History YMMV / Heartbeat

* SeasonalRot: Originally a vehicle for Nick Berry, who at that time was a very popular soap actor, the show lingered on for many years with ever-slipping production standards, second and third-string casting and less resemblance to its source material until it became little more than a watered-down version of ''Series/{{All Creatures Great and Small|1978}}''.

* SeasonalRot: Originally a vehicle for Nick Berry, who at that time was a very popular soap actor, the show lingered on for many years with ever-slipping production standards, second and third-string casting and less resemblance to its source material until it became little more than a watered-down version of ''Series/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall''.

** Nyx's skill is only really useful for avoiding enemy encounters, talking to hidden spectres for lore about the game's world, and finding a post-game weapon [[GuideDangIt that has no hints about how to obtain it]]; the only time you have to use it for a StealthBasedMission is in one or two rooms in the Den Castle.

* OvershadowedByControversy: In early October of 2019, the developers found themselves in hot water due to a controversy involving transphobic tweets from the lead dev's lesbian girlfriend, and it all got much worse when, roughly a week later, a steam sale was put up in which the bundle purchase of the game plus soundtrack was 41% off, a number that just so happens to be ''[[https://www.dailydot.com/irl/heartbeat-trans-suicide-rate/ the attempted suicide rate among transgender people]]''.[[note]] It should be noted, however, that this number was chosen by Steam's algorithms, which piles additional discounts on bundles based on the discounts that the developers set up for the standalone purchase. In fact, the 41% discount wasn't even advertised on the dev's social media and on the game's steam page - these advertised the standalone 35% purchase discount instead. Still, the unusual circumstances and rather suspicious timing caused many people to theorize that the devs anticipated the algorithm's bundle discount, which gained more acceptance once devs went into near radio silence when the discount hit.[[/note]] Predictably, this led to the game's name becoming drenched in controversy, to the point where, as of now, it's likely that most people who've heard of it only did so because of this incident. As a result, much of the indie gaming community, including most well-known youtubers, don't want to associate themselves with it. One youtuber, WebVideo/{{Alpharad}} in particular, even deleted his old review of the game's demo as soon as the controversy came to light to avoid giving it a platform.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: On your quests to catch 3 chickens, you end up fighting a huge one known as a Chicken Elemental after catching the third one, which doesn't get brought up again after that. If you have Io attack the chicken in Corona Woods, you end up having to fight against ''3 of them'', which is also not brought up again aside from there now being a grave where the chicken used to be.

* OvershadowedByControversy: In early October of 2019, the developers found themselves in hot water due to a controversy ìnvolving transphobic tweets from the lead dev's lesbian girlfriend, and it all got much worse when, roughly a week later, a steam sale was put up in which the bundle purchase of the game plus soundtrack was 41% off, a number that just so happens to be ''[[https://www.dailydot.com/irl/heartbeat-trans-suicide-rate/ the attempted suicide rate among transgender people]]''.[[note]] It should be noted, however, that this number was chosen by Steam's algorithms, which piles additional discounts on bundles based on the discounts that the developers set up for the standalone purchase. In fact, the 41% discount wasn't even advertised on the dev's social media and on the game's steam page - these advertised the standalone 35% purchase discount instead. Still, the unusual circumstances and rather suspicious timing caused many people to theorize that the devs anticipated the algorithm's bundle discount, which gained more acceptance once devs went into near radio silence when the discount hit.[[/note]] Predictably, this led to the game's name becoming drenched in controversy, to the point where, as of now, it's likely that most people who've heard of it only did so because of this incident. As a result, much of the indie gaming community, including most well-known youtubers, don't want to associate themselves with it. One youtuber, WebVideo/{{Alpharad}} in particular, even deleted his old review of the game's demo as soon as the controversy came to light to avoid giving it a platform.

