History YMMV / RWBYGrimmEclipse

* UncertainAudience: ''RWBY'' fans will certainly get a kick out of it for extra background lore and character interactions, but to the average consumer? All they see is a mess of different gameplay styles haphazardly mixed together. Is it a [[MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena MOBA]] because of the branching upgrade paths and ranks (as well as Hoarde Mode)? Is it supposed to be a team-based game with how much emphasis it puts on multiplayer? Is the combat system supposed to be reminiscent of ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors''? The melee/gun combo gameplay could remind people of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'', but the fighting is too limiting to be a stylish hack-and-slash like those games, and the ''[[Franchise/BatmanArkhamSeries Arkham]]''-style counters doesn't do them any favors at all.

* BoringButPractical: Weiss's Improved Barrage skill upgrade greatly increases the number of projectiles [[DeathOfAThousandCuts that her ranged combo can fire off]], which improves her damage output and allows her to build up her Ultimate Meter more easily.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Dr. Merlot]] is a [[Characters/RWBYCreaturesOfGrimm Grimm]]-obsessed [[EvilutionaryBiologist scientist]] who founds Merlot Industries to conduct experiments on them, seeking to attract more when he ran out of subjects and having the Grimm attracted to a nearby city to work around his problem, resulting in the population being overrun and slaughtered. Moving to a remote island, Merlot creates a stronger version of the Grimm, which he releases into nearby areas where they may attack and kill as they please. Attempting to kill off [[Characters/RWBYTheHeroes Team RWBY]] when they come to investigate his island, when they defeat his ultimate creation, a spiteful Merlot sets his laboratory to [[TakingYouWithMe self-destruct with all of them inside]].

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The explosion effect when [[spoiler:Dr. Merlot's base self-destructs]] at the end of the game was ''very'' badly-rendered in the initial release and must have been an ObviousBeta, as it was patched out and replaced with a more effective cutscene just a week later.

* UncertainAudience: Another issue that wraps back to the licensed-game problem above. ''RWBY'' fans will certainly get a kick out of it for extra background lore and character interactions, but to the average consumer? All they see is a mess of different gameplay styles haphazardly mixed together. Is it a [[MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena MOBA]] because of the branching upgrade paths and ranks (as well as Hoarde Mode)? Is it supposed to be a team-based game with how much emphasis it puts on multiplayer? Is the combat system supposed to be reminiscent of ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors''? The melee/gun combo gameplay could remind people of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'', but the fighting is too limiting to be a stylish hack-and-slash like those games, and the ''[[Franchise/BatmanArkhamSeries Arkham]]''-style counters doesn't do them any favors at all.

* GameBreaker: '''Jaune'''. Upgrade the increased damage of his Ultimate, play an online match and enjoy the carnage. Your team will easily obliterate just about everything. Even Mutated Beowolves which are considered extremely hard to kill due to their enormous health pools can be defeated before the Ultimate's effect runs out. On top of that, you can ''duplicate'' the amount of time the effect lasts and increase how many uses you can save.

* UncertainAudience: Another issue that wraps back to the licensed-game problem above. RWBY fans will certainly get a kick out of it for extra background lore and character interactions, but to the average consumer? All they see is a mess of different gameplay styles haphazardly mixed together. Is it a [[MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena MOBA]] because of the branching upgrade paths and ranks (as well as Hoarde Mode)? Is it supposed to be a team-based game with how much emphasis it puts on multiplayer? Is the combat system supposed to be reminiscent of ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors''? The melee/gun combo gameplay could remind people of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'', but the fighting is too limiting to be a stylish hack-and-slash like those games, and the ''[[Franchise/BatmanArkhamSeries Arkham]]''-style counters doesn't do them any favors at all.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The removal of many elements and the changes to the remaining ones were not well-received, though the worst has to be the infamous grinding in the game.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: The empty and overly-spacious environments, followed by the bland and shallow combat system (Remember: This is a game based off an animated web series that prides itself with its over the top fight scenes), tedious grinding, unfair difficulty and railroading level progression has left fans declaring indifference or hate for the game.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Dr. Merlot]] is a [[Characters/RWBYCreaturesOfGrimm Grimm]]-obsessed [[EvilutionaryBiologist scientist]] who founds Merlot Industries to conduct experiments on them, seeking to attract more when he ran out of subjects and having the Grimm attracted to a nearby city to work around his problem, resulting in the population being overrun and slaughtered. Moving to a remote island, Merlot creates a stronger version of the Grimm, which he releases into nearby areas where they may attack and kill as they please. Attempting to kill off [[Characters/RWBYTeamRWBY Team RWBY]] when they come to investigate his island, when they defeat his ultimate creation, a spiteful Merlot sets his laboratory to [[TakingYouWithMe self-destruct with all of them inside]].

