History YMMV / The3rdBirthday

* DemonicSpiders Any Twisted beyond the first few species can be this,but the Rovers,the Mudflaps and the Worms "definitely" qualifies.

* NintendoHard: You can die a few times even during Easy mode.

* {{Squick}}: Beat the game, then think about that shower scene. [[spoiler: Technically, Eve's still VERY much underage, and even with clone genetics being what they are, she still doesn't quite look legal...]]
* UnfortunateImplications: Graituous shower scene (granted, the second game had one too), fanservicey-costumes that can get torn off enough to see her underwear, an Overdrive system usually involving Aya to take possession of a male soldier in order to defend herself...

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: [[spoiler:So, you have to fight a ''giant'' EldritchAbomination inside... ''another'' EldritchAbomination, while floating around in what seems to be rather beautiful sphere. You shoot at it... a LOT, and this thing slowly approaches you without twitching. When near you, it paralyzes you with its FrickinLaserBeams, catches you with its tentacles and ''eats'' you ''whole''. Your only hope of survival is to [[BodySurf transfer to another body]]. From there the whole pattern begins anew, all while you have to witness how the monster eats your former body, gallons of blood and the sound of bones being crunched included. Well, '''that's''' ''The 3rd Birthday''. Oh, the horror..]].
** It doesn't help either that Aya's expression at the sight of this thing is blank horror...
** From the soldiers' perspective, the fight with [[spoiler:Hyde]] could easily qualify as this. One of the soldiers randomly walks up to him and [[spoiler:Hyde]] starts talking to him for no visible reason. The soldier suddenly raises his gun to shoot, and [[spoiler:Hyde]] {{Armor Piercing Slap}}s him to the ground. Right afterwards, he transforms into some kind of half-Twisted monster with disproportionate limbs and tentacles sprouting out of its back. I'd be freaked out...
** A bit of FridgeHorror here: I'm sure many of us have dived out of a dying soldier - and heard the screams - but what do you think the soldier him/herself went through? If they are conscious when Aya possesses them, that's kinda creepy, but it's ''worse'' if they're ''not''. One moment you're in cover, a fellow soldier stumbles for a moment, the next you're squirming on the ground with blood pouring out of every orifice.

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* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Due to all of the checkpoints, dieing doesn't set you back too far.

*** It doesn't help either that Aya's expression at the sight of this thing is blank horror...

* {{Woobie}}: Eve. The poor kid is in dire need of a hug. [[spoiler: She just wanted to save her sister, but she inadvertently started a whole mess of other problems.]]

** Even more so [[spoiler:when you realize who she is.]]

* FetishFuel: Aya's ripped jeans is just the beginning. Among her unlockable costumes are {{Meido}}, {{Qipao}}, [[FinalFantasyXIII Lightning]] (Along with a tattoo you can see when ClothingDamage takes effect), SexySantaDress, PlayboyBunny, and SpyCatsuit. [[http://www.siliconera.com/2010/12/27/a-recap-of-ayas-3rd-birthday-costumes/ Check them here]].
** At the same time this leads to FanDisservice . The alternate costumes actually give a major defense penalty. Generally: the more skin shown, the lower the defense rating, the more damage taken on any difficulty.

* UnfortunateImplications: Graituous shower scene (granted, the second game had one too), fanservicey-costumes that can get torn off enough to see her underwear, an Overdrive system usually involving Aya to take possession of a male soldier in order to defend herself...

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Due to all of the checkpoints, dieing doesn't set you back too far.
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: [[spoiler: So, you have to fight a ''giant'' EldritchAbomination inside... ''another'' EldritchAbomination, while floating around in what seems to be rather beautiful sphere. You shoot at it... a LOT, and this thing slowly approaches you without twitching. When near you, it paralyzes you with its FrickinLaserBeams, catches you with its tentacles and ''eats'' you ''whole''. Your only hope of survival is to [[BodySurf transfer to another body]]. From there the whole pattern begins anew, all while you have to witness how the monster eats your former body, gallons of blood and the sound of bones being crunched included. Well, THAT's ''The 3rd Birthday''. Oh, the horror...]]

** From the soldiers' perspective, the fight with [[spoiler: Hyde]] could easily qualify as this. One of the soldiers randomly walks up to him and [[spoiler: Hyde]] starts talking to him for no visible reason. The soldier suddenly raises his gun to shoot, and [[spoiler: Hyde]] {{ArmorPiercingSlap}}'s him to the ground. Right afterwards, he transforms into some kind of half-Twisted monster with disproportionate limbs and tentacles sprouting out of its back. I'd be freaked out...

* {{ThatOneBoss}}/{{WakeupCallBoss}}: Easily many of them are, depending on how well your DNA board is customized and how well you've kept up with upgrading your weapons.

* UnfortunateImplications: Graituous shower scene (granted, the second game had one too), fanservicey-costumes that can get torn off enough to see her underwear, an Overdrive system usually involving Aya to take possession of a male soldier in order to defend herself... it's MetroidOtherM all over again.

** A bit of FridgeHorror here: I'm sure many of us have dived out of a dying soldier - and heard the screams - but what do you think the soldier him/herself went through? If they a conscious when Aya possesses them, that's kinda creepy, but it's ''worse'' if they're ''not''. One moment you're in cover, a fellow soldier stumbles for a moment, the next you're squirming on the ground with blood pouring out of every orifice.

*** From the soldiers' perspective, the fight with [[spoiler: Hyde]] could easily qualify as this. One of the soldiers randomly walks up to him and [[spoiler: Hyde]] starts talking to him for no visible reason. The soldier suddenly raises his gun to shoot, and [[spoiler: Hyde]] {{ArmorPiercingSlap}}'s him to the ground. Right afterwards, he transforms into some kind of half-Twisted monster with disproportionate limbs and tentacles sprouting out of its back. I'd be freaked out...

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: [spoiler: So, you have to fight a ''giant'' EldritchAbomination inside... ''another'' EldritchAbomination, while floating around in what seems to be rather beautiful sphere. You shoot at it... a LOT, and this thing slowly approaches you without twitching. When near you, it paralyzes you with its FrickinLaserBeams, catches you with its tentacles and ''eats'' you ''whole''. Your only hope of survival is to [[BodySurf transfer to another body]]. From there the whole pattern begins anew, all while you have to witness how the monster eats your former body, gallons of blood and the sound of bones being crunched included. Well, THAT's ''The 3rd Birthday''. Oh, the horror...]]

* {{ThatOneBoss}}/{{WakeupCallBoss}}: Easily many of these, depending on how well your DNA board is customized and how well you've kept up with upgrading your weapons.

* ThatOneBoss/WakeupCallBoss: Easily many of these, depending on how well your DNA board is customized and how well you've kept up with upgrading your weapons.

* NintendoHard: You can die a few times even during Easy mode.