History YMMV / AlterAILA

** [[spoiler:The ending]] doesn't pull any punches either. It contains no less than [[spoiler:''three'' (nearly four)]] {{Heroic Sacrifices}} in quick succession, and [[spoiler:Scott]]'s is absolutely heartbreaking.

** Devices, special items that had passive effects such as increasing experience gain, were so gamebreaking that Neok actually made them DummiedOut! [[spoiler:You can gain them anyway by defeating the final BonusBoss, however.]]

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** GameBreaker: On the Independent route, at the vending machines before your first fight with the Imperials, grab all the Acid Bombs you can. You ''will'' win every boss fight afterwards.

* GameBreaker: On the Independent route, at the vending machines before your first fight with the Imperials, grab all the Acid Bombs you can. You ''will'' win every boss fight afterwards.
** Black's "Mind Blast" skill, too. Just buy a few Sanitizers and watch everything in your path be obliterated.

* TierInducedScrappy: Many people hate Indigo because she is by far the weakest character, in addition to being a BrattyHalfPint.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "Blast My Desire", the BattleThemeMusic for {{Bonus Boss}}es and late-game {{Climax Boss}}es. For area music, the BGM for Avalon is quite nice as well.
* CharacterTiers: Despite the author's best efforts to balance characters this time around, Jake and Hawk are too weak/slow to be useful, and Indy's only use (equipping a static-damage sync and dishing out Vampire constantly) is superseded by Violet, who is better at it and less [[SquishyWizard squishy]].

* GameBreaker: G.U.A.R.D.I.A.N., a sync that causes a character to always deal 1100 damage no matter what, on a character with multi-hit attacks. Indy in particular is good for this; with the right mode, she can dish out 5500 damage every other turn and heal 550 HP with every Drain spell. (Violet is also a good candidate, capable of dishing out 3300 damage per turn with her machine gun attack)
** You can buy this sync from Tinder should you find him. You can even find this as a random treasure late in the game.
** C.R.I.S.I.S. is a static damage sync that deals 1400 damage per hit, making it stronger than the previously mentioned sync.

*** Taken to [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale its logical conclusion]] in the UpToEleven link above.

* FridgeBrilliance: Psychokinesis is toxic to humans. The high level modes usually grant large amounts of EX and AP in exchange for health degeneration. What's probably happening is that they're amplifying the latent psychokinetic energy in the character equipping them, but, since that same energy is toxic, causes an overflow which saps their LifeForce.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: "People are selfish and prideful." The fact that Leon is such a moral person is a very big deal. [[spoiler:This is subverted by the ending, however, when the heroes all put aside their differences and agree to work towards a common goal, three of them even performing {{Heroic Sacrifice}}s.]]

* JerkassWoobie: Erin.

* ScrappyMechanic: The lack of LeakExperience means characters that rejoin will usually be at a lower level, which makes the game difficult when the game forces the player to use an underleveled party.

-->[[spoiler: *[[HeelFaceTurn Scott's shotgun points at Leon's]], but a rifle points at Scott as well*]]

* CompleteMonster: PsychoForHire Red joins TheEmpire simply because it's the strongest of the factions and allows him to direct his bloodlust at the Imperialists' targets. An AxeCrazy lunatic who favors strength above all else, Red spends the game brutally murdering or attempting to murder everyone in his path and has designs on the throne himself. He aims to [[TheStarscream backstab the Imperials and take over himself]] before reigning as TheCaligula.

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Lavitz.]]

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Indy; see her character sheet for details.

*** Taken to [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale its logical conclusion]] in the BeyondTheImpossible link above.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: [[spoiler:The Orbital Prison. ''Especially'' the core.]]

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Each faction's battle theme, ''especially'' the Rebel theme.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: "[[DeadpanSnarker Build a functional submarine out of scrap parts, no problem. Cheer up a little girl, no can do.]]"

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[spoiler:Indy cheering up Celia after she goes through a HeroicBSOD early in phase 7.]]
** [[spoiler:During the ending, Kugar telling Erin that if she gave her life back to him, he would simply return it again so that she could live.]]
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Blast My Desire", the BattleThemeMusic for {{Bonus Boss}}es and late-game {{Climax Boss}}es. For area music, the BGM for Avalon is quite nice as well.
* EndingFatigue: Neok admits that by the time he had gotten to writing the ending, he had begun to lose steam, and, unfortunately, it shows. [[spoiler:The final boss fight can be a major letdown to those who played the original; Aila becomes reduced to a cardboard cutout villain with no real motive due to the fact that her MotiveRant was completely removed. The endgame also lacks the explanation of things like the BackStory and Kugar that the original had]]. The two postgame {{Bonus Dungeon}}s originally had full subplots surrounding them as well, but had to be cut because Neok had burned himself out writing the rest of the game. Fortunately, he plans to rectify this by giving those explanations in the sequel.
** The postgame itself can feel this way due to the above. After such a story-heavy and character-centric game, a postgame consisting of nothing but long dungeon slogging without any additional story information can feel rather dull.
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: "People are selfish and prideful." The fact that Leon is such a moral person is a very big deal. [[spoiler:This is subverted by the ending, however, when the heroes all put aside their differences and agree to work towards a common goal, three of them even performing {{Heroic Sacrifice}}s.]]

** Equip two Zero-Systems and a Flame Bolster. Let your HP run out. Execute an EX attack. Watch the damage numbers go through the roof. This only works during the postgame though, since only one chest houses Zero-Systems.

* CharacterDerailment: [[spoiler:Aila goes from a sympathetic villain who wants to get back at humanity for years of horrific torture to a CardCarryingVillain who commits atrocities ForTheEvulz]]. This is, however, understandable. See EndingFatigue and DevelopmentHell.
** Neok does promise to rectify this by explaining it in the sequel, when he has more energy.

** DethroningMusicOfSuck: "Psalm Of Dreamers", the final boss battle music. While being a decent piece in its own right, the high-pitched, upbeat, fast-paced techno music does ''not'' fit the FinalBoss in the slightest.

** Erin outlining [[ToThePain exactly what she'll do to Scott]] if anything happens to Indy in phase 5. Her sudden BattleAura cinches it.
--> [[spoiler:'''Erin:''' When I get free from here -- and I ''will'' get free because you guys are going to get me free. And God help you if you decide to run away, because I ''will'' get free someday. And when that happens, then you had best pray for death to save you. Because ''nothing'' will stop me from hunting you down and stringing you up in the most unsightly manner. So when I get free, she better be exactly as she is now, not a hair harmed on her body. Else terrible things may happen to you, that may result in harsh physical, mental, or emotional trauma, lasting the rest of your miserable lives.]]

** Also, [=GWeapon=]. It takes half damage from all Attack abilities, and there's only one character on your team at that point who is even ''capable'' of using a Spell-type ability. To make matters worse, it has a constant Debilitate field effect, which can render you helpless if you haven't bought a ton of Animant effects to cancel it out.