History YMMV / CriminalCase

** [[spoiler:Justin Lawson]] after his FaceHeelTurn. Many fans embrace his new role as a genuinely sympathetic and complex villain, who--unlike the previous seasons' {{Big Bad}}s (and many of the main villains in the following seasons)--''isn't'' simply a power-hungry antagonist with a [[AGodAmI god-complex]]. However, many others bemoan his development as OOC.

** Zoe Kusama. Some fans enjoy her subplot revolving [=DreamLife=] and her relationship with Jones, as well as her [[spoiler:being a very sympathetic character, even after becoming a killer.]]. Other fans dislike her, feeling that her character solely exists to make Jones ProneToTears, [[spoiler:due to most of Jones' traumatic experiences during the season being linked to her in some way]], and feel that her sympathetic quantities come off as forced.
** George Mathison becomes this in Case 30 of ''Supernatural Investigation''. Some fans are okay with the twist that [[spoiler:he is actually a demon spy, as supposed allies who actually working with the season's BigBad is not something new.]] Others dislike it because [[spoiler:his twist arrives ''too late'' and that there is little to no foreshadowing about his true nature as demon spy, making it come off as a ShockingSwerve.]]

** A few fans feel that Marina becomes this in ''Travel In Time'', having less analyses in comparison to ''World Edition'' and only really having a prominent role in TheSixties. And unlike most of the team-mates, she hasn't been featured in any of the Additional Investigation arcs.

** [[spoiler:Justin Lawson]] after his FaceHeelTurn. Many fans embrace his new role as a genuinely sympathetic and complex villain, who--unlike the previous seasons' {{Big Bad}}s--''isn't'' simply a power-hungry antagonist with a [[AGodAmI god-complex]]. However, many others bemoan his development as OOC.

* {{Adorkable}}: Charlie's a little childish, and shows awkward jealousy when he thinks Madeline (whom he clearly has a crush on) might be dating someone, but the way his eyes shine when he's feeling excited is quite a sight.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: In the finale of ''Supernatural Investigations'', Jacob [[spoiler:defects to the Demon Queen under the illusion that his wife Lily, whose body the queen is trapped in, still lives inside her.]] After [[spoiler:the Queen's demise]], Jacob is EasilyForgiven by the team after he apologises for his actions, [[spoiler:despite handing Arthur's blood to the Queen, nearly resulting in her plans working]]. Many fans felt that Jacob should have, at least, been called out for his actions.

* MemeticBadass: Many fans apparently see Honorable Dante as the most badass characters among the cast, even though he only appears at the end of each case and never participates in any of the action scenes.

* PortmanteauCoupleName: [=RussAmy=] for the ever-popular Russell/Amy, while [=MariJack=] for Marina/Jack seem to have popped up occasionally in the wikia page. [=JoRina=] has also been used for the Jonah/Marina ship.

** The "Scrapbook" system, where players can unlock random pictures/screenshots/thumbnails from previous cases by obtaining "sticker packets" were very poorly received by fans. The feature isn't so bad in and of itself, but the major point of complaint was the fact that these sticker packets replaced the energy bonuses that the player can "buy" using stars (so instead of trading your remaining stars for orange juice, chips, or burgers, you can only use them to buy 20 energy, cash, or sticker packs instead).

* {{Narm}}: The game's depiction about {{asshole victim}}s where they are ''very'' loathed by most, if not ''all'', suspects in the case they're killed; is almost as cheesy and laughable as how {{asshole victim}}s are depicted in ''Manga/DetectiveConan''.

** Sandeep Sadhra, a happy-go-lucky tuk-tuk driver who is always nice to the player and doesn't hold grudges against anyone who's wronged him. He's very well liked to the point [[spoiler: that fans were ''furious'' when he was brutally killed off.]]

* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: Although the game being a HiddenObjectsGame which requires waiting for energy and tasks to be completed is a deterrent for most players, the stories of each season are generally considered to be compelling and well-written.

** The final case of Ivywood Hills reveals that [[spoiler:Holly Hopper]]'s apparent suicide in the previous case was fake. Some people found the revelation to be nonsensical and unnecessary. The fact that this reveal also comes with another huge reveal that [[spoiler:Holly is the Utopian's leader]] might have something to do with the backlash as well.

