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* ViewerGenderConfusion: WordOfGod refers to both protagonists as male, but the Tarantula has the body shape of a female, which are larger than males in RealLife.
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* ViewerGenderConfusion: WordOfGod refers to both protagonists as male, male (the tarantula even being given the nickname "Bobby" by the developers), but the Tarantula has the body shape of a female, which are larger than males in RealLife.
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* ThatOneBoss: A few.
* ThatOneBoss: A few.
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* SignatureScene: [[spoiler: The final battle where the scorpion stings Struggs in the junk.]]
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* ThatOneBoss: A few.
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* CultClassic: It received good-but-not great reviews on release and mostly undersold. These days, it's remembered as a fantastic third-party non-shovelware Wii title that had some cool ideas and great atmosphere and is considered one of the system's hidden gems.
* DemonicSpiders: Rats and Horned Lizards.
* DemonicSpiders: Rats and Horned Lizards.
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* CultClassic: It received good-but-not great reviews on release and mostly undersold. These days, it's remembered as a fantastic third-party non-shovelware Wii title that had some cool ideas and great atmosphere and is considered one of the system's hidden gems.
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* SignatureScene: [[spoiler: The final battle where the scorpion stings Struggs in the junk is starting to become this.junk.]]
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* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Despite being released on aging hardware that was already inferior to other consoles on the market, the game holds up quite well due to the awesome art direction. Exploring the gorgeous SceneryGorn of the blasted Sonoran Desert from a bug's-eye view is great, and each level is designed around interesting visual setpieces. Chapter 2 (exploring subterranean tunnels, including crawling through a human skeleton and watching a lizard get devoured by a Black Widow), Chapter 3 (exploring an enormous tangle of brambles overrun with spiderwebs), Chapters 5 and 6 (which involve a gorgeous "Octopus Cactus" whose meandering thorn-covered tendrils seem to swallow an entire canyon), and Chapter 8 (crawling up a derelict culvert, complete with creaking chains, blasts of steam, and a misty, gloomy atmosphere) are the standouts.
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* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Despite being released on aging hardware that was already inferior to other consoles on the market, the The game holds up quite well due to the awesome art direction. Exploring the gorgeous SceneryGorn of the blasted Sonoran Desert from a bug's-eye view is great, and each level is designed around interesting visual setpieces. Chapter 2 (exploring subterranean tunnels, including crawling through a human skeleton and watching a lizard get devoured by a Black Widow), Chapter 3 (exploring an enormous tangle of brambles overrun with spiderwebs), Chapters 5 and 6 (which involve a gorgeous "Octopus Cactus" whose meandering thorn-covered tendrils seem to swallow an entire canyon), and Chapter 8 (crawling up a derelict culvert, complete with creaking chains, blasts of steam, and a misty, gloomy atmosphere) are the standouts.standouts.
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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Despite being released on aging hardware that was already inferior to other consoles on the market, the game holds up quite well due to the awesome art direction. Exploring the gorgeous SceneryGorn of the blasted Sonoran Desert from a bug's-eye view is great, and each level is designed around interesting visual setpieces. Chapter 2 (exploring subterranean tunnels, including crawling through a human skeleton and watching a lizard get devoured by a Black Widow), Chapter 3 (exploring an enormous tangle of brambles overrun with spiderwebs), Chapters 5 and 6 (which involve a gorgeous "Octopus Cactus" whose meandering thorn-covered tendrils seem to swallow an entire canyon), and Chapter 8 (crawling up a derelict culvert, complete with creaking chains, blasts of steam, and a misty, gloomy atmosphere) are the standouts.
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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Despite being released on aging hardware that was already inferior to other consoles on the market, the game holds up quite well due to the awesome art direction. Exploring the gorgeous SceneryGorn of the blasted Sonoran Desert from a bug's-eye view is great, and each level is designed around interesting visual setpieces. Chapter 2 (exploring subterranean tunnels, including crawling through a human skeleton and watching a lizard get devoured by a Black Widow), Chapter 3 (exploring an enormous tangle of brambles overrun with spiderwebs), Chapters 5 and 6 (which involve a gorgeous "Octopus Cactus" whose meandering thorn-covered tendrils seem to swallow an entire canyon), and Chapter 8 (crawling up a derelict culvert, complete with creaking chains, blasts of steam, and a misty, gloomy atmosphere) are the standouts.
