History YMMV / TheSecretWorld

* SpiritualAdaptation: If ''TabletopGame/DarkMatter'' was was ever turned into a computer game, it would most likely be like this.

* JumpingTheShark: Secret World: Legends was a remake of the MMO with a lower budget and almost none of the original screenwriters. As a result, the game's lore and story in the Africa zone is horrifyingly stale.

* UncannyValley:
** The intro for a Dragon character has been criticized for running right into this during the blowjob scene, though many still find it effective. (What [[BlatantLies blowjob?]] I just got the [[BetterThanSex best]] [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything foot massage]] [[SexyDiscretionShot of my life!]])
** It's pretty obvious that Tibor and Luminita are both children, but based on their proportions, one could be forgiven for believing they are supposed to be midgets.

* GuideDangIt: The 2016 Samhain event caused a fair bit of consternation from the community for being so opaque. In each of the four main zones (New England, Egypt, Transylvania, and Tokyo), a special mob called a "Rider" will appear under the right circumstances. These circumstances involve a player beginning the summoning and sacrifices being made to them in the form of killing mobs spawned when the Rider approaches. Seems simple enough, right? Except that, unless a certain number of people worship (actually do the /worship emote) at three specific locations in that particular map, the spawn will be unempowered and give worse loot. And then there's the issue of the lore -- in previous Halloween events, the lore's spawned in locations specific to the quests given for the event. This time, it's a random drop from the Riders, seemingly in only the empowered instances. On top of all ''that'', the event can glitch out, especially on Solomon Island, where the objective is to close hell portals, which have a habit of not spawning. And then there's the puzzle elements...

* MagnificentBastard: Daimon Kiyota and John / the Black Signal. [[spoiler:The latter essentially ''tricked you'' into overcoming his greatest fear and helping him truly free himself from Tokyo, and the former turns out to have been in control of the situation the entire time. Small wonder Daimon was promoted to becoming the Voice of the Dragon.]]

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Despite being a MMO, the games soundtrack is really impressive, with two highlights being [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UaFFXfKtBo&t=1s the main theme]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2aHcANs4GE Sleepless Lullaby.]]

* MostAnnoyingSound:
** The citizenry of Harababureşti and their excessive greetings as you walk past. ''Salut!''
** The woman outside the post office in London. That obnoxious laughter.

* CompleteMonster: The Bogeyman is one of the few monsters who has managed to retain his intelligence and lacks any sympathetic traits or backstory. As a human, [[spoiler: Nathaniel Winter]] [[IJustWantToBeSpecial wanted to attain magical power]] and {{immortality}} by any means necessary, and he built Atlantic Island Park as the perfect method of achieving it. Utilizing an ancient artifact, he allowed homicidal rampages, deadly accidents, and disappearances to fuel the park until he harnessed the energy for himself, becoming the Bogeyman. A creature who [[EmotionEater feeds off fear]], the Bogeyman [[WouldHurtAChild preys on children]], abducting and terrifying them to gain the energy before inevitably killing them in the process. In ''The Park'' we see his cruelty firsthand when he uses his dark powers to [[MindRape drive Lorraine, a mother looking for her lost child, insane for two hours straight]], relishing her fear and despair, while twisting her care for her child into hate and rage. Upon the discovery of her son, Callum, the Bogeyman forces her to [[spoiler:stab her son to death]].

* SadlyMythtaken: [[spoiler: Lilith]] boasts of some of her historical aliases: Ishtar, Athena, Juno. But authors failed their mythology course, since these goddesses, while belonging to different cultures, actually were present in other pantheons: Juno was known to Greeks as Hera, while Romans worshipped Athena as Minerva, and Ishtar/Astarte has some links to Aphrodite (Venus to Romans). It could be handwaved by saying that she was very active and played multiple roles, but still it's rather jarring.
** Her hidden name [[spoiler: Ki-sikil-lil-lake]] is regarded as actually unrelated to her in academic circles, though that is still open to discussions IRL. But making a true name with binding power something that can be googled in seconds opens different can of worms.

* ContinuityLockout: ''The Park'' has been played by more than a few people with no knowledge of the rest of this game, to whom the story makes next to no sense and is generally misconstrued as far more metaphorical and MaybeMagicMaybeMundane than it actually is.

* UnfortunateImplications: [[https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2015/11/03/the-scariest-part-of-the-park-is-its-portrayal-of-mental-illness/&refURL=https://www.google.ca/&referrer=https://www.google.ca/ This Forbes article]], and by extension some YouTube commenters watching the playthrough, accuse ''The Park'' of portraying people with mental illness in a negative light as potential child-murdering sociopaths. Of course, most of these critics [[ContinuityLockout don't realize that the supernatural force]] responsible for most of Lorraine's [[RealAfterAll erratic behaviour is real]], though the fact that they [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer appear to have ignored the in-game notes doesn't help.]]
** Some even fail to realize that [[ContinuityLockout ''The Park'' is a spin-off to a main game where many characters are subjected to that same behaviour while under the influence from a supernatural force.]]

