History VideoGame / RingOfRed

* GeoEffects: Be mindful of the terrain that you're fighting on when you attack enemy infantry. If you open fire on a squad and no damage is inflicted despite the fact that your accuracy was very high, it's because the projectile/s got stopped in mid-flight by an obstruction or even the ground itself.

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Infantry squads that ride on [=AFWs=] or follow behind in the rearguard position will never cause damage so the only reason why they're even shooting their guns in the first place is ''to look busy''.

** Minakawa exhibit the same view with Kaiho, but only for a moment of surprise before he going all out anyway.

* AwesomeYetPractical: Kinasato and his infantry, if properly specced, can be frighteningly effective at killing the enemy's infantry.
** 4-Legged [=AFWs=] have the skill "Emergency Load," which instantly loads their weapon. Special rounds from crews don't miss, even when the enemy has the Dodge skill active. Combine a crew with a lot of special rounds, especially the [=APCRs=], with a high-level 4-Legged AFW, and you can kill bosses in very short order. Even if you don't kill them, you have the entire round to finish them off!

* GeoEffects: Be mindful of the terrain that you're fighting on when you attack enemy infantry. If you open fire on a squad and no damage is inflicted despite the fact that your accuracy was well above 70%, it's because the projectile/s got stopped in mid-flight by an obstruction or even the ground itself.

* RealRobotGenre: One of the hardest example in any fiction, without being too impractical. Early AFW designs were postponed due to poor leg workings, and they perform badly in relatively flat European Theater. They are by far slower than ''any'' WWII era tank in even ground. Crippling the legs are important to the point of LampShading; there are no less than four infantry techniques for crippling them (two different types of landmines, tying them down with high-tension cables, and frying them with electric shocks), and the targeting computer, when allowed to calculate maximum accuracy [[note]]99.99 %[[/note]], invariably hits the legs.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: As evidenced by several lines during gameplay, the translation effort for Ring of Red was '''mediocre'''.

* RandomNumberGod: The optimum accuracy percentage for shooting at [=AFWs=] is between 70 and 80%. But the moment you know that the game is screwing you over is when you miss a +90% shot. (+90% shots have very little chance of missing and will always cause critical damage)

* CriticalDamage: Damaging the weapon causes a serious accuracy penalty while damaging the legs will slow down or immobilize the [=AFW=].

* RandomNumberGod: The optimum accuracy percentage for shooting at AFWs is between 70 and 80%. But the moment you know that the game is screwing you over is when you miss a +90% shot.

--->'''Kaiho:''' Why you do insist on getting in my way!!

* BolivianArmyEnding:[[spoiler:Possibly averted. There is a rumor that Weizegger and Ryoko survived their last stand in the ending.]]

** 4-Legged [=AFWs=] have the skill "Emergency Load," which instantly loads their weapon. Special rounds from crews don't miss, even when the enemy has the Dodge skill active. Combine a crew with a lot of special rounds, especially the [=APCRs]=, with a high-level 4-Legged AFW, and you can kill bosses in very short order. Even if you don't kill them, you have the entire round to finish them off!

** 4-Legged AFWs have the skill "Emergency Load," which instantly loads their weapon. Special rounds from crews don't miss, even when the enemy has the Dodge skill active. Combine a crew with a lot of special rounds, especially the APCRs, with a high-level 4-Legged AFW, and you can kill bosses in very short order. Even if you don't kill them, you have the entire round to finish them off!

* BolivianArmyEnding

* GrayAndGreyMorality: The protagonist are mostly NeutralGood, [[ItsPersonal every single of them have their own agenda]], and [[MyCountryRightOrWrong to a T knew well that the country they serve is most definitely not perfect]], North Japan Army only fought for their clause too. [[spoiler:In the end, Kaiho and Minakawa proven to be WellIntentionedExtremist (and far less of an extremist than protagonist feared to boot), and the protagonist refuse to be used as BlackSheep and determined to expose the truth behind the conflict.]]

What would happen if Japan never surrendered after the Americans dropped the nuclear bomb? And if Germans developed {{Humongous Mecha}}? This is explored at the action-strategy game ''Ring of Red''. The American-led Allied forces, following the success of Operation Downfall, and the Soviets invade Japan from Hokkaido and after much fighting, the Soviets annexed Hokkaido, renaming to Vastokayask. After that, the Korean War is simply reallocated to Japan, which is divided into South Japan, capitalist, and North Japan, communist. The plot takes place in 1964 with Masami von Weizegger and Ryoko Minakawa, two South Japanese test pilots who end up charged with recovering a stolen prototype mech.

The mechas, named Armored Fighting Walkers (AFW), as would put the Miguel Lopez from Gamespot, "Unlike the lithe, sleek mechs that we've come to associate with the genre, Ring of Red's cumbersome, gas-powered mechs aren't graceful in the least. They're heavy machinery, first and foremost, no more deft than a six-ton crane or a Ferris wheel." [[http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/strategy/ringofred/review.html?tag=tabs%3Breviews]]. They had replaced tanks as primary land-warfare vehicle, for harsh terrains, like the Japanese territory ({{FridgeBrilliance}}?).

It is now available for download from the PlayStation Network.

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Masami

* RealRobotGenre: One of the hardest example in any fiction, without being too impractical. Early AFW designs were postponed due to poor leg workings, and they perform badly in relatively flat European Theater. They are by far slower than ''any'' WWII era tank in even ground. Crippling the legs are important to the point of LampShading; there are no less than four infantry techniques for crippling them (two different types of landmines, tying them down with high-tension cables, and frying them with electric shocks), and the targeting computer, when allowed to calculate maximum accuracy [[hottip:*:99.99 %]], invariably hits the legs.

Not to be confused with that problem your {{Xbox360}} has hanging over its head.