History VideoGame / CursedTrilogy

* GameOfNim: One of the puzzles in the Lunar Tower in ''Cursed 2'' is this game against a strange cloaked figure. The goal is to take the last marble, you can take up to four at once, and if you lose you die. [[spoiler:The solution is to let them have the first turn, then when he makes his move, you subtract that number by five and take that amount.]]

* DontFearTheReaper: Death, the robed, scythe-wielding reaper of souls, is encountered as an ally throughout the series due to the protagonists fighting against the demon-aligned undead that defy him.

* PressXToDie: There are quite a few blatantly bad decisions you can make throughout the series, ranging from literally asking the Grim Reaper to kill you (or provoking him, otherwise you aren't in the way of his business) to murdering the person driving your truck while it's under attack.

* RealismInducedHorror: The segment of the second game where your truck gets a flat and you have to replace the tyre. In the dark - with [[NothingIsScarier nothing but silence around you, except for the occasional rustling of bushes]]. It's considered to be one of the scariest parts of the game simply because of how ''relatable'' it is to a lot of people. Make too much noise and you'll get a game over.

** There is a spirit that Disaster Squad intended for beginning players that allow them to be mostly silent, reducing enemy encounters. In addition, upgrading that spirit with a void energy orb (which can be found near by) can render the player invisible in hiding places. Recommended for those who struggle with the midnight raid segments.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The Chainsaw. Regardless of any players' skill, it's amazing. However, fuel is limited.

* CreepyDoll: In ''Cursed 2'', you can find a doll and a set of batteries. If you put the batteries ''in'' the doll, [[PressXToDie it immediately kills you]].

* TheDeterminator: In ''Cursed 2'', [[spoiler:The Knight defied his Goddess' wishes by making sure not another human gets through him, [[JerkassHasAPoint noting that the last time he let one passed, they caused a lot of problems for the town above.]] Even when defeated, he still makes sure that you cannot past him. Your only solution is to summon Death.]]

** There's an alternate bad ending where [[spoiler:you kill Jennifer after reviving her]].

** Suppose you approach the knight in Cursed 2 with any weapon ''but'' the sword and shield. He won't challenge you because it is not honourable. This is to prevent the player from blowing him up with a shotgun or just spamming the hammer.

* ExactWords: In ''Cursed 2'', choosing to be Immortal will have Death clarify that he cannot prevent you from death. However, he can make it to where you cannot take damage during combat. [[PressXToDie Why not swing a hammer at him to call his bluff?]]

* FriendlyFireproof: In ''Cursed 2'', when you are pursuing a boss with [[spoiler:a resurrected Jennifer driving for you in a car chase, the trope is [[AvertedTrope averted]] with your Staff of the Moon's projectiles able to hit and even kill her if you aim too poorly or deliberately try to do so.]]
* GameOfNim: One of the puzzles in the Lunar Tower in ''Cursed 2'' is this game against a strange cloaked figure. The goal is to take the last marble, you can take up to four at once, and if you lose you die. [[spoiler:The solution is to let the figure have the first turn, then take enough marbles on each of your turns that the total marbles removed between his turn and yours is 5.]]

* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: The Hero of ''Cursed 1'', and Randal in ''Cursed 2'' primarily use melee weapons, with the latter having options for magic and firearms. Jennifer in ''Cursed 3'' has a far greater emphasis on guns and magic, notably lacking any melee options besides blocking. [[spoiler:Zig-zagged in the ending when she gains access to swords and shields]].

* InterfaceScrew: ''Cursed 2'' has one boss fight where [[spoiler:the Knight ''destroys'' your inventory icon just to make sure you cannot cheese this fight]].

* JumpScare: A good amount of deaths in the series involve this with plenty of the undead and monsters from time to time.

* MiniBoss: The Undead in ''Cursed 2'' serve this role, being considerably tougher to fight due to their large health pool, hard hitting attacks, and being able to block. Plus the only way to truly kill one is to summon Death upon defeating them.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: In ''Cursed 2'', [[spoiler:by showing him the truth about his daughter's DemonicPossession, Jennifer's father will trust Randall with the key to a tower dedicated to Luna, which leads to returning to the mine from the first game and obtaining the Staff of the Moon. Upon returning with the Staff to free Jessica, her dad gets killed by his wife for acting against the Cult of Malus]].

* PressXToDie: There are quite a few blatantly bad decisions you can make throughout the series, ranging from literally asking the Grim Reaper to kill you to murdering the person driving your truck while it's under attack.

* RealismInducedHorror: The segment of the second game where your truck gets a flat and you have to replace the tyre. In the dark - with [[NothingIsScarier nothing but silence around you, except for the occasional rustling of bushes]]. It's considered to be one of the scariest parts of the game simply because of how ''relatable'' it is to a lot of people.

* RetGone: The third game [[spoiler:ends with Luna wiping herself and Malus from history in order to avoid humanity dying from their wars, believing that humanity should fight for their own causes. However, the final scene shows that her reincarnation was still born as a regular girl and still meets her boyfriend Randall]].

** Try installing a fuse into a fusebox with the power on. [[SarcasmMode What could possibly go wrong?]]

** Nothing will stop you from trying to attack Death. [[BlatantLies Nothing will go wrong]].

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The third game [[spoiler:ends with Luna going back in time in order to RetGone herself and Malus, with the credits showing the scenes of their warring being erased and replaced with more mundane scenes of humanity's progress over the millennia]].