* FanDislikedExplanation:
** Returning characters post Season 7 no longer recognize the player character upon meeting them. This doesn't sit well with fans, who feel that it ruins the atmosphere and makes the characters' appearances feel flatter.
** Fans of ''Supernatural Investigations'' prefer to forget about [[spoiler:George Mathison really being a demon in the final case]], feeling that the revelation is a ShockingSwerve that ends up being for naught [[spoiler:since all the demons are killed off in the end]].

* FanonDiscontinuity: Fans of ''Supernatural Investigations'' prefer to forget about [[spoiler:George Mathison really being a demon in the final case]], feeling that the revelation is a ShockingSwerve that ends up being for naught [[spoiler:since all the demons are killed off in the end]].

** ''The Conspiracy'' has shaped up to be this towards both ''Grimsborough'' and ''World Edition'', due to developing many of Season 1's popular characters, the game delving into darker themes such as experimentation and mental illness, and the slower development of [[spoiler:DreamLife as the season villains, rather than being revealed early on much like SOMBRA.]]

* GeniusBonus: The space-obsessed astronaut wannabe, Yelena Tereshkova, has her name based on the first woman in space Valentina Tereshkova. It kinda makes her obsession a little more understandable.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: In the finale of ''Supernatural Investigations'', Jacob [[spoiler:defects to the Demon Queen under the illusion that his wife Lily, whose body the queen is trapped in, still lives inside her.]] After [[spoiler:the Queen's demise]], Jacob is EasilyForgiven by the team, [[spoiler:despite handing Arthur's blood to the Queen, nearly resulting in her plans working]]. Many fans felt that Jacob should have, at least, been called out for his actions.

** ''The Conspiracy'' (season 5): Denise Daniels is the head of the Space and Aeronautics Research Agency and TheChessmaster behind Ad Astra. [[EvilutionaryBiologist Obsessed with human enhancement]], Denise had attempted to create an invincible race of {{artificial human}}s for years. She had raised her first experiment and daughter, [[TheManBehindTheMan Rozetta Pierre]], into having a superiority complex, only to quickly abandon her after she turns out to be no different than any other humans besides her intelligence. This in turn causes Rozetta to become a social outcast, [[WellDoneSonGuy with her attempts to impress her mother falling on deaf ears]]. When the meteor dropped a year prior to the plot, Denise manipulates Rozetta into building a dome and extracting the meteorite's [[{{Unobtainium}} Berzelium]], hoping to brainwash Grimsborough with the chemical. Behind her back, Denise uses the Berzelium to create an invincible race of humans under her command, hoping to use them to establish a new world order. When Ad Astra's plans are foiled, Denise [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness begins setting them up for execution]] and sets her plans into motion by obtaining the meteorite, hoping to use its core to destroy Grimsborough with a nuclear earthquake. She promises to spare her lawyer, Martin Davenport, from death if he enacts her plans, only to execute him after he fails. When confronted, Denise releases her neohumans, wreaking havoc across the city, before taunting and killing Rozetta.

