History VideoGame / DyztopiaPostHumanRPG

** Played straight with Aphos, who mistakenly believes Akira is a terrorist and attacks them. Afterwards, Aphos realizes the news lied to him and offers to join the party, but Asterisk kills them.

* GlobalWarming: At some point in the past, the Earth's temperature increased to the point where [[spoiler:it melted humans in cryosleep]].

* FeudalFuture: The Arcdras formed the Tundrus Kingdom and the Smogs formed the Smog Empire in the post-human world, both of which utilize a traditional aristocracy. In contrast, Zeta is a completely corporate run state while Vulcanite is a puppet democracy in service of Zeta.

* FeudalFuture: The Arcdras formed the Tundrus Kingdom and the Smogs formed the Smog Empire in the post-human world.

* EnemyMine: If the party didn't recruit Lunez, Fredek will temporarily join Akira, Runi, and Edgar in the first battle with Scorpio and stick with the party until they catch up to Genesis and Kekkan, at which point he rejoins the latter group.

** Downplayed with Fredek and Genesis, who join the party after their defeat, but this was partially [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal motivated]] by Kekkan betraying them and revealing Zeta had no more use for them.

* {{Cyberpunk}}: The game takes place after most of humanity has been wiped out. Although there is magic and advanced technology in the setting, the corporate-owned state of Zeta deliberately enforces poverty on the citizens so that they'll be forced to work for President Zazz as Hunters. The president himself is a human brain in a cyborg body, all to extend his life long enough so that he can revive humanity as the top caste in his dystopian society. The rebel party mostly consists of relatively poor ex-Hunters, though there are those such as Eliza, Detritus, and Chase who are [[DefectorFromDecadence defected]] members of the ruling class. Technology and magic, or rather the selective distribution of it, are used as tools of oppression simply because everyone needs electricity and anti-demon magical wards in order to survive. In the ending, the party overthrows Zazz and uses his vast resources and technology to improve the standard of living in Zeta and Vulcanite, making this an attempt at a PostCyberpunk society.

* CutscenePowerToTheMax: At the end of the Pon Pon Village segment, Aries [[spoiler:defeats Akira, Runi, and Kiyota, all while still in their Zodiac Stone form. They then sync with Barbados and kill most of the people in the village]].

* CutscenePowerToTheMax: At the end of Chapter 1, Aries [[spoiler:defeats Akira, Runi, and Kiyota, all while still in their Zodiac Stone form. They then sync with Barbados and kill most of the people in the village]].

* CreateYourOwnHero: President Zazz fears Akira's popularity will allow them to undermine his political power, [[spoiler:so he sends Barbados to kill Akira along with Pon Pon Village]]. Akira survives and decides to actually become a political threat by organizing a revolution against him.

* CorruptChurch: The Church of the Vessel once used their influence for good by using Wards to protect civilians from demons, but their current leader, Akari, turned them into a very classist organization by disfavoring the homeless and poor in Ward placement.

* ConflictingLoyalty: Akira wants to defect from Zeta, but is also concerned about her Hunter friends. However, their attempts to spare both Pon Pon Village and Barbados just results in Barbados torching the village, so they choose to kill Barbados and commit fully to toppling Zetacorp.

* AffablyEvil: Robun is an especially twisted example. Unlike Clyde, his politeness is genuine and he does seem to genuinely miss his old friends. However, he still rationalizes his sacrifice of his friends as being for the good of Zeta. In Chapter 3, [[spoiler:if a party member kills Clyde right when the latter is about to mind wipe Robun, Robun thanks the party and states this is the first time anyone showed him such kindness]].

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Archdemon Libra prioritizes balance between powers, but they also admit that this means they'll eventually betray whoever they're contracted to if the latter is too powerful compared to their enemies. However, they make sure to warn their sync partner of this before forming the contract.

** Zetacorp, the leading corporate power of the nation known as the Sovereign State of Zeta, treats the impoverished terribly by bribing the Church of the Vessel to exclude their communities from protection from demons. The son of President Zazz, Detritus, notes that there are many homeless people despite the country having enough money to house them, and wonders why the government would be so inefficient on this issue. Crow's bonding events imply that the real reason for enforcing poverty is to force more people to work for Zetacorp as Hunters if they want to survive. Zazz also conquered Vulcanite not because he needs their resources, but to deny the people access to these resources and hold their power plant hostage to control them, showing the imperialistic tendencies of capitalism.

* CameBackWrong: In Chapter 3, [[spoiler:Rosie's comatose body is used to sync with Virgo, a hybrid demon/angel. However, Virgo is the one in full control of the fusion, though they inherited Rosie's memories]].

* TheBadGuyWins: Downplayed with Zazz. [[spoiler:He dies but succeeds in bringing the Zodiac Stones to the cryogenically frozen humans, which means the archdemons are obligated to revive them. However, Akira convinces Asterisk to postpone this for five years so that their party has a chance to create a better society first and hopefully prevent a world war]].
* BackFromTheDead: Played with in Rosie's case, since [[spoiler:Clyde lobotomizes her with his ESP, resulting in DeathOfPersonality. Although Virgo syncs with her, Virgo can only read her memories but can't revive her consciousness. If the player maxes Rosie/Virgo's sync, Rosie will make a full mental recovery in the post-credits scene]].

