History YMMV / RaptorCallOfTheShadows

* FandomRivalry: Fans of this game, along with other early or similar Western shmups such as ''VideoGame/{{Tyrian}}'' and ''VideoGame/JetsNGuns'', have a bit of grudge with fans of more arcade-style Japanese-developed shooters. The latter dismisses "euroshmups" as a mess of bad game design and awkward controls, while the former feels that the latter don't really give such games a chance and that arcade shooters are [[ItsHardSoItSucks too unforgiving]]. Both camps are very defensive of their opinions.

* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: The sound of [[FrickingLaserBeams lasers firing]] in this game is the best ever heard in any media. It avert the lame pew-pew sound FX in exchange for an intimidating and roaring sound FX.

* ThatOneLevel: The final level of the last episode named Outer Regions. It takes place on a cool space station that has DemonicSpiders and GoddamnedBats runneth all over the place. The level is hard even on the easiest difficulty setting, and on Elite difficulty, it is [[NintendoHard mercilessly hard]]. And the very FinalBoss at the end may seem like another CoresAndTurretsBoss, except that its weaponry is a deadly amalgamation of aimed flak balls, missiles, plasma, and lasers ready to incinerate your craft. While the latter three can be avoided by staying at the far left or right edge of the screen, those aimed flak balls will give you major trouble as they are hard to avoid (and deal more damage than normal thanks to actually being multiple stacked/clustered together). At this point, you may have already lost a real good number of your Phase Shields, and if you don't have the best weaponry available, you're debris. The Twin Laser and the Auto-Tracking Minigun are highly recommended to be brought in this level because you need to have every edge that you can muster before you can start, and especially since the latter weapon is going to prove very useful in dealing with the FinalBoss, whom the twin laser cannot affect due to being a grounded enemy.

* FandomRivalry: Fans of this game, along with other early or similar Western shmups such as ''VideoGame/{{Tyrian}}'' and ''VideoGame/JetsNGuns'', have a bit of grudge with fans of more arcade-style Japanese-developed shooters. The latter dismisses "euroshmups" as a mess of bad game design and awkward controls, while the former feels that the latter [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch don't really give such games a chance]] and that arcade shooters are [[ItsHardSoItSucks too unforgiving]]. Both camps are very defensive of their opinions.

* FandomRivalry: Fans of this game, along with other early or similar Western shmups such as ''VideoGame/{{Tyrian}}'' and ''VideoGame/JetsNGuns'', have a bit of grudge with fans of more arcade-style Japanese-developed shooters. The latter dismisses "euroshmups" as a mess of bad game design and awkward controls, while the former feels that the latter don't really give such games a chance and that arcade shooters are too unforgiving. Both camps are very defensive of their opinions.

* Fandom Rivalry: Fans of this game, along with other early or similar Western shmups such as ''VideoGame/{{Tyrian}}'' and ''VideoGame/JetsNGuns'', have a bit of grudge with fans of more arcade-style Japanese-developed shooters. The latter dismisses "euroshmups" as a mess of bad game design and awkward controls, while the former feels that the latter don't really give such games a chance and that arcade shooters are too unforgiving. Both camps are very defensive of their opinions.

** Anything that uses {{Wave Motion Gun}}s or plasma cannons on you. Laser weapons will tear off half of a healthbar if they so much as to graze you, while plasma still deals far more damage (about 1/5 of a healthbar, which is a good amount) than normal shots or missiles.

* DemonicSpiders: Anything that uses {{Wave Motion Gun}}s or plasma cannons on you.

* ThatOneLevel: The final level of the last episode named Outer Regions. It takes place on a cool space station that has DemonicSpiders and GoddamnedBats runneth all over the place. The level is hard even on the easiest difficulty setting, and on Elite difficulty, it is [[NintendoHard mercilessly hard]]. And the very FinalBoss at the end may seem like another CoresAndTurretsBoss, except that its weaponry is a deadly amalgamation of aimed flak balls, missiles, plasma, and lasers ready to incinerate your craft. While the latter three can be avoided by staying at the far left or right edge of the screen, those aimed flak balls will give you major trouble as they are hard to avoid (and deal more damage than normal thanks to actually being multiple stacked/clustered together). At this point, you may have already lost a real good number of your Phase Shields, and if you don't have the best weaponry available, you're debris. The Twin Laser and the Auto-Tracking Minigun are highly recommended to be brought in this level because you need to have every edge that you can muster before you can start, and especially since the latter weapon is going to prove very useful in dealing with the FinalBoss.

