History VideoGame / Demonsteele

[[spoiler:''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat "Look to La Luna!"]]'']]\\

* XtremeKoolLetterz: Charon the ferryman became Kharon the sword exactly like this.

*** It has since been changed from the Revenant swarm of the aformentioned video to a smaller swarm of smaller invincible golden Revenants that follow you around everywhere. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCF5f0hSfKg See for yourself.]]

* HeroicMime: Jung Hae Lin is definitely not silent, but she's not too talkative either (apart from a couple of grunts). Unlike the [[VideoGame/DukeNukem3D protagonists]] [[VideoGame/ShadowWarrior1997 from the]] [[{{VideoGame/Blood}} Build]] [[VideoGame/RedneckRampage engine]]-[[VideoGame/PowerSlave era games]], she generally only gives out snarky comments in the beginning of the level, and even then only on occasion. Shihong is slightly more talkative, as she'll occasionally remark "[[VideoGame/ShadowWarrior ancient Chinese secret]]" [[{{Pun}} when finding a secret area]].

...or, in a nutshell, take VideoGame/{{Shadow Warrior|2013}}, mix it with VideoGame/DevilMayCry , and turn it UpToEleven.

* UsefulNotes/KoreansInJapan: If you replace "Japan" with "China". Jung Hae Lin is Korean. Sun Shihong is Chinese. They don't give a damn about it. Might be subverted if there ends up being a third playable character from Japan.[[note]]As of April 26th 2020, it appears that the game is no longer being updated by Terminus, as not only has the Mod DB page been inactive since 2015, but Terminus has mentioned nothing of it on his Twitter, with the only remnants of him caring about it anymore being his Twitter banner and the fact that he’s willing to answer questions about the game in his Twitter DM’s. It’s unknown why exactly he stopped working, but all things considered, it was probably to make room in his schedule for making VideoGame/HighwayAcceleroidBooster.[[/note]]

* UsefulNotes/KoreansInJapan: If you replace "Japan" with "China". Jung Hae Lin is Korean. Sun Shihong is Chinese. They don't give a damn about it. Might be subverted if there ends up being a third playable character from Japan.[[Note]]As of April 26th 2020, it appears that the game is no longer being updated by Terminus, as not only has the ModDB page been inactive since 2015, but Terminus has mentioned nothing of it on his Twitter, with the only remnants of him caring about it anymore being his Twitter banner and the fact that he’s willing to answer questions about the game in his Twitter DMs. It’s unknown why exactly he stopped working, but all things considered, it was probably to make room in his schedule for making VideoGame/HighwayAcceleroidBooster. [[/note]]

* UsefulNotes/KoreansInJapan: If you replace "Japan" with "China". Jung Hae Lin is Korean. Sun Shihong is Chinese. They don't give a damn about it. Might be subverted if there ends up being a third playable character from Japan.

...or, in a nutshell, take VideoGame/{{Shadow Warrior|2013}} and turn it UpToEleven.

* HeroicMime: Jung Hae Lin is definitely not silent, but she's not too talkative either (apart from a couple of grunts). Unlike the [[VideoGame/DukeNukem3D protagonists]] [[VideoGame/ShadowWarrior1997 from the]] [[{{VideoGame/Blood}} Build]] [[VideoGame/RedneckRampage engine]]-[[VideoGame/PowerSlave era games]], she generally only gives out snarky comments in the beginning of the level, and even then only on occasion. Shihong is slightly more talkative, as she'll occasionally remark "ancient Chinese secret" [[{{Pun}} when finding a secret area]].

---> [[spoiler:''"Watashi no hobakurafuto wa unagi de ippai desu."'']] [[labelnote:Translation]]"My hovercraft is full of eels." Yes, literally.[[/labelnote]]\\

** Loading the ''Demonsteele'' WAD alongside ''VideoGame/BrutalDoom'' or any of its derivatives including ''VideoGame/ProjectBrutality results in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txcpbEpXIl0 this]]. Even the game gives you a once-in-a-lifetime suggestion to try it yourself:

** Loading the ''Demonsteele'' WAD alongside ''VideoGame/BrutalDoom'' results in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txcpbEpXIl0 this]]. Even the game gives you a once-in-a-lifetime suggestion to try it yourself:

** If you keep humping walls, chances are that instead of a grunt, you might hear Hae-Lin saying "Whoops!" This alludes to a ridiculously amateur [[{{Animesque}} anime-styled]] WAD ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57a2fd-Id6A&t=7m03s Swan Fox]]'', where the eponymous protagonist does exactly this, ''[[MostAnnoyingSound every goddamn time you push a wall]]''.

** While ''Demonsteele'' has fewer ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'' references than one would expect, the launch attack did come from there.

See also ''[[https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/95149-gameplay-mod-high-noon-drifter-v11-sixguns-and-spaghetti/ High Noon Drifter]]'', a more recent gameplay mod from Terminus that plays similarly to playing as Shihong in ''Demonsteele'', but with a [[TheWestern Western theme]] as opposed to ''Demonsteele''[='=]s anime and heavy metal focus.

** Some cookie fortunes and even many ingame files (most replacement objects are prefixed as "weeb<item>") embrace this as well.

** Sentinel is a flying skull drone which automatically locks on enemies and guns the bastards down. Its' life expectancy is even lower, though, with only 200 HP to spare.

* ExcusePlot: It doesn't really have a plot of its' own, apart from several phone conversations with God himself. Other than that, it's still your regular "demons invade a UAC base/planet Earth, go to hell and kick their butts" premise.

* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: The harder, the less Life Tokens you get from the start. Each character has a unique set with the same confirmation message for both sets.

