History VideoGame / GlobalAgenda

* MechaMooks

* EvilBrit: The Commonwealth being entirely British may have been RetCon'd, but that still doesn't mean they don't talk like this.

** Recon is Scout mixed with Spy and Sniper.
** Robotics is EVERYTHING, with everything the Robotic's class get, they can more or less fill any requirement. Most evident is how well they can be played the same as a Spy, Demoman or Scout.

!! Featured classes

'''Assault'''
%%* AnAxeToGrind
%%* TheBigGuy
%%* {{BFG}} - All of the Assault's specialty weapons.
%%* DropTheHammer
* GatlingGood: The official description is [[{{BFG}} "chainguns the size of motorcycles"]]
* [[FlamingSword Flaming Axe]] - Assault's unique melee weapon, the [[AnAxeToGrind Radiant Axe]]. Its edge is MADE of fire. It cuts things by ''burning through them''.
%%* FoeTossingCharge - The "Super Smash" LimitBreak.
* ImplacableMan - A tank-spec Assault backed up by a competent beam medic and a robo packing a power station can turn into this. They just. Won't. Stop.
* MagikarpPower - For the first few levels, Assaults are underwhelmingly weak. Once you get enough skill points to invest into their class-specific massive health bonuses and unlock weapons of different types, they become the most demanded class on the battlefield.
* MightyGlacier - As an exception to the "even base stats" rule (see CompetitiveBalance below), they have slightly slower movement speed and much larger bodyframes than other classes, but [[{{BFG}} compensate for it]].
* MoreDakka - Related to above GatlingGood. iMiniguns and Inferno Cannons fall into this trope.
* PlayingWithFire - Magmalance Recoilless Rifle, Inferno-X Cannon, Heatwrack Maser, Radiant Axe.
* SpamAttack - Power Stim lets you do this with anything, most notably grenade launchers.
* SplashDamage - Assaults specced into the more [[StuffBlowingUp explosive]] style of the Destroyer tree are good at this.
* StoneWall - If you choose to build yourself entirely as a tank and ignore offensive skills, you get this.
** A tank assault can be dangerous with their minigun or inferno cannon. They just do not have the punch to really kill a target on their own. Usually, the tank will end up weakening it where one of the damage dealing players will come in and mop it up. Tanks have few kills but LOTS of assists.

'''Medic'''
* AgonyBeam - The Pain Gun.
* CombatMedic
* DeadlyDoctor - One of their skills is even called Death Medic.
* HealingShiv - Beam Heal guns and Nanite guns. Not to be confused with their melee {{weapon of choice}} which does exactly what a shiv is supposed to do.
* JackOfAllStats - Many consider Medics to be this, due to how well-rounded their arsenal of poisons and healing devices is and they don't really have to sacrifice their healing ability for offense.
* LifeDrain - The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Life Stealer]] melee weapon, and the Soul Stealer grenade.
* TheMedic
* PlayingWithSyringes - Medics get a[[strike:n oversized combat knife with a built-in]] syringe with blades tacked onto it as their melee weapon. It's aptly called the "Poison Injector". Then there's a pimped-out version dubbed the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Life Stealer]], which looks like a portable steam-powered blood pump.
* PoisonedWeapons

'''Recon'''
%%* CoolSword
* DualWielding - Dual Daggers. [[{{BFS}} Which don't look like daggers at all]].
%%* GlassCannon - When sniping, naturally.
%%* HitAndRunTactics - Meleecons and Bombercons LIVE on this.
%%* FragileSpeedster - For higher level 'cons, {{whoring}} out mass cooldown mods on Bionics device, which turns you into [[Franchise/TheFlash Flash lite]] for ~15 seconds, is actually a very popular ''defensive'' strategy.
* InvisibilityCloak - With an added bonus of greatly increasing either movement speed or jump distance when it's active.
* InvisibilityFlicker - Recons pop out of their InvisibilityCloak for a brief moment when tossing a bomb or using an ability.
* LandMineGoesClick - Played by bombs that have a [[TimeBomb 3-sec time counter]] that conveniently appears above them prior to detonation. Averted with actual mines. They take a few seconds to arm after being dropped and will wait until there are no enemies in proximity before arming. After that the best you can hope for is seeing the mine and going OhCrap the moment before it explodes.
* LaserBlade
* SniperDuel - When snipercons get angry at each other.

'''Robotics'''
* ArtificialLimbs - The Repair Arm, an additional third arm. It's even used as an actual limb in various animations, like hanging from a ledge or doing a handstand.
* AttackDrone
* DeployableCover - Featured as both a common ability and a LimitBreak.
* EnemyDetectingRadar - deployable Sensor.
* TheEngineer - of the combat variety, outfit with the most advanced weaponry and frontline equipment in the game's world.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe - Mace'n'Shield in 1.3. Of note, any melee weapon can be used to block other melee attacks and doing so reflects the damage to the attacker. Mace'n'Shield also doubles it.
* MechaMooks - Drones and turrets all qualify. In [=AvA=] there is also an item that deploys a squad of androids, typically given out to Robotics as they are only ones who can repair them.
* TheTurretMaster - The only class that can deploy turrets and keep them repaired.
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* HitScan - All full-auto weapons work this way.

