History YMMV / DarkSeed

* DesignatedHero: In ''Dark Seed II'', even though Mike is probably suffering from mental trauma, he is still difficult to sympathize with. He comes of as being whiny, childish, and astonishingly incompetent in several situations. He also becomes more and more of a JerkAss as the game progresses (dialogue options can amplify this), and makes a few questionable decisions throughout the game.

** JerkassWoobie: In a way, Mike himself in 2, despite doing some really dumb things and being kind of a {{Jerkass}}. ''Everyone'' treats him like crap and belittles him, even his own mother. This is despite him having some serious psychological issues and being the prime suspect of a crime he didn't commit, the murder of a woman he was either dating or at least cared a lot about. [[spoiler:He doesn't even get a happy ending, as Jack, his [[MindScrew only friend/Dark World self/split personality/hallucination]] kills him by stabbing him in the back. The police end up blaming Mike for the murders that have been committed throughout town while the real killer, Jack/The Shapeshifter, [[KarmaHoudini goes free.]]]]

* AwesomeMusic: The main theme for ''Darkseed 2'' is actually pretty good, keeping an eerie, haunting tone. Being that it was composed by Mark Morgan (of ''VIdeoGame/{{Fallout}}'' fame) this is hardly surprising.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Late in ''Darkseed 2'', Mike gets interrogated by an FBI agent. The agent accuses him of being a killer, Mike punches him out after he pushes Mike's BerserkButton...and it never comes up again.

* DesignatedHero: In ''Darkseed 2'', even though Mike is probably suffering from mental trauma, he is still difficult to sympathize with. He comes of as being whiny, childish, and astonishingly incompetent in several situations. He also becomes more and more of a JerkAss as the game progresses (dialogue options can amplify this), and makes a few questionable decisions throughout the game.

* HilariousInHindsight: ''Darkseed 2'''s plot twist is remarkably similar to a book that was later made into a popular movie. The plot twist is so famous that just naming the work tells you what it is. [[spoiler:It's ''Literature/FightClub''. Jack is, apparently, just Mike's subconscious, the cooler person he wishes he could be. [[GainaxEnding Or something]].]]

* MemeticMutation: Just do a Youtube search for Mike Dawson and you will see many videos for the ring toss and unrelated Mike Dawson videos flooded with Dark Seed WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}} comments.

** The DerangedAnimation for [[SpecialEffectFailure the digitized characters]] in Darkseed 2, namely, when they are walking. Or talking. Or doing anything...

* PortingDisaster: The original version of ''Darkseed'' was considered a very scary game with a good atmosphere despite the [[MoonLogicPuzzle moon logic puzzles]] and GuideDangIt moments, thanks to the H. R. Giger art and a creepy soundtrack. The port to CD, however, suffered from audio issues and added DullSurprise voice acting, which pretty much wrecked the atmosphere.
* RevengeFic: A lot of people suspect that ''Dark Seed 2'' is this, due to just how ''vicious'' it is towards Mike Dawson.

* SoBadItsGood: ''Darkseed 2'', mainly because of Mike's dialogue and some other bizarre elements.

** JerkassWoobie: In a way, Mike himself. Despite doing some really dumb things and being kind of a {{Jerkass}}, ''everyone'' treats him like crap and belittles him, even his own mother. This is despite him having some serious psychological issues and being the prime suspect of a crime he didn't commit, the murder of a woman he was either dating or at least cared a lot about. [[spoiler:He doesn't even get a happy ending, as Jack, his [[MindScrew only friend/Dark World self/split personality/hallucination]] kills him by stabbing him in the back. The police end up blaming Mike for the murders that have been committed throughout town while the real killer, Jack/The Shapeshifter, [[KarmaHoudini goes free.]]]]

** JerkassWoobie: In a way, Mike himself. Despite doing some really dumb things and being kind of a {{Jerkass}}, ''everyone'' treats him like crap and belittles him, even his own mother. This is despite having some serious psychological issues and being the prime suspect of a crime he didn't commit, the murder of a woman he was either dating or at least cared a lot about. [[spoiler:He doesn't even get a happy ending, as Jack, his [[MindScrew only friend/Dark World self/split personality/hallucination]] kills him by stabbing him in the back. The police end up blaming Mike for the murders that have been committed throughout town while the real killer, Jack/The Shapeshifter, [[KarmaHoudini goes free.]]]]

** JerkassWoobie: In a way, Mike himself. Despite doing some dumb things and being kind of a {{Jerkass}}, ''everyone'' treats him like crap and belittles him, even his own mother. This is despite having some serious psychological issues and being the prime suspect of a crime he didn't commit, the murder of a woman he was either dating or at least cared a lot about. [[spoiler:He doesn't even get a happy ending, as Jack, his [[MindScrew only friend/Dark World self/split personality/hallucination]] kills him by stabbing him in the back. The police end up blaming Mike for the murders that have been committed throughout town while the real killer, Jack/The Shapeshifter, [[KarmaHoudini goes free.]]]]

