History VideoGame / SilentStorm

** The Welrod appears in both games as a silenced pistol. It's a weapon exclusive to the Allies in ''S2''.

* RareGuns: Both the [=FG42=] and the [=STG44=] (mistakenly called the STG-43 in-game). Both become more readily available in the post-war ''S3'', which also includes the original "[=AK47=]".

** ''S3'' nerfs the Webley Scott's damages. It also adds a brand new revolver, the Colt Detective Special .38 S&W, which even more useless than the Nagant.

* GasMaskMooks: Some of the THO servants.

* ChunkySalsaRule: Explosives can turn the enemy into a [[PinkMist red mist]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In a mission, one of the clues is a Russian police report stating that some local citizens spotted in the nearby forest what they described as iron animals (the report emphasizes that the witnesses don't drink). Said clue is one of those which unlocks the "Unknown Complex" mission. Depending on the order of which you do the missions, is can be the first area where you have to fight [[spoiler: Panzerkleins]].

* StatGrinding: Each stat and attribute gains some points at each use (which also gains global experience to the character), then is increased at specific caps. The skills that can be chosen at each level-up include some which increase their growth rate.

* WalkingArmory: The character's models show some of the equipment they carries (not just the two weapons that are in the equiped items slots). When not wielded as the current weapon, gear is typically shown this way: a knife and a pistol in holsters hanging from the belt, a longarm on the back, and grenades on the chest and[=/=]or the waist.

* RandomEncounter: While moving your team around on the world map (between the main missions), "encounter warning" areas often pop up randomly in your vicinity and disappear a short while later. You can actually CHOOSE to have an encounter by moving your squad to that area. Some encounters can net you some great equipment (and can be [[LevelGrinding farmed for money]] in ''S3''). Sometimes (by fluke), an encounter zone will appear right underneath your squad as it moves, causing the encounter to trigger immediately like a classic RandomEncounter.
** Some of these encounters are incredibly rare, and tend to have equipment that cannot be obtained any other way. ''S3'' [[UpToEleven takes this further]], with one that allows you to get a free squad member.
* RareGuns: Both the [=FG42=] and the [=STG44=] (mistakenly called the STG-43 in-game). Both become more readily available in the post-war ''S3''.

* ShoutOut: During one extremely rare RandomEncounter in Switzerland, the team finds a crater with a UFO in it. In the vicinity, the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Prototype 8M1 laser rifle]] can be found, the only fully-automatic energy weapon in the game. The rifle looks exactly like the Laser Rifle from ''{{X-COM}}: Enemy Unknown''.
** This has given some fans an idea for an ''X-Com'' mod for ''S2''.
** It could also be a ShoutOut to VideoGame/{{Fallout}}, where a similar random encounter also occurs.

* ShoutOut: During one extremely rare RandomEncounter in Switzerland, the team finds a crater with a UFO in it. In the vicinity, the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Prototype 8M1 laser rifle]] can be found, the only fully-automatic energy weapon in the game. The rifle looks exactly like the Laser Rifle from ''{{X-COM}}: Enemy Unknown''.
** This has given some fans an idea for an ''X-Com'' mod for ''S2''.
** It could also be a ShoutOut to VideoGame/{{Fallout}}, where a similar random encounter also occurs.

* WeirdHistoricalWar: Cf GenreShift.

* DiscOneNuke: ''S3'' first and second missions are hard. You start the opening level with the crappiest gun of the game (the Nagant) without any spare cartridge; at the end of the mission you normally have knives and a couple of other guns. Since the shop only opens after completing the second mission, you can only do the second mission with whatever you salvaged from the beginning. The nuke itself is lying behind the locked door in the first area's basement, next to the starting area: bashing the door gives access to a SMG and two magazines, turning the beginning into a cakewalk.

* RevolversAreJustBetter: ZigZagged. The two revolvers of the game are the Nagant 1910 and the Webley Scott, respectively the crappiest pistol and a very powerful one (the Webley inflicts more damages than most of the ''rifles''). Being pistols, they still lack of accuracy and range.

** [[http://www.strategycore.co.uk/forums/topic/10295-new-s3-mod-all-uniforms-in-development-feedback-is-welcome/ All Uniforms]] (''S3'' only): You can customize you team's appearance by buying them new clothes. It also includes some other features (skills and stats overhaul, grenade's range increased, etc).

