Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Dec 14, 2011 2:22:28 GMT -5
The newest game from Adam Ryland (creator of the Total Extreme Wrestling series), this game sees you thrown into a original universe as one of over 100 heroes ranging from the impossibly pathetic to the infinitely incredible. If that doesn't float your boat then you can create your own unique hero.
And with that awkward introduction out of the way, let's meet our main man
Harrier!
We'll be starting off with a custom character whose popularity is at zero. We'll be leading him from zero to hero.
And never fear, when we reach high enough popularity we will create a team called the Freaking Awesome Network.
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Adrian Banks was just your average teenager, did well at school and was generally well liked. However, he always dreamed that something else was out there and had aspirations to be a great hero like Captain Awesome. The day after his graduation led to his dreams coming true when he found a strange ring lying in a gutter.
Being naturally curious, he put it on could feel pure energy coursing throughout his body. That night he returned home and began work on a costume so that he could live out his dreams.
From that day on he was both Adrian Banks and the superpowered Harrier. Principal City would have a hero that it could be as proud as it was of Captain Awesome.
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ISSUE 1: Everybody Remember The New Guy?
Principal City was rarely quiet most nights. Heroes and Villains would constantly clash with property damage being quite common. Captain Awesome would often clash with foes of cosmic origin and entire blocks could be razed in these clashes. Thankfully, the good captain would always assist in repairs and fund them as much as possible. But the city was not quiet for a different reason tonight...
A loud crash would often pierce the night sky and a variety of curses would follow soon after. After all, our hero still doesn't know how to fly yet. Time after time, Harrier would climb up the fire escape and fling himself into the air before gravity sent him plummeting to the ground. He was sure that he could fly but could quite figure out the basics.
The neighbors were starting to become irritated and threw rubbish at him, being sick of his interrupting their sleep. Perhaps it was time to start properly patrolling his hometown.
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"You know that you were making a ruckus just before right?" Came a voice from above Harrier, who turned around expecting to be talked down to by a member of the Freedom Alliance or even the New Breed. He found himself face to face with someone else entirely.
"Wait, who are you?" Harrier asked, not knowing how to react to this bizarre individual.
"I could ask the same thing about you" the monkey person replied on a slightly muffled voice, clearly not able to talk very well in his mask.
"The name is Harrier, I'm a super hero"
"It seems like everybody is a hero nowdays. Cheeky Monkey is my name"
"Why that name?"
"Why not?"
Harrier rolled his eyes as he walked along the alley, Cheeky Monkey somehow keeping pace with him with a bizarre lope to his walk. The monkey did amuse Harrier, he seemed like a guy that just decided to become a hero one day. Just like he did.
A smile crept across Harriers face as he looked to the side, thinking about all the people that he could run into as a hero. A thought passed through his mind and he turned to face Cheeky Monkey.
"How do you feel about teaming up?"
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Sirens blared to the north and our two heroes set on the trail finding themselves following the noise to an Oil Company. A mutant known as EnviroMentalist had taken the CEOs of the company hostage and Harrier knew that this would make him a big deal fairly quick.
EM: "Ladies and gentlemen of all of the Oil Corps in the world! Listen to my demands, cease the drilling for ore or else I will turn each of my hostages into a vegetable and move onto a new company!"
A loud wheezing tore the EnviroMentalists attention away from his hostages as Harrier finally made his way up 15 flights of stairs. He had to be able to fly somehow but he couldn't afford to figure it out right now.
"Who the hell are you?" EnviroMentalist screamed as he took a step back. "I was expecting a hero to save the day, not some kid playing superhero"
While Harrier recovered his breath, Cheeky Monkey had emerged from the staircase following him confusing EnviroMentalist even more.
"I suppose that I'll have to lobotomize a few punks first then" screamed the villain as he shoved a hostage aside and lashed out with a psionic attack upon Harrier. The mental blow forced Harrier to his knees before he lashed out with a giant fist made of purple energy.
Cheeky Monkey followed up with a pair of leaping kicks to EnviroMentalist, knocking him off his feet leaving him open for a blast of energy from Harrier. This blast knocked their foe to the ground in no condition to continue the fight and Harrier found himself facing the reality where he had just saved the lives of five people.
"Holy hell" Cheeky Monkey muttered to himself as he watched the back of Harrier not knowing what to think. He had expected that the newbie was just an idiot that would try to punch people very hard, not to be throwing around energy blasts and manifesting gigantic fists.
While all eyes were on Harrier, EnviroMentalist quietly slipped away into the night. That punk in purple would pay dearly for ruining his plans on saving the world by any means necessary.
The awkward silence continued for another minute as both heroes struggled to find anything to say. At last Harrier broke the silence with a surprised "That did not just happen".
[To be continued]
Issue Sales: 25% above target levels
(Sales is essentially a progress bar. When you hit 100% above target levels then you reach the next level in popularity which means that you find yourself dealing with larger threats.)
----------------------------------Bios of Characters from Issue 1----------
Cheeky Monkey
EnviroMentalist
And with that awkward introduction out of the way, let's meet our main man
Harrier!
We'll be starting off with a custom character whose popularity is at zero. We'll be leading him from zero to hero.
And never fear, when we reach high enough popularity we will create a team called the Freaking Awesome Network.
