History VideoGame / Deadbolt

* BigBad: Ibzan, [[spoiler:leader of the Dredged and possibl a former reaper.]]

* WhamLine: At the end of Vall, a Candle proclaims "Woah! [[spoiler: I've never been this close to a reaper before]]". The key word here is [[spoiler: '''a''']], which implies that [[spoiler: you are not the first reaper, or the last]].

Deadbolt is a 2D stealth-action shooter by Hopoo Games, the makers of {{Risk of Rain}}. The player plays as a Reaper, a skeletal being with special powers that [[OneHitPointWonder dies in one hit]]. One of the main appeals is the ability to use the environment to your advantage: Switch off or shoot out lights to make hiding easier, travel through vents as smoke to surprise enemies, or knock on doors to lure them to you.

* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler: Why Ibzan and his crew tried so hard to get to Home isn't explained, but it is hinted that he shares some kind of connection to both you and the Fire.]] Specifically, [[spoiler: he is implied to have been a Reaper; you find a depleted lighter like the one the Reaper uses to turn to smoke in his house.]]

* BigBad: Ibzan, [[spoiler: leader of the Dredged and perhaps former reaper.]]

* [[GunsAkimbo Guns Akimbo]]: Death + Taxes, a purchasable weapon, is a set of two pistols which hold 14 shots and fire quickly, but are less accurate than most other pistols.
* [[ImAHumanitarian I'm A Humanitarian]]: [[spoiler: Ash is made from ground up corpses that have been turned into dust by spirit totems]].
* [[KnifeNut Knife Nut]]: A knife can be used as a melee weapon. It can be stabbed with very quickly [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks and can be thrown at enemies]], but deals pretty low damage per stab.
* [[LimitedLoadout Limited Loadout]]: You can only carry two weapons at any given time.

** [[spoiler: Ibzan is this, as he has amazing aim, huge vision, can take a decent beating, ''and'' can teleport.]]
* [[NintendoHard Nintendo Hard]]: You die in one hit and death sets you right back to the beginning of the level.

* [[OneHitPointWonder One-Hit-Point Wonder]]: The Reaper dies in one hit.
* [[RevolversAreJustBetter Revolvers Are Just Better]]: Four of the guns in the game are revolvers. The player starts with the .32 Revolver, and the purchasable revolvers are Death + Taxes, The Revenant, and The Headhunter.
* [[SawedOffShotgun Sawed-Off Shotgun]]: A Sawed-Off Double-Barreled Shotgun. It's got a wide spread and only holds two shots, but fires pretty fast for a shotgun.

* [[ShortRangeShotgun Short-Range Shotgun]]: Averted: If you aren't taking cover when an enemy fires a shotgun, you're usually going to die. If you yourself use a shotgun you're also able to kill enemies from a good distance away.
* [[SinisterScythe Sinister Scythe]]: The scythe can be purchased from Charon for 200 souls. It's got a long reach for a melee weapon, kills most enemies in one hit, is only a little slower than punching, and moves you forward slightly when you swing it. However, it replaces your primary weapon and cannot be thrown, making life difficult during gunfights.
* [[SniperPistol Sniper Pistol]]: The .38 revolver is very accurate, but only holds six shots, thus requiring careful aim in order to make the most of its limited ammo. The .25 mousegun takes this [[UpToEleven Up to Eleven]], with even higher accuracy but a measly two shots. Also see Boom, Headshot for the Headhunter.

* TragicVillain: [[spoiler: The final level on hard mode contains a tape with the name scratched out. Listening to it reveals the monologue of what is most likely the reaper... only for it to explicitly describe the Fire as ''friend'' rather than ''boss'', heavily implying that it's Ibzan, which clarifies some of his motives- he's trying to get back to his only friend.]]

Deadbolt is a 2D stealth-action shooter by Hopoo Games, the makers of {{Risk of Rain}}. The player plays as a Reaper, a being with special powers that [[OneHitPointWonder dies in one hit]]. One of the main appeals is the ability to use the environment to your advantage: Switch off or shoot out lights to make hiding easier, travel through vents to surprise enemies, or knock on doors to lure them to you.

