History YMMV / CryOfFear

* BaseBreaker: Ever since [[Website/SomethingAwful Lowtax]]'s ''very'' mocking [[WebVideo/GamingGarbage Let's Play]] (which complained about the voice acting, the slow pace, the darkness of the mod, the puzzles, level layout, the over-reliance on jump scares, and was really an excuse to bash PewDiePie and various "stick a camera to record my scared reactions" copycats that propped up around the game in the wake of it all), there's been a growing hatedom amongst the goons.

* XMeetsY: ''Franchise/SilentHill'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Condemned}}''.

* DemonicSpider: The Sawrunner, a masked man with a saw that rushes at you with erratic movements while screaming. He can instantly catch up to even if you sprint and is a OneHitKO if he hits you. Even worse in the harder difficulty settings where he doesn't pause before attacking.

* TheWoobie: Simon
* WheelchairWoobie: [[spoiler: Sick Simon]]

* BaseBreaker: Ever since [[Website/SomethingAwful Lowtax]]'s heavily critical LetsPlay (which complained about the voice acting, the slow pace, the darkness of the mod, the puzzles, level layout, the over-reliance on jump scares, and was really an excuse to bash PewDiePie and various "stick a camera to record my scared reactions" copycats that propped up around the game in the wake of it all), there's been a growing hatedom amongst the goons.

* BaseBreaker: Ever since [[Website/SomethingAwful Lowtax]]'s heavily critical LetsPlay (which complained about the voice acting, the slow pace, the darkness of the mod, the puzzles, level layout, the over-reliance on jump scares, and was really an excuse to bash PewDiePie and various "stick a camera to record my scared reactions" copycats that propped up around the game int he wake of it all), there's been a growing hatedom amongst the goons.

* BaseBreaker: Ever since [[SomethingAwful Lowtax's heavily critical]] LetsPlay (which complained about the voice acting, the slow pace, the darkness of the mod, the puzzles, level layout, the over-reliance on jump scares, and was really an excuse to bash PewDiePie and various "stick a camera to record my scared reactions" copycats that propped up around the game int he wake of it all), there's been a growing hatedom amongst the goons.

* FridgeHorror: The 'Private Notes' scattered around the apartment hints at the provenance of the Babies and Children that come after you. [[FateWorseThanDeath 'The kiddies are so cute and lovely, I just want to touch them! But the parents see, so I had to kill them!']]

** On top of that, it was originally named "fucked" but was changed to the current one.

** Simon's voice is an interesting case, in that when the actor playing him joined the project and recorded some of the lines that are heard early on in the game, he was very new to voice acting, and his delivery was pretty iffy. By the time the game was in it's finishing stages, he had done other jobs and, thus, gained experience, making the acting progressively less [[{{Narm}} narmy]] as you play the game. And even before the end, the acting has its [[NarmCharm moments]].

* XMeetsY: SilentHill meets {{Condemned}}.

* TheWoobie: Simon

* CompleteMonster: The serial killing, cannibalistic pedophile in the apartment building.

* TheWoobie: Simon
** WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: In the worst ending.

** Simon's voice is an interesting case, in that when the actor playing him joined the project and recorded some of the lines that are heard early on in the game, he was very new to voice acting, and his delivery was pretty iffy. By the time the game was in it's finishing stages, he had done other jobs and, thus, gained experience, making the acting progressively less [[Narm narmy]] as you play the game. And even before the end, the acting has its [[NarmCharm moments]].

* TheWoobie: Simon

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel
* UnreliableNarrator: The near-entirety of the game centers around and takes place [[spoiler: within Simon's book as a personification of himself,]] making you wonder what inspired the events inside or otherwise aside from the obvious causes, like [[spoiler: his insanity and being able to walk in it.]] Whatever caused them is (likely intentionally) left open to interpretation by those who play.

* HellIsThatNoise: It is a game with a great soundtrack, but the track [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8no8kyLDEto Fucked]] is one of the more horrifying songs that play. It triggers when the world around Simon swiftly changes to a nightmare, and the song is downright psychotic.

* UnreliableNarrator: The near-entirety of the game centers around and takes place [[spoiler: within Simon's book as a personification of himself,]] making you wonder what inspired the events inside or otherwise aside from the obvious causes, like [[spoiler: his insanity and being able to walk in it.]] Whatever caused them is definitely open to interpretation.

* UnreliableNarrator: The near-entirety of the game centers around and takes place [[spoiler: within Simon's book as a personification of himself,]] making you wonder what inspired the events inside or otherwise aside from the obvious causes, like [[spoiler: his insanity and being able to walk in it.]]

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel