History YMMV / JudgementSilversword

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The demakes of "Survive" from ''VideoGame/{{Eschatos}}'' in the Steam, Switch, and [=PS4=] rereleases that takes the place of the second and third stage themes in ''Silversword'', which "Survive" itself is a remix of. Unlike the other tracks, it lasts a good minute and a half before looping and is suitably dramatic for how late in the game they are. Sadly no official release of these tracks or [=YouTube=] rips of them exist.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Complete ''Cardinal Sins'' and defeat the TrueFinalBoss and you get an ending crawl that is not only in surprisingly fluent English[[note]]note that just before said final boss, the stage is heralded with the words "P'''U'''LUTO -- START" and the boss with the word "Apoca[[JapaneseRanguage r]]ypse"[[/note]] but tells about a Biblical-sounding doomsday scenario that, other than the first seven stages being named after the SevenDeadlySins, doesn't seem to have to do with anything else in the game. The crawl [[SequelHook ends with]] "ToBeContinued", but the game's SpiritualSuccessor ''VideoGame/{{Eschatos}}'' does not seem to take place in the same universe.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Complete ''Cardinal Sins'' and defeat the TrueFinalBoss and you get an ending crawl that is not only in surprisingly fluent English[[note]]note that just before said final boss, the stage is heralded with the words "P'-'U'-'LUTO -- START" and the boss with the word "Apoca[[JapaneseRanguage r]]ypse"[[/note]] but tells about a Biblical-sounding doomsday scenario that, other than the first seven stages being named after the SevenDeadlySins, doesn't seem to have to do with anything else in the game. The crawl [[SequelHook ends with]] "ToBeContinued", but the game's SpiritualSuccessor ''VideoGame/{{Eschatos}}'' does not seem to take place in the same universe.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Complete ''Cardinal Sins'' and defeat the TrueFinalBoss and you get an ending crawl that is not only in surprisingly fluent English[[note]]note that just before said final boss, the stage is heralded with the words "P'-'U'-'LUTO -- START" and the boss with the word "Apoca[[JapaneseRanguage r]]ypse"[[/note]] but tells about a Biblical-sounding doomsday scenario that, other than the first seven stages being named after the SevenDeadlySins, doesn't seem to have to do with anything. The crawl [[SequelHook ends with]] "ToBeContinued", but the game's SpiritualSuccessor ''VideoGame/{{Eschatos}}'' does not seem to take place in the same universe.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Complete ''Cardinal Sins'' and defeat the TrueFinalBoss and you get an ending crawl that is not only in surprisingly fluent English[[note]]note that just before said final boss, the stage is heralded with the words "P''U''LUTO -- START" and the boss with the word "Apoca[[JapaneseRanguage r]]ypse"[[/note]] but tells about a Biblical-sounding doomsday scenario that, other than the first seven stages being named after the SevenDeadlySins, doesn't seem to have to do with anything. The crawl [[SequelHook ends with]] "ToBeContinued", but the game's SpiritualSuccessor ''VideoGame/{{Eschatos}}'' does not seem to take place in the same universe.

* BrokenBase: Until their inclusion, the lack of leaderboards in the Windows port. Some felt that it ruined the appeal of the games, especially ''Cardinal Sins'' as it's primarily a score attack game, others pointed out that the leaderboards would quickly be obsoleted by cheaters/hackers. Now that there ''are'' leaderboards for the port ''and'' there are cheaters, the "there will probably be cheaters" camp has sadly been proven right.

** "WARNING - HERE COMES THE [[BossBattle JUDGE]]!" Twice as hilarious if you're familiar with the classic variety show ''RowanAndMartinsLaughIn'' (Is he gonna [[CatchPhrase SOCK IT TO ME?]]).

* NarmCharm: It's hard not to crack a grin when the game turns an existing OneUp on the screen into your next life if you get killed with no lives left. Sure, you get a message in Engrish -- "NICE RECOVER!" -- but the game still saved you from a heartbreaking GameOver.

** The boss of the Wrath/Saturn stage in ''Cardinal Sins''; it's a ghost of Magnificence with ever-increasing [[DynamicDifficulty rank]] that can only be tamed by shooting at a mirror hovering around it, which also cancels bullets. The objective, as stated in-game: [[TryNotToDie "Don't die."]] You're ranked based on how many times you die, with the S rank only being obtainable by not dying at all. Its most vicious attack is its green homing laser attack, which is nearly impossible to avoid if the rank is high up. Many an overall rank has been dropped below S-, the required rank to face all four forms of the [[TrueFinalBoss Mirror of Cardinal Sins]], solely because the player died too many times on Wrath. Fitting, considering the [[SevenDeadlySIns sin]] that this boss represents.