** The [[ChainsawGood Chainsaw]] is hands down one of the most powerful weapons in the game - but it's ''highly'' limited in its utility because it runs off of fuel.

* UnintentionallyUnwinnable: In ''Cursed 2'', if you managed to save [[spoiler:Jennifer's soul]] but failed to request the proper wish from Death, you will be unable to properly end the game.

This trilogy has no connection to the SimilarlyNamedWorks ''Series/{{Cursed}}'', ''Film/Cursed2005'', or the ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' [[Fanfic/CursedTheLastMockingbird9 fanfiction]].

This trilogy has no connection to the SimilarlyNamedWorks ''Series/{{Cursed}}'', ''Film/Cursed2005'', or the ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' [[Fanfic/{{Cursed}} fanfiction]].

* SchrodingersGun: If you go to Malus's throne room early; [spoiler: Randall is revealed to have been killed by him.]] Don't go and finish other plot first, and he turns out to be fine.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: ''Cursed 1'' starts you off with one paired with a sword, allowing you to block any damage coming to you. This returns in ''Cursed 2'' with a few twists, such as a cool down from blocking an attack. ''Cursed 3'' has the trash can lid early on that serves the same purpose.

* HeroicSacrifice: In the climax of the third game, [[spoiler:Spencer gives his life to fuel a spell that will allow the protagonists to defeat Malus once and for all, and Randall gives his life (and even his unlife, when Death allows him to keep fighting as a skeleton) to protect the crystal that gives Luna her power]].
** This also applies to the "Break the Curse" ending, where [[spoiler:Jennifer (as Luna) takes Randall's dead body and plunges into the Lake of the Gods, breaking Malus's covenant with humanity at the cost of her life.]]

* YetAnotherStupidDeath: You can go in pitch black areas without any light, which will certainly kill you if you stray in there for too long. In ''Cursed 2'', when Death offers to give you a favor, one option is to ask to have your life ended. Death will gladly oblige to your wish.

* TwoPartTrilogy: The first ''Cursed'' game makes much less reference(s) to the lore and the metaplot of the series. This is somewhat justified in that the second game did not release until ''ten years later''.

* GridInventory: Starting from ''Cursed 2'', your inventory is limited in this matter, and made a little more blatant in ''Cursed 3''. Thankfully, there are usually other places to put important stuff you want to save for later; in the second game, Randall has a metal box in the back of his truck for exactly this purpose..

Created by Disaster Squad Productions, ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1896750/Cursed/ Cursed]]'', ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1960630/Cursed_2/ Cursed 2]]'', and ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/2110460/Cursed_3/ Cursed 3]]'' is a trilogy of PointAndClickAdventure / Action / Horror hybrid games inspired by works such as ''VideoGame/{{Uninvited}}''. The first game was originally released in 2009, the second released in 2019, and the third was released in 2022, with the first two games also being ported to UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in 2022. The trilogy focuses on a cult of the demon god Malus, the warriors of the goddess Luna that fight against them, and the girl named Jennifer whose sacrifice is central to it all.

* CellPhonesAreUseless: Zig-zagged in ''Cursed 3''. Jennifer's cell phone gets wrecked early game (resulting in a puzzle where she has to repair the landline. However, Randall mentions that he is able to find her general location because her cell phone was able to make one last ping to social media.

** There's an alternate bad ending where [[spoiler: You kill Jennifer after reviving her]].

*** Using the phone to call the phone number from one of the emails lead to a call with the [[spoiler: [[https://youtu.be/kq97QAYDDoI Freak Phone]] ]].
*** The game over screen at the very final segment will sometimes misspell the ''Load'' button. ''[[spoiler: LOAF]]''

* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: The Hero of ''Cursed 1'', and Randal in ''Cursed 2'' primarily use melee weapons, with the latter having options for magic and firearms. Jennifer in ''Cursed 3'' has a far greater emphasis on guns and magic, notably lacking any melee options besides blocking. [[spoiler: Zig-zagged in the ending when she gains access to swords and shields]].

* FetusTerrible: [[spoiler:Pippy]] in the third game

* NothingIsScarier: This game ''thrives'' on it with large amounts of stillness and silence.

* EarlyBirdCameo: In the opening for the first game, there are three characters that the player talks to. Obviously those are Jennifer's parents, but there's a third person with red hair. In ''Cursed 2'', this is revealed to be Randall.

* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: The Hero of ''Cursed 1'', and Randal in ''Cursed 2'' primarily use melee weapons, with the latter having options for magic and firearms. Jennifer in ''Cursed 3'' has a far greater emphasis on guns and magic, notably lacking any melee options besides blocking.

* SchmuckBait: In the second game, you find some AA batteries and then a doll in Jennifer's home that has a battery slot in the back. Giving the doll the batteries results in it [[YetAnotherStupidDeath killing you instantly]].

* CoinsForTheDead: You can help Death deal with the bodies of the undead by throwing a coin onto downed undead, which will summon Death to take them away for good.

* GridInventory: Starting from ''Cursed 2'', your inventory is limited in this matter, and made a little more blatant in ''Cursed 3''. Thankfully, there are usually other places to put important stuff you want to save for later.