YMMV / The Legend of Tian-ding

• Adaptation Displacement: Was a loose remake of a 2004 game that nobody really remembers. Yes, really.
• Awesome Music: The game's soundtrack, composed by Taiwanese indie band Rising Sound, beautifully captures the fantasy-manhua-esque atmosphere of the setting. The end credits, Love in the Deep Pits is amazing.
• Breather Boss: Ding Peng, the second-to-last boss, is a surprisingly easy fight, being the only boss whose arena contains no gimmicks and the one major villain whose fighting moves mirrors the hero entirely. His only special ability is by summoning an endless amount of basic enemies, and he doesn't even have a devastating move which drains Tian-ding's health. In fact, you can gain an unlimited supply of bullets and missiles from defeated mooks and use them on Ding Peng.
• Complete Monster: General Shimada Yunoshin is the ruling governor of Taipei County, obtaining his position of power a decade ago after commencing genocide on the population of Yunlin Village. Seeking the Sword of Seven Shackles for ultimate power with intentions to have the entire population of Taiwan wiped out to rule the land unopposed, Shimada displays the true extent of his sadism to his lackey, Colonel Matsumoto, when he stomps an unarmed civilian to death and orders Matsumoto to slaughter the civilians of Zhongzi Village and burn it to the ground as punishment for insolence. Taking over Mansion 28 with assistance from Ding Peng, Shimada kills hero Liao Tian-ding's mentor Master Zheng and have his soldiers execute every Mansion 28 member while Tian-ding is restrained and Forced to Watch the carnage. Shimada ultimately proves his loyalty is limited to himself after getting the Sword of Seven Shackles, by killing all remaining soldiers in his platoon to claim its powers for himself.
• Fridge Horror: One of Shimada's last orders before setting off to collect the Sword of Seven Shackles is for Matsumoto to massacre the population of Zhongzi Village, which Matsumoto outright refuses to carry out. If Tian-ding lose the final battle (very likely, given how difficult Shimada is as a boss) and the player decides not to continue, then Shimada's very next target? Everyone in Zhongzi Village. OUCH.
• Magnificent Bastard: Chen Liang-jiou is a fellow thief and the most cunning of Liao Tian-ding's rivals, introduced effortlessly extracting his lover Kawashima Kaguya in the aftermath of a heist and evading the hero's attempts to chase him down. Reappearing on a train, Chen snatches an important plaque from Liao Tian-ding using his spear and derails the train to cover his escape, taking flight as Tian-ding is distracted trying to save everyone; when Tian-ding eventually catches up with Chen, Chen proves himself a Combat Pragmatist and skilled martial artist almost on par with Tian-ding. Upon defeat, Chen reveals he's neither on the side of the Japanese or Taiwanese, but willingly returns the plaque to Tian-ding before throwing himself in the path of Shimada's pistol to save Tian-ding, ultimately dying on the side of good.
• Moral Event Horizon: General Shimada crosses the line when he orders for a village of unarmed civilians massacred for getting in his way. In-universe, even his minion, Matsumoto, is disgusted enough to pull a Defector from Decadence and betray Shimada.
• That One Attack: Shimada as a Final Boss is difficult enough as he is, but among the different Elemental Powers granted by the Sword of Seven Shackles, Shimada's ice-slash is the most feared of the lot. He can coat the entire floor with ice which drains Tian-ding's health to a fraction, even if the hero's life is at maximum; if Tian-ding has less than 60% of health he dies straightaway.

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