History VideoGame / LoserReborn

* NintendoHard: Even on the easiest difficulty, the enemies will take advantage of buffs and elemental attacks in the same way as the player, allowing them to KO party members easily. Worse yet, the game's inn functionality can only be used once per playthrough and there's only one revival consumable, meaning you can only get away with two [=KOs=]. Items and gold are scarce and random encounters disappear after defeating the boss of their floor, making it hard to afford equipment upgrades.

''Loser Reborn'' is a 2019 UsefulNotes/RPGMaker VX Ace game developed by Sounding Stone.

The protagonist dies in a car accident, only for their soul to meet Nya, the god of reincarnation. Nya offers to reincarnate the protagonist as a prince or princess while granting them the cheat ability to [[SaveScumming rewind time]] and control girls via headpatting. Sixteen years later, the world is in danger of being destroyed by a mysterious cultist, who plans on summoning the Daemon Sultan Azathoth, and it's up to the protagonist to stop him. However, the world is full of contradictions that suggest the cultist may have a point.

This is part of the ''VideoGame/PhysicalExorcismSeries''.

* BigBadEnsemble: The Cultist is summoning Daemon Sultan Azathoth to destroy the RPG world [[spoiler:and Nya wants to keep the comatose protagonist in the false world for their own amusement. Though of the two, the Cultist has a more altruistic reason for his antagonism, since he's doing what he thinks is best for the protagonist.]]

* TheExtremistWasRight: [[spoiler:The Cultist is correct about Nya being a false god and the demon they're trying to revive, Azathoth, is actually the comatose protagonist in the real world. In the second ending, they'll team up with the protagonist to defeat Nya and return the protagonist to the real world.]]

* GodIsEvil:
** At first, Nya seems like a snarky, but still helpful deity by reincarnating the protagonist. However, they'll erase any [=NPC=] who dares to point out contradictions in the world. [[spoiler:They're also trying to keep the protagonist in their false world and spitefully sends Gla'aki to the real world in case the protagonist turns on them.]]
** Gla'aki, the goddess of the undead, admits to craving destruction [[spoiler:and starts a zombie apocalypse in the real world the moment Nya sends her there.]]
* HelloInsertNameHere: The protagonist is allowed to choose a new name for themselves, with Marty Stu and Mary Sue being the defaults. [[spoiler:Their real name is different, but Nya keeps censoring their name out every time the Cultist says it.]]
* HumanoidAbomination:
** Slimes are genetically similar to humans, which is why the Slime Kings can impersonate any human.
** [[spoiler:Despite looking like an androgynous human, Nya is really Nyarlathotep, a lovecraftian being. This is implied at the start of the game, where you can ask if headpatting works on them, only for Nya to state that they aren't a girl and they have no actual head. In the first ending [=CG=], they have eyes in their hair, further confirming that they're something monstrous.]]
* LaughablyEvil: Nya is a [[JerkassGod cruel god]] who erases anyone who points out the world's contradictions [[spoiler:and later sends Gla'aki to the real world to start a zombie apocalypse there]]. They also have their share of sarcastic, fourth-wall breaking lines, especially in the fourth ending.

* LoserProtagonist: As indicated by the title, the protagonist is considered a loser [[spoiler:because he has no more living loved ones or friends in the real world and escaped to a false world as a form of wish-fulfillment.]]

** In the first ending[[spoiler:, the Cultist is defeated and the protagonist stays in the fantasy world with their harem, with Nya thanking them for being amusing. The CG and achievement will be different depending on what gender the player chose.]]
** In the second ending[[spoiler:, Nya is defeated and the protagonist wakes up from their coma, only to find that Nya sent Gla'aki to the real world. However, the protagonist is filled with confidence thanks to the Cultist's encouragement, and attempts to fight off Gla'aki with a gun.]]
** In the fourth ending[[spoiler: Nya goes on a rant about the lack of choice and originality in [=JRPGs=] and lampshade that there's no third ending. Instead of going to the credits or title screen, Nya softlocks the game.]]

* OnlyFriend: According to the Steam page, the protagonist has only one friend. [[spoiler:That friend died in the same car accident and reincarnated as the Cultist, who believes it's his duty as the protagonist's friend to get him out of the false RPG world.]]
* PurelyAestheticGender: The player can choose which sex the protagonist reincarnates into. This has no effect on gameplay other than having a separate ending achievement and CG. [[spoiler:This works in favor of the protagonist if they decide to fight the Cultist, since their soul originally belonging to a male makes them immune to headpatting.]]

* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler:Nya knows it's possible that the protagonist will try to return to the real world, so they send Gla'aki there to create a zombie apocalypse. ]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: The Cultist is willing to team up with the undead and [[spoiler:use his own brainwashing abilities to force the castle's female soldiers to work for him. His goal is to wake the protagonist up from their coma and return them to the real world rather than allow them to stay in Nya's false world.]]

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: This game stands out from the others in the ''Physical Exorcism'' series by focusing more on RPG gameplay and tropes than on psychological horror. Additionally, Brucie and Jade are [[DemotedToExtra background characters]] rather than the main characters of the work.

This is part of the Physical Exorcism trilogy, with ''VideoGame/PhysicalExorcismCase01'' sharing the same setting.

This is part of the Physical Exorcism trilogy, with ''VideoGame/PhysicalExorcism'' sharing the same setting.

* LighterAndSofter: To ''VideoGame/PhysicalExorcismCase01'', which is made by the same author [[spoiler:and shares the same setting]]. While this game is mostly a parody of isekai and RPG genres with some LovecraftLite antagonists, the other game touches on darker themes like school bullying, child abuse, suicide, and vengeful spirits.

* SharedUniverse: [[spoiler:During the scene that reveals the protagonist is comatose, the hospital is the same one in ''VideoGame/PhysicalExorcismCase01''.]]

* LighterAndSofter: To ''Physical Exorcism: Case 01'', which is made by the same author [[spoiler:and shares the same setting]]. While this game is mostly a parody of isekai and RPG genres with some LovecraftLite antagonists, the other game touches on darker themes like school bullying, child abuse, suicide, and vengeful spirits.

* SharedUniverse: [[spoiler:During the scene that reveals the protagonist is comatose, the hospital is the same one in ''Physical Exorcism: Case 01''.]]

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: [[spoiler:[[VillainHasAPoint Nya points out]] that the RPG world may not be real, but the people in it will die if the protagonist returns to the real world.]]

* DifficultyLevels: The game has Easy, Normal, and Hard modes. Easy will increase experience and gold gained from events in addition to lowering enemy stats.

* BigBadEnsemble: The Cultist is summoning Daemon Sultan Azathoth to destroy the RPG world [[spoiler:and Nya wants to keep the comatose protagonist in the false world for their own amusement. Though of the two, the Cultist has the more altruistic reason for his antagonism, since he's doing what he thinks is best for the protagonist.]]

* OnlyFriend: According to the Steam page, the protagonist has only one friend. [[spoiler:That friend reincarnated as the Cultist, who believes it's his duty as the protagonist's friend to get him out of the false RPG world.]]

* WellIntentionedExtremist: The Cultist is willing to team up with the undead and [[spoiler:use his own brainwashing abilities to force the castle's female soldiers to work for him. His goal is to wake the protagonist up from their coma and return them to the real world rather than allow them to stay in Nya's false world.]]

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The difficulty can be changed by talking to Nya's statue in the castle. This means it's possible to get hard mode achievements by grinding on easy before switching back to hard for the bosses.

''Loser Reborn'' is a 2019 UsefulNotes/RPGMaker game developed by Sounding Stone.