** Return to Serenity/Ressurection "You have ten life tokens,Pray for long life"
** Never Say Die/Come and Get It "You have eight life tokens,Pray for good health"

** Facing Hell/Seek & Destroy "You have four life tokens,Pray for Iron Will"

** [[spoiler: (its a blank space ingame) "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here]]

* LimitBreak: Special attacks consume your soul gauge. So does using The Iron Savior and its' [[KamehameHadoken very special attack.]]
* [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Luckily My Sheathe Will Protect Me]]: With the right timing, Kharon can deflect enemy projectiles - except waving its sheathe does a so much better job at pushing them off.

** An interesting variant is Testament, which apparently can hold SIX shells in its' two barrels and spit them out in just one shot.

* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Sure, Hae Lin might look like a pretty lady and all, but then you see her open her mouth (which she never does ingame, but does in quite a lot of artwork for the game) and then [[BodyHorror OH MY GOD WHY IS SHE MILEENA ALL OF A SUDDEN]].

* ShoutOut: Rivals ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' on the amount of included rock and metal influences (with a host of others), despite not having its' own setting and appearing much, much later.
** Returning from ''VideoGame/{{Shadow Warrior|1997}}'' is Lo Wang's katana, which doesn't get any use other than in a IdleAnimation flick, with Hae Lin quoting the katana's former owner:

** The Kamekameha attack, available whenever you're an Iron Maiden, is called with oh so many names. Starting with what its' [[Franchise/DragonBall trope]] [[Franchise/StreetFighter namers]] [[CallingYourAttacks shouted when energy bursted out of their hands]].

** While ''Demonsteele'' has admittedly less ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'' references than one would expect, the launch attack did come from there.

** Loading the ''Demonsteele'' WAD alongside ''VideoGame/BrutalDoom'' results in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txcpbEpXIl0 this]]. Even the game gives you a once-in-a-lifetime suggestion you to try it yourself:

* MixAndMatch: ''Demonsteele'' can be loaded up with nearly every other ''Doom'' mod, including the gameplay ones. Of note, [[http://terminusest13.tumblr.com/post/104448962531/xenixsystemv-demonsteele-and-russian-overkill here's an attempt to run it]] in tandem with ''Russian Overkill''.

Jung Hae-Lin was a former Korean soldier who just wanted to life the rest of her life in rural bliss. Said rural bliss is interrupted when Hell invades and she find her crops all stomped on by a fight between an Archangel of God and a very nasty demon. The Archangel is mortally wounded and passes away, but not before Hae-Lin continues his fight, killing the demon and then accepting his request to take up his mission - as an Angel of Death, '''rip and tear.'''

...or, in a nutshell, take [[VideoGame/ShadowWarrior2013 Shadow Warrior]] and turn it UpToEleven.

See also ''[[https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/95149-gameplay-mod-high-noon-drifter-v11-sixguns-and-spaghetti/ High Noon Drifter]]'', a more recent Terminus mod that plays similarly to ''Demonsteele'', but with a [[TheWestern Western theme]] as opposed to ''Demonsteele''[='=]s anime and metal focus.

** And even [[http://terminusest13.tumblr.com/post/156431294946/ gave some pointers on pizza culinary]] when asked about the [[VideoGame/{{Snatcher}} Neo Kobe Pizza]]

** Hae Lin's arsenal consists of a grand total of seven [[spoiler: non-secret]] weapons with both religious and heavy metal naming origins, including {{Music/Omen}} (the hammer), {{Music/Testament}} (the shotgun), [[Music/BlackSabbath Sabbath]] (the automatic rifle), [[Music/ExodusBand Exodus]] (the rocket launcher), and the {{Music/IronSavior}} [=(BFG-in-a-battlesuit)=], which allows Hae Lin to become [[Music/IronMaiden The Iron Maiden]].
** Exceptions from the above list include [[Music/KingDiamond Kharon (the sword)]] and the [[Music/IronMaiden Acacia A-22]], which are named after songs rather than bands.

** If you keep humping walls, chances are that instead of a grunt, you might hear Hae-Lin saying "Whoops!" This alludes to a ridiculously amateur [[{{Animesque}} anime-styled]] WAD ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57a2fd-Id6A Swan Fox]]'', where the eponymous protagonist does exactly this, ''[[MostAnnoyingSound every goddamn time you push a wall]]''.

* StanceSystem: What makes Sun Shihong's gameplay a bit more complicated than Hae Lin's is that she incorporates three gameplay styles in one character: Puncher, Trigger and Dodger (labeled as "Strength of Aeons", "Guns of War" and "Ghost of Perdition", respectively). The first increases the efficiency of your punches. The second does the same for your guns. The third makes you more mobile and allows you to climb walls.

* StanceSystem: What makes Sun Shihong's gameplay a bit more complicated than Hae Lin's is that she incorporates three gameplay styles in one character: Puncher, Trigger and Dodger. The first increases the efficiency of your punches. The second does the same for your guns. The third makes you more mobile and allows you to climb walls.

* HitScan: Because the game's main emphasis is now on Life Tokens and dodging attacks, none of the enemies use hitscan weapons. Not even [[DemonicSpiders zombiemen]], which now shoot lasers instead - other hitscanners have been replaced with more appropriate enemies.

* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: The harder, the less Life Tokens you get from the start.
** Return to Serenity
** Never Say Die
** Take No Prisoners
** Facing Hell
** Killing Machine
** Angel of Death

* HarderThanHard: ''Angel of Death''. No Life Tokens. Very slim chances of you gaining any chunks of health, since you're a near-permament OneHitPointWonder. Have fun. [[spoiler:Uh, I mean, OH GOD PLEASE HELP.]]