YMMV / Violent Storm

• Awesome Music: The whole freaking soundtrack. However, Stage 1 and the first half of Stage 3 stand out as the best tracks.
• Breather Boss: Doyle. Just don't stand in the same lane as him and watch out for his recovery. In his second phase, a bit before he dies, he can fall in a single combo and not attack at all.
• Even Better Sequel: To Vendetta (1991), if you consider Violent Storm to be the third Crime Fighters game.
• Game-Breaker: Your characters have an attack that make them pick up knocked down enemies. Though it does no damage, it's very possible to cheese most bosses by cornering the bosses and picking them up before they can wake up.
• Narm Charm: The music from the first half of Stage 3. It's so cheesy yet it's awesome to hear and that it literally screams early to mid '90s. Same with the music in Stage 5.
• Quirky Work: Despite the game's post-apocalyptic setting and plot, it's pretty much an Affectionate Parody of the Beat 'em Up genre that refuses to take itself seriously.
• Suspiciously Similar Songs: The first stage music sounds like "Shakedown" by Bob Seger. The sixth stage music is a homage to The Beach Boys with a hint of "Shake It Up" by The Cars. The final stage music takes a cue from "Working Day and Night" by Michael Jackson.
• That One Boss:
  • When Sledge says he'll eat you for breakfast, it's not an idle boast. He's extremely annoying, leaping around the screen at will and blocking half of what you throw at him with his wok shield. His speed ensures it will be hard to even land hits at him unless you brought Kyle, and even if you did bring Kyle, he is still faster than you. His flying attacks leave few openings and can hit even if you don't stand in the same line as him.
  • Lord Geld is brutal even by Final Boss standards. He can't be struck by combos, has fearsome grabs, can block many attacks, and is exactly as tough as you would expect someone bringing magic to a fistfight would be ... Especially if that someone bringing magic to the fistfight trained hard and got really buff in the process. He spits acid that limits the player's movement, and his Giga Storm can hit you from everywhere if you don't move fast. He also has a stronger version that makes him invincible and hurts in a large area of effect. Overall, he's the one boss that outpaces the aforementioned Sledge.
• Unintentional Period Piece: This is quite possibly the most '90s beat-em-up ever made, which was more or less the point.

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