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=== Subjective tropes present in the remake, Alter A.I.L.A. Genesis: ===

* [[Alas Poor Villain]]: {{spoiler|Lavitz.}}

* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: {{spoiler|Lavitz.}}

* [[Awesome Music (Sugar Wiki)|Awesome Music]]: "Blast My Desire", the [[Battle Theme Music]] for [[Bonus Boss|Bonus Bosses]] and late-game [[Climax Boss|Climax Bosses]]. For area music, the BGM for Avalon is quite nice as well.

* [[Character Tiers]]: Despite the author's best efforts to balance characters this time around, Jake and Hawk are too weak/slow to be useful, and Indy's only use (equipping a static-damage sync and dishing out Vampire constantly) is superseded by Violet, who is better at it and less [[Squishy Wizard|squishy]].

* [[Ending Fatigue]]: Neok admits that by the time he had gotten to writing the ending, he had begun to lose steam, and, unfortunately, it shows. {{spoiler|The final boss fight can be a major letdown to those who played the original; Aila becomes reduced to a cardboard cutout villain with no real motive due to the fact that her [[Motive Rant]] was completely removed. The endgame also lacks the explanation of things like the [[Backstory]] and Kugar that the original had}}. The two postgame [[Bonus Dungeon|Bonus Dungeons]] originally had full subplots surrounding them as well, but had to be cut because Neok had burned himself out writing the rest of the game. Fortunately, he plans to rectify this by giving those explanations in the sequel.

** The postgame itself can feel this way due to the above. After such a story-heavy and character-centric game, a postgame consisting of nothing but long dungeon slogging without any additional story information can feel rather dull.

* [[Family Unfriendly Aesop]]: "People are selfish and prideful." The fact that Leon is such a moral person is a very big deal. {{spoiler|This is subverted by the ending, however, when the heroes all put aside their differences and agree to work towards a common goal, three of them even performing [[Heroic Sacrifice|Heroic Sacrifices]].}}

* [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]: "People are selfish and prideful." The fact that Leon is such a moral person is a very big deal. {{spoiler|This is subverted by the ending, however, when the heroes all put aside their differences and agree to work towards a common goal, three of them even performing [[Heroic Sacrifice|Heroic Sacrifices]].}}

* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: Psychokinesis is toxic to humans. The high level modes usually grant large amounts of EX and AP in exchange for health degeneration. What's probably happening is that they're amplifying the latent psychokinetic energy in the character equipping them, but, since that same energy is toxic, causes an overflow which saps their [[Life Force]].

** "Interference", a [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]] in the dam facility. It's in the shape of a large silhouette. If you look at it closely, you'll realize that {{spoiler|it's a silhouette of ''Aila'', and probably some form of [[Fighting a Shadow|astral projection]] she's using to attack the jackal}}. Suddenly, its actions make sense, huh?

* [[Fridge Horror]]: {{spoiler|Erin constantly tells Leon about how the [[Crapsack World]] will corrupt a moral person like him, and so will she, due to being a cold [[Anti Hero]]. However, she's a moral person as well -- the reason she's telling Leon this is because she was exactly like him, and ''the same thing she describes happened to her''. [[Tear Jerker|Kind of depressing]].}}

* [[Fridge Horror]]: {{spoiler|Erin constantly tells Leon about how the [[Crapsack World]] will corrupt a moral person like him, and so will she, due to being a cold [[Anti-Hero]]. However, she's a moral person as well -- the reason she's telling Leon this is because she was exactly like him, and ''the same thing she describes happened to her''. [[Tear Jerker|Kind of depressing]].}}

* [[Funny Moments (Sugar Wiki)|Funny Moments]]: "[[Deadpan Snarker|Build a functional submarine out of scrap parts, no problem. Cheer up a little girl, no can do.]]"

** Also, some of G-Bot's questions.