** ''Pacific Bay'' (Season 2): [[spoiler:[[AGodAmI Albert Tesla]], the overarching antagonist of the final three cases, was a [[MadScientist scientist]] obsessed with transferring his mind into a supercomputer. As the [[AIIsACrapshoot Computer Interface]], Tesla establishes Meteor Systems before transforming Pacific Bay from a barren wasteland into the prosperous city it is today. Displeased by the level of crime ravaging the city, Tesla decides to destroy it through mass bombing; those that subject themselves to his authority are to be digitalized into a virtual reality where he is the supreme ruler. To this end, he manipulates Frank and Karen Knight into stealing plutonium under the false pretense that doing so would allow them to reunite with their comatose daughter. When Frank gives Amy information on how to stop him, Tesla releases five murderers, one of which murders him. Tesla temporarily halts his destruction of Pacific Bay to engage Amy and the player in a sadistic game of cat and mouse. If they were to prove to him that justice still existed by finding Frank's killer, he would abandon his plans for a virtual world; if not, he would raze Pacific Bay to the ground. Even when the killer is found, Tesla [[ILied doesn't live up to his side of the bargain]], gleefully admitting that he was still going to decimate Pacific Bay regardless. Despite claiming to be well-intentioned in his goals, Tesla proves himself to be a [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist hypocritical madman]], [[BigBadSlippage no better than the criminals he resents]]]].
** ''World Edition'' (Season 3):
*** [[spoiler:Omar Bahir is a professor specializing in Ancient Arabic. While he may [[FauxAffablyEvil seem sociable and polite]], he is, in truth, a SOMBRA agent. As The Sword, Omar [[ManipulativeBastard manipulates]] rebels into overthrowing their rulers, the end goal being to [[WarForFunAndProfit incite a massive war culminating in the Sahara Region becoming a cell for the nefarious organization]]. When the Bureau becomes involved, Omar shoots Chief Elizabeth Ripley with a poison dart, seemingly killing her. In a scheme to draw the Bureau out, Omar coerces a harmless tribe leader into helping him kidnap 8-year-old Andrew Stern, only to [[OffWithHisHead decapitate him]] once he had [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no further use for him]]. Armand Dupont's life is also placed in critical danger when he is exposed to the poison on the murder weapon. Omar finalizes this by attempting to kill Carmen and the player with a poisonous grenade. Charismatic and manipulative, Omar stands as one of the most dangerous of the Bureau's adversaries]].

** ''Supernatural Investigations''' (season 7's) Case #9 "Mad World": [[spoiler:[[MadDoctor Dr. Lucrezia Stein]], the [[AssholeVictim victim]], is the sadistic owner of [[BedlamHouse Blackmoor Asylum]]. Lucrezia regularly [[PlayingWithSyringes experimented on the patients against their will]], either as punishment for opposing her or for her amusement; said victims included Charity and Mercy, twins who she kidnapped and conjoined. She also [[AbusiveParents abused her daughter]], Savannah Austin, eventually throwing her into the asylum and drugging her, and killed various patients to use their body parts to build Adam Enstrom, her assistant who would end up killing her as revenge for her mistreatment of him. An utterly demented madwoman, Lucrezia dies completely unmourned, with Gwen expressing immense relief and satisfaction over her death]].

** ''The Conspiracy'' (season 5): [[spoiler:Denise Daniels is the head of the Space and Aeronautics Research Agency]] and TheChessmaster behind Ad Astra. [[EvilutionaryBiologist Obsessed with human enhancement]], [[spoiler:Denise]] had attempted to create an invincible race of {{artificial human}}s for years. [[spoiler:She had instilled a superiority complex in her first experiment, [[TheManBehindTheMan Rozetta Pierre]],]] only to quickly abandon her after she turns out to be a mostly normal human, in turn causing [[spoiler:her to become a social outcast, [[WellDoneSonGuy with her attempts to impress her mother falling on deaf ears]].]] When the meteor dropped a year prior, [[spoiler:Denise manipulates Rozetta]] into building a dome and extracting the meteorite's [[{{Unobtainium}} Berzelium]], hoping to brainwash Grimsborough with the chemical. Behind her back, [[spoiler:Denise]] uses the Berzelium to create an invincible race of humans under her command, hoping to establish a new world order. When Ad Astra's plans are foiled, [[spoiler:Denise]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness has them taken out]] and sets her plans into motion by obtaining the meteorite, hoping to use its core to destroy Grimsborough with a nuclear earthquake. When confronted, [[spoiler:Denise]] releases her neohumans to wreak havoc across the city, before taunting and killing [[spoiler:Rozetta]]. Unfortunately for [[spoiler:Denise]], her neohuman assistant [[spoiler:Otto Kessel]], sees her as part of the inferior humanity and executes her. Apathetic, ruthless, manipulative and hell-bent on destroying humanity for her own gain, [[spoiler:Denise]] is easily one of the most despicable villains in the game.

