History YMMV / Hellsinker

** In a game otherwise lacking any coherent words, Scarlet Queen's "[[AC:[[BonusBoss You]] [[OneWingedAngel will]] [[PrepareToDie die]] [[CreepyMonotone here!]]]]" is pretty creepy, especially if you're not expecting it. The same clip plays in other spots, but it has the most impact here because [[NothingIsScarier the music stops when it plays]].

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6qdalup2s4 The second half of Segment 8.]]

%% This is based on what another player posted, and I haven't seen this for myself.. If someone can confirm this, comment it out and state which boss: Thinking about ALT+[=F4=]'ing a particular boss? Enjoy your sudden WallOfText on the way out.

%% This is based on what another player posted, and I haven't seen this for myself.. If someone can confirm this, comment it out and state which boss. ** Thinking about ALT+[=F4=]'ing a particular boss? Enjoy your sudden WallOfText on the way out.

** In a game otherwise lacking any coherent words, Scarlet Queen's "[[AC:[[BonusBoss You]] [[OneWingedAngel will]] [[PrepareToDie die]] [[CreepyMonotone here!]]]]" is pretty creepy, especially if you're not expecting it.
** Thinking about ALT+[=F4=]'ing a particular boss? Enjoy your sudden WallOfText on the way out. %% This is based on what another player posted. Further elaboration is welcome.

** If you care about [[ScoringPoints Spirits]], the Shrine of Farewell. You have unlimited lives, but dying and bombing will cause you to lose crystals, which will ultimately lead to less Spirits than what you entered with if you continue to make mistakes.

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: Most players who have unlocked the Lead segments never play Segment 2 Behind.

** The Spirit Overload ending, where you're {{Mind Rape}}d with Rex Cavalier's memories and implied to turn into a Prayer [[WhoWantsToLiveForever who can never die]].

** In a game otherwise lacking any coherent words, Scarlet Queen's "[[BonusBoss You]] [[OneWingedAngel will]] [[PrepareToDie die]] [[CreepyMonotone here!]]" is pretty creepy, especially if you're not expecting it.

** If you care about [[ScoringPoints Spirits]], the Shrine of Farewell. You have unlimited lives, but dying and bombing will cause you to lose crystals, which will ultimately lead to less Spirits than what you entered with.

** Segment 6. On top of featuring the [[DualBoss Apostles]] [[ThatOneBoss of the Seed]], after you destroy them, you have about another minute of enemies with brutal attack patterns to go afterwards.

''CONTINUE A \\
THORNY WAY?'' \\

->The Death is waiting for you \\

Please don't bore him. \\

THORNY WAY?''

[[GameOver SURRENDER]] <-> [[VideoGame/{{Hellsinker}} DECEIVE IT]]

* [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs What Do You Mean, It Wasn't Made On Drugs?]]: Just take a look at the various title screens, and you should already be able to tell.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: The news of the translation patch where met with high praise.

** Both Millionlives and Ninelives are male.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Almost all of the soundtrack, which is done in a strange trance style really unlike anything else. Special note goes to:

* MindScrew: It's visually and musically [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLC8_omZ8AM&feature=related very surreal]], but the plot is even stranger than any of the gameplay would lead a player to believe. The full version of the game contains [[http://www40.atwiki.jp/hellsinker/pages/57.html#id_04037ec6 hidden poems]], loads of cryptic Japanese text, [[EveryoneKnowsMorse Morse Code]] messages in the title screen, [[UnreadablyFastText flashing screens in between levels and during bosses]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIUiwZqqeKg distorted voices]] and all sorts of fun things to spend time decrypting. It's pretty much HouseOfLeaves: The Game.
** Strangely enough, Version 0.95 of the game was almost perfectly normal. After it was released, the creator disappeared from the internet for a while before creating a [[http://sanagimaru.nobody.jp rather cryptic new website]] and releasing the full game at Comiket 72.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9cEPUOV-GQ The Apostles of the Seed]], though it should probably be shut off after about 1:10