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After a brief CGI introduction you begin the game as Kassandra, a deeply introverted lone wolf with a clouded past. You have managed to make a life for yourself in a small town far from the glow of the large cities, but it seems that trouble has followed you. One morning you awake to discover that your new home is under attack from flying robotic laser-shooting monsters. You valiantly try to defend your village, but there are simply too many of them. You are forced to flee or you will certainly die from the enemy onslaught. With the help of a soldier sworn to protect you and a relatively lenient tutorial level you manage to fight your way to safety, but you can only watch as your village is destroyed.

Desperate for answers, you and the soldier sworn to protect you decide that the best course of action would be to travel to the Tombs of Wisdom. You head out immediately, battling a few small groups of gorilla-like monsters along the way. Luckily none of them seem to be too much trouble and in a short time you arrive at the Tombs of Wisdom a few Experience Points richer.

You share your story with the Great Ancestral Spirit, who listens with great interest. After hearing your tale and receiving a strange vision from the heavens it becomes clear that you, Kassandra, are the Chosen One mentioned in an ancient prophecy; the one who will either bring lasting peace to the planet... or tear it apart. Next, the Great Ancestral Spirit informs you that the attack on your village was not a random event, but rather that the flying robotic laser-shooting monsters were actually looking to eliminate you before you could realize your destiny and the role you will play in shaping the future of the planet.

Then the Great Ancestral Spirit informs you that an artificial intelligence known as DAEDALUS has taken on a life of its own and broken free from a top secret military installation. It has put together an army of mechanical beasts and is now seemingly bent on conquering the planet. Currently, DAEDALUS is searching for four mythical orbs that, according to legend, will make it and its forces completely unstoppable. Of course, the Great Ancestral Spirit says that you and the soldier sworn to protect you are the only ones capable of stopping this evil force. Motivated by a sense of duty as the Chosen One, you agree to seek out the four orbs and claim them before they fall into DAEDALUS's hands. Once you have them in your possession, you can bring them back to the Tombs of Wisdom and the Great Ancestral Spirit will seal them away forever. To assist you in your mission, the Great Ancestral Spirit introduces you to a large-eyed, large-breasted chick with pink hair who will aid you on your epic quest. Ready for action, you gear up and head out immediately in a giant airship.

Your search for the first orb takes you to the steep cliffs of an uncharted mountain range, where you fight through waves of bigfoot-like yeti beasts and giant spiders before finally battling a monstrous bird creature that swoops in and tries to carry you off in its talons. Along the way, you discover a strange pendant lying on the side of the path. Not far off you find a mysterious dark mage who rarely speaks frantically searching for something. You present the pendant to him and he immediately decides that fate has brought you together. The mysterious dark mage who rarely speaks takes the item and agrees to join you in your mission.

With the first boss defeated, your ever-growing party visits a town where you upgrade some of your weapons and equipment and take a trip to a seedy local club. Inside, you see a small group of local gang members harassing a big dumb friendly strongman with more muscles than brains. You consider helping him, but before you get a chance to do so one of the thugs pulls out a weapon. In the blink of an eye, the big dumb friendly strongman with more muscles than brains dispatches all of the goons with ruthless precision. However, you both know that there will be more where those guys came from, so he agrees to aid you in your quest as long as you can get him out of this sector in the reasonably near future.

After outfitting your team with as many upgrades and healing items as you can afford, you then head off to a maze-like sewer system beneath a long-abandoned city where you face some gross insect monsters and stronger giant spiders. The second orb is guarded by a disgusting green plague beast. After some difficulty, you emerge victorious from this encounter.

As you leave this realm, you meet a giant talking radioactive mutant hamster with a British accent in an old ruined temple. You approach him and discover that he was captured by monsters but managed to escape by hiding out in the ruins. In exchange for your help and a ride out of here, the giant talking radioactive mutant hamster with a British accent agrees to join up with you.

With two of the five orbs in your possession, you set off to continue your mission. However, before you can get far, your entire party is ambushed and surrounded by a huge group of bounty hunters. Just when things seems bleak, a notorious thieves' guild shows up and joins the battle, turning the tide in your favor. You thank them for their help and after hearing your story their leader, a cunning pickpocket scoundrel, decides to join you and help you complete your mission.

With your party now complete, you venture to another town to replenish your supply of healing potions and learn a few new spells for your magic-using characters. At a nearby club you encounter a well-meaning shopkeeper who apparently got himself into a little bit of trouble with a local group of thugs. Talking to him opens up an exciting open-ended side quest where you can either help him solve his problems or sell him out for some extra cash. Being the honorable hero that you are, you of course decide to tell the thugs to lay off the shopkeeper. They try to fight you, but you slaughter them easily. This quest is simple and ultimately pointless, but for all you know it could have far-reaching potential to the outcome of your story. You encounter a couple more strikingly similar moral dilemmas along the way, but eventually stop caring enough to waste your time listening to everyone's problems.

You continue your quest for the mythical orb, this time journeying to an ancient ruined city deep in the jungle, where hordes of quick-moving panther-like monsters and a stone golem created by an ancient civilization are waiting for you. At first these stronger enemies beat your ass, forcing you to return to the World Map to try and raise your Experience by slaughtering some less-powerful futuristic archers. However, in your aimless wandering you also come across an Unstoppable Boxing Glove with a Spike in It of Iron Will +2 in a super-secret hidden treasure chest, which helps you even the odds and recover the third orb with little difficulty.

