History Main / IdiosyncraticComboLevels

* ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' awards you bonus points for the number enemies you kill in a combo. As Sonic/Shadow, this means number of enemies you kill without touching the ground. As Tails/Eggman, this means number of enemies you kill with one round of seeker shots. The number of bonus points you get increases as you kill more enemies, with each combo being complemented by a ranking. They range from Good to Tight, Radical, Jammin', Perfect, etc. Most of them are meant to keep with the "'tude" that Sonic has.

** Its most widely known uses today are in TheBeautifulGame and UsefulNotes/IceHockey, when a player scores three times in a game. Ice hockey takes it a bit more literal than usual - if a player scores a hat trick, fans traditionally throw their hats onto the ice after his third goal.

** Examples from ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', in order: "Yes", "Cool", "Good", "Great", "[[SurferDude Dude!]]", "Sweet", "Awesome", "Wonderful", "VideoGame/{{Viewtiful|Joe}}", "Excellent", "[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Stylish]]", "Franchise/{{Fantastic|Four}}", "[[Franchise/{{Spider-Man}} Amazing]]" "[[TheIncredibleHulk Incredible]]", "[[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Mighty]]", "Marvelous", "[[Franchise/{{X-Men}} Uncanny]]", "[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Crazy]]", "ComicBook/{{Galact|us}}ic" and (whew!) "[[TheJuggernaut Unstoppable]]".

** Examples from ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', in order: "Yes", "Cool", "Good", "Great", "[[SurferDude Dude!]]", "Sweet", "Awesome", "Wonderful", "VideoGame/{{Viewtiful|Joe}}", "Excellent", "[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Stylish]]", "Franchise/{{Fantastic|Four}}", "[[Franchise/{{Spider-Man}} Amazing]]" "[[TheIncredibleHulk Incredible]]", "[[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Mighty]]", "Marvelous", "[[Franchise/{{X-Men}} Uncanny]]", "[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Crazy]]", "{{Galact|us}}ic" and (whew!) "[[TheJuggernaut Unstoppable]]".

* The ''{{Capcom Vs|Whatever}}.'' games. Normal names are used for small combos, such as "Yes, Good, Great". Higher combos and more recent terms up the ante with words like "Wonderful, VideoGame/{{Viewtiful|Joe}}, Galactic, Cosmic, etc." Often, at least one combo level is named for the company Capcom is picking fights with (such as {{Creator/Marvel|Comics}}ous or ''"Creator/{{Tatsun|okoProduction}}[[PerfectlyCromulentWord ical]]"'').

* Combos in the ''BitTrip'' series are rewarded thus:

* ''ClayFighter 63 1/3'' parodies this with labels like "lame", "cheesy", and "little girlie" for small combos. Bigger ones get labels like "king size", "triple brown betty", "ludicrous" and "insane".
* ''PuzzlePirates'' has, in order, Double! Triple! Bingo! Donkey! Vegas! Vegas^2! Vegas^3! etc.

* In the ''MarioAndLuigi'' series, there's 'OK', 'Good', 'Great' and 'Excellent' depending on how well you perform your TimedHits on the offense, particularly for Bros Attacks.
* In ''PaperMario'' and its sequels, how well you fulfill action commands gives you a rank which goes from Nice to Good, Great, Excellent and Wonderful. There are also Stylish moves, but the only rank for them is Stylish.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosCrusade'': Like the CapcomVsWhatever fighting games, one level references the game itself and one level references the series. In order: Nice, Good, Very Good, Great, Excellent, Super, Awesome, Amazing, Beautiful, Crazy, Fantastic, Outstanding, Manly, Incredible, Monster, Unstoppable, Legendary, Godlike, Crusader, Smashing. Combos can go up to 99, but the Smashing level is used for all combos larger than 22.

* ''VideoGame/SonicColors'' awards you bonus points when the QuickTimeEvent (more like [[ButtonMashing mash the 'A' button]]) is done properly. "Good! Great! Awesome! OUTSTANDING! '''AMAZING!'''"

* In the ''Mario & Luigi'' series, there's 'OK', 'Good', 'Great' and 'Excellent' depending on how well you perform your TimedHits on the offense, particularly for Bros Attacks.

