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Messiah (Video Game)
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Messiah | |
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Messiah is a 2000 game by Shiny Entertainment, featuring the angel Bob, sent by God to Earth on a mission. As it turns out, the future Earth is not a nice place. It is corrupt, brutal, and ruled by dictators, called "Fathers". They recently discovered that Heaven, Hell, God, and Satan are real — and their first thought was that of conquest. They contacted Satan and put him under their control, in preparation to take over Heaven. God, who will be having none of this, sends an agent to Earth to investigate the situation — namely, Bob.Bob is just a chubby cherub without any real angelic might, but he's got a trick up his sleeve: the ability to possess people. Possessing the right person at the right time is one of the main mechanics in the game, and more or less its main selling point.Overall, Messiah is best described as an Action-Adventure game with some Third-Person Shooter, Platform Game and Stealth-Based Game elements. It can be purchased from GOG.com.You might also want to know this is where the Roblox "OOF" sound comes from, no joke. | |
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Dropped link to MissionFromGod: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
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Third-Person Seductress | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_166debde | comment |
Third-Person Seductress: Most of the women in the game, when possessed. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_1c77ec26 | type |
The Voice | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_1c77ec26 | comment |
The Voice: The mysterious voice in your head which guides you from the beginning. He eventually reveals himself to have been Satan all along. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_20860a0e | type |
Punch-Clock Villain | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_20860a0e | comment |
The core of the gameplay is possessing people (most of whom are innocent civilians or Punch Clock Villains) and putting their lives in danger (or arranging their deaths) to complete your mission. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_21d70919 | type |
Crapsack World | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_21d70919 | comment |
Crapsack World: The setting, as the manual states. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_22071825 | type |
I'm a Humanitarian | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_22071825 | comment |
I'm a Humanitarian: The basis of the sewer-dwelling Chots' diet, apparently. They feed on their own, but are also implied to regularly kidnap and eat normal citizens, too. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_2439b588 | type |
As the Good Book Says... | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_2439b588 | comment |
As the Good Book Says...: Bible verses appear next to the names of the development team in the end credits. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_2a019fef | type |
Gay Option | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_2a019fef | comment |
Gay Option: As a prostitute, you can make out with people—of either gender. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_2da9567 | type |
Stealth-Based Game | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_2da9567 | comment |
Stealth-Based Game: Has major elements of this genre—at higher difficulty levels, you can only possess people who are oblivious to your presence. And, of course, you shouldn't possess anybody, or do suspicious stuff (like pressing buttons you're not supposed to press) if someone with a twitchy trigger finger is looking your way. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_2ee208cd | type |
Vent Physics | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_2ee208cd | comment |
Vent Physics: There are fans which propel Bob upwards. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_2ff4c09b | type |
Special Person, Normal Name | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_2ff4c09b | comment |
Special Person, Normal Name: Your protagonist a is a cherub from Heaven named Bob. Bob. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_3079b2e | type |
Harpoon Gun | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_3079b2e | comment |
Harpoon Gun: One of the weapons; it can pin people to walls. | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_3079b2e | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_3401240 | type |
Ground Pound | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_3401240 | comment |
Ground Pound: The Behemoths, when jumping, stun everyone near where they land. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_34bd7be2 | type |
Super Drowning Skills | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_34bd7be2 | comment |
Super Drowning Skills: No swimming in this game. In fact, even slightly brushing against any liquid is instant death. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_39b8d3d6 | type |
Boring, but Practical | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_39b8d3d6 | comment |
Boring, but Practical: The basic Pump Gun and Machine Gun are pretty much the most versatile weapons in the game, as opposed to Flamethrowers, Harpoon Guns, etc. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_3ac5110b | type |
Unintentionally Unwinnable | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_3ac5110b | comment |
Unintentionally Unwinnable: On the Conveyor level, you enter a room in order to access a platforming section of conveyor belts. If you turn around and leave the room instead, the door will become locked from the inside and you cannot re-enter. At one point on the rooftop level, you're supposed to have Bob crawl into a air vent and get into a control room; a part of the vent collapses under Bob's weight as he enters. However, you can instead possess a cop who is standing next to the vent entrance, shoot away the glass that surrounds the control room (it's visible below you), then jump down there. But if you do so, you're stuck, as normally your way back would be through a collapsed part of the vent. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_3ae51e0 | type |
Resigned to the Call | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_3ae51e0 | comment |
