History YMMV / Ultrakill

** The final boss of ACT I, Gabriel, is no slouch himself, with a variety of brutal attacks, including a light spear you can [[HoistByHisOwnPetard parry right into his face for a good chunk of his health]]. Combine that with his [[BossBanter relentless taunting]] and brutal difficulty and beating him becomes ''incredibly'' satisfying, especially with his [[spoiler: PercisionFStrike punctuating the whole thing. That's right, you drove a loyal servant of God to ''cuss you out'' with a shameful, whining tone, and it's every bit as awesome as it sounds.]]
** The first boss of [[spoiler: the Prime Sanctums, Minos Prime. A LargeHam to beat out Gabriel? Check.]] Absolutely NintendoHard? Check. Ridiculously good BossRemix? Check. Original and badass design with awesome moves? God save us all it's a check! Going through [[spoiler: P-ranking every single level available at its release is worth it for a chance to fight him. The fact that he fights you for [[HeroAntagonist heroic reasons]] is an icing on the awesome cake.]]

** Thanks to V1's CyberCyclops design, fans compare them to a [=GoPro=] camera, and one of V1's {{Fan Nickname}}s is ([[PrecisionFStrike Fucking]]) [=GoPro=].

** The first boss of [[spoiler: the Prime Sanctums, Minos Prime. A LargeHam to beat out Gabriel? Check.]] Absolutely NintendoHard? Check. Ridiculously good BossRemix? Check. Original and badass design with awesome moves? God save us all it's a check! Going through [[spoiler: P-ranking every single level avaiable at its release is worth it for a chance to fight him.]]

* MemeticLoser: Gabriel, the final boss of Act 1, has been continuously degraded and (lovingly) insulted by the game's fans. A frequent pastime of the community is finding increasingly more humiliating ways to defeat the angel, culminating in such challenge runs as beating him ''blindfolded'' or ''without movement keys''.

* SurpriseCreepy: Level 0-S, Something Wicked. [[spoiler: The level drops the game's normal fast-paced StylishAction for a [[BlackoutBasement pitch-black]] labyrinth devoid of any music and full of terrifying, spindly, OneHitKill monsters]].
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Castle Vein" sounds a lot like something out of ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}'', then again considering the name of the track it's definitely intentional.

* MoodWhiplash: [[spoiler: Level 0-S is normally pretty damn creepy, but if you're able to get a good look at the monster, its walk cycle is goofy as all hell.]]

* ThatOneAttack: Multiple bosses have the ability to summon a large dark orb that, when touched by V1, will [[HPToOne reduce their health to 1]] (unless they're at 10 HP or less, in which case it kills them) ''and'' block them from healing off enemies. While the attack can be a nuisance in the Corpse of King Minos fight, it's especially troublesome in the [[spoiler: Fleshy Prison]] fight, which has a ''lot'' more stuff to focus on, often leading to situations where you accidentally run into the orb and cripple yourself.

* ThatOneAttack: Multiple bosses have the ability to summon a large dark orb that, when touched by V1, will [[HPToOne reduce their health to 1]] (unless they're at 10 HP or less, in which case it kills them) ''and'' block them from healing off enemies. While the attack can be a nuisance in the Corpse of King Minos fight, it's especially troublesome in [[spoiler: the Fleshy Prison fight, which has a ''lot'' more stuff to focus on, often leading to situations where you accidentally run into the orb and cripple yourself.]]
** [[spoiler: Two of Minos Prime's attacks stand out in particular. The first is his "Judgement" attack, in which he teleports towards V1 and delivers a kick that triggers a massive explosion. While the attack is well-telegraphed, the only way to avoid it is to counter it with a ''very'' precise parry (which most often requires you to be on the ground and standing still), and doing so still allows Minos to pull off another attack at point-blank, which includes his ground slam attack. The other nasty attack is the ludicrously fast homing projectiles he fires, which require a parry or very careful movement to dodge, and are spammed much more in the second half of the fight.]]

