History YMMV / NocturneRPGMaker

* [[AwesomeBosses/VideoGames Awesome Boss]]: The powered up version of the BonusBoss is balanced specifically for a max level party. While they're certainly powerful and have a cheap auto-revive barrier, your side can finally cut loose now that there's no Brave Clear condition to worry about.

** Most of the Evil Eye skills miss regardless if enemies are vulnerable to the status ailment, but a maxed out Eye of Illusion skill is guaranteed to inflict all ailments (except poison and death) that the enemies are vulnerable to. It won't work on the second round of the BonusBoss, but it's still a great skill for a low MP cost and 20 SCT.

** Given the sheer power difference between the two, Reviel choking Luna is very unsettling and serves to remind players that despite his KickTheSonOfABitch moments with the bandits and Boer, Reviel is still a VillainProtagonist.

* EvilIsCool:
** Reviel is a handsome DualWielding MagicKnight vampire who smugly looks down on humans as insects, is often the monster in various examples of MuggingTheMonster, has to be weakened by a barrier for early game enemies to barely stand a chance, and has DungeonBypass as a gameplay mechanic. This gets somewhat deconstructed at the end when [[spoiler:Khaos]] notes that Reviel had it so easy that he has no idea how to deal with an enemy that actually has an advantage against him. He also becomes an inversion when he gets the Awaken OST playing during his genuinely heroic battle against Hypnosis.
** His fellow Ancestors, Ristill and Khaos, count as well. Both have awesome boss themes and the latter changes the backdrop to a purple space with gears and a magical circle platform in order to emphasize his mastery over time and space.

* FunnyAneurysm: The villagers' ShipperOnDeck tendencies toward Reviel and Luna are harder to find amusing after he chokes her.

* HarsherInHindsight: Those who played the other game that eplipswich translated, ''VideoGame/SeraphicBlue'', noticed that Khaos has the same name as the StrawNihilist ideology that the villains subscribe to. [[spoiler:Nocturne's Khaos indeed turns out to be nihilistic to the point of killing himself in the ending, making him an unintentional example of MeaningfulName.]]

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Luna isn't that well-liked in the beginning of the game for being naive, angsty, and overly trusting of Reviel even after he reveals his true villainous nature. If one gets far enough into the game, it's refreshing to see her [[GrewASpine grow enough backbone]] to stand up to Reviel and Ristill by calling them out on pointlessly throwing away their lives on their deathmatch.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Luna isn't that well-liked in the beginning of the game for being naive and overly trusting of Reviel even after he reveals his true villainous nature. If one gets far enough into the game, it's refreshing to see her [[GrewASpine grow enough backbone]] to stand up to Reviel and Ristill by calling them out on pointlessly throwing away their lives on their deathmatch.

** Luna's training session with Roshule could have been used to explain some of the more complex mechanics of the game, such as the skill learning system, critical hits, formations, changing weapons in battle, etc. Due to her lack of combat experience, she would have been a good subject for combat tutorials. Instead, the majority of it is offscreen.

** Luna's training session with Roshule could have been used to explain some of the more complex mechanics of the game, such as the skill learning system, critical hits, formations, changing weapons in battle, etc. Instead, the majority of it is offscreen.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Surprisingly, the characters never discuss the potential dangers of [[spoiler:Khaos's plan to alter time and space. The danger is implied to be there, since Khaos was reluctant to enact the plan in the first place, but the party only rejects it for moral reasons.]]

* SurpriseDifficulty: This game qualifies less for its graphics (though no enemy has a horrifying appearance by JRPG standards and some are quite cute) and more for the outward appearance of its battle system. At first glance, the battle system makes the game look like a typical ATB experience that won't be too different from early ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games or "cookie-cutter" ''VideoGame/RPGMaker'' games. This turns out not to be the case due to how the game adds several unusual mechanics and reinvents some of the traditional RPG mechanics, forcing experienced RPG players to adapt and learn. Additionally, the protagonist is considered a powerful vampire in the story, but the party will still struggle against bosses due to how healing is balanced so that slow HP regeneration is easy while instant HP recovery is difficult, making it hard to stay alive in long battles.

* FunnyMoments: