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** Possibly FridgeBrilliance; given the state of her old prison cell, the food can't be much better, so it makes sense that she'd eat a lot upon being released. Or maybe it's a by-product of being a cyborg.
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* DropTheHammer: Most of the blue-collar synth workers wield sledgehammers in combat, supposedly the very same hammers they use in their everyday jobs.
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''Wanted: Dead'' is a single-player third-person action game developed by Creator/{{Soleil}} (made of former Valhalla Games Studios developers used to work on ''Videogame/NinjaGaiden'' and ''Videogame/DevilsThird'', among others) for [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows PC]], UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS. It was released on February 14 of 2023.
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''Wanted: Dead'' is a single-player third-person action game developed by Creator/{{Soleil}} (made of former Valhalla Games Studios developers used to work on ''Videogame/NinjaGaiden'' and ''Videogame/DevilsThird'', among others) for [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows [[Platform/MicrosoftWindows PC]], UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/XboxOne Platform/PlayStation4, Platform/PlayStation5, Platform/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS.Platform/XboxSeriesXAndS. It was released on February 14 of 2023.
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* OneHitKill: The chainsaw kills every enemy in one hit, including the Juggernauts.
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* NintendoHard: Blade wielding enemies hit harder as you progress, you can only carry two mags worth of assault rifle, and the stages become narrower as you progress.
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** The UI has a noticeably 16-bit looking font straight out of ''Videogame/EarthBound''.
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* SomeoneHasToDoIt: [[spoiler:It's highly implied that society as a whole is more or less aware that Daur Synthetics' synth technology is just one big lie, and that synths are actual humans. However, they quietly ignore it because somebody has to perform all of the dirty, dangerous, hard labor to support modern society and it's just easier to fool yourselves into believing it's all being done by entities that aren't alive to begin with.]]
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** Space Runaway combines ''Videogame/{{Gradius}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Macross}}''.
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** "More male nudity than a Creator/JoaquinPheonix movie" is most likely a reference to ''Film/IAmStillHere''. Could also retroactively apply to ''Film/BeauIsAfraid''.
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** "More male nudity than a Creator/JoaquinPheonix movie" is most likely a reference to ''Film/IAmStillHere''. ''Film/ImStillHere''. Could also retroactively [[HilariousInHindsight retroactively]] apply to ''Film/BeauIsAfraid''.
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** "More male nudity than a Creator/JoaquinPheonix movie" is most likely a reference to ''Film/IAmStillHere''. Could also retroactively apply to ''Film/BeauIsAfraid''.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Cinnamon is featured prominently in the game's marketing, to the point she had an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0vwgutOz4g animated music video showcasing her day-to-day life]] but she's [[AdvertisedExtra a very minor character that only appears at the intro]].
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* AdvertisedExtra: Cinnamon is featured prominently in the game's marketing, to the point she had an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0vwgutOz4g animated music video showcasing her day-to-day life]] but she's [[AdvertisedExtra a very minor character that only appears at the intro]].intro.
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* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: After Dauer Synthetics files for bankruptcy, all their [[ServantRace synthetic workers]] are sentenced to being recalled and having their memories wiped. The synths don't like the idea, so several of them become rebels, led by August.
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* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: After Dauer Synthetics files for bankruptcy, all their [[ServantRace synthetic workers]] are sentenced to being recalled and having their memories wiped. The synths don't like the idea, so several of them become rebels, led by August. [[spoiler:The messed-up part is that they're not even ArtificalHumans. They're modified flesh-and-blood humans who sold themselves into slavery and had their minds wiped once already.]]
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* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:It's pretty easy to suspect that Dauer Synthetics isn't on the up-and-up considering Dauer is read like "Dour".]]
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* TeenPregnancy: [[spoiler:Hannah's backstory is that she became pregnant when she was only 15 years old, and she soon became a StrugglingSingleMother trying to support her son alone, which is how she got involved with ]]
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* TeenPregnancy: [[spoiler:Hannah's backstory is that she became pregnant when she was only 15 years old, and she soon became a StrugglingSingleMother trying to support her son alone, which is how she got involved with Dauer Synthetics.]]
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* CriticalExistenceFailure: Hannah can slice her opponents' arms and legs off with her katana, and, while weakened, this doesn't stop them from being able to keep on fighting until they drop dead. This makes sense for cyborg enemies, though fully flesh-and-blood humans don't get such excuse.
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* CriticalExistenceFailure: Hannah can slice her opponents' arms and legs off with her katana, and, while weakened, this doesn't stop them from being able to keep on fighting until they drop dead. This makes sense for cyborg enemies, though (what appears to be) fully flesh-and-blood humans don't get such excuse.
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* BareYourMidriff: Hannah only wears outfits that leave her midriff bared. This includes her BulletproofVest, even though it's nonsensical to leave her midriff bare in a combat situation.
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* RuleOfSexy: Hannah only wears outfits that leave her midriff bared. This includes her BulletproofVest, even though it's nonsensical to leave her midriff bare in a combat situation.
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** [[spoiler:Hannah's backstory is that she got [[TeenPregnancy pregnant as a teen]] and soon got abandoned by the father, leaving her to care for her infant child by herself. When her son gets sick, she makes a deal with Dauer Synthetics, essentially selling herself into slavery and becoming their memory-wiped soldier.]]
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** [[spoiler:Hannah's backstory is that she got [[TeenPregnancy pregnant as a teen]] and soon got abandoned by the father, leaving her to care for her infant child by herself. When her son gets sick, she makes a deal with Dauer Synthetics, Continental Standard, essentially selling herself into slavery and becoming their memory-wiped soldier.]]
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* NintendoHard: Blade wielding enemies hit harder as you progress, you can only carry two mags worth of assault rifle, and the stages become narrower as you progress.
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** The multinational MegaCorp behind many of the in-game incidents and events are called the [[Film/JohnWick Continental]] Standard.
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She played Quiet in MGSV
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The game also features the likeness of ''Creator/StefanieJoosten'' (best known as Paz from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidV'') as Vivienne, the unit's gunsmith, and promotional materials including songs and TV-style shorts featuring her.
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* ChinaTakesOverTheWorld: The story takes place in an AlternateTimeline where China was victorious in a war against America and NATO, and Chinese and Russian [[MegaCorp Mega-Corps]] promptly took over the world, turning Hong Kong into a {{Dystopia}} where [[MegaCorp Mega-Corps rule]].
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* ChinaTakesOverTheWorld: The story takes place in an AlternateTimeline where China was victorious in a war against America and NATO, and Chinese and Russian [[MegaCorp Mega-Corps]] promptly took over the world, turning Hong Kong into a {{Dystopia}} [[{{Dystopia}} dystopic hellhole]] where [[MegaCorp Mega-Corps rule]].
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* CombatBreakdown: In the second phase of August's boss battle, he gets so angry he [[GunsAreWorthless throws away his gun]] and just starts resorting to GoodOldFisticuffs, forcing Hannah to use to katana more to defend herself against him.