Resigned to the Call: Bob isn't very enthusiastic about his mission initially. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_3ff156fa | type |
Nay-Theist | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_3ff156fa | comment |
Nay-Theist: The government of Earth is well aware that the Christian religion is true... and intends to take over both Heaven and Hell, and put God under its control. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_40cc0c7e | type |
Bittersweet Ending | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_40cc0c7e | comment |
Bittersweet Ending: Bob defeats Satan and saves Earth, but he deliberately disobeyed God in the process, and is now apparently trapped on the moon with no way off and no way back to Heaven. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_411a35bd | type |
Body Surf | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_411a35bd | comment |
Body Surf: Oh, yeah. You'll be changing your possession victims a lot. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_434c3481 | type |
Crosshair Aware | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_434c3481 | comment |
Crosshair Aware: A crosshair appears on you if you're being targeted by a firearm. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_4977559e | type |
Our Angels Are Different | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_4977559e | comment |
Our Angels Are Different: Bob is basically a sassy, chubby kindergartener who can fly and possess people, but is by no means immune to damage. In-universe, too—the manual notes that Bob is different from the other angels, because he has a human soul. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_5535272c | type |
Coolest Club Ever | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_5535272c | comment |
Coolest Club Ever: Club Kyd. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_5581b443 | type |
The Walls Are Closing In | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_5581b443 | comment |
The Walls Are Closing In: At one point you trigger a security system, which causes the only available NPC (a worker) to fall and break his legs (meaning he can only crawl slowly), and one of the walls begins to slowly move against you. You're then required to possess the worker and slowly crawl to the switch to deactivate the wall. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_640a171f | type |
Gameplay Roulette | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_640a171f | comment |
Gameplay Roulette: This game is an action stealth platform puzzle shooter adventure built around a Body Surf mechanic. Different sections play completely differently, as do different bodies, and there are often multiple solutions to a puzzle that use different approaches. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_69ed963a | type |
Not So Omniscient After All | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_69ed963a | comment |
Not So Omniscient After All: The Fathers have learned how to keep secrets safe even from God, forcing Him to send Bob as a spy. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_6de71c57 | type |
Disc-One Final Boss | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_6de71c57 | comment |
Disc-One Final Boss: Father Prime. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_71d17dff | type |
Everything Fades | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_71d17dff | comment |
Everything Fades: Justified—there are small, floating devices around which seem to serve the sole purpose of disintegrating any dead people. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_733e007a | type |
Unwitting Pawn | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_733e007a | comment |
Unwitting Pawn: Bob is manipulated by Satan into killing Father Prime, thus giving Satan an opportunity to take over the now leader-less Earth. | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_733e007a | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_7fb70f7d | type |
God and Satan Are Both Jerks | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_7fb70f7d | comment |
God and Satan Are Both Jerks: God is perfectly willing to leave humans at Satan's mercy (because he thinks the world is beyond salvation at this point - and given how much of a Hellhole Earth's been turned into under Father Prime, he's right) and at the end of the game he leaves Bob on the barren Moon. Satan, meanwhile, is Satan. | |
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_7fbb2a3 | comment |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Father Prime is absolutely evil. But letting Satan loose on the Earth still makes it worse. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_818fa473 | type |
The Dark Side Will Make You Forget | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_818fa473 | comment |
The Dark Side Will Make You Forget: The Chots have been so poisoned by their life in the sewers that they've forgotten their original rebellion against the Fathers - all they remember is that they're fighting the surface people. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_81f468bb | type |
AirVentEscape | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_81f468bb | comment |
Air Vent Escape: When possessing a rat, Bob can explore air vents (some of them are big enough for his cherub body, too). | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_8286e2c3 | type |
Big Dumb Body | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_8286e2c3 | comment |
Big Dumb Body: Especially with the Behemoths. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_84f4a870 | type |
Puzzle Boss | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_84f4a870 | comment |
Puzzle Boss: The first part of the fight with Satan has you turn off the machines that provide him with blood, thus depriving him of the power he needs to keep up his forcefield. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_8767b1f3 | type |
Black-and-Gray Morality | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_8767b1f3 | comment |
Black-and-Gray Morality: There are the forces of Father Prime (black), the Chots (graynote too animalistic to have a moral compass), Satan (black), and God (gray at best). Bob is probably the only vaguely nice person in the game, and even he has very questionable ethics. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_87e661e8 | type |