* [[AwesomeBosses Awesome Boss]]: The FinalBoss in the last level of the second episode named Tango Sector. Unlike the other two Final Bosses (the former is a disappointing AntiClimaxBoss and the latter is a not-so-interesting CoresAndTurretsBoss, even though the latter is still quite deadly if you're not careful), this one is a wedge-shaped capital ship that moves around unleashing a deadly storm of lasers, missiles, and flak balls (aimed and regular) at you to make things difficult. As if that weren't enough, it is also accompanied by two mini-ships that break out from its aft section and flying around at the opposite edges of the screen continuously spewing out a single laser beam at you, making this boss fight very interesting. And after you've defeated all three ships, you're treated to a short cutscene where the boss in its flaming death throes comes crashing down to the forest in a spectacular, almost meteoric explosion.

* AwesomeBoss: The FinalBoss in the last level of the second episode named Tango Sector. Unlike the other two Final Bosses (the former is a disappointing AntiClimaxBoss and the latter is a not-so-interesting CoresAndTurretsBoss, even though the latter is still quite deadly if you're not careful), this one is a wedge-shaped capital ship that moves around unleashing a deadly storm of lasers, missiles, and flak balls (aimed and regular) at you to make things difficult. As if that weren't enough, it is also accompanied by two mini-ships that break out from its aft section and flying around at the opposite edges of the screen continuously spewing out a single laser beam at you, making this boss fight very interesting. And after you've defeated all three ships, you're treated to a short cutscene where the boss in its flaming death throes comes crashing down to the forest in a spectacular, almost meteoric explosion.

* AntiClimaxBoss: The FinalBoss in the last level of the first episode Bravo Sector. You've slugged your way through waves of GoddamnedBats and a few DemonicSpiders only to meet an unusually and disappointingly easy boss at the end. To elaborate, this eggshell-shaped boss only fires missile salvos and a few aimed flak balls at you, and the white guns that what appear to be its plasma cannons don't even fire (presumably due to either a bug or being DummiedOut to not work).
* BestBossEver: The FinalBoss in the last level of the second episode Tango Sector. Unlike the other two Final Bosses (the former is a disappointing AntiClimaxBoss and the latter is a not-so-interesting CoresAndTurretsBoss, even though the latter is still quite deadly if you're not careful), this one is a wedge-shaped capital ship that moves around unleashing a deadly storm of lasers, missiles, and flak balls (aimed and regular) at you to make things difficult. As if that weren't enough, it is also accompanied by two mini-ships that break out from its aft section and flying around at the opposite edges of the screen continuously spewing out a single laser beam at you, making this boss fight very interesting. And after you've defeated all three ships, you're treated to a short cutscene where the boss in its flaming death throes comes crashing down to the forest in a spectacular, almost meteoric explosion.

* ThatOneLevel: The final level of the last episode Outer Regions. It takes place on a cool space station that has DemonicSpiders and GoddamnedBats runneth all over the place. The level is hard even on the easiest difficulty setting, and on Elite difficulty, it is [[NintendoHard mercilessly hard]]. And the very FinalBoss at the end may seem like another CoresAndTurretsBoss, except that its weaponry is a deadly amalgamation of aimed flak balls, missiles, plasma, and lasers ready to incinerate your craft. While the latter three can be avoided by staying at the far left or right edge of the screen, those aimed flak balls will give you major trouble as they are hard to avoid (and deal more damage than normal thanks to actually being multiple stacked/clustered together). At this point, you may have already lost a real good number of your Phase Shields, and if you don't have the best weaponry available, you're debris. The Twin Laser and the Auto-Tracking Minigun are highly recommended to be brought in this level because you need to have every edge that you can muster before you can start, and especially since the latter weapon is going to prove very useful in dealing with the FinalBoss.

