History VideoGame / Gunpoint

With footage placing him at the crime scene, Conway is certain to be arrested for the murder until Rooke, Selena's employer, calls Conway up. She knows Conway didn't kill Selena, seeing as she was killed before the camera saw him, but she still has to hand the footage over to the police. However, if Conway were to erase all the backups...

So starts a winding tale of corporate espionage, intrigue, and faces getting punched as Conway searches for the real killer.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: After pouncing on someone, Conway has a chance to knock them out with a quick punch, before getting back up and continuing. Nothing stops him from staying on top of a guard and continuing to punch him... [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential for however long he wants]]. The game tells you to stop, you only need to punch him once. Then it tells you that you do not have to keep doing it, there is no achievement for it or anything. [[spoiler:Eventually it finally gives up and hands you an achievement for punching a downed enemy a hundred times]].

* GunpointBanter: A possible way for the final confrontation to play out.

* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway: Conway can try this at the finale. [[spoiler: It only works if he's killed before, as his opponent knows he's willing to shoot.]]

The game starts off when Richard Conway, professional spy, hurls himself through his apartment window in a mishap with his new Bullfrog Projectile trousers. Watching from across the street is Selena Delgado, an employee for Rooke Firearms, who calls and offers him a job. Conway accepts, but is caught on camera on his way up to meet her; unfortunate, given that another agent murders Delgado shortly afterwards. With footage placing him at the crime scene, Conway is certain to be arrested for the murder. Rooke, Selena's employer, calls Conway up shortly afterwards, offering to help him wipe all the backups of the incriminating footage. From there, it spirals into a winding tale of corporate espionage, intrigue, and plenty of face-punching as Conway searches for the truth.

The player assumes the role of Richard Conway (Professional Spy, Amateur Electrician, and Weaponized Jerk) as he tries to clear his name for a murder he didn't commit.

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* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Most of Conway's abilities come from the special trousers he wears, and his trenchcoat may similarly be a performance enhancer.

* ArtifactTitle: An usual example for something that is not a sequel or a series. The title was chosen early in development, and the gameplay kind of wandered away from much indicative of it. The achievement for getting the Resolver and sticking up an enemy with it is "Title Finally Relevant" with this [[LampshadeHanging lampshade-laden]] description:

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: After pouncing on someone, Conway has a chance to knock them out with a quick punch, before getting back up and continuing. Nothing stops him from staying on top of a guard and continuing to punch him... [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential for however long he wants]]. The game tells you to stop, you only need to punch him once. Then it tells you that you do not have to keep doing it, there is no achievement for it or anything. Eventually it finally gives up and hands you an achievement for punching a downed enemy a hundred times.

** An additional example lies in the way the gun mechanics work. You can get a gun and point it at someone, and as long as you're pointing it at them, they're too scared to shoot you. The black-suited [[EliteMooks "professionals"]] will shoot you anyway. It also provides a number of reasons for the player not to shoot, primarily that doing so causes a timer to count down to the arrival of a police sniper (who can shoot you dead instantly), but secondarily due to a hard limit on the number of bullets you have access to in the game ([[RevolversAreJustBetter six]], naturally).

Gunpoint is a puzzle platformer recently released on Steam. It was made by Tom Francis.

* NiceHat: "Richard Conway, hat fancier."

* ArtifactTitle: An usual example for something that is not a sequel or a series. The title was chosen early in development, and the gameplay kind of wandered away from much indicative of it. The achievement for getting the Resolver and sticking up an enemy with it is "Title Finally Relevant" with the description:

Gunpoint is a puzzle platformer recently released on Steam. It was made by Tom Francis.

* ClusterFBomb: Gessler's first words to Conway are "Who the fuck are you?", and he gets steadily more inventive as the game goes on.

* EliteMooks: The Professionals can see in the dark and won't be intimidated by having a gun pointed at them (they'll [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim just shoot you). They also appear to shoot faster than other guards, all of which works together to make them much more difficult to take out, especially [[PacifistRun without killing]] them.

** An additional example lies in the way the gun mechanics work. You can get a gun and point it at someone, and as long as you're pointing it at them, they're too scared to shoot you. The black-suited "professionals" will shoot you anyway. It also provides a number of reasons for the player not to shoot, primarily that doing so causes a timer to count down to the arrival of a police sniper (who can shoot you dead instantly), but secondarily due to a hard limit on the number of bullets you have access to in the game ([[RevolversAreJustBetter six]], naturally).

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: In the final confrontation, you have the option of taking out your opponent in a number of potentially complex ways. This is one of the easier ones, and the game gives you an achievement of the same name for doing so.

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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: In the final confrontation, you have to option to take out your opponent in a number of potentially complex ways. This is one of the easier ones, and the game gives you an achievement of the same name for doing so.

!!Examples:

Gunpoint is a puzzle platformer released on Steam.