History VideoGame / ToTheBitterEnd

* BossBattle: A lot of these, typically at least one per Chapter. Chapter VII has SIX.

** DegradedBoss: Type B. The first Void Child Fury and the first Dharuk were {{Mini Boss}}es.

* OneManArmy: The Companions and most of Mini Bosses and Bosses.

* PlayingWithFire: Cameron Aileron's capabilities.
* PoweredArmor: Cameron Aileron wears a full body suit of this.
* PsychicPowers: Also Cameron Aileron's powers.

* RainOfArrows: One Sera Poi's abilities.

** Soul Reaver in particular - he became an immortal after being crippled and tortured fighting a demonic Shadowlord. Unwilling to give up, he suddenly managed to tap into the power of his own soul. Souls are eternal and infinite, as is Soul Reaver's potential now (though he currently cannot consciously draw on the full extent of said potential). [[hottip:*:One of his abilities is even titled "Iron Will"!]]

* ATasteOfPower: In the Prologue cinematic, Soul Reaver and the rest of the Companions are clearly high level, taking out hordes of Dharuk and using powerful abilities. However, when Chapter I rolls around, Soul Reaver's amnesia literally reduces him to a Level 1 character.

* RestartAtLevelOne: In the Prologue, Soul Reaver and the rest of the Companions are clearly high level, taking out hordes of Dharuk and using powerful abilities. However, when Chapter I rolls around, Soul Reaver's amnesia literally reduces him to a Level 1 character.
** It is likely the other Companions suffered the same fate, but regained some of their lost memories and skills by the time Soul Reaver meets up with them.

* RestartAtLevelOne: Soul Reaver in Chapter I.

** HelpfulMook: The battle that occurs between The Dharuks against The Void Children in the Chapter IV is very convenient.

*** EliteZombie/ SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: The undead in the chapter VI and the chapter VII.

** Subverted with the Undead Mooks, they reappear in Chapter VI:.

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Class Z by Uthurak's intentions, which exists to destroy all creation.]]

*** The Void Children in the chapter VIII.

*** In the chapters IV, V, VI and VIII, [[ExaggeratedTrope there are Dozens of Minibosses.]]
** ReactorBoss: The Chapter VI.

* BlowYouAway: Kitharsis can summon a whirlwind for one of his ultimates.

* CurbStompBattle: Void children vs Dharuks in Chapter IV.

* FiveBadBand: The council of Six

** TheDragon/ TokenGoodTeammate: Eryon Xanatha.
** EvilGenius: Dustwalker and Kaine sharriven.

** SixthRanger: Void child Hatred and Void Child Despair.

** InvertedTrope: (at the begining) with the Dharuk's Mooks. In the prologue the Companions were able to defeat a Dharuk's army with relative ease, while the first level, a Dharuk is hard to beat.
*** The Dharuk's Mini bosses. In the prologue, five of them are defeated with relative ease, while the seventh chapter an equal number are very difficult to overcome.
** AvertedTrope: Most Void Children units, (hatred, Desapir, Desolations, Malice and Sorrow.)

** [[spoiler:[[CompleteMonster Except for Maelstrom]], an unrepentant NietzscheWannabe who believes that since Immortals are the only exceptions to the hopelessness and inevitability of life's end, mortals should only exist for the purposes of their glory. [[TheStarscream He was considering to later overthrow Morganem]] as he couldn't convince Morganem to abandon the high-minded ideals behind his empire to switch to his own self-absorbed opinions.]]

* VillainPedigree: Human and Undead Mooks.

*** EliteZombies/ SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: The undead in the chapter VI and the chapter VII.

-->''But Morganem will not step silently into the darkness of history, and he prepares to fight these interlopers to the bitter end."'' - [[http://familykrieg.com/tothebitterend/download.htm The official website]]'s summary.

* {{Fanfic}}: The game's Multiverse setting comes from a tandem story, some elements of which drew inspiration from other universes. For example, the character of Cameron Aileron and his background story were clearly inspired by the Space Marines from ''{{Warhammer40000}}''.
** However, while it shares the same name as the Warp from ''{{Warhammer40000}}'', it seems that the Warp in "To the Bitter End" has no association with evil Chaos Gods. It's just what lies beyond the borders of reality. That doesn't make it any less dangerous to travel through.

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Soul Reaver against an insane [[spoiler:Fei Serumen]]. During these battles, Soul Reaver refuses to use his Sphere of Annihilation spell (should the player try to do so), making it clear that his goal is not to kill his former ally, but rather to bring him to his senses.

* LightningBruiser: [[EliteMooks The Dharuk]] with their Dharuk Battle Frenzy ability.

*** The Dharuk's Mini bosses. In the prologue, five of them are defeated with relative ease, while the seventh chapter an equal number are very difficult to overcome.