* BestBossEver: The FinalBoss in the last level of the second episode Tango Sector. Unlike the other two Final Bosses (the former is a disappointing AntiClimaxBoss and the latter is a not-so-interesting CoresAndTurretsBoss, even though the latter is still quite deadly if you're not careful), this one is a wedge-shaped capital ship that moves around unleashing a deadly storm of lasers, missiles, and flak balls (tracking and regular) at you to make things difficult. As if that weren't enough, it is also accompanied by two mini-ships that break out from its aft section and flying around at the opposite edges of the screen continuously spewing out a single laser beam at you, making this boss fight very interesting. And after you've defeated all three ships, you're treated to a short cutscene where the boss in its flaming death throes comes crashing down to the forest in a spectacular, almost meteoric explosion.

** Air Mine-laying ships leave behind exploding mines in the air that detonate for good damage on you if you contact them. Worse still, the mines can't be destroyed, meaning that you have to destroy the enemy quickly before they fill the screen with air mines.

** Anything that fires aimed flak balls at you, since they avert DenialOfDiagonalAttack while almost all your weapons (and other types of enemy weapons are FixedForwardFacingWeapons. Later on, these are shot out in clusters stacked on top of each other, meaning that they'll actually hurt for a great bit of damage.

* AntiClimaxBoss: The FinalBoss in the last level of the first episode Bravo Sector. You've slugged your way through waves of GoddamnedBats and a few DemonicSpiders only to meet an unusually and disappointingly easy boss at the end. To elaborate, this eggshell-shaped boss only fires missile salvos and a few tracking flak balls at you, and the white guns that what appear to be its plasma cannons don't even fire (presumably due to either a bug or being DummiedOut to not work).

* GoddamnedBats: Anything that fires tracking flak balls at you.

* ThatOneLevel: The final level of the last episode Outer Regions. It takes place on a cool space station that has DemonicSpiders and GoddamnedBats runneth all over the place. The level is hard even on the easiest difficulty setting, and on Elite difficulty, it is [[NintendoHard mercilessly hard]]. And the very FinalBoss at the end may seem like another CoresAndTurretsBoss, except that its weaponry is a deadly amalgamation of tracking flak balls, missiles, plasma, and lasers ready to incinerate your craft. While the latter three can be avoided by staying at the far left or right edge of the screen, those tracking flak balls will give you major trouble as they are hard to avoid. At this point, you may have already lost a real good number of your Phase Shields, and if you don't have the best weaponry available, you're debris. The Twin Laser and the Auto-Tracking Minigun are highly recommended to be brought in this level because you need to have every edge that you can muster before you can start, and especially since the latter weapon is going to prove very useful in dealing with the FinalBoss.

** The tanks with dual plasma cannons in the later levels of the Outer Regions. Their high fire rate and small size make them nearly impossible to destroy if you don't kill them first.

** The Power Disruptor. Yes, [[TheParalyzer it does what you think it can do]], but it only affects AirborneMooks, not all Mooks can be affected, the disabling effect lasts only a couple of seconds, and the firing rate is slow. Plus, it is ridiculously expensive and it is not worth buying when you have three profoundly better weapons that render it obsolete: the Laser Turret, the Deathray, and the Twin Laser.

* PortingDisaster: The Windows port by Mountain King Studios, which [=DotEmu=] picked up and rereleased as ''Raptor: Call of the Shadows 2010 Edition'', is this. The two {{game-breaking bug}}s that are listed on the main page exist in this version only.

** The Power Disruptor. Yes, [[TheParalyzer it does what you think it can do]], but it only affects AirborneMooks, not all Mooks can be affected, the disabling effect lasts only a couple of seconds, and the firing rate is slow. Plus, it is ridiculously expensive and it is not worth buying when you have two profoundly better weapons that render it obsolete: the Deathray and the Twin Laser.

