History VideoGame / PharaohRebirth

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler:Sir Fernando]], in his attempt to stop Jonathan from reaching him in the Cairo-Stewart Hotel, [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill goes excessive]] and buys a KillSat to fry him with orbital lasers. Even the Fiction500 can't buy such a dangerous weapon and have it go unnoticed; once Jonathan gets in the hotel, he gets contacted by the U.S. Department of Defense, who reveal that [[spoiler:Fernando]] hijacked one of their satellites through a black market deal and is now a wanted man because Egypt has understandably taken the satellite attack as a declaration of war (Jack suggests that [[spoiler:Fernando]] expected this, but the plan still backfires on him anyway).

It's also more or less the sequel to ''[[https://www.myabandonware.com/game/return-of-egypt-fvv]]'', another Metroidvania made by the same developer (under the Psuedonym "Driven Phantom Soft" way back in 2003 and was published by Japanese Gaming Magazine, Romdia. The main character of Return of Egypt also stars in Pharaoh Rebirth as both an easter-egg and an NPC.

It's also more or less the sequel to ''[[http://www.acid-play.com/download/return-of-egypt Return of Egypt]]'', another Metroidvania made by the same developer (under the Psuedonym "Driven Phantom Soft) way back in 2003. The main character of Return of Egypt also stars in Pharaoh Rebirth as both an easter egg and an NPC.

It's also more or less the sequel to ''[[http://www.acid-play.com/download/return-of-egypt Return of Egypt]]'', another Metroidvania made by the same developer (under another name) way back in 2003.

The plot contains several twists, so beware of the spoilered tropes.

* AfterlifeExpress: The train Jonathan boards at the start of Stage 2 is actually a decommissioned ghost train (a steam train, in fact) full of spirits, and Jonathan has to fight the ghostly conductor as a mid-boss. It takes them to an abandoned station.

** [[spoiler:Rania Qadesh]] is hidden away in Stage 1 and is only accessible after you've achieved OneHundredPercentCompletion. It's an extremely secret fight at that; the unlock method is obscure and winning the fight doesn't unlock anything (not even a Steam achievement) other than an icon on the collection screen.

* EasilyForgiven: Andre spends the first couple chapters trying to kill you, and is the one that unleashes the titular pharaoh. Later, he offers to work with you, and the main characters instantly accept that with no hard feelings. Also a case of DefeatMeansFriendship.

* FullMoonSilhouette: Stage 5, the Sinai Mines, is almost entirely comprised of a segment where Jonathan and Jack are driving a jeep and have to jump over chasms/obstacles and shoot enemies. At the end of the first part they make a huge jump and suddenly the mountain background is replaced with a night sky with a big full moon, and the jeep for a moment is right in front of it. There are even fireworks! (But be careful of the [[KaizoTrap small chasm]] just after, right before the segment's end)

* HundredPercentCompletion: Finishing the game is actually not too difficult, but recovering all the myriad of treasures scattered everywhere is significantly harder. Only some of these are actually useful (for example by raising the defense, attack or MP regeneration stats), but most of them do nothing.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Andre is somehow able to throw his own shell as if it were a boomerang flying disc! And one of Jonathan's subweapons is a gun that shoots tennis balls (baseballs if you pick up a certain item).
* InformedSpecies: Andre was turned into a humanoid turtle, but to be honest he resembles more a lizardman of sorts.
** He's very likely supposed to be a snapping turtle.

** One artifact summons a spirit that attacks enemies; it attacks and behaves just like a [[Anime/JojosBizarreAdventure Stand]].

** One boss is only seen as a half-trasparent silhouette, similar to Film/{{Predator}}'s use of the cloaking device.

* StealthSequel: As mentioned above, the game is one to ''Return of Egypt''.

* AdventurerArchaeologist: It goes without saying.
* AfterlifeExpress: Of sorts. The train Jonathan boards at the start of stage 2 is actually a decommissioned ghost train (a steam train, in fact) full of spirits, and Jonathan has to fight the ghostly conductor as a mid-boss. It takes them to an abandoned station.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: When Jonathan faces the god Medjed, that looks like a goofy BedsheetGhost with eyeliner, he openly belittles him and assumes that the battle will be easy. However ''Medjed'' means "The Smiter" and he really should have known better...
** On the good guys' side we have Dent, who looks like a harmless crazy old man, but is actually a legendary treasure hunter who is more than 100 years old [[spoiler: and also the son of the legendary Egyptian hero Rania Qadesh]].
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Just before the final boss battle [[spoiler:Jonathan has to fight Andre, who was brainwashed by Sehur. Luckily, even if he's immortal by that point, that doesn't mean he can't be defeated.]]