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* CombatBreakdown: In the second phase of August's boss battle, he gets so angry he [[GunsAreWorthless throws away his gun]] and just starts resorting to GoodOldFisticuffs, forcing Hannah to use to the katana more to defend herself against him.
* CriticalExistenceFailure: Hannah can slice her opponents' arms and legs off with her katana, and, while weakened, this doesn't stop them from being able to keep on fighting until they drop dead. This makes sense for cyborg enemies, though fully flesh-and-blood humans don't get such excuse.
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* {{Cyborg}}: Most of the characters, which explains how they can tank lots of damage (including severed arm and limbs, though severed limbs weakened them) and dish a lot of damage as well.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The chief is dead. The Zombie Unit has basically nowhere to go apart from possibly helping the synth uprising. And while the Zombie Unit practically survives apart from the chief, they still have the record of war criminal set up by the multinational Continental Standard]].
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The chief is dead. The Zombie Unit has basically nowhere to go apart from possibly helping the synth uprising. And while the Zombie Unit practically survives apart from the chief, they still have the record of war criminal set up by the multinational Continental Standard]].
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* EverybodyLives: [[spoiler: With the exception of the chief, everybody in the Zombie Unit survives.]]
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* EverybodyLives: [[spoiler: With [[spoiler:With the exception of the chief, everybody in the Zombie Unit survives.]]
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* {{Gorn}}: Severed limbs is a commonplace, and many enemies can survive severed arms or legs.
* GreatOffscreenWar: A big devastating war between East and West occurred in the game's backstory, with several characters being veterans of the conflict.
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* {{Gorn}}: Severed limbs is a commonplace, and many enemies can survive severed having their arms or legs.
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* GreatOffscreenWar: A big devastating war between East and West occurred in the game's backstory, with several characters being veterans ofthe said conflict.
* GreatOffscreenWar: A big devastating war between East and West occurred in the game's backstory, with several characters being veterans of
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* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler: The last we see of Stone is that she is cornered by what remains of Engels security troops, as Stone, after speaking out her last words toward the orphaned kid that was part of one of her case before, cocks her handgun.]]
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* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler: The last we see of Stone is that she is cornered by what remains of Engels security troops, as Stone, after speaking out her last words toward the orphaned kid that was part of one of her case before, cocks her handgun. Her survival is most likely guaranteed though considering what remains of Engles security troops shown are just the armed trooper ones.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The chief is dead. The Zombie Unit has basically nowhere to go apart from helping the synth uprising. And while the Zombie Unit practically survives, they still have the record of war criminal set up by the multinational Continental Standard]].
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The chief is dead. The Zombie Unit has basically nowhere to go apart from possibly helping the synth uprising. And while the Zombie Unit practically survives, survives apart from the chief, they still have the record of war criminal set up by the multinational Continental Standard]].
* EverybodyLives: [[spoiler: With the exception of the chief, everybody in the Zombie Unit survives.]]
* FriendlyFireproof: To your advantage, [[NintendoHard considering the difficulty of the game]] and how any enemy can be distracted by attacking your teammates, and unlike similar games, your teammates can take down enemies well enough.
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** Engel Security is a major PMC corporation that focuses on the military and is aiming seems to want to take over Dauer Synthetics' spot as the top company in Hong Kong.
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** Engel Security is a major PMC corporation that focuses on the military and is aiming seems to want to take over Dauer Synthetics' spot as the top company in Hong Kong.Kong, especially after Dauer went bankrupt and words leak about the aforementioned AwfulTruth.
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* ArtificialHuman: Dauer Synthetics created synthetic humans to serve as blue-collar slaves, with the easiest way to them apart from humans being by the fact they don't have hair. [[spoiler:It's later revealed they're not synths at all, just humans who were willingly enslaved and had their memories and bodies heavily altered. Dauer Synthetics merely portrays them as synths to get away with enslaving them.]]
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* ArtificialHuman: Dauer Synthetics created synthetic humans to serve as blue-collar slaves, with the easiest way to them apart from humans being by the fact they don't have hair. [[spoiler:It's later revealed they're not synths at all, just (heavily cyborg-ified) humans who were willingly enslaved and had their memories and bodies heavily altered. Dauer Synthetics merely portrays them as synths to get away with enslaving them.]]
* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler: The last we see of Stone is that she is cornered by what remains of Engels security troops, as Stone, after speaking out her last words toward the orphaned kid that was part of one of her case before, cocks her handgun.]]
* {{Cyborg}}: Most of the characters, which explains how they can tank lots of damage (including severed arm and limbs, though severed limbs weakened them) and dish a lot of damage as well.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The chief is dead. The Zombie Unit has basically nowhere to go apart from helping the synth uprising. And while the Zombie Unit practically survives, they still have the record of war criminal set up by the multinational Continental Standard]].
* {{Gorn}}: Severed limbs is a commonplace, and many enemies can survive severed arms or legs.
* LossOfIdentity: [[spoiler: "Hannah Stone" is actually Emma Lautner, who subscribed into an ominous deal with Continental Standard as Emma's desperate for her son's medical treatment]].
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** Dauer Synthetics is an absurdly powerful corporation due to developing the best robotic technology and is basically at fault for the world turning into {{Cyberpunk}}.
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** Dauer Synthetics is an absurdly powerful corporation due to developing the best robotic technology and is basically at fault for the world turning into {{Cyberpunk}}. After the first mission, they went bankrupt, and after the second mission, the Zombie Unit discovers an AwfulTruth about Dauer's finest product.
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** Space Runaway, a full-featured, playable 16-bit arcade ShootEmUp.
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* SequelHook: [[spoiler: So many. From what happens for the Zombie Unit afterwards into whatever the "war criminal" records of the Zombie Unit members were true or not.]]
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** Space Runaway combines ''Videogame/{{Gradius}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Macross}}''.
** [[spoiler: The flashes of civilization that happens after the FinalBoss death in Space Runaway brings into mind the "flashes of civilization" that happens in the final boss fight of ''Videogame/MetalBlack''. Fortunately, the hero of Space Runaway got away safely and the only planet that is destroyed are the antagonists'.]]
** [[spoiler: The flashes of civilization that happens after the FinalBoss death in Space Runaway brings into mind the "flashes of civilization" that happens in the final boss fight of ''Videogame/MetalBlack''. Fortunately, the hero of Space Runaway got away safely and the only planet that is destroyed are the antagonists'.]]
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''Wanted: Dead'' is a single-player third-person action game developed by Creator/{{Soleil}} (made of former Valhalla Games Studios developers used to work on ''Videogame/NinjaGaiden'' and ''Videogame/DevilsThird, among others) for [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows PC]], UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS. It was released on February 14 of 2023.
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''Wanted: Dead'' is a single-player third-person action game developed by Creator/{{Soleil}} (made of former Valhalla Games Studios developers used to work on ''Videogame/NinjaGaiden'' and ''Videogame/DevilsThird, ''Videogame/DevilsThird'', among others) for [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows PC]], UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS. It was released on February 14 of 2023.
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''Wanted: Dead'' is a single-player third-person action game developed by Creator/{{Soleil}} for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS. It was released on February 14 of 2023.