* AntiClimaxBoss: The FinalBoss in the last level of the first episode Bravo Sector. You've slugged your way through waves of GoddamnedBats and a few DemonicSpiders only to meet an unusually and disappointingly easy boss at the end. To elaborate, the boss only fires missile salvos and a few tracking flak balls at you, and the white guns that what appear to be its plasma cannons don't even fire (presumably due to either a bug or being DummiedOut to not work).
* BestBossEver: The FinalBoss in the last level of the second episode Tango Sector. Unlike the other two Final Bosses (the former is a disappointing AntiClimaxBoss and the latter is a not-so-interesting CoresAndTurretsBoss, even though the latter is still quite deadly if you're not careful), this one moves around unleashing a deadly storm of lasers, missiles, and flak balls (tracking and regular) at you to make things difficult. As if that weren't enough, it is also accompanied by two mini-ships that break out from its aft section and flying around at the opposite edges of the screen continuously spewing out a single laser beam at you, making this boss fight very interesting. And after you've defeated all three ships, you're treated to a short cutscene where the boss in its flaming death throes comes crashing down to the forest in a spectacular, almost meteoric explosion.

* BestBossEver: The FinalBoss in the last level of the second episode Tango Sector. Unlike the other two Final Bosses (the former is a disappointing AntiClimaxBoss and the latter is a not-so-interesting CoresAndTurretsBoss, even though the latter is still quite deadly if you're not careful), this one moves around unleashing a deadly storm of lasers, missiles, and flak balls (tracking and regular) to make things difficult. As if that weren't enough, it is also accompanied by two mini-ships that break out from its aft section and flying around at the opposite edges of the screen continuously spewing out a single laser beam, making this boss fight very interesting. And after you've defeated all three ships, you're treated to a short cutscene where the boss in its flaming death throes comes crashing down to the forest in a spectacular, almost meteoric explosion.

* BestBossEver: The FinalBoss in the last level of the second episode Tango Sector. Unlike the other two Final Bosses (the former is a disappointing AntiClimaxBoss and the latter is a not-so-interesting CoresAndTurretsBoss, even though the latter is still quite deadly if you're not careful), this one moves around with a deadly combo of lasers, missiles, and flak balls (tracking and regular) to make things difficult. As if that weren't enough, it is also accompanied by two mini-ships that break out from its aft section and flying around at the opposite edges of the screen continuously spewing out a single laser beam, making this boss fight very interesting. And after you've defeated all three ships, you're treated to a short cutscene where the boss in its flaming death throes comes crashing down to the forest in a spectacular, almost meteoric explosion.

* BestBossEver: The FinalBoss in the last level of the second episode Tango Sector. Unlike the other two Final Bosses (the former is a disappointing AntiClimaxBoss and the latter is a not-so-interesting CoresAndTurretsBoss, even though the latter is still quite deadly if you're not careful), this one moves around with a deadly combo of lasers, missiles, and flak balls (tracking and regular) to make things difficult. As if that weren't enough, it is also accompanied by two mini-ships that break out from its aft section and flying around at the opposite sides continuously spewing out a single laser beam, making this boss fight very interesting. And after you've defeated all three ships, you're treated to a short cutscene where the boss in its flaming death throes comes crashing down to the forest in a spectacular, almost meteoric explosion.

* BestBossEver: The FinalBoss in the last level of the second episode Tango Sector. Unlike the other two Final Bosses (the former is a disappointing AntiClimaxBoss and the latter is a not-so-interesting CoresAndTurretsBoss, even though the latter is still quite deadly if you're not careful), this one moves around with a deadly combo of lasers, missiles, and flak balls (tracking and regular) to make things difficult. As if that weren't enough, it is also accompanied by two mini-ships that break out from its aft section and flying around at the opposite sides continuously spewing out a single laser beam, making this boss fight very interesting. And after you've defeated it, you're treated to a short cutscene where the boss in its flaming death throes comes crashing down to the forest in a spectacular, almost meteoric explosion.

* BestBossEver: The FinalBoss in the last level of the second episode Tango Sector. Unlike the other two Final Bosses (the former is a disappointing AntiClimaxBoss and the latter is a not-so-interesting CoresAndTurretsBoss, even though the latter is still quite deadly if you're not careful), this one moves around with a deadly combo of lasers, missiles, and flak balls (tracking and regular) to make things difficult. As if that weren't enough, it is also accompanied by two mini-ships that spew out a single laser beam, making this boss fight very interesting. And after you've defeated it, you're treated to a short cutscene where the boss in its flaming death throes comes crashing down to the forest in a spectacular, almost meteoric explosion.