----------------------------------------------
Adrian Banks was just your average teenager, did well at school and was generally well liked. However, he always dreamed that something else was out there and had aspirations to be a great hero like Captain Awesome. The day after his graduation led to his dreams coming true when he found a strange ring lying in a gutter.
Being naturally curious, he put it on could feel pure energy coursing throughout his body. That night he returned home and began work on a costume so that he could live out his dreams.
From that day on he was both Adrian Banks and the superpowered Harrier. Principal City would have a hero that it could be as proud as it was of Captain Awesome.
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ISSUE 1: Everybody Remember The New Guy?
Principal City was rarely quiet most nights. Heroes and Villains would constantly clash with property damage being quite common. Captain Awesome would often clash with foes of cosmic origin and entire blocks could be razed in these clashes. Thankfully, the good captain would always assist in repairs and fund them as much as possible. But the city was not quiet for a different reason tonight...
A loud crash would often pierce the night sky and a variety of curses would follow soon after. After all, our hero still doesn't know how to fly yet. Time after time, Harrier would climb up the fire escape and fling himself into the air before gravity sent him plummeting to the ground. He was sure that he could fly but could quite figure out the basics.
The neighbors were starting to become irritated and threw rubbish at him, being sick of his interrupting their sleep. Perhaps it was time to start properly patrolling his hometown.
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"You know that you were making a ruckus just before right?" Came a voice from above Harrier, who turned around expecting to be talked down to by a member of the Freedom Alliance or even the New Breed. He found himself face to face with someone else entirely.
"Wait, who are you?" Harrier asked, not knowing how to react to this bizarre individual.
"I could ask the same thing about you" the monkey person replied on a slightly muffled voice, clearly not able to talk very well in his mask.
"The name is Harrier, I'm a super hero"
"It seems like everybody is a hero nowdays. Cheeky Monkey is my name"
"Why that name?"
"Why not?"
Harrier rolled his eyes as he walked along the alley, Cheeky Monkey somehow keeping pace with him with a bizarre lope to his walk. The monkey did amuse Harrier, he seemed like a guy that just decided to become a hero one day. Just like he did.
A smile crept across Harriers face as he looked to the side, thinking about all the people that he could run into as a hero. A thought passed through his mind and he turned to face Cheeky Monkey.
"How do you feel about teaming up?"
---------------------------------------------------
Sirens blared to the north and our two heroes set on the trail finding themselves following the noise to an Oil Company. A mutant known as EnviroMentalist had taken the CEOs of the company hostage and Harrier knew that this would make him a big deal fairly quick.
EM: "Ladies and gentlemen of all of the Oil Corps in the world! Listen to my demands, cease the drilling for ore or else I will turn each of my hostages into a vegetable and move onto a new company!"
A loud wheezing tore the EnviroMentalists attention away from his hostages as Harrier finally made his way up 15 flights of stairs. He had to be able to fly somehow but he couldn't afford to figure it out right now.
"Who the hell are you?" EnviroMentalist screamed as he took a step back. "I was expecting a hero to save the day, not some kid playing superhero"
While Harrier recovered his breath, Cheeky Monkey had emerged from the staircase following him confusing EnviroMentalist even more.
"I suppose that I'll have to lobotomize a few punks first then" screamed the villain as he shoved a hostage aside and lashed out with a psionic attack upon Harrier. The mental blow forced Harrier to his knees before he lashed out with a giant fist made of purple energy.
Cheeky Monkey followed up with a pair of leaping kicks to EnviroMentalist, knocking him off his feet leaving him open for a blast of energy from Harrier. This blast knocked their foe to the ground in no condition to continue the fight and Harrier found himself facing the reality where he had just saved the lives of five people.
"Holy hell" Cheeky Monkey muttered to himself as he watched the back of Harrier not knowing what to think. He had expected that the newbie was just an idiot that would try to punch people very hard, not to be throwing around energy blasts and manifesting gigantic fists.
While all eyes were on Harrier, EnviroMentalist quietly slipped away into the night. That punk in purple would pay dearly for ruining his plans on saving the world by any means necessary.
The awkward silence continued for another minute as both heroes struggled to find anything to say. At last Harrier broke the silence with a surprised "That did not just happen".
[To be continued]
Issue Sales: 25% above target levels
(Sales is essentially a progress bar. When you hit 100% above target levels then you reach the next level in popularity which means that you find yourself dealing with larger threats.)
----------------------------------Bios of Characters from Issue 1----------
Cheeky Monkey
{Spoiler}
One of the strangest heroes in the world, Cheeky Monkey is just a guy in a monkey costume who rarely speaks in combat and who has a talent for acrobatics. Somehow that has translated into a force for good.
Stranger things have happened although not many.
One of the strangest heroes in the world, Cheeky Monkey is just a guy in a monkey costume who rarely speaks in combat and who has a talent for acrobatics. Somehow that has translated into a force for good.
Stranger things have happened although not many.
EnviroMentalist
{Spoiler}
The EnviroMentalist is a mutant eco-terrorist who uses his powers of mental manipulation to fight against anyone he sees as a threat to nature in Principal City.
The EnviroMentalist is a mutant eco-terrorist who uses his powers of mental manipulation to fight against anyone he sees as a threat to nature in Principal City.