* CursedWithAwesome: If Johathan and Andre hadn't been trasformed into humanoid animals before this adventure, they most likely couldn't traverse the hazardous temples and areas where the Grails are located.

* EverythingIsOnline: Spoofed when Jonathan asks Jack to hack an ancient out-of-order elevator. And outright mocked when later on Jonathan asks Jack to ''hack a gap in the floor''.
* EvilCounterpart: The grey bunnymen in the Nile temple (stage 3) are listed in the ending roll call as "False Jonathan".

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: [[spoiler:Andre becomes an immortal at the end of the game.]] However, he's playable in the added bonus level that is set 3 months after the end of the story, and he still loses his life if defeated. Sure, it would have made the game too easy, but it directly contradicts the game's ending. [[spoiler:Then again this particular level is under the domain of Anubis and he's in charge of life and death, so it kind of makes sense.]]

* HellHotel: Stage 6, the Cairo-Stewart Hotel. There are lots of [[SpikesOfDoom spikes]], [[FallingChandelierOfDoom falling chandeliers]], a haunted elevator and [[spoiler:Sir Fernando]] has turned everyone inside against you. Oh, and he's also using a KillSat to blow you up before you can get inside!
** The bonus stage exclusive to the Steam version, [[spoiler:Las Vegas' Luxor Hotel]], counts as well.

* InvincibleMinorMinion: Mummies can't be destroyed, they always reform themselves.
* LivingForeverIsAwesome: This seems to be Andre's opinion. Mahone doesn't seem to agree.
* {{Metroidvania}}: of the split-level variety.
* MissionControl: Jack acts as this for Jonathan and, as such, he's always in his van (that also acts as a save point between stages) and communicates with video messages. Sometimes his hacking abilities are needed and once flies a drone to provide Jonathan with an useful tool.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: One of the items is [[spoiler:Andre's shell]], obtained by [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential continuously whaling on him]] after the first boss fight when he's defeated. If you want to get 100% of items and missed it, you might as well restart the game.

* ScaryScorpions: The second boss is a GIANT scorpion, actually a regular one that was turned huge by magic powers.
* SelflessWish: [[spoiler:Andre is shot and killed by Sir Fernando while trying to protect Jonathan]] (see TakingTheBullet below) [[spoiler:and Jonathan, who wanted to become immortal to escape Sehur's curse, decides to use the wish granted by the Grails to make his ArchEnemy Andre immortal and thus cancel his own death.]] What makes it even more selfless is that ''not even the will of the Grails'' knew if the wish could be applied to a dead body, meaning that [[spoiler:Doctor Banfield]] could have given away the only way to overcome the curse for nothing. [[spoiler:The wish works and Andre is resurrected as an immortal]], but now the only way to remove the curse is [[spoiler:go to Sehur himself and kick his undead ass before the end of the seventh day!]]
* ShaggyDogStory: Most of the story is about collecting the seven grails because they are said to be the only way to survive the pharaoh's curse. In the end, all of this turns out to be unnecessary, and the main character deals with the pharaoh by repeatedly punching his face.

* TooAwesomeToUse: There are a limited amount of usable powerups in the game. One in particular grants [[InvincibilityPowerUp invincibility]] for a [[PurposefullyOverpowered long while]] ''while also'' boosting attack power, and naturally you'll want to stock them for the final and bonus bosses.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Subverted, Even if Jonathan turned into a rabbit, he hates carrots. He still eats them, however, because they in-game make him stronger '''and''' invincible for a while.

* TheUnreveal: At no point we see Andre's former human appearance. As for Jonathan, though, [[spoiler:completing the bonus stage gives a new ending sequence where we see, among other things, him looking at a mirror and [[TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf seeing his former face]]: some guy with a PornStache.]]
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The second set of ending credits, shown when the bonus stage is completed, shows several humorous images of protagonists and enemies alike, among which some that show what happened to some of them. For example, [[spoiler:Jonathan and Jack were decorated by the US government, Sehur is seen groveling at Anubis' feet and Sir Fernando is surrounded by [[ScaryBlackMan hulking inmates]] [[PrisonRape in prison]].]]
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: The fate of some characters is directly linked to the previous game, ''Return of Egypt''. [[spoiler:It turns out that Rania Qadesh, the hero of that game, was cursed by Sehur I to become immortal just before the pharaoh was defeated. This was part of the pharaoh's plan: keeping Qadesh alive and waiting until someone discovered his resting place again, in order to face a still alive but depowered Qadesh and finally get his revenge.]] He is not happy about being immortal, especially since when he saw all the people he knew grow old and die, but [[spoiler:Qadesh, under the guise of archaeologist Dr. Mahone, helped Jonathan to ensure Sehur I wouldn't have turned back to full power.]]

* LivingForeverIsAwesome: This seems to be Andre's opinion.

* OrcusOnHisThrone: Literally. When you get to [[spoiler:Sehur the First]] he is sitting on a throne; justified since he's waiting to recover completely.

** The fight against [[spoiler:Sir Fernando on an escavator]] has shades of the fight against Monster X in ''VideoGame/CaveStory''.

** There are a few references to the "[[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Vania]]" part of the Metroidvanias, such as the bats that act like the Medusa Heads and one character named Sir '''Belmont'''e. A more precise reference would be Dr. Mahone who looks just like Genya Arikado from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaDawnOfSorrow'' [[spoiler:and acts like him too, being actually the BigBad's son who works undercover with the good guys to defeat his father.]]

* PettingZooPeople: Jonathan and Andre were cursed into becoming these, humanoid animals that retain all of their human intelligence and qualities. Among the enemies there are also several more, and thanks to a line said in the bonus level it's implied that they're all under the effect of Egyptian curses.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: One of the items is [[spoiler:Andre's shell]], obtained by [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential continuously wailing on him]] after the first boss fight when he's defeated. If you want to get 100% of items and missed it, you might as well restart the game.

* LostForever: One of the items is [[spoiler:Andre's shell]], obtained by [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential continuously wailing on him]] after the first boss fight when he's defeated. If you want to get 100% of items and missed it, you might as well restart the game.

'''Pharaoh Rebirth''' is a {{Metroidvania}} game developed by Krobon Station (which actually is a mostly lone Japanese developer) for Windows and later ported to UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, where [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/441280/ it was released]] [[note]]Beware of spoilers in the images![[/note]] on March 17, 2016. This version, called '''Pharaoh Rebirth+''', adds a whole new stage, a BossRush mode and achievements.

** He's very likely supposed to be a snapping turtle, which would make sense considering [[FridgeLogic his name implies a Central American background]].

** To counter said curse's effect, Jonathan and Andre try to catch all the seven Holy Grails to become immortal. Seven magic artefacts that grant a wish when put together... [[Manga/DragonBall Nope, never heard of that.]]

** WordOfGod [[http://www.siliconera.com/2016/04/09/making-game-want-play-talk-pharaoh-rebirths-kurobon/ says that]] the idea of people turning into humanoid animals comes from ''Anime/PorcoRosso'' and Jonathan's morphs when he uses his abilities are a [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay T-1000]] reference.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Subverted, Jonathan hates carrots. He still eats them, however, because they in-game make him stronger '''and''' invincible for a while.

* ShoutOut: Many, both to other video games and movies.

** The conductor of the ghost train looks like the alien conductor from ''Anime/GalaxyExpress999'''.

** Jonathan is an AdventurerArchaeologist whose rival is a FrenchJerk archaeologist who hunts artifacts for profit. Can you say ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''? What's better, the Ark itself appears encased in a barrier, in a hidden part of stage 1!

** There are a few references to the "[[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Vania]" part of the Metroidvanias, such as the bats that act like the Medusa Heads and one character named Sir '''Belmont'''e. A more precise reference would be Dr. Mahone who looks just like Genya Arikado from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaDawnOfSorrow'' [[spoiler:and acts like him too, being actually the BigBad's son who works undercover with the good guys to defeat his father.]]