Killer7: Difference between revisions

* [[Amnesiac Dissonance]]: {{spoiler|Garcian Smith, aka Emir Parkreiner,}} in Target 05: Smile.

* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: The Final Heaven Smile.

* [[Arc Words]]

* [[Badass]]: Many characters, ''especially'' [[Sociopathic Hero|Dan Smith]].

* [[Daylight Horror]]: And the bright lighting emphasizes the bizarre, cel-shaded, technicolor palette, making the world around you only look ''that'' much more alien and hostile.

* [[Dead All Along]]

* [[Death Is a Slap On The Wrist]]: Apparently played straight, but in the long run, [[Subverted Trope|it's subverted]]. Dying as Dan, Kaede, Kevin, Coyote, Con or Mask simply transports you back to the last Harman's Room you visited. You can then switch to Garcian and make your way back to the place where the persona got killed, retrieve it, get transported back to Harman's Room and resurrect it by [[Quick Time Event|repeatedly pressing X]]. You even get to keep all the blood you've collected. However, this means playing through the same stretch of level at least three times: 1) the original run before dying, 2) as Garcian up to the spot where you died, 3) a third run with the restored persona. Considering that the enemies respawn constantly, and Garcian is the weaker member of Killer7, dying isn't the walk in the park it's supposed to be. {{spoiler|Although, technically, all the characters are dead already}}.

* [[Decoy Protagonist]]: {{spoiler|The Smith's aren't Harman's split personalities. They're Garcian's. Somewhat of a subversion considering Harman barely gets any screentime anyway.}}

** Con does so while [[Dual-Wielding]], but Coyote has an especially bad case - he does not merely hold his gun sideways, but DIAGONALLY OVER HIS HEAD. Possibly subverted somewhat, as he has serious kickback and is one of the most difficult characters to aim with.

* [[Genre Busting]]: Both the story and gameplay are nearly impossible to neatly categorize. In terms of gameplay, the limited movement, fixed camera angles, and light [[Adventure Game]] elements suggest a [[Survival Horror]] game (not surprising, seeing as it was produced by [[Shinji Mikami]]), while the combat resembles a [[Rail Shooter]] and the powerup system is more reminiscent of a traditional action game with [[RPG Elements]]. The plot, meanwhile, plays out like a bizarre lovechild of [[Hideo Kojima]], [[David Lynch]], and [[Quentin Tarantino]].

** {{spoiler|Most of the deceased characters you meet don't hold grudges, even when talking to the one who made them deceased in the first place. So, really, it's ''after'' they go out. Susie seems to be the exception.}}

** {{spoiler|Well it ''is'' Susie...}}

* [[Handguns]]: what most of the characters are armed with.

* [[Heal Thyself]]: Using the blood of their enemies, no less.

** Harman is none other than Dwight Schultz, AKA [[The A-Team (TV)|Howling Mad Murdock]].

** Garcian (Greg Eagles) is [[Eternal Darkness|Michael Edwards and Chattur'gha]] as well as [[Metal Gear Solid|Gray Fox, Donald Anderson, and Peter Stillman]].

* [[Sadistic Choice]]: Presented to the player at the end of the game: kill {{spoiler|Matsuoka, and the US will nuke Japan off the face of the planet}}; spare him, and {{spoiler|Japan will attack the US, triggering [[World War III]]}}.

* [[Secret Character]] {{spoiler|(Young Harman)}}

** The manager of the Union Hotel is apparently Edo McAllister from ''[[Flower Sun and Rain|Flower, Sun and Rain]]'', another Suda51 game.

** Some of Dan's suits look like [[Cowboy Bebop|Spike Spiegel's]] and [[Lupin III|Lupin's.]]

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