History YMMV / Slender

* GoodBadBug: Players have discovered that the Slender Man is essentially locked into place if he's in your field of vision whether you can see him or not. People have exploited this by going into the woods then when Slendy shows up, they position themselves so that Slendy is blocked by a tree. This leaves the Slender Man standing still in the woods like an idiot while the player sits unharmed.
* HypeBacklash: A lot of the community's backlash has less to do with the game itself, and more to do with its fans. A few people have looked into it and discovered the rest of the Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos, but a lot of people who were introduced to the Mythos through the game think that the game created the Slender Man, and some will even go so far as to say that ''Marble Hornets'' stole from ''Slender''.

* ParanoiaFuel: The game runs on it. Unleaded.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: It was quite disappointing in the earlier versions that when you collected all eight pages, Slender Man still kills you and the game ends. The creators later made it so that when you win, Slender Man still catches you but the daytime becomes the opposite. Implying you survived.

* PopCulturalOsmosis[=/=]CriticalResearchFailure: An infamous example. Like the IAmNotShazam and HypeBacklash example above, the game's massive popularity had misled many people into thinking this game invented the Slender Man, even though the character originated from Something Awful and the game's inspiration comes from ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets''. One particularly cringe worthy case involves [[WebVideo/{{React}} Teens React]] claiming that the ''game'' was the inspiration for ''Marble Hornets'' when it was really the other way around. Later versions have since been addressing the issue by putting a Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos option on the start menu.

* IAmNotShazam: Some fans who have discovered the mythos from playing this game assume that the monster is called "Slender." He is not. His name is "The Slender ''Man''." The ''game'' is called "Slender." Getting this wrong is a surefire way to [[FandomEnragingMisconception make mythos fans want to strangle you]].

** Not to mention all the people who have somehow deluded themselves into thinking the Slender Man's name is one word.

* IAmNotShazam: Some fans who have discovered the mythos from playing this game assume that the monster is called "Slender." He is not. His name is "The Slender ''Man''." The ''game'' is called "Slender." Getting this wrong is a surefire way to [[FandomBerserkButton make mythos fans want to strangle you]].

* HypeBacklash: The community of the mythos seems to be displaying some of this towards the game.
** A lot of the community's backlash has less to do with the game itself, and more to do with its fans. A few people have looked into it and discovered the rest of the Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos, but a lot of people who were introduced to the Mythos through the game think that the game created the Slender Man, and some will even go so far as to say that ''Marble Hornets'' stole from ''Slender''.
** Given that the game has a "scariest game ever" title, many people went into it expecting far more then what they got, [[HypeAversion assuming they checked it out at all.]]
*** Most of this really has to do with the type of game it is. It is an atmospheric piece,and as such, is not for everyone.
** Most people consider this game to be the ''instigator'' of the 'Collect X items' in later indie games.

* HellIsThatNoise: The slow, foreboding, rhythmic beat that starts playing once you've found your first page. It grows in intensity as you gather more.
** The ScareChord that sounds off once he finds you.
** The sound of the static.

** This has been fixed in the remake. If you can get into a position where you can see him without the static appearing, you can see that he's physically moving ([[OhCrap and he walks as fast as you can run]]). And if you manage to get him stuck on something, he'll teleport off to the side of your line of sight. He does occasionally just stand there, but on those occasions, he's either not hunting you down, or he's blocking the only exit you have.
** Strangely, in the remake, you can put your back to a wall and stare into the woods for long periods of time without the Slender Man showing up. While it would be unwise (for obvious reasons) to rely upon this as a tactic, it does provide an immense psychological comfort.

** The hissing and snarling of the Proxy.

* MoralEventHorizon: It's strongly implied that the Slender Man [[spoiler:turned Kate into the Proxy]]. Ouch. Needlessly malicious, much?

** ''Doors'' in ''VideoGame/SlenderTheArrival'' are universally reviled by all players.
*** Later versions of ''The Arrival'' finally fixed the doors: now simply clicking on them with open or close them.