History VideoGame / UnMetal

''[=UnMetal=]'' is a 2021 StealthBasedGame by the same Spanish developer as ''VideoGame/{{Unepic}}''. It was first released for the UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita in April 21st, 2021, before later being ported to the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, PC, UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne on September 28th, 2021.

* PunchPackingPistol: Zigzagged. Like in the ''Franchise/MetalGear'' series, the pistol is a powerful tool for dropping enemies. However, because the story requires that Jesse doesn't kill anyone, gunning down guards with it requires them to be healed with a medkit, making it AwesomeButImpractical against them. It's perfectly fine to use against bosses, mechanical enemies, critters, and ghosts, though. Also, it lacks the option for a HollywoodSilencer, making it a more situational weapon than in ''Metal Gear''.

A SpiritualSuccessor and parody of the top-down ''Franchise/MetalGear'' games, the story starts as a Soviet war helicopter enters allied territory, and is promptly intercepted and shot down. The pilot and protagonist, Jesse Fox, is arrested by the people who shot him down and brought to a military base for interrogation. There, he's asked to explain what the hell he was doing in that heavily armed Soviet helicopter, and flashes back to 1972, where he is thrown in prison by a crack commando unit for a crime he didn't commit, where the game then begins.

* DidNotThinkThisThrough: If you successfully dodge the fire traps, the Lieutenant asks why Fox just doesn't wear the anti-thermal suit he had on him. He admitted that he didn't remember he had it.

** A more straight example is one drunk Mike, who is always denied leave from seeing his daughter. The player can elect to get his papers stamped for him, and he'll indeed get to see her in the ending.

* BreakThemByTalking: One unique "boss fight" has Jesse do this to a Drill Sergeant. [[spoiler:You have to figure out the right dialogue options that will get him to say he's from Texas, at which point Jesse will verbally destroy both the Drill Sergeant and the armed guard in the room with them.]]

* IntrepidReporter: Robert is a paparazzi who got imprisoned over a pair of massive concrete blocks.

* RefusalOfTheCall: Fox is constantly pleaded by Colonal Alan Harris to collect intel on Operation: Jericho, with Fox constantly refusing to work for him.
* RegeneratingHealth: A level 7 perk can grant Jesse this, although it heals slowly. One boss is also capable of healing if left alone for too long.

* TechnicalPacifist: Jesse Fox punches guards hard enough to ''disable them''. Fox can also utilize guns and explosives, but must heal his injured enemies to avoid a game over. He has no aversion towards destroying machines and vehicles, or defending against wildlife or mutants.

** In chapter 9, [[spoiler:one room has a team of guards pulling this on Jesse, who can actually fall for it just like the guards without knowing how to prevent it. To avoid him falling for it, simply equip the sunglasses he can acquire in the first chapter. This prevents Jesse from [[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine acting like the guards he uses this tactic against]], most likely as the sunglasses make it more difficult for him to perceive the room he enters.]]
* TrialAndErrorGameplay: Often played for laughs. One particular moment gives the player an option to sneak past dogs [[spoiler:with a heighten sense of hearing or smell. Colonal Harris calls you, alerting the dogs and getting you killed. The correct solution is to call him ''before'' entering that screen to prevent him from making that call.]]

* UselessItem: Several items collected throughout the game don't appear to have any real purpose. Jesse will actually dump these, along with items that have served their purpose, when he finds the recycling bin.

** A more straight example is one drunk Mike, who is always denied leave from seeing his daughter. The player could elect to get his papers stamped for him.

* EliteMooks: The Scandinavians and Japanese Mercenaries in Chapter 9. The former are stronger than normal guards, actively search for Fox after a distraction [[spoiler:unless you tie them up upon knocking them out]], and only stay knocked out for a few seconds, while the latter are weaker than normal guards, but have enhanced vision, allowing them to see Fox if he is anywhere in the direction they are facing outside of cover.

* EliteMooks: The Scandinavians and Japanese Mercenaries in Chapter 9. The former are stronger than normal guards, actively search for Fox after a distraction, and only stay knocked out for a few seconds, while the latter are weaker than normal guards, but have enhanced vision, allowing them to see Fox if he is anywhere in the direction they are facing outside of cover.

* {{Pun}}: The large drone that Jesse fights is called "Megadron", a reworded name from the "Megatron" main antagonist from the {{Transformers}} series.

* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: Played for laughs. Jesse mixing a batch of chloroform in chemical storage consists of combining flasks labeled "Chloro" and "Form".

* BagOfSpilling: Played with. [[spoiler: The final boss has General X going invisible, and pick-pocketing Jesse while distracting him with his machines.]]

