History VideoGame / ZorkNemesis

* FaceHeelDoubleTurn: [[spoiler:The four alchemists pull a FaceHeel turn, while Nemesis also pulls a HeelFaceTurn at the same time by revealing himself as Lucien. [[EvilAllAlong The Alchemists were the villains]] and [[GoodAllAlong Nemesis was the good guy trying to stop them]] the entire time, but this is the moment when the other shoe drops.]]

* FeaturelessProtagonist: The player character is never given any sort of physical description. The hint painting lady refers to the player as "Wanderer."

** AbandonedHospital
* [[spoiler:ArchnemesisDad: Thaddeus Kaine, one of the four Alchemists and father of the WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds, Lucien.]]

* FaceHeelDoubleTurn: [[spoiler:The four alchemists. pull a FaceHeel turn, while Nemesis] also pulls a HeelFaceTurn at the same time. [[EvilAllAlong The Alchemists were the villains]] and [[GoodAllAlong Nemesis was the good guy trying to stop them]] the entire time, but this is the moment when the other shoe drops.]]

* PressXToDie: After you revive the alchemists, they offer you a drink at their dinner table. [[spoiler:It's poisoned. Drink from the glass, and you die. You just have to wait for them to get frustrated and give up trying to talk you into it.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: The Alchemists.]]

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:The four alchemists.]]
** [[spoiler:Nemesis]] also pulls a HeelFaceTurn at the same time.
*** Subverted in that [[spoiler: [[EvilAllAlong The Alchemists were the villains]] and [[GoodAllAlong Nemesis was the good guy trying to stop them]] ''the entire time'']].
* FeaturelessProtagonist: The player, though the hint painting lady refers to the player as "Wanderer."
* FeetOfClay: As you venture through the game, you find out that the alchemists aren't the pillars of morality they are believed to be. [[spoiler:In fact, they're the real villains.]]
** Though they do tell you, point blank, they're not exactly saints.

* HarmlessElectrocution: The player has to get shocked in order to solve a puzzle. If they fail, nothing happens.

* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"Oh shut up, Lucien."]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:You]], once the alchemists come back from the dead.

* FiveBadBand: [[spoiler:Actually, Four-Bad Band, to name a few:]]
** BigBad: [[spoiler:Dr. Erasmus Sartorius]]
** TheDragon: [[spoiler:Bishop Francois Malveaux]]
** EvilGenius[=/=]TheBrute: [[spoiler:Thaddeus Kaine]]
** DarkChick: [[spoiler:Sophia Hamilton]]

* SolveTheSoupCans: Most of the puzzles can be explained away as relating to the four elements. But when you're sliding giant tiles out of your way or putting broken pieces of a sword on a pedestal to open a door, it's this trope.

* AbandonedArea

* MythologyGag: [[https://www.thezorklibrary.com/history/kaine_lucien.html According to the Encyclopedia Frobozzica]], [[spoiler:Lucien was a young man who, after the death of his wife Alexandria, was cursed to live as a thief from 947 to 948 GUE, until the FeaturelessProtagonist of the first ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}'' killed him, and his tortured soul returned to the Temple of Agrippa, where he became the Nemesis.]]

* [[spoiler:ArchnemesisDad: Thaddeus Kaine, father of the WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds, Lucien.]]

It's the year 949 GUE, and a significant portion of the Eastlands have fallen under the influence of an evil force known as the Nemesis and have thus been declared the [[ForbiddenZone Forbidden Lands]]. The Nemesis's appearance coincided with the disappearance of four prominent citizens of the Great Underground Empire, but as the only agent to venture into the Forbidden Lands in search of information has also vanished, little is known about any possible connection. The agent's recovered journal indicates that the four were likely secret alchemists working together, and that when they were last seen, they were all heading for the same place: the Temple of Agrippa.

* FollowInMyFootsteps: Sartorius's deceased father urged him to continue his work in discovering how to create the quintessence.