* BrokenBase: Until their inclusion, the lack of leaderboards in the Windows port. Some felt that it ruined the appeal of the games, especially ''Cardinal Sins'' as it's primarily a score attack game, others pointed out that the leaderboards would quickly be obsoleted by cheaters/hackers. Now that there ''are'' leaderboards for the port ''and'' there are hackers, the "there will probably be hackers" camp has sadly been proven right.

** The boss of the Wrath/Saturn stage in ''Cardinal Sins''; it's a ghost of Magnificence with ever-increasing [[DynamicDifficulty rank]] that can only be tamed by shooting at a mirror hovering around it, which also cancels bullets. You're ranked based on how many times you die, with the S rank only being obtainable by not dying at all. Its most vicious attack is its green homing laser attack, which is nearly impossible to avoid if the rank is high up. Many an overall rank has been dropped below S-, the required rank to face all four forms of the [[TrueFinalBoss Mirror of Cardinal Sins]], solely because the player died too many times on Wrath. Fitting, considering the [[SevenDeadlySIns sin]] that this boss represents.

* BrokenBase: Until their inclusion, the lack of leaderboards in the Windows port. Some felt that it ruins the appeal of the games, especially ''Cardinal Sins'' as it's primarily a score attack game, others pointed out that the leaderboards would quickly be obsoleted by cheaters/hackers. Now that there ''are'' leaderboards for the port ''and'' there are hackers, the "there will probably be hackers" camp has sadly been proven right.

* BrokenBase: The lack of leaderboards in the Windows port. Some feel that it ruins the appeal of the games, especially ''Cardinal Sins'' as it's primarily a score attack game, others point out that the leaderboards would quickly be obsoleted by cheaters/hackers.

** The boss of the Wrath/Saturn stage in ''Cardinal Sins''; it's a ghost of Magnificence with ever-increasing [[DynamicDifficulty rank]] that can only be tamed by shooting at a mirror hovering around it, which also cancels bullets. You're ranked based on how many times you've died. Its most vicious attack is its green homing laser attack, which is nearly impossible to avoid if the rank is high up. Many an overall rank has been dropped below S-, the required rank to face all four forms of the [[TrueFinalBoss Mirror of Cardinal Sins]], solely because the player died too many times on Wrath. Fitting, considering the [[SevenDeadlySIns sin]] that this boss represents.

** The boss of the Wrath/Saturn stage in ''Cardinal Sins''; it's a ghost of Magnificence with ever-increasing [[DynamicDifficulty rank]] that can only be tamed by shooting at a mirror hovering around it, which also cancels bullets. You're ranked based on how many times you've died. Its most vicious attack is its green homing laser attack, which is nearly impossible to avoid if the rank is high up. Many an overall rank has been dropped below S-, the required rank to face all four forms of the [[TrueFinalBoss Mirror of Cardinal Sins]], solely because the player died too many times on Wrath.

** The boss of the Wrath/Saturn stage in ''Cardinal Sins''; it's a ghost of Magnificence with ever-increasing [[DynamicDifficulty rank]] that can only be tamed by shooting at a mirror hovering around it, which also cancels bullets. You're ranked based on how many times you've died. Its most vicious attack is its green homing laser attack, which is nearly impossible to avoid if the rank is high up. Many an overall rank has been dropped below S-, the required rank to face all four forms of the [[TrueFinalBoss Mirror of Cardinal Sins]], because the player died too many times on Wrath.

** The boss of the fittingly-titled Wrath stage in ''Cardinal Sins''; it's a ghost of Magnificence with ever-increasing [[DynamicDifficulty rank]] that can only be tamed by shooting at a mirror hovering around it, which also cancels bullets. You're ranked based on how many times you've died. Its most vicious attack is its green homing laser attack, which is nearly impossible to avoid if the rank is high up. Many an overall rank has been dropped below S-, the required rank to face all four forms of the [[TrueFinalBoss Mirror of Cardinal Sins]], because the player died too many times on Wrath.

* ThatOneBoss: Mirror Shield REH has a lot of health, has some very vicious patterns, and to make matters worse, when it seems like you've killed it, it goes into a second form that shoots out three-bullet spreads and [[TurnsRed gets faster the more you wear it down]]. Things go FromBadToWorse in Area 26, when you have to confront Mirror Shield RAH and ROH, who have the same attacks and are fought ''[[DualBoss at the same time]]!''

* ThatOneBoss: Mirror Shield REH has a lot of health, has some very vicious patterns, and to make matters worse, when it seems like you've killed it, it goes into a second form that shoots out three-bullet spreads and [[TurnsRed gets faster the more you wear it down]]. Things go FromBadToWorse in Area 26, when you have to confront Mirror Shield RAH and ROH [[DualBoss AT THE SAME TIME]].