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'''Wraith''' is an indie computer game made by Neo Kuriyo, or Neok as he is known on the RPGmaker.net forums. It's a horror-based [[Adventure Game]] made with RPG Maker 2003, and was Neok's first game on the site.
According to the developer's description:
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"During a 3-day workshop in Australia, a girl named Kana discovers a dark secret hidden beneath the manor she is staying at. Now she must work against time to save her friends from a fate worse than death. There are two objectives: Solve the mystery behind the existence of the wraith, and live to see the morning sun. Dawn is only a few hours away..."
The object of the game is to peruse the darkened manor, tracking down the servants and students before the titular wraith can get to them, then discover a way to destroy the soul-sucking entity on the loose.
The game features both [[Multiple Endings|a good and a bad ending]], complete with unlockable cutscene CGs for certain events in the game. It features an overhead retrogame view and a [[First-Person Shooter]]-like battle screen. In terms of RPG Maker games, it is short, with around 4 hours of playthrough for those well-versed in the game. The game is on its third and final update (the second version accidentally caused the Good Ending to be impossible to achieve as it did not allow for some of the characters to be rescued). Apart from the inability to speed up text, the game is quite enjoyable.
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There is also a short sequel, ''Sainth''. It shifts the focus of the story to Lily, Kana's best friend, and takes the plot in a very different (and oftentimes confusing) direction. It can be found [http://rpgmaker.net/games/463/ here.] A third game, ''Candice'', was originally planned, but seems to have been cancelled.
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* [[Action Girl]]: Kana.
* [[A House Divided]]: Kana's believes that the story of an escaped wraith is too incredible to believe by word of mouth, so she takes Lily to another portion of the mansion to prove it. Kana then has to round up the servants and other students in order to save them, often having to retrieve Lily from another floor and traverse back over the mansion in order to get them all.
** And if Kana takes too long, {{spoiler|the wraith sucks out the soul of anyone not rescued, save for Lily and the Wellingtons}}.
** {{spoiler|Victor and Ramius}}.
* [[Almost-Dead Guy]]: Supposedly dying people are able to say an ''awful'' lot before finally kicking the bucket in this game.
* [[Always Night]]: Almost the entire game is set during the night.
* [[Ancient Tomb]]: The Wellington mausoleum, to a degree.
** {{spoiler|It also contains a hidden entrance to Victor's underground laboratory.}}
* [[And I Must Scream]]: It's alluded to that anyone, including Kana, has the potential to suffer this fat, as if s/he spends too long around the Wraith, s/he may {{spoiler|become one themselves}}.
** This happens to {{spoiler|half of the Wellington family during the backstory; Regina gets horribly mutated, and Erina gets turned into a wraith}}.
* [[Apocalyptic Log]]: Some of the notes from the scientists found throughout the underground labs have the feel of this.
** Also, {{spoiler|Victor's journal in the good ending}}, to a degree.
* [[Attack of the Killer Whatever]]: This would be the wraith itself -- a menacing supernatural entity that you can only temporarily frighten off, but not kill.
** To make matters worse, {{spoiler|it can respawn in every new screen you enter}}.
** Technically, {{spoiler|you ''can'' be rid of it, but only if you get the good ending}}.
* [[Big Bad]]: Cases can be made for both {{spoiler|Eugene}} and {{spoiler|Victor}}, though both are somewhat tenuous.
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* [[Black Comedy]]: Though the game advertises itself as horror, there are so many comic relief moments that it often feels more like this.
* [[Blind Without'Em]]: Ryan.
* [[Body Horror]]: Poor {{spoiler|Ramius and Regina Wellington; he prematurely ages, she becomes a mutant}}.
* [[Book Ends]]: Sort of. The poem quoted at the beginning of this article is displayed on the title and save screens (and is therefore the first thing the player sees), and its final two lines make up [[The Stinger]].
* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: Sort of. Kana's supply of ammo never runs dry, though her gun does need to be reloaded.
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* [[Cliff Hanger]]: In the good ending, {{spoiler|Kana is taken by people who pretend to be from the Agency, and is never found again...}}
* [[Cruel and Unusual Death]]: If you make it to the good ending, you'll see that {{spoiler|Erina Wellington}} fits this description, as {{spoiler|she was bound and barricaded inside the unfinished lighthouse and left to die in order for her soul to become a wraith}}.
* [[Cryptically Unhelpful Answer]]: Victor's meaning behind why he {{spoiler|said he "chose" Kana}}.
** Although, {{spoiler|in the good ending and the sequel, "Sainth", there is enough information for the gamers to put two and two together}}.
* [[Curiosity Killed the Cast]]: Kana, on her trip to the bathroom, forgoes her bladder's urges to follow Ristof and Cyrus into the underground labs, where the wraith gets loose and she is sent on a mission to find a way to destroy it.
* [[Dare to Be Badass]]: Inverted, in a way. Everyone says that they won't blame Kana if she just waits out the night (and it is entirely possible for the player to do so if they desire), but she takes it upon herself find out the truth behind the wraith.
* [[Description Porn]]: Pretty much anything {{spoiler|Cyrus}} says in his "reveal all" speech about the Wellington family background, the wraith, and random other factoids the player is yet to encounter.
* [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower]]: Using {{spoiler|the Hand icon}} in the final battle allows Kana to use {{spoiler|the soul mirror}} as a weapon, which basically functions as an infinite-use lightstone.
* [[Evil Is Visceral]]: The mutants look very disturbing because of this.
** Averted with the friendly mutant, who still has her hair and clothes. She's also not evil, though.
* [[Failure Knight]]: {{spoiler|Eugene}}, who tries to {{spoiler|exorcise Erina's wraith so she can die peacefully}}, but ultimately fails.
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* [[Nerd Glasses]]: Ryan has these.
* [[Non-Action Guy]]: Todd and Ryan, as well as the male servants.
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* [[Oh Crap]]: Kana {{spoiler|when she learns that the only way to destroy the Wraith is to be trapped in an elevator with it, then lure it to a glass cell until the scientists can destroy it}}.
** This is likely the reaction of the player every time the wraith shows up, as it appears without warning throughout the game.
** During the spare parts box quest, this happens big time when {{spoiler|mutant fish converge on Kana as she tries to leave a watery area with one box}}.
* [[Our Ghosts Are Different|Our Wraiths Are Different]]
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[[Category:Freeware Games]]
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