History VideoGame / Amorphous

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not related to]] Music/{{Amorphis}}.

** A Razor Queen's larvae are a "needle grenade" version. Unlike the others that require contact, they are triggered by proximity. They do take some time to detonate, so you can either run away or disarm them by killing them before they explode.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Razor Queens have the abilities of several different enemies, including Biters, Queens, Sharps, Clutters, and Horrors, making them real {{True Final Boss}}es.

%%* ArmorIsUseless: Averted.
** The Reactive Armor doesn't advertise the fact, but it can deflect several kinds of attacks that would ordinarily be lethal. The [[DemonicSpiders Gray's]] [[CombatTentacles tendril lance]] will bounce off, as will the [[TrueFinalBoss Razor Queen's]] spike attack. It also protects against fire. It will explode if you are hit by something that will absolutely be fatal, such as the Biter's lunge. Played straight with some attacks that the armor offers no protection against, such as a Grinder rolling over you, Meltie acid, or the [[BossInMookClothing Void Eater's]] disintegration ray.
** The Hazard Suit protects you from acid, sticky goo, and ink, sure, but did you know it also counters blinding by ink, baby Clutters, and Void Eater's attraction power?

* HarmlessFreezing: If a Frostie hits you, you get temporarily frozen and can't do squat. Thankfully, you can move the mouse up and down to free yourself faster. If you're hit by anything (save for Stickie slime) when you're frozen, you die.

** Torchies are lit on fire.

* MightyGlacier: Grinders, which are large and not ''that'' fast, but take five hits to kill, are immune to the sword onless their shell is cracked by something else ([[spoiler:unless you have the Razor Glaive]]), and can even survive [[DisintegratorRay Disintegration Rays]].

* TrainingFromHell: In training mode, you can decide what Glooples to fight, choosing from any species you've faced before. Meaning you can go up against a Queen, a [[EldritchAbomination Void Eater]], a [[BossInMookClothing Horror]], an Amalgam, and more all at once.

* ArmorIsUseless: Averted.

In 2013, Music/{{Brainwave}} made a (mostly) Music/{{Ambient}} album based off the game. You can listen to that [[http://brainwave1.bandcamp.com/album/amorphous here]]

* StandardStatusEffects: Most of which apply to both the player and Glooples.

** Gray (Guess what color, and has useless spikes). Becomes invincible in response to attacks, going up to it gives you the same fate as an Oozle. Can shape its body into a spear to impale you with (this is also the only window of opportunity to hit it), also takes three hits to kill. Formed with a Gloople and an Oozle.

* SingleStrokeBattle: This is one of the few ways to kill the Queen. Problematic in that you are slow and have one sword, and she is very fast and has two swordlimbs. Thankfully, the Autoturret and the Grenade can and will make short work of her, as will her attacks breaking your reactive armor. '''Un'''fortunately, if you want the achievement for killing her, you '''must''' beat her with your sword.

The game features a lisenced soundtrack by [[Creator/JonahDempcy Revolution Void]].

* GlassCannon: Queens are arguably this. While they are extremely fast and can kill you easily, they die in one hit. Then again, landing that hit can still be very difficult, since they can parry or dodge all of your attacks and are only vulnerable for a split-second while lunging.
** Void Eaters are a straighter example, as they are one of the most deadly Glooples — see BossInMookClothing, above. They do, however, die in one hit. Like Queens, though, actually getting that hit in can be pretty difficult. (The window of opportunity is much larger, however.)
*** You can only hit them when they are charging up for or executing their disintegration ray. Try to so much as approach them at any other time, and you ''will'' be [[LudicrousGibs blasted into little pieces]] by their shockwave attack.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not related to]] {{Music/Amorphis}}.

* Gloople (green). [[TheGoomba Basic enemies]] that [[HarmlessEnemy can't kill you but stun you if they bump you]]. They can fuse together to form worse enemies.

* FusionDance: Green Glooples can combine into the larger, tougher, deadlier Oozle, which can then absorb additional Green Glooples to evolve two more times (first into the armored Gray and then into the [[PersonOfMassDestruction blob of mass destruction]] Void Eater). [[spoiler:Biters can also do this, and the abomination they form is probably the hardest enemy in the game apart from the queens.]]

** [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Void Eater]] (deep purple). Has six spider-like legs. Only has one health, but constantly emits explosive pulses that level anything around it and handily outrange your sword, making a normal approach impossible. Can become a mini black hole itself (causing an explosion whenever anything gets nearby). Its deadliest attack is a gravity beam which sucks in everything and destroys anything short of a Grinder, which is also the only window of opportunity to hit it safely. Formed with a Gloople and a Gray.

