Line #50 VideoGame/RemnantsOfIsolation


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3	''Remnants of Isolation'' is a EasternRPG, made by a team consisting of Creator/VermillionNova, Creator/UnityRPG, and Creator/{{Sooz}}.
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5	It's about a girl and a boy, Celesta and Melchior, respectively, who, as mages, drain the {{mana}} from the world around them, killing the world.
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7	So, they're imprisoned in a castle, that is itself in another dimension, making that a PrisonDimension.
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9	Celesta, was initially nameless, and she was imprisoned first, and NeverLearnedToRead. When she's inadvertently freed by Melchior, he names her after a celesta, due to her ability to summon a piano-like magical construct, and they team up to explore the castle together.
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11	This game is available on [=RPGMaker.net=] for free, with a UpdatedRerelease available for a cost, on Platform/{{Steam}}.
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13	!! This game provides examples of:
14	* AncestralWeapon: In UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} version's FlavorText of the imprisoned Melchior's StarterEquipment, the Trusty Axe labels it as one for him:
15	--> A well-kept family heirloom. Looks like it won't be passed down to any future generations now.
16	* BlobMonster: The first enemies that can be encountered, are implied as they're called "Possessed Bloblets".
17	* ConfusedQuestionMark: Multiple times from the Girl who would be named Celesta:
18	** In the opening cutscene, she has a PictorialSpeechBubble of a question mark, after the door to her cell disappears.
19	** When leaving her cage, she says a PictorialSpeechBubble when looking back to where the barrier was, presumably confused about its disappearance.
20	* FlavorText: For basically every item, and some of them change between the {{Freeware}} Deluxe version, and the Platform/{{Steam}} UpdatedRerelease:
21	** Trusty Axe:
22	*** Deluxe version:
23	----> This was given to Melchior when he was a child. It is well kept, and polished to look like new.
24	*** UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} version:
25	----> A well-kept family heirloom. Looks like it won't be passed down to any future generations now.
26	** Steel Pipe:
27	*** Deluxe version:
28	----> A small pipe. Not very effective, but at least it's something.
29	*** UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} version:
30	----> Whatever this used to carry has left rust and stains. It's rough and brittle in your hands.
31	** Leather Top, same between versions:
32	---> Made with the best leather.
33	** Worn-out Dress, same between versions:
34	---> Provides minimal protection.
35	* ForceField: Invisible barriers keep Celesta and Melchior away from areas:
36	** The first one kept Celesta in her cell.
37	** The second barrier that is possible to encounter and beyond, are discussed with Celesta's thoughts being narrated, comparing them as similar to the ones that kept her in her cell. They're deactivated using switches scattered around the area.
38	* HeartOfTheMatter: There's something called the Heart of the Castle, that allows the castle that the game takes place in, to keep running. [[spoiler: It's Celesta.]] [[spoiler: It generates magic. Something though impossible, for a living being to do.]]
39	* HitPoints: Contracted to HP, and referenced in multiple menus:
40	** The free version says that Healing Liquids restore 40% of it, directly in its item description.
41	** All versions state consumables' effects while on the shop screen, showing the percentage of HP healed by such healing items.
42	* LifeDrain: Celesta's Arcane Pulse does this. Healing exactly the amount of health the enemy lost. If the damage done is more than the enemy's remaining health, Celesta will heal by the amount of damage it took to bring the enemy to 0 HitPoints.
43	* MagicMusic: Celesta's starting spell is creating a keyboard out of magic, then there's the final spells, "Dutiful Melody" and "Loyal Melody", with "Dutiful Melody" being described:
44	--> Power flows into the melody through your fingers
45	* {{Mana}}: As said in the game's description:
46	--> Magic is a curse. A plague upon the world and those that live in it. Those that are born with this curse unwittingly sap the mana from the earth they stand in. [... Mana is] the world's lifeblood
47	* NeverLearnedToRead: The girl who would be named Celesta, as said when examining the bookshelves in her cell:
48	--> A huge library of books.\
49	But you were never taught how to read.
50	* NonDamagingStatusInflictionAttack: The Elemental Break type of CombinationAttack, applies a weakness to the element used to combine into the attack instead of involving the elemental attack itself.
51	* PaintingTheMedium: When the Girl who would be named Celesta leaves her cage, the narration has a pause after the ellipsis in this narration, presumably to show surprise:
52	--> The barrier that kept you here... It's gone!
53	* PercentBasedValues: In the Deluxe version, Healing Liquids are described as:
54	--> Recovers 40% HP to a single character.
55	* PictorialSpeechBubble: Usually from Celesta, before her naming:
56	** From the Girl who would be named Celesta:
57	*** In the opening cutscene, she has a one, of a ConfusedQuestionMark, after the door to her cell disappears.
58	*** When she takes her first step out of her cage, she says an exclamation mark, presumably from surprise that the ForceField is gone and she can leave. Preceding that was narration that ended on a question mark:
59	----> The barrier that kept you here... It's gone!
60	*** When leaving her cage, she says a ConfusedQuestionMark when looking back to where the barrier was, presumably confused about its disappearance.
61	*** If she re-enters her cage after she leaves it, she says an exclamation mark, and then narration with an exclamation mark pops up:
62	----> Suddenly, you feel a familiar pressure push down onto your chest. You are losing magic at an alarming rate!\
63	You have lost all your MP!
64	** Melchior: He says a SweatDrop after fighting a battle on the spur of land that houses the second lever of Sky Garden. Then, with his head down, he says:
65	---> I... Oh man. Fighting on my own is rough!\
66	I need to get back to Celesta as soon as possible.
67	* PointOfNoReturn: Celesta cannot return to her cell with Melchior once they team up, [[spoiler:she does eventually re-enter the cell's room, but not the cell itself]]. So the books inside her cell can never be read.
68	* ThePowerOfLove: Referenced in one of the final spells, [[spoiler:Melchior's]], "Loyal Melody":
69	--> Love can reach across any distance, any world, and any dimension.
70	* PrisonDimension: As said in the game's description, the setting of the game is "a castle in an isolated dimension", and it's meant to imprison mages.
71	* SignatureInstrument: Celesta's starting spell is creating a keyboard out of magic.
72	* StatusInflictionAttack: The Elemental Break type of CombinationAttack makes the targeted enemy weak to the element used as a component of the combination.
73	* SupernaturalSealing: Celesta's final spell, "Dutiful Melody" to do this to the castle, as its description says: "Permanently seal away the castle." where most of the story takes place, so it can't harm anyone else, and explained more in the cutscene after casting:
74	--> Power flows into the melody through your fingers, wrapping the Castle of the Forsaken in an impenetrable solitude.
75	* TileFlippingPuzzle: In the Prison Of Flesh, Melchior must manipulate a series of about 10 switches, that control the positions of neighboring switches, and a corresponding bridge's sections' existence or non-existence.
76	* UpdatedReRelease: The UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} version has custom monster graphics, instead of using standard UsefulNotes/RPGMaker monster assets, some different map tilings, and new FlavorText for some items, instead of purely functional text.
77	* TheXOfY: ''Remnants of Isolation''

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