* BestBossEver: Swordsmachine definitely qualifies, being a rather aggressive opponent wielding a sword and a shotgun, the latter of which you can claim for yourself after beating him for the first time... or by [[spoiler: defeating another Swordsmachine with both phases in the same room, while contending with a much smaller but more vertical room]], which nets you the shotgun before you face him even once.
** Cerberus is also pretty fun and lives up to its title of "Guardian of Hell" fairly competently. And in a move reminiscent of [[VideoGame/DarkSouls Dark Souls]], once you knock the first one to half health, the second one gets up and joins the fight. You'll have to ''earn'' your way into Hell.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: The way V1 puts down a book they've picked up? Chucking it away.

** [[spoiler:Using a blue skull on the headless body in 1-4. It does nothing, but V1 decides to call it Hank]].

* {{Moe}}: For some reason, many players find V1 to be cute as all hell.

** [[spoiler:Using a blue skull on the headless body in 1-4]].

* DemonicSpiders: Mindflayers show up at the middle of Act 2-3 and become an annoyance for the rest of the game. They're able to teleport around, fire unparryable projectiles that deal a ton of damage, and strike at you with powerful melee swipes. No range is safe for fighting them, and their high mobility and damage means that striking at them with the shotgun to recover health is often extremely risky. While every enemy has weakpoints, Mindflayers weakpoints are extremely tough to hit thanks to their fast movement, meaning consistently hurting them is difficult. It's telling that most experienced players say to burst them down with the railgun and the nailgun before they even get a chance to really get going.

-->'''Gabriel''': [[ShoutOut You make even the devil cry]]!

* SelfFanservice: The protagonist, V1, has gotten some... [[Rule34 Interesting]] fan art, despite being a sexless KillerRobot who is only ever seen from a first-person perspective in-game.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Castle Vein" sounds a lot like something out of ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}''.

** The final boss of ACT I, Gabriel, is no slouch himself, with a variety of brutal attacks, including a light spear you can [[HoistByHisOwnPetard parry right into his face for a good chunk of his health]]. Combine that with his [[BossBanter relentless taunting]] and brutal difficulty and beating him becomes ''incredibly'' satisfying.

* AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9EqU9y69vU The Cyber Grind]], an intense track that serves as the perfect music for the game's frantic [[EndlessGame endless mode]].

** The final boss of ACT I, Gabriel, is no slouch himself, with a variety of brutal attacks, including a light spear you can [[HoistByHisOwnPetard parry right into his face for a good chunk of his health]]. Combine that with his relentless taunting, and him being utterly brutal(with him taking this troper ''28 total attempts'') and beating him becomes INCREDIBLY satisfying.
* FunnyMoments: The way V1 puts down a book they've picked up? Chucking it away.

-->'''Gabriel''': You make even the devil cry!

* SurpriseCreepy: Level 0-S, Something Wicked This Way Comes. [[spoiler: The level drops the game's normal fast-paced StylishAction for a [[BlackoutBasement pitch-black]] labyrinth devoid of any music and full of terrifying, spindly, OneHitKill monsters]].

* NightmareFuel: Level 0-S, Something Wicked This Way Comes. [[spoiler: The level drops the game's normal fast-paced StylishAction for a [[BlackoutBasement pitch-black]] labyrinth devoid of any music and full of terrifying, spindly, OneHitKill monsters]].

* NightmareFuel: Level 0-S, Something Wicked This Way Comes. [[spoiler: The level drops the game's normal fast-paced StylishAction for a [[BlackoutBasement pitch-black]] labyrinth devoid of any music and full of nearly-invisible OneHitKill monsters]].

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* SelfFanservice: The protagonist, V1, has gotten some... [[Rule34 Interesting]] fan art, despite being a sexless KillerRobot who is only ever seen from a first-person perspective in-game.

* SelfFanservice: The protagonist, V1, has gotten some... [[Rule34 Interesting]] fan art, despite being a sexless KillerRobot who is only ever seen from a first-person perspective in-game.

* SelfFanservice: The protagonist, V1, has gotten some... [[Rule34 Interesting]] fan art.