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* MinimalistCast: There's you and Jack. And Jack is only communicated with through teletype, so he doesn't appear physically or even as a voice.
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* MinimalistCast: There's you [[PlayerCharacter the Pilot]] and Jack. And Jack, and Jack is only communicated with through teletype, so he doesn't appear physically or even as a voice.voice. The only voice you hear is your own.
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* AlwaysNight: Justified due to taking place in UsefulNotes/{{Antarctica}}. The characters even note that it'll be weeks before sunrise.
* ClosedCircle: Sutro Station is far from civilization and in conditions far too unfavorable to send help. The closest you get is communication through teleprinter with Jack at [=McMurdo=], but the only assistance he can provide is giving you objectives you still have to carry out yourself. And even then, you can only communicate in specific areas.
* DeadpanSnarker: The player character.
* ClosedCircle: Sutro Station is far from civilization and in conditions far too unfavorable to send help. The closest you get is communication through teleprinter with Jack at [=McMurdo=], but the only assistance he can provide is giving you objectives you still have to carry out yourself. And even then, you can only communicate in specific areas.
* DeadpanSnarker: The player character.
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* AlwaysNight: Justified due to taking The game takes place in UsefulNotes/{{Antarctica}}.UsefulNotes/{{Antarctica}} during the winter, so the sun doesn't come up. The characters even note that it'll be weeks before sunrise.
* ClosedCircle: Sutro Station is far from civilization and in conditions far too unfavorable to send help. The closest you get is communication throughteleprinter the teletypes with Jack at [=McMurdo=], but the only assistance he can provide is giving you objectives you still have to carry out yourself. And even then, you can only communicate in specific areas.
* DeadpanSnarker: The playercharacter.character has quite the sharp snarky wit when chatting on the teletype.
* ClosedCircle: Sutro Station is far from civilization and in conditions far too unfavorable to send help. The closest you get is communication through
* DeadpanSnarker: The player
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Every second is spent fighting for your life against the cold and wind, before finally you're able to gather what you need to modify a vehicle to carry you to safety.
* EerieArcticResearchStation: The setting of the game. Eerie because, in addition to the weather conditions, it's been abandoned by the time you arrive, leaving barely enough supplies and power for you to survive.
* EerieArcticResearchStation: The setting of the game. Eerie because, in addition to the weather conditions, it's been abandoned by the time you arrive, leaving barely enough supplies and power for you to survive.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Every second is spent fighting for your life against the cold and wind, before finally you're able to gather what you need to modify a vehicle to that can carry you to safety.
* EerieArcticResearchStation: The setting of thegame. Eerie game is Sutro station. It's eerie because, in addition to the weather conditions, it's been abandoned by the time you arrive, leaving barely enough supplies and power for you to survive.survive, and some buildings are outright destroyed by the winter storms. With some patchwork and emergency maintenance, you can make parts of it a little less sinister and hostile, but only in small spots since supplies are so limited.
* EerieArcticResearchStation: The setting of the
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* HostileWeather: Being outside (or in a room with an open door or broken window) will eventually cause you to freeze to death. In addition, the harsh winds make closing doors difficult, and require you to button mash to fully close them later in the game. Topping it off, it's incredibly difficult to see more than a few feet in front of yourself.
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* HostileWeather: Being outside (or exposed to the arctic winds or in a an unpowered room with an open door or broken window) will eventually cause you to freeze to death. In addition, Later in the game, harsh winds make closing doors difficult, and require you to button mash to fully close them later in the game. them. Topping it off, it's incredibly difficult to see more than a few feet in front of yourself.yourself even with the flashlight.
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* NothingIsScarier: There are no monsters hunting you down, no supernatural elements to watch out for, nothing. Just you, insanely cold weather, and limited resources.
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* NothingIsScarier: There are no monsters hunting you down, no supernatural elements to watch out for, nothing. Just you, insanely cold weather, and limited resources.resources.
* {{Sidequest}}: It's mandatory to repair two generators in the station, but the third one is optional. [[ThatOneSidequest It's by far the hardest to bring to working order, including hauling a big clunky replacement part halfway across the base]], but it's worth it: it powers up the resting rooms on the way to the radio tower late in the game, making a very hard section ''much'' easier.
* TenSecondFlashlight: The Pilot's flashlight lasts only about two minutes per battery, and it dims constantly as power is spent. Justified by the the game's setting and conditions: it takes place in 1982, when flashlights were incandescent[[note]]and thus inefficient and power-hungry[[/note]] and batteries were alkaline[[note]]whose performance drops dramatically in cold conditions[[/note]].
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* {{Sidequest}}: It's mandatory to repair two generators in the station, but the third one is optional. [[ThatOneSidequest It's by far the hardest to bring to working order, including hauling a big clunky replacement part halfway across the base]], but it's worth it: it powers up the resting rooms on the way to the radio tower late in the game, making a very hard section ''much'' easier.
* TenSecondFlashlight: The Pilot's flashlight lasts only about two minutes per battery, and it dims constantly as power is spent. Justified by the the game's setting and conditions: it takes place in 1982, when flashlights were incandescent[[note]]and thus inefficient and power-hungry[[/note]] and batteries were alkaline[[note]]whose performance drops dramatically in cold conditions[[/note]].
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* ClosedCircle: Sutro Station is far from civilization and in conditions far too unfavorable to send help. The closest you get is communication through teleprinter with Jack at [[=McMurdo=]], but the only assistance he can provide is giving you objectives you still have to carry out yourself. And even then, you can only communicate in specific areas.