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Oobleck's line about how uncomfortable it would've been to discuss the player(s)'s death to their parents is funny in its own way... unless you're playing as [[DeceasedParentsAreTheBest Ren]] or [[StreetUrchin Nora]].

* BrokenBase: The Team JNPR DLC has really annoyed the player base. Some players believe that five dollars for four characters is ''way'' too much, especially since the game has other modes for free. In fact, there are some players who think that they should get the DLC for free because they bought it before the price drop. Others point out that 5 dollars isn't that bad in terms of DLC, that Team JNPR plays very differently from Team RWBY and that this is new game content, seeing as the game started out as a fan game at first and never intended to have JNPR around. Furthermore, Team JNPR was well received due to each member's individual skills and perks. Players consider them a great addition to the game that encourages the multiplayer mode and overall makes the game more enjoyable. However, what irks some of the fans is that it was [[{{Deuteragonist}} Team JNPR]] who achieved this instead of [[ProtagonistTitle the titular Team RWBY]] which is also the only playable team unless you buy the DLC.

* DemonicSpiders: Androids, largely because their attacks have ''much'' greater reach than they should. The attack hitbox extends a fair bit beyond the actual graphic of their weapon, making it easy to misjudge whether one is safe. Further, getting hit by two or more at once is almost guaranteeing getting stunlocked to death.

* SurpriseDifficulty: At a glance, it's a HackAndSlash game, reminiscent of Creator/{{Koei|Tecmo}}'s various 'Warriors' series. If you go into it with that mindset, however, you will be quite surprised to find that there's no tutorial, no move-list, and the second type of enemies you encounter - appearing in great numbers in the very first level - can kill you in two hits. On the lowest difficulty. After the first few surprise deaths, you may feel compelled to go back to the main menu to check that you didn't set the difficulty to '[[HarderThanHard Chaos]]' by accident...
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Many elements removed and changed were not well-received, though the worst has to be the infamous grinding in the game.

* Also Nora, due to her Power Surge skill, which doubles her damage whenever she lands multiple hits. Not only do the hits count even if they're against breakable objects instead of enemies, but getting enough hits to activate the skill is laughably easy.
* And there's also Yang with her Second Wind skill, which refills her entire Ultimate bar whenever her Aura is depleted. Combine that with the quick aura regeneration skill, both extra ultimate bars, and a maxed out ultimate, and she will become a very effective character.

* BrokenBase: The Team JNPR DLC has really annoyed the player base. Some players believe that five dollars for four characters is ''way'' too much, especially since the game has other modes for free. In fact, there are some players who think that they should get the DLC for free because they bought it before the price drop. Others point out that 5 dollars isn't that bad in terms of DLC, that Team JNPR plays very differently from Team RWBY and that this is new game content, seeing as the game started out as a fan game at first and never intended to have JNPR around. Furthermore, Team JNPR was well received due to each member's individual skills and perks. Players consider them a great addition to the game that encourages the multiplayer mode and overall makes the game more enjoyable. However, what irks some of the fans is that it was [[{{Deuteragonist}} Team JNPR]] who achieved this instead of [[ProtagonistTitle the titular]] [[TheProtagonist Team RWBY]] which is also the only playable team unless you buy the DLC.

* SurpriseDifficulty: At a glance, it's a HackAndSlash game, reminiscent of Creator/{{KOEI}}'s various 'Warriors' series. If you go into it with that mindset, however, you will be quite surprised to find that there's no tutorial, no move-list, and the second type of enemies you encounter - appearing in great numbers in the very first level - can kill you in two hits. On the lowest difficulty. After the first few surprise deaths, you may feel compelled to go back to the main menu to check that you didn't set the difficulty to '[[HarderThanHard Chaos]]' by accident...