* OvershadowedByControversy: In early October of 2019, the developers found themselves in hot water due to a controversy ìnvolving transphobic tweets from the lead dev's lesbian girlfriend, and it all got much worse when, roughly a week later, a steam sale was put up in which the bundle purchase of the game plus soundtrack was 41% off, a number that just so happens to be ''[[https://www.dailydot.com/irl/heartbeat-trans-suicide-rate/ the attempted suicide rate among transgender people]]''.[[note]] It should be noted, however, that this number was chosen by Steam's algorithms, which piles additional discounts on bundles based on the discounts that the developers set up for the standalone purchase. In fact, the 41% discount wasn't even advertised on the dev's social media and on the game's steam page - these advertised the standalone 35% purchase discount instead. Still, the unusual circumstances and rather suspicious timing caused many people to theorize that the devs anticipated the algorithm's bundle discount, which gained more acceptance once devs went into near radio silence when the discount hit.[[/note]] Predictably, this led to the game's name becoming drenched in controversy, to the point where, as of now, it's likely that most people who've heard of it only did so because of this incident. Not helping matters is the fact that moving past hatred and prejudice is one of the main themes of the game, making the developers' beliefs come off as incredibly hypocritical. %%Additionally, 41% is one of the randomly-generated names you can choose for Mott, making it seem like even less of a coincidence.

** While the skills of Troz, Chip, and Luca are all used well in puzzles, the rest of the party's seem to only serve the purpose of accessing areas without having to do a puzzle beforehand. Io's skill is used in a few puzzles but those are much easier and don't come up often enough. Even Chip's skill seems limited, as while it can be activated at any time, it's still only useful in specific places where it's meant to be used.
** The skills of Pike and Kon are also only used in specific areas. For Pike, the bridges she makes are permanent, but still aren't involved in any puzzles (the closest is when it's combined with Rex's jumping ability to access switches that make more hooks appear). Kon is the worse offender, though, since there are only a few areas in the Den and two places in the post-game where she is needed to fly over spiked areas.

** Nyx's skill is only really useful for avoiding enemy encounters, and the only time you have to use it for a StealthBasedMission is in one or two rooms in the Very DefinitelyFinalDungeon.

* ThatOneAttack: Wake's Bullet Barrage can KO your entire party if you're not careful and don't pay attention to her moves. When encountered again during various boss rushes, the party is at a higher level and has a better chance of surviving, but you will still need to use a turn to heal everyone.

* OvershadowedByControversy: In early October of 2019, the developers found themselves in hot water due to a controversy ìnvolving transphobic tweets from the lead dev's lesbian girlfriend, and it all got much worse when, roughly a week later, a steam sale was put up in which the bundle purchase of the game plus soundtrack was 41% off, a number that just so happens to be ''[[https://www.dailydot.com/irl/heartbeat-trans-suicide-rate/ the attempted suicide rate among transgender people]]''.[[note]] It should be noted, however, that this number was chosen by Steam's algorithms, which piles additional discounts on bundles based on the discounts that the developers set up for the standalone purchase. In fact, the 41% discount wasn't even advertised on the dev's social media and on the game's steam page - these advertised the standalone 35% purchase discount instead. Still, the unusual circumstances and rather suspicious timing caused many people to theorize that the devs anticipated the algorithm's bundle discount, which gained more acceptance once devs went into near radio silence when the discount hit. %%Additionally, 41% is one of the randomly-generated names you can choose for Mott, making it seem like even less of a coincidence.[[/note]] Predictably, this led to the game's name becoming drenched in controversy, to the point where, as of now, it's likely that most people who've heard of it only did so because of this incident. Not helping matters is the fact that moving past hatred and prejudice is one of the main themes of the game, making the developers' beliefs come off as incredibly hypocritical.

* DifficultySpike: The Otecho Path area, primarily due to it being the first area where Toxin-affinity enemies are common, meaning that your Light-affinity party medic Klein is in constant danger of going down, and it being one of the few zones without some way of healing close to the entrance, meaning you have to backtrack all the way to the previous town if bad things happen.