As soon as you take possession of the third orb, you are shown a brief cutscene where your party is confronted by the cyborg warrior ICARUS, who was sent by DAEDALUS to take the orbs from you. There is a brief battle, and you are able to defeat it far more easily than you would have expected to. However, it is merely wounded and escapes the battle with some witty banter about how it'll be ready for you next time.

Unfazed by your encounter, your party pushes on to find the final orb, this time journeying to the inside of a magicka-powered reactor. There you encounter mechanical soldiers stationed to prevent your entrance before a confrontation with a mad scientist bent on world domination. This level is incredibly difficult and insanely long, but you eventually manage to get through it. With all the orbs in your possession, you set out for the Tombs of Wisdom to seal them away forever and prevent anyone from ever obtaining such incredible power.

During your journey, you've managed to make small talk with your party members and at various clubs and towns throughout the planet you've been able to complete small mini-quests for the large-eyed, large-breasted chick with pink hair, the mysterious dark mage who rarely speaks, the big dumb friendly strongman with more muscles than brains, the giant talking radioactive mutant hamster with a British accent and the cunning pickpocket scoundrel that have ultimately made their lives complete and made them completely loyal to you and your cause. After the last level though, you are given a touching cut-scene where the soldier sworn to protect you finally professes his undying love for you. Before you can return the sentiment though, your airship comes under attack from the forces of the cyborg warrior ICARUS. Your team scrambles to fight off the invaders, but you're hopelessly outnumbered and forced to surrender when the cyborg warrior ICARUS takes the soldier sworn to protect you hostage and threatens to kill his if you don't throw down your weapons.

Several flying robotic laser-shooting monsters surround your party as the cyborg warrior ICARUS demands you hand over the mythical orbs. Despite the soldier sworn to protect you's protest, you do so. When you hand them over the cyborg warrior ICARUS gloats, 'Heh... I sort of thought you would be a little more difficult to outwit'. When questioned about the items, it tells you that since you're going to die anyways, it'll let you in on what's going on. The mythical orbs are actually going to be used to resurrect an Ancient Evil Weapon. Once the Weapon has been summoned, DAEDALUS plans to use its powerful dark magic to steal its soul and absorb its power, thus making DAEDALUS virtually invincible. Having divulged this incredibly unpredictable plot twist to you, the cyborg warrior ICARUS then takes the soldier sworn to protect you and escapes with him while ordering the assembled flying robotic laser-shooting monsters to destroy you. You are attacked, but after a difficult battle you manage to defeat them all. Unfortunately, the cyborg warrior ICARUS is long gone.

Once you have finished off the flying robotic laser-shooting monsters, your attention turns to saving the soldier sworn to protect you and stopping DAEDALUS before it can complete its nefarious plot. Luckily, the mysterious dark mage who rarely speaks is well versed in the legend of the Ancient Weapon. The mysterious dark mage who rarely speaks informs you that the Ancient Weapon terrorized the planet 1,000 years ago, but was finally defeated by a group of noble heroes who used a fabled weapon known as Hanzo Steel to slay it. You decide to find this weapon before going after DAEDALUS directly, in case you end up having to deal with the Ancient Weapon as well.

Your search for Hanzo Steel takes you to a remote island hidden in the corner of the world map, the weapon's last known resting place. You journey there and are met by numerous ghosts of ancient warriors, which you must defeat before battling the weapon's guardian, a the spirit of a once-powerful warrior king. After an intense fight, you emerge with Hanzo Steel.

At long last you set out for the Demonspire and your final confrontation with DAEDALUS. From the moment you arrive, you must wade into hordes of flying robotic laser-shooting monsters, mowing them down with Hanzo Steel and the fact that you're at least thirty experience levels and twenty hours of gameplay more powerful than you were when you first faced them. Tense action music is playing as you slaughter the ones responsible for the destruction of your village and head towards the ultimate final duel.

After clearing several rooms, you are once again face-to-face with the cyborg warrior ICARUS. After a terse dialogue, the two of you square off one-on-one. You notice that it has new abilities and is way more powerful than the first time you faced it. You are taken off-guard at first, and are really getting a beat down. However, as things are looking bleak you cast the spell Icy Burst and freeze the cyborg warrior ICARUS. You then quickly go on the offensive and use Hanzo Steel to dispatch it.

With the cyborg warrior ICARUS dead, you rescue the soldier sworn to protect you and the two of you are reunited. However, there is no time to waste... you rush through the final door and face DAEDALUS, who has already begun to resurrect the Ancient Weapon. Upset at seeing your entrance, DAEDALUS decides to finally deal with you once and for all. Your team squares off against this threat and after a difficult battle against an incredibly powerful enemy capable of killing your weakest party member in about two hits, you manage to emerge victorious.

However, there's no time for celebration. After a brief respite to heal your characters, there is a cutscene where DAEDALUS uses its last bit of energy to complete the resurrection ritual, bringing back the Ancient Weapon! You're then thrown headfirst into an INSANE boss battle, where the Weapon uses all sorts of crazy spells and powers against you. Explosions, lightning, fire and all kinds of stuff are flying all around the place and shaking the entire board, but ultimately you are able to use the power of Hanzo Steel to defeat the Weapon in all four of its various humongous forms and save the planet from evil, fulfilling your destiny as the Chosen One. You are rewarded with a pre-rendered full-motion CGI video showing you escaping the crumbling ruins of the Demonspire with Hanzo Steel in one hand and the soldier sworn to protect you on your arm.