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** Horned Lizards get introduced as bosses (you fight one with the Tarantula at the end of Chapter 5 and have a rematch as the Scorpion in the beginning of Chapter 6) and are thereafter [[DegradedBoss Degraded Bosses]]--but they're still a nightmare to fight. Hitting them anywhere other than their face is a NoSell and actually ''hurts you'' thanks to the thorns that cover their body, they can turtle to avoid damage altogether, they immediately shrug off getting webbed by the Tarantula--something even rats can't do--and the Scorpion's sting can't penetrate their defenses. They also hit ludicrously hard and can shoot blood at you with annoying accuracy to harass you from across the arena.
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** Horned Lizards get introduced as bosses (you fight one with the Tarantula at the end of Chapter 5 and have a rematch as the Scorpion in the beginning of Chapter 6) and are thereafter [[DegradedBoss Degraded Bosses]]--but {{Degraded Boss}}es, but they're still a nightmare to fight. Hitting them anywhere other than their face is a NoSell and actually ''hurts you'' thanks to the thorns that cover their body, they can turtle to avoid damage altogether, they immediately shrug off getting webbed by the Tarantula--something even rats can't do--and the Scorpion's sting can't penetrate their defenses. They also hit ludicrously hard and can shoot blood at you with annoying accuracy to harass you from across the arena.
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** The twofer SequentialBoss of the Horned Lizard followed by the duel with the Tarantula that begins chapter 6. Neither would be that bad on their own, but doing them in succession can be quite difficult, especially if the lizard left you with little health. The Tarantula is the one you play as in the odd chapters, meaning that it's far tougher than others of its species and can perform combos that can shave off whatever you crawled out of the lizard fight with.
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** The twofer SequentialBoss of the Horned Lizard followed by the duel with the Tarantula that begins chapter 6. Neither would be that bad on their own, but doing them in succession can be quite difficult, especially if the lizard left you with little health. The Tarantula is the one you play as in the odd chapters, meaning that it's far tougher than others of its species and can perform combos that can shave off whatever health you crawled out of the lizard fight with.
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** The first part of Chapter 4. CheckpointStarvation rears its ugly head; no checkpoint appears until you beat the lizard minibosses over halfway through the chapter. Scattered around the map before them is a number of tough enemies guarding goodies. Do you book it to the lizards and fight them with half health and miss out on the rewards? Or hunt the rewards down, taking damage that will come back to bite you when you fight the lizards? It's lose-lose either way. And if you die to ''anything'' you have to do it all over again.
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** The first part of Chapter 4. CheckpointStarvation rears its ugly head; no checkpoint appears until you beat the lizard minibosses over halfway through the chapter. Scattered around the map before them is a number of tough enemies guarding goodies. Do you book it to the lizards and fight them with half max health and miss out on the rewards? Or hunt the rewards down, taking damage that will come back to bite you when you fight the lizards? It's lose-lose either way. And if you die to ''anything'' you have to do it all over again.
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** Chapter 7 has a bunch of WolfpackBoss fights, which all contribute to its ThatOneLevel nature: a battle against two Albino Rats, a fight with several waves of Wolf Spiders, and a fight with ''two Horned Lizards.'' And you have to this as the Tarantula, which is the protagonist that ''doesn't'' specialize in combat.
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** Chapter 7 has a bunch of WolfpackBoss fights, which all contribute to its ThatOneLevel nature: a battle against two Albino Rats, a fight with several waves of Wolf Spiders, and a fight with ''two Horned Lizards.'' And you have to do this as the Tarantula, which is the protagonist that ''doesn't'' specialize in combat.
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** The sequences where you fall into Widow webs and have to do a series of QTEs to escape. A single failure means game over, and the game sometimes just won't recognize the Wii's waggles as correct. You'll find yourself praying for button prompts and not swipes of the wiimote.
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** The sequences where you fall into Widow webs and have to do a series of QTEs [=QTE=]s to escape. A single failure means game over, and the game sometimes just won't recognize the Wii's waggles as correct. You'll find yourself praying for button prompts and not swipes of the wiimote.