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''Wanted: Dead'' is a single-player third-person action game developed by Creator/{{Soleil}} (made of former Valhalla Games Studios developers used to work on ''Videogame/NinjaGaiden'' and ''Videogame/DevilsThird, among others) for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows PC]], UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS. It was released on February 14 of 2023.
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* StrugglingSingleMother: [[spoiler:Hannah's backstory is that she got [[TeenPregnancy pregnant as a teen]] and soon got abandoned by the father, leaving her to care for her infant child by herself. When her son gets sick, she makes a deal with Dauer Synthetics, essentially selling herself into slavery and becoming their memory-wiped soldier.]]
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* StrugglingSingleMother: [[spoiler:Hannah's StrugglingSingleMother:
**Cinnamon works three jobs as diner waitress, a bartender, and an erotic dancer, to support her children.
**[[spoiler:Hannah's backstory is that she got [[TeenPregnancy pregnant as a teen]] and soon got abandoned by the father, leaving her to care for her infant child by herself. When her son gets sick, she makes a deal with Dauer Synthetics, essentially selling herself into slavery and becoming their memory-wiped soldier.]]
**Cinnamon works three jobs as diner waitress, a bartender, and an erotic dancer, to support her children.
**[[spoiler:Hannah's backstory is that she got [[TeenPregnancy pregnant as a teen]] and soon got abandoned by the father, leaving her to care for her infant child by herself. When her son gets sick, she makes a deal with Dauer Synthetics, essentially selling herself into slavery and becoming their memory-wiped soldier.]]
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* AlternateTimeline: The takes place in an alternate 2022, where a great war between the east and the west destroyed the world order, allowing the [[MegaCorp Mega-Corps]] to take over.
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* AlternateTimeline: AdvertisedExtra: Cinnamon is featured prominently in the game's marketing, to the point she had an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0vwgutOz4g animated music video showcasing her day-to-day life]] but she's [[AdvertisedExtra a very minor character that only appears at the intro]].
* AlternateHistory: The takes place in an alternate 2022, where a great war between the east and the west destroyed the world order, allowing the [[MegaCorp Mega-Corps]] to take over.
* AlternateHistory: The takes place in an alternate 2022, where a great war between the east and the west destroyed the world order, allowing the [[MegaCorp Mega-Corps]] to take over.
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* BloodSplatteredWarrior: When fighting in melee, Hannah quickly becomes covered in the blood and guts of the enemies she's slicing apart.
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* ChinaTakesOverTheWorld: In the game backstory, China was victorious in a war against America and NATO, and Chinese and Russian [[MegaCorp Mega-Corps]] promptly took over the world, turning Hong Kong into a {{Dystopia}}.
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* ChinaTakesOverTheWorld: In the game backstory, The story takes place in an AlternateTimeline where China was victorious in a war against America and NATO, and Chinese and Russian [[MegaCorp Mega-Corps]] promptly took over the world, turning Hong Kong into a {{Dystopia}}.{{Dystopia}} where [[MegaCorp Mega-Corps rule]].
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* CookingShow: Before she moved to Hong Kong and became a gunsmith, Vivienne was a celebrity chef who hosted her own show called "Vivienne's Late Night Chow". There are even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgjQMDbKY3c&list=PLAs9opScwxVgGvWoEfoyI-Rzn3iuNiDVY official episodes of it uploaded to youtube]]. The show also contains various gags about how the outside world is actually [[CrapsackWorld extremely depressing]], such as the fact Vivienne only works with synthetic food and cloned meat.
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* CookingShow: A InUniverse example. Before she moved to Hong Kong and became a gunsmith, Vivienne was a celebrity chef who hosted her own cooking show called "Vivienne's Late Night Chow". There are even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgjQMDbKY3c&list=PLAs9opScwxVgGvWoEfoyI-Rzn3iuNiDVY official episodes of it uploaded to youtube]]. The show also contains various gags about how the outside world is actually [[CrapsackWorld extremely depressing]], such as the fact Vivienne only works with synthetic food and cloned meat.
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* FoulCafeteriaFood: There's a dedicated cutscene showing Hannah's displease with the food at the police's cafeteria, such as the gelatine being so sticky it gets stuck on the spoon.
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* FoulCafeteriaFood: There's a dedicated cutscene showing Hannah's displease displeasure with the food at the police's police HQ cafeteria, such as the gelatine being so sticky it gets stuck on the her spoon.
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* GenreMashup: The game's combat is a blend of ThirdPersonShooter and HackAndSlash combat with a sword, with the player being able to switch how to deal enemies, from getting into cover and shooting them up or getting up close and cutting them to pieces.
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* GenreMashup: The game's combat is a blend of ThirdPersonShooter and HackAndSlash combat with a sword, with the player being able to switch how between the two forms of combat to deal enemies, from getting into cover and shooting them up or getting up close and cutting them to pieces.
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* HeroInsurance: Since Zombie Unit is basically LawEnforcementInc for Dauer Synthetics, they also have their own dedicated insurance agent in Madame Wong, who's ''not'' pleased about their DestructiveSavior behavior costing millions to the company.
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* HeroInsurance: Since Zombie Unit is basically LawEnforcementInc for [[MegaCorp Dauer Synthetics, Synthetics]], they also have their own dedicated insurance agent in Madame Wong, who's ''not'' pleased about that their DestructiveSavior behavior is costing millions to the company.
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* JackOfAllTrades: Vivienne is apparently extremely talented at whatever she tries to do. She used to be an athlete that won several Olympic medals (in different categories), then became host to a successful CookingShow, and is now an ace gunsmith that works with the Hong Kong police
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* JackOfAllTrades: Vivienne is apparently extremely talented at whatever she tries to do. She used to be an athlete that won several Olympic medals (in different categories), then became a celebrity host to a successful CookingShow, and is now an ace gunsmith that works with the Hong Kong policepolice.
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* LadyNotAppearingInThisGame: Cinnamon is featured prominently in the game's marketing, to the point she had an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0vwgutOz4g animated music video showcasing her day-to-day life]] but she's [[AdvertisedExtra a very minor character that only appears at the intro]].
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* TheSpeechless: Cortez is mute and can only communicate via signs, which are translated to the viewer via subtitles
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* TheSpeechless: Cortez is mute and can only communicate via signs, sign language, which are is conveniently translated to the viewer via subtitlessubtitles.
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* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Some of the anime {{cutscene}}s mix the 2D animation with 3D effects, such as the taxi Cinnamon takes in her backstory video,
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wanted_dead.jpg]]
''Wanted: Dead'' is a single-player third-person action game developed by Creator/{{Soleil}} for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS. It was released on February 14 of 2023.
The player takes control of Lt. Hannah Stone (Creator/FeeMarieZimmermann), a cop who's part of the elite "Zombie Unit", a LawEnforcementInc who works in a cyberpunk version of Hong Kong. The story follows Zombie Unit''s involvement as they get caught up in the conspiracies and power struggles of [[MegaCorp Mega-Corps]] as they vie for control of Hong Kong.
The official website is [[https://wanteddeadgame.com/ here]], while the trailers are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2-mFZJGxkw here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8oIv7t8lLc here]].
