In the Special Ending, the player sides with the Judge and defeats the Batter to stop his crusade. Doing so displays, "The switch is now on OFF," as the world fades to black. In the Official Ending, the player sides with the Batter and kills the Judge, allowing the Batter to flip the switch. The Judge berates both the Batter and the player for deceiving him and destroying the Zones and asks the player to help him to defeat the Batter. The Batter then comes across a switch that will allow him to finish his mission, but is confronted by the Judge. She admonishes him for the destruction he has caused and attacks him, but is defeated.Īfter killing the Queen, the Batter finds and kills Hugo, the child who brought him and the Queen into existence.
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After a series of flashbacks which reveal some details about the Guardians and the nature of the Zone, the Batter faces the Queen, ruler of all the Zones. The Batter eventually reaches an area called the Room.
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Along the way the Batter is met by Zacharie, a merchant who sells the Batter items and leaves cryptic hints.Īs the Batter progresses in his quest, it is ultimately revealed that the Zones are tied to the Guardians' life force and that killing the Guardians will annihilate all life in the Zones this outcome is the Batter's true objective. After the purification of each Zone, scenes of a sick boy named Hugo are shown, implying a form of connection to the Zone. After receiving guidance from a talking cat called the Judge, the Batter begins to make his way through four Zones, killing malevolent ghost-like creatures called "spectres" and the Guardian of each Zone in order to "purify" the Zone.
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The player (who is referred to directly) assumes control of the Batter, a man in a baseball uniform on a "sacred mission" to "purify the world". Gameplay screenshot of the original French version of Off, in which the Judge is explaining a block puzzle to the Batter.
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One notable feature of Off is its unusual number of puzzles, which include finding a multi-digit password and entering it into a giant keypad, locating missing book pages, or "repeating room" puzzles where players walk through multiple instances of the same room in the right order to escape. The Zones are only accessible once the player obtains their associated "Zodiac-Cards," which are acquired from the previous Zone's Guardian upon death, and the player traverses between them via a map termed the "nothingness."
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There are four numbered Zones, labeled 0–3, along with a fifth zone, The Room, in which the final act of the game takes place.
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The battle system also features an unorthodox element system, where rather than "classic" elements often found in RPGs, such as fire or ice, Off uses bizarre elements more commonly thought of as materials: smoke, metal, plastic, meat, and sugar. The player can allow combat to take place automatically by selecting the "Auto" option during encounters, which will make the Batter and his Add-Ons act without player input. This system serves to encourage players to make fast decisions in combat. The Batter advances by leveling up, acquiring new party members, and upgrading his statistics, such as attack and defense, as well as gaining special abilities termed "competences." Unlike similar games that function in a turn based system, OFF uses a system in which a character is able to attack once a cooldown has passed, meaning enemies and players are able to attack each other at the same time. The gameplay of Off is similar to that of classic RPGs. Gameplay screenshot of Off, in which the main character, the Batter, is fighting a boss named Sucre, alongside two of his Add-Ons.