Section 8 (video game): Difference between revisions

 

 

 

On the war-torn planets of tomorrow, Mankind's greatest battle is about to begin.

 

 

 

 

It's not entirely clear who are the bad guys and who are the good guys here, but it is mentioned that the Arm was going to [[Kick the Dog|nuke a civilian population center]], so I guess they're the bad guys.

Has nothing to do with government programs instituted to provide housing to underprivileged citizens, although those people probably got mowed down in the war ages ago.

 

 

* [[Absent Aliens]]: The milky way galaxy is apparently entirely devoid of alien lifeforms in the universe in which ''Section 8'' takes place. It's simply presented without being remarked on in the first game, but ''Section 8: Prejudice'' actually gives an actual explanation for it. See [[The Extremist Was Right]] below.

* [[Ace Custom]]: The final boss, Commander Soran, drives a modified [[Powered Armor]] with more health and a flashier paint scheme.

** The final boss of the sequel, General Salvador, has a customized combat suit which is apparently a [[Superpowered Prototype]] of the armor worn by all the soldiers in the series.

* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Ramming enemies while in Overdrive. On the impractical side, you're ramming into enemies at supersonic speeds in what is basically a shooter. On the awesome side, you're ramming into enemies at supersonic speeds in what is basically a shooter.

* [[Beehive Barrier]]

* [[Black and Grey Morality]]: There are two factions in this game: the [[Eagle Land|brutal, repressive, militaristic]] [[The Empire|empire]], and the ''bad guys''.

* [[Cold Sniper]]: Matthews.

* [[Crosshair Aware]]: Done by the bomber Thorne employs in ''Prejudice''.

* [[Dual Boss]]: In ''Prejudice'', the two special Engineers in the last level, just before the final boss fight. Besides having an insanely high amount of health, one of them can spawn turrets and a healing supply depot, and the other one can spawn enemy Mechs!

* [[Eagle Land]]: Type 2. Way, way, ''waaaay'' into Type 2. The United States has apparently taken over the entire Earth and most of the other habitable planets in the galaxy, has abolished democracy and adopted a militaristic feudal system, grants its citizens few civil rights, is generally intolerant of dissent, and has started outright calling itself an [[The Empire|Empire]]; it's also built on a foundation of {{spoiler|genocide so severe it makes Hitler look like an amateur}}.

* [[Elite Mooks]]: ''Prejudice'' has the Crimson Guards, who only appear in the last level of the game. They have really high health, and can also heal each other as well as drain your own shields to recharge theirs.

* [[EMP]]: A number of weapons and equipment for the sequel has variants that can do this - it does extra damage to shields and drains jetpacks, equipment and overdrive bars.

* [[The Extremist Was Right]]: ''Section 8: Prejudice'' reveals that the widespread human colonization of the galaxy was made possible by {{spoiler|mass genocide on a galactic scale, as the U.S. Empire secretly sent an advance wave of supersoldiers from planet to planet to kill off any competing lifeforms or civilizations to pave the way for human colonization. It may seem harsh, but it's all ancient history by the time the games take place, and as a human it's somewhat unavoidably hypocritical to fault the results.}}

* [[Finishing Move]]: Hold down the button for fatal melee strikes in ''Prejudice'' to do a "fatality" animation.

* [[Helmets Are Hardly Heroic]]: Inverted; Corde and some allies almost always wear their helmets, while villains like Thorne and Salvador usually don't.

* [[Human Shield]]: Salvador holds Graves as this. Unlike most examples, {{spoiler|he is not at any sort of disadvantage since his forces have killed all enemy soldiers there anyway - he simply talks a bit this way then slits Graves' throat, easily getting away later because of his shields.}}

** Similarly, all call-ins are airdropped. Like players, don't do that in range of enemy AA turrets.

* [[Jet Pack]]: Everyone has one.

* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{spoiler|Graves.}}

* [[Magic Tool]]: The repair tool, quite definitely.

* [[Nitro Boost]]: After sprinting for a certain amount of time, this (called "Overdrive") kicks in, allowing you to shoot across the large landscapes and maps fairly timely.

* [[Power Armor]]: ''Everyone'', all the time.

** Taken further with the deployable assault mechs.

* [[Pretty Little Headshots]]: {{spoiler|Thorne's}} death.

** [[Apocalypse Now|"Napalm in the Morning"]] for killing 2 enemies simultaneously with Incendiary damage.

** ''[[Demolition Man]]'' for destroying 32 structures with the Missile Launcher.

** "Like a Boss" for reaching Level 50 in ranked matches.

** [[Predator|"Get to da Choppa"]] for surviving the Eliminator DCM.

** ''[[I Am Legend]]'' for killing 5 enemies when defending in Sudden Death in an Assault match.

* [[Standard FPS Guns]]: The assault rifle, [[More Dakka|machine gun]], missile launcher, [[Hand Cannon|pistol]], shotgun, and [[Sniper Rifle]] make up all the primary weapons. Det packs, grenades (unlike other examples, grenades explode automatically when enemies are in range of it, or eventually if no enemy is. Only in the sequel does the game have a variant that has a fuse which must tick down like a conventional grenade), knifes, mortars, [[Healing Shiv|repair tools]], micro sensors and [[Invisibility Cloak|sensor blockers]] make up the secondary weapons. You can carry two of each.

* [[Trick Bomb]]: In the sequel, grenades and detpacks can be of [[EMP]] and incendiary variants.

* [[We Have Reserves]]: In ''Prejudice'', Thorne's bomber can kill some of his men, upon which one of your allies will mention this about him.

* [[X Meets Y]]: It borrows a lot of elements. Namely:

** It's almost certainly a shout-out to/unashamedly borrowing from [[Starship Troopers]] --the book, wherein power-armored super soldiers are fired in from orbit in single-man pods, and are at the behest of a... ''controversial'' government, let's say.

** The suit design and "agency" style of [[Crackdown]] and [[Halo]].

 

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