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!! Tropes present in ''Wanted: Dead'':
* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Some of the anime {{cutscene}}s mix the 2D animation with 3D effects, such as the taxi Cinnamon takes in her backstory video,
* AlternateTimeline: The takes place in an alternate 2022, where a great war between the east and the west destroyed the world order, allowing the [[MegaCorp Mega-Corps]] to take over.
* AnArmAndALeg: Hannah can randomly slice off the limbs of her enemies in battle, which often doesn't immediately stop them from being a threat.
* AnimalEaredHeadband: In "Neko-Chan Mode", Hannah dons a cute pair of cat ears.
* ArtificialHuman: Dauer Synthetics created synthetic humans to serve as blue-collar slaves, with the easiest way to them apart from humans being by the fact they don't have hair. [[spoiler:It's later revealed they're not synths at all, just humans who were willingly enslaved and had their memories and bodies heavily altered. Dauer Synthetics merely portrays them as synths to get away with enslaving them.]]
* ArtificialLimbs: Given the {{Cyberpunk}} setting, artificial limbs are commonplace, with the protagonist herself having a robotic arm.
* ArtShift: {{Flashback}}s to Hannah's past is seen via anime {{Cutscene}}s, in contrast to the realistic art style in the rest of the game.
* BadassInANiceSuit: All the gangster mooks in the third level are wearing intimidating business suits.
* BareYourMidriff: Hannah only wears outfits that leave her midriff bared. This includes her BulletproofVest, even though it's nonsensical to leave her midriff bare in a combat situation.
* BattleInTheRain: It starts to rain during the second phase of the FinalBoss fight against Richter. It even begins with a DramaticThunder synchronized with Richter's battle cry.
* BetterThanSex: Herzog enjoys ramen soup so much, he emphasizes by claiming that it's better than sex.
* BigEater: Hannah eats a ''lot'', to the shock of her teammates. Her long list of food requests is a RunningGag in scenes at the diner. There's even a mini-game where Hannah and Herzog have a competition about eating ramen.
* BlandNameProduct: The names of the soft drinks in the universe are parodies of real-life ones, such as Depsi for Pepsi and Vitarade for Gatorade.
* BloodSplatteredWarrior: When fighting in melee, Hannah quickly becomes covered in the blood and guts of the enemies she's slicing apart.
* BloodyHilarious: Blood gets spilled all over Hannah when she's using melee attacks on enemies, to the point she can look downright comical as if she just dunked over a pool of blood.
* BoomHeadshot: When Mustafa makes a move for his gun, Cortez kills him with a single bullet to the head before he reaches it.
* ChainsawGood: Hannah can find chainsaws on missions, and temporarily equip them to deal gruesome kills on enemies.
* ChinaTakesOverTheWorld: In the game backstory, China was victorious in a war against America and NATO, and Chinese and Russian [[MegaCorp Mega-Corps]] promptly took over the world, turning Hong Kong into a {{Dystopia}}.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Herzog is "the weird one" in Zombie Unit, being a MotorMouth with bizarre options and often telling awkward stories from his past that nobody wants to hear.
* CombatBreakdown: In the second phase of August's boss battle, he gets so angry he [[GunsAreWorthless throws away his gun]] and just starts resorting to GoodOldFisticuffs, forcing Hannah to use to katana more to defend herself against him.
* CompanyTown: Hong Kong is run by MegaCorp Dauer Synthetics in all but name, with Captain claiming the city's administration basically belongs to the company.
* CookingShow: Before she moved to Hong Kong and became a gunsmith, Vivienne was a celebrity chef who hosted her own show called "Vivienne's Late Night Chow". There are even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgjQMDbKY3c&list=PLAs9opScwxVgGvWoEfoyI-Rzn3iuNiDVY official episodes of it uploaded to youtube]]. The show also contains various gags about how the outside world is actually [[CrapsackWorld extremely depressing]], such as the fact Vivienne only works with synthetic food and cloned meat.
* CrapsackWorld: After a devastating GreatOffscreenWar shook the Earth's balance and allowed [[MegaCorp Mega-Corps]] to take over all around the world, turning the planet into a {{Dystopia}} so horrible that [[spolier:people are willingly selling themselves off as slaves]].
* CrazyCatLady: Vivienne owns several cats, to the point she ran out of names for them and just started calling them by numbers, and they can be found all over the police station. The rest of Zombie Unit often make jokes about her cat obsession, with Herzog complaining that she always smells like cats' piss and Doc compares her to the ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Crazy Cat Lady.
* CreepyMonotone: Mr. Holiday speaks with a robotic monotone voice. He was actually TheVoiceless before his RoboticReveal, since his voice would have been a dead giveaway.
* {{Cyberpunk}}: The game is set in a cyberpunk version of Hong Kong, with a mix of advanced weaponry and lo-tech '90s retro.
* DaChief: After a mission, there's usually a scene where Captain Simmons chews out Hannah for how her reckless DestructiveSaviour behavior is putting them all in jeopardy. But despite his attitude, he always lets them off the hook in the end. Vivienne even describes him as "the angry captain who's always angry".
* DeadpanSnarker: Doc is the Zombie Unit's dedicated snarker, usually having some sarcastic remark to any development, and always with a deadpan, sardonic tone.
* DelayedCausality: At the end of Kolchak's boss fight, both she and Hannah slash at each other with their swords. Then there's a DramaticPause before Kolchak falls over dead while Hannah sheats her katana.
* DestructiveSavior: Zombie Squad is known for getting the job done, but with a huge amount of property damage done in the process. Apparently the Dauer Synthetics insurance agent Madame Wong is often breathing down Captain Simmons's neck due to it.
* DramaticGunCock: When a gangster attempts to stop Hannah from entering a building, she merely cocks her gun and tells him "don't test me". He decides to follow her advice and lets her through without an issue.
* DropTheHammer: Most of the blue-collar synth workers wield sledgehammers in combat, supposedly the very same hammers they use in their everyday jobs.
* DualBoss: Mr. Holiday is fought alongside a copy of ''himself'', which also serves as a RoboticReveal, since before he was just presented as Richter's bodyguard, but the fact there are multiple of him implies he's a mass-produced synth model.
* DualWielding: Mr. Holiday fights by either dual-wielding knives or going GunsAkimbo.
* EasyModeMockery: The easiest mode in the game, "Neko-Chan Mode" also has Hannah wearing a cat-themed AnimalEaredHeadband.
* FanserviceWithASmile: Cinnamon, the attractive waitress who works at a diner frequented by Hannah and her unit. She is acutely aware she was hired for her looks, and according to her promotional music video, endures all kinds of sexual harassment with a smile on her face, as long as it gives her better tips.
* AFatherToHisMen: Captain Simmons treats his subordinates like his own children, which is presumably why he lets Hannah get away with being a rogue cop so often. A file indicates he was this back when he was in the military too.
* FeetFirstIntroduction: Madame Wong is introduced with a panning-up shot staring from her feet as she walks up to Hannah.
* FriendlySniper: Herzog is an ace sniper who's known for his jovial attitude, though his teammates are also often annoyed by his behavior.
