History YMMV / MegamiTenseiII

** A particularly brutal example is Mitra, who doesn't seem too bad...except for a devastating fire breath attack that probably won't do too much damage to your protagonists by that point of the game but will likely burn through the demons in your party like tissue paper unless you're really been grinding. The good thing is he is optional, although you have to beat him if you want the best armor for the Hero in the game (although said armor is also something of a GuideDangIt in of itself).

* NightmareFuel: How does losing your arm and having to walk around a post-apocalyptic Tokyo sound to you?

** Zaratan Island. You have to explore two opposite ends of the dungeon and you take damage every few steps, PLUS there are random encounters. Hope you have enough MP to keep everyone healthy!

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The ending theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD29cN-wZ80 "Dawn of the Human Being"]], which sounds a little bit like the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBmI68OyiPQ theme song]] from ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture''.

** Astaroth's Castle. In a game where StandardStatusEffects aren't [[UselessUsefulSpell useless]] by any stretch of the imagination, [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard at least in your enemies' hands]], a dungeon where the most common enemy can put you to sleep, cause panic, or worst of all (because it doesn't come off through walking) paralyze you easily would already be ThatOneLevel, but this game [[FromBadToWorse one-ups even that]]: just before you enter the dungeon, Astaroth kidnaps the Partner, who may easily be your only means of healing from the various problems you run into, especially StandardStatusEffects and particularly paralysis.

* GrowingTheBeard: This is where many series staples were introduced, such as Jack Frost (albeit with a [[YouDontLookLikeYou VERY different design]]), {{Cyberpunk}} designs, an explorable overworld, MultipleEndings and a post-apocalyptic story.

* ThatOneLevel: Zaratan Island. You have to explore two opposite ends of the dungeon and you take damage every few steps, PLUS there are random encounters. Hope you have enough MP to keep everyone healthy!

** No hate for Astaroth's Castle? In a game where StandardStatusEffects aren't [[UselessUsefulSpell useless]] by any stretch of the imagination, [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard at least in your enemies' hands]], a dungeon where the most common enemy can put you to sleep, cause panic, or worst of all (because it doesn't come off through walking) paralyze you easily would already be ThatOneLevel, but this game [[FromBadToWorse one-ups even that]]: just before you enter the dungeon, Astaroth kidnaps the Partner, who may easily be your only means of healing from the various problems you run into, especially StandardStatusEffects and particularly paralysis.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: YHVH and Satan actually get their own unique battle music, OMEGA, that's so nice many fans of ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiII'' are outright disappointed the last several bosses of said game share the same song by comparison.
** Many tracks are considered this, thanks in part to a memory mapper that produces higher sound quality than the average NES soundtrack.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: YHVH and Satan actually get their own unique battle music, OMEGA, that's so nice many fans of ShinMegamiTenseiII are outright disappointed the last several bosses of said game share the same song by comparison.

** Bael's Castle with its random teleports that send you back outside the dungeon also qualifies.

* ThatOneBoss: Many. Tiamat, the Hydras, Moloch (who can use Mediahan up to 9 times!), Lucifer (should you choose to fight him) and Satan.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: YHVH actually gets his own unique battle music, OMEGA (Satan's is a mildly tweaked version) that's so nice many fans of ShinMegamiTenseiII are outright disappointed the last several bosses of said game share the same song by comparison.

* ThatOneBoss: Tiamat, the Hydra cluster, Lucifer (should you choose to fight him), Satan.
* ThatOneLevel: Zaratan Island, Bael's Castle with its random teleports that send out back outside the dungeon. Any of the Makai dungeons that are completely dark.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: SEVERAL. Namely the Kuchinawa sidequest, the Nihilistic Yoto sidequest and Zaratan Island.

* ThatOneLevel: Zaratan Island, Bael's Castle with its random teleports that send out back outside the dungeon.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: YHVH actually gets his own unique battle music, OMEGA (Satan's is a mildly tweaked version) that's so nice many fans of ShinMegamiTenseiII are outright disappointed the last several bosses of said game share the same song by comparison.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: YHVH actually gets his own unique battle music (Satan's is a mildly tweaked version) that's so nice many fans of ShinMegamiTenseiII are outright disappointed the last several bosses of said game share the same song by comparison.