History VideoGame / Bujingai

''Bujingai'' ([[TheForeignSubtitle subtitled]] ''Swordmaster'' in Europe and ''The Forsaken City'' in the U.S.) is a 2003 HackAndSlash game for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 by Creator/{{Taito}} and Creator/RedEntertainment, based on {{Wuxia}} and set mostly in a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] world occupied by demons. Its main character, Lao, is based on, is voiced by and uses motion capture of Creator/{{Gackt}}, who also helped write the storyline.

* BoringButPractical: Your first spell, Gouenken, is a basic fireball projectile that can take out most common enemies in two hits and the weakest in one. It's also the best way to beat Malron of Venom, the giant spider boss who constantly summons smaller spiders to attack for magic energy and has a spin attack that makes engaging it in close combat suicide.

* BoringButPractical: Your first spell, Gouenken, is a basic fireball projectile that can take out most common enemies in two hits and the weakest in one.

%% * TheChick: Yohfa.

[[quoteright:342:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Bujingai_The_Forsaken_City_1977.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:342:Creator/{{Gackt}}, looking even less [[RealityIsUnrealistic life-like]] than usual.]]

* GainaxEnding: Lao beats Rei, but [[spoiler:the latter pulls a NotQuiteDead moment and sends Lao into space...followed by the intro video]]. [[MindScrew Interpret ''that''!]]

An interesting side note: This is one of the games that [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} ZUN]] worked on during his nebulous 'day job' as a programmer.

%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * ArrogantKungFuGuy: Rei.

* {{BFS}}: Lao's swords, based on a Dadao and a Jian. Also the penultimate boss.
* BlowYouAway: The ''Senranken'' magic.

%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* TheChick: Yohfa.

* DeathFromAbove: ''Tenseiken'', the slowest yet strongest magic in Lao's arsenal.

* FaceHeelTurn: Rei, after [[spoiler:witnessing Yohfa's death]].

%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * {{Fireballs}}: ''Gouenken!''

* InASingleBound: No kidding, you can double jump, run on walls, and even glide from one platform to the next.

* LegionsOfHell: The demons.

* LightEmUp: The ''Ryuuseiken'' and ''Tenseiken'' spells.
* TheLostWoods: The second level. A bamboo forest, to be specific.
* MirrorBoss: [[spoiler:Master Naguri's spirit]] fights Lao to test his skills.

%%* PosthumousCharacter: Master Naguri [[spoiler:and Yohfa, sort of]].
* RecurringBoss: The first two monsters and Rei.
%%* SceneryPorn
* ScreamingWarrior: Lao.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: The penultimate boss is a gargantuan white dragon.

''Bujingai'' ([[TheForeignSubtitle subtitled]] ''Swordmaster'' in Europe and ''The Forsaken City'' in the U.S.) is a HackAndSlash game for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 by Creator/{{Taito}} and Creator/RedEntertainment, based on {{Wuxia}} and set mostly in a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] world occupied by demons. Its main character, Lao, is based on, is voiced by and uses motion capture of Creator/{{Gackt}}, who also helped write the storyline.

%%* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Rei.

%%* TheChick: Yohfa.

* DudeLooksLikeALady: Imagine Lao as {{Gackt}} wearing Chinese clothes, earrings and dark purple lipstick.

%%* {{Fireballs}}: ''Gouenken!''

* InkSuitActor: Lao is {{Gackt}}.

[[caption-width-right:342:{{Gackt}}, looking even less [[RealityIsUnrealistic life-like]] than usual.]]

''Bujingai'' ([[TheForeignSubtitle subtitled]] ''Swordmaster'' in Europe and ''The Forsaken City'' in the U.S.) is a HackAndSlash game for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 by Creator/{{Taito}} and Creator/RedEntertainment, based on {{Wuxia}} and set mostly in a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] world occupied by demons. Its main character, Lao, is based on, is voiced by and uses motion capture of {{Gackt}}, who also helped write the storyline.

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Rei.

* TheChick: Yohfa.
* CoolOldGuy: Master Naguri.

* {{Fireballs}}: ''Gouenken!''

* OurMonstersAreWeird: The most common demons resemble some sort of flesh puppets with swords and a paper charm on their face. Many of the stronger demons look even stranger.
** The default puppet-ish demons [[JustifiedTrope might base their appearance on]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Shi Jiang Shi/Kyonshi]], creatures from Myth/ChineseMythology that are usually visualized wearing similar styles of clothing and with paper charms over their faces.

* PosthumousCharacter: Master Naguri [[spoiler:and Yohfa, sort of.]]

* SceneryPorn

* SpiritAdvisor: Master Naguri.

''Bujingai'' ([[TheForeignSubtitle subtitled]] ''Swordmaster'' in Europe and ''The Forsaken City'' in the U.S.) is a HackAndSlash game for the PlayStation2 by Creator/{{Taito}} and Creator/RedEntertainment, based on {{Wuxia}} and set mostly in a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] world occupied by demons. Its main character, Lao, is based on, is voiced by and uses motion capture of {{Gackt}}, who also helped write the storyline.

* CounterAttack: Lao can block an incoming magical attack by spinning his swords. With the right timing, he can send it back ForMassiveDamage.

** The default puppet-ish demons [[JustifiedTrope might base their appearance on]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Shi Jiang Shi/Kyonshi]], creatures from ChineseMythology that are usually visualized wearing similar styles of clothing and with paper charms over their faces.

* GainaxEnding: Lao beats Rei, but [[spoiler:the latter pulls a NotQuiteDead moment and sends Lao into space...followed by the intro video]]. [[{{Mindscrew}} Interpret ''that''!]]

* Heroic Mime: Lao is pretty much silent through out the game save for him yelling out the names of spells.

* InASingleBound: No kidding, you can double jump, run on walls and even glide from one platform to the next.

* PosthumousCharacter: Master Naguri [[spoiler: and Yohfa, sort of.]]

* FoeYay: Between Lao and Rei.

''Bujingai'' (subtitled ''Swordmaster'' in Europe and ''The Forsaken City'' in the U.S.) is a HackAndSlash game for the PlayStation2 by Creator/{{Taito}} and Creator/RedEntertainment, based on {{Wuxia}} and set mostly in a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] world occupied by demons. Its main character, Lao, is based on, is voiced by and uses motion capture of {{Gackt}}, who also helped write the storyline.