History VideoGame / Turgor

%%* TalkingToHimself: Due to the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, each actor plays two or three of the Brothers or Sisters. Due to the common use of filters, this usually isn't that noticeable, but unfortunately leads to problems in the Brothers' BossBanter. Each voice actor only recorded one set of it, usually with a particular Brother in mind. The same clip is used for all Brothers played by that voice actor, and it's ''very'' noticeable.

* BerserkButton: Giving the Sisters too much Color will piss the Brothers off big-time. There are also a number of other things that will set them off - doing just about anything too wrong will have them coming to kill you.

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Played with. The Sisters are brunettes, redheads and white haired pretty girls.

* BonusBoss: Tyrant could be considered this -- though almost all of the Brothers are technically optional [[spoiler:with the exception of Montgolfier]], Tyrant is the one you're least likely to fight, since [[spoiler:he doesn't participate in the witch hunt]] and is the hardest to anger (as he has two Sisters, not one). He also isn't lying about being [[ThatOneBoss the strongest of the Brothers]].

* [[CensorSteam Censor Chains]]: When interacting with the Sisters to give them Color, they're completely naked save for binding chains that, [[WardrobeMalfunction for the most part]], obscures all of their [[UnusualEuphemism "fiddly bits"]]. These chains, which apparently restrict their power and free will, are made out of anything from smoke, fire, bright points of light, and in one case ''literal'' chain links made out of light. The appearance of each sister's chains fits her personality (for example, the aforementioned chain sprites appear on a Sister that is, fittingly, chained to a piece of torture equipment) Of course, every time you open up one of the Sisters' Hearts, some of the chains disappear until the Sister is "free", both in terms of being released from her binds and having nothing to preserve her modesty anymore.

** Adding on to this: Mantid seems relatively nice to the Spirit, willing to tolerate him and give him a chance. He is also quite [[TheStoic calm and composed]] compared to the other Brothers. However, all of the Sisters seem to hate him, making bitter remarks about him whenever he is brought up -- even moreso than the other Brothers. In addition, his Sister, Uta, is the most depressed and pessimistic of the Sisters. [[DomesticAbuse Why would the girls under his power hate him so much]]...?

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: The Nameless Sister. Patriarch also subtly implies this if you choose to fight him.]]

* FirstGirlWins: You ''can'' ascend the Nameless Sister. It's hard, though...

* SurrealSymbolicHeads: Whaler's head seems to have been [[LosingYourHead removed and strapped to his back]], and replaced with a kind of ornate metal spire.

''Turgor'' is set in a [[TitleDrop Void]] that is assumed to be the afterlife, or at least ''an'' afterlife. The player is a "lost spirit" who has lingered briefly in the Void while their way to [[MindScrew somewhere]] [[FinalDeath else]] -- in an act of mercy, a woman known as the Nameless Sister shares a "heart" with the spirit, enabling him to hold Color, a substance vital to survival in the Void.

* FinalDeath: The "Absolute Death", as mentioned above. Nameless Sister's description is essentially this trope's description ''verbatim''.

* WomanInWhite: The Nameless Sister has white hair and a very simple white dress, as does Uta (though her dress is elaborate and embroidered) and possibly Yani (a short silken drape).

** Adding on to this: Mantid seems relatively nice to the Spirit, willing to tolerate him and give him a chance. He is also quite [[TheStoic calm and composed]] compared to the other Brothers. However, all of the Sisters seem to hate him, making bitter remarks about him whenever he is brought up -- even moreso than the other Brothers. In addition, his Sister, Uta, is the most depressed and pessimistic of the Sisters. [[DomesticAbuser Why would the girls under his power hate him so much]]...?

''Turgor (Тургор)'', also known as ''Tension'' or ''[[MarketBasedTitle The Void]]'' to English audiences, was originally released in April 2008 in Russia by indie developer Ice-Pick Lodge, known for their previous game ''VideoGame/{{Pathologic}}''. The game is something akin to a 3D Point and Click adventure game with some combat elements, using a system similar to ''{{Okami}}'', the player can "paint" the environment various colours to solve puzzles or attack enemies, attacks determined by the shape the player draws (an S for an area attack or an O for an explosion).

* [[CensorSteam Censor Chains]]: When interacting with the Sisters to give them Color, they're completely naked save for binding chains that, [[WardrobeMalfunction for the most part]], obscures all of their [[UnusualEuphemism "fiddly bits"]]. These chains, which apparently restrict their power and free will, are made out of anything from smoke, fire, bright points of light, and in one case ''literal'' chain links made out of light. For the most part the appearance of each sister's chains fit in with their personality (for example, the aforementioned chain sprites appear on a Sister that is, fittingly, chained to a piece of torture equipment) Of course, every time you open up one of the Sisters' Hearts, some of the chains disappear until the Sister is "free", both in terms of being released from her binds and having nothing to hide her modesty anymore.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: There are seven colors in the game, each of which stand for and do separate things. The Sisters also desire you to feed them color, and the colors they desire tie into their personality.

