History YMMV / Zeliard

* NightmareFuel:
** Jashiin's face in the introduction - a big grin full of sharp teeth, hidden in the shadows. Notable in that he looks nothing like that when you finally fight him.
** Vista, the fifth boss. The entire fifth level is pretty much a ZombieApocalypse, but nothing could prepare this troper for that... gaping mouth... giant eyeball... [[BuffySpeak thing.]]

* UnintentionallyUnwinnable: Selling the Knight's Sword before you defeat Vista, and selling the Enchantment Sword ever, will make the game unwinnable. And as those are the strongest swords available at the time, selling them qualifies as insanity. There is also a GameBreakingBug if you use a Kioku Feather after defeating a boss (other than Alguien, who respawns) but before claiming its Tear of Esmesanti (which, again, you'd be insane to do).

* UnwinnableByInsanity: Selling the Knight's Sword before you defeat Vista, and selling the Enchantment Sword ever, will make the game unwinnable. And as those are the strongest swords available at the time, selling them qualifies as insanity. There is also a GameBreakingBug if you use a Kioku Feather after defeating a boss (other than Alguien, who respawns) but before claiming its Tear of Esmesanti (which, again, you'd be insane to do).

* ScrappyMechanic: In this game, you do gain XP and but need level-up manually by visiting the local sage who'll either you need to grind so more or you've gained a level. This can be frustrating because there's no indicator whatsoever telling how much XP you currently have or how much more XP you need to level up.

* NightmareFuel: Jashiin's face in the introduction - a big grin full of sharp teeth, hidden in the shadows. Notable in that he looks nothing like that when you finally fight him.

* ThatOneBoss: The dragon of the volcano world is quite accurate with its fiery BreathWeapon.

* ThatOneLevel: In Stage 7, there's a [[ConvectionSchmonvection fire cave]] called Correr. You need to find the exit, not an easy task since the scenery and doors all look the same (except for the differently colored symbols above the doors). It's also filled with one-way invisible walls, meaning that if you cross one you can't get back the way you came. On top of that, it has whirlpools. Get caught in one of these and you'll get carried somewhere else in the level. Did we mention wolves constantly respawn and try to ram you?

* UnwinnableByInsanity: Selling the Knight's Sword before you defeat Vista, and selling the Enchantment Sword ever, will make the game unwinnable. And as those are the strongest swords available at the time, selling them qualifies as insanity. There is also a GameBreakingBug if you use a Kioku Feather after defeating a boss (other than Alguien, who respawns) but before claiming its Tear of Esmesanti (which, again, you'd be insane to do).

* ThatOneLevel: In Stage 7, there's a [[ConvectionSchmonvection fire cave]] called Correr. You need to find the exit, not an easy task since the scenery and doors all look the same. It's also filled with one-way invisible walls, meaning that if you cross one you can't get back the way you came. On top of that, it has whirlpools. Get caught in one of these and you'll get carried somewhere else in the level. Did we mention wolves constantly respawn and try to ram you?
** The fifth and final worlds contain [[GuideDangIt fake walls that you are supposed to run or jump through.]]

** The final world contains [[GuideDangIt fake walls that you are supposed to run or jump through.]]