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* CrapsackWorld: the United Kingdom is not a nice place once the Chaos Engine has taken over.
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* StatusBuff: Shield makes you temporarily invincible, and Party Power raises all stats to max for a short time.
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* StatusBuff: Shield makes you temporarily invincible, and Party Power raises all stats to max for a short time.time.
* {{Steampunk}}
* {{Steampunk}}
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The Chaos Engine is a top-down shooter with RPG elements set in a steampunk setting, developed by The Bitmap Brothers and published by Renegade Software in 1993. [[AllThereInTheManual According to the manual]] A time traveller on a reconnaissance mission from the distant future became stranded in England of the late 1800s, and his technology came into the hands of [[MadScientist Baron Fortesque]], who wound up creating the titular Chaos Engine. Unfortunately, the experiment predictably [[GoneHorriblyWrong went out of control]], [[AIIsACrapshoot became self-aware]], assimilated its creator and loosed an army of temporally-displaced creatures, robots and mutants.
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The Chaos Engine ([[DubNameChange Soldiers of Fortune]] in the US) is a top-down shooter with RPG elements set in a steampunk setting, developed by The Bitmap Brothers and published by Renegade Software in 1993. [[AllThereInTheManual According to the manual]] A time traveller on a reconnaissance mission from the distant future became stranded in England of the late 1800s, and his technology came into the hands of [[MadScientist Baron Fortesque]], who wound up creating the titular Chaos Engine. Unfortunately, the experiment predictably [[GoneHorriblyWrong went out of control]], [[AIIsACrapshoot became self-aware]], assimilated its creator and loosed an army of temporally-displaced creatures, robots and mutants.
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* ATasteOfPower: A variation. In 1-4 there's a Party Power power-up lying in plain sight. When it's active you'll get to see how powerful your character can become by the end of the game with max speed and max weapon level.
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* TheMedic: Preacher has the lowest health of all the mercenaries, but starts with the First Aid special ability, making him an excellent choice for your NPC companion.
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* TheMedic: Preacher has the lowest health of all the mercenaries, but starts with the First Aid special ability, making him an excellent choice for your NPC companion.companion.
* StatusBuff: Shield makes you temporarily invincible, and Party Power raises all stats to max for a short time.
* StatusBuff: Shield makes you temporarily invincible, and Party Power raises all stats to max for a short time.
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* JackOfAllStats: Brigand and Mercenary, lacking the offensive power of Navvie/Thug, and the weakness of Gentleman/Preacher.
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* HalfHumanHybrid: Starting with the lizard-human creatures in 1-2.
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* GuideDangIt: Getting to the secret exit in 3-3: Reverse requires having a character with a special that can activate a node located on a lower level. A lot of other secrets qualify, and given the game's age and obscurity, good luck finding a comprehensive guide.
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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Baron Fortesque, big time.
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* TheHeavy: Navvie and Thug both qualify.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The ending of the Chaos Engine 2 reveals the entire game was this.
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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewers: World 4 the Cellars.
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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewers: World 4 the Cellars.
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* DumpStat: Speed. Unless you're really impatient or already know where the enemies will spawn in advance, raising your movement speed basically just ups the odds that you'll accidentally run into an enemy and get killed.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: The Chaos Engine 2 is widely considered a huge step down from the original, due to completely abandoning most of the core gameplay.
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* GameBreaker: Provided you avoid instant death by contact damage until you can upgrade his terrible health, Preacher's first aid and shield specials make the game a breeze.
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* FinalBoss: The Chaos Engine, which is notably also the only boss in the game.
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* MagikarpPower: Preacher. See GameBreaker above.
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* MagikarpPower: Preacher. See GameBreaker above. Gentleman is supposed to be this by going from the useless Map special to the super-mode inducing Party Power, but by the time you get Party Power you're likely already near max stats anyway.
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* ArtificialStupidity: Your NPC companion. The Wisdom stat is supposed to improve their AI, but it's debatable how well it prevents them from walking straight in front of a wide-open enemy spawn point.
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* GameBreaker: Provided you avoid instant death by contact damage until you can upgrade his terrible health, Preacher's first aid and shield specials make the game a breeze.
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* MagikarpPower: Preacher. See GameBreaker above.
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* {{Badass}}: All 6 mercenaries. Each one being a OneManArmy is basically why they were hired in the first place.