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** Horned Lizards get introduced as bosses (you fight one with the Tarantula at the end of Chapter 5 and have a rematch as the Scorpion in the beginning of Chapter 6) and are thereafter [[DegradedBoss]]es--but they're still a nightmare to fight. Hitting them anywhere other than their face is a NoSell and actually ''hurts you'' thanks to the thorns that cover their body, they can turtle to avoid damage altogether, they immediately shrug off getting webbed by the Tarantula--something even rats can't do--and the Scorpion's sting can't penetrate their defenses. They also hit ludicrously hard and can shoot blood at you with annoying accuracy to harass you from across the arena.
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** Horned Lizards get introduced as bosses (you fight one with the Tarantula at the end of Chapter 5 and have a rematch as the Scorpion in the beginning of Chapter 6) and are thereafter [[DegradedBoss]]es--but [[DegradedBoss Degraded Bosses]]--but they're still a nightmare to fight. Hitting them anywhere other than their face is a NoSell and actually ''hurts you'' thanks to the thorns that cover their body, they can turtle to avoid damage altogether, they immediately shrug off getting webbed by the Tarantula--something even rats can't do--and the Scorpion's sting can't penetrate their defenses. They also hit ludicrously hard and can shoot blood at you with annoying accuracy to harass you from across the arena.
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** Horned Lizards get introduced as bosses (you fight one with the Tarantula at the end of Chapter 5 and have a rematch as the Scorpion in the beginning of Chapter 6) and are thereafter DegradedBosses--but they're still a nightmare to fight. Hitting them anywhere other than their face is a NoSell and actually ''hurts you'' thanks to the thorns that cover their body, they can turtle to avoid damage altogether, they immediately shrug off getting webbed by the Tarantula--something even rats can't do--and the Scorpion's sting can't penetrate their defenses. They also hit ludicrously hard and can shoot blood at you with annoying accuracy to harass you from across the arena.
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** Horned Lizards get introduced as bosses (you fight one with the Tarantula at the end of Chapter 5 and have a rematch as the Scorpion in the beginning of Chapter 6) and are thereafter DegradedBosses--but [[DegradedBoss]]es--but they're still a nightmare to fight. Hitting them anywhere other than their face is a NoSell and actually ''hurts you'' thanks to the thorns that cover their body, they can turtle to avoid damage altogether, they immediately shrug off getting webbed by the Tarantula--something even rats can't do--and the Scorpion's sting can't penetrate their defenses. They also hit ludicrously hard and can shoot blood at you with annoying accuracy to harass you from across the arena.
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* DemonicSpiders: Rats, at least on the harder difficulties.
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* CultClassic: It received good-but-not great reviews on release and mostly undersold. These days, it's remembered as a fantastic third-party non-shovelware Wii title that had some cool ideas and great atmosphere and is considered one of the system's hidden gems.
* DemonicSpiders:Rats, Rats and Horned Lizards.
** Rats are fast, hit hard, can stunlock you, and almost always show up in groups of at least two. If a rat starts chaining you, you might as well reset. [[BossInMookClothing Albino Rats]] hit even harder, have an HP pool that lets them soak up more damage than their cousins, and have a nasty habit of wandering out of nowhere to ruin your day in the later levels. They have a WeaksauceWeakness to the Scorpion's charge attack, but if you're fighting two, good luck hitting both with it. Fighting them as the Tarantula? Tough luck.
** Horned Lizards get introduced as bosses (you fight one with the Tarantula at the end of Chapter 5 and have a rematch as the Scorpion in the beginning of Chapter 6) and are thereafter DegradedBosses--but they're still a nightmare to fight. Hitting them anywhere other than their face is a NoSell and actually ''hurts you'' thanks to the thorns that cover their body, they can turtle to avoid damage altogether, they immediately shrug off getting webbed by the Tarantula--something even rats can't do--and the Scorpion's sting can't penetrate their defenses. They also hit ludicrously hard and can shoot blood at you with annoying accuracy to harass you from across the arena.
