History YMMV / BombRushCyberfunk

** The motive for his [[spoiler:implied murder of Berlage]] is up for interpretation, too. [[spoiler:Was Berlage [[HeKnowsTooMuch starting to catch on to Faux's true intentions?]] Was it some sort of [[PayEvilUntoEvil payback]] for the [[AndIMustScream twisted]] [[WetwareCPU state]] Berlage had put him in? Or was it just a spontaneous act of rage?]]

* CompleteMonster: The FinalBoss of the game, [[spoiler:[[BitchInSheepsClothing Faux]], despite his severed head being one of the main driving forces for the protagonists in the game, is revealed to be a shockingly vile person. In the past, when fellow Big 3 member Felix finds out about [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections Faux]] getting his [[DirtyCop father]] to frame innocents for his vandalism, [[HeKnowsTooMuch Faux murders Felix in cold blood]], deliberately having him fall into a fan which leads to him being decapitated. After the New Amsterdam police inserts Faux's head into their Project Algo program, Faux is able to control the minds of the force, using them in his plan to kill every writer in the city [[ItsAllAboutMe so he can become]] "All City King", while killing Chief Inspector Berlage, who revived him in the first place, once the word gets out about Project Algo. After the Bomb Rush Crew fight him for the first time, Faux takes their leader Red, who is actually Felix, and brutally snaps his head off, immediately followed by kidnapping BRC member Solace so he can use his younger body as his own.]]

* EnsembleDarkHorse: Despite only appearing three times throughout the campaign, Escher has gained quite the following for his [[EvilIsCool sleek design]] and status as a MirrorCharacter to Red.

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:[[BitchInSheepsClothing Faux]], despite his severed head being one of the main driving forces for the protagonists in the game, is revealed to be a shockingly vile person. In the past, when fellow Big 3 member Felix finds out about [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections Faux]] getting his [[DirtyCop father]] to frame innocents for his vandalism, [[HeKnowsTooMuch Faux murders Felix in cold blood]], deliberately having him fall into a fan which leads to him being decapitated. After the New Amsterdam police inserts Faux's head into their Project Algo program, Faux is able to control the minds of the force, using them in his plan to kill every writer in the city [[ItsAllAboutMe so he can become]] "All City King", while killing Chief Inspector Berlage, who revived him in the first place, once the word gets out about Project Algo. After the Bomb Rush Crew fight him for the first time, Faux takes their leader Red, who is actually Felix, and brutally snaps his head off, immediately followed by kidnapping BRC member Solace so he can use his younger body as his own.]]

** LISTEN UP PLEASE/Gru Jumpscare [[labelnote: Explanation]] The song [[https://youtu.be/VeObCeE-c0c?si=vFT3xXRcrb0sCclM&t=108 Lightswitch]] which inexplicably uses a [[https://youtu.be/tajyfVqfM1w?si=4W3TAPxLc_LluDUz&t=229 sample of Gru's distinct voice]] from WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1, startling many players upon recognising for this first time. [[/labelnote]]
* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Faux is revealed to have crossed it when he murdered Felix out of jealousy. And if that wasn't bad enough, he then practically leaps and bounds over the line when he hijacks Project Algo in order to kill ''every other Writer in New Amsterdam'' so he can become the All-City King.]]

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Fans favorably consider one of Hideki Naganuma's new songs for this game, "DA PEOPLE", to be a successor to one of his previous ''JSR'' songs, "The Concept of Love". Both {{sampl|ing}}e political speech[[note]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLB6dq2uioc The exact same]] political speech, in fact, though the original's sample was taken from a sample CD rather than directly from the speech[[/note]] as their core lyrics, set to funky electronic beats and guitar strings.

** Devil Theory: territorial gangsters who harm any 'foreigners' they dislike for petty reason regardless of 'common code' while hiding behind the safety of local police force. Hmm...

** Devil Theory: territorial islanders who gang up on any 'foreigners' they dislike for petty reason regardless of 'common code' while hiding behind the safety of local police force. Hmm...

* MemeticMutation: The various EarWorm lyrics in some of the game's soundtracks have become infinitely repeatable within the game's fanbase, for [[NarmCharm better]] or [[BrokenRecord worse]]...

** The Taxi meant for fast travel isn't unlocked until roughly halfway through the game, and much like the toilets, there are very few taxi signs (usually just one) laid out around the sprawling maps, making finding them a gigantic chore. Not only that, but the only way to summon the taxi driver is by *dancing* in front of the sign, which can be difficult itself if you've aggravated the police enough.
*** You also cannot simply fast travel to locations you've previously visited; the only way for a place to become a fast travel spot is by searching all over the map for one of the aforementioned taxi signs and interacting with it.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Escher is conceptually a very interesting character, being one of only 3 named Cyberhead characters in the entire campaign and serving as something of an ideological foil to Red in his initial appearance. Cue disappointment when he only appears two more times and all but disappears from the narrative after [[spoiler:Vinyl beans him with her skateboard]], never being mentioned again while Rietveld largely takes his place as the focal cop character.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Escher is conceptually a very interesting character, being one of only 3 named Cyberhead characters in the entire campaign and serving as something of an ideological foil to Red in his initial appearance. Cue disappointment when he only appears two more times and all but disappears from the narrative after [[spoiler:Vinyl beans him with her skateboard, with Rietveld largely taking his place as the focal cop character and Escher never being mentioned again.]]