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* ClosedCircle: Sutro Station is far from civilization and in conditions far too unfavorable to send help. The closest you get is communication through teleprinter with Jack at [[=McMurdo=]], [=McMurdo=], but the only assistance he can provide is giving you objectives you still have to carry out yourself. And even then, you can only communicate in specific areas.
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* AlwaysNight: Justified due to taking place in UsefulNotes/Antarctica. The characters even note that it'll be weeks before sunrise.
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* AlwaysNight: Justified due to taking place in UsefulNotes/Antarctica.UsefulNotes/{{Antarctica}}. The characters even note that it'll be weeks before sunrise.
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* IdiosyncrafticDifficultyLevels: Downplayed. The game has the usual Easy, Normal, and Hard, but the HarderThanHard level is called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica_Weather_Danger_Classification Condition 1]].
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* IdiosyncrafticDifficultyLevels: IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: Downplayed. The game has the usual Easy, Normal, and Hard, but the HarderThanHard level is called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica_Weather_Danger_Classification Condition 1]].
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''Near Death'' is a SurvivalHorror game by Orthogonal Games. After your plane crash-lands in Antarctica, you find yourself stranded and alone at an abandoned research facility in the midst of a deadly blizzard. Plunged into utter darkness, temperatures 100 degrees below zero, and conditions far too harsh to allow for rescue, you must explore Sutro Station and and use the tools at your disposal in hopes of escaping and finding your way home.
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!!''Near Death'' provides examples of:
* AlwaysNight: Justified due to taking place in UsefulNotes/Antarctica. The characters even note that it'll be weeks before sunrise.
* ClosedCircle: Sutro Station is far from civilization and in conditions far too unfavorable to send help. The closest you get is communication through teleprinter with Jack at [[=McMurdo=]], but the only assistance he can provide is giving you objectives you still have to carry out yourself. And even then, you can only communicate in specific areas.
* DeadpanSnarker: The player character.
--> This place is not conducive to, um... existing.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Every second is spent fighting for your life against the cold and wind, before finally you're able to gather what you need to modify a vehicle to carry you to safety.
* EerieArcticResearchStation: The setting of the game. Eerie because, in addition to the weather conditions, it's been abandoned by the time you arrive, leaving barely enough supplies and power for you to survive.
* HopeSpot: The early game gives a couple of these. First, there's the hope of a rescue team coming by, before Jack admits it'll be weeks before it's safe enough for them to get there. Then he suggests you check for food and water, only to find the station is out of both, meaning you can't hunker down and wait for rescue. The latter half of the game, where you gather what's necessary to get a vehicle working, also has these, as every collection is framed as potentially being the last before you're given something else to grab.
* HostileWeather: Being outside (or in a room with an open door or broken window) will eventually cause you to freeze to death. In addition, the harsh winds make closing doors difficult, and require you to button mash to fully close them later in the game. Topping it off, it's incredibly difficult to see more than a few feet in front of yourself.
* IdiosyncrafticDifficultyLevels: Downplayed. The game has the usual Easy, Normal, and Hard, but the HarderThanHard level is called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica_Weather_Danger_Classification Condition 1]].
* ItemCrafting: A mechanic in the game. This is primarily used to make window patches to cover broken windows, wiring bypass kits to get the power back on, and light and rope poles to help with outdoor navigation. However, you can also make one-time upgrades to your gear.
* MinimalistCast: There's you and Jack. And Jack is only communicated with through teletype, so he doesn't appear physically or even as a voice.
* NothingIsScarier: There are no monsters hunting you down, no supernatural elements to watch out for, nothing. Just you, insanely cold weather, and limited resources.
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!!''Near Death'' provides examples of:
* AlwaysNight: Justified due to taking place in UsefulNotes/Antarctica. The characters even note that it'll be weeks before sunrise.
* ClosedCircle: Sutro Station is far from civilization and in conditions far too unfavorable to send help. The closest you get is communication through teleprinter with Jack at [[=McMurdo=]], but the only assistance he can provide is giving you objectives you still have to carry out yourself. And even then, you can only communicate in specific areas.
* DeadpanSnarker: The player character.
--> This place is not conducive to, um... existing.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Every second is spent fighting for your life against the cold and wind, before finally you're able to gather what you need to modify a vehicle to carry you to safety.
* EerieArcticResearchStation: The setting of the game. Eerie because, in addition to the weather conditions, it's been abandoned by the time you arrive, leaving barely enough supplies and power for you to survive.
* HopeSpot: The early game gives a couple of these. First, there's the hope of a rescue team coming by, before Jack admits it'll be weeks before it's safe enough for them to get there. Then he suggests you check for food and water, only to find the station is out of both, meaning you can't hunker down and wait for rescue. The latter half of the game, where you gather what's necessary to get a vehicle working, also has these, as every collection is framed as potentially being the last before you're given something else to grab.
* HostileWeather: Being outside (or in a room with an open door or broken window) will eventually cause you to freeze to death. In addition, the harsh winds make closing doors difficult, and require you to button mash to fully close them later in the game. Topping it off, it's incredibly difficult to see more than a few feet in front of yourself.
* IdiosyncrafticDifficultyLevels: Downplayed. The game has the usual Easy, Normal, and Hard, but the HarderThanHard level is called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica_Weather_Danger_Classification Condition 1]].
* ItemCrafting: A mechanic in the game. This is primarily used to make window patches to cover broken windows, wiring bypass kits to get the power back on, and light and rope poles to help with outdoor navigation. However, you can also make one-time upgrades to your gear.
* MinimalistCast: There's you and Jack. And Jack is only communicated with through teletype, so he doesn't appear physically or even as a voice.
* NothingIsScarier: There are no monsters hunting you down, no supernatural elements to watch out for, nothing. Just you, insanely cold weather, and limited resources.
