History YMMV / ShinMegamiTenseiImagine

* HilariousInHindsight: Jeanne D'arc and Tokisada are the only Fiends (besides Yoshitsune) who are based on historical figures. A few years later, they would appear in ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'' as the Ruler-class Servants.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The game was rated T, but Creator/AeriaGames never mentioned nor had any warnings in their website about this, advertising it simply as a "Fantasy MMORPG", giving the idea that any kid can play the game. Atlus Online followed the same way. This is coming from a game that has [[GagPenis Mara]], [[TeenyWeenie Gaki, Yaka]], Angel, [[GodivaHair Yaksini, Lamia]], [[GagBoobs Artemis]], [=NPC=]s swearing, ritual sacrifice with dozens of Innocents, and [[spoiler: HalfTheManHeUsedToBe]] on-screen in a later act, among many other things. It's a wonder the game didn't earn an M, as the majority of ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' games do in the west.

*** Ongyo-Ki's Plugin: First, go to an NPC in an Ichigaya Camp Gold instance that, once per day, will give you Oni charms that cost [[AdamSmithHatesYourGuts 20,000 Magnetites]] each (though you can buy one that summons all 3 Oni at once). Then you have to summon and kill all 3 Oni bosses, who have a [[RandomlyDrops LOW CHANCE]] of dropping their own Lacquer Wood Piece. You then have to mix the pieces into an item that summons Onyx Storm Ongyo-Ki, who has a (again, [[RandomlyDrops low]]) chance of dropping the plugin item. After this, you take the item to another NPC, [[UpToEleven along with an Oni demon that has been taught]] ''[[UpToEleven all four elemental null skills]]'' to get the plugin. [[SarcasmMode Have fun]].

* BlindIdiotTranslation:
** GratuitousItalian turns into Spanish for no reason in the Gun Knowledge expertise passive skills. It wouldn't be so bad if the italian names weren't ''[[http://megaten.sesshou.com/wiki/index.php/Gun_Knowledge in the skill icons]]''.
** There is a dress called "Medic ''Gloves''".
** How do you get Retaliation out of Regal Presence? Complete with an apparent beta description of the Counter expertise!
** Alchemy was translated into Craftsmanship.
** The Mystic affinity was translated as Magic. Not only does a "Magic" already exists (the stat), which causes a lot of confusion, but [[{{Irony}} mages can't use said Magic affinity]]. Many a newbie would get an equipment that raises Magic only to later discover it raises the affinity, not the stat.
** The affinity for handguns was translated into Long-Range. However, Long-Range is also the name of the derivated stat used for calculating damage of all guns. Similar to the Magic affinity/stat example above, lots of confusions are caused due to this.

* PlayTheGameSkipTheStory
* {{Scrub}}: Try using cash shop incenses, Chiaki set, or any other "player banned" items/skills in [[PlayerVersusPlayer PvP]] and see what happens. Advised to close your chat when doing this.
** What is funny is that, while Chiaki is "player banned" for being too [[GameBreaker broken]] (it allows for 2 more consecutive actions of any skill), SA and Valentine sets (+1 consecutive action), Ruby/Lazurite/Topaz/Beryl/Agate Eyes (+1 action for a specific affinity) and DDS Flame/Ice (+1 action to Fire/Ice) are not, even though the effect is very similar (though Chiaki applies to the whole party, and these others are only for the wearer). Chiaki even has a potentially bad bug that sometimes causes an affected demon to not be able to do anything until re-summoned.
*** D.M.C., a skill that ''always'' hits for 4444 damage, even on people using incense of protection, is perfectly fine.
* StopHavingFunGuys: Annoying when you have a build that doesn't cater to one of the recommended party members for high level runs.
** Just try joining an Ichi Gold with a Magic Bullet focused character. What makes this funny is how Magic Bullets were once (back in early 2010) a ''must'' in this run, but are now discarded due to low damage output when compared to other builds. The same thing is now happening to the Demolition Dashers, who were a must in Ichi Gold runs until 2011.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: GratuitousItalian turns into Spanish for no reason in the Gun Knowledge expertise passive skills. It wouldn't be so bad if the italian names weren't ''[[http://megaten.sesshou.com/wiki/index.php/Gun_Knowledge in the skill icons]]''.

*** Alchemy was translated into Craftsmanship.

*** The affinity for hanguns was translated into Long-Range. However, Long-Range is also the name of the derivated stat used for calculating damage of all guns. Similar to the Magic affinity/stat example above, lots of confusions are caused due to this.

* MemeticMutation: "Let's see how you fare against two kodamas!"

