History VideoGame / AHatInTime

* GameOverMan: Snatcher will occasionally laugh at/taunt Hat Kid if, no, [[NintendoHard when]] she dies in Death Wish.

* {{Nerf}}: Several of the Death Wish challenges were made easier in later patches, probably due to their [[NintendoHard ridiculous level of difficulty.]] For example, "Bird Sanctuary" initially made it so any bird being killed instantly results in a death for the player. This was later changed so a bird death just results in taking one point of damage, with the OneHitPointWonder run being relegated to a bonus objective (previously a TimedMission).

* NintendoHard: While the regular game is easy enough for the most part, the Death Wish missions fall squarely into this.

--> ''"Did you know you can unlock a "Luigi" by completing every [[NintendoHard Death Wish]] on the first attempt? I don't even know what that is, but that has to be genuine. I read it online!"''

''A Hat in Time'' is a SpiritualSuccessor and GenreThrowback to the [[CollectAThonPlatformer Collect-a-Thon Platformers]] of UsefulNotes/TheFifthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames, including ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'', ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'', and ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', though with a brightly colored cel-shaded visual style reminiscent of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''.

The second major DLC pack released on May 10th 2019, containing chapter 7, Nyakuza Metro, as well as an Online Party mode in which up to 50 players can collect Time Pieces together. It also adds in a community-made Death Wish Level, a community made Time Rift level, more dyes, badges, and hat reskins from the Steam Workshop, as well as stickers to find and collect in the games' various worlds. On March 22nd, 2021, it was [[https://twitter.com/hatintime/status/1374012996939177987 announced]] that Sony and Xbox would be getting the DLC on the following March 31st, for both the remaining [[UsefulNotes/TheEighthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames eighth-generation]] consoles and [[UsefulNotes/TheNinthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames ninth-generation]] ones.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: As a result of a bug, one rift token inside a giant crate in [[spoiler:Mustache Girl's Castle]] can be permanently lost for good if it ends up falling into the lava below. This can put a detriment to people who are looking for all of these tokens to get prizes from the rift slot machine, and was such a large issue that the token itself had to be removed from the PC version. It's still present in the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne versions though.

** ''Seal the Deal'' adds two items that intentionally invoke the old-school style when worn. The Virtual Kid costume gives Hat Kid a low-polygonal appearance reminiscent of early character models of both UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 and UsefulNotes/PlayStation 1 games, while the Nostalgia Badge closely emulates the fifth generation experience by desaturating textures, making the level geometry more blocky, reducing the camera resolution, and even changing the aspect ratio from widescreen to classic 4:3.
** ''Nyakuza Metro'' adds the Retro badge, and the [=REDtro=] VR badge. The former gives the game a pale green and black color scheme much like the original UsefulNotes/GameBoy does, while the latter gives the game a red and black color scheme akin to the Platform/VirtualBoy.

** ''Nyakuza Metro'' adds the Retro badge, and the [=REDtro=] VR badge. The former gives the game a pale green and black color scheme much like the original UsefulNotes/GameBoy does, while the latter gives the game a red and black color scheme akin to the UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy.

The game was released in October 5, 2017 for PC, [[UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh Mac]], and was released on December 5, 2017 for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne. A port for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch was also released on October 18th, 2019.

* AmbiguousSyntax: One of the silly C.A.W. phishing questions in "Murder on the Owl Express: is "what is your uncle's sister's name?", and this "uncle's sister' is then played as a character and murder suspect very clearly represented by a simple wooden standee. The joke behind the phishing question is the fact that someone's uncle's sister could be one of two things--their mother or their aunt, meaning the prompt of "uncle's sister's name" is too vague to expect someone to answer correctly to begin with, and is a totally unnecessary way to refer to someone at all. That said, if you avoid this C.A.W. agent -- thereby missing his question -- the game defaults to calling her "Auntie".

* AmbiguousSyntax: One of the silly C.A.W. phishing questions in "Murder on the Owl Express: is "what is your uncle's sister's name?", and this "uncle's sister' is then played as a character and murder suspect very clearly represented by a simple wooden standee. The joke behind the phishing question is the fact that someone's uncle's sister could be one of two things--their mother or their aunt, meaning the prompt of "uncle's sister's name" is too vague to expect someone to answer correctly to begin with, and is a totally unnecessary way to refer to someone at all.

* SurprisinglyCreepyMoment: Queen Vanessa's Manor is far more twisted than one might expect from, well, the entire rest of the game, playing more like a straight-up horror game and lacking the game's typical humor.

** The Dweller's Mask allows Hat Kid to see the world as a Dweller, which can make certain platforms and walls appear or disappear.

** In the first room of Dead Bird Studios, you can see trophy shelves for opposing shelves. The Conductor's are nearly all gold with one silver, while DJ Grooves' is the opposite. [[spoiler:The boss' motivation for keeping the Time Pieces is either that one loss for the Conductor, or those many losses for Grooves.]]

** With the exception of [[BlackAndGrayMorality Vanessa and The Purple Flowers]], pretty much all of Hat Kid’s conflicts are this, as well. Hat Kid is a selfish AntiHero who will help anyone regardless of morality if it means she gets a Time Piece, but she has a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold heart]]. The people she deals with have just as many good and bad traits: The Mafia are men looking for peace but bully others to gain it, The Conductor and [=DJ=] Grooves are actually nice guys when they aren’t trying to kill for this world’s equivalent of an Oscar, The Snatcher is a spirit broken by the tragedy of his death and lost his moral agency, Mustache Girl is a WellIntentionedExtremist who takes things too far but ''does'' mean well. Even ''[[KnightOfCerebus The Empress]]'' isn't entirely wrong; as ruthless as she is, she grows a fondness for Hat Kid and it's the latter who betrays her trust. Even then, The Empress doesn't dodge responsibility and takes blame for putting so much faith in a girl she just met (even if she still plans on killing her).
* GrimyWater: The thick, purple water covered with screaming faces in Subcon Forest is a variant: rather than damaging you directly, stepping on it will cause hands to rise out and attempt to pull you down, progressively restricting your movement until they succeed or you return to dry land.

* VileVillainSaccharineShow:
** Queen Vanessa is a case primarily for being played-straight horror. She appears in Subcon Forest's fourth act and is a psychotic old spirit stalking her manor who will pursue Hat Kid, is completely invincible, will freeze Hat Kid to add to her collection the second she makes contact, adds scary effects to the visuals and sound when she's close, and calls out to Hat Kid with threats and false attempts to coax her out. As a monster, she's played seriously as a horrific threat, even taking a victim in passing during the events of the act, and there is absolutely nothing funny or charming about her. [[spoiler:She's also responsible for the state of the forest. She thought her prince was unfaithful to her due to a misunderstanding, and while she was already unhinged, this incident corrupted her into the monster she is now. She threw her prince into chains in the basement, with him eventually becoming the Snatcher, who rules over the place now with his contracts. Even though he's the main villain of the chapter, all of the other spirits are very eager to ''leave Vanessa and her house'' '''''alone'''''.]]
** The Empress in Nyakuza Metro, who lacks any of the humorous and quirky characteristics that the other Chapter villains in the game have, is completely serious and sinister the whole way through, a BadBoss and has a NonStandardCharacterDesign compared to the rest of the game. She's even responsible for the only completely on-screen murder.
* UniqueEnemy: The Shock Squids, of which only 2 appear at the end of the third chapter's purple Time Rift. Arctic Cruise adds a few more on the dock in its first act and in the Deep Sea Time Rift.

* OneHitKill: