History VideoGame / Rift

The second ExpansionPack, ''Nightmare Tide'', was released October 22, 2014, and the third, ''Prophecy of Ahnket'' (formerly ''Starfall Prophecy''), was released November 16, 2016.

The second ExpansionPack, ''Nightmare Tide'', was released October 22, 2014, and the third, ''Prophect of Ahnket'' (formerly ''Starfall Prophecy''), was released November 16, 2016.

The second ExpansionPack, ''Nightmare Tide'', was released October 22, 2014, and the third, ''Starfall Prophecy'', was released November 16, 2016.

* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: "A sailor might see a shark feed, and say he has seen hunger, or through a shark’s black eyes he might understand hunger and go mad. This is the difference between the true nature of the Blood Storm, and the dragon forms they take upon Telara."

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When investigating the Atragarian Guards in Goboro Reef for traitors and discovering one, the player says this line:

* HappinessIsMandatory: Dolcega Valley in the Kingdom of Pelladane after the Storm Legion took over. It features Thought Officers as common enemies, and anyone who disagrees is [[BalefulPolymorph transformed into an animal]] and put in a fenced-in field called the Farm.
--> '''Marta Vilhelmo''': Just look around, do you see any unhappy people? Seriously, do you see any? If you do, tell the nearest Thought Officer and we'll get them off the streets as soon as possible.

* InfantImmortality: Averted by calling WhatMeasureIsANonHuman on juvenile troggs in Stonefield. Granted, they aren't fully sapient; but they're clever enough to [[YouBastard run away from melee classes that try to kill them after you take one of their group out.]]

Not to be confused with the tabletop game ''{{Rifts}}.''

* ArsonMurderandJaywalking: When investigating the Atragarian Guards in Goboro Reef for traitors and discovering one, the player says this line:

** As if the 2.1 patch for Storm Legion [[spoiler: Crucia the Storm Dragon and even Regulos himself(in his true form as the God of Death unlike the other Blood Storm) have been defeated.]] That's the good news. The bad news is that [[spoiler: Crucia's spirit has managed to find a hiding place so she's still out there and Regulos, while dead, claims that his presence was holding back something worse.]] [[OhCrap Oh crap...]]

** It's revealed by [[spoiler:the servants of the Goddess of Fate that the something worse(Akvan) that Gods of the Elemental Planes are holding back threatens the Elemental Planes and fortunatly ''not'' Telara which they are willing to sacrifice to protect said Planes.]]
*** [[spoiler:Her followers also reveal that if the Ascended(players) allied with Crucia(the one who arranged Regulos's death rather than merely sealing him away) she and the Ascended could have come up with a plan to stop the Akvan... They do ally with her yet she pulls an YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness on them in order to control said Akvan so they change the portal so that it leads directly to the Akvan that she's trying to control resulting in [[EvilIsNotAToy her being controlled by said greater horrors]]. All the NiceJobBreakingItHero problems can be traced to Crucia holding the VillainBall.]]
* EldritchAbomination: Every arch-dragon, but also most anything from the Plane of Water. So you can imagine what Akylios--the Water Dragon--[[UpToEleven is like]]. We don't even fight his true form just his dragon form which dosen't even compare to his true form [[spoiler:but we will likely fight his true form as the God of Water in the Plane of Water expansion.]]

* ExpansionPackWorld: ''Storm Legion'' promises to triple the size of the game world.

** We get to see the true nature of Regulos as the God of Death and he seems more comprehensible then [[EldritchLocation his own realm]](he's a LiteralSplitPersonality consisting of Regulos Dragon of Death and Aedraxis Mathos who later preform a FusionDance making it possible [[spoiler:to kill the God of Death DeaderThanDead]] though if one knew of this fact before Aedraxis Mathos was born they would be DrivenToMadness at the realization that Regulos is unkillable until Aedraxis Mathos is born) which isn't surprising for a [[GrimReaper God of Death]]. [[spoiler:We end up killing him.]]

** The quest "Worked to the Bone" involves retrieving a Control Gem with the FlavorText of [[{{Jem}} "This gem is truly outrageous."]]

The second ExpansionPack, ''Nightmare Tide'', was released October 22, 2014.

* GenderBender: [[spoiler: Finric from ''Nightmare Tide'', They start as male and become female in the story quests similar to some species of fish.]]

** One of the NPCs in Perspice is named Dehni Elphman, this is most likely a reference to {{Danny Elfman}}.

[[http://www.riftgame.com/en/index.php Rift]] is an MMORPG from Trion Worlds which purports to be a truly dynamic gaming arena, as opposed to other such games where everything is always the same. This is made possible by, you guessed it, the eponymous [[HellGate rifts]] cropping up randomly and spewing out hordes of monsters, while simultaneously altering the very landscape [[PowerFloats and]] [[PowerGlows just]] [[PowerEchoes generally]] [[FloatingWater looking]] [[ArtMajorPhysics badass.]] The players can either shut the things or use their powers for themselves; it's really a matter of preference, although the [[KnightTemplar Guardians]] would prefer the former and the [[MadScientist Defiant]] might encourage the latter. But whatever your decision, one thing's for sure; if you don't move fast, you just might lose your opportunity!

* LightIsNotGood: You'd ''think'' Life is all sweetness and kindness. Then you see the relentless predation that Greenscale, the Life Dragon, champions...

* ShoutOut: The guys at Trion really love Film/{{Ghostbusters}}, if the quest "You Are Who They Call" and the achievement "Ghost Busted" are anything to go by.

** There's a [[IncrediblyLamePun healer]] in Iron Pine Peak called [[TheCure Roburt Smyth]].

** One of the NPC's in Perspice is named Dehni Elphman, this is most likely a reference to {{Danny Elfman}}.

** One of the early level [[HyperactiveMetabolism drinks]] is called "[[{{Firefly}} Mudder's Milk]]."

** The ''"doesn't compare to his true form"'' does '''not''' refer to eldritch features but rather numbers: His true form is a herd of sharks ''[[UpToEleven identical]]'' [[FromBadToWorse to his/their "dragon" form.]]

** The ''"doesn't compare to his true form"'' does '''not''' refer to eldritch features but rather numbers: His true form is a herd of sharks ''[[UpToEleven identical]]'' [[ItGotWorse to his/their "dragon" form.]]

** We get to see [[spoiler:the true nature of Regulos as the God of Death and he seems more comprehensible then [[EldritchLocation his own realm]](he's a cross between the GrimReaper and a Xenomorph from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'') which isn't surprising for a [[GrimReaper God of Death]]. We end up killing him.]]
** As if unseen horror of Akylios's true form wasn't bad enough it's hinted that the true form of Maelforge is [[spoiler:also the true form of Akylios as well explaining their similar sadistic tendancies.]]

* ThoseTwoGuys: Rodan and Zaerist. [[spoiler:In Terminus, [[FridgeHorror there's no sign of Zaerist; Rodan paces around Tempest Station, railing at the Guardians and the Endless]].]]