Absurdly Spacious Sewer | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_87e661e8 | comment |
Absurdly-Spacious Sewer: Big enough to have an entire level set in them, with a lot of open space. | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_87e661e8 | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_8a8afdce | type |
Mini-Game | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_8a8afdce | comment |
Mini-Game: To get to the the VIP area in Club Kyd, you've got to finish a dancing minigame. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_8b9c512e | type |
Down the Drain | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_8b9c512e | comment |
Down the Drain: An entire level is set in the sewers. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_906365a2 | type |
Demonic Possession | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_906365a2 | comment |
Demonic Possession: Unusual, as it's an angel doing it to his unwilling victims. It's implied that when possessing, you have access to some of the victim's knowledge and skills, since e.g. in a worker body you can repair and use machinery that "only workers know how to operate". In the final boss fight, Satan's imps can do this to people as well. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_9256ac7c | type |
Cutscene Boss | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_9256ac7c | comment |
Cutscene Boss: Father Prime. The cutscene shows Bob (possessing a Behemoth) approaching the boss, dodging his laser beam and slaying him with one blow. You could argue that the true challenge lies in possessing the none-too-cooperative Behemoth in the first place. | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_9256ac7c | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_950bbfa7 | type |
Take a Third Option | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_950bbfa7 | comment |
Take a Third Option: Unlike most games like this, Messiah has lots of areas where there are multiple solutions to solve a problem. For example, if Bob needs to get into a restricted area which his current host is not allowed in, he might have two choices: Find another host who is allowed in, or find another host who can fight his way past the guard. Either way has the same outcome (although each has different disadvantages). | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_999be790 | type |
Tech-Demo Game | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_999be790 | comment |
Tech-Demo Game: A much-ballyhooed feature was that of the game's tessellation system which Shiny heavily promoted in its official literature. There was practically no limit to the detail artists can work on with the models, averaging around 300,000 to 500,000 polygons! Of course, given the constraints of the time, these models would have to be simplified on the fly depending on the system being played on, the main point being that the game would be future-proof at least to an extent. In practice however, Shiny's technology was more ambitious than it need to be, and it shows in its framerate and the rather average environmental models. | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_9a117348 | type |
Idiosyncratic Difficulty Levels | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_9a117348 | comment |
Idiosyncratic Difficulty Levels: Disciple (easy), Prophet (medium), and Messiah (hard). | |
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| Messiah (Video Game) / int_9b54d536 | type |
Evil Counterpart | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_9b54d536 | comment |
Evil Counterpart: The final boss battle against Satan has imps running around which look like demonic versions of Bob, and can possess people as well. | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_9b54d536 | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_9bcc38c6 | type |
Thanking the Viewer | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_9bcc38c6 | comment |
Thanking the Viewer: "Thanks for playing" | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_9bcc38c6 | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_9fb2452d | type |
Evil Is Not a Toy | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_9fb2452d | comment |
Evil Is Not a Toy: Really, who thought that capturing Satan would end well? He nearly takes over the world once Bob kills Father Prime. | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_9fb2452d | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_a0c55654 | type |
The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_a0c55654 | comment |
The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized: The Chots were originally rebels against the Fathers' dictatorship. With time, they have degenerated into barely sane, aggressive cannibals. | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_a0c55654 | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_a121abc7 | type |
Respawning Enemies | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_a121abc7 | comment |
Respawning Enemies: Characters will generally respawn to prevent Unwinnable situations (when you need a specific body to proceed, but there isn't anyone alive of this type to possess.) | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_a121abc7 | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_a7e47a11 | type |
Your Approval Fills Me with Shame | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_a7e47a11 | comment |
Your Approval Fills Me with Shame: Satan enjoys pointing out Bob's violent antics. "I tell you, there is something very satisfying watching a 'good' boy do such bad things..." | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_a7e47a11 | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_ad22fa80 | type |
Apocalyptic Log | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_ad22fa80 | comment |
Apocalyptic Log: The final level, the moonbase, has a couple of logs from scientists which describe how they lost control of Satan. | |
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1.0 | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_ad22fa80 | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_b099085e | type |
In-Game TV | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_b099085e | comment |
In-Game TV: There are a couple of news reports in the game, and twice you get to see them playing on the citizens' TVs. | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_b099085e | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_bb5e187b | type |
