History VideoGame / Gunpoint

* FreelookButton: While not the straightst example of it, going into hacking mode, lets you scout the map and look for hackable electronics but also to scout the enviroment for any guards and see their guard's view-cone. Of course, Conway can't move while hacking.

* PuzzleBoss: The finale, when Conway confronts [[spoiler:Gessler]], has ''seven'' different methods (all with achievements). Specifically, they are: [[spoiler:pounce on him and knock him out]]; [[spoiler:punch him to death]]; [[spoiler:hold him up and make him surrender]]; [[spoiler:shoot him]]; [[spoiler:pounce onto him and out the window]]; [[spoiler:knocking him out with his own door trap]]; and [[spoiler:kicking the door off the hinges and onto him]].

* DialogueTree: During introduction to a mission, Conway can either ask about some useful things, be a DeadpanSnarker, or act like he got a mental problem.

* 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.
** Before the Professionals, you meet the Enforcers; heavily armored cops who are immune to door knock-outs and being pounced. However, they're still susceptible to falls and electric shocks.

* EvilCounterpart: Hightower to Conway.
* FilmNoir: In spite of it's sense of humor, a lot of tropes from the classic setting are played straight. We have a detective investigating a murder, trying to prove the innocence of a framed young woman, evading a corrupt or incompetent police force, and the main client is a fiery haired FemmeFatale

* HiredToHuntHimself: The Chief of Police hires Conway to investigate the destruction of evidence in connection with the Delago murder. At one point, Conway gets to search his own apartment for evidence to implicate himself with. Depending on your dialogue choices, Conway may or may not get a chance to explain himself.

* HiredToHuntHimself: The Chief of Police hires Conway to investigate the destruction of evidence in connection with the Delago murder. At one point, Conway gets to search *his own apartment* for evidence to implicate himself with. Depending on your dialogue choices, Conway may or may not get a chance to explain himself.

* BadAss: I think it's safe to call Conway one of these.
** BadassLongcoat: Conway all the way. Hightower also seems to have this going for him [[spoiler: especially after he tackles you through the window of a seven story building]]

* NiceHat: "Conway, hat fancier."
** The promotional VideoGame/TeamFortress2 item, the [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Crosslinker%27s_Coil Crosslinker's Coil]], implies that his hatband is electrical cable (''powered'', no less). Seeing as this is Conway we're talking about, it's pretty likely.
* 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 since you only need to punch him once. Then it tells you that you don't have to keep doing it, since there's not an achievement for it or anything. [[spoiler:Eventually it gives up and hands you an achievement... after you punch someone a hundred times.]]
** Slightly lampshaded in the game's trailer.

* PointBuildSystem: As you get further in the game, you get more upgrade points to upgrade the Bullfrog trousers (increasing range or decreasing charge time), or increasing the battery's power.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Early in the game, a girl calls you in to prove her innocence in the case, which you can't do since [[NiceJobBreakingItHero you got rid of all the proof]]. [[spoiler: Double example, because Rooke calls you up later on and tells you she committed suicide because of it ]]

* PuzzleBoss: The finale, when Conway confronts [[spoiler:Gessler]], has ''seven'' different methods (all with achievements).
** Specifically, they are: [[spoiler:pounce on him and knock him out]]; [[spoiler:punch him to death]]; [[spoiler:hold him up and make him surrender]]; [[spoiler:shoot him]]; [[spoiler:pounce onto him and out the window]]; [[spoiler:knocking him out with his own door trap]]; and [[spoiler:kicking the door off the hinges and onto him]].

* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Firing the Resolver once will net you a timer to exit the level before a police sniper gets into position to shoot you dead if you exit a building. It is a punishment since the game only lets you fire the Resolver at a person.
** Just don't fire it twice. [[spoiler:[[NonStandardGameOver It'll instantly spawn the police sniper]].]]

* 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.

--> I don't get into trouble. [[InSovietRussiaTropeMocksYou Trouble gets]]...in...OK, that one's not going anywhere.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Early in the game, a girl calls you in to prove her innocence in the case, which you can't do since [[NiceJobBreakingItHero you got rid of all the proof]]. [[spoiler]] Double example, because Rooke calls you up later on and tells you she committed suicide because of it [[/spoiler]]

-->[[spoiler:Fritz:]] "Look at that, Shit Hat Conway packs a piece.
-->Conway: For your own safety, [[spoiler:Fritz]], do not insult the hat.

* DisasterDominoes:
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Dying lets you continue the game from a quite frequent autosave feature. And the saves usually go back a few seconds prior to Conway's demise.

* TheDragon: Hightower can be one for [[spoiler:Gessler]] if you side with Rooke.

* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: Using the crosslink to rewire levels to kill or knock out guards is a major feature of the game. The chain of devices you use to do this can be as simple or as complicated as you can imagine.

* XMeetsY: ''VideoGame/TheArtOfTheft'' meets ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'', with ''VideoGame/MarkOfTheNinja'' and ''Franchise/MetalGear'' trying to sneak around the side, and a side order of ''Film/ChinaTown''.

* ActionCommands: [[spoiler: Happens during the last level. You can either fight off the hitman who also uses a pair of Bullfrog trousers by punching him, or shoot him. Shooting him causes a 60 second timer to start.]]

** 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).

* XMeetsY: ''VideoGame/TheArtOfTheft'' meets ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'', with ''VideoGame/MarkOfTheNinja'' and ''Franchise/MetalGear'' trying to sneak around the side, and a side order of ''Film/ChinaTown''.

* BadassLongcoat: Conway all the way. Hightower also seems to have this going for him [[spoiler: especially after he tackles you through the window of a seven story building]]

* TheDragon: Hightower can be one for [[spoiler:Gessler]] if side with Rooke.