History YMMV / LaMulana2

* GoddamnedBoss: Surtr, the Guardian of Icefire Treetop is possibly the most frustrating and unfair boss fight in the entire game, surpassing even Jormungand himself. First off, the room itself: There are rocks falling from the ceiling whenever Surtr moves, meaning you can take damage unless you destroy said blocks. Not only that, but you can die if you fall into the [[BottomlessPits bottomless pit]], which can happen since the floor itself is collapsing. And then there's Surtr himself: he has a truckload of HP, he can destroy parts of the floor with his hand, he can rear his head and drop magma from his mouth that leaves a trail of fire if touches the floor and he can walk to the side and attack you AND destroy a major chunk of the floor with his fist. It's not completely hopeless, however. He can be manipulated into using his magma attack, his least dangerous attack and the one that enables you to hit him, by standing directly underneath his face. Additionally, you can cling to the edges of the screen if you run out of room, though there's nothing to suggest you can do so.

** [[HailfirePeaks Icefire Treetop]], one of the earlier areas of the game which can be accessed after defeating Nidhoggr in Roots of Yggdrasil, especially if the player didn't acquire the Scalesphere and the Ice Clock. Filled with annoying ceiling enemies that can lunge at you and knock you off platforms, ice physics, the most obnoxious platform segments with breakable platforms and two new hazards: Icy water and poisonous lava. Icy water can drain your health slighty faster than regular water without the Scalesphere while poisonous lava can drain your health ''in a second.'' Even the Ice Cloak can't protect the player from this hazard. Did I also mention that the Guardian of this place is [[GoddamnedBoss Surtr?]]

* ThatOneLevel: The [[TheUnderworld Eternal Prison]] takes the cake in this game. When you first access this area through the corridoor of blood, your holy grail is disabled, meaning you can't warp out, and it only gets worse from there. Screens are filled with difficult enemies, spikes (which the lighting can render practically invisible), lava, and crushers. Its main gimmicks are the underworld gates, which need to be traversed in the correct order to reach the boss, and each one you cross will make another item unavailable until you leave the area. To make matters even worse, some gates will spit you back out of the area, requiring you to go through it all over again. This is all on top of the area containing some of the most difficult and annoying puzzles in the game.

** "Encyclopedia Completionist", which requires the player to complete the glossary, which can be done by talking to other characters and killing enemies. Sounds easy, right? Well, guess what: sub-bosses and Guardians do not get entries on the glossary by killing them. You have to find their entries that are hidden in the area that contain said bosses. While some of them are in plain sight, others are very well hidden and sometimes requires you to use the Hand Scanner to check some spots in the area. But wait, there's more! Some characters also have additional entries in the glossary. How do you get them? By doing the same thing, except they're scattered all around Eg-Lana instead of placed in a particular area.

* AwesomeMusic: Just like the first game, ''La Mulana 2'' has an amazing soundtrack. In particular, the various themes played when fighting the Guardians are amazing.
* BreatherBoss: Aten-Ra is nowhere near as bad as the guardians that precede him. While his attacks are numerous, they're fairly weak in comparison to the likes of Jormungand and Anu. He does have an instant kill, but once you see what it is, it's ''very'' hard to get hit by it. He got buffed in the 1.2.2.2 patch, but he's still much less of a hassle compared to the other guardians at that stage of the game.

* FunnyMoments: The Crystal Skulls Epiapths are a mixture regal language.... ''with SirSwearsALot and TotallyRadical mixed in.''

* HeartwarmingMoments

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Version 1.1.1.2 fixed some bugs and buffed some of the most easiest bosses in the game, making them harder to beat, [[spoiler:including Mother/The 9th Child, who is now more challenging than her original counterpart in the first game.]] Unfortunately this came with [[GameBreakingBug a price.]]

** The rather disturbing look that Ra gives you when he [[spoiler: fuses with Horus.]]

* BreatherBoss: Aten-Ra is nowhere near as bad as the guardians that precede him. While his attacks are numerous, they're fairly weak in comparison to the likes of Jormungand and Anu. He does have an instant kill, but once you see what it is, it's ''very'' hard to get hit by it.

* HeartwarmingMoments: Given their somewhat antagonistic nature in the first game, it's nice to see Lemeza and Shawn working together.

** "Encyclopedia Completionist", which requires the player to complete the glossary, which can be done by talking to other characters and killing enemies. Sounds easy, right? Well, guess what: sub-bosses and Guardians do not get entries on the glossary by killing them. You have to find their entries that are hidden in the area that contain said bosses. While some of them are in plain sight, others are very well hidden and sometimes requires you to use the Hand Scanner to check some spots in the area. But wait, there's more! Some characters also have additional entries in the glossary. How do you get them? By doing the same thing, except they're scattered all around Eg-Lana instead of placed in a particular area. Oh, and thanks to a bug that hasn't been fixed as of August 10th, getting some entries for the glossary is impossible until a new patch fixes these issues.