* GoddamnedBats: Venom Beetles. Go down in a single hit, but the game has a nasty habit of parking them on theharder difficulties.far side of an arena with a big nasty enemy or two there, and they just love to snipe you with venom while you either try to fight the big baddie or book it to them.
* DemonicSpiders:
** Rats are fast, hit hard, can stunlock you, and almost always show up in groups of at least two. If a rat starts chaining you, you might as well reset. [[BossInMookClothing Albino Rats]] hit even harder, have an HP pool that lets them soak up more damage than their cousins, and have a nasty habit of wandering out of nowhere to ruin your day in the later levels. They have a WeaksauceWeakness to the Scorpion's charge attack, but if you're fighting two, good luck hitting both with it. Fighting them as the Tarantula? Tough luck.
** Horned Lizards get introduced as bosses (you fight one with the Tarantula at the end of Chapter 5 and have a rematch as the Scorpion in the beginning of Chapter 6) and are thereafter DegradedBosses--but they're still a nightmare to fight. Hitting them anywhere other than their face is a NoSell and actually ''hurts you'' thanks to the thorns that cover their body, they can turtle to avoid damage altogether, they immediately shrug off getting webbed by the Tarantula--something even rats can't do--and the Scorpion's sting can't penetrate their defenses. They also hit ludicrously hard and can shoot blood at you with annoying accuracy to harass you from across the arena.
* GoddamnedBats: Venom Beetles. Go down in a single hit, but the game has a nasty habit of parking them on the
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* ThatOneBoss: A few.
** The twofer SequentialBoss of the Horned Lizard followed by the duel with the Tarantula that begins chapter 6. Neither would be that bad on their own, but doing them in succession can be quite difficult, especially if the lizard left you with little health. The Tarantula is the one you play as in the odd chapters, meaning that it's far tougher than others of its species and can perform combos that can shave off whatever you crawled out of the lizard fight with.
** Chapter 7 has a bunch of WolfpackBoss fights, which all contribute to its ThatOneLevel nature: a battle against two Albino Rats, a fight with several waves of Wolf Spiders, and a fight with ''two Horned Lizards.'' And you have to this as the Tarantula, which is the protagonist that ''doesn't'' specialize in combat.
* ThatOneLevel:
** The sequences where you fall into Widow webs and have to do a series of QTEs to escape. A single failure means game over, and the game sometimes just won't recognize the Wii's waggles as correct. You'll find yourself praying for button prompts and not swipes of the wiimote.
** The first part of Chapter 4. CheckpointStarvation rears its ugly head; no checkpoint appears until you beat the lizard minibosses over halfway through the chapter. Scattered around the map before them is a number of tough enemies guarding goodies. Do you book it to the lizards and fight them with half health and miss out on the rewards? Or hunt the rewards down, taking damage that will come back to bite you when you fight the lizards? It's lose-lose either way. And if you die to ''anything'' you have to do it all over again.
** Chapter 7, almost universally regarded as the game's worst. The [[MarathonLevel longest level in the game]] ''by far,'' and throws a lot of combat nastiness when you are playing as the non-combat character: a dollhouse full of widows, several encounters with mantises, more than a few lizards, and no less than three WolfpackBoss fights which are all contenders for ThatOneBoss. And CheckpointStarvation is as prevalent here as it was in Chapter 4. Lose to any of the above? Have fun doing huge chunks of the level over again. Including the boss fights.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: WordOfGod refers to both protagonists as male, but thetarantula Tarantula has the body shape of a female, which are larger than males in RealLife.RealLife.
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Despite being released on aging hardware that was already inferior to other consoles on the market, the game holds up quite well due to the awesome art direction. Exploring the gorgeous SceneryGorn of the blasted Sonoran Desert from a bug's-eye view is great, and each level is designed around interesting visual setpieces. Chapter 2 (exploring subterranean tunnels, including crawling through a human skeleton and watching a lizard get devoured by a Black Widow), Chapter 3 (exploring an enormous tangle of brambles overrun with spiderwebs), Chapters 5 and 6 (which involve a gorgeous "Octopus Cactus" whose meandering thorn-covered tendrils seem to swallow an entire canyon), and Chapter 8 (crawling up a derelict culvert, complete with creaking chains, blasts of steam, and a misty, gloomy atmosphere) are the standouts.
