History YMMV / SoulSacrifice

** There are reasons why fans like to call Cat Sith "[[FanNickname Cat Shit]]''. He's a relentless, annoying Archfiend that hops all over the place, turns invisible unless you use Mind's Eye, has attacks that are hard to dodge, and spams giant rats that deal so much damage they can even cripple [[StoneWall a Sanctuarium player]].

* SequelDifficultyDrop: A {{Crossover}} rather than an actual sequel, but this game's version of Dionaea is ''much'' more forgiving than its home universe counterpart. For starters, the original Dionaea is a LightningBruiser with [[HitboxDissonance broken hitboxes]], an absurdly fast and difficult-to-dodge charge attack, near perfect fireball aiming, dangerous winds, and a massive AreaOfEffect that eats up 85% (if not, all) of your health. This game [[{{Nerf}} mercifully tones this Abductor down]] to manageable levels, now that Dionaea becomes a MightyGlacier with sensible hitboxes, a slower charge attack, slower fireball aiming, harmless but still annoying winds, and a weaker and smaller AreaOfEffect.

* HilariousInHindsight: What other handheld game involves a {{Crossover}} (including crossover {{DLC}}s) and a pair of [[GodIsEvil Evil Gods]] (one of [[LightIsNotGood Light]] and [[OrderIsNotGood Order]]; the other [[DarkIsEvil Dark]] and [[ChaosIsEvil Chaos]]) as antagonists who also [[EvilVsEvil oppose each other]]? ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' is your answer.

* FridgeHorror: If you save Magusar in the final battle, [[spoiler:the protagonist begins a cycle of defeating and saving Magusar over and over, while line between the protagonist and Librom becomes blurred and they become one. They fight with Magusar for years until the protagonist's body breaks down and can no longer fight. Like the original Librom, they sacrifice their body to become a book that will pass on both their story and Librom's tale to the next prisoner that can take on Magusar. While scary enough on its own, the cutscene shows SEVERAL books there, making one wonder just how many people have done this...]]

** A milder example, but some of the sufficiently powerful Stonefist spells, particularly the breakable ones from Musicians of Bremen or Red Riding Hood in Delta. While they do have a short windup, you can use them to completely pummel Archfiends who are downed, stunned, or simply not paying attention to you and pile up truly mindblowing amounts of damage. For reference, the gold edition of Red Riding Hood's attack, which clocks in at over 400 damage per use, and hits multiple times in the right position. Add some damage sigils and a Dark Arm, and you're good to go.

** Averted in Delta, which does away with the assassins and adds a divine faction in Sanctuarum. [[spoiler:In fact, a quick check of the rankings in Delta puts Sanctuarum in second place, behind Grim (the canon ending), making Avalon dead last.]]
** Calixto's narcissism is utterly grating, and dealing with him is a pain in the neck. Then you find out the truth behind how it all started, and you will ''hate'' yourself for being so hard on him. [[spoiler:Remember all those times the PlayerCharacter insulted him and called him a 'vainglorious cad', and Calixto recoiled like he got slapped in the face? Yeah, that was his WIFE recoiling in horror as she hears you insult her husband from within his right arm. How did she get there? Well, she used to be a monster, and even though Calixto saved her, she was haunted by the notion she could regress, and ultimately asked him to sacrifice her because she couldn't bear living anymore. He does, and by absorbing her love for him, he gained his narcissism.]]

** The death of [[spoiler:Similia]] in Delta.

** ''The Iron Virgin.'' Good god. She's incredibly fast, her attacks are unpredictable and very difficult to avoid, said attacks also hit ''extremely'' hard, can power herself up like the Dullahan to turn her attacks into borderline OneHitKill, and is also annoyingly [[DamageSpongeBoss far more durable]] that an archfiend of her caliber should really be. Seriously, fighting her takes forever, even moreso in Delta, where they removed her weakness to Fire. Even worse? She's the boss of the PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling, so expect all your hard work LevelGrinding to go down the drain if you lose to her.

* HilariousInHindsight: What other handheld game involves a {{Crossover}} (including crossover {{DLC}}s) and a pair of [[GodIsEvil Evil Gods]] (one of [[LightIsNotGood Light]] and [[OrderIsNotGood Order]]; the other [[DarkIsEvil Dark]] and [[ChaosIsEvil Chaos]]) not only as antagonists but they also [[EvilVsEvil oppose each other]]? ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' is your answer.

* HilariousInHindsight: What other handheld game involves a {{Crossover}} (including crossover {{DLC}}s) and a pair of [[GodIsEvil Evil Gods]] (one of [[LightIsNotGood Light]] and [[OrderIsNotGood Order]]; the other [[DarkIsEvil Dark]] and [[ChaosIsEvil Chaos]]) as antagonists? ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' is your answer.

** ''Delta'' makes blood magic very useful by introducing new melee offerings. They're very spammable, capable of earning Counter bonuses, and do not require a summoning animation like the other melee offerings (arms, spears, and swords). Certain Archfiends can drop better melee blood offerings than the basic version, and at earlier points of the game (once Carnatux's debt pacts are available, a skilled player can get one about seven missions in). As for blood offerings' biggest drawback, the "Damage dealt"/"HP drain" ratio is more efficient than the blood shot offering. In case a player still has difficulty with carrying strong enough healing magic, all allies are guaranteed to carry a healing offering. After saving enough sorcerers, a player should hopefully collect enough allies with area healing spells to support a blood build.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The game features an orchestral soundtrack recorded at Skywalker Studios, and composed by Yasunori Mitsuda (of VideoGame/ChronoTrigger fame) and Wataru Hokoyama. Predictably, the soundtrack is quite memorable as a result, with tracks like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThJ5_smk134 A Certain Magician's Life]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkd38h4IDLE&list=PLpNBJZpS7GsO1ons7QgEnjFSpLmHtuFvD&index=8 Tearful Tone]], [[https://youtu.be/PNPltCATyPc?list=PLpNBJZpS7GsO1ons7QgEnjFSpLmHtuFvD A Sigh of Relief]], and the [[https://youtu.be/mCMWMkiMiQY?list=PLpNBJZpS7GsO1ons7QgEnjFSpLmHtuFvD Main Theme]] being standout pieces. The DirectorsCut, Soul Sacrifice: Delta, has some pretty good new music of its own, such as a [[https://youtu.be/RskCvq9l_Ag?list=PLCwTCC-3zwhV2VHFJvI_7SyPz7TFIWd3u remix of 'A Certain Magician's Life']] and [[https://youtu.be/9KMpVNiQjM4?list=PLCwTCC-3zwhV2VHFJvI_7SyPz7TFIWd3u Emotions From a Deceased]].

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' meets ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls''/''VideoGame/DarkSouls''. With a little bit of ''VideoGame/PhantomDust'' thrown in.