* OvershadowedByControversy: In early October of 2019, the developers found themselves in hot water due to a controversy ìnvolving transphobic tweets from the lead dev's lesbian girlfriend, and it all got much worse when, roughly a week later, a steam sale was put up in which the bundle purchase of the game plus soundtrack was 41% off, a number that just so happens to be ''[[https://www.dailydot.com/irl/heartbeat-trans-suicide-rate/ the attempted suicide rate among transgender people]]''.[[note]] It should be noted, however, that this number was chosen by Steam's algorithms, which piles additional discounts on bundles based on the discounts that the developers set up for the standalone purchase. In fact, the 41% discount wasn't even advertised on the dev's social media and on the game's steam page - these advertised the standalone 35% purchase discount instead. Still, the unusual circumstances and rather suspicious timing caused many people to theorize that the devs anticipated the algorithm's bundle discount, which gained more acceptance once devs went into near radio silence when the discount hit. Additionally, 41% is one of the randomly-generated names you can choose for Mott, making it seem like even less of a coincidence.[[/note]] Predictably, this led to the game's name becoming drenched in controversy, to the point where, as of now, it's likely that most people who've heard of it only did so because of this incident. Not helping matters is the fact that moving past hatred and prejudice is one of the main themes of the game, making the developers' beliefs come off as incredibly hypocritical.
* ThatOneAttack: Wake's Bullet Barrage when you fight her in human form can KO your entire party if you're not careful. When encountered again during various boss rushes, the party is at a higher level and has a better chance of surviving, but you will still need to use a turn to heal everyone.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: On your quests to catch 3 chickens, you end up fighting a huge one known as a Chicken Elemental after catching the third one, which doesn't get brought up again after that. If you have Io attack the chicken in Corona Woods, you end up having to fight against ''3'' of them, which is also not brought up again aside from there now being a grave where the chicken used to be.
* OvershadowedByControversy: In early October of 2019, the developers found themselves in hot water due to a controversy ìnvolving transphobic tweets from the lead dev's lesbian girlfriend, and it all got much worse when, roughly a week later, a steam sale was put up in which the bundle purchase of the game plus soundtrack was 41% off, a number that just so happens to be ''[[https://www.dailydot.com/irl/heartbeat-trans-suicide-rate/ the attempted suicide rate among transgender people]]''.[[note]] It should be noted, however, that this number was chosen by Steam's algorithms, which piles additional discounts on bundles based on the discounts that the developers set up for the standalone purchase. In fact, the 41% discount wasn't even advertised on the dev's social media and on the game's steam page - these advertised the standalone 35% purchase discount instead. Still, the unusual circumstances and rather suspicious timing caused many people to theorize that the devs anticipated the algorithm's bundle discount, which gained more acceptance once devs went into near radio silence when the discount hit. Additionally, 41% is one of the randomly-generated names you can choose for Mott, making it seem like even less of a coincidence.[[/note]] Predictably, this led to the game's name becoming drenched in controversy, to the point where, as of now, it's likely that most people who've heard of it only did so because of this incident. Not helping matters is the fact that moving past hatred and prejudice is one of the main themes of the game, making the developers' beliefs come off as incredibly hypocritical.

* OvershadowedByControversy: In early October of 2019, the developers found themselves in hot water due to a controversy ìnvolving transphobic tweets from the lead dev's lesbian girlfriend, and it all got much worse when, roughly a week later, a steam sale was put up in which the bundle purchase of the game plus soundtrack was 41% off, a number that just so happens to be ''[[https://www.dailydot.com/irl/heartbeat-trans-suicide-rate/ the attempted suicide rate among transgender people]]''.[[note]] It should be noted, however, that this number was chosen by Steam's algorithms, which piles additional discounts on bundles based on the discounts that the developers set up for the standalone purchase. In fact, the 41% discount wasn't even advertised on the dev's social media and on the game's steam page - these advertised the standalone 35% purchase discount instead. Still, the unusual circumstances and rather suspicious timing caused many people to theorize that the devs anticipated the algorithm's bundle discount, which gained more acceptance once devs went into near radio silence when the discount hit.[[/note]] Predictably, this led to the game's name becoming drenched in controversy, to the point where, as of now, it's likely that most people who've heard of it only did so because of this incident. Not helping matters is the fact that moving past hatred and prejudice is one of the main themes of the game, making the developers' beliefs come off as incredibly hypocritical.

!! The video game

* OvershadowedByControversy: In early October of 2019, the developers found themselves in hot water due to a controversy ìnvolving transphobic tweets from the lead dev's lesbian girlfriend, and it all got much worse when, roughly a week later, a steam sale was put up in which the bundle purchase of the game plus soundtrack was 41% off, a number that just so happens to be ''[[https://www.dailydot.com/irl/heartbeat-trans-suicide-rate/ the attempted suicide rate among transgender people]]''.[[note]] It should be noted, however, that this number was chosen by Steam's algorithms, which piles additional discounts on bundles based on the discounts that the developers set up for the standalone purchase. In fact, the 41% discount wasn't even advertised on the dev's social media and on the game's steam page - these advertised the standalone 35% purchase discount instead. Still, the unusual circumstances and rather suspicious timing caused many people to theorize that the devs anticipated the algorithm's bundle discount, which gained more acceptance once devs went into near radio silence when the discount hit.[[/note]] Predictably, this led to the game's name becoming drenched in controversy, to the point where, as of now, it's likely that most people who've heard of it only did so because of this incident. Not helping matters is the fact that moving past hatred and prejudice is one of the main themes of the game, [[UnderminedByReality making the developers' beliefs come off as incredibly hypocritical]].

