History VideoGame / Contradiction

* LetsPlay: Done by DiploRaptor

* ConvictionByContradiction: The thing the game was named after. Used to learn new information from the various people you interrogate.

* YourCheatingHeart: Jenks eventually finds out from Emma that [[spoiler:she's been cheating on Simon with Ryan, and that Kate was planning to blackmail Ryan with this knowledge. This ends up leading, indirectly, to Kate's death.]]

* ButThouMust: An interesting reversal with the [[spoiler: 500 Pound cheque for Kate]] clue. If you've played through the game before and know the ending, it is tempting to try talking to [[spoiler: Rebecca]] about it. However, the game does not allow you to do so. The game simply says, [[spoiler: "It's probably best not to ask Rebecca about this"]]. It's one of the few times the game blocks you from asking about something in a manner that's not justified by the plot and most likely done to preserve the game's final reveals.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: Emma's affair with Ryan leads to Kate's murder. Funnily enough, she believes was the UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom in a separate death - Liam's - which is likely not the case.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:A bit after you obtain a CD with Paul Ryan's "pickpocketing stunt video", someone attacks Jenks, putting a bag over his head and stealing the CD. This theft of evidence might hamper the player--if not for the fact that the thief leaves the bag behind with the shop's name on it, which turns out to be useful in getting Paul to reveal information.]]
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: [[spoiler:Late in the game, Jenks finally gets Paul Ryan to reveal that the Atlas course has a deal with several multi-national corporations: the Atlas course trains "perfect employees" to give to these corporations, and in return, the corporations give generous kick-backs to the Atlas course.]]

* MoneyDearBoy: [[spoiler:Late in the game, Jenks finally gets Paul Ryan to reveal that the Atlas course has a deal with several multi-national corporations: the Atlas course trains "perfect employees" to give to these corporations, and in return, the corporations give generous kick-backs to the Atlas course.]]

* AristocratsAreEvil

* MurderByInaction: [[spoiler:UsRebecca tries to claim Kate's death was (though she tries to justify it by saying that it was too dark), but she then says that she took a stick and pushed Kate down into the water to make her drown.]]

* MurderByInaction: Rebecca tries to claim Kate's death was (though she tries to justify it by saying that it was too dark), but she then says that she took a stick and pushed Kate down into the water to make her drown.

Contradiction: The All-Video, Fully Interactive Murder Mystery Adventure or Contradiction - Spot The Liar! or simply Contradiction is a ''Main/FullMotionVideo'' mystery game, made by [[AwesomeMusic/TimAndGeoffFollin Tim Follin]] and released on iOS and PC.

* TheAlcoholic: One of the first things you learn about Kate is that she was a heavy drinker. Almost everyone says it as the first thing they know about her.
** And don't forget the random town drunk wondering around the woods!

* ChewingTheScenery: A big appeal of the game. Jenks and the Rands are the biggest examples.
** WordOfGod says this was on purpose, to compliment the eerie and otherworldly tone of the entire game.

* MeaningfulName: The [[AtlasShrugged Atlas]] group, headed by [[Creator/AynRand Paul and Ryan Rand]].
* [[spoiler:MurderByInaction: Rebecca tries to claim Kate's death was (though she tries to justify it by saying that it was too dark), but she then says that she took a stick and pushed Kate down into the water to make her drown.]]

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The game's scope, amount of characters and even its ending were effected by time and budget constraints.

* WhiteMaskOfDoom: The paper mache mask Jenks finds in the back of the pub.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Jenks hits [[spoiler: Paul Rand]], after the latter's MotiveRant [[spoiler: the importance of enjoying what you have now in the present, with "and what do you enjoy in the present?" This seems to strike a nerve in Paul, who no longer seems to have much to do.]]

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Jenks hits [[spoiler: Paul Rand]], after the latter's MotiveRant, with [[spoiler: "and what do you enjoy in the present?" This seems to strike a nerve in Paul, who no longer seems to have much to do.]]

* DeliberatelyDistressedDamsel: Near the ending, [[spoiler:Jenks stumbles upon what looks like Atlas human sacrifice taking place in the woods. He stops it but the woman he saves just sort of shrugs it off and wonders into the woods. Maybe it was all an act after all...]]

* FallGuy: [[spoiler: While he is technically not responsible for Kate's death, Ryan attempts to deflect suspicion onto Simon. He leaves the implication that he is trying to cover for Rebecca, who was the will culprit.]]

* HumanSacrifice: Jenks stumbles onto [[spoiler:Ryan and one of his Atlas followers performing one in the woods. Ryan tries to convince Jenks that it's nothing but a Atlas training exercise.]]
* KavorkaMan: Ryan has a pretty wife that looks a lot younger than him and [[spoiler: a mistress]] despite looking rather plain and being rather smug. His wealth and mannerism probably helps a lot.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Kyle, whose only apparent role is to say spit "Pathetic!" and act like a tough guy rather than doing anything notable. He doesn't even do anything after Jenks finally has enough of his attitude and slaps him, except sputter and look shocked.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Kyle, whose only apparent role is to say spit "Pathetic!" and act like a tough guy rather than doing anything notable. He doesn't even do anything after Jenks finally has enough of his bullshit and slaps him, except sputter and look shocked.