THE END

[Shu]

After a brief CGI introduction you begin the game as Sound Dash, a young technician living on an interplanetary space station. You enjoy your quiet life on the station, but one day you awake to find you are under attack from heavily-armed space marines. You valiantly try to defend your station, but there are simply too many of them. You are forced to flee or you will certainly die from the enemy onslaught. With the help of a kind-hearted female combat medic and a relatively lenient tutorial level you manage to fight your way to safety, but you can only watch as your station is vaporized by enemy fire.

Desperate for answers, you and the kind-hearted female combat medic decide that the best course of action would be to travel to the remote home of your childhood mentor. You head out immediately, battling a few small groups of gun-toting cyborgs along the way. Luckily none of them seem to be too much trouble and in a short time you arrive at your mentor's home a few Experience Points richer.

You share your story with your mentor, who listens with great interest. After hearing your tale and receiving a strange vision from the heavens it becomes clear that you, Sound Dash, are the Chosen One mentioned in an ancient prophecy; the one who will either bring lasting peace to the galaxy... or tear it apart. Next, your mentor informs you that the attack on your station was not a random event, but rather that the heavily-armed space marines were actually looking to eliminate you before you could realize your destiny and the role you will play in shaping the future of the galaxy.

Then your mentor informs you that a rogue space marine detachment has acquired some sort of advanced alien technology and will now stop at nothing to conquer the galaxy. Currently, the insane space marine Captain is searching for four mythical talismans that, according to legend, will make him and his forces completely unstoppable. Of course, your mentor says that you and the kind-hearted female combat medic are the only ones capable of stopping this evil force. Motivated by a sense of duty as the Chosen One, you agree to seek out the four talismans and claim them before they fall into the insane space marine Captain's hands. Once you have them in your possession, you can bring them back to your mentor's home and your mentor will seal them away forever. To assist you in your mission, your mentor introduces you to a young idealistic Galactic Navy officer who will aid you on your epic quest. Ready for action, you gear up and head out immediately in a mid-sized starship.

Your search for the first talisman takes you to the steep cliffs of an uncharted mountain range, where you fight through waves of bigfoot-like yeti beasts and giant spiders before finally battling a monstrous bird creature that swoops in and tries to carry you off in its talons. Along the way, you stop by the home of a dark mage who shoots lightning out of his fingers who tells you that he is looking for some sort of spell component for a potion he is making. You manage to find the component for him and in exchange for your help, he agrees to join you in your mission.

With the first boss defeated, your ever-growing party visits a space station where you upgrade some of your weapons and equipment and take a trip to a seedy local bar. Inside, you decide to speak with the barkeep to see if he has any useful information. However, before you get very far, a group of evil-looking black-robed assassins bust into the bar with their weapons drawn. They scan the room for a second before rushing to attack a weird super-strong alien warrior who's smarter than he looks who was sitting alone at a corner table. You decide to help him and in a brief battle the two of you manage to defeat the would-be assassins. In exchange for your help and a ticket out of this system, the weird super-strong alien warrior who's smarter than he looks agrees to aid you in your quest.

After outfitting your team with as many upgrades and healing items as you can afford, you then head off to the ocean floor where you face some alligator-like demons and stronger giant spiders. The second talisman is guarded by a giant squid. After some difficulty, you emerge victorious from this encounter.

As you leave this realm, you meet a talented teenage computer hacker in an old ruined temple. You approach him and discover that he was captured by monsters but managed to escape by hiding out in the ruins. In exchange for your help and a ride out of here, the talented teenage computer hacker agrees to join up with you.

With two of the five talismans in your possession, you set off to continue your mission. However, before you can get far, your entire party is ambushed and surrounded by a huge group of lizard men. Just when things seems bleak, a notorious organized crime syndicate shows up and joins the battle, turning the tide in your favor. You thank them for their help and after hearing your story their leader, a deadly ex-mafia assassin, decides to join you and help you complete your mission.

With your party now complete, you venture to another space station to replenish your supply of healing potions and learn a few new spells for your magic-using characters. At a nearby bar you encounter a well-meaning Human who apparently got himself into a little bit of trouble with a local group of thugs. Talking to him opens up an exciting open-ended side quest where you can either help him solve his problems or sell him out for some extra cash. Being the honorable hero that you are, you of course decide to tell the thugs to lay off the Human. They try to fight you, but you slaughter them easily. This quest is simple and ultimately pointless, but for all you know it could have far-reaching potential to the outcome of your story. You encounter a couple more strikingly similar moral dilemmas along the way, but eventually stop caring enough to waste your time listening to everyone's problems.

You continue your quest for the mythical talisman, this time journeying to an ancient crypt hidden deep in the Dark Forest, where hordes of several complicated traps and a dark force that has inhabited the crypt for centuries are waiting for you. At first these stronger enemies beat your ass, forcing you to return to the World Map to try and raise your Experience by slaughtering some less-powerful alien assassins. However, in your aimless wandering you also come across a Gold-Plated Shotgun of Pork +3 in a super-secret hidden treasure chest, which helps you even the odds and recover the third talisman with little difficulty.