* FirstGirlWins: You can ascend the Nameless Sister. It's hard though...

&&** It's particularly jarring with Patriarch (who is one of the calmest and nicest Brothers), whose prayers are recorded with ''[[LargeHam Pit's]]'' voice, of all people.

** It's particularly jarring with Patriarch (who is one of the calmest and nicest Brothers), whose prayers are recorded with ''[[LargeHam Pit's]]'' voice, of all people.
* TheTease: All Sisters strip, stretch out or dance in front of you when you give them color. Some are not [[InnocentFanserviceGirl aware how hot they are]], but [[TheVamp some]] use it to make you give them more color. Ava even promises a reward.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The Ritual glyph, usually. It's powerful, but takes a long time to set up, is expensive, and can easily miss your target. The area-of-effect shockwave is useful for taking out large groups of enemies, but during boss battles you're generally only fighting one target. (The exception is Caterpillar, who Ritual actually ''is'' useful on.)

* BigBrotherMentor: Perhaps literally! Montgolfier and Patriarch genuinely care about you, whereas some Brothers are [[TreacherousAdvisor pretending to be this but aren't]].

* BonusBoss: Tyrant could be considered this -- though almost all of the Brothers are technically optional [[spoiler:with the exception of Montgolfier]], Tyrant is the one you're least likely to fight, since he doesn't [[spoiler:participate in the witch hunt]] and is the hardest to anger (as he has two Sisters, not one). He also isn't lying about being [[ThatOneBoss the strongest of the Brothers]].
* BossBanter: The Brothers will talk almost constantly, in the form of long prayers to Color. They have been transcripted [[http://forum.ice-pick.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=9267&start=25 here]] if you're interested.

* [[CensorSteam Censor Chains]]: When interacting with the Sisters to give them Color, they're completely naked save for binding chains that, [[WardrobeMalfunction for the most part]], obscures all of their [[UnusualEuphemism "fiddly bits"]]. These chains, which apparently restrict their power and free will, are made out of anything from smoke, fire, bright points of light, and in one case ''literal'' chain links made out of light. For the most part the appearance of each sister's chains fit in with their personality (for example, the aforementioned chain sprites appear on a Sister that is, fittingly, chained to a piece of torture equipment) Of course, every time you open up one of the Sisters' Hearts, some of the chains disappear until the Sister is "free", both in terms of being released from her binds and having nothing to hide her modesty anymore. Not that any of them seem to care...

* DatingSim: Has some elements of this.

** Adding on to this: Mantid seems relatively nice to the Spirit, willing to tolerate him and give him a chance. He is also quite [[TheStoic calm and composed]] compared to the other Brothers. However, all of the Sisters seem to hate him, making bitter remarks about him whenever he is brought up -- even moreso than the other Brothers. In addition, his Sister, Uta, is the most depressed and pessimistic of the Sisters. Despite putting on a kind face, Mantid appears to be quite the DomesticAbuser...

* {{Heaven}} / {{Hell}}: [[spoiler:Played with -- it's completely relative. From the perspective of any individual, every Limit above them is Heaven, and all Limits below them seem like Hell. Although Absolute Death (the lowest possible Limit) does seem to be the latter no matter what.]]

* InnocentFanserviceGirl: All of the Sisters.
** Ava, however, [[TheVamp isn't that innocent]]...

* LevelUpAtIntimacy5: If you open Sister's hearts, they will allow you to go in their chambers and travel to other sisters. It is also implied that the chambers of a happy Sister give more Color.
** [[spoiler:In reality, however, this is ''subverted''. Giving Color to a Sister heavily damages their realm due to the sheer amount of it you need to use, which will actually ''decrease'' the amount of Color you can get. This will eventually lead to [[EldritchAbomination the Scorpio]] appearing, which will completely destroy your gardens and haunt your dreams.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Several Sisters and Brothers berate you for your misuse of color when they reveal to you that [[spoiler:every drop of Nerva you spend causes negative irreversible changes in the void, ultimately bringing it closer to death]].
** [[spoiler:Your presence alone slowly kills the Void.]]

* NonStandardGameOver: Taking too long to complete the game will result in one of these, [[spoiler: where Montgolfier's final words to you echo ironically as you fall into the Nightmare and [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie become a Brother]]]].

* OurSoulsAreDifferent: For one thing, they have an ''anatomy''!
* OneWomanWail: Found in the tracks called "The Adit" and "[[spoiler: Sister's Death]]"

* TalkingToHimself: Due to the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, each actor plays two or three of the Brothers or Sisters. Due to the common use of filters, this usually isn't that noticeable, but unfortunately leads to problems in the Brothers' BossBanter. Each voice actor only recorded one set of it, usually with a particular Brother in mind. The same clip is used for all Brothers played by that voice actor, and it's ''very'' noticeable.