The game features visceral combat involving four character classes with clearly distinguished roles and unique playstyles, classic MMO-style open zones with quest hubs and mob hives, four player co-op and ten player horde defense [[PlayerVersusEnvironment PvE]] missions, ten-on-ten PvP brawls with standard gameplay modes as well as hex map warfare a-la TabletopGame/{{Risk}} between player-controlled Agencies.

* CaptureTheFlag - Demolitions PvP game mode, with an interesting twist. The flag is a hundred ton, heavily armored and armed robot that you have to escort to the enemy [[strike:base]] [[CoolAirship airship]] to blow it up.

** There's also that fancy dropship that you begin majority of both PvP and [[PlayerVersusEnvironment PvE]] missions in.

* CharacterCustomization - Naturally. You get to pick a set of "skills" (which work much like talents in WorldOfWarcraft) and can mod your weapons and armor to have the particular stats you are interested in, be they damage, range, power consumption or whatever else.

%%* FragileSpeedster - For higher level 'cons, {{whoring}} out mass cooldown mods on Bionics device, which turns you into [[TheFlash Flash lite]] for ~15 seconds, is actually a very popular ''defensive'' strategy.

** And now the Dome Defense Raids, where you have to protect [[{{Badass}} Dalton]] [[{{Cyborg}} Bancroft]].

'''Global Agenda''' is a ThirdPersonShooter slash MMORPG by the Georgia, USA-based Hi-Rez studios.

The game features visceral combat involving four character classes with clearly distinguished roles and unique playstyles, classic MMO-style open zones with quest hubs and mob hives, four player co-op and ten player horde defense [[PlayerVersusEnvironment PvE]] missions, ten-on-ten PvP brawls with standard gameplay modes as well as hex map warfare a-la {{Risk}} between player-controlled Agencies.

* RecycledInSpace: TeamFortress2 '''WITH JETPACKS'''

* AnAxeToGrind
* TheBigGuy
* {{BFG}} - All of the Assault's specialty weapons.
* DropTheHammer

* FoeTossingCharge - The "Super Smash" LimitBreak.

* CoolSword

* GlassCannon - When sniping, naturally.
* HitAndRunTactics - Meleecons and Bombercons LIVE on this.
* FragileSpeedster - For higher level 'cons, {{whoring}} out mass cooldown mods on Bionics device, which turns you into [[TheFlash Flash lite]] for ~15 seconds, is actually a very popular ''defensive'' strategy.

* BribingYourWayToVictory - Elite Agent status permanently doubles your XP, credits, and tokens. Boosters give you 2,000 free tokens for every day the booster is active and further double your XP, credits, and tokens.

* CharacterLevel

* MegaNekko - The Think Tank boss.

More game modes and content are being added to the game regularily through expansive patches. Sadly the game is more or less dead in the water, with some fans clinging on, thanks to Hi-rez moving on to the more popular TribesAscend.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard - What, you think that the most common mook is an [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy exemplary stormtrooper]]? Haha, good luck. In addition to improbable accuracy, a lot of common mechanics, like weapon damage faloff at long ranges, do not apply to mobs. The AI is simple enough to be exploited mercilessly, but if you slip up for even a second you won't be shown any mercy either. See tropes above for shining examples of how this game can make your life miserable.

* TheBritishEmpire - In the backstory, the American colonies never seceded from the British. Now, if only they weren't destroyed to make way for an [[{{BigBrotherIsWatching}} Oceania-style oppressive regime]].

** Medic is... duh. What really drives the point home is the pretty healing beam. Poison spec medics also draw allusions to Pyro, as both are meant to harass and soften enemies up for their allies through damage-over-time effects, and both are highly popular due to weapons that completely eliminate the need for aiming.

More game modes and content are being added to the game regularily through expansive patches.

[[http://www.globalagendagame.com/home.html You may find the game's home page here.]]

'''Global Agenda''' is a Third Person online Shooter slash MMORPG by the Georgia-based (no, not THAT Georgia, the US one) Hi-Rez studios.

* GatlingGood

* BadassBlink - Recons pop out of their InvisibilityCloak for a brief moment when tossing a bomb or using an ability.

The game features visceral combat involving four character classes with clearly distinguished roles and unique playstyles, classic MMO-style open zones with quest hubs and mob hives, four player co-op and ten player horde defense PvE missions, ten-on-ten PvP brawls with standard gameplay modes as well as hex map warfare a-la {{Risk}} between player-controlled Agencies.

* BossInMookClothing - Guardians of all varieties. Except for the one case as a low level dungeon boss, it shows up as a special mook in all PvE missions, especially raids. They have a large amount of health, have a ranged attack that at long ranges has a shotgun like effect of splattering an area with damage and being almost a death beam in shorter ranges. A second attack shoots a volley of three, high damage missiles that will kill anything under an assault in one barrage, shuts down turrets like an EMP and does this TWICE in succession. Add that they spawn far away, take forever to fly in close, and when they do they like to dodge behind obstructions to pop out, launch a volley of attacks and go behind cover again.

** There's also that fancy dropship that you begin majority of both PvP and PvE missions in.

* SuperSoldier - Lore states that Super Agents, such as the ones you play and the EliteMooks in PVE missions are the results of the Commonwealth PlayingWithSyringes to make a smarter, faster, and stronger spy. Obviously, your characters are the ones who's {{Brainwashing}} wasn't completed properly.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill - Tac-Nukes are available for use in AVA combat, guaranteed to sterilize at least half the map. [[BeyondTheImpossible You can bring more than one.]]