Line #79 Videogame/Microvolts


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3	"Microvolts", known in Korean as H.A.V.E. Online and in Japanese as Toy Wars, is a 2010 online third person shooter that has you playing as one of 4 robotic toys that have become sentient, and fights using seven different weapons at once: a melee weapon, a rifle, a shotgun, a sniper weapon, a gatling gun, a bazooka, and a grenade launcher. It was initially compared to Team Fortress 2, but ultimately proved to be a little different. since gains a small dedicated fanbase, and even became accessable on STEAM in July 2012. It has since been renamed Microvolts Surge, and has expanded it's roster of playable characters. Currently, there are 9 playable characters: [[CuteAndPsycho Noami]], [[LovableCoward Knox]], [[TheUnintelligible C.H.I.P.]], [[{{Goth}} Pandora]], [[TricksterArchetype Kai]], [[CannotTellFictionFromReality Amelia]], [[{{Cyberpunk}} Simon]], [[SoulBrotha $harkill Khan]], and [[ReligiousBruiser Sophitia]]. Full backstory on the world and characters can be found on the main website and in the character selection stage.
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6	!!Tropes associated with Microvolts are:
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8	* AddressingThePlayer: Commander Chrac tells the player directly which buttons to press during the tutorial.
9	* AIIsACrapshoot: The robot invasion and Boss modes.
10	* AllegedlyFreeGame: Entirely possible to play without spending money, including the rare chance of earning coupons needed to buy the best weapons, but better armor's going to cost you. Luckily, most things don't cost too much, and many things can only be owned for a short amount of time.
11	* AlienBlood: Blue, presumably for battery acid.
12	* AllThereInTheManual: The full backstory and character info. is on the website and character selection stage.
13	* AlwaysNight: The [[MedievalStasis "Castle"]],[[OntologicalMystery "Hobby Shop", "House Top"]], [[AdventureTowns "Neighborhood"]], [[CelebrityParadox "Bit Map", "Bit Map 2"]], [[RemilitarizedZone "Battle Mine"]], [[MilitaryAcademy "Academy",]] [[TraintopBattle "Cargo"]], [[AmusementParkOfDoom Magic Paper Land"]], [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "PVC Factory (Night)"]], [[WackyLand "The Studio"]], [[PortTown "Model Ship"]], and [[BandLand "Rock Band Club"]] maps.
14	* AnimalMotif: Pandora with [[CatGirl cats]], Naomi with [[PlayboyBunny bunnies]], Knox with hippos.
15	* ArchEnemy: Pandora and Noami don't get along.
16	* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: The tracker boss is several times bigger than the toys are.
17	* BlandNameProduct: Pandora is a [[ElegantGothicLolita "Goth Lori"]] doll. Averted with Naomi, who's clearly described as being a [[BrandNameTakeover Barbie doll, along with the blatant Duracell battery in the Microgun]].
18	* BribingYourWayToVictory: Subverted. You may be able to buy better costumes and weapons, but the better costumes only grant extra experience points, while the better weapons seldom last long. Plus, the best weapons and accessories are actual behind a third type of currency that only the most skilled and lucky can get.
19	* CannotTellFictionFromReality: Amelia thinks it's her destiny to save mankind. It's not.
20	* CaptainErsatz: The game itself is a cosmetic one to ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''. Also, Simon may be one to Franchise/RoboCop.
21	* CastOfSnowflakes: They all may play the same, but they sure don't look the same.
22	* CatGirl: Some of Pandora's parts.
23	* ChoiceOfTwoWeapons: Simon and Amelia can start off with a whole set of varying weapons.
24	* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Only way to increase character stats are to buy toy parts, each of which will enhance one of two character stats.
25	* CompetitiveBalance: Most parts let you choose whether to increase [[MightyGlacier defense/health]], or [[FragileSpeedster speed]].Also, each toy has a specific stat boost attached at base.
26	* TheConspiracy: "The Company" killed the Awesome Guy for making the toys.
27	* CoolOldGuy: [[PosthumousCharacter The awesome guy.]]
28	* {{Crossover}}: [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Haruhi and Nagato]] are playable character in the Japanese "Toy Wars" version, while Sharknife is an unlockable skin in the US "Microvolts"
29	* CuteAndPsycho: Noami. She may be adorable, but let's just say, she wastes no time showing why the [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]] is her favorite melee weapon.
30	* CyberPunk: Simon had most his body replaced with a mechanical suit, much like Franchise/RoboCop.