* TheVamp: Ava

** Ironclad: MoreDakka / BigFreakingGun / NaturalWeapon
** Caterpillar: None.[[note]]Uses LifeDrain and [[GravityMaster gravity manipulation]] [[/note]]
** Warden: NaturalWeapon / BadWithTheBone.[[note]]...his ''own'' bones.[[/note]]
** Pit: ThisIsADrill / MoreDakka

* WeirdMoon: The moon seen from Uta's Grotto is slightly unsettling, Uta stares at it through a crack. It also looks like an eye.

* WhatTheHellHero: Subverted - the Brothers call you out on just about everything constantly, despite you not really doing anything morally wrong. By their standards, however...
* WomanInWhite: The Nameless Sister has white hair and a white dress.

* CleopatraNose: Ava

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''Turgor (Тургор)'', also known as ''Tension'' or ''[[MarketBasedTitle The Void]]'' to English audiences, was originally released in April 2008 in Russia by indie developer Ice-Pick Lodge, known for their previous game ''{{Pathologic}}''. The game is something akin to a 3D Point and Click adventure game with some combat elements, using a system similar to ''{{Okami}}'', the player can "paint" the environment various colours to solve puzzles or attack enemies, attacks determined by the shape the player draws (an S for an area attack or an O for an explosion).

* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:The Scorpio, a HiveMind composed of various ''things'' that appears if/when you do significant damage to a realm. We don't know what it is, and the game never explains, but unlike everything else, it actually seems to hate Color and goes out of it's way to prevent its creation (such as using the stuff as bait for its minions to ambush you).]]

-->''"Now you can hold color in your heart."''\\
-- '''Nameless Sister'''

-->''"[[EasyRoadToHell All the easy routes only lead down]]. Or haven't you understood anything?"''\\
-- '''[[spoiler:Master Color]]'''

* MacGuffinGirl: All of the Sisters. [[spoiler: Especially after Aya reveals that they are not souls of ''people'', they are souls of an era of mankind, and who you choose to ascend will directly affect the entirety of the surface world.]]

''Turgor (Тургор)'', also known as ''Tension'' or ''[[MarketBasedTitle The Void]]'' to English audiences, was originally released in April 2008 in Russia by indie developer Ice-Pick Lodge, known for their previous game ''{{Pathologic}}''. The game is something akin to a 3D Point and Click adventure game with some combat elements, using a system similar to [[Okami]], the player can "paint" the environment various colours to solve puzzles or attack enemies, attacks determined by the shape the player draws (and S for an area attack or an O for an explosion).

''Turgor (Тургор)'', also known as ''Tension'' or ''[[MarketBasedTitle The Void]]'' to English audiences, was originally released in April 2008 in Russia by indie developer Ice-Pick Lodge, known for their previous game ''{{Pathologic}}''.

''Turgor'' is set in a [[TitleDrop Void]] that is assumed to be the afterlife, or at least ''an'' afterlife. The player is a "lost spirit" who has lingered briefly in the Void while their way to [[MindScrew somewhere]] [[FinalDeath else]] -- in an act of mercy, a woman known as the Nameless Sister shares a "heart" with the spirit, enabling him to hold Color, a substance vital to survival in the Void.

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[[caption-width:242:One of a few [[NotSafeForWork images of the Sisters]] that can be shown.]]

* MostGamersAreMale: The developers probably think this, if the absurd amount of {{Fanservice}} with the Sisters is any indication.

* BonusBoss: Tyrant could be considered this -- though almost all of the Brothers are technically optional, Tyrant is the one you're least likely to fight, since he doesn't [[spoiler:participate in the witch hunt]] and is the hardest to anger (as he has two Sisters, not one). He also isn't lying about being [[ThatOneBoss the strongest of the Brothers]].

* ArcWords: A bit of a borderline example, but the phrase "We hold life's transcendent pains apart" is commonly repeated throughout the MultipleEndings.

** Warden: NaturalWeapon / BadWithTheBone.[[note]...his ''own'' bones.[[/note]]

** Warden: NaturalWeapon / BloodyMurder.[[note]]Kind of. He doesn't actually attack you with blood, since he doesn't have any, but he still mutilates himself to attack you; his main weapons are his own bones.[[/note]]

** Caterpillar: None[[hottip:*:Uses LifeDrain and [[GravityMaster gravity manipulation]] instead]]
** Warden: NaturalWeapon / BloodyMurder[[hottip:*:Kind of. He doesn't actually attack you with blood, since he doesn't have any, but he still mutilates himself to attack you; his main weapons are his own bones.]]

** Tyrant: None[[hottip:*:He uses [[PoisonousPerson poison gas clouds]] instead of a physical weapon]]

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Played with. The Sisters are brunettes, redheads and [[WhiteHairedPrettyGirl white haired pretty girls]].

* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: The Nameless Sister, Uta, Yani, Eli, and Ole.

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* MultipleEndings: [[UnluckyThirteen Thirteen]] of them, though one is just a NonStandardGameOver.