History VideoGame / LamplightCity

* SpiritualSuccessor: To {{Gabriel Knight}} Sins of the Father. The conversation menus and an achievement called [[MemeticMutation "What can you tell me about voodoo?"]] make the allusion very clear.

* SpiritualSucessor: To [[Gabriel Knight]] Sins of the Father. The conversation menus and an achievement called [[MemeticMutation "What can you tell me about voodoo?"]] make the allusion very clear.

* FantasticRacism:
** Again, [[spoiler:Madame [=DuPrée=]]] from case one.
** Captain Snelling is implied to be. During the prologue Miles can talk to Bill Snelling and when asked why he doesn't like them, Bill says that Snelling isn't as open minded as Miles (implying that Snelling knows [[AmbiguouslyGay Bill is homosexual]] and hates him and by extension Miles for it).

* TalkingToTheDead: In the good ending, [[spoiler: once Bill's spirit has been put to rest, Miles will visit his to say goodbye and tell Bill that he will be moving on with his life]].

* EvilMatriarch: [[spoiler:Madame DuPrée from the first case. Not only has she sabotaged her daughters attempts attending university and tried to have her brake off her relationship with a black man, [[FantasticRacism but she also beats her servants for relatively minor issues (all of whom are also black)]]]].

** You can play one of the themes from VideoGame/{{LOOM}} on the harpsichord in DuPrée Manor, to which Bill will say it reminds him of his mother. Fittingly, you get an achievement called ''[[MemeticMutation I’m Bobbin,]] [[RunningGag Are You My Mother?]]''.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Considering Madame DuPrée regularly beats her servants, locks them in an air tight room as punishment, and literally beat one to death, it's no wonder someone tried to have her buried alive]].

* AssholeVictim: [[Considering Madame DuPrée regularly beats her servants, locks them in an air tight room as punishment, and literally beat one to death, it's no wonder someone tried to have her buried alive]].

* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: In the opening, you can look at a blimp called the HMS Ligeia, and Miles will brifly mention some of the details of the voyage. Later, you learn that the blimp crashed into a park, kill not only everyone there, but everyone on board as well. While not directly involved in the main story, the effects of the crash bleed into all the other cases in the game.

* WretchedHive: The Cholmondeley district is the worst part of Lamplight City. Fist-fights, muggings, vandalism, and homelessness are a common daily sight in the Chum. It is so crime ridden that the police don't go out of their way to respond to much of it. In addition, since Bill grew up in Cholmondeley, he'll repeatedly mention how horrible it was growing up there and how happy he is that he and his sister go out.

* ShoutOut: You can play one of the themes from VideoGame/{{LOOM}} on the harpsichord in DuPrée Manor, to which Bill will say it reminds him of his mother. Fittingly, you get an achievement called ''[[MemeticMutation I’m Bobbin,]] [[RunningGag Are You My Mother?]]''.

* EvilMatriarch: [[spoiler:Madame DuPree from the first case. Not only has she sabotaged her daughters attempts attending university and tried to have her brake off her relationship with a black man, [[FantasticRacism but she also beats her servants for relatively minor issues (all of whom are also black)]]]].

* MortonsFork: When Bill is held at knife point by the flower shop thief, you have the option of either shooting at him or letting him go after failing to talk him down. If you shoot at him, Miles will miss his shot and hit Bill instead, killing him. If you try to let him go, Bill will try to stop him instead and get stabbed and fall to his death.

* Evil Matriarch: [[Madame DuPree from the first case. Not only has she sabotaged her daughters attempts attending university and tried to have her brake off her relationship with a black man, [[FantasticRacism but she also beats her servants for relatively minor issues (all of whom are also black)]]]].

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: If you manage to get through case 5, [[spoiler:Miles will be saved from the killer either by Snelling or Upton. After the killer is dead, Miles will no longer hear Bill's voice. Satisfied that he solved Bill's murder, Miles will start up his own detective agency with Upton and Adelaide]].

''Lamplight City'' is a PointAndClick AdventureGame developed by the indie developer Creator/GrundislavGames and published in 2018 by Application Systems Heidelberg.

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!This game provides examples of:

* StraightGay: In the fourth case, [[spoiler:Rolan and Jimbo]] were in a relationship. The latter outright confesses to it in an underground pub.