As soon as you take possession of the third talisman, you are shown a brief cutscene where your party is confronted by the sadistic space marine sergeant, who was sent by the insane space marine Captain to take the talismans from you. There is a brief battle, and you are able to defeat him far more easily than you would have expected to. However, he is merely wounded and escapes the battle with some witty banter about how he'll be ready for you next time.

Unfazed by your encounter, your party pushes on to find the final talisman, this time journeying to the labyrinthine crater base of a cadre of cyborg warriors. There you encounter powerful heavily-armed cyborg soldiers before a confrontation with the half-human half-robot warrior Meltor the Annihilator. This level is incredibly difficult and insanely long, but you eventually manage to get through it. With all the talismans in your possession, you set out for your mentor's home to seal them away forever and prevent anyone from ever obtaining such incredible power.

During your journey, you've managed to make small talk with your party members and at various bars and space stations throughout the galaxy you've been able to complete small mini-quests for the young idealistic Galactic Navy officer, the dark mage who shoots lightning out of his fingers, the weird super-strong alien warrior who's smarter than he looks, the talented teenage computer hacker and the deadly ex-mafia assassin that have ultimately made their lives complete and made them completely loyal to you and your cause. After the last level though, you are given a touching cut-scene where the kind-hearted female combat medic finally professes her undying love for you. Before you can return the sentiment though, your ship comes under attack from the forces of the sadistic space marine sergeant. Your team scrambles to fight off the invaders, but you're hopelessly outnumbered and forced to surrender when the sadistic space marine sergeant takes the kind-hearted female combat medic hostage and threatens to kill her if you don't throw down your weapons.

Several heavily-armed space marines surround your party as the sadistic space marine sergeant demands you hand over the mythical talismans. Despite the kind-hearted female combat medic's protest, you do so. When you hand them over the sadistic space marine sergeant gloats, 'Once I bring these back to my master, our victory will be complete'. When questioned about the items, he tells you that since you're going to die anyways, he'll let you in on what's going on. The mythical talismans are actually going to be used to resurrect an Ancient Evil Monster. Once the Monster has been summoned, the insane space marine Captain plans to use his powerful dark magic to steal its soul and absorb its power, thus making the insane space marine Captain virtually invincible. Having divulged this incredibly unpredictable plot twist to you, the sadistic space marine sergeant then takes the kind-hearted female combat medic and escapes with her while ordering the assembled heavily-armed space marines to destroy you. You are attacked, but after a difficult battle you manage to defeat them all. Unfortunately, the sadistic space marine sergeant is long gone.

Once you have finished off the heavily-armed space marines, your attention turns to saving the kind-hearted female combat medic and stopping the insane space marine Captain before he can complete his nefarious plot. Luckily, the dark mage who shoots lightning out of his fingers is well versed in the legend of the Evil Monster. The dark mage who shoots lightning out of his fingers informs you that the Evil Monster terrorized the galaxy 1,000 years ago, but was finally defeated by a group of noble heroes who used a fabled weapon known as the Super Shotgun to slay it. You decide to find this weapon before going after the insane space marine Captain directly, in case you end up having to deal with the Evil Monster as well.

Your search for the Super Shotgun takes you to the ancient ruins of Colony 428C, the weapon's last known resting place. You journey there and are met by numerous weapon-toting undead colonists, which you must defeat before battling the weapon's guardian, a the spirit of a mysterious force determined to destroy you. After an intense fight, you emerge with the Super Shotgun.

At long last you set out for Chaos Mountain and your final confrontation with the insane space marine Captain. From the moment you arrive, you must wade into hordes of heavily-armed space marines, mowing them down with the Super Shotgun and the fact that you're at least thirty experience levels and twenty hours of gameplay more powerful than you were when you first faced them. Tense action music is playing as you slaughter the ones responsible for the destruction of your station and head towards the ultimate final duel.

After clearing several rooms, you are once again face-to-face with the sadistic space marine sergeant. After a terse dialogue, the two of you square off one-on-one. You notice that he has new abilities and is way more powerful than the first time you faced him. You are taken off-guard at first, and are really getting a beat down. However, as things are looking bleak you cast the spell Lightning Bolt and blast the sadistic space marine sergeant. You then quickly go on the offensive and use the Super Shotgun to end him.

With the sadistic space marine sergeant dead, you rescue the kind-hearted female combat medic and the two of you are reunited. However, there is no time to waste... you rush through the final door and face the insane space marine Captain, who has already begun to resurrect the Evil Monster. Upset at seeing your entrance, the insane space marine Captain decides to finally deal with you once and for all. Your team squares off against this threat and after a difficult battle against an incredibly powerful enemy capable of killing your weakest party member in about two hits, you manage to emerge victorious.

However, there's no time for celebration. After a brief respite to heal your characters, there is a cutscene where the insane space marine Captain uses his last bit of energy to complete the resurrection ritual, bringing back the Evil Monster! You're then thrown headfirst into an INSANE boss battle, where the Monster uses all sorts of crazy spells and powers against you. Explosions, lightning, fire and all kinds of stuff are flying all around the place and shaking the entire board, but ultimately you are able to use the power of the Super Shotgun to defeat the Monster in all four of its various humongous forms and save the galaxy from evil, fulfilling your destiny as the Chosen One. You are rewarded with a pre-rendered full-motion CGI video showing you escaping the crumbling ruins of Chaos Mountain with the Super Shotgun in one hand and the kind-hearted female combat medic on your arm.