** JerkassWoobie: In a way, Mike himself. Despite doing some dumb things and being kind of a {{Jerkass}}, ''everyone'' treats him like crap and belittles him, even his own mother. This is despite having some serious psychological issues and being the prime suspect of a crime he didn't commit, the murder of a woman he was either dating or at least cared a lot about. [[spoiler:He doesn't even get a happy ending, as Jack, his [[MindScrew only friend/Dark World self/split personality/hallucination]] kills him by stabbing him in the back. The police end up blaming Mike for the murders that have been happening while the real killer, Jack/The Shapeshifter, [[KarmaHoudini goes free.]]]]

** JerkassWoobie: In a way, Mike himself. Despite doing some dumb things and being kind of a {{Jerkass}}, ''everyone'' treats him like crap and belittles him, even his own mother. This is despite having some serious psychological issues and being the prime suspect of a crime he didn't commit, the murder of a woman he was either dating or at least cared a lot about. [[spoiler:He doesn't even get a happy ending, as Jack, his [[MindScrew only friend/Dark World self/split personality/hallucination]] kills him by stabbing him in the back. The police end up blaming Mike for the murders that have been happening while the real killer, Jack/The Shapeshifter, [[KarmaHoudini goes free.]]

** JerkassWoobie: In a way, Mike himself. Despite doing some dumb things and being kind of a {{Jerkass}}, ''everyone'' treats him like crap and belittles him, even his own mother. This is despite having some serious psychological issues and being the prime suspect of a crime he didn't commit, the murder of a woman he was either dating or at least cared a lot about. [[spoiler:He doesn't even get a happy ending, as Jack, his [[MindScrew only friend/Dark World self/split personality/hallucination]] kills him by stabbing him in the back. The police end up blaming Mike for the murders that have been happening while the real killer, Jack/The Shapeshifter, goes free.]]

* MemeticSexGoddess: Rita has slept with everybody whose name isn't Mike Dawson.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Jack in the second game.

* HilariousInHindsight: ''Darkseed 2'''s plot twist is remarkably similar to a book that was later made into a popular movie. The plot twist is so famous that just naming the work tells you what it is. [[spoiler:It's ''FightClub''. Jack is, apparently, just Mike's subconscious, the cooler person he wishes he could be. [[GainaxEnding Or something]].]]

* FranchiseOriginalSin: Some silly dialogue, poor voice acting (in the CD port), weird designs, and general goofiness are present in the first game but they don't distract from the haunting atmosphere and genuinely creepy story. The sequel on the other hand is so [[RevengeFic obsessed with making fun of Mike Dawson]] that it forgets to keep those flaws in check and thus takes a steep plunge in terms of quality.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: Some silly dialogue/voice acting, weird designs, and general goofiness are present in the first game but they don't distract from the haunting atmosphere and genuinely creepy story. The sequel on the other hand is so [[RevengeFic obsessed with making fun of Mike Dawson]] that it forgets to keep those flaws in check and thus takes a steep plunge in terms of quality.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: Some poor dialogue/voice acting, weird designs, and general goofiness are present in the first game but they don't distract from the haunting atmosphere and genuinely creepy story. The sequel on the other hand is so [[RevengeFic obsessed with making fun of Mike Dawson]] that it forgets to keep those flaws in check and thus takes a steep plunge in terms of quality.

* UncannyValley: The second game has the human characters sometimes look and move like they came out of a [[Creator/RankinBassProductions Rankin/Bass]] stop motion movie. Making them sometimes look even creepier than the aliens.

* UncannyValley: The second game has the human characters sometimes look and move like they came out of a [[Creator/RankinBassProductions Rankin/Bass]] stop motion movie, making them sometimes look even creepier than the aliens.

* UncannyValley: The second game has the human characters sometimes move and look like they came out of a [[Creator/RankinBassProductions Rankin/Bass]] stop motion movie, making them seem even weirder than the aliens.

* UncannyValley: The second game has the human characters sometimes move and look like they came out of a [[Creator/RankinBassProductions Rankin/Bass]] stop motion movie. Even the aliens don't move nor look as weird as the humans.

* UncannyValley: The second game has the human characters sometimes move and look like they came out of a [[Rankin/BassProductions Rankin/Bass]] stop motion movie. Even the aliens don't move nor look as bad as the humans.

* UncannyValley: The sequel has the human characters sometimes move and look like they came out of a [[Rankin/BassProductions Rankin/Bass]] stop motion movie. Even the aliens don't move nor look as crazy as the humans.

* AwesomeMusic: The main theme for the game is actually pretty good, keeping an eerie, haunting tone. Being that it was composed by Mark Morgan (of ''VIdeoGame/{{Fallout}}'' fame) this is hardly surprising.

* SoBadItsGood: ''Darkseed 2'', mainly because of Mike's dialogue and some other ''weird'' elements.