YMMV / Faxanadu

• Adaptation Displacement: When the NES spinoff of Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu is the only one that leaves Japan to begin with, especially since the original version was made for a Japanese computer, this is to be expected.
• Anti-Climax Boss: The Evil One is comparatively easy compared to the previous boss, King Grieve.
• Awesome Music: Especially the tower/fortress theme songs and the overworld theme in the first area.
• Fridge Horror: It's easy not to think about what the Evil One must have done to the dwarves to make them into monsters, but once it hits you it can seriously creep you out.
  • In particular, we have the fate of King Grieve, king of the Dwarves, who as he was being transformed into a dragon-like creature, somehow managed to hide the Dragon Slayer sword within his own body to protect it from evil. And the only way to retrieve it is to kill him, and presumably cut him open.
• Goddamned Bats: Anything in this game that flies or leaps is particularly annoying, especially while you're trying to pull off a jumping puzzle and keep getting knocked down by a giant fly or wraith-like creature.
  • Same for smaller creatures, given that you cannot attack at crouching level.
  • In the Misty Interior, you'll be introduced to spellcasting enemies, normal looking guys that wander around with a book. After their third movement, they will unleash a spell that hits you no matter what, and for a surprising amount of damage. When you get on to a screen with them, they become priority targets so that you can avoid taking damage. So the game then puts them in rooms where you cannot get to them or getting to them means you'll be hit three or four times, forcing you to rush through the room or leave entirely.
  • One particular enemy, the one that looks like a short person with a sword and shield, has a particularly bizarre AI routine: if you jump when you're above them, they will rush towards your location and start stabbing. This isn't a problem when you're platforming above them, as they cannot hurt you, but when you're one block above them and try to jump over them, they will zoom under you and ensure that you get hit. Trying to jump away from them will only turn it into a Cycle of Hurting.
• Memetic Mutation: "This is not enough golds."
  • Nello!
• Moment of Awesome: Killing King Grieve and getting the Dragon Slayer sword. Equipping it causes your character to instantly put on his full plate armour as well.

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