The game's plot concerns the Reaper acting as a hitman for an entity known as "the Fire", in the city of "this Place" (Place is indeed capitalized), which may or may not be hell. As the Reaper begins cracking down on the various gangs that rule the streets, he uncovers a new drug called "Ash". After trying to get to the source, the Reaper uncovers a plot by he undead to escape this Place, and it's up to him to shut their operation down and put them back in their graves.

* WhamLine: At the end of Vall, a Candle proclaims "Woah! [[spoiler: I've never been this close to a reaper before]]. The key word here is [[spoiler: '''a''']], which implies that [[spoiler: you are not the first reaper, or the last]].

** In some levels, phylactery-using vampires appear as backup. They do not revive once they are killed, thankfully, due to the fact that they do not actually have phylacteries..

* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler: Why Ibzan and his crew tried so hard to get to Home isn't explained, but it is hinted that he shares some kind of connection to both you and the Fire.]]

** Ibzan's final line:

* [[ConcealmentEqualsCover Concealment Equals Cover]]: It's possible to take cover behind items that wouldn't be able to block bullets, such as utility carts. Also, bullets that would be able to punch through things like walls and doors aren't capable of hitting you behind things such as overturned wooden tables and opened refrigerator doors.
** Inverted in that taking cover doesn't actually conceal you from view.

* [[DropTheHammer Drop The Hammer]]: The player can use a hammer and a sledgehammer against enemies. The normal hammer is more damaging than a knife, but about as slow as a player's punch. [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks The normal hammer can also be thrown at enemies]], while the sledgehammer takes a long time to swing but kills almost any enemy in one hit. [[spoiler: Generals also wield these.]]

* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler: Ash is made from ground up corpses that have been turned into dust by spirit totems]].

* VoiceGruntings: Characters speak in strange sound effects, like hissing or bones crackling. This is turned UpToEleven with the Candles, who speak in ''lighter flickings''.

** One of the purchasable weapons is called the Headhunter, which deals extreme damage on headshots but only holds five rounds.

* [[SniperPistol Sniper Pistol]]: The .38 revolver is very accurate, but only holds six shots, thus requiring careful aim in order to make the most of its limited ammo. The .25 mousegun takes this [[UpToEleven Up to Eleven]], with even higher accuracy but a measly two shots.
* SoulJar: Certain vampires have Phylacteries, which house their souls. They're almost always bottles, and they need to be broken in order to stop them from reviving.

* [[DropTheHammer Drop The Hammer]]: The player can use a hammer and a sledgehammer against enemies. The normal hammer is more damaging than a knife, but about as slow as a player's punch. [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks and can be thrown at enemies]], while the sledgehammer takes a long time to swing but kills almost any enemy in one hit. [[spoiler: Generals also wield these.]]

* BatOutOfHell: Type-III, werebats. The final tier of Vampire foes is called the Nightstalker, and they are gigantic werebats who wield silent SMG's.

** Certain vampires have Phylacteries, which house their souls. They're almost always bottles.

* [[SawedOffShotgun Sawed-Off Shotgun]]: A Sawed-Off Double-Barreled Shotgun. It's got a wide spread and only holds two shots, but fires pretty fast for a shotgun.

* Gorn: A dynamic gore system keeps every kill fresh- heads roll, blood bursts and bodies tumble.

* LightningBruiser: [[spoiler: Generals, large skeletons with sledgehammers, can soak up damage like nobodies business and are the fastest enemy units in the game.]]

* OhCrap: The player, upon stopping the [[spoiler: Ashification]] of a whole club of vampires will most likely freak out upon seeing [[a veritable ''army'' of The Dredged come for them]].

** Ibzan. [[spoiler: The Dredged finish their portal, and many undead head through it- only to wind up in a strange, snowy land called "Home". No undead besides the Skeletons made it. It's here we also see what the Fire [[EldritchAbomination really looks like.]]]]

