History YMMV / TheLastRemnant

* ScrappyMechanic: In the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 version, you could only have one unique character per squad, forcing you to fill the rest of the squad with generic soldiers. This was very notable considering you recruit enough unique units to fill twice what your maximum endgame army count is by the end, meaning the ''vast'' majority of the units you recruit go unused.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The PC release is considered ''miles'' better than the original 360 release if for only one reason, and that reason is that in the original release, unique units were only allowed to be squad leaders, the rest of your squads could only be generic soldiers. With the PC release, that limitation is gone, allowing you to fill your squads with nothing but unique units. Which is great, because you'll ultimately recruit more unique units than you have space to field by the end. On top of that, there was a variety of general balance adjustments made as well.

* ReplacementScrappy: Emmy to Emma. It's not necessarily that Emmy is a bad character, but Emma is pretty well loved and then after her tragic death, you get a character that looks a lot like her without actually being her as a replacement and it just isn't the same.

* Author'sSavingThrow: The PC release is considered ''miles'' better than the original 360 release if for only one reason, and that reason is that in the original release, unique units were only allowed to be squad leaders, the rest of your squads could only be generic soldiers. With the PC release, that limitation is gone, allowing you to fill your squads with nothing but unique units. Which is great, because you'll ultimately recruit more unique units than you have space to field by the end. On top of that, there was a variety of general balance adjustments made as well.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The initial Xbox 360 release of the game was a mess on multiple levels. On a technical level, the game ran very poorly, and on a gameplay level, many questionable decisions were made. Biggest of which was probably the fact that you could only have one unique character per squad, forcing you to fill the rest of the squad with generic soldiers. This was very notable considering you recruit enough unique units to fill twice what your maximum endgame army count is by the end meaning the ''vast'' majority of the units you recruit go unused on UsefulNotes/Xbox360. The PC version fixed the technical issues, making the game run very smoothly, fixed the gameplay (removing the leader system, letting you use as many unique units as you wish), increased maximum squad size, and rebalanced the entire game in general. For those who are fans of Last Remnant, the PC version is really the only way to play.

* CompleteMonster: [[SmugSnake Wilfred Hermeien]] is the detestable Duke of Nagapur, head of the Congress and de facto ruler of the whole continent, but is unsatisfied with this, wanting to be crowned [[AGodAmI God Emperor]]. To this end, he creates the Third Committee to perform unethical Remnant research using kidnapping, human experimentation, threatening people to work for them, stealing Remnants from various settlements and many other crimes. Forming a deal with [[BigBad the Conqueror]], Hermeien stages a war where the Conqueror would attack the continent and [[EngineeredHeroics Hermeien would save the day]], uncaring how many of his troops would die. Also kidnapping [[PlayerCharacter Rush Sykes]]'s sister Irina, whom has Marion's Blessing, to strengthen his claim to God Emperor, Hermeien is eventually betrayed by the Conqueror, forced to work for him and made an experiment where he is given great power. Still coveting world domination, Hermeien poisons various leaders of the game world with his newfound power to slowly kill them before The Conqueror kills him for his hubris.

* CompleteMonster: [[SmugSnake Duke Wilfred Hermeien]] is the detestable Duke of Nagapur, head of the Congress and de facto ruler of the whole continent, but is unsatisfied with this, wanting to be crowned [[AGodAmI God Emperor]]. To this end, he creates the Third Committee to perform unethical Remnant research using kidnapping, human experimentation, threatening people to work for them, stealing Remnants from various settlements and many other crimes. Forming a deal with [[BigBad the Conqueror]], Hermeien stages a war where the Conqueror would attack the continent and [[EngineeredHeroics Hermeien would save the day]], uncaring how many of his troops would die. Also kidnapping [[PlayerCharacter Rush Sykes]]'s sister Irina, whom has Marion's Blessing, to strengthen his claim to God Emperor, Hermeien is eventually betrayed by the Conqueror, forced to work for him and made an experiment where he is given great power. Still coveting world domination, Hermeien poisons various leaders of the game world with his newfound power to slowly kill them before The Conqueror kills him for his hubris.

* CompleteMonster: [[SmugSnake Duke Wilfred Hermeien]] is the detestable Duke of Nagapur, head of the Congress and de facto ruler of the whole continent, but is unsatisfied with this, wanting to be crowned [[AGodAmI God Emperor]]. To this end, he creates the Third Committee to perform unethical Remnant research using kidnapping, human experimentation, threatening people to work for them, stealing Remnants from various settlements and many other crimes. Forming a deal with [[BigBad the Conqueror]], Hermeien stages a war where the Conqueror would attack the continent and [[EngineeredHeroics Hermeien would save the day]], uncaring how many of his troops would die. Also kidnapping [[PlayerCharacter Rush Sykes]]'s sister Irina, whom has Marion's Blessing, to strengthen his claim to God Emperor, Hermeien is eventually betrayed by the Conqueror, forced to work for him and made an experiment where he is given great power. Still coveting world domination, Hermeien poisons various leaders of the game world with his new found power to slowly kill them before The Conqueror kills him for his hubris.

