History YMMV / Folklore

* CultClassic: Although now an obscure entry of [[UsefulNotes/Playstation3 its console's early library]], Folklore stands out with its nightmarish atmosphere and surprisingly emotional story mixed with its (though {{Waggle}}-infested) Action-{{Mons}} gameplay. When one brings up a discussion on hidden gems of the seventh generation, Folklore does occasionally crop up- and for good reason.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The entire soundtrack was performed and recorded live, composed by four well-known composers (including Kenji Kawai and Creator/ShinjiHosoe), from the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vg-870E4ck mysterious intro]] to the absolutely epic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0slP2Eo0FmY orchestral ending]]. This game would not have its atmosphere and drama without tracks [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uWcSPhWjis like]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsjQIdK2V-0 these]].

* {{Bifauxnen}}: Suzette may appear somewhat androgynous, which ([[EpilepticTrees some speculate]]) is why her crazy mother occasionally confused her for her older brother. However, within the story itself, it's a bit more likely that this was more a result of SanitySlippage.

* GuideDangIt: The sections in the Endless Corridor's maze where you have to follow Habetrot can get frustrating because even if you follow the right one, one mistake can reset your progress and you have to go through the process and the battles again.

* TearJerker: Many, this is a very emotional game.

* FridgeBrilliance: the reason [[spoiler:Baral]] is [[CutsceneBoss beaten so easily]]? Not only Ellen has just received a major upgrade [[spoiler:from her mother]], but there are multiple forces trying to access the Netherworld Core: the Faeries and Livane with her allies. [[spoiler:and also Scarecrow]].

* GoddamnedBats: Hawks in Warcadia are the first example of this, with their tendency to start a charge attack offscreen and plowing into you before you know one's in motion, knocking you down. Nearly everything in Hell is this or a DemonicSpider, appropriately enough, but the batlike folks that dwell there are by ''far'' the most annoying thing in the game to fight. [[FlunkyBoss It doesn't help that two particularly hard bosses summon them two at a time to help fight you.]]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Keats gets quite a few, but Ellen can be surprisingly strong when she needs to be.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[spoiler: The ending. While Keats seems to just sort of dismiss Ellen to focus on his "work", you can see in her eyes and smile that she knows how much both love each other. Also, the fact that Keats so easily accepts being a Halflife, just because he knows Ellen created him because she NEEDED him.]]
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The entire soundtrack was performed and recorded live, composed by four well-known composers (including Kenji Kawai and Creator/ShinjiHosoe), from the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vg-870E4ck mysterious intro]] to the absolutely epic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0slP2Eo0FmY orchestral ending]]. This game would not have its atmosphere and drama without tracks [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uWcSPhWjis like]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsjQIdK2V-0 these]].

* NightmareFuel:

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The entire soundtrack was performed and recorded live, composed by four well-known composers (including Kenji Kawai and ShinjiHosoe), from the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vg-870E4ck mysterious intro]] to the absolutely epic [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0slP2Eo0FmY orchestral ending]]. This game would not have its atmosphere and drama without tracks [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uWcSPhWjis like]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsjQIdK2V-0 these]].

* {{Bifauxnen}} - Suzette may appear somewhat androgynous, which ([[EpilepticTrees some speculate]]) is why her crazy mother occasionally confused her for her older brother. However, within the story itself, it's a bit more likely that this was more a result of SanitySlippage.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome - Keats gets quite a few, but Ellen can be surprisingly strong when she needs to be.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming - [[spoiler: The ending. While Keats seems to just sort of dismiss Ellen to focus on his "work", you can see in her eyes and smile that she knows how much both love each other. Also, the fact that Keats so easily accepts being a Halflife, just because he knows Ellen created him because she NEEDED him.]]

* GoddamnedBats - Hawks in Warcadia are the first example of this, with their tendency to start a charge attack offscreen and plowing into you before you know one's in motion, knocking you down. Nearly everything in Hell is this or a DemonicSpider, appropriately enough, but the batlike folks that dwell there are by ''far'' the most annoying thing in the game to fight. [[FlunkyBoss It doesn't help that two particularly hard bosses summon them two at a time to help fight you.]]
* GoddamnedBoss - Brigantia is not a powerful boss; in fact, compared to most of the unforgiving boss fights the game throws at you, it's remarkably weak. What Brigantia's battle ''is'', however, is INCREDIBLY time-consuming. The boss will only stand and fight for a little while as you slice off one segment of its body after another; most of the fight will be spent waiting for the damn thing to pop out of a hole and hang around long enough to get a few hits in instead of hiding out of reach and throwing one wave of bombs after another at you or simply swimming right from one hole to the next. To make matters worse, you can only target his head, making it that much more difficult to hit the vulnerable parts at the end of his body.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: [[spoiler: There's a variety of very creepy scenes and places in this game, but the standout example is Ellen's MysteriousProtector Scarecrow absorbing all the fear in the world and transforming into a horrible EldritchAbomination. Honorable mention goes to Fleshrum, a Folklore that appears as a ''room made out of human flesh and body parts.'']]

* TearJerker - Many, this is a very emotional game.

* SecretBoss: one of the DLC missions for Keats ends with a battle with multiple Amaryllises, or, having scored enough points, an empowered version of [[spoiler:Livane]]. Faster, much more health, and its main attack takes away a quarter of your lifebar.

* GoddamnedBoss - Brigantia is not a powerful boss; in fact, compared to most of the unforgiving boss fights the game throws at you, it's remarkably weak. What Brigantia's battle ''is'', however, is INCREDIBLY time-consuming. The boss will only stand and fight for a little while as you slice off one segment of its body after another; most of the fight will be spent waiting for the damn thing to pop out of a hole and hang around long enough to get a few hits in instead of hiding out of reach and throwing one wave of bombs after another at you or simply swimming right from one hole to the next. To make matters worse, you can only target his head, making it that much more difficult to the vulnerable parts at the end of his body.

• {{Bifauxnen}} - Suzette may appear somewhat androgynous, which ([[EpilepticTrees some speculate]]) is why her crazy mother occasionally confused her for her older brother. However, within the story itself, it's a bit more likely that this was more a result of SanitySlippage.

-> • {{Bifauxnen}} - Suzette may appear somewhat androgynous, which ([[EpilepticTrees some speculate]]) is why her crazy mother occasionally confused her for her older brother. However, within the story itself, it's a bit more likely that this was more a result of SanitySlippage.

•Bifauxnen - Suzette may appear somewhat androgynous, which ([[EpilepticTrees some speculate]]) is why her crazy mother occasionally confused her for her older brother. However, within the story itself, it's a bit more likely that this was more a result of SanitySlippage.