* [[DropTheHammer Drop The Hammer]]: The player can use a hammer and a sledgehammer against enemies. The normal hammer is more damaging than a knife, but about as slow as a player's punch. [[spoiler: Generals also wield these.]] [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks and can be thrown at enemies]], while the sledgehammer takes a long time to swing but kills almost any enemy in one hit.
* EldritchAbomination: Whatever the Fire is, it definitely fits this description: vast, with no real form, all-knowing, and very powerful- subverted in some respects as it is actually rather benevolent to the Reaper, and uses it's powers to stop crime.
[[spoiler: This is even further subverted when we meet it's true form in the final mission: a gigantic, human-shaped candelabra.]]

* LightningBruiser: [[spoiler: Generals, large skeletons with sledgehammers, can soak up damage like nobodies buisness.]]

* OhCrap: The player, most likely, upon stopping the [[spoiler: Ashification]] of a whole club of vampires will most likely freak out upon seeing [[a veritable ''army'' of The Dredged come for them]].

* BossBattle: Against the leader of each crew: Roland for the Demons, Ms. Stela for the vampires, [[spoiler:Vall for the Demons and Ibzan for the Skeletons.]]
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Each gang shares a primary colour and aesthetic; Zombies are green and dress like inner-city gangbangers, Vampires are black and dress like the mafia, Skeletons are white/blue and dress like the Russian Mob [[spoiler: and Demons are red and dress like 50's greasers and gangsters]].

* [[DropTheHammer Drop The Hammer]]: The player can use a hammer and a sledgehammer against enemies. The normal hammer is more damaging than a knife, but about as slow as a player's punch [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks and can be thrown at enemies]], while the sledgehammer takes a long time to swing but kills almost any enemy in one hit.

* [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks Throwing Your Knife/Hammer Always Works]]: Two of the four melee weapons in the game, the knife and the hammer, can be thrown at enemies.

* [[OneHitPointWonder One-Hit-Point Wonder]]: The player character dies in one hit.
* [[ShortRangeShotgun Short-Range Shotgun]]: Averted: If the player isn't taking cover when an enemy fires a shotgun, they're usually going to die. When the player themselves uses the shotgun they're also able to kill enemies from a good distance away.
* [[SniperPistol Sniper Pistol]]: The .38 revolver is very accurate, but only holds six shots, thus requiring a player to take careful aim for the head in order to make the most of its limited ammo. The .25 mousegun takes this [[UpToEleven Up to Eleven]], with even higher accuracy but a measly two shots.

* [[ShortRangedShotgun Short-Ranged Shotgun]]: Averted: If the player isn't taking cover when an enemy fires a shotgun, they're usually going to die. When the player themselves uses the shotgun they're also able to kill enemies from a good distance away.
* [[SniperPistol Sniper Pistol]]: The .38 revolver is very accurate, but only holds six shots, thus requiring a player to take careful aim for the head in order to make the most of its limited ammo. The .25 mousegun takes this [[UpToEleven Up to Eleven]], with even higher accuracy but a measly two shots.

* [[BoomHeadshot Boom, Headshot]]: An easy way to take out most enemies with just one bullet. Not as effective against enemies such [[Kevlard Bouncers]], who require more than one shot to kill with anything that isn't a shotgun.

Deadbolt is a 2D stealth-action shooter by Hopoo Games, the makers of risk of rain. The player plays as a Reaper, a being with special powers that dies in one hit. One of the main appeals is the ability to use the environment to your advantage: Switch off or shoot out lights to make hiding easier, travel through vents to surprise enemies, or knock on doors to lure them to you.

* [[SniperPistol Sniper Pistol]]: The .38 revolver is very accurate, but only holds six shots, thus requiring a player to take careful aim for the head in order to make the most of its limited ammo. The .25 mousegun takes this up to eleven, with even higher accuracy but a measly two shots.

* [[One-Hit-Point Wonder]]: The player character dies in one hit.
* [[Sniper Pistol]]: The .38 revolver is very accurate, but only holds six shots, thus requiring a player to take careful aim for the head in order to make the most of its limited ammo. The .25 mousegun takes this up to eleven, with even higher accuracy but a measly two shots.

* ''One-Hit-Point Wonder'': The player character dies in one hit.
* ''Sniper Pistol'': The .38 revolver is very accurate, but only holds six shots, thus requiring a player to take careful aim for the head in order to make the most of its limited ammo. The .25 mousegun takes this up to eleven, with even higher accuracy but a measly two shots.