* CompleteMonster: [[SmugSnake Duke Wilfred Hermeien]] is the detestable Duke of Nagapur, head of the Congress and de facto ruler of the whole continent, but is unsatisfied with this, wanting to be crowned [[AGodAmI God Emperor]]. To this end, he creates the Third Committee to [[PlayingWithSyringes perform unethical Remnant research]] using kidnapping, human experimentation, threatening people to work for them, stealing Remnants from various settlements and many other crimes. Forming a deal with [[BigBad the Conqueror]], Hermeien stages a war where the Conqueror would attack the continent and [[EngineeredHeroics Hermeien would save the day]], uncaring how many of his troops would die. Also kidnapping [[PlayerCharacter Rush Sykes]]'s sister Irina, whom has Marion's Blessing, to strengthen his claim to God Emperor, Hermeien is eventually betrayed by the Conqueror, forced to work for him and made an experiment where he is given great power. Still coveting world domination, Hermeien poisons various leaders of the game world with his new found power to slowly kill them before The Conqueror kills him for his hubris.

* David's Gae Bolg cannon and Pagus' Megalore are almost guaranteed to wipe out every bad guy on the map at once, except for bosses. Both weapons have the same trigger conditions, so if David and Pagus are both leading for a large battle, you can manipulate things so that chances are one or both of them will be ready to go with whole-field-clearing special attacks every single turn.

* GameBreaker: The Gae Bolg cannon is almost guaranteed to wipe out every bad guy on the map at once, except for bosses. It's first used in the very first battle in the game [[spoiler:and then later against you in a boss battle]]. It's balanced through, since it needs specific trigger conditions.
** also, Pagus' [[spoiler:hidden weapon art Megalore, learned from the remnant Heartache]]. It does the same thing and has almost the same trigger conditions as the Gae Bolg, so if David and Pagus are both leading for a large battle, you can manipulate things so that chances are one or both of them will be ready to go with whole-field-clearing special attacks every single turn.

* GoddamnedBats: Spiders and roseflies. ARGH.

* ThatOneBoss: Well, about a truckload of them, maybe more, where to start...
** There's the Gates of Hell, [[spoiler: The White Conqueror, Absolute(360)/True(PC) Conqueror, half of the Seven, The Enlightened Seven]], The Fallen and all its [[PaletteSwap Palette Swaps]], and pretty much every DLC boss.
* ThatOneAttack: Savage (White) Conqueror. War God. No morale. That's all that needs to be said.
** While only true on the X360 version as you can "cure" (read: kill then revive) it on the PC, Curse. Doesn't make it any less annoying in either version though.

* [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: Emma Honeywell's [[spoiler: last stand.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5y8v3BMM1E&fmt=18 Watch it here and see for yourself.]] [[spoiler: After the Conqueror lures Rush, David, and the others to the Nest of Eagles to deal with his army, the Conqueror marches on Athlum alone, forces his way through the gate, and is opposed by Emma, who meets him sword to sword. Despite being outmatched by the Conqueror's strength, Emma manages to spill his blood before he strikes her down.]]
** Whenever you get a Remnant Art, really. Bonus points if it's the Gae Bolg at the beginning of a [[strike:huge]] short boss battle.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The initial Xbox 360 release of the game was a mess on multiple levels. On a technical level, the game ran very poorly, and on a gameplay level, many questionable decisions were made. Biggest of which was probably the fact that you could only have one unique character per squad, forcing you to fill the rest of the squad with generic soldiers. This was very notable considering you recruit enough unique units to fill twice what your maximum endgame army count is by the end meaning the ''vast'' majority of the units you recruit go unused on Xbox360. The PC version fixed the technical issues, making the game run very smoothly, fixed the gameplay (removing the leader system, letting you use as many unique units as you wish), increased maximum squad size, and rebalanced the entire game in general. For those who are fans of Last Remnant, the PC version is really the only way to play.

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: This game is basically ''VideoGame/OgreBattle'' meets ''Romancing [=Saga=]''.

** While only true on the X360 version as you can "cure" (read: kill then revive) it on the PC, Curse. Doesn't make it any less annoying in either version though.

* ItGetsBetter: The battle system is pretty hard to get used to, but once you do, the game is a whole lot more fun.

* FetishFuel: Emmy Honeywell demanding that you "Hit him harder".

* GameBreaker: The Gae Bolg cannon is almost guaranteed to wipe out every bad guy on the map at once, except for bosses. It's first used in the very first battle in the game [[spoiler:and then later against you in a boss battle]]. It's balanced through specific trigger conditions.