History VideoGame / TheAgeOfDecadence

* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler: You can find one of the Gods at the bottom of the Abyss. Let's just say that centuries after being left in the bunker without being able to move have destroyed its sanity a bit. If you decide to unleash it instead of putting him out of his misery, it destroys Maadoran to the last stone. ]]

* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler: You can find one of the Gods at the bottom of the Abyss. Let's just say that centuries after being left in the bunker without being able to move have destroyed his sanity a bit. If you decide to unleash it instead of putting him out of his misery, it destroys Maadoran to the last stone. ]]

The story revolves around the events

* CrapsackWorld: Poverty runs rampant, brutal violence is an everyday affair and war is always looming on the horizon.

* WeaponOfChoice: Uunusually for almost any video game, each preforms widely different in combat in practice (even if how they do so is hard to describe). Also unusually is none of the weapons are "second tier" weapons for non-primary-combat characters, they are all roughly equal.

* Shout-Out: The achievements "300" and "Game of Thrones" can be acquired following the Imperial Guard and the Merchant Guild questlines.

* WeaponOfChoice: Uunusually for almost any video game, each preforms widely different in combat in practice (even if how they do so is hard to describe). Also unusually is none of the weapons are "second tier" weapons for non-primary-combat characters, they are all roughly equal.◦ "Heroes" Prefer Swords: Will critical more often and can hit everyone around you in a whirlwind attack.

* AdventurerArchaeologist: Loremasters specialize in digging up artifacts in the ruins of the old world and selling them to the highest bidder. Okay, that's the ideal. Most loremasters are bookworms who rarely set foot outside the safe parts of town, but old-school ones learned their trade while delving ruins, killing monsters and taking their stuff.

* AfterTheEnd: An uncommon example in that the world wasn't even at "modern" tech level when things went explody.

* BackStab: Attacks to the back of a character inflict 10 bonus damage, while attacks to the flanks inflict 5.

* SpinAttack: One is possible with swords.

** AnAxeToGrind: Can break shields, high damage for high AP. Also can access the whirlwind attack.
** Archer: Can attack from range, but not up close. Downsides include ammo issues (As, at least with the combat demo, Ao D does not use Money for Nothing), low skill characters will often miss, low armor penetration (or if using pierceing arrows, low damage). Like all ranged weapons, shield users have a bonus to their block rate against ranged attacks.

* MultipleChoicePast: the eight backgrounds on offer. They don’t have any effect on your character’s mains tats, but they do affect their standing with the game’s seven factions, as well as the dialogue options available for them. It is also possible to remain an unknown stranger with no background, and no associated strengths or weaknesses.

* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Averted, as the things player can do depend on their skills and reputation alone, and so for every door that opens before the player, another is closed. I.e. playing non-violently increases your reputation with factions like the Imperial Guards, but also means that the Assassins’ Guild will not even talk to you.

* CharacterClassSystem:

Iron Tower Studio's turn-based {{Role Playing Game}} set in a post-apocalyptic LowFantasy world reminiscent of TheRomanEmpire and built on the Torque engine. The website can be found [[http://www.irontowerstudio.com here.]] Currently has a combat demo, showing off its rather versatile TurnBasedCombat, and has plans for a "true" demo and actual game in development. the game is now on Steam in Early Access.

* EasilyForgiven: Averted in at least one early side quest, where the player is told to remove an undesirable character from the starting town. This can be achieved by simply [[SkiverNoSkiving telling him to leave]], without even needing high persuasion skill to do so. However, the guy ends up bearing a grudge, and will try to make your life miserable in any way short of a violent confrontation.

* RatStomp: Lampshaded and averted. You can ask NPCs if they need to have any rats killed, but that will simply result in puzzled looks.

* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: Generally averted, unless the question to be answered was "How to get killed as soon as possible?" In the tutorial alone, some NPCs will wipe the floor with you in a fair fight, even if you pour all starting points into combat-related skills.

** ThrowingWeapons: Being the only one handed ranged weapon, it is the only one that can use a shield alongside it. Are expensive, hard to resupply, and have low range, but can attack at close ranges unlike other ranged weapons, and deal more damage.