** The twofer SequentialBoss of the Horned Lizard followed by the duel with the Tarantula that begins chapter 6. Neither would be that bad on their own, but doing them in succession can be quite difficult, especially if the lizard left you with little health. The Tarantula is the one you play as in the odd chapters, meaning that it's far tougher than others of its species and can perform combos that can shave off whatever you crawled out of the lizard fight with.
** Chapter 7 has a bunch of WolfpackBoss fights, which all contribute to its ThatOneLevel nature: a battle against two Albino Rats, a fight with several waves of Wolf Spiders, and a fight with ''two Horned Lizards.'' And you have to this as the Tarantula, which is the protagonist that ''doesn't'' specialize in combat.
* ThatOneLevel:
** The sequences where you fall into Widow webs and have to do a series of QTEs to escape. A single failure means game over, and the game sometimes just won't recognize the Wii's waggles as correct. You'll find yourself praying for button prompts and not swipes of the wiimote.
** The first part of Chapter 4. CheckpointStarvation rears its ugly head; no checkpoint appears until you beat the lizard minibosses over halfway through the chapter. Scattered around the map before them is a number of tough enemies guarding goodies. Do you book it to the lizards and fight them with half health and miss out on the rewards? Or hunt the rewards down, taking damage that will come back to bite you when you fight the lizards? It's lose-lose either way. And if you die to ''anything'' you have to do it all over again.
** Chapter 7, almost universally regarded as the game's worst. The [[MarathonLevel longest level in the game]] ''by far,'' and throws a lot of combat nastiness when you are playing as the non-combat character: a dollhouse full of widows, several encounters with mantises, more than a few lizards, and no less than three WolfpackBoss fights which are all contenders for ThatOneBoss. And CheckpointStarvation is as prevalent here as it was in Chapter 4. Lose to any of the above? Have fun doing huge chunks of the level over again. Including the boss fights.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: WordOfGod refers to both protagonists as male, but the
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Despite being released on aging hardware that was already inferior to other consoles on the market, the game holds up quite well due to the awesome art direction. Exploring the gorgeous SceneryGorn of the blasted Sonoran Desert from a bug's-eye view is great, and each level is designed around interesting visual setpieces. Chapter 2 (exploring subterranean tunnels, including crawling through a human skeleton and watching a lizard get devoured by a Black Widow), Chapter 3 (exploring an enormous tangle of brambles overrun with spiderwebs), Chapters 5 and 6 (which involve a gorgeous "Octopus Cactus" whose meandering thorn-covered tendrils seem to swallow an entire canyon), and Chapter 8 (crawling up a derelict culvert, complete with creaking chains, blasts of steam, and a misty, gloomy atmosphere) are the standouts.
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What correlation does the game-death have with the real-death other than being a death? Are we going to do this EVERY time a celebrity dies?
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* HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler: Beating up Struggs and watching him get blown up isn't quite as fun after Dennis Hopper's death.]]
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* ViewerGenderConfusion: Apparently, WordOfGod refers to both protagonists as male, but the tarantula is supposed to be has the body shape of a female, since they which are larger than males in RealLife.
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It was decided on Ask The Tropers to nuke any mention of Needs More Love on main and YMMV pages. Besides, this is a Zero Context Example.
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* NeedsMoreLove
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* SignatureScene: [[spoiler: The final battle where the scorpion stings Struggs in the junk is starting to become this.]]
* SignatureScene: [[spoiler: The final battle where the scorpion stings Struggs in the junk is starting to become this.]]
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* CompleteMonster - [[spoiler: Struggs whistles just after killing his partner.]]
** Except he wasn't dead. He was just unconscious.
** Except he wasn't dead. He was just unconscious.
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* ViewerGenderConfusion - Apparently, the tarantula is supposed to be female, since they are larger than males in RealLife.RealLife.
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* NightmareFuel - Mainly for arachnophobes.
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* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments - "That's dried horse crap."
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* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome - [[spoiler: 3-inch scorpion armed with only its claws and stinger vs. adult human armed with a shotgun and big, stompy feet. Guess who wins.]]
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** Except he wasn't dead. He was just unconscious.
