OFF

""You have been assigned to a being called "The Batter". The Batter has an important mission. Be sure that it's accomplished.""

OFF is an RPG created in 2007 by web user Mortis Ghost. Originally in French, it since got an English translation. The player enters his name and is informed that he is now in control of a being called the Batter, the game's main character, who is a quiet man in a baseball batter's outfit.

Fairly simple, huh? Well, It gets weirder.

The game takes place in a world nothing like what you know. The Batter encounters, only a few moments after you gained control, a white, wise and snarky cat with a Cheshire Cat Grin that calls himself "The Judge". The people in this world, called the Elsens, are practically all Inexplicably Identical Individuals other than the items merchant Zachary, who has perfected Breaking the Fourth Wall (not that the other characters would care for it; the player is repeatedly addressed personally), strange ghosts that terrorize everything in sight and mighty lords of the lands of the world, called zones.

The Batter's mission is to "purify the world" from these specters; And you have to help him with it.

The game's translation can be found here, and the original French version here.

""This... This is not a serious injury... I'm sure..." -Elsen"
 * Acrofatic: Enoch, despite being the size of a large hill, is very capable of chasing you down.
 * Addressing the Player: Both the Batter and the Judge do this.
 * Advancing Boss of Doom: Enoch.
 * Animal Stereotype: The Judge is pretty much a walking cat-personality stereotype, albeit more sympathetic.
 * Batter Up: The Batter uses baseball bats to "purify" specters.
 * Biblical Motifs: The Add-ons are called "Father", "Son" and "Holy Spirit" in the menu, and the guardians are all named after people from the Bible.
 * Bonus Boss:
 * Boss Banter:
 * Boss Corridor: Used multiple times.
 * Breaking the Fourth Wall: Zachary is master of this trope, though the Batter and the Judge do this, too; Could even be considered No Fourth Wall if the Elsens and Guardians broke it, too.
 * Cheshire Cat Grin: The Judge's face bears a truly majestic example.
 * Climax Boss
 * Cowardly Boss: Japhet.
 * Crap Saccharine World:
 * Damage Sponge Boss: All the game's bosses, which is however RPG Maker's fault.
 * Deadly Euphemism: What "purifying" obviously is; at least in the context of ghosts.
 * Downer Ending
 * Fridge Horror:
 * Heel Face Turn:
 * Hopeless Boss Fight:
 * Inexplicably Identical Individuals: The Elsens, save the ones wearing helmets, or, later, wearing labcoats.
 * Jerkass: Dedan.
 * Kick the Dog: Dedan's way with the Elsens. In fact, by Word of God, he was created to be despised.
 * Mini Game: The balloon game in zone 2's amusement park and the "Game Of The Mortal Fall" in zone 3.
 * Moral Event Horizon:
 * Multiple Endings
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero:
 * Only a Flesh Wound:
 * Multiple Endings
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero:
 * Only a Flesh Wound:
 * Only a Flesh Wound:

""I'm not hiding anything, I promise!" -Elsen"
 * The Phoenix:
 * Playing the Player
 * Race Against the Clock: The residential area in zone 2.
 * Sizeshifter: Enoch. His size ranges from ceiling-height to the size of a building. It is likely an ability of his.
 * Stout Strength: Enoch, the guardian of zone 3.
 * Something Completely Different:
 * Suspiciously Specific Denial:


 * Tragic Villain: Japhet, zone 2's guardian.
 * Unwitting Pawn:
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Enoch.
 * Would Hurt a Child: