![]() He's also the only weapon you have who can damage Death at the climax. He also serves as a backup weapon in case you lose all your ammo for your other weapons. Equippable Ally: Sitis is a talking sword who can destroy the gates Death has opened between the words of the living and the dead.Epic Flail: The deer of the forest has several flails dangling from its antlers.The only exception is the Military Commander Ghost and the Final Boss fight with Death ( as well as the Post-Final Boss fight with Sitis). Dire Beast: The boss of each level is usually an intelligent animal of tremendous size.Deliberately Monochrome: The game's graphics are rendered mostly in black-and-white, and hand-drawn at that.Cue the Sun: After spending all night battling Death's forces, the game ends with the sun rising on the horizon after they've been defeated and beaten back.You do get to keep all the guns and secondary objective items you've acquired, but every enemy in the level will respawn as well. You respawn with a small starting amount of ammo. Continuing is Painful: Dying causes you to lose all the ammo you've acquired throughout a level.The only exception is the double-barrel shotgun, which needs to be reloaded after every double-barrel shot. Bottomless Magazines: Like in many older shooters, there's no need to reload your weapons and you can keep firing them as long as you have bullets for them.Boom, Headshot!: Headshots kill humanoid enemies instantly and are pretty important, since most enemies can otherwise soak quite a lot of shots from the revolver.However, humanity is safe for now, and Chamberlain isn't concerned about what Death may try next, suggesting that he'll be able to beat back Death once more if need be. Bittersweet Ending: Despite Chamberlain defeating Death, it's strongly implied that it's only a matter of time before Death tries once again to invade the world of the living, and Sitis has permanently turned against Chamberlain in anger out of not gaining Death's power.As Chamberlain points out in the opening cutscene, that's probably for the best. Benevolent Conspiracy: Most people don't know about the Bureau and its efforts to stop Death and his armies from taking over the world.Badass Bookworm: According to the game's store page, Chamberlain is a professor turned Army General whose current occupation is battling the hordes of the undead.Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: All but two of the bosses you fight are giant animals, the largest one being a prawn big enough to drag the world's biggest ship beneath the sea.Attack Its Weak Point: The Cacodemon and Pinky Expies both take much more damage if shot in the eye.The SS Great Eastern is also destroyed by a giant prawn, whereas in real life it was eventually scrapped. Alternate History: In this world, Death actively has tried to invade and take over Earth over several centuries, with a mysterious organization currently called The Bureau fighting to hold him and his armies at bay.Death, in particular, holds no grudges against Chamberlain for repeatedly destroying his gates. Affably Evil: All the bosses you meet are polite and well-spoken, even the ones who are clearly not happy to see you.Kingdom of the Dead provides examples of: Chamberlain's reluctant ally is a magic demonic sword named Sitis, which has the power to close the Gates that the Grim Reaper uses to bring his forces to Earth. The game takes place in the late 19th Century, with players taking the role of Agent Chamberlain, the Army General of "the Bureau"/"Project GATEKEEPER", a group dedicated to thwarting the Grim Reaper's attempt to take over the human world with his army of the dead. The game is most notable for its black-and-white hand-drawn art style, with every texture having been hand-drawn by the developer (inspired by old EC Comics), giving the game an appearance similar to old Apple Macintosh adventure games such as those by ICOM Simulations or the 2014 game Betrayer. The game is inspired by older shooters such as Doom, GoldenEye, and Blood. Kingdom of the Dead is an indie First-Person Shooter by Dirigo Games (one-man developer Philip Willey), made in Unity and released on Steam on February 10th, 2022.
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