** Examples from ''MarvelVsCapcom3'', in order: "Yes", "Cool", "Good", "Great", "[[SurferDude Dude!]]", "Sweet", "Awesome", "Wonderful", "VideoGame/{{Viewtiful|Joe}}", "Excellent", "[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Stylish]]", "Franchise/{{Fantastic|Four}}", "[[Franchise/{{Spider-Man}} Amazing]]" "[[TheIncredibleHulk Incredible]]", "[[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Mighty]]", "Marvelous", "[[Franchise/{{X-Men}} Uncanny]]", "[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Crazy]]", "{{Galact|us}}ic" and (whew!) "[[TheJuggernaut Unstoppable]]".

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' series:
** The Style Point system is alphabetical. Towards the end, it goes 'Beautiful!' 'Amazing!' 'STYLISH!', all the way up to [="SSSweet!"=] The exact words change between games.
** ''Devil May Cry'' has "Dull", "Cool!", "Bravo!", " Absolute!" and "Stylish!"
** ''Devil May Cry 2'' has "Don't worry", "Come on!", "Bingo!", "Are you ready?" and "Showtime!!"
** ''Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening'' takes it further with "Dope!", "Crazy!", "Blast!", "Alright!", "Sweet!", [="SShowtime!!"=] and [="SSStylish!!!"=]
** ''Devil May Cry 4'' has "Deadly!", "Carnage!", "Brutal!", "Atomic!", "Smokin'!", "Smokin' Style!" and "Smokin' Sick Style!"
** ''VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry'' has "Dirty!", "Cruel!", "Brutal!", "Anarchic!", "Savage!", "S[=S=]adistic!!", and "SS[=S=]ensational!!!".

* ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' has at least 250 exclamations, with the exclamation changing depending on the number of hits. Notable ones include "[[JailBaitWait Barely Legal]]" (18 hits), "[[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Meaningful]]" (42 hits), "[[Film/BillAndTed Dude]]" (69 hits) and "[[VideoGame/KillerInstinct Ultra]]" (80 hits). The list goes all the way to 999 hits, at which point it says "You Can Stop Now".

* The ''{{Halo}}'' games have ratings for killing sprees achieved in a set amount of time. 2 is Double Kill, 3 is Triple Kill, 4 is Overkill, 5 is Killtacular, 6 is Killtrocity, 7 is Killimanjaro, 8 is Killtastrophe, 9 is Killapocalypse, and 10 is Killionaire.

* In the ''Mario & Luigi'' series, there's 'OK', 'Good', 'Great' and 'Excellent' depending on how well you perform your Bros. Attacks.

* ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead: OVERKILL'' ranks your KillStreak this way. The lowest is "Extreme Violence", followed by "Hardcore Violence", "Ultra Violence", "Psychotic!" and finally "GOREGASM!" These milestones are indicated with tokens next to the combo counter, but GOREGASM replaces them with a waving [[{{Eagleland}} American flag]].

* In ''ParappaTheRapper'', your ratings ranged from "Awful", "Bad", "Good", and "Cool". You needed your rating to stay in the range of Good in order to clear a level while playing the level on a rating of Bad or Awful would reflect in the change of the background and music. Getting to Cool rating had the rap master step aside and the background would change as well while you free style.

** The combo ranking goes from Good to Excellent to Awesome to Spectacular to Extraordinary.

* ''VideoGame/Dota2'' borrows Unreal Tournament's labels. Getting multiple kills without dying results in "killing spree", "dominating", "mega kill", "monster kill", "godlike", and finally "[Player] is BEYOND GODLIKE! Someone kill them!" Getting multiple kills in quick succession results in a double kill, triple kill, and ultra kill for 2, 3, or 4 respectively, and one player killing the entire enemy team will get a "RAMPAGE!"

* Tennis has a rather unusual scoring system; Zero is called "Love", the first point is 15, the second 30 and the third, 40. A score of 30-30 is called deuce.

* ''VideoGame/TheyBleedPixels'' incorporates vocabulary Creator/{{HP Lovecraft}} fans should be familiar with. "Euclidean!", "Fetid!", "Noisome!", and "Eldritch!" among others are included.

* ''{{Bejeweled}}'':

* ''KamenRider Battle: Ganbaride'' has this for the finishing blow; you have to hit the button at the right moment to maximize the effectiveness of the attack, and it will, depending on the attack, start with "good!" then continue with "excellent!", "marvelous!", "fantastic!", and finally "Ganbaride!".

* ''XMenNextDimension'' and some other ''X-Men'' games have half of the combo levels include the letter "X": eXact, eXciting, eXtc...

* ''PuzzlePirates'' has combo levels like "Donkey" and "Vegas"