* OneHitKill: This is what happens to your entire party if you don't act fast enough to stop the casting of [[spoiler:Uthurak's]] Apocalypse spell.

* RestartAtLevelOne: Soul Reaver in Chapter I.

* SummonMagic: Soul Reaver's "Summon Daemons", Kitharsis' "Create Skeletal Minions" and Fei Serumen's "Abyssal Summon", to name just a few.

*** SuperpoweredMooks: The Void Children units and Dharuk [[MiniBoss Minibosses]].

** Inverted (at the begining) with the Dharuk's Mooks. In the prologue the Companions were able to defeat a Dharuk's army with relative ease, while the first level, a Dharuk is hard to beat.
** Inverted with the Dharuk's Mini bosses. In the prologue, five of them are defeated with relative ease, while the seventh chapter an equal number are very difficult to overcome.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[AllThereInTheManual In the background]] - while too well-meaning and not fatalistic enough be DrivenToSuicide, Soul Reaver by no means really enjoys having become an immortal. Although he tries to avoid it, having once been mortal, he still (in spite of himself) forms emotional attachments to the comparatively fleeting things around him, inevitably leading to an eternity of loss. But it doesn't stop him from continuing on trying to help.

** [[spoiler: BiggerBad/ UltimateEvil: Uthurak]]
* [[spoiler: BolivianArmyEnding/ PostClimaxConfrontation: subverted ]]

* BlackAndGreyMorality: Chapter I has Soul Reaver freeing a bunch of criminals whose units are unambiguosly labelled as "Thug" and "Assassin" and so on. Soul Reaver himself notes the concept prior to the final fight of the chapter, calling the criminals' crimes small compared to the boss' plans that will "crush the spirits of hundreds".

*** [[spoiler:Possibly justified because Sera implies it was a special arrow that she was keeping in reserve]]

** [[spoiler:[[CompleteMonster Except for Maelstrom]], an unrepentent NietzscheWannabe who thus believes that since Immortals are the only exceptions to the hopelessness and inevitability of life's end, mortals should only exist for the purposes of their glory. [[TheStarscream He was considering to later overthrow Morganem]] as he couldn't convince Morganem to abandon the high-minded ideals behind his empire to switch to his own self-absorbed opinions.]]

* {{Hypocrite}}: Dustwalker's [[spoiler:outrage at Soul Reaver and Fei and calling them murderers for killing Kaine, his apprentice and only friend, evidences some MoralMyopia considering how they are both Necromancers, Kaine earlier being shown using Fei to kill a lot of innocent civillians for the purpose of raising them as armies for Morganem.]]

** Inverted (at the beggining) with the Dharuk's Mooks. In the prologue the Companions were able to defeat a Dharuk's army with relative ease, while the first level, a Dharuk is hard to beat.

* NietzscheWannabe: A SubvertedTrope by Soul Reaver. He understands mortal lives are incredibly fleeting and their works will inevitably fade away, but believes those moments prior to this are nonetheless still valuable.
** But played straight by Maelstrom.

* UnexpectedGameplayChange / GenreShift: The first chapter is a RealTimeStrategy with RPG elements, but the rest of the game is a full RPG.

*** Like Kathryn Urdanna. With an array of slowing, debuffing curses, poison attacks and spells, and an ability that punishes you for casting abilities of your own, she's a nightmare to fight.

* AlasPoorVillain: And how! Lots of spoilers ahead:
** [[spoiler:All of Morganem's dreams come crashing down and he dies in misery, realizing he has almost destroyed the universe he originally wanted to help.]]
** [[spoiler:Eryion [[SuicideByCop chooses to let Cameron kill him]] in penance for his crimes]]
** [[spoiler:Kherek dies mourning the many [[{{Mooks}} Dharuk]] that have been slain]]
** [[spoiler:The Dharuk Warmaster dies realizing that his own life and the lives of his warriors have been wasted]]
** [[spoiler:Dustwalker dies alone and without the chance to have avenged the death of his friend]]
** [[spoiler:Even the sadistic Kathryn dies in tears, pining for her lover]]

** DegradedBoss: Type B. The first Void Child Fury was a MiniBoss.

** ThatOneBoss: Some of the bosses.

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:Maelstrom, unlike the rest of the Council of Six, wants Morganem to build his empire for the sole purpose of using mortals for his own glory and purposes, and [[NietzscheWannabe shows no interest in the well-being of his comparatively short-lived subjects]].]]

*** DemonicSpiders: The Void Children units.

* {{Immortality}}: Possessed by several of the heroes and the Companions, and the primary unifying trait of the seven villains. Morganem's longevity as a Type III Immortal is the primary reason why he believes himself worthy of the role of TheEmperor and why he chose the Council of Six to stand by him.