YMMV / Deep Fear

• Alas, Poor Scrappy: Mooky is very obnoxious, but he didn't deserve to die like that...
• Awesome Music: It's from the guy who did the soundtracks of Ghost in the Shell, Dark Water, and Maison Ikkoku, among other things.
  • "Escape", the music played during the "Race Against the Clock" moments.
• It's Easy, So It Sucks!: The main flaw with the gameplay. It throws ludicrous amounts of health and ammo pickups at the player, most of the monsters are very slow, and the weapons available are very powerful, all of which adds up to the game having very little challenge to it.
• Memetic Mutation: It's been shilled by Segata Sanshiro!
• Narm: The voice acting. All of it.
  • John's particular goofy way of catching a key card in one cutscene.
  • An attempt at a Jump Scare of a body dropping from the ceiling is made hilarious by the stock splat sound effect and no animation whatsoever from the body in its descent. Stock sounds that sound way too cartoony also undermine several other scenes throughout the game.
  • There's also the matter of the mutated cow near the end of the game.
• Never Live It Down: How Commander Clansy sees his demotion from a submarine commander to leader of an underwater base. The trouble is that his "one mistake" was torpedoing a passenger ship full of civilians in contested waters before a war. In context, his "punishment" was incredibly light. Worse, judging by the way he took it, he views himself as the bigger victim than the people he killed.
• So Bad, It's Good: The voice acting. Dubois gets a shout out in-particular with his shrill falsetto fusion between Dame Edna and a South African!
• Tear Jerker:
  • Mooky's death.
  • "Old Friend", which plays during Colonel McCoy's Heroic Sacrifice.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: Obvious Resident Evil inspiration aside, there's plenty in the game's main setup that could stand on its own as a uniquely-flavored Survival Horror, but while it does capitalize on some ideas (including the existence of an oxygen mechanic, taking advantage of the unique setting), the actual plot and execution leave a lot to be desired.

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