31	* DoesNotLikeMen: Pandora.
32	* DoubleJump: While wielding melee weapons.
33	* DubNameChange: "Toy Wars" in Japan, "Microvolts" in the U.S., and "H.A.V.E. Online" in Korea. Also, Kai/ Yamato.
34	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: For the Western version; the leveling system was lower capped and barred certain clothes and weapons to higher levels (now leveling only determines rank and skill, with a much higher level cap), the tutorial was mandatory (now it's optional, but rewards you with important items), fewer modes levels were available, and the tracker boss fight used to be free (now you need a ticket to fight it). Also, there were only four characters, two of which had to be bought (now there's 9, four of which have to be bought).
35	* EasilyDetachableRobotParts: C.H.I.P. is a [[MixAndMatchMan Mix-And-Match robot]], with parts randomly made from other things. His base body is made from a stikfas figure, the upper half of a beer can, some metal or tape, old batteries, and a bottle cap. Purchasable parts are made from everything from normal toy parts to rubix cubes, alarm clocks, a frying pan, a computer mouse, and Lego Bricks.
36	* EndlessDaytime: The [[ShipLevel "Toy Fleet"]], [[ChessMotifs "Chess"]], [[EternalEngine "PVC Factory"]], [[DownInTheDumps "Forgotten Junk Yard"]], [[TheWildWest "Wild West"]], [[ToyTime "Rumpus Room Romp"]], [[PalmtreePanic "Beach"]], and [[GreenHillZone "Toy Garden"]] maps.
37	* EquipmentUpgrade: Parts and weapons can be upgraded to [[LevelCap level 5]] to improve their stats. In the case of Weapons, you can choose what gets upgraded. [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority Upgrading a weapon enough also changes its color.]]
38	* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: unlike the Boss and robot invasion modes, not much explanation is given as to why there's a zombie mode.
39	* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Robots, zombies, robotic monsters, and each other.
40	* ExperiencePoints: Used to earned a rank level, though it used to also earn you unlockable costumes before they all stopped being level-locked.
41	* FanDisservice: Knox's speedo parts.
42	* {{Fanservice}}: Too many parts to account for.
43	* FieryRedHead: A lot of Pandora's hair parts are red or pink. She's also the most temperamental.
44	* FireIceLightning: The only StatusEffects in the game.
45	* ForcedTutorial: It used to be, at least.
46	* FreudianExcuse: Pandora hates men because of a neglectful owner.
47	* FunWithAcronyms: H.A.V.E. Online and C.H.I.P.
48	* GameplayAndStorySegregation: See informed flaw, below.
49	* GenreDeconstruction: Of Online shooters. A large reason for the wars is because toys were becoming sentient too fast, leading to overpopulation and scare resources. Likewise, the reason for the robot and zombie fighting modes are due to the Company trying to capture them.
50	* {{Goth}}: Pandora is described as a "Gothic beauty".
51	* HollywoodDensity: While it makes sense for the melee weapons to grant a run speed boost, it makes a lot less sense for the Gatling guns to.
52	* HyperspaceArsenal: Your character carries a melee weapon, a rifle, a shotgun, a sniper rifle, a Gatling gun, a bazooka, and a grenade launcher all at the same time, pulling them out of nowhere.
53	* InformedFlaw: The C.H.I.P. supposedly [[TheUnintelligible can't speak properly, due to a broken voice chip]], while Pandora is claimed to [[DoesNotLikeMen hate men]], [[FreudianExcuse thanks to a neglectful owner]]. Neither show up in-game.
54	* ItsUpToYou: The one player "[[RobotWar Robot Invasion]]" mode, and the one to four player "[[BossBattle Boss Fight]]" Mode.
55	* JustifiedTutorial: Boot camp for your figure, [[AddressingThePlayer while you're directly told what to press when.]]
56	* {{Keet}}: C.H.I.P.
57	* LEGOBodyParts: C.H.I.P. has some [[LiteralMetaphor literal Lego body parts.]] Averted elsewhere; every toy has their own distant body types, making it impossible to exchangle body parts between them.
58	* LovableCoward: Knox, though he tries not to show it.
59	* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Naomi and Pandora. Not that either are inherently good.
60	* LuckBasedMission: Mystery capsules and capsule machines. Mystery capsules because you can get [[MysteryBox virtually anything from them]], including more capsules, or the elusive coupons needed to buy the best gear in the game. Capsule machines because you'll randomly get a part, with random stats and availability duration.
