History VideoGame / GloryOfHeraclesIVGiftFromTheGods

* BonusBoss: There are a series of bonus fiends to take on while exploring a certain cave during the post-game. [[LazyArtist Unfortunately]], they're all [[PaletteSwap recolors]] of past minor enemies.
** Overconfidence is a recolor of the pig warriors and a weakling on the two times you face him.
** Cowardice is [[ActuallyFourMooks actually]] [[WolfpackBoss three mooks]] that will either suicide bomb you for very high damage or keep calling for backup. Then you cast Zaprum and the battle is over.
** Jealousy is a recolor of the plant women. She can drain the MP of the entire party and then cast Megalo. Although she takes several turns to do this, she also has several damage immunities.
** Complaint is... nothing to complain about.
** Irresponsibility is a recolor of the Hate boss. For once, something cha-- all it does is change the weather.
** Grudge is a recolor of Rage. And so on...
%%** Disconfort appears to be immune to everything but Heracles' Tackle.
%%** Pollution is just Hate again.
%%** Deception looks like it doesn't do much... until he instakills your party with Zaprum. MOut is a must here.
%%** Hipocrisy gives you money and restores your HP and MP.
%%** Neglect immediately casts MOut an then tries to stun and wear down yor party.
%%** Plundering lowers the defenses of the entire party and then goes for powerful single-target hits.
%%** Scorn is a trio of tough enemies that both know Megalo and have a powerful physical attack that hits the entire party.

* CharacterClassSystem: You lose your body, but this also means you can transform into people you have met on your journey. Each of them has a WeaponOfChoice, certain weaknesses and up to 3 special skills. To unlock each skill you must gain Fitness Points, which are not shared between the protagonist and Plato.

* AdultFear: Later on, Plato is shocked to find out that his children have been drafted into the war between Persians and Greeks.

* {{Diary}}: Plato writes about his experiences on a journal. This serves to [[NowWhereWasIGoingAgain remind the player of what they should be doing next]].

* StandardStatusEffects: Your guys can be poisoned, confused, put to sleep, stopped and paralysed. Poison does the usual damage on every turn and while you walk around in the overworld, but the other four have the exact same effect of preventing a character from doing anything. Curiously, knockouts are also treated as a status effect that won't go away just from recovering the victim's HP.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: When the protagonist and Plato finally get their bodies back [[spoiler:right before the final battle]], it's a mood-breaker to [[SubvertedTrope find their fitness level is at 0]] from the [[RealityEnsues 9000 years of neglect]] and the single skill they had at the beginning is blocked. Thankfully, it does take minimal fitness points to get them to level 10.

* FlatCharacter: Two inexperienced adventurers named Lion and Lillian replace the retired Plato and Palis during the post-game. After their short introduction they're given no more characterization even as you clear each set of levels at the nearby BonusDungeon. They don't even have lines to react to you stealing items from houses.

''Glory of Heracles IV: Gift From the Gods''[[labelnote:*]]ヘラクレスの栄光IV 神々からの贈り物; Heracles no Eikō IV: Kamigami kara no Okurimono[[/labelnote]] is a [[EasternRPG JRPG]] released by Creator/DataEast for the Super Famicom in 1994.

The plot follows the player, his friend Plato and Epipha from the mythical city of Atlantis. Their professor Arlmoa has been researching possibilities of everlasting life, but this enrages the gods. Heracles leads an invasion on the city and is too late to stop things once he realizes the people there were not evil [[JerkassGods like he was told]], but only harmless scholars. During their escape attempt Arlmoa and his students find the Pandora's Box and unknowingly set free the evils contained within it. The protagonist and Plato are shoved inside the box and awaken 9000 years later as immortal [[BodySurf people-possessing]] beings. With Heracles' help, they now must bring order back to the world.

* EncounterRepellent: The Relaxion spell lowers encounter rate. Maxion has the [[EncounterBait opposite effect]].