* FoulCafeteriaFood: There's a dedicated cutscene showing Hannah's displease with the food at the police's cafeteria, such as the gelatine being so sticky it gets stuck on the spoon.
* FlunkyBoss: August is fought alongside several of the blue-collar synth {{mooks}}.
* GagCensor: If Hannah kills an enemy with the chainsaw, a goofy "censored" sticker appears to cover the gruesome chainsaw kill.
* GenreMashup: The game's combat is a blend of ThirdPersonShooter and HackAndSlash combat with a sword, with the player being able to switch how to deal enemies, from getting into cover and shooting them up or getting up close and cutting them to pieces.
* GreatOffscreenWar: A big devastating war between East and West occurred in the game's backstory, with several characters being veterans of the conflict.
* GunNut: Vivienne, the team's gunsmith, is a total gun nut who can go on long spiels about the advantage and disadvantages of certain firearms, which Hannah listens to dispassionately.
* GunsAreWorthless: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Guns aren't worthless, but they're much less lethal than they are in real life, to justify the melee combat and why [[KatanasAreBetter Hannah wields a katana in battle]]. Even a normal human can survive several rounds being pumped into them in gameplay.
* HackAndSlash: The melee combat is Hack-'n-slash with a katana, with Hannah cutting up her enemies with her combos.
* HealthcareMotivation: Hannah got involved with Dauer Synthetics due to needing money to pay for her son's treatment.
* HeroInsurance: Since Zombie Unit is basically LawEnforcementInc for Dauer Synthetics, they also have their own dedicated insurance agent in Madame Wong, who's ''not'' pleased about their DestructiveSavior behavior costing millions to the company.
* HighPressureBlood: When enemies get their limbs cut off, it's usually accompanied by a high-pressure stream of blood jutting out of the wound.
* InvisibilityCloak: Kolchak has a high-tech cloak that renders her invisible, which she uses as a gimmick for her boss fight.
* JackOfAllTrades: Vivienne is apparently extremely talented at whatever she tries to do. She used to be an athlete that won several Olympic medals (in different categories), then became host to a successful CookingShow, and is now an ace gunsmith that works with the Hong Kong police
* KatanasAreBetter:
** Hannah might have an arsenal of firearms in her person, but she still wields a samurai sword in melee combat, and it remains her most constantly useful weapon throughout the game.
** Richter also has his own high-tech katana that he uses to fight Hannah during his boss fight.
* KaraokeBox: There's a karaoke mini-game where Hannah and Vivienne sing karaoke at their dinner hangout.
* LadyNotAppearingInThisGame: Cinnamon is featured prominently in the game's marketing, to the point she had an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0vwgutOz4g animated music video showcasing her day-to-day life]] but she's [[AdvertisedExtra a very minor character that only appears at the intro]].
* LasciviousBeautyMark: The attractive and flirtatious [[FanserviceWithASmile waitress]] Cinnamon has several beauty marks on her, including one on her breasts, which a MaleGaze camera shot on her cleavage makes all but impossible to miss.
* LadyInAPowerSuit: Madame Wong is a well-dressed woman who wears an impeccable business suit, which obviously contrasts with Hanna's casual wear. Most of the guys find her intimidating just by the way she dresses.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Dauer Synthetics can erase people's memories, which is how they get so many people to believe that they're synths.]]
* LovableSexManiac: Herzog is sex obsessed, with most of his wacky stories involving nudity, his ogling of Cinnamon, and him getting rather handsy with Vivienne. His file even says he joined the military because he likes women in uniforms. Despite this, his teammates only see it as an annoying quirk rather than a serious issue.
* MaleGaze: There's a close-up shot of Cinnamon's butt and cleavage when Herzog "accidentally" drops a fork for her to pick up.
* TheMedic: The appropriately named Doc is the Zombie's squad medical expert, being also able to do autopsies. In gameplay, he can also revive Hannah once in case she falls during battle.
* MegaCorp:
** Dauer Synthetics is an absurdly powerful corporation due to developing the best robotic technology and is basically at fault for the world turning into {{Cyberpunk}}.
** Engel Security is a major PMC corporation that focuses on the military and is aiming seems to want to take over Dauer Synthetics' spot as the top company in Hong Kong.
* MissionControl: Vivienne often serves as this to the Zombie Unit, giving them advice during missions and providing them with upgrades via her mobile drone.
* MookChivalry: Some of Hannah's finishers can be lengthy, but the enemies will just wait without attack as Hannah kills their colleague.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Herzog's wacky stories often involve him dealing with naked people in bizarre situations. Vivienne lampshades this, saying there's an absurd amount of male nudity in his stories.
* OneManArmy: Hannah and her Zombie unit teammates can mow down hundreds of enemies by themselves, despite them technically being nothing more than well-trained war veterans.
* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:Hannah says the father of her child bailed on her the moment she found out she was pregnant, turning her into a StrugglingSingleMother.]]
* PrivateMilitaryContractors:
** Dauer Synthetics has the Manu Military program that the protagonists belong to which is basically PMC that seems to primarily work with past criminals and do mercenary work, such as serving as LawEnforcementInc in Hong Kong.
** Engel Security, is another much bigger PMC that is hoping to replace Dauer Synthetics place as the top MegaCorp Hong Kong government, and they serve as a major antagonistic force.
* RedRightHand: Hannah's right hand has been replaced with a robotic limb. When we first see it in prison, it looks obviously mechanical, but once she's recruited, she paints it in order for it to look more human-like.
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Hannah's desire to adopt Timothy is revealed to be tied to her forgotten past, where she gave up herself so her son could get the treatment he needed.]]
* RuggedScar: Herzog's most noticeable facial feature is the two scars running across his face.
* SeeTheInvisible: During Kolchak's boss fight, the player has to figure out where the invisible Kolchak is by watching her footsteps in the water. She becomes briefly visible upon being hit.
* ServantRace: The synths were specifically created as ArtificialHumans to be used for blue-collar work, being basically a slave race. [[spoiler:It's later revealed they're not even ArtificialHumans, they're just desperate people who had to sell themselves off as slaves, and they're only assigned as synths so people will accept them basically being enslaved.]]
* ShouldersUpNudity: During the {{Shower Scene}}s, the camera always stays above Hannah's shoulders.
* ShoutOut:
** Vivienne refers to Hannah and Doc as "[[Series/TheXFiles Agent Mulder and Agent Scully]]".
** Doc calls Vivienne "Eleanor Abernathy", as a reference to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' CrazyCatLady.
** Madame Wong and her bodyguard Mr. X are based on the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' characters Ada Wong and Mr. X.
** Vivienne throwing a rocket launcher to Hannah near the end of the game so she can kill the boss is also a ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' reference, as it's basically a series tradition.
* ShowerScene: Whenever Hannah gets back to HQ after a mission, there's always a sene where she showers in the locker room, to wash away all the gore she accumulated.
* SmokingIsCool: Hannah's constantly smoking, and some cutscenes make a show of animating her lighting up a cigarette and smoking, in order to invoke the "coolness" factor of smoking.
