History YMMV / LegendOfGrimrock

* BreatherBoss: The Wormbound brothers in II are not very hard, considering that Wormbound Catacombs is intended to be one of the last areas you gain access to.

** In II, the 'swarm' type enemies such as the insects in Keelbreach Bog are EXTREMELY fast in both movement ''and'' attack speed, have high evasion, can only be hit during a certain part of their animations, and hit ''quite'' hard, especially on the roughest Difficulty.

* AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d689QT0nEY4 The main theme]], composed by the Finnish musician Jarno Sarkula, is the only real music track in the game barring the intro and credits. And it's awesome.

* MostWonderfulSound: The jingle that plays when you discover a secret.

* ParanoiaFuel: A given, being a dungeon crawl. Worse without a torch. And the telltale [[HellIsThatNoise stomping]] of marching skeleton warriors on floors just above or below you is very unsettling, at least to first-time players.

*** In a basement accessed from Level 5 you can hear [[HellIsThatNoise the ogre's stomping]]. Eek.

** The sequel has Mimics that any chest has a chance to be, depending on how many chests you've opened so far. Once you encounter your first your sure to be terrified at the idea of finding more.
* ThatOneLevel: While all the levels are pretty hard, one secret dungeon on Level 3 has attained a level of notoriety for being filled with Slimes, high-health, low-experience monsters that spread disease to your party members and can attack through bars. It isn't even needed to attempt this dungeon unless one wants a [[spoiler: crossbow]] and [[spoiler: one of seven optional hidden treasures, collected for a measly achievement]], but it's borderline impossible if attempted right when the player is at Level 3. Later in the game the player obtains a map to access this dungeon, if they didn't find it already.

** The "Trails of Thought" puzzle on Level 4. [[spoiler: A room made up entirely of floor plates and teleporters. The teleporters move whenever you step on a floor plate. There's a specific path you have to take to make your way to the door, and it takes many tries to get it right]].
*** The trick to the room is that [[spoiler: every time you take a step, all teleporters next to you will turn from on to off or visa-versa. If the space is not touching an active teleporter, it will turn into a dead end the moment you step onto it. In general, making sure you keep stepping onto a platform that is next to a teleporter makes the puzzle much easier.]]
*** Anyone familiar with the [[spoiler: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lights_Out_%28game%29 Lights Out puzzle]] will have a head start in figuring it out.]]
** Level 8, so much. Better hope your heroes Resist Shock pretty well...(Then again, it's technically ''optional''...but who'd pass up a [[GameBreaker sword]] like that?)

** In II, the 'swarm' type enemies such as the insects in Keelhaul Bog are EXTREMELY fast in both movement ''and'' attack speed, have high evasion, can only be hit during a certain part of their animations, and hit ''quite'' hard, especially on the roughest Difficulty.

** In II, the 'swarm' type enemies such as the insects in Keelhaul Bog are EXTREMELY fast in both movement -and- attack speed, have high evasion, can only be hit during a certain part of their animations, and hit -quite- hard, especially on the roughest Difficulty.

** Special mention to the Pillars of Light level for the spiders. They are ''everywhere'', and they're decisively powerful ([[PoisonousPerson and venomous]]) enough to not be mere [[GoddamnedBats Goddamned Spiders]].
*** ...when you first fight them. Once you start encountering them again late in the game (Level 6 or so), you'll be significantly stronger and so they become more Goddamned than Demonic.

** Level 9 leaves you in a series of convoluted twisting hallways filled with [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent Ice Lizards]], dangerous late-game threats that move relatively quietly and like to attack from behind. Good luck getting cornered by more than two. And they ''respawn''.

** Level 8, so much. Better hope your heroes Resist Shock pretty well...(Then again, it's technically ''optional''...but who'd pass up a [[GameBreaker sword]] like that?)

** The "Trails of Thought" puzzle on Level 4. [[spoiler: A room made up entirely of floor plates and teleporters. The teleporters move whenever you step on a floor plate. There's a specific path you have to take to make your way to the door, and it takes many tries to get it right]].

** Level 6 leaves you trapped in a large, open, poorly-lit expanse with a lone ogre lurking somewhere, nearby or far away. You'll feel the wet breath on your back till you finally bring yourself to seek it out and kill it (which you ''have'' to do).

** Level 6 leaves you trapped in a large, open, poorly-lit expanse with a lone ogre somewhere nearby. You'll feel the wet breath on your back till you finally bring yourself to seek it out and kill it (which you ''have'' to do).

* ParanoiaFuel: A given, being a dungeon crawl. Worse without a torch. And the telltale [[HellIsThatNoise stomping]] of marching skeleton warriors on floors just above or below you is very unsettling. Special mention to the Pillars of Light level for the spiders. They are ''everywhere'', and they're decisively powerful ([[PoisonousPerson and venomous]]) enough to not be mere [[GoddamnedBats Goddamned Spiders]].

* ParanoiaFuel: A given, being a dungeon crawl. Worse without a torch. And the telltale [[HellIsThatNoise stomping]] of marching skeleton warriors on floors just above or below you is very unsettling. Special mention to the Pillars of Light level for the spiders. They are ''everywhere'', and they're decisively more powerful ([[PoisonousPerson and venomous]]) than GoddamnedBats.
* ThatOneLevel: While all the levels are pretty hard, one secret dungeon on Level 3 has attained a level of notoriety for being filled with Slimes, high-health, low-experience monsters that spread disease to your party members and can attack through bars. It isn't even needed to attempt this dungeon unless one wants a [[spoiler: crossbow]], but it's borderline impossible if attempted right when the player is at Level 3. Later in the game the player obtains a map to access this dungeon, if they didn't find it already.

* ThatOnePuzzle: While there are several tricky puzzles in the game, the rotating teleporter puzzle found on level 3 is the first to leave a lot of players stumped. [[spoiler: You have to throw a rock onto the floor plate on the left to close the pit in the middle, and then '''VERY QUICKLY''' place a rock onto the floor plate next to the door and go through before the teleporter comes and takes the rock away]].

* ThatOnePuzzle: While there are several tricky puzzles in the game, the rotating teleporter puzzle found on level 3 is the first to leave a lot of players stumped.

* ThatOneLevel: While all the levels are pretty hard, one secret dungeon on Level 3 has attained a level of notoriety for being filled with Slimes, high-health, low-experience monsters that spread disease to your party members and can attack through bars. It isn't even needed to attempt this dungeon unless one wants a [[spoiler: crossbow]], but it's borderline impossible if attempted right when the player is at Level 3. Later in the game the player obtains a map to access this dungeon.

* ThatOnePuzzle: The rotating teleporter puzzle found on level 3 leaves many players scratching their heads for quite a while.

* MostWonderfulSound: The jingle that plays when you discover a secret.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d689QT0nEY4 The main theme]], composed by the Finnish musician Jarno Sarkula, is the only real music track in the game barring the intro and credits. And it's awesome.