History YMMV / Crystar

* IronWoobie: Rei Hatada had to endure so much suffering despite her young age: [[spoiler:twin sister died at birth, parents died in a car accident, only friend died in a bus accident (and Rei learns the hard way she was a FalseFriend). Then she accidentally killed Mirai, her younger sister and only living relative, and was forced to make a DeadWithTheDevil to undo this.]]

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJRp1UmdK7c can cry]], composed and sung by Nagi Yanag, is a very strong and emotional opening theme.

* SpiritualAdaptation: According to an interview, ''Crystar'' was inspired by ''Franchise/{{Drakengard}}'', another ActionRPG series with a EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame fame where you have to beat it multiple times for different endings, and the actual gameplay was inspired by the ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' series, particularly the newer ones where you can switch party members and equip skills.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Mephis and Pheles cross this in the third timeline when they convince the party members to kill each other. And then cross it again when they reveal they had Thelma killed just to milk some Idea out of Rei.]]

* CaptainObviousReveal: [[spoiler:The Demon Twins true identity being Mephistopheles, as if their names weren't a big giveaway.]]

* NarmCharm: The first Revenant seen in the game is a gorilla with bull horns and a red halo. It tries to intimidate you, but when it screams ([[VocalDissonance with the voice of a little girl]]): ''"Let's play! Let's play! Let's play together!"'', it just becomes funny and creepy. That said, the last storyline reveals that [[spoiler:it was Nanana's soul corrupted by Pheles]], so its behaviour makes sense.

* MemeticMutation: "Moo-rai"[[labelnote:Explanation]]How Rei sister's name is spelled in the dub.[[/labelnote]]

* FandomRivalry: While both games have pretty small Fandoms to begin with, it garnered a pretty quick one with VideoGame/ZankiZero due to issues regarding {{Bowdlerise}}. (The former got fixed on release though.)

* SpiritualAdaptation: According to an interview, ''Crystar'' was inspired by ''Franchise/{{Drakengard}}'', another ActionRPG series with a EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame fame where you have to beat it multiple times for different endings, and the actual gameplay was inspired by the ''Franchise/{{Ys}}'' series, particularly the newer ones where you can switch party members and equip skills.

* FandomRivalry: While both games have pretty small Fandoms to begin with, it garnered a pretty quick one with VideoGame/ZankiZero due to issues regarding {{Bowdlerise}}. (The former got fixed or release though.)

* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: Most of the game's praise is due to the plot, setting and characters, as the gameplay is considered [[ItsEasySoItSucks easy and repetitive]].

** The Revenants, vengeful spirits wandering Purgatory and hunting the souls of the dead to resurrect. Some Revenants, like Anamnesis [[spoiler:and the Revenant Princess]], can become powerful enough to temporary manifest themselves in the world of living to commit murders and devour souls, [[spoiler:or they can teleport a bus full of people to the Purgatory and force the passangers into killing each other ForTheEvulz.]] And there is nothing one can do to prevent it.
** The Demon Twins due to their habit of stalking Rei (even outside Purgatory) while [[GigglingVillain giggling]], and not doing much to prevent the Revenant misbehaviour, despite being their job to do so. [[spoiler:Not to mention all the experiments with souls and KickTheDog moments they've done from behind the scenes.]]
* SpiritualAdaptation: According to an interview, Crystar's gameplay inspired by the ''Franchise/{{Drakengard}}'' series, another ActionRPG with a EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame fame, where you have to beat it multiple times for different endings.

* IronWoobie: Rei Hatada had to endure so much suffering despite her young age: [[spoiler:twin sister died at birth, parents died in a car accident, only friend died in a bus accident (and Rei learns the hard way she was a FalseFriend). Then she accidentally killed Mirai, her younger sister and only living relative, and was forced to make a DeadWithTheDevil to undo this. Even her dog dies.]]

* {{Narm}}: The first Revenant seen in the game looks like gorilla with bull horns. It was supposed to be scary, but then it screams ([[VocalDissonance with the voice of a little girl]]): ''"Let's play! Let's play!"'', it just becomes both funny and creepy.
* NightmareFuel: The Revenants, vengeful spirits wandering Purgatory and hunting the souls of the dead to resurrect. Some Revenants, like Anamnesis [[spoiler:and the Revenant Princess]], can become powerful enough to temporary manifest themselves in the world of living to commit murders and devour souls, [[spoiler:or they can teleport a bus full of people to the Purgatory and force the passangers into killing each other ForTheEvulz.]] And there is nothing one can do to prevent it.