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The game is rated T, but Creator/AeriaGames never mentioned nor had any warnings in their website about this, advertising it simply as a "Fantasy MMORPG", giving the idea that any kid can play the game. Atlus Online seems to be following the same way.
** This is coming from a game that has [[GagPenis Mara]], [[TeenyWeenie Gaki, Yaka]], Angel, [[GodivaHair Yaksini, Lamia]], [[GagBoobs Artemis]], NPC's swearing, ritual sacrifice with dozens of Innocents, [[spoiler: HalfTheManHeUsedToBe]] on-screen in a later act, and many other reasons, some people argue this game should be rated at least M, as did all but three games of the [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei series]] released in the west.

* GameBreaker: Erosion Hex. It inflicts 4 different StandardStatusEffects (2 of which are among the top 3 most useful ones) in a very wide area, costs only 10 MP, and has such low requirements to be learned that pretty much every build can include it without major problems.

** Zhu Que's plugin: You need to go through a low level dungeon that gives no profit whatsoever in the hopes of finding the elusive special boss Zhu Que to get the key item and the earrings he drops, then create a dungeon on the other side of the map while having the earring equipped, and then talk to a statue in the boss room to trade the key item for the plugin. The problem here is that said special boss is [[LuckBasedMission so rare to spawn]] that some players have reportedly been running the dungeon ''dozens of times per week for over 3 years'', and still haven't seen the bird even once!
*** Also, [[FakeDifficulty the earrings it drops are gender restricted, and it's not 100% that the boss will drop both the earring and the key item at once]]. So when you do find the boss, there's a chance you'll either a) not get both items necessary, or b) get earrings of the wrong gender. And they aren't tradeable. Good luck with that.
** Thor's plugin: You need to beat the boss room of [[MarathonLevel Celu Tower (Gold)]], which is filled to brim with DemonicSpiders and ''two bosses'', over and over again until you [[RandomDrops finally find the key item necessary]]. Then you have to run through the whole dungeon again, and talk to the NPC in front of the boss room door.
** Raphael's plugin: You need to get an Inexperienced Uriel (which is only attainable during one of the main quests), then take it to a NPC. He then asks you to kill Raphael. Simple, right? Not really. While this isn't a LuckBasedMission, as are most other plugins, once killed, Raphael will only respawn 8 hours later ''in real time'', making you need to wait there for hours if you don't know when was the last time he was killed. While this wasn't so bad back in 2009-2010, when we had 7 different channels/game worlds, now that we have only one server with one channel, it's awful with people {{Kill Steal}}ling most often than not, and some people who just kill him for the experience and drops.
** Nyarlathotep's plugin: You need to farm for a rare element, then trade it with an NPC for a consumable. Then you need to go to Nakano at a specific place at a specific time (between 0:00 and 6:00 during a full moon) and then use the item, which will spawn some DemonicSpiders. Once you defeat them, [[LuckBasedMission there's a chance the real enemy you need to defeat will appear]]. The main problem is that Nakano is a place with people passing all the time, so sometimes you'll get some random player wanting to KillSteal your plugin from you. It doesn't help that the game warns everyone in the area when the real boss spawns...
** Ongyo-Ki's Plugin: First, go to an NPC in an Ichigaya Camp Gold instance that, once per day, will give you Oni charms that cost [[AdamSmithHatesYourGuts 20,000 Magnetites]] each (though you can buy one that summons all 3 Oni at once). Then you have to summon and kill all 3 Oni bosses, who have a [[RandomlyDrops LOW CHANCE]] of dropping their own Lacquer Wood Piece. You then have to mix the pieces into an item that summons Onyx Storm Ongyo-Ki, who has a (again, [[RandomlyDrops low]]) chance of dropping the plugin item. After this, you take the item to another NPC, [[UpToEleven along with an Oni demon that has been taught]] ''[[UpToEleven all four elemental null skills]]'' to get the plugin. [[SarcasmMode Have fun]].

* BlindIdiotTranslation: GratuitousItalian turns into spanish for no reason in the Gun Knowledge expertise passive skills. It wouldn't be so bad if the italian names weren't ''[[http://megaten.sesshou.com/wiki/index.php/Gun_Knowledge in the skill icons]]''.

* {{Scrub}}: Try using cash shop incenses, Chiaki set, or any other "player banned" items/skills in PvP and see what happens. Advised to close your chat when doing this.

** This is coming from a game that has [[GagPenis Mara]], [[TeenyWeenie Gaki, Yaka]], Angel, [[GodivaHair Yaksini, Lamia]], [[GagBoobs Artemis]], NPC's swearing, ritual sacrifice with dozens of Innocents, [[spoiler: HalfTheManHeUsedToBe]] on-screen in a later act, and many other reasons, some people argue this game should be rated at least M, as did all but three games of the [[ShinMegamiTensei series]] released in the west.