* SoundOnlyDeath: When Richter kills Captain Simmons in his office, the scene cuts to the hallway outside while we hear the gunshot.
* TheSpeechless: Cortez is mute and can only communicate via signs, which are translated to the viewer via subtitles
* SpiderTank: The first boss in the game is a spider-like tank appropriately named "Spider Tank", and stomps around the arena on its agile mechanical legs while firing a barrage of guns at Hannah. Hannah doesn't have the firepower to take it out by herself, so she has to destroy its jammer so it can be destroyed via an artillery strike. [[spoiler:The other two at the end of the game require Vivienne's rocket launcher.]]
* StrugglingSingleMother: [[spoiler:Hannah's backstory is that she got [[TeenPregnancy pregnant as a teen]] and soon got abandoned by the father, leaving her to care for her infant child by herself. When her son gets sick, she makes a deal with Dauer Synthetics, essentially selling herself into slavery and becoming their memory-wiped soldier.]]
* TheReveal:
** [[spoiler:The '[[ArtificalHuman synths]]' are actually not synths at all, but regular desperate people who sold themselves off to Dauer Synthetics, having had their memory wiped and body heavily modified with their robotics. Dauer only claims their synths to justify slaving them.]]
** [[spoiler:Hannah's real name is Emma Lauthner and she was a teenage mother who also sold herself to Dauer Synthetics and ended up being mind-wiped. But instead of being made a synth worker, she was made into a war criminal to be "enslaved" by the TradingBarsForStripes program instead.]]
* SwordAndGun: Hannah can quickly switch from slicing up enemies with one hand, then riddling them with bullets with the other. A lot of her special attacks even have her finishing off enemies with a point-blank shot.
* TakeCover: The game allows Hannah to take cover behind objects. This is often the case when the enemies use overwhelming ranged attacks.
* TattooAsCharacterType: Hannah is covered in colored tattoos, to illustrate to her rebellious tendencies and her past as a criminal. It even makes her stand out as a cop, since as Timothy points out, a normal police officer isn't covered in ink.
* TeenPregnancy: [[spoiler:Hannah's backstory is that she became pregnant when she was only 15 years old, and she soon became a StrugglingSingleMother trying to support her son alone, which is how she got involved with ]]
* ToplessnessFromTheBack. One of the {{Shower Scene}}s has Hannah with the back to the camera as she bathes, which puts emphasis on the numbered tattoos on her back.
* TradingBarsForStripes: The Manu Military has a "rehabilitation program" for convicted war criminals, meaning they're basically recruiting prisoners as mercenaries. Hannah and her Zombie Unit are one such group, and they even work as Hong Kong's LawEnforcementInc.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: After Dauer Synthetics files for bankruptcy, all their [[ServantRace synthetic workers]] are sentenced to being recalled and having their memories wiped. The synths don't like the idea, so several of them become rebels, led by August.
* UnintelligibleAccent: Hannah has a thick Swiss accent that Vivienne claims she and the rest of the Zombie unit can't always understand what she's saying.
* UnnecessaryCombatRoll: Hannah's primary means of evading damage when out in the open is to roll out of the way of attacks.
* VillainExitStageLeft: August escapes Hannah after his first boss fights via a helicopter ride, though it requires October to sacrifice herself for him.
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''Wanted: Dead'' is a single-player third-person action game developed by Creator/{{Soleil}} for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS. It was released on February 14 of 2023.
The player takes control of Lt. Hannah Stone (Creator/FeeMarieZimmermann), a cop who's part of the elite "Zombie Unit", a LawEnforcementInc who works in a cyberpunk version of Hong Kong. The story follows Zombie Unit''s involvement as they get caught up in the conspiracies and power struggles of [[MegaCorp Mega-Corps]] as they vie for control of Hong Kong.
The official website is [[https://wanteddeadgame.com/ here]], while the trailers are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2-mFZJGxkw here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8oIv7t8lLc here]].
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!! Tropes present in ''Wanted: Dead'':
* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Some of the anime {{cutscene}}s mix the 2D animation with 3D effects, such as the taxi Cinnamon takes in her backstory video,
* AlternateTimeline: The takes place in an alternate 2022, where a great war between the east and the west destroyed the world order, allowing the [[MegaCorp Mega-Corps]] to take over.
* AnArmAndALeg: Hannah can randomly slice off the limbs of her enemies in battle, which often doesn't immediately stop them from being a threat.
* AnimalEaredHeadband: In "Neko-Chan Mode", Hannah dons a cute pair of cat ears.
* ArtificialHuman: Dauer Synthetics created synthetic humans to serve as blue-collar slaves, with the easiest way to them apart from humans being by the fact they don't have hair. [[spoiler:It's later revealed they're not synths at all, just humans who were willingly enslaved and had their memories and bodies heavily altered. Dauer Synthetics merely portrays them as synths to get away with enslaving them.]]
* ArtificialLimbs: Given the {{Cyberpunk}} setting, artificial limbs are commonplace, with the protagonist herself having a robotic arm.
* ArtShift: {{Flashback}}s to Hannah's past is seen via anime {{Cutscene}}s, in contrast to the realistic art style in the rest of the game.
* BadassInANiceSuit: All the gangster mooks in the third level are wearing intimidating business suits.
* BareYourMidriff: Hannah only wears outfits that leave her midriff bared. This includes her BulletproofVest, even though it's nonsensical to leave her midriff bare in a combat situation.
* BattleInTheRain: It starts to rain during the second phase of the FinalBoss fight against Richter. It even begins with a DramaticThunder synchronized with Richter's battle cry.
* BetterThanSex: Herzog enjoys ramen soup so much, he emphasizes by claiming that it's better than sex.
* BigEater: Hannah eats a ''lot'', to the shock of her teammates. Her long list of food requests is a RunningGag in scenes at the diner. There's even a mini-game where Hannah and Herzog have a competition about eating ramen.
* BlandNameProduct: The names of the soft drinks in the universe are parodies of real-life ones, such as Depsi for Pepsi and Vitarade for Gatorade.
* BloodSplatteredWarrior: When fighting in melee, Hannah quickly becomes covered in the blood and guts of the enemies she's slicing apart.
* BloodyHilarious: Blood gets spilled all over Hannah when she's using melee attacks on enemies, to the point she can look downright comical as if she just dunked over a pool of blood.
* BoomHeadshot: When Mustafa makes a move for his gun, Cortez kills him with a single bullet to the head before he reaches it.
* ChainsawGood: Hannah can find chainsaws on missions, and temporarily equip them to deal gruesome kills on enemies.
* ChinaTakesOverTheWorld: In the game backstory, China was victorious in a war against America and NATO, and Chinese and Russian [[MegaCorp Mega-Corps]] promptly took over the world, turning Hong Kong into a {{Dystopia}}.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Herzog is "the weird one" in Zombie Unit, being a MotorMouth with bizarre options and often telling awkward stories from his past that nobody wants to hear.
* CombatBreakdown: In the second phase of August's boss battle, he gets so angry he [[GunsAreWorthless throws away his gun]] and just starts resorting to GoodOldFisticuffs, forcing Hannah to use to katana more to defend herself against him.