** ''The Conspiracy'' (season 5): [[spoiler:Denise Daniels is the head of the Space and Aeronautics Research Agency]] and TheChessmaster behind Ad Astra. [[EvilutionaryBiologist Obsessed with human enhancement]], [[spoiler:Denise]] had attempted to create an invincible race of {{artificial human}}s for years. [[spoiler:She had raised her first experiment and daughter, [[TheManBehindTheMan Rozetta Pierre]],]] into having a superiority complex, only to quickly abandon her after she turns out to be no different than any other humans besides her intelligence. This in turn causes [[spoiler:Rozetta to become a social outcast, [[WellDoneSonGuy with her attempts to impress her mother falling on deaf ears]].]] When the meteor dropped a year prior to the plot, [[spoiler:Denise manipulates Rozetta]] into building a dome and extracting the meteorite's [[{{Unobtainium}} Berzelium]], hoping to brainwash Grimsborough with the chemical. Behind her back, [[spoiler:Denise]] uses the Berzelium to create an invincible race of humans under her command, hoping to use them to establish a new world order. When Ad Astra's plans are foiled, [[spoiler:Denise]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness begins setting them up for execution]] and sets her plans into motion by obtaining the meteorite, hoping to use its core to destroy Grimsborough with a nuclear earthquake. She promises to spare her lawyer, [[spoiler:Martin Davenport]], from death if he enacts her plans, only to execute him after he fails. When confronted, [[spoiler:Denise]] releases her neohumans, wreaking havoc across the city, before taunting and killing [[spoiler:Rozetta]]. Unfortunately for [[spoiler:Denise]], her neohuman assistant [[spoiler:Otto Kessel]], whom she had sexually coerced into remaining loyal to her, sees her as part of the inferior humanity she intended to destroy, and executes her. An apathetic, ruthless and manipulative scientist hell-bent on destroying humanity for her own gain, [[spoiler:Denise]] is easily one of the most despicable villains in the game.

** [[AGodAmI Albert Tesla]], the overarching antagonist of the final three cases of "Pacific Bay" (Season 2), was a [[MadScientist scientist]] obsessed with transferring his mind into a supercomputer. As the [[AIIsACrapshoot Computer Interface]], Tesla establishes Meteor Systems before transforming Pacific Bay from a barren wasteland into the prosperous city it is today. Displeased by the level of crime ravaging the city, Tesla decides to destroy it through mass bombing; those that subject themselves to his authority are to be digitalized into a virtual reality where he is the supreme ruler. To this end, he manipulates Frank and Karen Knight into stealing plutonium under the false pretense that doing so would allow them to reunite with their comatose daughter. When Frank gives Amy information on how to stop him, Tesla releases five murderers, one of which murders him. Tesla temporarily halts his destruction of Pacific Bay to engage Amy and the player in a sadistic game of cat and mouse. If they were to prove to him that justice still existed by finding Frank's killer, he would abandon his plans for a virtual world; if not, he would raze Pacific Bay to the ground. Even when the killer is found, Tesla [[ILied doesn't live up to his side of the bargain]], gleefully admitting that he was still going to decimate Pacific Bay regardless. Despite claiming to be well-intentioned in his goals, Tesla proves himself to be a [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist hypocritical madman]], [[BigBadSlippage no better than the criminals he resents]].
** Omar Bahir, from ''World Edition'' (Season 3), is a professor specializing in Ancient Arabic. While he may [[FauxAffablyEvil seem sociable and polite]], he is, in truth, a SOMBRA agent. As The Sword, Omar [[ManipulativeBastard manipulates]] rebels into overthrowing their rulers, the end goal being to [[WarForFunAndProfit incite a massive war culminating in the Sahara Region becoming a cell for the nefarious organization]]. When the Bureau becomes involved, Omar shoots Chief Elizabeth Ripley with a poison dart, seemingly killing her. In a scheme to draw the Bureau out, Omar coerces a harmless tribe leader into helping him kidnap 8-year-old Andrew Stern, only to [[OffWithHisHead decapitate him]] once he had [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no further use for him]]. Armand Dupont's life is also placed in critical danger when he is exposed to the poison on the murder weapon. Omar finalizes this by attempting to kill Carmen and the player with a poisonous grenade. Charismatic and manipulative, Omar stands as one of the most dangerous of the Bureau's adversaries.
** In "Plagued By Death", Case #21 of ''World Edition'', Ayush Patil is a sociology professor as well as the mastermind behind the outbreak of an epidemic spreading throughout Bangalore. Starting as the assistant of Dr. Shweta Noorani, Ayush steals a strand of the virus that she created, and injects it into his student Sunil Dhudwar. Once spread, victims of the malady develop pus-filled mouth lesions before dying a [[CruelAndUnusualDeath slow and painful death]]. By the time the Bureau becomes involved in the epidemic, hundreds of civilians had succumbed to the illness. Lars Douglas--the Lab Chief of the Bureau--also contracts the virus and is in danger of dying as well. When confronted, Ayush takes full credit for having unleashed the virus, stating that once it became worldwide, not only would it solve the problem of overpopulation [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt by killing millions of people]], but he would also usher in a new era, ruling over the survivors as {{a god|Am I}}. Despite being a one-time character, Ayush is without a doubt the most depraved suspect that the Bureau had encountered.

