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{{quote|"''[[Sealed Evil in a Can|Evil... as old as time]], [[The Corruption|spreads like a plague, corrupting the hearts of men]]. [[Legacy Character|For millennia]], [[Who You Gonna Call?|there have been those who have stood against it]]. [[Masquerade|A secret organization]] [[Heroes-R-Us|to protect mankind]]. [[Hold the Line|They are the frontline]] [[Zombie Apocalypse|in an unholy war]]. [[Title Drop|They are... the Darkwatch]].''"|[[Opening Narration]]}}
''Darkwatch'' (sometimes subtitled ''Curse of the West'') is a [[Steampunk]] [[First-Person Shooter]] [[Video Game]] developed by Sammy Studios (now High Moon Studios, creators of ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'') and distributed by [[Capcom]] in the US and [[Ubisoft]] in the UK for the Playstation2 and [[
[[The Western|It's 1876]], and an age of darkness has come upon [[The Wild West]]. You are Jericho Cross: [[The Gunslinger|Gunslinger]]. [[Outlaw|Renegade. Outlaw]]. [[Villain Protagonist|Behind you lies a]] [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|bloody trail of robbery and revenge]]. [[One Last Job|Ahead of you lies one last train to rob]].
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[[Vampire Refugee|In the process, Jericho is bitten and begins to turn]]. Now he must find the Darkwatch and help them [[Find the Cure|hunt down and destroy Lazarus or be forever damned]].
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* [[All There in the Manual]]: The Darkwatch has been fighting vampires and zombies since the days of the Roman Empire. Promotional material includes images of Darkwatch Regulators from all across history, including both World Wars and the present day.
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* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: How the Ghost Gates work.
* [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]]: {{spoiler|Cassidy in the "good" ending}}.
* [[Back
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Jericho, who trades in his tan duster for a Darkwatch-issue black [[Hell-Bent for Leather|leather]] one.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Jericho, very briefly before he gets bitten.
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* [[Fan Service]]: A nude spread of Tala was printed in ''Playboy''. [[Blatant Lies|For advertising purposes, of course]].
* [[Final Battle]]: In a [[Pocket Dimension]] that may or may not be [[Hell]].
* [[Glowing Eyelights of
** Jericho has this, as well; his scarred missing eye glows red, the source of his [[Vein-O-Vision]]. {{spoiler|In the good ending, [[Eye Lights Out|his eye glow dies]], [[Undeath Always Ends|indicating he is human again]]. In the bad one, [[Glowing Eyes of Doom|both eyes glow]], [[He Who Fights Monsters|indicating he has embraced vampirism]]}}.
* [[Guns Akimbo]]: The Warmonger pistols, a pair of small revolvers.
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** Hangtown, earlier in the game, lacks the lava flows, but is still chock-full of the undead.
* [[Heroic Mime]]: Jericho
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]:
** Tala's voice is [[Charmed|Paige Matthews]].
** [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|Brigadier General]] Clay Cartwright is voiced by [[Legacy of Kain|Raziel]] or [[Metal Gear Solid|The Fear]].
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** Lazarus Malkoth is voiced by [[Angel|Daniel Holtz]].
* [[I Can Rule Alone]]: In the bad ending.
* [[I Do Not Drink... Wine]]: Jericho attempts to drink some stream water early on, but [[Squick|immediately throws it back up]].
* [[The Immodest Orgasm]]: Tala in the "Prom Night" cutscene. [[Right Through His Pants|Jericho is still fully dressed]]. [[Kiss of the Vampire]] comes into play, which turns out to be a ''really'' [[Face Heel Turn|bad idea.]]
* [[Injun Country]]: One or two levels. The zombified braves come at you with throwing axes and the like.
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* [[Large Ham]]: Lazarus just loves to [[Chewing the Scenery|chew up the scenery]]. [[Lampshaded]] in the first chapter after the first fight against Lazarus by the subtitles reading "Triumphant laughter that swells to over-the-top laughter."
* [[Mad Scientist]]: You speak to one between missions; he issues you your secondary [[Weapon of Choice]]. You always start with the [[Revolvers Are Just Better|Redeemer]].
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Lazarus gained his [[Immortality]] by coming [[Back
* [[Nice Hat]]: Jericho wears a black-with-white-trim hat with a low crown and a very wide brim, resembling a priest's hat or quake hat. The Regulators all wear your standard ten-gallon hat -- in black, of course.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Chapter 2's opening text, "Nice going, outlaw. Your soul is slipping away, and Hell's own horsemen nip at your heels."
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* [[Suck Out the Poison]]: What Jericho does to Lazarus' still-living victims if you choose to be good. [[Vampire Bites Suck|Otherwise]]...
* [[Suicide Attack]]: The TNT Zombies.
* [[Suicide Is Painless]]: You know all those people who flee the infected city? If you follow them you will see them run into piles of fire and kill themselves.
* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: How many shots can you fit in a revolver? Six? Eight? Maybe ten if you're using a small cartridge? How about ''24'' via an under-slung helical magazine? Ladies and gents, [[Revolvers Are Just Better|The Redeemer, pictured above]].
* [[Traintop Battle]]: But of course.
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