YMMV / Lester the Unlikely

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• Demonic Spiders: Plenty. The bats in the third level, who swarm Lester and stay out of his attack range while draining his health.
• Goddamned Bats: The actual bat enemies blur the line with Demonic Spider territory (above). On a less lethal note we have the seagulls who don't do any damage, but annoyingly pick you up and carry you back through the level.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Far Cry 3 would later use the "everyman trapped on an island where he takes a level in badass" plot, only it became a massive hit.
• Memetic Loser: The protagonist gets this for running in fear from sea turtles alone. While he does get better as the game progresses and fights off threats that would terrify normal people such as giant spiders and pirates, players usually never get that far and will always view him as a stereotypical, easily frightened nerd. Even some of those who did make it or at least know about his Character Development view him this way too (it perhaps doesn't help that you're stuck playing as the ineffectual, cowardly nerd version of Lester for more than half the game).
• Memetic Mutation: Ideas of how sequels would turn out. Started by The Angry Video Game Nerd in his review of the game and going from there.
• Nintendo Hard: This game plays a lot like Prince of Persia, but with stiffer controls.
• Slow-Paced Beginning: It's the story of a nerd and his journey to discover his inner strength and self-confidence, which later manifests as outer strength and the ability to kick ass. Most people never figure this out, because you spend 12 of the game's 21 levels playing just as a nerd.

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