** There's probably been a lot of hapless writers who've been injured or even killed by the handcuff turrets, given how their main purpose is to yank the target back and restrain them so the police can make an arrest. That'd be dangerous enough on a stationary target, but throw in the extreme stunts most writers would be doing while trying to elude capture, and those chains are likely to dislocate a limb at best -- and [[NeckSnap at]] [[BodyHorror worst]]...

** The Taxi meant for fast travel isn't unlocked until roughly halfway through the game, and much like the toilets, there are very few taxi signs (or one just one) laid out around the sprawling maps, making finding them a gigantic chore. Not only that, but the only way to summon the taxi driver is by *dancing* in front of the sign, which can be difficult itself if you've aggravated the police enough.
*** You also cannot simply fast travel to locations you've previously visited, the only way for a place to become a fast travel spot is by searching all over the map for one of the aforementioned taxi signs and interacting with it.

** Much fanfare was made about [[spoiler:Faux being the son of a policeman, and said policeman's constant covering of Faux's arrests]] in the finale of the game. By all means, [[spoiler:Faux's roots were the least important thing about him, and his connection to the police after being used for Project Algo has nothing to do with his (now retired) father. Officer Vogelaar doesn't show up at any point in the game either.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Right after conquering Millennium Mall, Red's nightmare sequence features [[spoiler:the just recently killed 8-Ball sharing his mind space]]. Similarly, [[spoiler:DJ Cyber is the only other character to ever come into Red/Felix's mind, but this case is justified since he owns the tech that allows him to restore Felix's memories in the first place]]. The idea of [[spoiler:other people, including what should be the dead, invading a cyberhead's mind space]] is interesting and could have provided some more tension and lore, but it was only ever featured two times.

** The idea of unnecessary police escalation and them being overequipped and overfunded is clear enough: during gameplay, they'll send in lethally-armed snipers, attack helicopters, and GiantMecha for the sole purpose of [[DisproportionateRetribution taking out a single dude on a skateboard that drew one too many graffiti murals]]. The New Amsterdam Police also keep insisting that the Bomb Rush Crew are armed and dangerous when they only ever have spray cans, in a clear attempt to exploit ShootHimHeHasAWallet and justify lethal force; police sniper Escher and some officers report that the Crew are not armed, only for the Police to continue authorizing lethal force. [[spoiler:Project Algo is an extension of this, since a mere criminal detection database is equipped with brainwashing technology, needs a decapitated human head to run, and is capable of moving on its own.]]

** As for the other named members of the New Amsterdam PD, they're either dangerously incompetent or unmistakably corrupt. Berlage authorizes Project Algo to be [[spoiler:headed by (from his perspective) a former officer's civilian son, having no clue who he is before plugging him into control of the entire force]]. Officer Vogelaar, on the other hand, [[spoiler:scrubbed said son's records of trouble whenever Faux got caught, applying the law in a corrupt, favoritist, obviously-distorted way]].

* NightmareFuel:
** Shortly after defeating DOT EXE, [[spoiler:the gang's boss is killed by a police sniper. The player is given a [[SarcasmMode lovely]] partial view of his dead, cybernetic face underneath his cyberhead's shattered visor.]]
** The big moment where Faux gets his head chopped off is a surprisingly brutal moment despite it being a ShadowDiscretionShot, in part thanks to just how [[MoodWhiplash sudden]] it is. The shot of Faux's limp, headless body falling alongside Tryce doesn't help.
** [[spoiler: Faux trying to kill Red. He emerges in his new giant robot body, takes Red in his hands, and twists his cyberhead off like he’s uncorking a bottle.]]
** There's a very well-hidden easter egg in Versum Hill where you can visit ''Old'' Amsterdam, which is outright ''buried'' beneath the city with its buildings haphazardly packed between meters-thick layers of dirt. Look around enough and you'll find a ''sarcophagus'' made in the likeness of DJ Cyber's mask. And there are [[EmptyRoomPsych no collectibles whatsoever.]] Who the hell is buried in that thing and what ''happened'' to Old Amsterdam?!
*** [[NightmareRetardant Humor]] kicks in however as the entire area is in the usual bright artstyle and your chosen music still plays as normal. It does feel out of place with only a vague hint of it existing but instead of nightmarish it just comes across as a very goofy aside.
** The maze inside Pyramid Island is its own class of creepy. It's ''vastly'' [[BiggerOnTheInside larger on the inside]] and is made of almost nothing but shipping containers and industrial infrastructure. Props are in weird places, entryways will take you to random sections (or outside) and there's even a deep pit where you'll find a section of Old Amsterdam at the very bottom - along with the only tree in the game. Not only does the Oldhead outside warn you that getting lost may have you forever living off of shipping containers for food and supplies, he says that what you're looking at may not even be ''[[EldritchLocation real at all.]]'' Is it any wonder why players compare this place to WebOriginal/TheBackrooms?

* OneSceneWonder: Felix with his old mask and [[spoiler: 'Red Felix' as in Felix with the Red Cyberhead.]] The former exists only for one cutscene and the latter only in the finale of the story, both are amazing designs but unless you use mods you won't see either outside of those sections.