History YMMV / RakenzarnTales

* VillainDecay: Zigzagged with [[VideoGame/ClockTower Corroder]]. On paper, he's a real monster, a SerialKiller brought back from the dead who kills people with acid. His first appearance shows him strong enough to shrug off a beating from Kyuu's team and they barely manage to escape him. Then, in his second appearance, [[spoiler:Kyuu defeats him by tricking him into charging and making him fall some (long) stairs, in a gag that wouldn't denote in a Loony Tunes cartoon]]. Then, during an optional sidequest, he's back stronger than ever and seems to have recover his air of menace... [[spoiler:before being punched and sent flying through the ceiling in a comedic fashion by Yang]].

* EvilIsSexy: [[VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry The Stakes of Purgatory]]. Even {{invoked}} in-universe by Kyuu.

** Surprisingly, [[AdaptationalBadass The Shocker]]. Mostly due to being an EarlyBirdBoss and a BonusBoss that can take an unsuspecting player by surprise. Like with the Blizzard Dragon, he likes spamming a powerful attack that hits all the team at a point of the game where your healing options are very limited.

* JerkassWoobie: [[Franchise/SpiderMan Electro]]. He was a normal guy, until a freaky accident gave him super powers. Because of that, he was kept isolated (as his powers were a danger for the others) until the doctors could find a cure. Over time, he became desperate, convinced that his condition was incurable. However, he's rather easily convinced to join TheDarkSide, despite the fact that he still has friends and people who care for him (like Kite) and despite the fact that the doctors are genuinely trying to help him and find a cure. And he has no qualms about hurting Kite or innocent people after he joins forces with Pete.

* SeasonalRot: The period between the release of v2.1.1 (October 2015) and v4.1.1 (September 2021) was a weak point in the development history. This was when Dark Kyu decided to rewrite the plot and eventually rebooted it twice, with each new version releasing with even less content than the initial release of v1.1. It didn't help that the creator got AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder inbetween college work as well. Nor did it help that Chapter 9 of v2.1.1 ended with a major cliffhanger and the only released footage of Chapter 10 suggested it had been significantly underway. v4.1.1 seems to have brought it to an end with a finalized, focused script and a new development team to ensure more timely updates.

* GrowingTheBeard: Version 1.1 is playable, but very hard and didn't capitalize on its ideas very well. Version 1.2 softened the difficulty to a reasonable level and began building on its promises such as Alignment consequences and character interactions. Version 2 built further on this with more consequences for actions and factors for added replayability. ''Frontier Story'' and the later releases change and refine some gameplay elements, and add more polished menus and a smoother combat interface.

* CrazyAwesome: Deadpool. No surprise here. When he's not hacking the game to raise his stats, he wants to have an EPIC RAP BATTLE in the middle of a fight.

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: With such a large cast, it's very easy to just find a team that suits your needs and stick with it to save on cash for gear upgrading, only switching out to meet Ultra Boss conditions. Common contenders are [[GlassCannon Dark Magician Girl]], [[TheRedMage Donald]], [[GameBreaker Axel]], [[MagicKnight Cain]] and [[MagicKnight Kanon]].

** Speaking of status effects... Just like Poison and Burn, Paralysis takes a lot longer to wear off. A good number of enemies, including bosses, aren't totally immune to it. Once they've been paralyzed, you may laugh at them and steamroll them while they're unable to defend themselves. And since the best way to paralyze is to use Dark Magician Girl's Dark Paralysis, you already have one GlassCannon to bring the pain. (Warning however, when a boss [[TurnRed turns red]], he generally cures himself and removes all his negative status effects.)

* GrowingTheBeard: Version 1.1 is playable, but very hard and didn't capitalize on its ideas very well. Version 1.2 softened the difficulty and began building on its promises such as Alignment consequences and character interactions. Version 2 built further on this with more consequences for actions and factors for added replayability. ''Frontier Story'', the short-lived Version 3 and the future Version 4 change some gameplay elements, and add more polished menus and a smoother combat interface.