A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Difference between revisions

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* [[Dark Is Not Evil]] - Arawn Nos.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]] - Branwyn always has something to add to the conversation between Maeldun and another character when she is present. Geraint is also not bad at this.

* [[Everything's Better ~~With~~ Princesses]] - this is a [[Fairy Tale]], after all.

* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]] - this is a [[Fairy Tale]], after all.

* [[Evil Sorcerer]] - The [[Big Bad]].

* [[Failure Is the Only Option]] - Want to catch that assassin? Sorry, you just can't.

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* [[Redemption Equals Death]] - {{spoiler|Geraint, more or less. He doesn't die so much as get turned into a vulture.}}

* [[Reconstruction]] - The game attempts to recreate the fun and joy of old VGA quests while jettisoning their annoying moments ([[Unwinnable]], [[Guide Dang It]], etc.).

* [[Shout Out]]: Dozens of them, especially to ''[[King's Quest]]'' games.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Dozens of them, especially to ''[[King's Quest]]'' games.

** There are at least two to ''[[Discworld]]''. You can find "Twurp's Peerage" in the monastery's library, and Maeldun describes cider as a drink made of apples. "Well, mostly apples."

** Near the castle, you meet [[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ~~(Literature)~~|a talking scarecrow.]] {{spoiler|You can give him a brain, and afterward he will name himself Baum.}}

** Near the castle, you meet [[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|a talking scarecrow.]] {{spoiler|You can give him a brain, and afterward he will name himself Baum.}}

** If you try to enter a stump, a message will appear, requiring you to insert [[The Secret of Monkey Island|disk 23]], followed by 'Oops, wrong game.' Also, on the monk's bed there is a book called '[[The Secret of Monkey Island|The Mystery of Ape Atoll]],' (no, not [[Runescape|THAT]] Ape Atoll) which involves swordfighting, dark magic and the undead.

* [[Spiritual Successor]] - Of the ''[[King's Quest]]'' series. It was even originally conceived as a [[Fan Sequel]] to the aforementioned franchise.

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* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]] - [[The Fair Folk|the fairies talk like this]]. Blossom the changeling also tries to, but isn't very good at it. It's also [[Subverted]] and [[Lampshaded]] many, many times, particularly in this [[Easter Egg]]:

{{quote| Helloeth! Thou appeareth to be playingeth an adventure gameth. Wouldeth thou liketh help with thateth?}}

* [[You Fight Like a Cow]] - as a [[Shout Out]], you can try this in your fight against Rashakk. {{spoiler|It doesn't work.}}

* [[You Fight Like a Cow]] - as a [[Shout-Out]], you can try this in your fight against Rashakk. {{spoiler|It doesn't work.}}