Booze-Based Buff: Difference between revisions

 

Someone in fiction who gains such powers is a [[Drunken Master]]

 

== Action Adventure Games ==

* Done in ''[[Ōkami|Okami]]'' and its sequel ''[[Ōkamiden|Okamiden]]''. Even the great god Amaterasu likes to quaff some Steel Fist sake before laying the celestial smack down. It's also inverted in the boss fight with Orochi, who is [[Immune to Bullets|completely invulnerable]]... until you use hydrokinesis to force-feed him the best sake in the entire world, thus getting him so drunk that he becomes vulnerable to your attacks.

* In ''[[STALKER]]'', vodka cures ''radiation poisoning''.

** Which causes problems while adjusting to ''[[Fallout 3]]''; reaching for the vodka instead of the Rad-Away is rather embarrassing.

* Drinking alcohol in [[Bulletstorm]] [[Interface Screw|will cause your character's aim to go awry, and his vision to blur]], but to counterbalance it, every kill you score while intoxicated will net you a score bonus. Drinking 20 bottles (that must be found throughout the game) [[Cosmetic Award|gives you an achievement/trophy]].

** On the other hand, [[No More for Me|inversely]], just shooting the bottle gives you some immediate points without having to mess your vision up, and shooting 20 also gives you an achievement/trpohy.

* In ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'', ''[[Samurai Warriors]]'', and ''[[Warriors Orochi]]'', giant clay pots (as in, large enough for a grown man to take a bath in) of alcohol fill your [[Limit Break]] meter.

* Similarly, sake gourds in ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'' fills your [[Limit Break|Basara Gauge]]. At least two characters, Maeda Keiji and Shimazu Yoshihiro, have attacks that explicitly involves imbibing alcohol.

 

== MMORPGs ==

* ''Atelier Judie'' has enemy bears that will feed you wine, which makes your accuracy drop dramatically.

* In ''[[Baten Kaitos]]'' Japanese Rice Wine actually revives the player, and beer/red wine/sweet wine can heal. Even a certain miniboss will use "Rough 'em up drink," which increases defense.

* During the [[Wild West]] chapter of ''[[Live a Live]]'', booze and smokes are your primary healing items. They all drop your stats when used, however.

* In ''[[The Witcher]]'' videogame, drinking makes the screen wobble and blur, makes Geralt stagger around and reduces fighting ability, but several talents can be taken that only activate when intoxicated. In addition, strong, quality alcohol is used as a base for most potions.

* For a possible real life example, look at Buckfast Tonic Wine. At 30 proof and containing more caffeine per volume than Red Bull, its considered by many to be the source of a great deal of Scotland's violent drinking woes, due to the obvious problems that come with drunken, violent disaffected youth hopped up on enough caffeine to kill a horse with a glass bottle literally on hand. True or not, it has earned some rather entertaining nicknames, such as "Commotion Lotion" and "Wreck the Hoose Juice."

* Many long-term alcoholics work ''better'' after a smaller glass of booze—their body has become accustomed to alcohol and the lack of it brings very unpleasant things, even before true delirium tremens appears: shaking hands, fatigue, stumbling etc.

 

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