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The game was [[Spiritual Successor|succeeded]] by [[Perimeter]], which, [[Genre Shift|while being an RTS]], used the same [[The Verse|Verse]] and was partially based on the Vangers' voxel engine. It is currently being ported to Linux by its devoted community.
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* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: Machotine recharges in water and shoots compressed dirt and dust. Beebbanoza Blockade shoots <s>money</s> beebs.
* [[After the End]]
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* [[All There in the Manual]]
* [[Already Done for You]]: If you [[Take Your Time]], some items from abandoned worlds may appear in the shops - other vangers find the items, but sell them instead of keeping. (How stupid of them.)
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]
** The Iron Shadow mechos. It has an awesome shield regeneration, lots of armour, a large weapon slot, a big cargo hold, a fast engine... But is next to impossible to handle, as it tends to topple a lot.
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* [[Car Fu]]: The mechos are able to [[Ramming Always Works|ram each other]], jump, roll, swim, burrow and even fly when properly equipped. Oh, and did we mention the guns?
* [[Creepy Doll]]: The Mechanic Messiah and The Leepuringa.
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* [[Cult of Personality]]: Boorawchick attempts to build one.
* [[Cutscene Power to the Max]]: The intro shows an Oxidize Monk gunning down an AtTractor with a Beebbanoza Blockade, which is ''not even supposed to be installed into that mechos''.
* [[Deadly Game]]: The Beeboorats' games are [[Bloody Hilarious]]. The contestants are meant to willingly mutilate themselves in a lot of creative ways, depending on the game. Ask Geer'AH for examples.
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* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: Averted with the Beeboorats - you ''are'' given more respect as you rise through their ranks. Played straight with everyone else. Also, other vangers respect (read: run away if they are weak, hunt you down if they aren't) you more as your dominance stat grows.
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: Or the closest thing to it. It is not really hard to get it, but it's hard to figure out what to do.
* [[Everything Breaks]]: One of the engine's gimmicks. Your ''every'' action affects the terrain. Jumping from under a bridge leaves a [[Efficient Displacement|cartooney hole]] in it, the mechos leave tire tracks, the ground gets disfigured by explosions... It makes one wonder how the architecture of the Chain was still intact by the time you start playing. Luckily, storing all the terrain changes between saves is optional.
* [[Fictional Currency]]: The Beebs - primitive ''insectoid organisms''. The worlds of the Chain are ''crawling'' with these things, and you can even catch them for money, but you'll soon get bored.
* [[Fourth Wall Observer]]: {{spoiler|Parapheen}}
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* [[Lucky Translation]]: eLeech, Geer'AH and Gluek.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: Zeephra calls ''every single'' vanger, including you, her husband. And that's not just [[Insistent Terminology]].
* [[Lost in Translation]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Let's see... all of them. [[Lost in Translation]] except Feenger.
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* [[Spring Jump]]: Every mechos has a built-in spring. Lighter mechos (like a raffa) can jump very, ''very'' far away.
* [[Sword of Plot Advancement]]: Any of the unique Mechos. You'll need one to {{spoiler|convince Parapheen that you are "one" and get a key to Threall}}. {{spoiler|[[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|5.000.000 beebs]]}} will do the job just as well, but it's never mentioned beforehand.
* [[Take That]]: The Beeboorats' bureaucratic and paranoiac society, complete with Boorawchick's attempts to build a
* [[Techno Babble]]: The {{spoiler|Infernals'}} ending is full of it. Also, {{spoiler|Parapheen}}, when he is not busy with [[Exposition]].
* {{spoiler|[[Thanatos Gambit]]: To finish the game, you have to kill yourself with the Spummy on board}}.
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* [[Unwanted False Faith]]: Zeephra and her bunch worship the WeeZyk - [[Deity of Human Origin|the last Softie]] (or so she says). He would probably deny being a god, if he wasn't, you know, long dead.
* [[Useful Book]]: Poponkas are clay tablets bearing Zeexen [[Deity of Human Origin|religious gibberish]]. B-Zone dwellers mostly use them as bricks. The Eleepods do appreciate their literary value, though.
* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: You can sell Elipod passangers and Eliks (Elipod infants) to Biburats to be used in sadistic games or as snacks. And, of course, you can murder every mechos you encounter, whether they are hostile or not.
* [[Video Game Geography]]: The worlds are toroidal; the inhabited worlds are simulated as cylindrical with the use of [[Insurmountable Waist High Fence|mountains with repulsive properties]] - you are pushed away if you try to cross them. Using a [[Good Bad Bugs]] ({{spoiler|the beeb form is not affected by the repulsion}}) or {{spoiler|[[Rocket Jump|mushroom jump]]}} can save you a lot of time here...
* [[Wanting Is Better Than Having]]: {{spoiler|Bios' desire for Larvae is the only thing that keeps them alive. Bring them all Larvae, and they will die.}}
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[[Category:Wide Open Sandbox]]
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