* BreakThemByTalking: One unique "boss fight" has Jesse do this to a Drill Sergeant. [[spoiler: You have to figure out the right dialogue options that will get him to say he's from Texas, at which point Jesse will verbally destroy both the Drill Sergeant and the armed guard in the room with them.]]

* ChekhovsGun: In chapter 1, you find a digital watch. Wearing it displays the time (hour and minutes) set in your console. [[spoiler: It can also be used as a timer for C4 found in chapter 10.]]

** In regards to the uniform, [[spoiler: the Lieutenant questioned Fox over why he didn't just disguise himself as the enemy, and avoided all the sneaking around. Fox insisted that he refused because he could [[BecomingTheMask become the guard]].]]
* CrazyPrepared: General X. [[spoiler: When Jesse confronts him and contemplates shooting him, General X informed him that he is wearing a bullet-proof vest. When Jesse considers shooting him in the head, he had a guard do that for him, just to reveal that he is actually a hologram. His office is also [[SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity full of supplies]].]]

* FramingDevice: The intro has Jesse escaping in the helicopter and getting shot down by Allied forces before being taken prisoner and being interrogated, whereupon he relays the events of the game. And this even turns out to be a story within a story, as he's telling his girlfriend about the events of the interrogation after his release. [[spoiler: Or maybe not, since it's implied he's making the whole thing up.]]

** One side mission in chapter 3 is about making chloroform. You are then instructed to use it on a distracted guard. [[spoiler: The game never told you to combine a handkerchief with it.]]

** [[spoiler: A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfyk9VgeqT8#t=45m17s secret]] in Chapter 9 has the old man from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'' in it, complete with "It's dangerous to go alone! Take this." and an 8-bit sword in a box. Jesse ends up tossing it as it is old and rusted, and accidentally kills the old man as he does so.]]

* TheStinger: [[spoiler: The end credits scene heavily implies that Jesse Fox made the whole story up, just to score with his girlfriend.]]

** In chapter 9, [[spoiler: one room has a team of guards pulling this on Jesse, who can actually fall for it just like the guards without knowing how to prevent it. To avoid him falling for it, simply equip the sunglasses he can acquire in the first chapter. This prevents Jesse from [[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine acting like the guards he uses this tactic against]], most likely as the sunglasses make it more difficult for him to perceive the room he enters.]]
* TrialAndErrorGameplay: Often played for laughs. One particular moment gives the player an option to sneak past dogs [[spoiler: with a heighten sense of hearing or smell. Colonal Harris calls you, alerting the dogs and getting you killed. The correct solution is to call him ''before'' entering that screen to prevent him from making that call.]]
* TheUnreveal: When the Lieutenant got impatient and demanded an answer as to how Jesse got his hands on a noose, [[spoiler: the player is then presented with a choice of three items (Hair, Guts, Broccoli). Jesse explains that he got it from a guard, but it's the Lieutenant that made the assumption on the choice. Jesse revealed to his friend that he lied anyway.]]

* VerbalBackspace: In chapter 8, [[spoiler: Jesse [[KickTheDog beats up the old man]] for his bolt cutters. [[YouMonster When his friend expressed horror towards his actions]], he quickly rescinded the story to explain that he bought it instead.]]

''[=UnMetal=]'' is a 2021 StealthBasedGame by the same Spanish developer as ''VideoGame/Unepic''. It was first released for the UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita in April 21st, 2021, before later being ported to the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, PC, UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne on September 28th, 2021.

''[=UnMetal=]'' is a 2021 StealthBasedGame by the same Spanish developer as ''VideoGame/UnEpic''. It was first released for the UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita in April 21st, 2021, before later being ported to the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, PC, UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne on September 28th, 2021.

* BaitandSwitch: As a gameplay feature! Early on the game presents scenarios as Multiple Choice options with the first being a simple A or B without any sort of context. These will have an impact on gameplay; for example choosing what state a guard is in when you walk into a room with yourself plainly in his vision. Some times these are played straight, sometimes choosing the easy answer will lead to Fox subverting it in his narration.

* FramingDevice: The intro has Jesse escaping in the helicopter and getting shot down by Allied forces before being taken prisoner and being interrogated, whereupon he relays the events of the game. And this even turns out to be a story within a story, as he's telling a friend about the events of the interrogation after his release. [[spoiler: Or maybe not, since it's implied he's making the whole thing up.]]

* TheStinger: [[spoiler: The end credits scene heavily implies that Jesse Fox made the whole story up, just to score with his friend.]]