* Biter (blue). Has teeth, can lunge at you then kill you. Often comes in groups. Mascot of the game.
** Horror (blue). Looks like a giant sphere with two rings of teeth, normally invulnerable. Typical method of attack consists of chasing you to shred you. Can fling off a ring of teeth that impale you and also mutate other glooples into biters, and can send four small razor-edged disks after you, leaving its core vulnerable. Formed with two biters.
* Clutter (purple). Runs away from you. Can shoot baby clutters at you that slow you down, when they detach they can grow up into mature Clutters if left untouched. Also spawns some more babies upon death.

* Fuzzle (tan with brown fur). Takes three hits to kill, and can regenerate after two hits if you take too long. Lunges at you to tear out your heart like biters, but thankfully cannot glom together.
* Grinder (gray exterior, orange interior). It's an enormous rolling boulder (technically an ooze that has amassed rocks on its outside membrane). It can squash you with ease, and is extremely tough. It takes cataclysmic damage just to crack the outer shell (such as an explosion, Meltie acid, or collision with another Grinder), and even then it takes quite a few sword swipes to finish it.
* Torchie (brown). Lights you and other oozes on fire and leaves a trail of small, harmless flames that can be stepped on to extinguish. If you kill it ''while'' it is on fire, you die in an explosion. Can be put out with stickie goo or acid, and it'll go out on its own after a while. However, if it touches a flame from its trail, it lights up again. While blazing, it can light pools of Inkie ink on fire, and will violently explode if it collides with an Inkie (same as if destroyed).

* Queen (red). Can slash you with two claws. Will parry all attacks with her claws, except during a split second mid-lunge, but has only one health. Spawns harmless larva which can be killed by anything (even by stepping on them!), but can infect Glooples, if the Queen dies while an infected Gloople is on screen, it will mutate into a new Queen. Found near the end of the nest.

* AcidPool: Melties leave a temporary one behind when killed. This can kill other glooples ([[RequiredSecondaryPowers except their own kind]]), and if the player steps in without a Hazmat Suit they will get StrippedToTheBone.

** Stickies, Melties and Inkies. Their entire purpose is to collide with you and release a harmful payload. Inkies also explode on contact with fire.

** The Hazard Suit protects you from acid, sticky goo and ink, sure, but did you know it also counters blinding by ink, baby Clutters and Void Eater's attraction power?
* {{BFS}}: Your weapon, the [[{{BFS}} Splatmaster3000]] [[spoiler:and the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Razor Glaive]].]]

** The Horror, ''THE HORROR!!!'' These guys are created in a (thankfully) rare occurrence when two [[GoddamnedBats Biters]] fuse together. They are invulnerable to your regular attack while spinning, and will kill you if you so much as to brush against them while they chase after you. They have three attacks:
*** Spinning into you, which instantly kills you (unless you have reactive armor, then it just bounces off... destroying the reactive armor in the process.)

*** The third attack involves an ominous darkening of the screen while it [[SuckingInLines sucks in lines]]. It then fires out a black DisintegratorRay forward. Unfortunately, you're drawn towards the ray when it is fired, and the pull is significantly stronger than that of attack 2. Getting hit by the ray is an instant death, of course. This is, however, probably the best chance to defeat it, as you can get up close to it without risking being hit by attack 1.
*** Of special note is the fact that the Void Eater's megadestructive nature renders it capable of ''killing everything in the nest'' -- up to and including the TrueFinalBoss, should you ever be unlucky enough to face both it and the Void Eater at the same time. Only Grinders can kill a Void Eater and survive themselves.

** Each type of Gloople can interact with you AND other Glooples in different ways. For example, Stickie Goo will slow you and most weaker Glooples down, make you immune to burning, put out Torchie fires, and gum up the mouths of Biters and Fuzzles, preventing them from attacking.

** Inkies also all die when they collide with anything or take a single hit, and are faster than the average Gloople). They leave behind a nasty substance when they die, which can be quite hazardous for you (and most of the other Glooples).
** Biters have a fast lunge that gets you more often than you think, but they too die in one hit. [[LightningBruiser Fuzzles]] on the other hand...

** Void Eaters are a straighter example, as they are one of the most deadly Glooples -- see BossInMookClothing, above. They do, however, die in one hit. Like Queens, though, actually getting that hit in can be pretty difficult. (The window of opportunity is much larger, however.)

* HarmlessEnemy: Green Glooples cannot kill you, and if they do bump into you they stun you for a very short while. Notably, this counts as a form of harm and still disqualifies you from getting the "Badass" achievement.

