- Anticlimax Boss:
- Erfar the Silvertongue. Flunky Boss extraordinaire aside, he will likely drop from a single attack. He doesn't even have a dignity to leave something decent behind, instead granting only one coin.
- The Curse, mixed, oddly enough, with a Hopeless Boss Fight. It's shaped up to be a big threat and has wiped out almost all Joons in the past. You're given the game's most powerful weapons and spells before the final fight, but they eventually prove to be useless and you can't damage the Curse with them, while it kills you in a single hit. The only thing you can do (and all you need to do) is to leave Tka-Rik to fight the Curse, cast Weaken on it and/or Strength on him, and heal him when necessary to ensure victory.
- Cult Classic: The multiplayer mode is still surprisingly popular and combined with its unique world has made Evil Islands a cult classic among many Western role-playing fans. Not so much with single-player.
- Ensemble Dark Horse: In the Russian community, the Hermit Lizard has become extremely popular thanks to a memetic line mentioned below, and became even more well-known than the game he originated from.
- It's Hard, So It Sucks!: Widely regarded as one of the toughest PC role-playing games. The game’s fondness for throwing incredibly strong enemies that can kill you in a few hits at any moment can put a damper on things and being a magic focused character can be a nightmare even late in the game since mana and stamina are the same.
- Memetic Mutation: "Камень я не дам."Explanation. Full quote (original and translated).
- So Okay, It's Average: To many fans the single-player experience is simply passable, it has good ideas but is bogged down by unbalanced difficulty. Its initially interesting story also decays as it goes along, culminating in a very rushed finale.
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