THE END

[Atrus]

After a brief CGI introduction you begin the game as Obrion, a small-time smuggler delivering supplies to the Antares System. Things are going as planned until all of a sudden you are attacked by Imperial shock troops. You valiantly try to defend your ship, but there are simply too many of them. You are forced to flee or you will certainly die from the enemy onslaught. With the help of a sassy female Galactic Navy officer and a relatively lenient tutorial level you manage to fight your way to safety, but you can only watch as your ship is destroyed.

Desperate for answers, you and the sassy female Galactic Navy officer decide that the best course of action would be to travel to the only planet your tiny escape pod has enough fuel to get to. You head out immediately, battling a few small groups of alien technitians along the way. Luckily none of them seem to be too much trouble and in a short time you arrive at the uncharted planet a few Experience Points richer.

You share your story with the local shaman, who listens with great interest. After hearing your tale and noting your incomparable bravery it becomes clear that you, Obrion, are the Chosen One mentioned in an ancient prophecy; the one who will either bring lasting peace to the galaxy... or tear it apart. Next, the local shaman informs you that the attack on your ship was not a random event, but rather that the Imperial shock troops were actually looking to eliminate you before you could realize your destiny and the role you will play in shaping the future of the galaxy.

Then the local shaman informs you that an ultra-evil Empire bent on galactic conquest has invaded Allied space and will stop at nothing to conquer every system in the known galaxy. Currently, the Emperor is searching for four magical relics that, according to legend, will make him and his forces completely unstoppable. Of course, the local shaman says that you and the sassy female Galactic Navy officer are the only ones capable of stopping this evil force. Motivated by hatred for those who destroyed your ship, you agree to seek out the four relics and claim them before they fall into the Emperor's hands. Once you have them in your possession, you can bring them back to the uncharted planet and the local shaman will seal them away forever. To assist you in your mission, the local shaman introduces you to a brash bounty hunter turned hero who will aid you on your epic quest. Ready for action, you gear up and head out immediately in a mid-sized starship.

Your search for the first relic takes you to the mountain lair of a powerful beast, where you fight through waves of stone beasts and giant spiders before finally battling a five-headed hydra that shoots a different elemental power out of each head. Along the way, you come across the tiny home of a dark mage who shoots lightning out of his fingers, who agrees to let you rest there to heal your wounds. Upon hearing your story, the dark mage who shoots lightning out of his fingers decides that fate has brought you together and he agrees to join you in your mission.

With the first boss defeated, your ever-growing party visits a space station where you upgrade some of your weapons and equipment and take a trip to a seedy local bar. Inside, you meet a alien warrior who has abandoned his cause who's life was also ruined by the Emperor. When presented with an opportunity to exact some revenge and wreak havoc while doing so, he signs on to aid you in your quest.

After outfitting your team with as many upgrades and healing items as you can afford, you then head off to a previously uncharted desert island where you face some coconut-chucking monkeys and stronger giant spiders. The second relic is guarded by a super-strong Cyclops. After some difficulty, you emerge victorious from this encounter.

As you leave this realm, you meet a nerdy computer programmer with exceptional hacking skills in an old ruined temple. You approach him and discover that he was captured by monsters but managed to escape by hiding out in the ruins. In exchange for your help and a ride out of here, the nerdy computer programmer with exceptional hacking skills agrees to join up with you.

With two of the five relics in your possession, you set off to continue your mission. However, before you can get far, your party is ambushed by a band of cheerful outlaws. Their leader, a notoriously elusive pickpocket, demands you pay a toll of ten thousand credits for the right to pass through this area. You refuse and instead challenge him to a one-on-one duel. The two of you battle, and after a hard-fought match, the notoriously elusive pickpocket concedes defeat. Since you were able to best him in single combat, he decides not only to release you but also to join up and aid you in your adventure.

With your party now complete, you venture to another space station to replenish your supply of healing potions and learn a few new spells for your magic-using characters. At a nearby bar you encounter a well-meaning orange-skinned alien who apparently got himself into a little bit of trouble with a local group of thugs. Talking to him opens up an exciting open-ended side quest where you can either help him solve his problems or sell him out for some extra cash. Being the evil bastard that you are, you of course decide to take the orange-skinned alien's money, kill him and then kill the guys that were trying to get the money from him and take their money as well. This quest is simple and ultimately pointless, but for all you know it could have far-reaching potential to the outcome of your story. You encounter a couple more strikingly similar moral dilemmas along the way, but eventually stop caring enough to waste your time listening to everyone's problems.

You continue your quest for the magical relic, this time journeying to a village located high in the trees, where hordes of angry trolls and an acid-breathing green dragon are waiting for you. At first these stronger enemies beat your ass, forcing you to return to the World Map to try and raise your Experience by slaughtering some less-powerful psionic troops. However, in your aimless wandering you also come across a Grim Needle Gun of Awesomeness +3 in a super-secret hidden treasure chest, which helps you even the odds and recover the third relic with little difficulty.

As soon as you take possession of the third relic, you are shown a brief cutscene where your party is confronted by the Imperial Grand Warlord, who was sent by the Emperor to take the relics from you. There is a brief battle, and you are able to defeat him far more easily than you would have expected to. However, he is merely wounded and escapes the battle with some witty banter about how he'll be ready for you next time.