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Dr. Merlot]] is a Grimm-obsessed [[EvilutionaryBiologist scientist]] who founds Merlot Industries to conduct experiments on them, seeking to attract more when he ran out of subjects and having the Grimm attracted to a nearby city to work around his problem, resulting in the population being overrun and slaughtered. Moving to a remote island, Merlot creates a stronger version of the Grimm, which he releases into nearby areas where they may attack and kill as they please. Attempting to kill off Team RWBY when they come to investigate his island, when they defeat his ultimate creation, a spiteful Merlot sets his laboratory to [[TakingYouWithMe self-destruct with all of them inside]].

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Dr. Merlot]] was an old pupil of Ozpin with an unhealthy obsession with Grimm. Moving to Mt. Glenn and founding Merlot Industries, Merlot began to [[MadScientist experiment on Grimm]], but ran out due to the species' short lifespan in captivity. To work around this, Merlot had his research team attract a bunch of Grimm to the city, which resulted in it being overrun and the people being slaughtered. Surviving the attack and seeing the collapse of Glenn as "[[LackOfEmpathy a speed bump on the scientific highway of progress]]", Merlot continued his experiments on a remote island. Succeeding in making a stronger variety of Grimm, Merlot released them into the Emerald Forest and Forever Fall to attack who they pleased. He also booby-trapped the ruins below Mt. Glenn with a bomb to keep people from finding his ships. When Team RWBY investigates his hacking of the security network in the Emerald Forest and accidentally ends up on his island, he reveals himself and taunts the girls, asking to "test" them before [[TheBeastmaster sending an army of Grimm]] to kill them. When the team makes it to his lair, he gleefully sends his security robots to kill them. However, when the team successfully hacks into his system and gains access to his secret labs, an enraged Merlot began to send his Grimm and robots at them with more viciousness, culminating in him sending a mutated deathstalker to kill them. When the creature falls, Merlot [[TakingYouWithMe self-destructs his lab with himself and Team RWBY still inside]].

* BrokenBase: The Team JNPR DLC has really annoyed the player base. Some players believe that five dollars for four characters is ''way'' too much, especially since the game has other modes for free. In fact, there are some players who think that they should get the DLC for free because they bought it before the price drop. Others point out that 5 dollars isn't that bad in terms of DLC, that Team JNPR plays very differently from Team RWBY and that this is new game content, seeing as the game started out as a fan game at first and never intended to have JNPR around.
** Furthermore, Team JNPR was well received due to each member's individual skills and perks. Players consider them a great addition to the game that encourages the multiplayer mode and overall makes the game more enjoyable. However, what irks some of the fans is that it was [[{{Deuteragonist}} Team JNPR]] who achieved this instead of [[ProtagonistTitle the titular]] [[TheProtagonist Team RWBY]] which is also the only playable team unless you buy the DLC.

* GameBreaker: '''Jaune'''. Upgrade the increased damage of his Ultimate, play an online match and enjoy the carnage. Your team will easily obliterate just about everything. Even Mutated Beowolves which are considered extremely hard to kill due to their enormous health pools can be defeated before the Ultimate's effect runs out. On top of that, you can ''duplicate'' the amount of time the effect lasts and increase how many uses you can save.

* MostAnnoyingSound: Ruby charging her heavy attack. All characters yell while charging, but Ruby's is much louder than the others, making it more noticeable and annoying when somebody is spamming it.
** Nora's Team attacks are pretty cool...If it wasn't for her yelling "I got it!" every single time she uses it. If someone is spamming or there are multiple Nora's in a session...let's just say it gets ''really'' old ''really'' fast.

* HypeBacklash: Most fans are not particularly impressed with the final product's showing, often citing the devs treating the beta as a demo and a rushed release for RTX as causing bugs, promised features not appearing, a general lack of improvement, and failing to acknowledge many fan-demands at all.

* FunnyMoments:

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: The empty and overly-spacious environments, followed by the bland and shallow combat system (Remember: This is a game based off an animated web series that prides itself with its over the top fight scenes), tedious grinding, unfair difficulty and railroading level progression has left fans declaring indifference or hate for the game. Rooster Teeth seems to picked up on this behavior as well, as no new content was announced following the JNPR update.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Oobleck's line about how uncomfortable it would've been to discuss the player(s)'s death to their parents is funny in its own way. Unless you're playing as [[DeceasedParentsAreTheBest Ren]] or [[StreetUrchin Nora]].