Is Not My Brother!]]: This is how [[spoiler:Bad Batter]] feels about [[spoiler:Ghost Batter. Though the feeling isn't mutual]].
80	* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Ghost Batter and Bad Batter are actually the Batter's prototypes, created by mysterious unknown beings with Hugo's help, and were originally known as Black Batter and White Batter, respectively. They were also raised as brothers. On top of that, part of the process needed to create the Batter apparently required that one of them die while the other was turned into a monster. Black Batter chose to commit suicide so his brother wouldn't have to be the one to be killed.]] Also, we eventually find out the real objective of the Batter's mission in the original game. [[spoiler:Hugo ''wanted'' Batter to destroy the fake world he'd created with his powers and to [[ICannotSelfTerminate help him commit suicide.]]]]
81	* TooKinkyToTorture: The Elsen in the Prison, who seem to be under the effect of an unnamed FantasticDrug. They actually seem to enjoy being eaten by Bad Batter, to the point that he is clearly disturbed by it (though that doesn't stop him from eating them anyway).
82	* TranquilFury: The Batter to [[spoiler:[=KNO3=]]].
83	--> '''The Batter:''' The hate in me is overwhelming. You are a disgusting person.
84	* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: In addition to Bad Batter's antics, Ghost Batter can go around punching Elsens when wandering around in his solo sections.
85	* WhamEpisode: The NightmareSequence at the hotel in Workforce 2. [[spoiler:Not only do the SurrealHorror elements start to really kick in, but we find out the truth about Ghost Batter and Bad Batter's origins, as well as a bit more about our own Batter's own origins. Let's just say that Ghosty and Baddy being other versions of Batter is over-simplifying things.]] Though Workforce 2 as a whole counts, [[spoiler:since this is also where Omega tells the Batter Trio what's really going on with the Add-ons and why heaven has been sinking]]. Also, [[spoiler:[[FromBadToWorse demons start invading heaven along with the specters]]]].
86	* [[WhenSheSmiles When He Smiles]]: [[spoiler:In Workforce 4, The Batter finally smiles when talking to Boxxer.]]

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