1 | ->''"When the war began, no one knew where it would... end."'' |
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5 | ''Bandits: Phoenix Rising'' is a VehicularCombat game developed by GRIN (who would later go on to create [[VideoGameRemake the 2009]] ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' and Bionic Commando: Rearmed) and published by Pan Vision in 2002. It used GRIN's in-house "Diesel" engine, which they used for all their games. |
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7 | It's AfterTheEnd. The world is a ravaged, nuclear wasteland, [[TheApunkalypse ruled by marauding gangs]] armed with [[WeaponizedCar Weaponized Cars,]] [[ScavengerWorld who scavenge for useful bits leftover from the old world.]] The last holdout of civilization, or [[TheEmpire something vaguely resembling it]], is the fortress-city of Jericho. It's armies jealously protect a vast fortune in gold from the gangs. |
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9 | The game's story follows the misadventures of [[TheHero Fennec]] and [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Rewdalf]], just two of the many titular bandits. In this case, co-leaders of the Wolfpack gang. Always on the lookout for the next big score, they stumble upon [[GottaCatchEmAll a trail of ancient mechanical components]] that [[DismantledMacguffin they hope will help them]] [[ForgottenSuperweapon assemble a weapon]] [[TheCaper capable of breaching the walls of Jericho]] [[BankRobbery and letting them at the treasure within.]] What will they do with it? [[MoreDakka Buy more guns, probably.]] |
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11 | That's the campaign. The game also featured multi-player deathmatches and objective-based gametypes via [=GameSpy=]. |
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14 | '''Bandits: Phoenix Rising provides examples of:''' |
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16 | * ActionGirl: Lucy, of the Crusaders gang. |
17 | * AfterTheEnd: There's nothing recognizable left. If the intro is anything to go on, JustBeforeTheEnd was already TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture. |
18 | * AntiHero: Maybe even VillainProtagonist. Fennec and Rewdalf's sole motivation seems to be {{Greed}}. |
19 | * TheApunkalypse: [[OpeningNarration "It became a world...]] [[TitleDrop of BANDITS."]] |
20 | * ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Rewdalf likes violence, beer, gold, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment more violence]] and... Billy Ray Cyrus. |
21 | --> Fennec: ''"[[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne Billy Ray?!]]"'' |
22 | * BatmanColdOpen: The opening levels concern Fennec and Rewdalf stealing a cactus beer distiller from the Flaming Pumpkins, the Wolfpack having a celebratory race after that and the Flaming Pumpkins' ensuing counterattack. These events are completely unrelated to the search for the Phoenix. |
23 | * BottomlessMagazines: Your primary weapon never runs out of ammo or needs to be reloaded. Secondaries have a pool of limited ammo that can be refilled via [[PowerUp ammuntion pickups.]] |
24 | * BigBad: It's hard to call Sebastien one, [[spoiler: [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere as he's not seen or heard]] unless you choose to go up against his [[KingMook enormous battle-car]] at the end of the game. You don't even meet him if you choose to go after the gold truck. [[EvilPlan More likely,]] [[EvilAllAlong Lucie could be considered one.]]]] |
25 | * BigBulkyBomb: The [[MeaningfulName aptly-named]] Apocalypse missile launcher. |
26 | * BloodKnight: Rewdalf revels in combat. [[WhatTheHellHero Fennec occasionally calls him out on it.]] |
27 | --> Fennec: "[[WhatTheHellHero You can't get enough, can you?]]" |
28 | --> Rewdalf: "[[FunetikAksent Of wot?]]" |
29 | --> F: "[[HurricaneOfEuphemisms Smashing heads, busting caps, breaking necks...]] mmm, you know." |
30 | --> R: "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Not that I'm obsessed,]] [[ViolentGlaswegian but nothing beats a grrreat floggin'!]]" |
31 | * BossBanter |
32 | * ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Red for the Wolfpack, orange for Flaming Pumpkins, green for the Crusaders, blue for the Enclave and black for Jericho. |
33 | * CutScene: Occasionally, (thrice, to be exact) the player is treated to a text-based interlude written from another character's perspective. One is from a Flaming Pumpkin [[{{Mooks}} Mook]] who survived getting his car wrecked by the heroes and decides to give up marauding and open a bakery. Another is from a Crusaders RedShirt writing home to his family. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments The last? Well, it's Rewdalf singing]] [[ChristmasSongs Jingle Bells.]] Substitute [[WeaponizedCar "cannon-mounted"]] for "one-horse open" where appropriate. Sometimes he just [[SingingSimlish sings simlish.]] |
34 | * DeathIsCheap |
35 | --> Rewdalf: "Better luck next time... I hope." |
36 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Certain lines of cut dialogue have Rewdalf act rather... excited about the Phoenix. |
37 | * EscortMission: More than once, you must escort unarmed cargo trucks. Another has you escort a cannon-mounted, armored CoolTrain. |