** ''Supernatural Investigations''' (season 7's) Case #9 "Mad World": [[MadDoctor Dr. Lucrezia Stein]], the [[AssholeVictim victim]], is the sadistic owner of [[BedlamHouse Blackmoor Asylum]]. Lucrezia regularly [[PlayingWithSyringes experimented on the patients against their will]], either as punishment for opposing her or for her amusement; said victims included Charity and Mercy, twins who she kidnapped and conjoined. She also [[AbusiveParents abused her daughter]], Savannah Austin, eventually throwing her into the asylum and drugging her, and killed various patients to use their body parts to build Adam Enstrom, her assistant who would end up killing her as revenge for her mistreatment of him. An utterly demented madwoman, Lucrezia dies completely unmourned, with Gwen expressing immense relief and satisfaction over her death.

** ''Supernatural Investigations''' (season 7's) Case #9 "Mad World": [[MadDoctor Dr. Lucrezia Stein]], the [[AssholeVictim victim]], is the sadistic owner of [[BedlamHouse Blackmoor Asylum]]. Lucrezia regularly [[PlayingWithSyringes experimented on the patients against their will]], either as punishment for opposing her or for her amusement; said victims included Charity and Mercy, twins who she kidnapped and conjoined. [[AbusiveParents She also abused her daughter]], Savannah Austin, eventually throwing her into the asylum and drugging her, and killed various patients to use their body parts to build Adam Enstrom, her assistant who would end up killing her as revenge for her mistreatment of him. An utterly demented madwoman, Lucrezia dies completely unmourned, with Gwen expressing immense relief and satisfaction over her death.

** [[MadDoctor Dr. Lucrezia Stein]], the [[AssholeVictim victim]] of Case #9 of ''Supernatural Investigations'', is the [[AxCrazy utterly demented]] and [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]] owner of [[BedlamHouse Blackmoor Asylum]]. Lucrezia regularly [[PlayingWithSyringes performed sick experiments on the patients against their will]], either [[DisproportionateRetribution as punishment for opposing her]] or [[ForTheEvulz for her depraved amusement]], including Charity and Mercy, twins who she kidnapped and conjoined. [[AbusiveParents She also abused her daughter]], Savannah Austin, eventually throwing her into the asylum and drugging her, and killed various patients to use their body parts to build Adam Enstrom, her assistant who would end up killing her as revenge for her mistreatment of him. An irredeemably, abominably and nightmarishly diabolical madwoman, Lucrezia [[KarmicDeath dies completely unmourned]], with Gwen expressing immense relief and satisfaction over her death.

%%* DracoInLeatherPants: Serial killers [[spoiler:Tess Goodwin and Duncan Young]] are very popular with fans despite their lack of remorse for their victims. [[spoiler:Tess ends up murdered in the second to last case of Grimsborough, upping her to martyrdom for her fans.]]
%%** Meera Kat is an attractive artist whose eccentric character is liked by some fans, in spite of the fact that she's a sociopath who completely ignores people's wellbeing for the sake of art.