* HopelessBossFight: Inverted, no matter what the Queen does, fighting a Player with Reactive armor is literally HeadsIWinTailsYouLose. Heads, the player wins and one-shots the queen, tails the queen lands a hit instead, and the reactive armor explodes, nullifying the attack and killing the queen. Of course, you need to win to get any achievements.

* InfinityPlusOneSword: [[spoiler:The Razor Glaive; it does triple the damage, has superior reach, and can can break the defenses of most normal Glooples. However, it's quite heavy, so wielding it slows you down a bit.]]
** On the other hand, in order to get aforementioned InfinityPlusOneSword, [[spoiler:you have to beat the monstrous Razor Queen in single combat. The Razor Queen is a ludicrously huge, mutated Queen that's five times tougher and has an annoying habit of being vulnerable only in front -- which is also where its huge claws are.]]

* InstantDeathRadius: Literally in the case of Void Eaters -- if you get too close, they create a shockwave, killing you instantly. (Its radius is greater than your sword's reach too, unless you have the [[spoiler:Razor Glaive, which is slightly larger than your starting sword.]])

* KillItWithFire: Torchies. Touching one sans armor will set you on fire, which causes your character to flail around somewhat randomly and will kill you if you don't put it out wit Stickie goo or a Frostie. Trying to kill it while it's on fire will cause it to explode, killing you instantly.

* SpikeShooter: The Horror can launch its teeth in eight directions, which also mutate most Glooples (strangely, this includes even [[spoiler: the Razor Queen]]) into Biters. The [[spoiler: Razor Queen]] is just full of these kinds of attacks: she shoots spike balls that lodge in the ground, large spikes to impale you, moving spike balls that act as proximity bombs, and a TunnelKing living spike that only emerges to attack.
* SpinToDeflectStuff: Horrors use this -- in fact, the only time you can hurt it is when it isn't spinning!

* StickySituation: Stepping into Stickie goo will cause a player to get covered in it, making them much slower. It does however give insulation against fire and ice. Most other Glooples themselves are not immune, but Biters and Fuzzles get hit the worst as they become completely unable to attack when stuck in the goo.

*** It's the same deal with the [[spoiler:Razor Queen, though the tactic is slightly different - you can't get them from the front, you must avoid the charge, flank them, slice them and run away before the massive claws get you. A Razor Queen is actually somewhat easier to slash than a normal Queen, the window of opportunity being bigger... but then they have five hitpoints as opposed to a normal Queen's one. And much nastier moves.]]

* TrainingFromHell: In training mode you can decide what Glooples to fight choosing from any species you've faced before. Meaning you can go up against a Queen, a [[EldritchAbomination Void Eater]], a [[BossInMookClothing Horror]], an Amalgam and more all at once.

* WakeUpCallBoss: The first time a player runs into a Grinder, he's probably going to realize that some Glooples may need more inventive means to kill that just slashing it with your sword.

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'''Tropes used for this game:'''

* Gloople (green). [{TheGoomba Basic enemies]] that [[HarmlessEnemy can't kill you but stun you if they bump you]]. They can fuse together to form worse enemies.

* Gloople (green). Basic enemies that can't kill you but stun you if they bump you. They can fuse together to form worse enemies.

* AchievementMockery: Yes, you get awards for dying multiple times and also for [[TheManyDeathsOfYou dying in multiple ways]]. Then again, it's [[NintendoHard pretty much to be expected]]...

** And it's the only way to get OneHundredPercentCompletion -- to get all the reward keys, you'll ''need'' to get these dubious awards.

[[IThoughtItMeant Not related to]] {{Music/Amorphis}}.

* MedalOfDishonor: Yes, you get awards for dying multiple times and also for [[TheManyDeathsOfYou dying in multiple ways]]. Then again, it's [[NintendoHard pretty much to be expected]]...

** Averted with the Fuzzle, which falls under FluffyTheTerrible.

** Sticky, which makes you and Glooples slow (but fireproof and freezeproof) until it wears off. Biters and Fuzzles affected by this cannot attack.

* AcidPool: Melties leave a temporary one behind when killed. This can kill other glooples, and if they player steps in without a Hazmat Suit they will get StrippedToTheBone.

* NoDamageRun: You can only get the "{{Badass}}" achievement if you don't screw up in a run. This means '''not getting harmed at all''', which includes less harmful stuff like being bumped by Glooples, Clutter shots, or Stickie slime.

* {{BFS}}: Your weapon, the Splatmaster3000 [[spoiler:and the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Razor Glaive]].]]

** Horrors are kind of like this; they die in one hit, though you can only land that hit when they break into pieces to launch spiked disks at you. Don't think you'll be able to put enough distance between yourself and it to provoke its spinning-disk attack without going to a ''lot'' of trouble to do so.