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* LeftHanging: The Chaos Engine 2 ends with the reveal that Baron Fortesque has somehow merged with the Chaos Engine into some kind of evil cyborg thing, and the all the players' efforts in the game have only resulted in him being set free to wreak havoc.
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* ActionBomb: Every single enemy in the game. Anything hostile explodes upon contact and causes a ton of damage. Enemies that lack projectiles use this as their main attack.
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* Sequelitis: The Chaos Engine 2 is widely considered a huge step down from the original, due to completely abandoning most of the core gameplay.
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* AndIMustScream: Baron Fortesque is still awake and aware inside the Chaos Engine, and can't do a thing to stop it except guide the mercenaries to its location.
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* AndIMustScream: Baron Fortesque is still awake and aware inside the Chaos Engine, and can't do a thing to stop it except guide the mercenaries to its location.location.
* TheMedic: Preacher has the lowest health of all the mercenaries, but starts with the First Aid special ability, making him an excellent choice for your NPC companion.
* TheMedic: Preacher has the lowest health of all the mercenaries, but starts with the First Aid special ability, making him an excellent choice for your NPC companion.
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The Chaos Engine is a top-down shooter with RPG elements set in a steampunk setting. [[AllThereInTheManual According to the manual]] A time traveller on a reconnaissance mission from the distant future became stranded in England of the late 1800s, and his technology came into the hands of [[MadScientist Baron Fortesque]], who wound up creating the titular Chaos Engine. Unfortunately, the experiment predictably [[GoneHorriblyWrong went out of control]], [[AIIsACrapshoot became self-aware]], assimilated its creator and loosed an army of temporally-displaced creatures, robots and mutants.
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The Chaos Engine is a top-down shooter with RPG elements set in a steampunk setting.setting, developed by The Bitmap Brothers and published by Renegade Software in 1993. [[AllThereInTheManual According to the manual]] A time traveller on a reconnaissance mission from the distant future became stranded in England of the late 1800s, and his technology came into the hands of [[MadScientist Baron Fortesque]], who wound up creating the titular Chaos Engine. Unfortunately, the experiment predictably [[GoneHorriblyWrong went out of control]], [[AIIsACrapshoot became self-aware]], assimilated its creator and loosed an army of temporally-displaced creatures, robots and mutants.
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* AlternateHistory: Victorian England meets reverse-engineered future technology.
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* AlternateHistory: Victorian England meets reverse-engineered future technology.technology.
* AndIMustScream: Baron Fortesque is still awake and aware inside the Chaos Engine, and can't do a thing to stop it except guide the mercenaries to its location.
* AndIMustScream: Baron Fortesque is still awake and aware inside the Chaos Engine, and can't do a thing to stop it except guide the mercenaries to its location.
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Players choose two out of six mercenaries to fight their way through the monster-infested wilderness, the steam-powered city, Baron Fortesque's spacially distorted mansion, and finally the automaton-filled cellars containing the Chaos Engine itself. Along the way gameplay revolves as much around fighting monsters as it does solving puzzles and finding secrets, due to the pressing need to accumulate money to purchase weapon and skill upgrades.
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[[caption-width-right:320:Sometime in the last century an experimenter with time space and early computers created a bizarre machine...]]
The Chaos Engine is a top-down shooter with RPG elements set in a steampunk setting. [[AllThereInTheManual According to the manual]] A time traveller on a reconnaissance mission from the distant future became stranded in England of the late 1800s, and his technology came into the hands of [[MadScientist Baron Fortesque]], who wound up creating the titular Chaos Engine. Unfortunately, the experiment predictably [[GoneHorriblyWrong went out of control]], [[AIIsACrapshoot became self-aware]], assimilated its creator and loosed an army of temporally-displaced creatures, robots and mutants.
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!!This game contains examples of the following:
* AlternateHistory: Victorian England meets reverse-engineered future technology.
The Chaos Engine is a top-down shooter with RPG elements set in a steampunk setting. [[AllThereInTheManual According to the manual]] A time traveller on a reconnaissance mission from the distant future became stranded in England of the late 1800s, and his technology came into the hands of [[MadScientist Baron Fortesque]], who wound up creating the titular Chaos Engine. Unfortunately, the experiment predictably [[GoneHorriblyWrong went out of control]], [[AIIsACrapshoot became self-aware]], assimilated its creator and loosed an army of temporally-displaced creatures, robots and mutants.
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!!This game contains examples of the following:
* AlternateHistory: Victorian England meets reverse-engineered future technology.
