History YMMV / EVOSearchForEden

** [[TheBrute Cro]]-[[BeefGate Maine]] outside [[spoiler: Bolbox]]'s cave, the [[ThreateningShark Kuraselache Leader]] and the [[CreepyCockroach Cockroach]] of [[spoiler: Bolbox]]. The bosses in this game are abnormally difficult.

** The giant outside [[spoiler: Bolbox]]'s cave, the shark at the beginning and the Cockroach of [[spoiler: Bolbox]]. The bosses in this game are abnormally difficult.
** You may have a horrific time with the queen bee, even using cheat codes to stay alive.
** Bird Man King is not afraid to utterly destroy you, being a threat even as the dragon. If you die, you need to do ThatOneLevel all over.

** Also, it doesn't matter if you [[spoiler: passed the trial first, [[BeautyEqualsGoodness if you look like an ameoba]], ''[[UnfortunateImplications pass the way for less ugly creatures!]]'']]

* OlderThanTheyThink: The SNES game itself is HEAVILY based on a much older game by Enix called ''46 Okunen Monogatari: The Shinka Ron'' (''"4.6 Billion Year Story: The Theory of Evolution"''), released only in Japan in 1990 on a very obscure home computer called the PC-9801. E.V.O might even be considered a heavily-downgraded port, which is odd because as we all know, the SNES [[VideoGame/EarthBound can handle]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI some pretty epic]] [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger RPGs]].

** Which of the three yetis? The father yeti is somewhat problematic, but the mother and the son's descendant are the most problematic ones, especially the son's descendant, when you have to fight with him in the last segment of the game.
*** Oh, the yeti mother. If you're focusing entirely on agility, she can kill you in two hits, and a single hit of hers has a pretty big chance of being followed up by a second one, without giving the player a chance to react. Better yet, her pattern is chaotic. Sometimes she'll throw ice at you after you attack her, and sometimes she won't. Sometimes she'll jump before slapping you, giving you chance to react; sometimes she'll simply walk up to you ''at ridiculous speed'' before doing so, giving you ''none''. Oh, and her recovery time is almost inexistent; it's guaranteed to be faster than any follow-up attacks or attempts to retreat, meaning she'll counterattack you pretty much every time unless you hit her at just the right stop. Most players will have to hit her at least ten times to kill; most of the time you'll be lucky to do it ''once''.

*** Oh, the yeti mother. If you're focusing entirely on agility, she can kill you in two hits, and a single hit of hers has a pretty big chance of being followed up by a second one, without giving the player a chance to react. Better yet, her pattern is chaotic. Sometimes she'll throw ice at you after you attack her, and sometimes she won't. Sometimes she'll jump before slapping you, giving you chance to react; sometimes she'll simply walk up to you ''at ridiculous speed'' before doing so, giving you ''none''. Most players will have to hit her at least ten times; most of the time you'll be lucky to do it ''once''.

** A more accurate reading of the story's Aesop is that, if your species expands uncontrollably beyond its natural niche and threatens to wipe out all other species, [[GaiasVengeance Gaia will send her boyfriend to eat you]]. [[Film/TheMatrix Agent Smith]] would approve.

* OlderThanTheyThink: The SNES game itself is HEAVILY based on a much older game by Almanic called ''46 Okunen Monogatari: The Shinka Ron'' (''"4.6 Billion Year Story: The Theory of Evolution"''), released only in Japan in 1990 on a very obscure home computer called the PC-9801. E.V.O might even be considered a heavily-downgraded port, which is odd because as we all know, the SNES [[VideoGame/EarthBound can handle]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI some pretty epic]] [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger RPGs]].

* TearJerker: The death of the father amphibian and the extinction of the dinosaurs are surprisingly heartbreaking.
** The same could be said when [[spoiler:the son of the yetis in the Ice Age finds that his father and mother are dead by your fault]]. It's somewhat shocking by the survival of the fittest thing.
** The scene where all the meteors crash down on the planet's surface, ushering in a new age results in ALL THE DINOSAURS BEING BEATEN TO DEATH. The worst part is at the very end where the camera stops panning over all the dinosaurs that you have been fighting only to focus on [[spoiler:the ONE DINOSAUR that asked you for help. And what do you see? The mother styracosaurus curled up around her baby that you had saved, trying in vain to keep it alive]]. Fade to black...

