History YMMV / Enigmatis

* ButThouMust/ CaptainObviousReveal: It's likely pretty clear to anyone who had already played the first game that [[spoiler: the prisoner in the second game is the evil priest the Detective has been hunting.]] Unfortunately, you will still [[ViolationOfCommonSense need to let him out of his cell]] in order to proceed
* HilariousInHindsight: Overlapping with a mild case of SeriesResemblance, the ''Enigmatis'' trilogy has a couple of interesting details in common with the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' games.

** Both series have enemies identified as an archdemon - the BigBad of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins,'' and the BiggerBad of this series.

*** Also, there's a TearJerker / FridgeHorror combo in the fact that you find a postcard that she never got to send to her parents. The Ticket Seller and her companions have been missing for close to ''thirty years'' and their families never knew what happened to them. Multiply that by the number of [[spoiler:bodies found in the catacombs beneath the park]], and you realize that there are many, ''many'' people whose loved ones disappeared and who never got any kind of closure for it. Then remember that this is also true for the victims seen in the previous game, and that both Maple Creek and Ravenwood Park have been around for a very long time.

* HilariousInHindsight: Overlapping with a mild case of SeriesResemblance, the ''Enigmatis'' trilogy has a couple of interesting details in common with the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' games. In particular, both series have enemies identified as an archdemon. Also, both have fanatical (and evil) religious devotees who are known only by 'nicknames' even to one another; in this series it's the Reapers serving Asmodai, while in ''Dragon Age'' it's the ancient magisters who served the Old Gods of Tevinter and became the original darkspawn. And in the third game of each series, the player character has a companion who turns out to [[spoiler:secretly be the BigBad]].

*** Also compounding the TearJerker aspect is the fact that along with those murders, ''the entire village of Karkhala'' has been annihilated. Fang is the only survivor, and she's a mute little girl. She likely will have trauma for years to come, though this at least is somewhat softened by [[spoiler:the detective adopting her at the end of the game]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Overlapping with a mild case of SeriesResemblance, the ''Enigmatis'' trilogy has a couple of interesting details in common with the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' series. In particular, both series have enemies identified as an archdemon. Also, both have fanatical (and evil) religious devotees who are known only by 'nicknames' even to one another; in this series it's the Reapers serving Asmodai, while in ''Dragon Age'' it's the ancient magisters who served the Old Gods of Tevinter and became the original darkspawn.

*** The TearJerker aspect of this one is compounded by the fact that, unlike the other two bonus chapters, this story is not being told to the detective, meaning that it's likely that no one will ever know about it. The detective and Rick will almost certainly make sure that the bodies of the expedition members are recovered and returned to their families, but it's impossible to guess how (or if) the murders are going to be explained.

*** Also, there's a TearJerker with a whiff of FridgeHorror in the fact that you find [[spoiler:a postcard that she never got to send to her parents. The Ticket Seller and her companions have been missing for close to ''thirty years'' and their families never knew what happened to them.]]

** ''Shadow of Karkhala'': Britney is a pleasant, spunky, intelligent young woman who cares about her friends and is excited to be on an archaeological expedition. [[spoiler:After spending her final hours trying to help first Jim, then Fang and her father, she's forced to accept the fact that most if not all of her colleagues have been brutally murdered, before she herself shares their fate.]] The TearJerker aspect is compounded by the fact that, unlike the other two bonus chapters, this story is not being told to the detective, meaning that it's likely that no one will ever know about it.
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** ''Ghosts of Maple Creek'': Sure, you know going in that [[spoiler:Hamilton won't be able to save Emily no matter what he/you do. That doesn't make his broken heart any less sad.]]

* NauseaFuel: These games have a lot of dead bodies, among other things.

* CreatorInJoke: In ''Ghosts of Maple Creek'', [[spoiler:Hamilton]] offers the detective some Polish sausage, for absolutely no discernible reason. Artifex Mundi, the game's developer, is based in Poland.
* GeniusBonus: In ''Mists of Ravenwood'', when the detective asks him how he knows so much, the prisoner in the underground cell replies, "Perennial sophia, detective." This is an altered form of the phrase ''sophia perennis'', meaning "absolute truth," which is a core concept of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perennial_philosophy perennial philosophy]]. He then adds that he's very old, meaning that he's learned everything he's telling the detective over many years of searching for truth. [[spoiler:It's also a very subtle clue as to his identity.]]

* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Each of the games is available (at least on some platforms) in a vanilla edition and also one of these. The collector's editions add a bonus chapter of extra gameplay, as well as features like concept art.

* TearJerker: The ending of the bonus chapter of ''Ghosts of Maple Creek''. [[spoiler:Sure, you knew going in that Hamilton wouldn't be able to save Emily no matter what he/you did. That doesn't make his broken heart any less sad.]]
** The fate of the Ticket Seller in ''Mists of Ravenwood'' is similarly sad. [[spoiler:It's painful to see her just barely clinging to fragments of memory of who she was before Whitmarsh enslaved her, and her anguish when the detective helps her to remember what happened is difficult to witness.]] The bonus chapter, where she tells her new friends how this all happened, just makes it worse.

* NauseaFuel: These games have a lot of PeekABooCorpses, among other things.

* GeniusBonus: In ''Mists of Ravenwood'', when the detective asks him how he knows so much, the prisoner in the underground cell replies, "Perennial sophia, detective." This is an altered form of the phrase ''sophia perennis'', meaning "Absolute truth," which is a core concept of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perennial_philosophy perennial philosophy]]. He then adds that he's very old, meaning that he's learned everything he's telling the detective over many years of searching for truth. [[spoiler:It's also a very subtle clue as to his identity.]]

** The fate of the Ticket Seller in ''Mists of Ravenwood'' is similarly sad. [[spoiler:It's painful to see her just barely clinging to fragments of memory of who she was before Whitmarsh enslaved her, and her anguish when the detective helps her to remember what happened is difficult to witness.]]

* CreatorInJoke: [[spoiler:Hamilton]] offers the detective some Polish sausage, for absolutely no discernible reason. Artifex Mundi, the game's developer, is based in Poland.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: A staple of the series, and common in the HO genre in general. All of the backgrounds are painted in exquisite detail with vibrant color.

* AwesomeArt: A staple of the series, and common in the HO genre in general. All of the backgrounds are painted in exquisite detail with vibrant color.