Unfazed by your encounter, your party pushes on to find the final relic, this time journeying to the labyrinthine crater base of a cadre of cyborg warriors. There you encounter powerful heavily-armed cyborg soldiers before a confrontation with the half-human half-robot warrior Meltor the Annihilator. This level is incredibly difficult and insanely long, but you eventually manage to get through it. With all the relics in your possession, you set out for the Temple of Blood to kill the Emperor and complete your quest for vengeance.

During your journey, you've managed to make small talk with your party members and at various bars and space stations throughout the galaxy you've been able to complete small mini-quests for the brash bounty hunter turned hero, the dark mage who shoots lightning out of his fingers, the alien warrior who has abandoned his cause, the nerdy computer programmer with exceptional hacking skills and the notoriously elusive pickpocket that have ultimately made their lives complete and made them completely loyal to you and your cause. After the last level though, you are given a touching cut-scene where the sassy female Galactic Navy officer finally professes her undying love for you. Before you can return the sentiment though, your ship comes under attack from the forces of the Imperial Grand Warlord. Your team scrambles to fight off the invaders, but you're hopelessly outnumbered and forced to surrender when the Imperial Grand Warlord takes the sassy female Galactic Navy officer hostage and threatens to kill her if you don't throw down your weapons.

Several Imperial shock troops surround your party as the Imperial Grand Warlord demands you hand over the magical relics. Despite the sassy female Galactic Navy officer's protest, you do so. When you hand them over the Imperial Grand Warlord gloats, 'I'd ask you to join me, but somehow I know you'd refuse'. When questioned about the items, he tells you that since you're going to die anyways, he'll let you in on what's going on. The magical relics are actually going to be used to resurrect an Ancient Evil Monster. Once the Monster has been summoned, the Emperor plans to use his powerful dark magic to steal its soul and absorb its power, thus making the Emperor virtually invincible. Having divulged this incredibly unpredictable plot twist to you, the Imperial Grand Warlord then takes the sassy female Galactic Navy officer and escapes with her while ordering the assembled Imperial shock troops to destroy you. You are attacked, but after a difficult battle you manage to defeat them all. Unfortunately, the Imperial Grand Warlord is long gone.

Once you have finished off the Imperial shock troops, your attention turns to saving the sassy female Galactic Navy officer and stopping the Emperor before he can complete his nefarious plot. Luckily, the dark mage who shoots lightning out of his fingers is well versed in the legend of the Ancient Monster. The dark mage who shoots lightning out of his fingers informs you that the Ancient Monster terrorized the galaxy 1,000 years ago, but was finally defeated by a group of noble heroes who used a fabled weapon known as the Soulshard Laser to slay it. You decide to find this weapon before going after the Emperor directly, in case you end up having to deal with the Ancient Monster as well.

Your search for the Soulshard Laser takes you to a once-formidable installation now overrun with unspeakable horrors, the weapon's last known resting place. You journey there and are met by numerous shadowy demon monsters and other zombie-like creatures, which you must defeat before battling the weapon's guardian, a a giant multi-armed alien monster. After an intense fight, you emerge with the Soulshard Laser.

At long last you set out for the Temple of Blood and your final confrontation with the Emperor. From the moment you arrive, you must wade into hordes of Imperial shock troops, mowing them down with the Soulshard Laser and the fact that you're at least thirty experience levels and twenty hours of gameplay more powerful than you were when you first faced them. Tense action music is playing as you slaughter the ones responsible for the destruction of your ship and head towards the ultimate final duel.

After clearing several rooms, you are once again face-to-face with the Imperial Grand Warlord. After a terse dialogue, the two of you square off one-on-one. You notice that he has new abilities and is way more powerful than the first time you faced him. You are taken off-guard at first, and are really getting a beat down. However, as things are looking bleak you cast the spell Magic Missile and cap the Imperial Grand Warlord. You then quickly go on the offensive and use the Soulshard Laser to decapitate him.

With the Imperial Grand Warlord dead, you rescue the sassy female Galactic Navy officer and the two of you are reunited. However, there is no time to waste... you rush through the final door and face the Emperor, who has already begun to resurrect the Ancient Monster. Upset at seeing your entrance, the Emperor decides to finally deal with you once and for all. Your team squares off against this threat and after a difficult battle against an incredibly powerful enemy capable of killing your weakest party member in about two hits, you manage to emerge victorious.

However, there's no time for celebration. After a brief respite to heal your characters, there is a cutscene where the Emperor uses his last bit of energy to complete the resurrection ritual, bringing back the Ancient Monster! You're then thrown headfirst into an INSANE boss battle, where the Monster uses all sorts of crazy spells and powers against you. Explosions, lightning, fire and all kinds of stuff are flying all around the place and shaking the entire board, but ultimately you are able to use the power of the Soulshard Laser to defeat the Monster in all four of its various humongous forms and seize control of the galaxy for yourself, fulfilling your destiny as the Chosen One. You are rewarded with a pre-rendered full-motion CGI video showing you absorbing the soul and power of the Monster and transforming into a demigod ready to crush all those who dare oppose you.

THE END

Why are these story-lines so predictable...and familiar?

[Ryumo]

After a brief CGI introduction you begin the game as Ryumo Sai, a young punk living in the slums beneath a major Galactic colony. You were raised on the streets, and always hoped for something more from life. One morning, you awake to find that your city is under attack from elite special forces troops. You valiantly try to defend your home, but there are simply too many of them. You are forced to flee or you will certainly die from the enemy onslaught. With the help of a cybernetically-enhanced robo-babe and a relatively lenient tutorial level you manage to fight your way to safety, but you can only watch as your home is torn apart.