* NightmareFuel: The Revenants, vengeful spirits wandering Purgatory and hunting the souls of the dead to resurrect. Some Revenants, like Anamnesis [[spoiler:and the Revenant Princess]], can become powerful enough to temporary manifest themselves in the world of living to commit murders and devour souls, [[spoiler:or they can teleport a bus full of people to the Purgatory and force the passangers into killing each other for her amusement.]] And there is nothing one can do to prevent it.

* IronWoobie: Rei Hatada had to endure so much suffering despite her young age: [[spoiler:twin sister died at birth, only friend died in a bus accident (and Rei learns the hard way she was a FalseFriend) and parents committed suicide. Then she accidentally killed Mirai, her younger sister and only living relative, and was forced to make a DeadWithTheDevil to undo this. Even her dog dies.]]
* MemeticMutation: "Moo-rai"[[labelnote:Explanation]] How Rei sister's name is spelled in the dub.[[/labelnote]]
* NightmareFuel: The Revenants, vengeful spirits wandering Purgatory and hunting the souls of the dead to resurrect. Some Revenants, like Anamnesis, can become powerful enough to temporary manifest themselves in the world of living to commit murders and cause all sorts of disasters, for the sake of devouring more souls. And there is nothing one can do to prevent it.

* FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler:In real-life, the philosopher Socrates (Sen's Guardian) was the teacher of Plato (Anamnesis Revenant form), who created the theory of ''anamnesis'' (knowledge as recollection). suddenly, the connection between them becomes much more obvious.]]
* IronWoobie: Rei Hatada's life just plain sucks: [[spoiler:her twin sister died at birth, her only friend died in a bus accident (and Rei learns the hard way she was a FalseFriend), her parents committed suicide, she accidentally killed her younger sister and did a DeadWithTheDevil to undo this, and her CanineCompanion died too.]] ''Ouch''.

* NightmareFuel: The Revenants, vengeful spirits wandering Purgatory and hunting the souls of the dead to resurrect. Some Revenants, like Anamnesis, can become powerful enough to temporary manifest themselves in the world of living to commit murders and cause all sorts of disasters in the world of the living, for the sake of devouring more souls. And there is nothing one can do to prevent it.

* IronWoobie: Rei Hatada's life just plain sucks: [[spoiler:her twin sister died at birth, her only friend died in a bus accident (and Rei learns the hard way she was a FalseFriend), her parents committed suicide, she accidentally killed her younger sister and did a DeadWithTheDevil to undo this, and her CanineCompanion dies too.]] ''Ouch''.

* IronWoobie: Rei's life has been hell since the day she was born: [[spoiler:her twin sister died at birth, her only friend died in a bus accident (and Rei learns the hard way she was a FalseFriend), her parents committed suicide, then she accidentally killed her younger sister and did a DeadWithTheDevil to undo this, and her CanineCompanion dies too. In the first ending, while Mirai is revived, Rei forgets about Kokoro, Sen and Nanana.]] ''Ouch''.

* IronWoobie: Rei's life has been hell since the day she was born: [[spoiler:her twin sister died at birth, her only friend died in a bus accident (and Rei learns the hard way she was a FalseFriend), her parents committed suicide, then she accidentally killed her younger sister and did a DeadWithTheDevil to undo this, and her CanineCompanion dies too. In the first ending, while Mirai is revived, Rei forgets about meeting Kokoro, Sen and Nanana.]] ''Ouch''.

* NightmareFuel: The Revenants, vengeful spirits wandering Purgatory and hunting the souls of the dead to resurrect. At some point, a Revenant becomes powerful enough to drag living persons to the Purgatory or cause all sorts of disasters in the world of the living, for the sake of devouring more souls.
* SpiritualAdaptation: According to a interview, Crystar's gameplay inspired by the ''Franchise/{{Drakengard}}'' series, another ActionRPG with a EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame fame, where you have to beat it multiple times for different endings.

* NightmareFuel: The Revenants, vengeful spirits who hunts the souls of the dead, just so they can return to the world of the living. At some point, a Revenant becomes powerful enough to drag living persons to the Purgatory or cause all sorts of disasters in the world of the living, for the sake of devouring more souls.

* MemeticMutation: "Moo-rai"[[labelnote:Explanation]] How Rei sister's name is spelled in the dub..[[/labelnote]]