* OvershadowedByControversy: In early October of 2019, the developers found themselves in hot water due to a controversy ìnvolving transphobic tweets from the lead dev's lesbian girlfriend, and it all got much worse when, roughly a week later, a steam sale was put up in which the bundle purchase of the game plus soundtrack was 41% off, a number that just so happens to be ''[[https://www.dailydot.com/irl/heartbeat-trans-suicide-rate/ the attempted suicide rate among transgender people]]''.[[note]] It should be noted, however, that this number was chosen by Steam's algorithms, which piles additional discounts on bundles based on the discounts that the developers set up for the standalone purchase. In fact, the 41% discount wasn't even advertised on the dev's social media and on the game's steam page - these advertised the standalone 35% purchase discount instead. Still, the unusual circumstances and rather suspicious timing caused many people to theorize that the devs anticipated the algorithm's bundle discount, which gained more acceptance once devs went into near radio silence when the discount hit.[[/note]] Predictably, this led to the game's name becoming drenched in controversy, to the point where, as of now, it's likely that most people who've heard of it only did so because of this incident.

* OvershadowedByControversy: In early October of 2019, the developers found themselves in hot water due to a controversy ìnvolving transphobic tweets from the lead dev's lesbian girlfriend, and it all got much worse when, roughly a week later, a steam sale was put up in which the bundle purchase of the game plus soundtrack was 41% off, a number that just so happens to be ''[[https://www.dailydot.com/irl/heartbeat-trans-suicide-rate/ the attempted suicide rate among transgender people]]''. Now, admittedly, this number was chosen by Steam's algorithms, which piles additional discounts on bundles based on the discounts that the developers set up for the standalone purchase (which, in this case, was 35%). In fact, the 41% discount wasn't even advertised on the dev's social media and on the game's steam page, these advertised the standalone purchase discount instead. Still, the unusual circumstances and ''very suspicious'' timing of this whole ordeal gave an awful lot of weight to the theory that the devs anticipated what the Steam algorithm's bundle discount would be, a theory that only gained more acceptance once devs refused to address the issue by going on near radio silence as soon as the discount hit. Predictably, this led to the game's name becoming drenched in controversy, to the point where, as of now, it's likely that most people who've heard of it only did so because of this incident.

* OvershadowedByControversy: In early October of 2019, the developers found themselves in hot water due to a controversy ìnvolving transphobic tweets from the lead dev's lesbian girlfriend, and it all got much worse when, roughly a week later, a steam sale was put up in which the bundle purchase of the game plus soundtrack was 41% off, a number that just so happens to be ''[[https://www.dailydot.com/irl/heartbeat-trans-suicide-rate/ the attempted suicide rate among transgender people]]''. Now, admittedly, this number was chosen by Steam's algorithms, which piles additional discounts on bundles based on the discounts that the developers set up for the standalone purchase (which, in this case, was 35%). In fact, the 41% discount wasn't even advertised on the dev's social media and on the game's steam page, these advertised the standalone purchase discount instead. Still, the unusual circumstances and ''very suspicious'' timing of this whole ordeal gave an awful lot of weight to the theory that the devs anticipated what the Steam algorithm's bundle discount would be, a theory that only gained more acceptance once devs refused to address the issue by going on near radio silence as soon as the discount hit. Predictably, this led the game's name becoming drenched in controversy, to the point where, as of now, it's likely that most people who've heard of it only did so because of this incident.

* OvershadowedByControversy: In early October of 2019, the developers found themselves in hot water due to a steam sale which made the game with soundtrack 41% off. This number wasn't generated by an algorithm, but rather chosen due to being ''[[https://www.dailydot.com/irl/heartbeat-trans-suicide-rate/ the attempted suicide rate among transgender people]]''. The fact that the lead developer's girlfriend came under fire for extremely transphobic tweets around the same time makes it difficult to claim that these numbers are merely coincidental. Naturally, this led to a boycott of the game and has made it incredibly hard to talk about it without this controversy being mentioned