38 | * EveryCarIsAPinto: Though given how flimsy-looking a lot of them are, it's perhaps not surprising. |
39 | * EvilOldFolks: Vincent, the [[NoIndoorVoice rather loud]] "prophet" leader of The Enclave. |
40 | * EvilPlan: [[TwistEnding Out of goddamn nowhere,]] [[spoiler: Lucy shows up after you defeat Sebastian, [[TheReveal and reveals]] [[EvilAllAlong that she used you]] to find the [[ForgottenSuperweapon Phoenix tank]] and take control of Jericho. She promptly declares that YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness.]] |
41 | * EvilSoundsDeep: Sebastien. |
42 | * FaceFramedInShadow: Jericho soldiers. |
43 | * FatBastard: Daud, leader of the Flaming Pumpkins- but only because [[TheStarscream he double-crossed]] Rewdalf and [[LeftForDead left him for dead]] in a mine field. Serves as both the DiskOneFinalBoss and a WakeUpCallBoss, as his war-truck is much, much tougher than anything you will have faced up to that point. [[RecurringBoss He reappears later...]] [[FlunkyBoss with friends.]] |
44 | * FragileSpeedster: The Badger, your starting vehicle. It has the best acceleration and top speed, but weakest armour plating. |
45 | * GameMod: It was idiotically easy to edit this game's files and play around with things like weapon damage, enemy health, etc. |
46 | * GogglesDoNothing: Fennec. Though he actually wears his over his eyes, in deference to the standard. |
47 | * GoshDangItToHeck: Rewdalf uses the word crap. ''A lot.'' Entire sentences, even. |
48 | * GrenadeLauncher: The high arc of this weapon makes it rather difficult to aim effectively. |
49 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: Fennec and Rewdalf. |
50 | * IntrepidMerchant: Part of the BackStory is a series of journal entries by wandering trader Tormee, who runs into Fennec and Rewdalf shortly before events of the game take place. |
51 | * JackOfAllStats: The Cyclone, found midway through the game. |
52 | * {{Leitmotif}}: Though not a single tune, each of the four primary gangs has a particular genre to their part of the soundtrack. The Wolfpack are represented by funk, the Flaming Pumpkins by [[ThePowerOfRock hard rock]], the Crusaders by heavy house industrial and the Enclave by trance techno. |
53 | * MalevolentMaskedMen: The Enclave. They all wear [[GasMaskMooks gas masks]] and seem to follow some kind of ReligionOfEvil. |
54 | * MarketBasedTitle: The Russian translation changed the game's title to "Bandits: [[Film/MadMax Mad]] [[PunBasedTitle Marx]]". |
55 | * MightyGlacier: The Ogre, the last car you find; best-armoured of all three, but perceptibly slower. It is also the only car of the three that can equip [[MoreDakka two primary weapons.]] |
56 | * {{Mooks}}: Come in several flavors, [[SlidingScaleOfVillainThreat of increasing power and ability]]: The Flaming Pumpkins, the Enclave and finally the Jericho Army. |
57 | * MoodWhiplash: The intro may lead you to believe this game [[SeriousBusiness is deadly serious.]] It isn't. |
58 | * MultipleEndings: Sort of. Whether you choose to [[spoiler: challenge Sebastien or go after the gold, Fennec and Rewdalf [[DownerEnding still end up]] [[EverythingTryingToKillYou getting chased by]] ''[[EverythingTryingToKillYou everybody.]]'']] |
59 | * NintendoHard: Learn to conserve your health, use your secondary weapons effectively and focus your attacks on a single target at a time or you will lose, over and over [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment and over.]] |
60 | * NoodleIncident: Rewdalf often recalls the time they raided a chicken truck, but before he can recount the tale Fennec always cuts him off, saying he'd rather not be reminded of it. |
61 | * OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Rewdalf is a [[ViolentGlaswegian Scottish-sounding, trigger-happy]] midget who [[GoshDangItToHeck likes to say crap]] and [[TheAlcoholic drink beer.]] [[SubvertedTrope He's also]] part Spanish. |
62 | * TheRemnant: The Crusaders, judging by their military-style colors and symbols, would seem to be remnants of some national army. Exactly which isn't clear, though the ''Film/FullMetalJacket'' -quoting grunts would seem to indicate American origin. |
63 | * ScavengerWorld: There's very little of the previous world left, and all the cars look to be cobbled together from whatever was on hand. A bit of DescriptionPorn [[AllThereInTheManual in the manual]] describes how the Badger was built using things like a fighter plane's engine and bits of a cargo ship's hull. |
64 | * SentryGun: In one mission, Rewdalf gets to take control of a powerful stationary defense cannon [[HoldTheLine While Fennec fixes their car.]] |
65 | * ShortRangeShotgun: Coupled with the fact that everybody's [[VehicularCombat moving around really fast]], the shotgun can be hard to use. |
66 | * SniperRifle: Sniper ''cannons'', even. |
67 | * StuffBlowingUp: Hoo boy. |
68 | * TankGoodness: [[spoiler: [[GottaCatchEmAll Wondering what all those gigantic parts were for?]] [[DismantledMacguffin What they make if you put em together?]] Why, [[TitleDrop the Phoenix, of course.]] A tank. A very large, [[ForgottenSuperweapon forgotten super-tank.]]]] |
69 | * TheUnintelligible: Jericho soldiers use radio scrambling devices, making their communications sound like total gibberish. |
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