
Said boss is introduced as a "Defiler-Alchemist".
Hoist by His Own Petard: Implied in the Alkonost boss-battle. One notable example is bonder priority, which determines how atoms are bound together when using a "Bond +" instruction while multiple mutually exclusive bonds are possible. Guide Dang It!: Certain quirks of the game's mechanics are never explained to the player most are never explicitly required, but can make a huge difference in cycle or symbol efficiency. Gratuitous Greek: The input and output regions are labelled with Greek letters. Apparently, that's all SpaceChem employees get to eat. Future Food Is Artificial: One of the products SpaceChem manufactures is. They typically end up remotely possessing and/or causing the gruesome deaths of several named characters, and killing large swathes of the company's local workforce in their rampages. Eldritch Abomination: The last level on each planet (save the tutorial) is a battle to destroy one of these. At least in theory-the events on-screen are a simulation, and a failed solution means only means you go back to the drawing board. Earth-Shattering Kaboom: Fail to defend your control center, and the proprietary Reaction Mediation Device in said center annihilates the planet-which includes you. This happens to Joel and eventually to Bruce Novak.
Demonic Possession: The monsters largely seem to be capable of this, killing the host in the process.
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Demo Bonus: You can load a demo save into the full game to continue where you left off. The player, a simple chemical engineer who diddles with molecules, finds increasingly creative ways to destroy massive monsters that could otherwise easily obliterate the very planet they are standing on. Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: The boss missions end up very much like this. Combat Tentacles: Gorgathar uses these to attack the SpaceChem facilities during the defense mission on Sikutar. Boss Subtitles: For the Eldritch Abomination bosses at the end of each planet. Big Creepy-Crawlies: Yarugolek, the Cydnidae Adept takes the form of a giant insectoid that uses the remnants of a mining robot as its shell.