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{{quote|''"Things are never quite what they seem. We think we understand the world around us, but we really only see the outside, what it seems to be. My name is Lucas Kane. My story is the one where an ordinary guy has something extraordinary happen to him. Maybe it was supposed to happen, maybe it was my destiny, or my karma or whatever. I know one thing for sure: Nothing's ever going to be the same again."''}}
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Lucas [[Name of Cain|Kane]] is an ordinary [[New York City]] [[Geek|IT administrator]] until he murders a total stranger in a possessed trance and flees the crime scene. From there on, he becomes a fugitive from the law, relentlessly chased by police officers Carla Valenti and Tyler Miles. But those two become the least of his concerns when he unexpectedly gains [[Stock Super Powers|superpowers]] and becomes the target of an [[Ancient Conspiracy]] that initially manipulated him into committing murder in the first place... And that all happens on the backdrop of global ''cooling'' [[Apocalypse How|around ten degrees Celsius every day]].
'''''Fahrenheit''''' is a highly cinematic [[Action Adventure]] game developed by [[Quantic Dream]] and written by David Cage in 2005. It was redubbed to ''
Met by universal critical acclaim and good sales, ''Fahrenheit'' began as one of the best story-driven games of recent years and was occasionally touted as a game to revive the flagging adventure genre. Unfortunately, many players were disappointed with the final third of its story -- allegedly the product of rushed development driven by [[Executive Meddling]] -- which quickly balloons into an extreme [[Gainax Ending]], without even the courtesy of foreshadowing, and is remembered mostly for its incoherence.
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Not to be confused with ''[[Fahrenheit 451]]''.
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* [[A God Am I]]: This is the main reason why the Orange Clan wants the Indigo Child even if they already controlled everything.
* [[AcCENT Upon the Wrong SylLABle]]: You'll hear a lot of it from your guide in the tutorial.
* [[Action Commands]]: These pretty much ''are'' the combat system, and a lot of non-combat events are handled this way as well.
* [[After the End]]: If you mess up, this is what you get. Not that the "happy" ending is all sunshine and rainbows, mind.
* [[
* [[All Just a Dream]]: The {{spoiler|Oracle}} initially masks his attacks as such.
* [[Ancient Conspiracy]]: The {{spoiler|Orange Clan}}.
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* [[Karma Houdini]]: The Orange and Purple Clan.
* [[Letter Motif]]: The connection Tyler or Carla establish between Marcus and Lucas, via a book and/or photo.
** There are others, possibly unintentional: CV (Carla Valenti, Curriculum Vitae - does her job as her described, "to the letter") TM (Tyler Miles, [[
** If you want to take the concept further, DC (game designer David Cage) almost seems like a nod to [[DC Comics]].
* [[Life Imitates Art]]: Look closely at those devices Carla and Tyler are using in the bathroom parts of the diner. Don't you think they look suspiciously like iPads five years before the fact? They're certainly too svelte and stylish to be regular tablet PCs.
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* [[Sanity Meter]]: When the meter is full, it reads NEUTRAL rather than WELL or GOOD etc. Yeah... it's that sort of game.
** Should it drop to zero, the character you're playing will snap and...well, kill themselves. However, you usually have some control over the meter, with only one decision ( {{spoiler|Tyler staying in New York, rather than leaving with Samantha}}) causing it to plummet precipitously.
* [[
* [[Shout-Out]]: Several.
** While looking at Takeo, Tyler compares him to a character from [[Gremlins]].
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** Lucas is shown reading an assortment of books, whether it's Shakespeare's ''[[The Tempest]]'' (which forms a small part of the plot) or [[Nietzche Wannabe|Nietzche's]] ''Thus Spoke Zarathustra''.
* [[Skunk Stripe]]: Lucas' hair starts to go white after spending time in "The Wave".
* [[Six Is Nine]]: Carla and Tyler are trying to find Lucas in apartment 369, but the first "room 369" you enter has someone else inside; the lettering on the door un-sticks and swivels to reveal that they're actually at room 366. The mistake gives Lucas just enough time to get his own objective done and hide.
* [[Soul Brotha]]: Tyler. If the fact that his apartment looks like it came right out of [[The Seventies]] wasn't a big enough clue, he is ''constantly'' accompanied by a sleazy funk soundtrack wherever he goes.
* [[Stern Chase]]: Lucas for the majority of the story.
* [[Story to Gameplay Ratio]]: Pretty much 50/50. [[Metal Gear Solid|Hideo Kojima]], take note!
* [[
* [[Stuffed Into the Fridge]]: Poor {{spoiler|Tiffany. Her [[Plotline Death]] seems to come right in time to make the [[Strangled by the Red String|Lucas/Carla romance]] kick in - ironically, it starts in front of Tiffany's grave for them. Feels even worse in case you had Lucas have the [[Optional Sexual Encounter]] with Tiffany earlier}}.
* [[Summon Bigger Fish]]: {{spoiler|[[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain|The Purple Clan resurrecting Lucas]], in a rare case of the PC being that bigger fish. He's ''not'' their ally by any means, but at the point where they bring him back, the Orange Clan is on the verge of winning; Lucas coming back represents their last chance to complete the Prophecy. And if Lucas comes out on top and gets the Indigo Child, they're far better off than if the Oracle gets it, since Lucas has no clue what the hell he's doing with the power of the Chroma and they can run back to the Net, while the Orange Clan will destroy them for good if they win. [[Xanatos Gambit|They really can't lose.]]}}
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* [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]: There is a general preference of "K" over "C" in many names. It's almost surprising two of the protagonists aren't titled Lukas Kane and Karla Valenti, but one suspects David Cage was conscious of [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|overkill]].
* [[Zeerust]]: Averted? It might be too early to say, but judging by the use of technology throughout the game chances are it'll still look pretty current in a decade or so.
** Hell, all the talk of the [[The War on Terror|Pakistani Ultimatum]], and the [[China Takes Over the World|Chinese]] involvement in it make it seem like this could be happening ''today'', even though the game technically takes place in the ([[Next Sunday
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