Desperate for answers, you and the cybernetically-enhanced robo-babe decide that the best course of action would be to travel to your father's homeworld. You head out immediately, battling a few small groups of gun-toting cyborgs along the way. Luckily none of them seem to be too much trouble and in a short time you arrive at your father's homeworld a few Experience Points richer.

You share your story with the Federated Congress, who listens with great interest. After hearing your tale and observing the strange scar on your forearm it becomes clear that you, Ryumo Sai, are the Chosen One mentioned in an ancient prophecy; the one who will either bring lasting peace to the galaxy... or tear it apart. Next, the Federated Congress informs you that the attack on your home was not a random event, but rather that the elite special forces troops were actually looking to eliminate you before you could realize your destiny and the role you will play in shaping the future of the galaxy.

Then the Federated Congress informs you that an interstellar corporation bent of galactic domination has raised a private army, and the power-hungry corporate CEO will stop at nothing to control the galaxy. Currently, the nefarious corporate CEO is searching for four mythical runestones that, according to legend, will make him and his forces completely unstoppable. Of course, the Federated Congress says that you and the cybernetically-enhanced robo-babe are the only ones capable of stopping this evil force. Motivated by hatred for those who destroyed your home, you agree to seek out the four runestones and claim them before they fall into the nefarious corporate CEO's hands. Once you have them in your possession, you can bring them back to your father's homeworld and the Federated Congress will seal them away forever. To assist you in your mission, the Federated Congress introduces you to a rugged colonist eager for adventure who will aid you on your epic quest. Ready for action, you gear up and head out immediately in a mid-sized starship.

Your search for the first runestone takes you to the remnants of a civilization strangely resembling ancient Egypt, where you fight through waves of bipedal jackal-like footsoldiers and giant spiders before finally battling the mummified body of an undead Pharaoh. Along the way, you discover a strange pendant lying on the side of the path. Not far off you find a Galactic Navy intelligence officer with psionic powers frantically searching for something. You present the pendant to him and he immediately decides that fate has brought you together. The Galactic Navy intelligence officer with psionic powers takes the item and agrees to join you in your mission.

With the first boss defeated, your ever-growing party visits a space station where you upgrade some of your weapons and equipment and take a trip to a seedy local bar. Inside, you meet a barbarian warrior from an untamed warlike society who's life was also ruined by the nefarious corporate CEO. When presented with an opportunity to exact some revenge and wreak havoc while doing so, he signs on to aid you in your quest.

After outfitting your team with as many upgrades and healing items as you can afford, you then head off to a previously uncharted desert island where you face some coconut-chucking monkeys and stronger giant spiders. The second runestone is guarded by a super-strong Cyclops. After some difficulty, you emerge victorious from this encounter.

As you leave this realm, you meet a talented teenage computer hacker in an old ruined temple. You approach him and discover that he was captured by monsters but managed to escape by hiding out in the ruins. In exchange for your help and a ride out of here, the talented teenage computer hacker agrees to join up with you.

With two of the five runestones in your possession, you set off to continue your mission. However, before you can get far, your entire party is ambushed and captured by a corrupt local magistrate. You and your party are thrown into jail where you meet a happy-go-lucky space pirate captain who you quickly become friends with. As luck would have it, he is actually the leader of a ragtag group of space pirates currently on the way to rescue him. Before long, the ragtag group of space pirates shows up and there is a brief level where you all break out of the prison. When you finally get to safety, the happy-go-lucky space pirate captain decides to join you and help you complete your mission.

With your party now complete, you venture to another space station to replenish your supply of healing potions and learn a few new spells for your magic-using characters. At a nearby bar you encounter a well-meaning smuggler who apparently got himself into a little bit of trouble with a local group of thugs. Talking to him opens up an exciting open-ended side quest where you can either help him solve his problems or sell him out for some extra cash. Being the evil bastard that you are, you of course decide to take the smuggler's money, kill him and then kill the guys that were trying to get the money from him and take their money as well. This quest is simple and ultimately pointless, but for all you know it could have far-reaching potential to the outcome of your story. You encounter a couple more strikingly similar moral dilemmas along the way, but eventually stop caring enough to waste your time listening to everyone's problems.

You continue your quest for the mythical runestone, this time journeying to a confusing labyrinth, where hordes of undead quadripedal monsters and a fierce axe-wielding minotaur are waiting for you. At first these stronger enemies beat your ass, forcing you to return to the World Map to try and raise your Experience by slaughtering some less-powerful post-apocalyptic mutant cacti. However, in your aimless wandering you also come across a Flaying Monofilament Sword of Devastation +2 in a super-secret hidden treasure chest, which helps you even the odds and recover the third runestone with little difficulty.

As soon as you take possession of the third runestone, you are shown a brief cutscene where your party is confronted by the high-tech gadget-heavy bounty hunter Krylar, who was sent by the nefarious corporate CEO to take the runestones from you. There is a brief battle, and you are able to defeat him far more easily than you would have expected to. However, he is merely wounded and escapes the battle with some witty banter about how he'll be ready for you next time.

