History YMMV / WildARMS4

** [[spoiler:So, what happened to all those Wild ARM monsters rampaging throughout Filgaia?]]

* {{Anvilicious}}: We get it, war is bad. (But then again, SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped.)

* CrazyAwesome:
** Balgaine begins his battle with you chopping a train car into bits with his anti-tank chainsaw while riding a jetpack.
** [[spoiler:Gawn preventing a MacrossMissileMassacre by destroying multiple missiles with his pistols, then stopping the last one with a single punch because he run out of bullets.]]

** This is also how quite a few people view [[spoiler:Jude's ending in the epilogue. The game ''says'' he simply became a forest ranger, but [[TraumaCongaLine considering all the horrors he went through]], it's possible the "forest ranger" part was just an excuse for him to ''abandon humanity and civilization''. ''Forever''.]] [[AngstWhatAngst Then again...]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Brionac Forces in general. For a team of renowned war heroes where each member have distinct personalities and superpowers, most of them don't get much focus and are treated like disposable MonstersOfTheWeek.

* CrazyAwesome: Balgaine begins his battle with you [[spoiler: chopping a train car into bits with his anti-tank chainsaw while riding a jetpack.]] Also [[spoiler:the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9KFOJzn3u4 infamous flying]] with guns scene with Gawn]].

* FridgeHorror: Occurs ''to the party'' at one point near the end of the game - "If this is a prison... ''where are all the prisoners?''".
** It's meant to occur to you, the player. Think about what ''78 years'' of war with technology of a level TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture from 2010's would do to a planet and the people living on it.

* InferredHolocaust: [[spoiler:So, what happened to all those Wild ARM monsters rampaging throughout Filgaia?]]

* CrazyAwesome: Balgaine begins his battle with you [[spoiler: chopping a train car into bits with his anti-tank chainsaw while riding a jetpack.]] Also [[spoiler:the infamous flying with guns scene with Gawn]].

* ScrappyMechanic: The Hex System. Granted, this is the first game that uses it, but forcing the choice of moving OR attacking (except Raquel; see above) feels like wasting turns. Also, am I supposed to cluster together to perform combo attacks, or split apart to find treasure? Fortunately, this system is fixed in [[Wild Arms 5 5]].

* ContestedSequel: Some fans like the PuzzlePlatformer elements and the new [=HEX=] battle system, while others others lament the [[ItsEasySoItSucks simplified puzzles]], the [[ItsShortSoItSucks short lenght]] and find the battle system to be heavily umbalanced.

* ScrappyMechanic: The Hex System. Granted, this is the first game that uses it, but forcing the choice of moving OR attacking(Except Raquel; see above) feels like wasting turns. Also, am I supposed to cluster together to perform combo attacks, or split apart to find treasure? Fortunately, this system is fixed in 5.

* ScrappyMechanic - The Hex System. Granted, this is the first game that uses it, but forcing the choice of moving OR attacking(Except Raquel; see above) feels like wasting turns. Also, am I supposed to cluster together to perform combo attacks, or split apart to find treasure? Fortunately, this system is fixed in 5.

* GameBreaker: Raquel, '''period'''. She's ''supposed'' to be the MightyGlacier, but she ends up being the fastest, most mobile character in the game thanks to her ''"Intrude"'' Force Power (which grants her an additional action and can be used up to four times in one turn with a full FP gauge) and her ''"Move & Attack"'' passive ability. This basically means that despite having the lowest RFX stat (which determines turn order), Raquel can engage the enemy before anyone else and often kill them in the same turn. With the game awarding a substantial experience point bonus to the character that lands the killing blow, this ''also'' means that Raquel has a habit of blasting past the others to become your highest-level character and never looking back. [[spoiler: Take note, she's ''dying'' in this game.]]

* CompleteMonster: The posthumous creator of the doll twins is implied to have been one, to the point that Lambda executed him personally.

* GameBreaker: Raquel, '''period'''. She's ''supposed'' to be the MightyGlacier, but she ends up being the fastest, most mobile character in the game thanks to her ''"Intrude"'' Force Power (which grants her an additional action and can be used up to four times in one turn with a full FP gauge) and her ''"Move & Attack"'' passive ability. This basically means that despite having the lowest RFX stat (which determines turn order), Raquel can engage the enemy before anyone else and often kill them in the same turn. With the game awarding a substantial experience point bonus to the character that lands the killing blow, this ''also'' means that Raquel has a habit of blasting past the others to become your highest-level character and never looking back.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Raquel eventually succumbs to her condition and dies after giving birth to Arnaud's daughter, having finally found true beauty.]]
** Also, despite having promised to help build up Halim, [[spoiler: Jude ends up living alone out in the wilderness. Though YourMileageMayVary on what that really means.]]

* GameBreaker: Raquel, '''period'''. She's ''supposed'' to be the MightyGlacier, but she ends up being the fastest, most mobile character in the game thanks to her ''"Intrude"'' Force Power (which grants her an additional action and can be used up to four times in one turn with a full FP gauge) and her ''"Move & Attack"'' passive ability. This basically means that despite having the lowest RFX stat (which determines turn order), Raquel can engage the enemy before anyone else and often kill them in the same turn. With the game awarding an experience point bonus to the character that lands the killing blow, this ''also'' means that Raquel has a habit of blasting past the others to become your highest-level character and never looking back.

* GameBreaker: Raquel, '''period'''. She's ''supposed'' to be the MightyGlacier, but she ends up being the fastest, most mobile character in the game thanks to her ''"Intrude"'' Force Power (which grants her an additional action and can be used up to four times in one turn with a full FP gauge) and her ''"Move & Attack"'' passive ability. This basically means that despite having the lowest RFX stat (which determines turn order), Raquel can engage the enemy before anyone else and often kill them in one hit. With the game awarding an experience point bonus to the character that lands the killing blow, this ''also'' means that Raquel has a habit of blasting past the others to become your highest-level character and never looking back.

* GameBreaker: Raquel '''FULL STOP'''.

* {{Narm}}: Following [[spoiler:Gawn's ]] death, the player is treated to the party's reactions. Yulie looks like she's about to burst into tears, Arnaud looks helplessly enraged, and Raquel looks saddened and respectful. Jude... [[http://i42.tinypic.com/zw1fz6.png makes this face.]]
** Just watch the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dm62oNLQSg&feature=related intro movie]] and try not to laugh at Jude's face at 1:25.