It's the year 948 GUE, and a significant portion of the Eastlands have fallen under the influence of an evil force known as the Nemesis and have thus been declared the [[ForbiddenZone Forbidden Lands]]. The Nemesis's appearance coincided with the disappearance of four prominent citizens of the Great Underground Empire, but as the only agent to venture into the Forbidden Lands in search of information has also vanished, little is known about any possible connection. The agent's recovered journal indicates that the four were likely secret alchemists working together, and that when they were last seen, they were all heading for the same place: the Temple of Agrippa.

The DarkerAndEdgier {{oddball in the|Series}} ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}'' series, ''Zork: Nemesis'' is a ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}''-style PointAndClick adventure game released by Creator/{{Activision}}.

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Lucien and Alexandria near the end.]]

* ColdBloodedTorture: General Kaine was happy to use this, if the torture room in his castle is any indication.

The DarkerAndEdgier [[OddballInTheSeries oddball in the]] ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}'' series, ''Zork: Nemesis'' is a ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}''-style PointAndClick adventure game released by Creator/{{Activision}}.

* MythologyGag: [[https://www.thezorklibrary.com/history/kaine_lucien.html According to the Encyclopedia Frobozzica]], [[spoiler:Lucien was a young man who, after the death of his wife Alexandria, was cursed to live as a thief from 947 to 948 GUE, when the FeaturelessProtagonist of the first ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}'' killed him, and his tortured soul returned to the Temple of Agrippa, where he became the Nemesis.]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Nemesis is Lucien, who wanted revenge for Alexandria's murder. The alchemists used you to get the Quintessence and come back to life, and now they can complete the ritual.]]

* MythologyGag: [[https://www.thezorklibrary.com/history/kaine_lucien.html According to the Encyclopedia Frobozzica]], [[spoiler:Lucien was a young man who was cursed to live as a thief from 947 to 948 GUE, when the FeaturelessProtagonist of the first ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}'' killed him, and his tortured soul returned to the Temple of Agrippa, where he became the Nemesis.]]

* {{AFGNCAAP}}: The player, though the hint painting lady refers to the player as "Wanderer."

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: The Alchemists]]

* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: The Alchemists]]
** GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: Nemesis/Lucien]]

*** Subverted in that [[spoiler: [[EvilAllAlong The Alchemists were the villains]] and [[GoodAllAlong Nemesis was the good guy trying to stop them]] ''the entire time.'']]

* JerkAss: General Kaine, the earth alchemist. He insults you just after you meet him, even though you're his only hope of escape and flashbacks show how he treated his son Lucien.

The DarkerAndEdgier [[OddballInTheSeries oddball in the]] ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}'' series, ''Zork: Nemesis'' is a ''{{Myst}}''-style PointAndClick adventure game released by Creator/{{Activision}}.

* ColdBloodedTorture: General Kaine was not above using this, if the torture room in his castle is any indication.

The DarkerAndEdgier [[OddballInTheSeries oddball in the]] VideoGame/{{Zork}} series, Zork: Nemesis is a {{Myst}}-style point-and-click adventure game released by Activision.

* JerkAss: General Kaine, the earth alchemist. He insults you just after you meet him, even though you're his only hope of escape. And in flashbacks showing how he treated his son Lucien, he's barely above a CompleteMonster.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Remember the grues? Those monsters that only dwell in pitch black? Now you can ''[[HellIsThatNoise hear them]]''.

* {{Narm}}: Thanks to a whole lot of SoBadItsGood acting on the part of the alchemists.

The DarkerAndEdgier [[OddballInTheSeries oddball in the]] {{Zork}} series, Zork: Nemesis is a {{Myst}}-style point-and-click adventure game released by Activision.

* CallForward: A guide to a limited form of time travel comes in the form of a set of paintings. The one depicting the 'Futurelithic Epozz' shows a [[ReturnToZork familiarly dreary valley]].