** As the Steam updates page states, it's impossible to save everyone in the game. At the very least, [[spoiler:Pon Pon will be wiped off the map, one party member will sacrifice themselves to let the others escape from Vulcanite Mines and the party will kill either Kael or Virgo/Rosie. However, the demons agree to let the party have five years to reform Zeta (now Utopya) and Vulcanite, as well as to rebuild Pon Pon]].

* TheAtoner: Lunez is a DeconReconSwitch. He feels guilty for being complicit as a clerk in Vulcanite's mines, which has horrible labor practices and is used to punish the poor and political dissidents with forced labor. However, he's a DeathSeeker who wants to just rot away in Pon Pon's prison. After joining the party, he realizes that even if he were to find closure through death, this wouldn't solve any of the problems plaguing Vulcanite, so he decides to help overthrow Morgalia and rebuild Vulcanite even if he'll never be forgiven for his crimes.

** Detritus-11 is an android "son" of President Zazz, but Zazz only created him to act as extra muscle and to make Zetacorp look good. He only sees Detritus as a tool and has already disposed of four other iterations of Detritus for questioning his orders.

* AllForNothing: Prime Minister Morgalia constantly tries to justify selling out Vulcanite to Zeta as necessary to provide for herself and her daughter Chase. At the end of Chapter 2, if [[spoiler:Chase is the one to sacrifice herself to save the party, Morgalia screams that all the crimes she committed for herself and Chase now means nothing. Chase retorts that her actions will lead to Zeta and Vulcanite being freed from Zazz while only Morgalia's actions will amount to nothing]].

* AllForNothing: At the end of Chapter 2, if [[spoiler:Chase is the one to sacrifice herself to save the party, Morgalia screams that everything she did for herself and Chase now means nothing. Chase retorts that her actions will lead to Zeta and Vulcanite being freed from Zazz while only Morgalia's actions will amount to nothing]].

** Kael was the previous top Hunter before his untimely death and taught Akira how to fight. It turns out [[spoiler:they never died and they actually managed to rise to the top of the Vulcanite Resistance]].

* {{Cyberpunk}}: The game takes place after most of humanity has been wiped out. Although there is magic and advanced technology in the setting, the corporate-owned state of Zeta deliberately enforces poverty on the citizens so that they'll be forced to work for President Zazz as Hunters. The president himself is a human brain in a cyborg body, all to extend his life long enough so that he can revive humanity as the top caste in his dystopian society. The rebel party mostly consists of relatively poor Hunters, though there are those such as Eliza, Detritus, and Chase who are [[DefectorFromDecadence defected]] members of the ruling class. Technology and magic, or rather the selective distribution of it, are used as tools of oppression simply because everyone needs electricity and anti-demon magical wards in order to survive. In the ending, the party overthrows Zazz and uses his vast resources and technology to improve the standard of living in Zeta and Vulcanite, making this an attempt at a PostCyberpunk society.

* {{Cyberpunk}}: The game takes place after most of humanity has been wiped out. Although there is magic and advanced technology in the setting, the corporate-owned state of Zeta deliberately enforces poverty on the citizens so that they'll be forced to work for President Zazz as Hunters. The president himself is a human brain in a cyborg body, all to extend his life long enough so that he can revive humanity as the top caste in his dystopian society. The rebel party mostly consists of relatively poor Hunters, though there are those such as Eliza, Detritus, and Chase who are [[DefectorFromDecadence defected]] members of the ruling class. In the ending, the party overthrows Zazz and uses his vast resources to improve the standard of living in Zeta and Vulcanite, making this an attempt at a PostCyberpunk society.

* RewatchBonus: It's not obvious on a first playthrough, but on a second playthrough, [[spoiler:it becomes evident that Clyde's inhibitor implant actually is working, but he intentionally brainwashes himself in a way that doesn't set it off as much, allowing him to engage in his worst impulses with little to no consequences]].

** Barbados calls out Eliza for her fence-sitting regarding Zetacorp's atrocities, stating that no matter how bad she feels about it, she's still complicit as Zetacorp's Head of Logistics and Press Secretary. It's implied that Barbados's [[JerkassHasAPoint harsh words]] [[spoiler:partially motivated her to defect]].

After the demons invaded and wiped out most of humanity, several new humanoid species populated Earth and established their own societies. The SoleSurvivor of humanity, Zazz, established Zetacorp to gain political power and search for the Zodiac Stones, which he plans on using to revive humanity. Unfortunately, he also seeks to exploit non-humans for the sake of his plans, enforces poverty to coerce people into becoming Hunters, and is an all-around terrible boss to work under. The top Hunter, Akira, attempts to quit their job by fleeing to other lands, but running isn't really an option when their boss is a ruthless imperialist whose ambitions won't end with just the Zodiac Stones.

* ANaziByAnyOtherName: President Zazz is an unusual example in that he believes in human supremacy, is fanatical about humanity's past glory, and seeks to turn non-humans into third-class citizens, but since he's the only human alive, he doesn't really have a CultOfPersonality based on these ideals. Instead, he relies on his corporate power and political connections to coerce people into doing what he wants and manipulate greedy non-humans into betraying their people for profit.

** Kael is shown to be a sociable guy in flashbacks, but he's still on Zetacorp's payroll and it's implied that he was ordered to attack the civilians of Pon Pon Village if they didn't give up their Zodiac stones. Subverted [[spoiler:when he defects and is later forced into serving them again]].