History VideoGame / BuckshotRoulette

* NobleDemon: The demonic dealer is nice enough that it will have its assistant on the outside defibrillate you back to life if you lose in the first two rounds, then simply welcomes you back to the table for another round. There's nothing that suggests you are forced to participate either, as you have to willingly sign a release of liability to play in the first place.

* AffablyEvil: The demonic entity playing against you is nothing but polite, even as you repeatedly shoot it in the face. All it wants is to play a fair game with you that just so happens to be deadly. The Dealer is even nice enough to handcuff itself if you choose to use the handcuffs on it.

* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Your reward for winning the final round. The exact amount you get varies depending on how you play, but it's usually around 60.000 dollars. You also get to keep the shotgun.

* DeadlyGame: It ''is'' russian roulette after all, but it is possible that your character could simply decide to leave upon being resuscitated after losing the first two rounds. [[spoiler:All bets are off on the final round though, which can only end with one of you dying]].

* FairPlayVillain: The dealer enjoys playing a game that ends with the participants killing each other, but it is entirely up-front and honest with the terms and rules. It personally follows the rules it has established and both parties have an equal chance of winning.

** The "blanks" would more accurately be described as dummy rounds, not blanks. A real blank would contain propellant but no shot, and would still blow your face off if you shot yourself in the face with it.
* MagicalDefibrillator: Considering you are playing with a demon, it might as well ''be'' magic that it can somehow revive you from being shot in the face with a ''shotgun''. [[spoiler: Your respective power lines get cut if you take too much damage in the final round, to emphasize that the next shot will be fatal]].

* AffablyEvil: The demonic entity playing against you is nothing but polite, even as you repeatedly shoot it in the face. All it wants is to play a fair game with you that just so happens to be deadly.

* ThePearlyGates: [[spoiler:A particularly unfriendly-looking version. If you die in the final round, neither the dealer nor the doctor will not revive you again and you will wake up in front of the gates of what appears to be a foggy forest made out of giant spikes. It's not clear if this is supposed to be Heaven, Hell or neither of them.]]

* DeadlyGame: It ''is'' russian roulette after all, but it is possible that your character could simply decide to leave upon being resuscitated after losing the first to rounds. [[spoiler:All bets are off on the final round though, which can only end with one of you dying]].

* GunsDoNotWorkThatWay: Although the game's depiction of the pump-action shotgun is mostly accurate, if the Dealer loses his last life in any round by shooting himself the shell will be ejected on its own, presumably because there isn't any space where it would make sense to include an animation of the dealer cycling the gun after they've just been shot.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Getting a face full of buckshot only makes you lose one or two points, then you get immediately revived. Even if you lose a match, you're revived anyway and you can just play another match. [[spoiler:Except on the final match: if your charge meter drops too low, your defibrillator will have its power cut, meaning that if you get shot again, you will die]].

* ThePearlyGates: [[spoiler:A particularly unfriendly-looking version. If you die in the final round, the dealer will not revive you again and you will wake up in front of the gates of what appears to be a foggy forest made out of giant spikes. It's not clear if this is supposed to be Heaven, Hell or neither of them.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: If you win the game and get the $70,000, the player drives off into the night. The music sounds slightly melancholic, as if they character is reflecting on whether it was worth it or not.]]

* ArtificialStupidity: That being said, the dealer is also sometimes prone to some questionable choices, like shooting itself instead of you when it should know through basic counting that the last shell is a live one.

* PlayerExclusiveMechanic: If you have two handcuffs, you can use one and then use both turns to empty the shotgun. You will get another turn after the reload and can use the second handcuff to get yet another, for a total of four turns in a row.

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:The entity stays down after you win the final round, having cut off its own life support to raise the stakes. Your prize money is given to you by a machine, but the fact that two ominous red lights briefly glow in the darkness before the suitcase appears suggest that it is still alive.]]

* PointOfONoContinues: [[spoiler:If either player's number of charges gets to two or lower in the final round, the power lines connecting them to the MagicalDefibrillator are cut, meaning that receiving another shot will kill them.]]

* OutOfContinues: [[spoiler:If either player's number of charges gets to two or lower in the final round, the power lines connecting them to the MagicalDefibrillator are cut, meaning that receiving another shot will kill them.]]

* ArtificialStupidity: That being said, the dealer is also sometimes prone to some questionable choices, like shooting itself instead of you when it should know through basic counting that the last bullet is a live one.
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Being shot in the face with a shotgun at point-blank (or two meter) range would result in [[YourHeadAsplode your head splitting into pieces]]. No defibrillator or blood transfusion could save you from that.