-->'''Heracles:''' Oh no!! Gods in Olympus! Please forgive this poor soul!!

''Glory of Heracles IV: Gift From the Gods''[[labelnote:*]]ヘラクレスの栄光IV 神々からの贈り物; Heracles no Eikō IV: Kamigami kara no Okurimono[[/labelnote]] is a JRPG released by Data East for the Super Famicom in 1994.

After much work from fans, it got a unofficial translation in December 2016 that also added several improvements to the game's interface. It was followed by ''Glory of Heracles'' for the Nintendo DS.
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** Hermes gets annoyed if you cancel out of his save prompt instead of doing that or greeting him.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Being defeated sends you back to the last save point with your progress intact.

* OpeningTheSandbox: Once you get the Silk Ribbon you can call Pegasus and easily fly to anywhere in the overworld.

** Sheaze's Prayer skill is ''guaranteed'' to kill everything that's not immune to it. You'll lose the EXP and other bonuses from anything it kills, though.

* AntiMagic: The [=MOut=] spell and the Night Curtain item disable magic for all combatants.

* ActionInitiative: It is somewhat common for you to have a free turn once a battle starts, but later on strong enemies can ambush you as well.

* GimmickLevel: Most of the dungeons have a unique puzzle gimmick.

* FlatCharacter: Two inexperienced adventurers named Lion and Lillian replace the retired Plato and Palis during the post-game. After their short introduction they're given no more characterization even as you clear each set of levels at the nearby BonusDungeon. They don't even lines to react to you stealing items from houses.

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Enemies hit by attacks such as Heracles' Heavencall are cracked in half.

* StandardStatusEffects: Your guys can be poisoned, confused, put to sleep, stopped and paralysed. Poison does the obvious damage on every turn and while you walk around in the overworld, but the other four have the exact same effect of preventing a character from doing anything. from Curiously, knockouts are also treated as a status effect that won't go away just from recovering the victim's HP.

* StandardStatusEffects: Your guys can be poisoned, confused, put to sleep, stopped and paralysed. Curiously, knockouts are also treated as a status effect that won't go away just from recovering the victim's HP.

* MonsterCompendium: The Bestiary item. Lacks flavor text, but is still useful to check each enemy's item drops.

* MetalSlime: Beetle and its Azak Bug recolor tend to run away as soon as the battle begins because they have 999 speed. They're also in a permanent defense state so everything does 1 damage and tackling them hurts Heracles. According to the Bestiary, they can drop some crafting materials and is worth 2893D.

%%** Deception cast instakill your party with Zaprum.

* DiscOneNuke: Bitally is the 12th host on your list and knows a skill that doubles his attack stat for an entire battle. That'd be pretty amazing by itself, but since you can change hosts and equipment midfight... it's kind of sad that the attack stat caps at 999!

* MetalSlime: The Azak Bug enemy tends to run away as soon as the battle begins and it has 999 speed. It can drop some crafting materials and is worth 2893D.

* NoSell: Characters can take 0 damage from attacks if they're tough enough or have resistances to what they've been hit with.

* BlackoutBasement: The fourth visit to the BonusDungeon, because navigating that place wasn't already difficult enough...

* ChekhovsGun: The [[spoiler:Orichalconium scrap]] you buy extremely early on becomes the key to open [[spoiler:the final dungeon]].

** Atlantis: You get to witness its downfall in the beginning.

** Heracles' Tackle skill will knock himself out if used on an enemy that has started some sort of defense mode (yes, that's what the vague "damage depends on DEF" means).

* InfinityPlusOneSword: Subverted in that even the strongest weapons of each class will be useless against enemies that beat them on the ElementalRockPaperScissors. Always keep your [[InfinityMinusOneSword second-best]] weapons around.

** Tartarus is a maze of tunnels you have to dig through.

* StandardStatusEffects: Your guys can be poisoned, confused, put to sleep and stopped. Curiously, knockouts are also treated as a status effect that won't go away just from recovering the victim's HP.