** This is coming from a game that has [[GagPenis Mara]], [[TeenyWeenie Gaki, Yaka]], [[FetishFuel Angel]], [[GodivaHair Yaksini, Lamia]], [[GagBoobs Artemis]], NPC's swearing, ritual sacrifice with dozens of Innocents, [[spoiler: HalfTheManHeUsedToBe]] on-screen in a later act, and many other reasons, some people argue this game should be rated at least M, as did all but three games of the [[ShinMegamiTensei series]] released in the west.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The game is rated T, but AeriaGames never mentioned nor had any warnings in their website about this, advertising it simply as a "Fantasy MMORPG", giving the idea that any kid can play the game. Atlus Online seems to be following the same way.

** Back in 2009: "Meep!"[[hottip:*:this was the cry of the Mothman boss in Old Tokio Metro when dying, but it was changed in early 2010]]

** Most plugin[[hottip:*:key items that allow you to fuse some special demons]] quests:

*** Also, [[FakeDifficulty the earrings it drops are gender restricted, and it's not 100% that the boss will drop both the earring and the key item at once]]. So when you do find the boss, there's a chance you'll either a) not get both items necessary, or b) get earrings of the wrong gender. [[ItGotWorse And they aren't tradeable]]. Good luck with that.

** This is coming from a game that has [[GagPenis Mara]], [[TeenyWeenie Gaki, Yaka]], [[FetishFuel Angel]], [[GodivaHair Yaksini, Lamia]], [[GagBoobs Artemis]], NPC's swearing, ritual sacrifice with dozens of Innocents, [[spoiler: HalfTheManHeUsedToBe]] on-screen in a later act, and many other reasons for it to be rated ''at least'' T. Some people argue this game should be rated at least M, as did all but three games of the [[ShinMegamiTensei series]] released in the west.

* ObviousBeta: Most new contents are obviously not even tested. Special mention to version 1.605, which fixed one minor bug while introducing a crapton of others, some of which were [[GameBreakingBug pretty awful]]. In this particular case, it was impossible to revert the update, because it changed the entire game's build (the "update" actually had you download the whole game again).
** Back in the first implementation of the Denshi Kairo dungeon, so many things were bugged that they had to take the server down the next day to ''revert the update''.
** AeriaGames's Game Masters (and even some Game Sages) would always claim that they [[BlatantLies tested content extensively before implementing]]. One would think "extensive testing" would make them notice that the most popular dungeon (Old Ichigaya Camp Gold) is lacking AI, or that the most rewarding cash run bosses (Shiva & Vishnu, which were being spammed to hell and back at the time) are lacking ''two thirds of their HP'', or that the soulstones they just implemented are not working at all.
** Atlus Online isn't much better. They apparently have no testers at all, and have to have the players test their contents. This was made rather obvious when they tried to fix the PvP bug twice, but players confirmed they failed half an hour after the maintenances. They also needed player confirmation when the bug was actually fixed on the third try.

* StopHavingFunGuys: Annoying when you have a build that doesn't cater to one of the recommended party members for high level runs. You'll often have to pretend to have skills you don't.

* StopHavingFunGuys: Annoying when you have a build that doesn't cater to one of the recommended party members for high level runs. You'll often have to pretend to have skills you don't.

** The Mystic affinity was translated as Magic. Not only does a "Magic" already exists (the stat), which causes a lot of confusion, but mages '''cannot''' use said "Magic" affinity. Many a newbie would get an equipment that raises Magic only to later discover it raises the affinity, not the stat.

** Why is that dress called Medic ''Gloves''?

* GoddamnBats: Anything that can't be killed in one hit and isn't a boss qualifies as this.

** In the Atlus Online forum, "Better rollback the server!" became a meme for a little while when talks of this happening were making everyone uneasy, and one of the Mentors came up with [[http://forums.atlusonline.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=21633 this joke thread]].

* StopHavingFunGuys: Annoying when you have a build that doesn't cater to one of the recommended party members for high level runs. You'll often have to pretend to have skills you don't.

** Atlus Online isn't much better. They apparently have no testers at all, and have to have the players test their contents. This was made rather obvious when they tried to fix the PvP bug twice, but players confirmed they failed half an hour after the maintenances. They also needed player confirmation when the bug was actually fixed on the third try.

* StopHavingFunGuys: Annoying when you have a build that doesn't cater to one of the recommended party members for high level runs. You'll often have to pretend to have skills you don't.

* GoddamnBats: Anything that can't be killed in one hit, and isn't a boss qualifies as this.