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: It would be a cop out to say the ''whole damn thing'', but evolving to the strongest possible level and absolutely curb-stomping that one enemy you could never defeat before? Just great.
** The moment you finally beat [[spoiler: Bolbox. He moans repeatedly and slowly fades out of existence, with you screaming in joy at what was probably the hardest boss in the game.]]

** The first one was so awesome, it made it into VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy as the theme for the Final Tower of the Guy!

** The giant outside Bolbox's cave, the shark at the beginning and the Cockroach of Bolbox. The bosses in this game are abnormally difficult.

** Mt. Brave is partly this trope and BrutalBonusLevel (it's optional). Birds pick you up and force you to start over. And the reward you get... is becoming a new class of evolutions, forcing you to start over. [[spoiler: Unless you figure out how the Cloud Maze and River of Asteroids work, which give you the REAL reward: The Dragon and Gargoyle forms, along with a ton of Evo Points.

* ThatOneLevel: [[OminousFloatingCastle Fort Bird-man]] and [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Entrance to Eden]] are often thought of as this due to their [[TheMaze labyrinthine layout]] and [[GoddamnedBats annoying enemies]].

* DemonicSpiders: Many enemies can be this, but the Tyrannosaurus and Omosaurus are the worst of the bunch, being able to cause massive damage very quickly, and also being nearly unbeatable if you're not tall enough.

* FreudWasRight: YouTube commenters have had a field day with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA2Ou-dsglM the final boss.]]

* OlderThanTheyThink: The SNES game itself is HEAVILY based on a much older game by Almanic called ''46 Okunen Monogatari: The Shinka Ron'' (''"4.6 Billion Year Story: The Theory of Evolution"''), released only in Japan in 1990 on a very obscure home computer called the PC-9801. E.V.O might even be considered a heavily-downgraded port, which is odd because as we all know, the SNES [[VideoGame/{{EarthBound}} can handle]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI some pretty epic]] [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger RPGs]].

* OlderThanTheyThink: The SNES game itself is HEAVILY based on a much older game by Almanic called ''46 Okunen Monogatari: The Shinka Ron'' (''"4.6 Billion Year Story: The Theory of Evolution"''), released only in Japan in 1990 on a very obscure home computer called the PC-9801. E.V.O might even be considered a heavily-downgraded port, which is odd because as we all know, the SNES [[VideoGame/{{Earthbound}} can handle]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI some pretty epic]] [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger RPGs]].

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: [[spoiler: Bolbox]] can be this sometimes. The level with the cockroaches borders on it as well. As for the Queen Bee's face... ouch.

* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler: Bolbox]] can be this sometimes. The level with the cockroaches borders on it as well. As for the Queen Bee's face... ouch.

** A more accurate reading of the story's Aesop is that, if your species expands uncontrollably beyond its natural niche and threatens to wipe out all other species, [[GaiasVengeance Gaia will send her boyfriend to eat you]]. [[TheMatrix Agent Smith]] would approve.

* OlderThanTheyThink: The SNES game itself is HEAVILY based on a much older game by Almanic called ''46 Okunen Monogatari: The Shinka Ron'' (''"4.6 Billion Year Story: The Theory of Evolution"''), released only in Japan in 1990 on a very obscure home computer called the PC-9801. E.V.O might even be considered a heavily-downgraded port, which is odd because as we all know, the SNES [[VideoGame/{{Earthbound}} can handle]] [[FinalFantasyVI some pretty epic]] [[ChronoTrigger RPGs]].

** The scene where all the meteors crash down on the planet's surface, ushering in a new age results in ALL THE DINOSAURS BEING BEATEN TO DEATH. The worst part is at the very end where the camera stops panning over all the dinosaurs that you have been fighting only to focus on [[spoiler:the ONE DINOSAUR that asked you for help. And what do you see? The mother styracosaurus curled up around her baby that you had saved, trying in vain to keep it alive.]] Fade to black...

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: MightMakesRight. [[MurderIsTheBestSolution Genocide is the right thing to do if it clears the way for your own species.]] [[SocialDarwinist Evolution's a bitch.]]

* OlderThanTheyThink: The SNES game itself is HEAVILY based on a much older game by Almanic called ''46 Okunen Monogatari: The Shinka Ron'' (''"4.6 Billion Year Story: The Theory of Evolution"''), released only in Japan in 1990 on a very obscure home computer called the PC-9801. E.V.O might even be considered a heavily-downgraded port, which is odd because as we all know, the SNES [[EarthBound can handle]] [[FinalFantasy6 some pretty epic]] [[ChronoTrigger RPGs]].