History YMMV / SonicEyx

* NightmareRetardant: When EYX changes his appearance to be more like his true form when telling the player to meat him at the beginning of Green Hill, his goofily quick pointing finger movement can ruin the horror at least a bit.

*** Knuckles also joins in on the horror, by giving ''you'' a WhatTheHellPlayer speech, all the while blood starts leak out of his eyes as they turn into black orbs before saying that EYX is coming for you.

* BreatherLevel: Crystal Lake Zone is [[SceneryPorn a peaceful and happy level with stunning scenery]], and serves as the game's main original stage. And with [[PromotedToPlayable Sonic being the playable character]], it almost feels like you're actually playing a regular Sonic fan game. It especially helps that the music is taken from ''[[VideoGame/ThunderForce Thunder Force 2]]'', helping with the tranquility of the environment. However, [[MoodWhiplash the game won't let you forget its true intentions at any cost]].

** After Sonic's death scene (Already nightmarish on its own), this scene starts happening: You are thrown into a dark forest area with barely any lighting and [[NothintIsScarier no music playing]], with Sonic inexplicably alive, except that he [[ProphetEyes lacks pupils]] and has NoMouth. Eventually, without warning, Sonic stops in his tracks, and [[ThousandYardStare stares at the camera]] for a few seconds. Then he jumps off screen. And then he [[JumpScare suddenly pops up]] much closer to the screen, now with BlackEyesOfEvil and a SlasherSmile, allthewhile [[SensoryAbuse horrifying screaming plays]], revealing that the blue hedgehog you were controlling during the sequence [[HeWasRightThereAllAlong wasn't Sonic at all]].

** The end of the last Sonic level has this scene happen: Sonic stops in his tracks, and [[ThousandYardStare stares at the camera]] for a few seconds. Then he jumps off screen. And then he [[JumpScare suddenly pops up]] much closer to the screen, now with BlackEyesOfEvil and a SlasherSmile, allthewhile [[SensoryAbuse horrifying screaming plays]].

* BreatherLevel: Crystal Lake Zone is [[SceneryPorn a peaceful and happy level with stunning scenery]], and serves as the game's main original stage. And with [[PromotedToPlayable Sonic being the playable character]], it almost feels like you're actually playing a regular Sonic fan game. It especially helps that the music is taken from ''VideoGame/ThunderForce2'', helping with the tranquility of the environment. However, [[MoodWhiplash the game won't let you forget its true intentions at any cost]].

** EYX in his Draenog form. The original EXE was simply a Classic Sonic with black and red eyes, and the various redesigns and reinterpretations of the character range from simple edits of that, to completely over-the-top monster designs that can become a little hard to take seriously. EYX on the other hand, is simply '''wrong''' in every sense of the word; his lanky proportions, cultish marks carved into his body and a single, staring eyeball bulging out of his face make him come across as a horrific parody of Sonic over merely assuming his form.
*** Its Tails form (Cynffonnau) is also as unsettling, in addition to its fur becoming grey like Tails, it also has the same markings on its chest like Draenog and its arms appear to be skinned, not to mention its creepy SlasherSmile. The actual Tails has his head reduced to a skull, burned off by EYX itself.
*** A redesign for Cynffonnau makes its design even more unsettling, with arms that look burned up, and more tails than Tails himself would have.
*** Knuckles also joins in on the horror, by giving ''you'' a WhatTheHellPlayer speech, all the while blood starts leak out of his eyes as they turn into black orbs before saying that Draenog is coming for you.

* BreatherLevel: Crystal Lake Zone is [[SceneryPorn a peaceful and happy level with stunning scenery]], and serves as the game's main original stage. And with [[PromotedToPlayable Sonic being the playable character]], it almost feels like you're actually playing a regular Sonic fan game. However, [[MoodWhiplash the game won't let you forget its true intentions at any cost]].

*** Knuckles also joins in on the horror, by giving ''you'' a WhatTheHellHero speech, all the while blood starts leak out of his eyes as they turn into black orbs before saying that Draenog is coming for you.