* UnfortunateImplications: [[https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2015/11/03/the-scariest-part-of-the-park-is-its-portrayal-of-mental-illness/&refURL=https://www.google.ca/&referrer=https://www.google.ca/ This Forbes article]], and by extension some YouTube commenters watching the playthrough, accuse ''The Park'' of portraying people with mental illness in a negative light as potential child-murdering sociopaths. Of course, most of these critics [[ContinuityLockout don't realize that the supernatural force]] responsible for most of Lorraine's [[RealAllAlong erratic behaviour is real]], though the fact that they [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer appear to have ignored the in-game notes doesn't help.]]

* UnfortunateImplications: [[https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2015/11/03/the-scariest-part-of-the-park-is-its-portrayal-of-mental-illness/&refURL=https://www.google.ca/&referrer=https://www.google.ca/ This Forbes article]], and by extension some YouTube commenters watching the playthrough, accuse ''The Park'' of portraying people with mental illness in a negative light as potential child-murdering sociopaths. Of course, most of these critics [[ContinuityLockout don't realize that the supernatural force]] responsible for most of Lorraine's [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane erratic behaviour is real]], which avid players would recognize, as the game is a spin-off to ''The Secret World'', where the same force is also combated.

* UnfortunateImplications: [[https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2015/11/03/the-scariest-part-of-the-park-is-its-portrayal-of-mental-illness/&refURL=https://www.google.ca/&referrer=https://www.google.ca/ This Forbes article]], and by extension some YouTube commenters watching the playthrough, accuse ''The Park'' of portraying people with mental illness in a negative light as potential child-murdering sociopaths. Of course, most of these critics [[CriticalResearchFailure fail to remember that there is a supernatural force responsible]] for most of Lorraine's erratic behaviour, which [[HypocriticalFandom avid players would immediately pick up on if they remembered that the game is a spin-off to ''The Secret World'',]] where such supernatural elements would be commonplace.

* UnfortunateImplications: [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/mitsubishiheavyindustries/2018/07/13/investment-attitudes-are-changing-to-create-a-more-sustainable-world/#57a2fb165850 A Forbes article]], and by extension some YouTube commenters watching the playthrough, accuse ''The Park'' of portraying people with mental illness in a negative light as potential child-murdering sociopaths. Of course, most of these critics [[CriticalResearchFailure fail to remember that there is a supernatural force responsible]] for most of Lorraine's erratic behaviour, which [[HypocriticalFandom avid players would immediately pick up on if they remembered that the game is a spin-off to ''The Secret World'',]] where such supernatural elements would be commonplace.

* UnfortunateImplications: A Forbes article, and by extension some YouTube commenters watching the playthrough, accuse ''The Park'' of portraying people with mental illness in a negative light as potential child-murdering sociopaths. Of course, most of these critics [[CriticalResearchFailure fail to remember that there is a supernatural force responsible]] for most of Lorraine's erratic behaviour, which [[HypocriticalFandom avid players would immediately pick up on if they remembered that the game is a spin-off to ''The Secret World'',]] where such supernatural elements would be commonplace.

* UnfortunateImplications: A Forbes article, and by extension some YouTube commenters watching the playthrough, accuse ''The Park'' for portraying people with mental illness in a negative light as potential child-murdering sociopaths. Of course, most of these critics [[CriticalResearchFailure fail to remember that there is a supernatural force responsible]] for most of Lorraine's erratic behaviour, which [[HypocriticalFandom avid players would immediately pick up on if they remember that the game is a spin-off to ''The Secret World'',]] where supernatural elements would be commonplace.

* UncannyValley: The intro for a Dragon character has been criticized for running right into this during the blowjob scene, though many still find it effective.
** What [[BlatantLies blowjob?]] I just got the [[BetterThanSex best]] [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything foot massage]] [[SexyDiscretionShot of my life!]]

** "The Vanishing of Tyler Freeborn." It turns out that [[spoiler: the Fog is an airborne strain of the Filth; anybody who breathed it in is infected- meaning that the entire surviving population of Solomon Island is effectively doomed, and nothing you do to help them will change that. Just to drive the point home, the same mission also forces you to fight and kill Filth-Infected replicas of Helen Bannerman, Deputy Andy (including pet kittens), Scrapyard Edgar, Headmaster Montag... and all of them carry on reciting lines appropriate to their characters as they try to kill you.]]

* SoBadItsGood: Some of the voice acting can be this, in particular Dr.Klein has one of the poorest sounding "German" accents you will ever hear, but the voice-actor is clearly [[LargeHam having fun with it]]. You simply need to hear it to understand, for there are no vords, NO VORDS!
** Additionally Nassir's accent shifts so much it is hard to tell where he/his family are supposed to be from, Egyptian, Russian, American, Italian, but being overblown and nonsensical is sort of Nassir's thing, so it all sort of washes together despite performance intent.