History YMMV / MediEvil

** The Ant Caves level. Accessed by talking to the witch in the Enchanted Earth level, Dan gets shrunk down to insect size and has to wander into an anthill to find amber for her. Sounds simple, right? WRONG. The ant tunnels are pitch black, with only the light from some friendly sprites floating above you, and it's incredibly easy to get lost. At many times you can hear the ants scurrying around in the walls, before they crawl out and attack you. Then there's the boss of the level, the Ant Queen. Her only attacks are summoning soldier ants, spitting acid, or rearing up and ''[[HellIsThatNoise screaming]]'', making rocks fall from the ceiling. The kicker? At the start of the level, you find a book (likely placed there by the fairies you have to rescue) explicitly states that the nearby magical gateway was put there to keep ''something'' from getting out. And according to WordOfGod, this level was deliberately designed to be a silly version of an ''[[Franchise/{{Alien}}'' movie. ''A silly version'' of one of the most frightening moves of all time.

** The Ant Caves level. Accessed by talking to the witch in the Enchanted Earth level, Dan gets shrunk down to insect size and has to wander into an anthill to find amber for her. Sounds simple, right? WRONG. The ant tunnels are pitch black, with only the light from some friendly sprites floating above you, and it's incredibly easy to get lost. At many times you can hear the ants scurrying around in the walls, before they crawl out and attack you. Then there's the boss of the level, the Ant Queen. Her only attacks are summoning soldier ants, spitting acid, or rearing up and ''[[HellIsThatNoise screaming]]'', making rocks fall from the ceiling. The kicker? At the start of the level, you find a book (likely placed there by the fairies you have to rescue) explicitly states that the nearby magical gateway was put there to keep ''something'' from getting out. And according to WordOfGod, this level was deliberately designed to be a silly version on an [[Film/Alien Alien movie.]] ''A silly version'' of one of the most frightening moves of all time.

* ThatOneLevel: "The Ghost Ship" can seriously drive you crazy with its tricky jumps and unhelpful camera angles.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Practically the entire soundtrack to each game.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Dan finally earning his place in the Hall of Heroes if he collects all the Chalices, complete with his own statue, and the gargoyle at the front door who was previously mocking him now congratulating him for his accomplishments.

** Shame is an excellent fuel. Also, you can't kill a skeleton with an arrow to the eye.
** There's nothing to say Dan was necessarily a wimp; he was the first one to get killed because he was one of the first to get involved in the battle.
** For that matter, why isn't Dan under Zarok's control? Not being commanded by Palethorn during the sequel kind of makes sense, given that he almost certainly didn't have the 100+ years of experience with the spell book that Zarok had, but why didn't Dan come under Zarok's thrall like all the other zombies during the first game?
*** It seems like the implication was that Dan was sort of locked in-between worlds. Unable to truly pass on to his eternal reward because, well, he didn't earn it.

* ThatOneAchievement: Getting the Chalice in the Lake, which requires you to [[ViolationOfCommonSense completely ignore the warning given to you at the start of the level]] and trigger all of the green eyeballs, forcing you into fights with [[DemonicSpiders extremely resilient enemies.]] And you have to kill ''every single one of them'' personally, as knocking them into the lake will only make them jump back out. ''Sometimes''. Depending on where they are, they'll just disappear and force you to start the entire level over again.

* ThatOneAchievement: Getting the Chalice in the Lake, which requires you to [[ViolationOfCommonSense completely ignore the warning given to you at the start of the level and trigger the green eyeballs, forcing you into fights with [[DemonicSpiders extremely resilient enemies.]] And you have to kill ''every single one of them'' personally, as knocking them into the lake will only make them jump back out. ''Sometimes''. Depending on where they are, they'll just disappear and force you to start the entire level over again.

* ThatOneLevel: "The Ghost Ship" can seriously drive you crazy with its tricky jumps.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Roughly 90% of the first game is this, but it's easily topped off by Zarok's first two attempts to go OneWingedAngel:
-->*POOF!* Awwwk-bok-bok-bok-bok!...No, that's not right...
--->*POOF!* *sheep bleats* [[{{Squick}} Ohh! ...Oh, not right now!]]
** Topped off by his OWA form being a rather anemic-looking dragon with his own head on it, and his "You Are Doomed" speech being interruped by more chicken clucking. This troper lost the final battle the first time around simply due to laughing too hard to play or even pause.
-->'''NONE SHALL DEFEAT THE MIGHTY ZAROK!!''' Awwwk-bokbokbokbokb--A-'''HEM'''...so prepare to die.
** In the original game, the cutscene after escaping Peregrine's Castle. Dan's scream is ''priceless''.
** Zarok's book includes powerful magical tomes, how to look good in your 400s, and card tricks!
** Also, Zarok's reaction after Dan manages to defeat his champion: "...Bugger."
** Lots of stuff said by the characters in the Hall Of Heroes too.
-->'''Woden The Mighty''': "Fortesque, you jawless arrow-magnet! What are you doing back here?!"

* ThatOneLevel: "The Ghost Ship" can seriously drive you crazy.

* GameBreaker: Woden's Brand in the PSP remake. However, because of all the mini-game hell you have to go through to get the carnival tokens, it better damn well be one.
** To clarify its Game Breaker status, Woden's Brand can dispatch anything short of Shadow Demons and bosses ''in a single hit''. If you have the patience to get this weapon at the earliest possible time (the first time you go to Gallowmere Plains), you will use it for the rest of the game. Every weapon you get from the Hall of Heroes will rot in your inventory while you swing Woden's Brand around. Excluding the parts where you're forced to use other tactics.

* TheScrappy: Al-Zalam in the PSP remake, big time. Not only is he considered an unnecessary addition, he's also considered highly annoying and unfunny.

* NightmareFuel: Humorous as the original game is, it still involves battling undead/demonic enemies. Special mention goes to the scarecrows.

* NightmareFuel

* GoodBadBugs: One amusing glitch in ''MediEvil2'' that involves charging a sword attack on a ladder results in Dan's upper body spinning wildly and uncontrollably once he gets off.
* MostAnnoyingSound: "Alright Dan, you've come a long way! I'd ''save'' if I was you!" Shut '''up''', Winston.

* GoodBadBugs: One amusing glitch in ''MediEvil 2'' that involves charging a sword attack on a ladder results in Dan's upper body spinning wildly and uncontrollably once he gets off.

* MostAnnoyingSound: "Alright Dan, you've come a long way! I'd ''save'' if I was you!" Shut '''up''', Winston.

* MostAnnoyingSound: "You've come a long way! I'd ''save'' if I was you!" Shut '''up''', Winston.