** Basically the whole game.

* BreatherLevel: Crystal Lake Zone is [[SceneryPorn a peaceful and happy level with stunning scenery]], and serves as the game's main original stage. And with [[PromotedToPlayable Sonic being the playable character]], it almost feels like you're actually playing a regular Sonic fan game. However, [[MoodWhiplash the game won't let you forget its true intentions at any cost.]]
* NightmareFuel: EYX in his Draenog form. The original EXE was simply a Classic Sonic with black and red eyes, and the various redesigns and reinterpretations of the character range from simple edits of that, to completely over-the-top monster designs that can become a little hard to take seriously. EYX on the other hand, is simply '''wrong''' in every sense of the word; his lanky proportions, cultish marks carved into his body and a single, staring eyeball bulging out of his face make him come across as a horrific parody of Sonic over merely assuming his form.
** Its Tails form (Cynffonnau) is also as unsettling, in addition to its fur becoming grey like Tails, it also has the same markings on its chest like Draenog and its arms appear to be skinned, not to mention its creepy SlasherSmile. The actual Tails has his head reduced to a skull, burned off by EYX itself.
*** A redesign for Cynffonnau makes its design even more unsettling, with arms that look burned up, and more tails than Tails himself would have.
** Knuckles also joins in on the horror, by giving ''you'' a WhatTheHellHero speech, all the while blood starts leak out of his eyes as they turn into black orbs before saying that Draenog is coming for you.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The two other Sonic.EXEs, one pushing Tails down before vanishing and the other laughing at him, that appear at the end of Green Hill Zone if you try to proceed after EYX runs back to the start of the level. They don’t seem related to EYX, there’s no names given to them, and they only show up in smaller Easter eggs.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The two other Sonics, one pushing Tails down before vanishing and the other laughing at him, that appear at the end of Green Hill Zone if you try to proceed after EYX runs back to the start of the level. They don’t seem related to EYX, there’s no names given to them, and they don’t show up again.

** Its Tails form (Cynffonnau) is also as unsettling, in addition to its fur becomming grey like Tails, it also has the same markings on its chest like Draenog and its arms appear to be skinned, not to mention its creepy SlasherSmile. The actual Tails has his head reduced to a skull, burned off by EYX itself.

** Its Tails form (Cynffonnau) is also as unsettling, in addition to its fur becomming grey like Tails, it also has the same markings on its chest like Draenog and its arms appear to be skinned, not to mention its creepy SlasherSmile.

** Its Tails form (Cynffonnau) is also as unsettling, in addition to its fur becomming grey like Tails, it also has the same markings on its chest like Draenog and its arms appear to be skinned, not to mention its creepy SlasherSmile.

* NightmareFuel: EYX in his Draenog form. The original EXE was simply a Classic Sonic with black and red eyes, and the various redesigns and reinterpretations of the character range from simple edits of that, to completely over-the-top monster designs that can become a little hard to take seriously. EYX on the other hand, is simply '''wrong''' in every sense of the word; his lanky proportions, cultish marks carved into his body and a single, staring eyeball bulging out of his face make him come across as a horrific parody of Sonic over merely assuming his form.

* BreatherLevel: Crystal Lake Zone is [[SceneryPorn a peaceful and happy level with stunning scenery]], and serves as the game's main original stage. And with [[PromotedToPlayable Sonic being the playable character]], it almost feels like you're actually playing a regular Sonic fan game. However, [[MoodWhiplash the game won't let you forget its true intentions at any cost.]]

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The two other Sonics, one pushing Tails down before vanishing and the other laughing at him, that appear at the end of Green Hill Zone if you try to proceed after EYX runs back to the start of the level. They don’t seem related to EYX, there’s no name given to them, and they don’t show up again.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The two other .exes, one pushing Tails down before vanishing and the other laughing at him, that appear at the end of Green Hill Zone if you try to proceed after EYX runs back to the start of the level. They don’t seem related to EYX and there’s no name given to them.

* BigLippedAligatorMoment: The two other .exes, one pushing Tails down before vanishing and the other laughing at him, that appear at the end of Green Hill Zone if you try to proceed after EYX runs back to the start of the level. They don’t seem related to EYX and there’s no name given to them.

* BreatherLevel: Crystal Lake Zone is [[SceneryPorn a peaceful and happy level with stunning scenery]], and serves as the game's main original stage. And with [[PromotedToPlayable Sonic being the playable character]], it almost feels like you're actually playing a regular Sonic fan game. However, [[MoodWhiplash the game won't let you forget its true intentions at any cost.]]
* WordOfGod: In the Sonic.EXE Wiki, a lot of things had been confirmed, such as:
** [[AndIMustScream The fact that EYX's victims feel the pain they received upon death forever.]]
** [[ImposterForgotOneDetail Draenog can't disguise himself for long, and the disguise isn't really convincing.]]
** [[GoForTheEye Draenog's eye is its biggest weakness, so it does whatever it can to protect it from injury.]]

* BreatherLevel: Crystal Lake Zone is a peaceful and happy level with stunning scenery, and serves as the game's main original stage. And with [[PromotedToPlayable Sonic being the playable character]], it almost feels like you're actually playing a regular Sonic fan game. However, [[MoodWhiplash the game won't let you forget its true intentions at any cost.]]

** [[ImposterForgotOneDetail Draenog can't disguise himself for long, and the disguise isn't really convincing.]]