61	* LudicrousGibs: Certain bazooka and grenade launcher deaths. Less so for the rest of the weapons.
62	* LuckyCharmsTitle: $harkill Khan's name.
63	* LowestCommonDenominator: In-universe; the reason why $harkill Khan was manufactured.
64	* {{Masquerade}}: The toys fight where humans can't see them, usually in both abandoned locales [[AlwaysNight and at night.]] [[UnmasquedWorld Too bad John, a regular guy, finds out....]]
65	* MacroZone: Nearly the entire game, due to the characters being [[LivingToys robotic toys]]. One of the few exceptions are the Academy and Toy Gardens levels.
66	* MoreDakka: The Gatling Guns.
67	* MsFanservice: Every female to a degree, but none better than Pandora.
68	* MyLittlePanzer
69	* NewcomerSavesTheDay: When the prototypes go missing right after The Awesome Guy's death, Commander Crac [[IWillFindYou tries to find them]], only to be rescued from battery depletion by them.
70	* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[DubNameChange Kai/Yamato]].
71	* OntologicalMystery: Several maps clearly show signs that humans exist in this world, yet they are mysteriously absent,and the maps are ofyen closed off with no known way of getting in WITHOUT human help. Special mention goes to the "House Top", "Hobby Shop", and "Neighborhood" maps.
72	* OurElvesAreDifferent: Amelia.
73	* PALBonus: Different versions of the game got different perks. The Japanese "Toy Wars" version got [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Haruhi and Nagato]] as playable characters and a different backstory, while the korean "H.A.V.E. Online" version let's you play and Commander Crac instead of C.H.I.P., and the US "Microvolts" version has an unlockable skin of the Rock Hippo mascot and of Sharknife.
74	* PerpetualFrowner[=/=]PerpetualSmiler: The toys show the same expressions one their face as one their parts image, no matter what they say. Subverted with Amelia, Kai, and Pandora, who all have a purchasable "emotions chest", allowing them to emote their feelings.
75	* PlayboyBunny: Some of Naomi's parts.
76	* ProperlyParanoid: [[SlidingScaleOfLivingToys John]] and [[EverythingTryingToKillYou Knox]]
77	* QuickMelee: Melee weapons grant double jump and can one-hit enemies.
78	* RecruitmentByRescue: Inverted. It's the rescuers who got recruited to war, not the rescued.
79	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Pandora's basic face design.
80	* ReligiousBruiser: Sophitia is a [[BadassPreacher priestess]], but she still fights the same as everyone else.
81	* RescueIntroduction: How Commander Crac got properly introduced to the characters in the [[http://microvolts.com/guide/story story page of the website.]]
82	* RevenueEnhancingDevices: The capsule machines. Luckily, you can get some really rare parts with good stats out of them.
83	* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: C.H.I.P.
84	* ShortRangeShotgun: Still usable from a distance, but still a one-hit K.O. at point blank.
85	* ShoutOut:
86	** Simon is possibly one to [[Film/RoboCop1987 RoboCop]].
87	** One of the pirate themed weapons have the item description of [[Series/LazyTown "Do what you want, 'cause a pirate is free!]] [[MemeticMutation You. Are. a pirate!"]]
88	** C.H.I.P. is one to [[http://stikshop.alt-world.com/stikfas.htm stikfas toy figures.]]
89	* SlidingScaleOfLivingToys: There are regular, inactive toys, there's the living ones the player controls, and then there are just toys. Only John is aware of the living ones, at first.
90	* SoulBrotha: $harkill Khan, who's in-story reason for being created was to appeal to western audiences.
91	* SprintShoes: A possible stat boost from armor. Also, you gain a run speed boost from using either your melee weapon or [[HollywoodDensity (somehow)]] Gatling gun.
92	* TheStoic: One of Pandora's purchasable face parts is the [[StraightMan "Straight Face"]] part, which is described as never showing emotion.
93	* {{Stripperiffic}}: Pandora, most of the time.
94	* TakeThatAudience: At the end of their what happens next? Series of videos, [[spoiler: C.H.I.P. gets ban kicked for "coarse language", mocking [[{{Scrub}} players who ban kick others from server rooms for being too good]].]]
95	* ThirdPersonSeductress: The females can be quite pleasing on the eyes. Bonus points for being customizable.
96	* UnmasquedWorld: John was just some person who discovered that the toys are alive. Luckily for him, he manages to prove this.
97	* {{Wutai}}: Some of Kai's parts. Justified, as he was the only one made in a far eastern toy company.

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