* InterfaceSpoiler: If you look at the skill trees of your soldiers, you'll see skills like: Enhanced [[spoiler: Panzerklein]] Familiarity. This may lead you to wonder, "What the heck is a [[spoiler: Panzerklein]]?"

* SchmuckBait: In ''S2'' first Allies mission, when you get close to a sidecar motorbike with a mountain machingun, the game advices you that you can use it. Actually using it (you don't have to) spawns a group of enemies who are hard to hit with the weapon, thanks to its accuracy...

An officially sanctioned [[GameMod mod]] was released commercially as ''Hammer & Sickle''. Set in the same universe as ''S2'' and ''S3'', it takes place in 1949 during the ColdWar. Put in the shoes of an undercover Soviet agent in the British-American sector of occupied Germany, the player must unveil a tangled web of intrigue and conspiracy, as well as thwart the machinations of an old enemy. They must tread carefully, however, for their actions may spark WorldWarIII...

* BagOfSpilling: The team in ''S2''. Those soldiers you can recruit? They may be experimented veterans who took part in earlier stages of WWII (or early conflitcs), but they will still be hired at level 1.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In a mission, one of the clues is a Russian police report stating that some local citizens spotted in the nearby forest what they described as iron animals (the report emphasizes that they don't drink). Said clue is one of those which unlocks the "Unknown Complex" mission. Depending on the order of which you do the missions, is can be the first area where you have to fight [[spoiler: Panzerkleins]].

* NoSwastikas: In ''S2'', there are various places (including character's creation if you play the Axis campaign) in which the gaes include a German flag. It isn't the real swastika flag from Nazi Germany but something like [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bizarroflag.gif this]].

* NumberedSequel: Played with in a way. The first game is called ''S2'', and there is no ''S1''. The main reason for this is because an abbreviated form of the game's title, ''Silent Storm'', would be ''"[[UnfortunateImplications SS]]"''. Subsequently, the expansion's title, which contained [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal three words beginning with S]], was abbreviated as ''S3'' to preserve the same scheme, despite being neither a sequel nor the third game produced in the series.

* SceneryGorn: You create this. German towns and British villages are initially fine, but the scenery is destructible and even bullets can take some wall chunks. Then you can also use explosives.

* UnwinnableByMistake: Consequence of EverythingBreaks. Using explosives inside a building can create holes on the floor or destroy a stair, making an area unreachable. Even if it is required to get there. Also, explosions or stray bullets can destroy ''plot clues'' (you know, the things that are supposed to be picked up in order to complete missions and unlock new areas).

* LoadBearingBoss: In ''S2'', Orlov in the "Unknown Complex" mission. The mission's objectives requires to capture the enemy officer in charge of the place, along with other clues scattered in the complex. When shot by your team, you heard from a radio he is carrying that his underlings (you are trying to join him, in vain) are about to trigger the complex's autodestruction.

* TimedMission: In ''S2'' "German Manor", you must capture a man and find several clues in his manor. When half of his guard are dead, he'll attempt to retreat toward a rocket in his backyard. If he reaches it (after a dozen of turns), the mission isn't technically failed, but you'll miss a clue which leads to a mission in which you can get [[spoiler: Panzerkleins]].

* UniqueEnemy: You occasionally meet enemy agents of officers who have their own name instead of "Allies[=/=]Axies Officer" or something similar, while their stats are similar to the others enemies of the area. Some of them serve as for the mission objectives who need to be captured. Sometimes, those named unique enemies exist as friendly {{NPC}}s in the opposite campaign.

* SequelDifficultySpike: ''S3'' compared to ''S2''. You start with the crappy Magant 1910 no matter which class you choose and almost no ammos (''S2'' first mission was a cakewalk) then must scrounge whatever you find for the next couple of missions. you unlock the shops after another mission and can hire other party members even later (in ''S2'' both features were enabled immediately after the first mission). You must pay to hire new party members and acquire other gears (''S2'' companions were totally free, its "shop" was a mere quartermaster who let you take anything you wanted until his - quite large and respawnable between missions - stock of items run out). And the game also added BreakableWeapons in the mix.