Captured Super-Entity | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_bb5e187b | comment |
Captured Super-Entity: Satan. Who nevertheless turns the tables on his captors and almost takes over Earth. | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_bb5e187b | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_be02bc15 | type |
Holy Halo | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_be02bc15 | comment |
Holy Halo: Floats above Bob's head, as well as your possessed victim's head as an indicator of who are you currently occupying. People possessed by Satan's imps have a red halo with horns. | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_be02bc15 | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_beb9a361 | type |
Anti-Hero | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_beb9a361 | comment |
Anti-Hero: Bob, who, despite being a servant of God, regularly commits brutal murder, even of civilians. Satan keeps lampshading this. Bob is somewhere between Pragmatic Hero and Unscrupulous Hero. | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_beb9a361 | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: Club Kyd, named for Jesper Kyd, who worked on the music. | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_c75df49a | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_cc4d190a | type |
Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu? | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_cc4d190a | comment |
Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: Destroying Satan? Sure, because your possession power just happens to somehow be able to generate anti-Satan projectiles. | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_cc4d190a | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_ce6487aa | type |
Misery Builds Character | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_ce6487aa | comment |
Misery Builds Character: In the intro, God tells Bob this as one of the reasons for sending him to Earth—it will "help build character". Bob protests that he's already got enough character. | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_ce6487aa | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_d0f0a80d | type |
One-Word Title | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_d0f0a80d | comment |
One-Word Title | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_d0f0a80d | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_d23a9bb8 | type |
Possession Burnout | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_d23a9bb8 | comment |
Possession Burnout: Bob heals himself (as in, his angel body) by draining the hit points out of possessed bodies. | |
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1.0 | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_d23a9bb8 | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_de7d4907 | type |
Silly Walk | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_de7d4907 | comment |
Silly Walk: While possessing the Pimp Daddy, you walk in an exaggerated pimp strut. | |
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1.0 | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_de7d4907 | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_e132a621 | type |
Fluffy Cloud Heaven | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_e132a621 | comment |
Fluffy Cloud Heaven: Seen in the intro, which shows nothing but a mass of clouds with God's and Bob's disembodied voices talking over it. | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_e132a621 | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_e235202a | type |
The Power of Blood | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_e235202a | comment |
The Power of Blood: Satan feeds on human blood, which is what he needs to "physically exist in the Earthly realm"; he also derives his power from it. Scientists' logs in the final level suggest that he managed to break free when they accidentally gave him too much blood to drink. | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_e235202a | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_f642b1f9 | type |
You Bastard! | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_f642b1f9 | comment |
You Bastard!: The civilians, when aimed at, kneel and beg for their lives. | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_f642b1f9 | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_f87c42d4 | type |
Video Game Cruelty Potential | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_f87c42d4 | comment |
Video Game Cruelty Potential: Possess someone, then jump off a ledge to break their legs and listen to the distressed screams of pain. | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_f87c42d4 | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_f9facc81 | type |
Grotesque Cute | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_f9facc81 | comment |
Grotesque Cute: Bob looks like an adorable baby, but, as mentioned above, he doesn't shy from dropping people down trash grinders, murdering them en masse, etc. | |
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1.0 | |
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Messiah (Video Game) / int_f9facc81 | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_fc25c2fb | type |
Cruelty Is the Only Option | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_fc25c2fb | comment |
Cruelty Is the Only Option: Several times—one example is needing to fill the waste container; the only way to do so is by... dropping harmless scientists into a meat grindernote Can be bypassed with some precision platforming. Another example is filling an entire complex with deadly radiation. Even Satan calls you out on this one. The core of the gameplay is possessing people (most of whom are innocent civilians or Punch Clock Villains) and putting their lives in danger (or arranging their deaths) to complete your mission. | |
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Everything Trying to Kill You | |
| Messiah (Video Game) / int_ffd816e7 | comment |
Everything Trying to Kill You: When you're not possessing anyone, every combatant type will be after your hide. The cops and other Father forces know that you're an enemy, while the Chots simply don't have enough wit to figure out that you're a potential ally - besides, they're hungry. | |
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