* GoddamnedBoss: Surtr, the Guardian of Icefire Treetop is possibly the most frustrating and unfair boss fight in the entire game, surpassing even Jormungand himself. First off, the room itself: There are rocks falling from the ceiling whenever Surtr moves, meaning you can take damage unless you destroy said blocks. Not only that, but you can die if you fall into the [[BottomlessPits bottomless pit]], which can happen since the floor itself is collapsing. And then there's Surtr himself: he has a truckload of HP, he can destroy parts of the floor with his hand, he can rear his head and drop magma from his mouth that leaves a trail of fire if touches the floor and he can walk to the side and attack you AND destroy a major chunk of the floor with his fist. The only way to attack him is to wait for his magma attack, but good luck attacking him if there's enough floor to jump and/or attack him directly. The entire fight relies on one thing and just one thing: '''''luck.'''''

* NightmareFuel: The beherit. Anyone at all familiar with ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' would be very nervous about carrying this item around. When used to absorb dissonance, it ''screams'' as a bright orange flash erupts from it. Absorb ''all'' of the dissonance, and its face looks much angrier and its entire description is replaced with a single word in all caps: "DIE".

** "Encyclopedia Completionist", which requires the player to complete the glossary, which can be done by talking to other characters and killing enemies. Sounds easy, right? Well, guess what: sub-bosses and Guardians do not get entries on the glossary by killing them. You have to find their entries that are hidden in the area that contain said bosses. While some of them are in plain sight, others are very well hidden and sometimes requires you to use the Hand Scanner to check some spots in the area. But wait, there's more! Some characters also have additional entries in the glossary. How do you get them? By doing the same thing, except they're scattered all around Eg-Lana instead of placed in a particular area.

* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Mother/The 9th Child is ridiculousy easy compared to her boss fight in the first game. Her attacks are weak, her HP is surprisingly low and her boss fight can end in a few minutes. Not even her other phases are challenging, and all of them can be beaten very quickly.]]

* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Mother/The 9th Child is ridiculousy easy compared to her boss fight in the first game. Her defense is weak, her HP is surprisingly low and her boss fight can end in a few minutes. Not even her other phases are challenging, and all of them can be beaten very quickly.]]

* TheWoobie: This game reveals Sakit, one of the bosses of the first game, to be this. [[spoiler: It's revealed that it was Abuto, not Sakit, who orchestrated the war of the giants. Sakit alone was made a scapegoat for the war and was imprisoned in the Underworld to have his intestines eaten for all eternity. It's also revealed that Ledo, the giant that Sakit killed that started the war, was his wife, and while it isn't explained ''why'' he did this, it's very clear that it broke him. And the worst part is that no one knew the truth for thousands of years, since it was Abuto who chronicled the history of his people.]]

* NightmareFuel: The beherit. Anyone at all familiar with Manga/{{Berserk}} would be very nervous about carrying this item around. When used to absorb dissonance, it ''screams'' as a bright orange flash erupts from it. Absorb ''all'' of the dissonance, and its face looks much angrier and its entire description is replaced with a single word in all caps: "DIE".

* TheWoobie: This game reveals Sakit, one of the bosses of the first game, to be this. [[spoiler: It's revealed that it was Abuto, not Sakit, who orchestrated the war of the giants. Sakit alone was made a scapegoat for the war and was imprisoned in the Underworld to have his intestines eaten for all eternity. It's also revealed that Ledo, the giant that Sakit killed that started the war, was his wife. And the worst part is that no one knew the truth for thousands of years, since it was Abuto who chronicled the history of his people.]]

* TheWoobie: This game reveals Sakit, one of the bosses of the first game, to be this. [[spoiler: It's revealed that it was Abuto, not Sakit, who orchestrated the war of the giants. Sakit alone made a scapegoat for the war and was imprisoned in the Underworld to have his intestines eaten for all eternity. It's also revealed that Ledo, the giant that Sakit killed that started the war, was his wife. And the worst part is that no one knew the truth for thousands of years, since it was Abuto who chronicled the history of his people.]]

** Anu, fought in the Ancient Chaos, is another fight that's visually impressive but quite difficult. The biggest challenge with Anu is that he spends much of his time in the air and is only vulnerable to melee attacks for a brief moment when he dive bombs you. Flare guns work, but his own ship works as a shield to protect him from the blast, meaning you have to hit him when he tilts to one side so the explosion will tag him. And while he's doing all of this he's littering the arena with rolling spiked balls and projectiles. Good luck!

** Jormungand, the fourth boss, is not the world serpent that eats its own tail, but a Lokapalan soldier riding on a bike that resembles the world serpent. This fight is the unholy union of Ellmac and Palenque. Just to even fight him you have to use the Pochette Key or you get crushed and killed in one hit. Once you do that, you'll have to contend with his attacks. While his gun attacks do decent damage, the biggest danger is just getting run over, as he has a huge hit box and often moves from one side of the screen to the other without warning. While he does follow a very strict pattern and all of his attacks are avoidable once you know it, it may take you many attempts to figure it out.