Unfazed by your encounter, your party pushes on to find the final runestone, this time journeying to the motionless hulk of a derelict starship. There you encounter fast-moving unidentified quadripedal alien creatures before a confrontation with the Queen of the vile aliens that have overrun the ship. This level is incredibly difficult and insanely long, but you eventually manage to get through it. With all the runestones in your possession, you set out for the enemy stronghold to kill the nefarious corporate CEO and complete your quest for vengeance.

During your journey, you've managed to make small talk with your party members and at various bars and space stations throughout the galaxy you've been able to complete small mini-quests for the rugged colonist eager for adventure, the Galactic Navy intelligence officer with psionic powers, the barbarian warrior from an untamed warlike society, the talented teenage computer hacker and the happy-go-lucky space pirate captain that have ultimately made their lives complete and made them completely loyal to you and your cause. After the last level though, you are given a touching cut-scene where the cybernetically-enhanced robo-babe finally professes her undying love for you. Before you can return the sentiment though, your ship comes under attack from the forces of the high-tech gadget-heavy bounty hunter Krylar. Your team scrambles to fight off the invaders, but you're hopelessly outnumbered and forced to surrender when the high-tech gadget-heavy bounty hunter Krylar takes the cybernetically-enhanced robo-babe hostage and threatens to kill her if you don't throw down your weapons.

Several elite special forces troops surround your party as the high-tech gadget-heavy bounty hunter Krylar demands you hand over the mythical runestones. Despite the cybernetically-enhanced robo-babe's protest, you do so. When you hand them over the high-tech gadget-heavy bounty hunter Krylar gloats, 'Good work finding all of these for me'. When questioned about the items, he tells you that since you're going to die anyways, he'll let you in on what's going on. The mythical runestones are actually going to be used to resurrect an Ancient Evil God. Once the God has been summoned, the nefarious corporate CEO plans to use his powerful dark magic to steal its soul and absorb its power, thus making the nefarious corporate CEO virtually invincible. Having divulged this incredibly unpredictable plot twist to you, the high-tech gadget-heavy bounty hunter Krylar then takes the cybernetically-enhanced robo-babe and escapes with her while ordering the assembled elite special forces troops to destroy you. You are attacked, but after a difficult battle you manage to defeat them all. Unfortunately, the high-tech gadget-heavy bounty hunter Krylar is long gone.

Once you have finished off the elite special forces troops, your attention turns to saving the cybernetically-enhanced robo-babe and stopping the nefarious corporate CEO before he can complete his nefarious plot. Luckily, the Galactic Navy intelligence officer with psionic powers is well versed in the legend of the Dark God. The Galactic Navy intelligence officer with psionic powers informs you that the Dark God terrorized the galaxy 1,000 years ago, but was finally defeated by a group of noble heroes who used a fabled weapon known as the Portable Nuke to slay it. You decide to find this weapon before going after the nefarious corporate CEO directly, in case you end up having to deal with the Dark God as well.

Your search for the Portable Nuke takes you to a once-formidable installation now overrun with unspeakable horrors, the weapon's last known resting place. You journey there and are met by numerous shadowy demon monsters and other zombie-like creatures, which you must defeat before battling the weapon's guardian, a a giant multi-armed alien monster. After an intense fight, you emerge with the Portable Nuke.

At long last you set out for the enemy stronghold and your final confrontation with the nefarious corporate CEO. From the moment you arrive, you must wade into hordes of elite special forces troops, mowing them down with the Portable Nuke and the fact that you're at least thirty experience levels and twenty hours of gameplay more powerful than you were when you first faced them. Tense action music is playing as you slaughter the ones responsible for the destruction of your home and head towards the ultimate final duel.

After clearing several rooms, you are once again face-to-face with the high-tech gadget-heavy bounty hunter Krylar. After a terse dialogue, the two of you square off one-on-one. You notice that he has new abilities and is way more powerful than the first time you faced him. You are taken off-guard at first, and are really getting a beat down. However, as things are looking bleak you cast the spell Demon Breath and a blast of negative energy slams into the high-tech gadget-heavy bounty hunter Krylar. You then quickly go on the offensive and use the Portable Nuke to destroy him.

With the high-tech gadget-heavy bounty hunter Krylar dead, you rescue the cybernetically-enhanced robo-babe and the two of you are reunited. However, there is no time to waste... you rush through the final door and face the nefarious corporate CEO, who has already begun to resurrect the Dark God. Upset at seeing your entrance, the nefarious corporate CEO decides to finally deal with you once and for all. Your team squares off against this threat and after a difficult battle against an incredibly powerful enemy capable of killing your weakest party member in about two hits, you manage to emerge victorious.

However, there's no time for celebration. After a brief respite to heal your characters, there is a cutscene where the nefarious corporate CEO uses his last bit of energy to complete the resurrection ritual, bringing back the Dark God! You're then thrown headfirst into an INSANE boss battle, where the God uses all sorts of crazy spells and powers against you. Explosions, lightning, fire and all kinds of stuff are flying all around the place and shaking the entire board, but ultimately you are able to use the power of the Portable Nuke to defeat the God in all four of its various humongous forms and seize control of the galaxy for yourself, fulfilling your destiny as the Chosen One. You are rewarded with a pre-rendered full-motion CGI video showing you absorbing the soul and power of the God and transforming into a demigod ready to crush all those who dare oppose you.

THE END

It's like Star Trek and Tekken put together.