Iron Tower Studio's turn-based RPG set in a post-apocalyptic LowFantasy world reminiscent of TheRomanEmpire and built on the Torque engine. The website can be found [[http://www.irontowerstudio.com here.]] Currently has a combat demo, showing off its rather versatile TurnBasedCombat, and has plans for a "true" demo and actual game in development. the game is now on Steam in Early Access.

* LowFantasy: It's a cynical, brutal, low-magic world set After the End. Pretty much all magic is of the enchantment type: unlike many other RPGs, being a wizard is simply not an option here, as your character will never be able to cast a single spell.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Averted in many ways. For instance, stripping down to your underpants normally elicits no reaction in RPGs. Here, the guards will stop your character, inquire if he’s drunk, mock him (“Just between you and me, there’s not much to see here anyway.”) and finally tell him to put some clothes on.

Iron Tower Studio's turn-based RPG set in a post-apocalyptic LowFantasy world reminiscent of TheRomanEmpire and built on the Torque engine. The website can be found [[http://www.irontowerstudio.com here.]] Currently has a combat demo, showing off its rather versatile TurnBasedCombat, and has plans for a "true" demo and actual game in development. the game is now on steam in Early Access

* AuthorAppeal: Of the non-sexual type, it's an indie game after all.
* BonusBoss: The "inn fight" in the combat demo
* Main/CharacterClassSystem
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Neoseeker posted a [[http://www.irontowerstudio.com/forum/index.php/topic,1342.0.html preview]]. The problem? They referred to it as an "action RPG", despite posting a (very outdated) video of its clearly '''turn based''' combat [[CriticalResearchFailure in the same article]]. [[IdiotBall They also linked to a newly released demo designed to show of said turn based combat and the game's website, which includes the turn based combat as a selling point]].
* ChooseYourOwnAdventure: Some quests play out like this. They uses lots and lots of skill checks.
* ItemCrafting: The "create expendables" and "improve existing items" types exists as separate skills.
* LowFantasy: It's a cynical, brutal, low-magic world set AfterTheEnd.
* PointBuildSystem: Rather than winning XP toward a LevelUp, you win points that can be applied directly to skills, and only for quest completion.
* [[PublicDomainSoundtrack Public Domain Artwork]]: The combat demo used [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollice_Verso_%28G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me%29 Pollice verso]] for the gameover screen. The use was temporary (presumably the existing gameover image wouldn't work with the story of the combat demo).

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' and the many others that are also spiritual successors to it (such as ''{{Arcanum}}'').

* {{Vaporware}}: It's an indie game.
* WeaponAcrossTheShoulder: Two handed weapons default to this when out of combat.
* WeaponOfChoice: Uunusually for almost any video game, each preforms widely different in combat in practice (even if how they do so is hard to describe). Also unusually is none of the weapons are "second tier" weapons for non-primary-combat characters, they are all roughly equal.
** [[HeroesPreferSwords "Heroes" Prefer Swords]]: Will critical more often and can hit everyone around you in a whirlwind attack.
** KnifeNut: Has low AP cost and accurate, will bypass armor often, and can "flurry" to get in even more attacks.

** Archer: [[CaptainObvious Can attack from range, but not up close]]. Downsides include ammo issues (As, at least with the combat demo, AoD does not use MoneyForNothing), low skill characters will often miss, low armor penetration (or if using pierceing arrows, low damage). Like all ranged weapons, shield users have a bonus to their block rate against ranged attacks.
** [[AutomaticCrossbows Crossbows]]: [[CaptainObvious Can attack from range, but not up close]]. High power with each shot, but slow to reload, like the bow has access to barbed/plain/pirceing ammo for each grade.
** Throwing Weapons: Being the only one handed ranged weapon, it is the only one that can use a shield alongside it. Are expensive, hard to resupply, and have low range, but can attack at close ranges unlike other ranged weapons, and deal more damage.
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Iron Tower Studio's turn-based RPG set in a post-apocalyptic LowFantasy world reminiscent of TheRomanEmpire and built on the Torque engine. The website can be found [[http://www.irontowerstudio.com here.]] Currently has a combat demo, showing off its rather versatile TurnBasedCombat, and has plans for a "true" demo and actual game in development.