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''A relaxing non-linear adventure! Get ready for... [[Title Drop|STEAMBOT CHRONICLES]]!!''

 

 

Said to be like [[Grand Theft Auto]] [[Lighter and Softer|if you removed every shred of psychopathy from the mix]], [[Steambot Chronicles]] offers a cheery [[Cel Shaded]] world with a massive amount of [[Sidequest|SideQuests]], [[Mini Game|MiniGames]], fashion, [[Rhythm Game|music]], and myriad other ways to completely waste your time. The game has a massive array of choices, [[Dialogue Tree|from what Vanilla says]], [[Virtual Paper Doll|to what Vanilla wears]], [[Karma Meter|to what Vanilla does]], ninety percent of which does not actually matter as far as plot is concerned, but are quite effective as a means to... [[Now Where Was I Going Again?|completely waste your time.]]

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* [[Adam Smith Hates Your Guts]]: The Bloody Mantis takes over the only oil refinery, sending prices for fuel, parts, and repairs sky-high.

* [[American Kirby Is Hardcore]]: The Japanese boxart used the same cutesy art style you see at the top of this page. The [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/Steambot_Chronicles_Coverart.png American boxart], on the other hand, features a more serious-looking Vanilla outfitted with goggles (which can be obtained in the game, but not worn on your on your head), a hotter-looking Connie, and a more badass trotmobile.

* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: The first boss of the game, the Don Elephant ll. Its a giant steam-powered mech that is covered in mounted cannons and takes a huge amount of damage before its destroyed. The catch? Once you jump onto its back you can just beat it to death with little resistance. Also it moves so slow thats its no real threat even to the weaker trotmobiles.

* [[Cel Shading]]

* [[Crap Saccharine World]]: Wow, this world is so bright and cheery! Hey, this cute girl likes me! Hey, that song she's singing is.. pretty damn depressing, actually. Wow, this backstory is.. that's pretty awful. Oh, geez, these people lost their livelihood. [[Oh Crap]], these people are ''dying''..

* [[Dead Little Sister]]: Actually Dead Little ''Brother'', late band member Chicory's death caused a pretty huge ripple of dysfunction through its members... {{spoiler|some ''[[Ax Crazy|way]]'' more than others.}}

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: The [[Hot Coffee Minigame|Hot Cocoa]] option in the dating minigames.

** A serious example - when Vanilla and Connie have to go through the shack to reach the trotmobile, Connie seems very unhappy to be in, near, talk, hear or even think about the shack. It has very little connection with {{spoiler|Chickory's death by getting hit by a car}} and if you ask her some more about it, she'll say she used to basically play with her dolls in the shack, but "a lot of things happened" and now she doesn't like going in there. Other than some old memories of {{spoiler|Chickory}} being in there, to someone who isn't hip to the plot it almost looks and sounds like a setup for some Lifetime movie type of story about a little girl being raped by some pedophile. Though nothing like that ever happens in the game. Especially with it being a rated T game.

* [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|The hero ending}}, believe it or not. Even though you've saved the country from certain doom {{spoiler|Savory is shot dead by Bergamot, and Dandelion is executed for his attempted coup.}}

* [[Edible Theme Naming]]: Many of the main characters are named after herbs and spices (Vanilla, Coriander, Dandelion, Savory, etc.).

* [[Evil Pays Better]]: Subverted. Although you can become evil halfway through the game, doing so prevents you from acquiring most of the best equipment. Including the [[Infinity+1 Sword]], {{spoiler|wielded by Elder}}, which you can only get from being a "true" hero (meaning you can't choose the bad guy path at all).

* [[Red Herring Twist]]: About the first half of the game is dedicated to Vanilla trying to regain his memories. After being reuinted with Mallow, though, Vanilla suddenly regains his memory (the player can determine what kind of past he had), then the rest of the game is devoted to the machinations of the Bloody Mantis.

* [[Rhythm Game]]: Playing music, whether with your band or on the street corner, takes the form of this. The actual input method varies based on what instrument you play, so dependent on your choice you can make things really easy on yourself (Harmonica, Trumpet), or pointlessly hard (Accordion).

* [[Sidequest]]: What the game actually means by 'non-linear'. And there's a ''ton'' of them.

* [[Steampunk]]: Well, there's definitely steam going on, but the punk part is pretty subdued.

* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Connie. Big time.

* [[The Chick]]: Connie.

* [[Timed Mission]]: The desert battle against the Bloody Mantis.

* [[Tragic Villain]]: {{spoiler|Dandelion founded the Bloody Mantis and donned the identity of Elder out of anger at an apathetic technology-dependent society and revenge against the one he deems responsible for Chicory's death.}}

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Many characters won't hesitate to call you out for saying rude or mean-spirited things. Some will also get quite angry if you try to extort money from them.

* [[Wide Open Sandbox]]

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