* CompanyTown: Hong Kong is run by MegaCorp Dauer Synthetics in all but name, with Captain claiming the city's administration basically belongs to the company.
* CookingShow: Before she moved to Hong Kong and became a gunsmith, Vivienne was a celebrity chef who hosted her own show called "Vivienne's Late Night Chow". There are even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgjQMDbKY3c&list=PLAs9opScwxVgGvWoEfoyI-Rzn3iuNiDVY official episodes of it uploaded to youtube]]. The show also contains various gags about how the outside world is actually [[CrapsackWorld extremely depressing]], such as the fact Vivienne only works with synthetic food and cloned meat.
* CrapsackWorld: After a devastating GreatOffscreenWar shook the Earth's balance and allowed [[MegaCorp Mega-Corps]] to take over all around the world, turning the planet into a {{Dystopia}} so horrible that [[spolier:people are willingly selling themselves off as slaves]].
* CrazyCatLady: Vivienne owns several cats, to the point she ran out of names for them and just started calling them by numbers, and they can be found all over the police station. The rest of Zombie Unit often make jokes about her cat obsession, with Herzog complaining that she always smells like cats' piss and Doc compares her to the ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Crazy Cat Lady.
* CreepyMonotone: Mr. Holiday speaks with a robotic monotone voice. He was actually TheVoiceless before his RoboticReveal, since his voice would have been a dead giveaway.
* {{Cyberpunk}}: The game is set in a cyberpunk version of Hong Kong, with a mix of advanced weaponry and lo-tech '90s retro.
* DaChief: After a mission, there's usually a scene where Captain Simmons chews out Hannah for how her reckless DestructiveSaviour behavior is putting them all in jeopardy. But despite his attitude, he always lets them off the hook in the end. Vivienne even describes him as "the angry captain who's always angry".
* DeadpanSnarker: Doc is the Zombie Unit's dedicated snarker, usually having some sarcastic remark to any development, and always with a deadpan, sardonic tone.
* DelayedCausality: At the end of Kolchak's boss fight, both she and Hannah slash at each other with their swords. Then there's a DramaticPause before Kolchak falls over dead while Hannah sheats her katana.
* DestructiveSavior: Zombie Squad is known for getting the job done, but with a huge amount of property damage done in the process. Apparently the Dauer Synthetics insurance agent Madame Wong is often breathing down Captain Simmons's neck due to it.
* DramaticGunCock: When a gangster attempts to stop Hannah from entering a building, she merely cocks her gun and tells him "don't test me". He decides to follow her advice and lets her through without an issue.
* DropTheHammer: Most of the blue-collar synth workers wield sledgehammers in combat, supposedly the very same hammers they use in their everyday jobs.
* DualBoss: Mr. Holiday is fought alongside a copy of ''himself'', which also serves as a RoboticReveal, since before he was just presented as Richter's bodyguard, but the fact there are multiple of him implies he's a mass-produced synth model.
* DualWielding: Mr. Holiday fights by either dual-wielding knives or going GunsAkimbo.
* EasyModeMockery: The easiest mode in the game, "Neko-Chan Mode" also has Hannah wearing a cat-themed AnimalEaredHeadband.
* FanserviceWithASmile: Cinnamon, the attractive waitress who works at a diner frequented by Hannah and her unit. She is acutely aware she was hired for her looks, and according to her promotional music video, endures all kinds of sexual harassment with a smile on her face, as long as it gives her better tips.
* AFatherToHisMen: Captain Simmons treats his subordinates like his own children, which is presumably why he lets Hannah get away with being a rogue cop so often. A file indicates he was this back when he was in the military too.
* FeetFirstIntroduction: Madame Wong is introduced with a panning-up shot staring from her feet as she walks up to Hannah.
* FriendlySniper: Herzog is an ace sniper who's known for his jovial attitude, though his teammates are also often annoyed by his behavior.
* FoulCafeteriaFood: There's a dedicated cutscene showing Hannah's displease with the food at the police's cafeteria, such as the gelatine being so sticky it gets stuck on the spoon.
* FlunkyBoss: August is fought alongside several of the blue-collar synth {{mooks}}.
* GagCensor: If Hannah kills an enemy with the chainsaw, a goofy "censored" sticker appears to cover the gruesome chainsaw kill.
* GenreMashup: The game's combat is a blend of ThirdPersonShooter and HackAndSlash combat with a sword, with the player being able to switch how to deal enemies, from getting into cover and shooting them up or getting up close and cutting them to pieces.
* GreatOffscreenWar: A big devastating war between East and West occurred in the game's backstory, with several characters being veterans of the conflict.
* GunNut: Vivienne, the team's gunsmith, is a total gun nut who can go on long spiels about the advantage and disadvantages of certain firearms, which Hannah listens to dispassionately.
* GunsAreWorthless: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Guns aren't worthless, but they're much less lethal than they are in real life, to justify the melee combat and why [[KatanasAreBetter Hannah wields a katana in battle]]. Even a normal human can survive several rounds being pumped into them in gameplay.
* HackAndSlash: The melee combat is Hack-'n-slash with a katana, with Hannah cutting up her enemies with her combos.
* HealthcareMotivation: Hannah got involved with Dauer Synthetics due to needing money to pay for her son's treatment.
* HeroInsurance: Since Zombie Unit is basically LawEnforcementInc for Dauer Synthetics, they also have their own dedicated insurance agent in Madame Wong, who's ''not'' pleased about their DestructiveSavior behavior costing millions to the company.
* HighPressureBlood: When enemies get their limbs cut off, it's usually accompanied by a high-pressure stream of blood jutting out of the wound.
* InvisibilityCloak: Kolchak has a high-tech cloak that renders her invisible, which she uses as a gimmick for her boss fight.
* JackOfAllTrades: Vivienne is apparently extremely talented at whatever she tries to do. She used to be an athlete that won several Olympic medals (in different categories), then became host to a successful CookingShow, and is now an ace gunsmith that works with the Hong Kong police
* KatanasAreBetter:
** Hannah might have an arsenal of firearms in her person, but she still wields a samurai sword in melee combat, and it remains her most constantly useful weapon throughout the game.
** Richter also has his own high-tech katana that he uses to fight Hannah during his boss fight.
* KaraokeBox: There's a karaoke mini-game where Hannah and Vivienne sing karaoke at their dinner hangout.
* LadyNotAppearingInThisGame: Cinnamon is featured prominently in the game's marketing, to the point she had an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0vwgutOz4g animated music video showcasing her day-to-day life]] but she's [[AdvertisedExtra a very minor character that only appears at the intro]].
* LasciviousBeautyMark: The attractive and flirtatious [[FanserviceWithASmile waitress]] Cinnamon has several beauty marks on her, including one on her breasts, which a MaleGaze camera shot on her cleavage makes all but impossible to miss.
* LadyInAPowerSuit: Madame Wong is a well-dressed woman who wears an impeccable business suit, which obviously contrasts with Hanna's casual wear. Most of the guys find her intimidating just by the way she dresses.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Dauer Synthetics can erase people's memories, which is how they get so many people to believe that they're synths.]]
