Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood: Difference between revisions

 

 

* [[Action Girl]]: Maid Marian. The last major character gotten in game, and a major asset. She heals, has a bow with a 12 arrow quiver, can revive unconscious people, can listen to detect the identity of shrouded units, and packs a deadly sword to boot.

* [[Annoying Arrows]]: Arrows inflict 10 damage (out of an average of 100 hit points) while crossbow bolts inflict 20. See [[Goddamned Bats]].

** That describes enemy arrows. ''Your'' arrows are much more powerful.

* [[Anti-Villain]]: Longchamps has shades of this.

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Played straight with the bosses, officers and knights, and averted with Prince John, who is [[The Unfought]].

* [[Badass Moustache]]: Little John

* [[Big Good]]: [[Richard the Lion Heart]], and an arguable [[Big Bad Duumvirate|Big Good Diumvirate]] in Lord Ranulph and Sir Godwin.

* [[Black Knight]]: Literally. Also, Sir Scathlock has elements of this.

* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: Played straight with Prince John and averted with Will Scarlett.

* [[Call Back]]: Near the end of the opening cutscene, Robin fires an arrow into the air, promising that [[Richard the Lion Heart]] would be restored as King of England before it fell. In the closing cutscene {{spoiler|it indeed does hit the ground, ironically quite near King Richard and his returning party.}}

* [[Cowardly Boss]]: Guy of Gisbourne, who has two red pikemen [[Elite Mooks]] with him you have to fight before taking him on.

* [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]: What happens in the mission "A Wedding and a Funeral" after raising Richard's standard above York as a distraction.

** While the manual states that he wears scarlet so his clothing ''won't'' be ruined that way.

* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: The enemy officers bear an odd resemblance, in conduct, personality, voice and appearance, to Kobus of [[District 9]].

* [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]]: Averted ''hard'' with enemy archers.

* [[It's Probably Nothing]]: Averted. Guards will run extensive searches throughout every open area, call for backup, alert their superiors, wake up and untie sleeping enemies and seek civilian assistance. Blue and orange guards tend to rush into battle, while red guards are more cautious and will seek backup, while black guards will remain at their post even if they see a fight in progress, until the fight has ended, and will not pursue the player far.

* [[Kick the Dog]]: Numerous, especially from the sidequests. Several of them involve rescuing villagers from the stocks. One early sidequest even involves taking down a corpse from the gallows so that a grieving widow can bury her child. Others involve rescuing villagers who are being held hostage by often sadistic Mooks.

** Sir Scathlock is implied to be starving some of his villagers, is reputed for barbaric treatment of his prisoners, and starves Friar Tuck for several days in a metal cage hoisted at a deadly height. His men are described as "animals" by Robin.

* [[Kick Them While They Are Down]]: A possible tactic with Scarlett and the pike-wielding merry. It's bad for the [[Karma Meter]], but seems to be a favoured tactic of Lord Ranulph and Sir Godwin's troops. It is, naturally, also used by enemies, particularily against non-named characters, and particularily by [[Demonic Spiders|mounted knights]].

* [[Mercy Rewarded]]: See [[Karma Meter]].

* [[Middle Management Mook]]: Enemy officers with capes seem to be this

* [[Minor Major Character]]: Averted. Every single character (save the guards) present at Prince John's war councils later plays a major role in the story.

* [[Sissy Villain]]: Prince John has curly locks, wears pink and has a rather effeminate voice. Also, the archers are thin and possess effeminate voices. Though, to be fair, so do the archers in Lord Ranulph and Sir Godwin's armies.

* [[Sociopathic Soldier]]: See [[Kick the Dog]].

* [[Smug Snake]]: All of the major villains save Sir Scathlock.

* [[The Unfought]]: Prince John.

* [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon]] Subverted, in as much as the final level of the game, {{spoiler|Nottingham}}, appears very early and quite frequently in the story, and the site of the game's final battle is even visitable on an earlier level, containing Richard's Sigil.

* [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?]]: Despite the cartoony graphics and the fantasy setting, there are some fairly dark themes such as military brutality, child murder, public executions, grieving widows and torture to be found in game.

 

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