* SawnOffShotgun: The handsaw item allows both players to saw off the barrel of the shotgun to deal two damage instead of just one.

* CigaretteOfAnxiety: One of the items from the second round onwards is a pack of cigarettes. You can use it to "take the edge off" and regain one health point. You can still smoke if your defibrillator is cut off in the final round, though it no longer serves a practical purpose.

* DeadlyGame: It ''is'' russian roulette after all, but it is possible that your character could simply decide to leave upon being resuscitated after losing the first to rounds. All bets are off on the final round though, which can only end with one of you dying.

* GodIsDead: During the second time you take out your items in the second round, [[spoiler:you accidentally pull out a [[BloodStainedLetter bloody release of liability]] signed with the name "God", suggesting that God Himself decided to play the game with the demon and lost]].[[note]][[DevelopersForesight The game also prevents you from inputting that name at the start]].[[/note]]
* MagicalDefibrillator: Considering you are playing with a demon, it might as well ''be'' magic that it can somehow revive you from being shot in the face with a ''shotgun''. Your respective power lines get cut if you take too much damage in the final round, to emphasize that the next shot will be fatal.

* PlayerExclusiveMechanic: If you have two Handcuffs, you can use one, and then use both turns to empty the shotgun. After the reload, you will get another turn, and you can use the second Handcuff to get yet another, for a total of four turns in a row.
* ThePearlyGates: A particularly unfriendly-looking version. If you die in the final round, the dealer will not revive you again and you will wake up in front of the gates of what appears to be a foggy forest made out of giant spikes. It's not clear if this is supposed to be Heaven, Hell or neither of them.

* RuleOfFunny: The Magnifying Glass item allows you to check what round is currently in the shotgun's chamber. When you use the glass, you smash it on the table, then you just grab the shotgun and check it. When the Dealer uses the glass, they smash it... and then look through the remains to check the shotgun from a distance, ''somehow'' achieving the same effect.

** The amount and type of shells varies randomly every time the shotgun is reloaded. The Dealer will always give you the first turn after each reload.

* SawnOffShotgun: The Handsaw item allows both players to saw off the barrel of the shotgun to deal two damage instead of just one.

* SmashToBlack: Every time you get shot, the screen abruptly cuts to black and goes dead silent just after the shotgun flashes. You are then brought back to life with a defibrillator [[ThePearlyGates or wake up at the gates to the afterlife]].
* UncertainDoom: The entity stays down after you win the final round, having cut off its own life support to raise the stakes. Your prize money is given to you by a machine, but the fact that two ominous red lights briefly glow in the darkness before the suitcase appears suggest that it is still alive.

* RussianRoulette: The entire premise of the game, though here it is played with a shotgun instead of the traditional revolver. There are several difference compared to the normal rules:

* RussianRoulette: The entire premise of the game, though here it is played with a shotgun instead of the traditional revolver.
There are several difference compared to the normal rules:

* DeveloperForesight: When signing the "General Release of Liability" document at the start, you cannot input "DEALER", since it would cause confusion with the actual dealer. [[spoiler:You also cannot input "GOD", possibly for the same reason]].

* DiegeticSwitch: When you walk from the starting bathroom into the upper hall of the night club, you can see the lights and music pulsing in the active pit below. After entering the game room, the now muffled music can still be heard beyond the walls, now serving as the background music for your little game.
* ExtraTurn: There are two ways of getting another turn: Shooting yourself with a blank or using the handcuffs, which will force your opponent to skip theirs.

* GodIsDead: During the second time you take out your items in the second round, you accidentally pull out a [[BloodStainedLetter bloody release of liability]] signed with the name "God", suggesting that God Himself decided to play the game with the demon and lost.[[note]][[DevelopersForesight The game also prevents you from calling yourself God at the start]].[[/note]]

* SawnOffShotgun: The handsaw item allows both players to saw off the barrel of the shotgun to deal two damage instead of just one.

* GodIsDead: During the second time you take out your items in the second round, you accidentally pull out a [[BloodStainedLetter bloody release of liability]] signed with the name "God", suggesting that God Himself decided to play the game with the demon and lost.[[note]]The game also prevents you from calling yourself God at the start.[[/note]]

* ArtificialBrilliance:

* UncertainDoom: The entity stays down after you win the final round, having cut off its own life support to raise the stakes. Your prize money is given to you by a machine, but the fact that two ominous red lights briefly glow in the darkness before the suitcase appears suggest that it is still alive.