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Being the hero is [[Good Is Boring|so dull]]. I mean... [[It's the Same, Now It Sucks|it's always the same]]: Grab your sword, run to the castle of evil, fight against the boss, [[Victory Is Boring|easily beat him]], save the world, everybody loves you, right?
Well, perhaps it's time to play from another angle. [[Evil Is Cool|After all, playing for the other team has its benefits
In 1996, for the Sony [[PlayStation]], Tecmo released ''[[In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It|Tecmo's]] Deception: Invitation to Darkness'', which, while not a smash success by any stretch of the imagination, allowed the player to do something not often seen in video games: [[Evil Feels Good|play as the bad guy]]. The goal of the story was to resurrect [[Satan]], and instead of doing so with direct combat, you utilized a series of [[Death Trap|deadly traps]] that you placed throughout your castle. The game did well enough to spark a small series, although nothing new has been announced as of this time.
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* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Inverted; these guys (generally) are your ''enemies''.
* [[Black Magician Girl]]: Astarte.
* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: Tecmo has never been known for their strong translation quality during the PlayStation era, so the first three games have pretty questionable dialogue and even character names. For example, ugh, [[Let's Play|Goatbone]].
* [[Blue Blood]]: Both literally and figuratively in ''Kagero''. The Timenoids are a race of beings with blue skin who rule over humans.
* [[Bonus Boss]]: Pretty much any gaiden character in ''Trapt'', but especially the final bosses of each path: Millennia (trap-tripper) and Kendal (creates illusions), each more inexplicable than the last (that last one is very [[Gainax Ending|"Congratulations"-y]]).
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* [[Repeat Cut]]: Brief instant replays of the moment a trap connects with an invader; they can be switched on or off.
* [[Rube Goldberg Device]]: Traps are most effective when linked: a bear trap will barely damage your opponent, but using a bear trap to hold an enemy still while a giant hammer flings them where a pot of oil will land on their heads, causing them to stumble around blind into an exploding bomb, which will blow them into a cannon that sends them flying into a cage.
* [[Say My Name]]: "Marco? Marco?! Marco! MARCO!" '''POLO!'''
* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: And you're the one working to break said seal.
* [[Spoiler Opening]]: Of a sort. ''Deception: Invitation to Darkness''' manual spoils that {{spoiler|Fiana}} can be used as a monster.
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