History YMMV / TheLastStand

** Zombies armed with hatchets or claw hammers can kill your survivors through the barricade in the first two games, and in ''Union City'', they hit '''really''' hard.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: Sure, HERC is awfully quick to shoot at you and they did do some pretty nasty things to some of the evacuees in ''Union City'' and to the civilians in ''Dead Zone'''s backstory, but the only one you see for sure in ''Union City'' is [[ZombieInfectee your spouse, who has been infected]]. The only reason why HERC are stopping you from leaving the mainland is because they don't want the infection to spread further. This may have been mildly lampshaded [[spoiler:at the end when, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero after escaping by allowing the zombie hordes to overrun the last safe place in the city]], your boat stalls and the screen fades to black while you hear a growl [[ZombieInfectee as, presumably, your spouse turns into a zombie]].]]

* CommonKnowledge: Ray Owens is depicted in much of the promotional material with a [[HandCannon Smith & Wesson 500]], implying it to be his WeaponOfChoice. In actuality, it's Dinkum's gun and Owens only uses it to dispatch [[TheDragon Burrell]]. Ray's actual sidearm is a more sensibly proportioned pistol.

* TearJerker: In a meta example, with the end of Flash, the first four games will soon be no longer playable online after December 31, 2020. Players of ''Dead Zone'' have been telling each other their respective Good-Byes, and where else they can find one another.

** In Last Stand 2, changing to your secondary weapon as the level starts gives the secondary weapon the same ammo count as your primary. If the secondary weapon is, say, a Hunting Shotgun, which usually only holds one bullet, and the primary is an Uzi, which holds 50, the zombies don't really stand much of a chance.

* FridgeBrilliance: Some have criticised how Owens managed to catch up with Cortez at the last minute and how Richards could be thrown out of a car with minimal injuries, but there is actually a plausible explanation for both. Cortez was so sure that he was going to get away by that point that he slowed down before tossing Richards out, thus ensuring that the subsequent fall wouldn't be particularly serious, but inadvertently giving Owens time to catch up once he acquired a suitably fast car.

** ''Aftermath'' has the Chargers. It's not that hard to dodge their charges if you see them coming and you're in an open area. ''IF''. If you don't, say goodbye to about three bars of health (you max out at seven, by the way) and enjoy your VERY significant amount of stamina damage. They're also complete walls of HP [[spoiler: with or without the body armor they'll start wearing once you reach the final sector.]]
*** Additionally, the final sector is home of the drone guns you may have seen notes about throughout the game. They can be destroyed, but if they notice you first, they can cut you down in seconds... if you're THAT lucky.
* GoddamnedBats: Zombie dogs. Unless your barricade is down in the first two games, then they become DemonicSpiders.

** Running zombies. They close in way faster than you can shoot them off, which is not a problem if they're regulars, but they can be one of the other two below, makin them VERY aggravating.
** [[DeadWeight Fat zombies]] [[{{Kevlard}} have a ridiculously high amount of health]] even if you [[BoomHeadshot aim for the head]]. If they can run (and they're equally as likely as thin zombies to be runners), they're almost impossible to fight off before they're on top of you already.
** Armed zombies can kill your survivors through the barricade in the first two games, and in ''Union City'', they hit '''really''' hard.