The Last Express: Difference between revisions

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The game provides examples of:

* [[As Long As It Sounds Foreign]] - The Persian eunuch shouts at you... in Arabic.

* [[As Long as It Sounds Foreign]] - The Persian eunuch shouts at you... in Arabic.

** Averted for everyone else. All characters other than the aforementioned eunuch speak their native languages perfectly.

* [[All There in the Manual]] - The story works just fine if you don't check, but the official web site ([http://lastexpress.markmoran.net/ mirror]) and the official strategy guide have a bit of background on the characters. Playing the game without these just dips you in headfirst.

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'''Cath:''' Sure, that's Harvard's motto. Or is it the post office...? }}

* [[Development Hell]]: A film version directed by Paul Verhoeven was announced some time ago but seems to have stalled.

* [[Doing It for ~~The~~ Art]] - The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DygVxOWd_9o "making of" video] shows how painstaking they were about accuracy, the quality of the live art nouveau animation, the intricate-yet-flexible storyline, and the depth of characterization right down to individual reactions to meeting the protagonist in the corridor.

* [[Doing It for the Art]] - The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DygVxOWd_9o "making of" video] shows how painstaking they were about accuracy, the quality of the live art nouveau animation, the intricate-yet-flexible storyline, and the depth of characterization right down to individual reactions to meeting the protagonist in the corridor.

* [[Downer Ending]] - {{spoiler|WWI begins, Cath doesn't/won't get the girl, Tatiana blows herself up, and the explanation of Tyler's death leaves something to be desired. The other ending hints at a sequel, but the player dies just afterwards. Plus the Comic Relief dies among others.}}

* [[Empty Room Psych]] - Some of the passenger compartments have (at times) nothing important or plot related in them but you'll be so happy you managed to sneak past the conductors you'll look everywhere before leaving.

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* [[Hide Your Lesbians]] - If you read Rebecca's diary and listen to her and Sophie's conversations, it's clear that they're involved in a lesbian relationship and the purpose of their travel is to go to a [[Lady Land|secluded island]] together. But then Sophie makes it clear in one conversation that she intends to [[Bait and Switch Lesbians|get married]] (to a man) one day, and [[Never a Self-Made Woman|advises Rebecca to do the same]] [[Old Maid|before her beauty fades]]. Rebecca [[Gayngst|does not like this idea]].

* [[Lady of War]] - Anna

* [[Late to ~~The~~ Party]] - The game quickly becomes this both in-game and out as the player is given little introduction to the protagonist (if you didn't think to check the web site or the official strategy guide, the entirety of his backstory and motivations must be puzzled out through dialogue and in-game documents). Cath himself has practically no information about what he agreed to help Tyler accomplish, and spends the first half of the game bluffing that he does.

* [[Late to the Party]] - The game quickly becomes this both in-game and out as the player is given little introduction to the protagonist (if you didn't think to check the web site or the official strategy guide, the entirety of his backstory and motivations must be puzzled out through dialogue and in-game documents). Cath himself has practically no information about what he agreed to help Tyler accomplish, and spends the first half of the game bluffing that he does.

* [[Lipstick Lesbian]] - The two French and English girls traveling together.

* [[MacGuffin]] - Tyler's money, and later The Firebird.

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* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] - George Abbot, bumbling British businessman... and spy.

** Also applies to Cath. All of the French people on the train (except François, the little boy,) assume he cannot speak French. This lets him eavesdrop on their conversations very easily.

* [[Orient Express]] - [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|A fictionalized account of its final run]].

* [[Orient Express]] - [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|A fictionalized account of its final run]].

* [[Police Are Useless]] - The Orient Express has to leave the station on time. Even when a body was found near the tracks. Even when every passenger on the train has been located except one.

** Somewhat justified in that the train conductors consider them just small-town cops with nothing better to do than harass them with something that can't possibly be their problem. That said, if they ''do'' find Cath, they realize he fits the description of a fugitive and arrest him right away.

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* [[Sweet Polly Oliver]] - One of the Black Hand. Nobody's fooled.

* [[Those Two Girls]] - Rebecca and Sophie, who have nothing to do with the plot but love to talk about everything. If the game ends early, you get an excerpt from Rebecca's journal, explaining what happened to that mysteriously handsome man.

* [[Thriller On the Express]]

* [[Thriller on the Express]]

* [[Traintop Battle]]

* [[Unexpected Gameplay Change]] - The fight scenes.