* LovableSexManiac: Herzog is sex obsessed, with most of his wacky stories involving nudity, his ogling of Cinnamon, and him getting rather handsy with Vivienne. His file even says he joined the military because he likes women in uniforms. Despite this, his teammates only see it as an annoying quirk rather than a serious issue.
* MaleGaze: There's a close-up shot of Cinnamon's butt and cleavage when Herzog "accidentally" drops a fork for her to pick up.
* TheMedic: The appropriately named Doc is the Zombie's squad medical expert, being also able to do autopsies. In gameplay, he can also revive Hannah once in case she falls during battle.
* MegaCorp:
** Dauer Synthetics is an absurdly powerful corporation due to developing the best robotic technology and is basically at fault for the world turning into {{Cyberpunk}}.
** Engel Security is a major PMC corporation that focuses on the military and is aiming seems to want to take over Dauer Synthetics' spot as the top company in Hong Kong.
* MissionControl: Vivienne often serves as this to the Zombie Unit, giving them advice during missions and providing them with upgrades via her mobile drone.
* MookChivalry: Some of Hannah's finishers can be lengthy, but the enemies will just wait without attack as Hannah kills their colleague.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Herzog's wacky stories often involve him dealing with naked people in bizarre situations. Vivienne lampshades this, saying there's an absurd amount of male nudity in his stories.
* OneManArmy: Hannah and her Zombie unit teammates can mow down hundreds of enemies by themselves, despite them technically being nothing more than well-trained war veterans.
* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:Hannah says the father of her child bailed on her the moment she found out she was pregnant, turning her into a StrugglingSingleMother.]]
* PrivateMilitaryContractors:
** Dauer Synthetics has the Manu Military program that the protagonists belong to which is basically PMC that seems to primarily work with past criminals and do mercenary work, such as serving as LawEnforcementInc in Hong Kong.
** Engel Security, is another much bigger PMC that is hoping to replace Dauer Synthetics place as the top MegaCorp Hong Kong government, and they serve as a major antagonistic force.
* RedRightHand: Hannah's right hand has been replaced with a robotic limb. When we first see it in prison, it looks obviously mechanical, but once she's recruited, she paints it in order for it to look more human-like.
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Hannah's desire to adopt Timothy is revealed to be tied to her forgotten past, where she gave up herself so her son could get the treatment he needed.]]
* RuggedScar: Herzog's most noticeable facial feature is the two scars running across his face.
* SeeTheInvisible: During Kolchak's boss fight, the player has to figure out where the invisible Kolchak is by watching her footsteps in the water. She becomes briefly visible upon being hit.
* ServantRace: The synths were specifically created as ArtificialHumans to be used for blue-collar work, being basically a slave race. [[spoiler:It's later revealed they're not even ArtificialHumans, they're just desperate people who had to sell themselves off as slaves, and they're only assigned as synths so people will accept them basically being enslaved.]]
* ShouldersUpNudity: During the {{Shower Scene}}s, the camera always stays above Hannah's shoulders.
* ShoutOut:
** Vivienne refers to Hannah and Doc as "[[Series/TheXFiles Agent Mulder and Agent Scully]]".
** Doc calls Vivienne "Eleanor Abernathy", as a reference to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' CrazyCatLady.
** Madame Wong and her bodyguard Mr. X are based on the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' characters Ada Wong and Mr. X.
** Vivienne throwing a rocket launcher to Hannah near the end of the game so she can kill the boss is also a ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' reference, as it's basically a series tradition.
* ShowerScene: Whenever Hannah gets back to HQ after a mission, there's always a sene where she showers in the locker room, to wash away all the gore she accumulated.
* SmokingIsCool: Hannah's constantly smoking, and some cutscenes make a show of animating her lighting up a cigarette and smoking, in order to invoke the "coolness" factor of smoking.
* SoundOnlyDeath: When Richter kills Captain Simmons in his office, the scene cuts to the hallway outside while we hear the gunshot.
* TheSpeechless: Cortez is mute and can only communicate via signs, which are translated to the viewer via subtitles
* SpiderTank: The first boss in the game is a spider-like tank appropriately named "Spider Tank", and stomps around the arena on its agile mechanical legs while firing a barrage of guns at Hannah. Hannah doesn't have the firepower to take it out by herself, so she has to destroy its jammer so it can be destroyed via an artillery strike. [[spoiler:The other two at the end of the game require Vivienne's rocket launcher.]]
* StrugglingSingleMother: [[spoiler:Hannah's backstory is that she got [[TeenPregnancy pregnant as a teen]] and soon got abandoned by the father, leaving her to care for her infant child by herself. When her son gets sick, she makes a deal with Dauer Synthetics, essentially selling herself into slavery and becoming their memory-wiped soldier.]]
* TheReveal:
** [[spoiler:The '[[ArtificalHuman synths]]' are actually not synths at all, but regular desperate people who sold themselves off to Dauer Synthetics, having had their memory wiped and body heavily modified with their robotics. Dauer only claims their synths to justify slaving them.]]
** [[spoiler:Hannah's real name is Emma Lauthner and she was a teenage mother who also sold herself to Dauer Synthetics and ended up being mind-wiped. But instead of being made a synth worker, she was made into a war criminal to be "enslaved" by the TradingBarsForStripes program instead.]]
* SwordAndGun: Hannah can quickly switch from slicing up enemies with one hand, then riddling them with bullets with the other. A lot of her special attacks even have her finishing off enemies with a point-blank shot.
* TakeCover: The game allows Hannah to take cover behind objects. This is often the case when the enemies use overwhelming ranged attacks.
* TattooAsCharacterType: Hannah is covered in colored tattoos, to illustrate to her rebellious tendencies and her past as a criminal. It even makes her stand out as a cop, since as Timothy points out, a normal police officer isn't covered in ink.
* TeenPregnancy: [[spoiler:Hannah's backstory is that she became pregnant when she was only 15 years old, and she soon became a StrugglingSingleMother trying to support her son alone, which is how she got involved with ]]
* ToplessnessFromTheBack. One of the {{Shower Scene}}s has Hannah with the back to the camera as she bathes, which puts emphasis on the numbered tattoos on her back.
* TradingBarsForStripes: The Manu Military has a "rehabilitation program" for convicted war criminals, meaning they're basically recruiting prisoners as mercenaries. Hannah and her Zombie Unit are one such group, and they even work as Hong Kong's LawEnforcementInc.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: After Dauer Synthetics files for bankruptcy, all their [[ServantRace synthetic workers]] are sentenced to being recalled and having their memories wiped. The synths don't like the idea, so several of them become rebels, led by August.
* UnintelligibleAccent: Hannah has a thick Swiss accent that Vivienne claims she and the rest of the Zombie unit can't always understand what she's saying.
* UnnecessaryCombatRoll: Hannah's primary means of evading damage when out in the open is to roll out of the way of attacks.
* VillainExitStageLeft: August escapes Hannah after his first boss fights via a helicopter ride, though it requires October to sacrifice herself for him.
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