History YMMV / UnderDefeat

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: This being a ShootEmUp, of course you'll find some examples of tracks to kick butt too. Take your pick between the original soundtrack by Creator/ShinjiHosoe, the arrange soundtracks which take the original tracks and give them new sections, or the New Order soundtrack by Yousuke Yasui.

* MemeticMutation: Cone trees.[[labelnote:Explanation]]From a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6oOaHdSmzc joke review of the game]] complaining about the lack of detail on the game's graphics.[[/labelnote]]

* MemeticMutation: Cone trees.[[labelnote:Explanation]]From a joke review of the game complaining about the lack of detail on the game's graphics.[[/labelnote]]

* AwesomeMusic: This being a ShootEmUp, of course you'll find some examples of tracks to kick butt too. Take your pick between the original soundtrack by Creator/ShinjiHosoe, the arrange soundtracks which take the original tracks and give them new sections, or the New Order soundtrack by Yousuke Yasui.

** Some players are turned off by the game giving out multipliers for having less lives than the starting number at the end of a particular stage, explaining that this [[ViolationOfCommonSense encourages suiciding twice at the beginning of stage 1-1]]. However, this is often countered by pointing out that the bonuses obtained from doing so are a very small fraction of the player's score and only matter in a world-record attempt.

** Some players are turned off by the game giving out multipliers for having less lives than the starting number at the end of a particular stage, explaining that this encourages suiciding twice at the beginning of stage 1-1. However, this is often countered by pointing out that the bonuses obtained from doing so are a very small fraction of the player's score.

** The HD ports. While many praise the New Order mode, a major point of contention is that the Arcade mode is not {{arcade perfect|Port}}: The FinalBoss has a lot of slowdown and there are differences in enemy patterns; while not particularly significant to those who have not played the non-HD versions, those who have may find [[DamnYouMuscleMemory muscle memory screwing them over]].

* AwesomeMusic: This being a ShootEmUp, of course you'll find some examples of tracks to kick butt too. Take your pick between the original soundtrack by Main/ShinjiHosoe, the arrange soundtracks which take the original tracks and give them new sections, or the New Order soundtrack by Yousuke Yasui.

* TearJerker: Stage 1-5 and 2-5, the final stages of their respective loops, [[spoiler:feature a war-torn city with the stage starting off with [[SilenceIsGolden no sound effects]] and an initially-somber track (whether you're using the Shinji Hosoe soundtrack or the Yousuke Yasui one), almost as if the game is highlighting the [[WarIsHell consequences of war]].]] Even in the overseas releases, which water down plot details, it's still a very sobering experience to see 1-5 for the first time.

* MemeticMutation: Cone trees.[[labelnote:Explanation]]From a joke review of the game complaining about the lack of detail on the game's graphics.[[/labelnote]]

* The HD ports. While many praise the New Order mode, a major point of contention is that the Arcade mode is not {{arcade perfect|Port}}: The FinalBoss has a lot of slowdown and there are differences in enemy patterns; while not particularly significant to those who have not played the non-HD versions, those who have may find [[DamnYouMuscleMemory muscle memory screwing them over]].

* BrokenBase: Some players are turned off by the game giving out multipliers for having less lives than the starting number at the end of a particular stage, explaining that this encourages suiciding twice at the beginning of stage 1-1. However, this is often countered by pointing out that the bonuses obtained from doing so are a very small fraction of the player's score.