History YMMV / AnotherEden

** The Stellar Awakening mechanic brings more power to characters new and old, but what makes it controversial is how much more valuable a 5-star pull becomes over the 4.5-star. Previously, if you had a 4.5-star version of the character, all you needed was to find the upgrade Tome and the Chants to make the 5-star upgrade; now, you need to upgrade a 4.5-star ''and'' spend additional rare tomes to Stellar Awaken to realize a character's full potential. Tomes for Stellar Awakening come at a very slow pace, essentially only letting you Awaken one character every 3 months. Not helping matters is the lack of a BadLuckMitigationMechanic, meaning that players can spend tens of thousands of Chrono Stones and not get the 5-star version of the latest Stellar Awakening character.

** Galliard was made playable in the end of 2019, but despite being a story-based character, he didn't even get his 5-star upgrade until the Japanese version's 7th Anniversary, well over ''five years'' since his debut. In fact, the enhanced version of his main skill remained locked behind a quest that is yet to be revealed, and players also joke that he's been forgotten by the writers. Thankfully, this seems to have been put to rest with the release of "A Paradise of Imperfections" Episode, which also unlocks the [[PrestigeClass Stellar Awakening]] for him and Helena to boot.

** Galliard was made playable in the end of 2019, but despite being a story-based character he hasn't even gained a 5-star upgrade. The enhanced version of his main skill remains locked behind a quest that is yet to be revealed, and players also joke that he's been forgotten by the writers.

** Absolutely no one expected that the game would do a collab with ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' considering it's often overshadowed by its [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger predecessor.]] Moreover, while Serge, Kid and Harle were obviously going to be playable characters, who would expect ''Starky'' to be the fourt one?
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: In "The Celestial Tower and the Shadow Witch," you get to bear witness to the tragic love story between Rildy and Setaka, where in an effort to save Rildy's life, [[spoiler: Rildy is transformed into a immortal Medusa and accidentally petrifies her lover.]] She later petrifies her other loved ones so that she won't have to spend an eternity alone. Her life ends far into the future, when you put her out of her misery. When Aldo and co get the chance to change history by showing Setaka what'll happen if he makes a deal with Reptires, he...[[IgnoredEpiphany ignores their warnings]] and forges on to see the witch. He refuses to tell Rildy what he saw because he knew she'd refuse Reptires's help and he couldn't bear to see Rildy die. Even though, you know, she probably wouldn't like being an immortal snake monster that ends up imprisoned with no one but her frozen victims as company. Needless to say, [[spoiler:having to live with the fact that his love decides to petrify herself so she doesn't harm others]] isn't tragic as it is karmic for his hubris.

* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: Within the gacha community, the story of ''Another Eden'' is usually treated as on par to, or better than ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' (another gacha praised for its story). This game's lack of a stamina system is seen as a plus that allows players to enjoy the story at their own pace, especially when events aren't time-limited. On the other hand, the core gameplay is far from perfect -- the scarcity of Chronos Stones after exhausting story achievements, on top of low gacha rates and lack of a BadLuckMitigationMechanic to offset it, make it difficult for a [=F2P=] to have a well-defined roster without buying in or playing for a long time. Especially unlucky players may find themselves forced to rely on and invest in the story characters just to advance.

** Moke is incredibly popular with the fandom, beating out most of the sapient cast in popularity polls despite largely being just Thillelille's ButtMonkey pet.

* FriendlyFandoms: If you're a big fan of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' and ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'', then congrats at finding new friends in ''Another Eden''! ''Another Eden'' shares many storylines and characters from the former two games, and 2022 would later have characters from ''Chrono Cross' crossing over.

** Moke is treated as a ButtMonkey in the game and regarded as kind of ugly, at least in comparison to Noah and the party cat. The fanbase, however, finds Moke utterly adorable, and he's one of the most popular characters despite just being a TeamPet.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: In "The Celestial Tower and the Shadow Witch," you get to bear witness to the tragic love story between Rildy and Setaka, where in an effort to save Rildy's life, [[spoiler: Rildy is transformed into a immortal Medusa and accidentally petrifies her lover.]] She later petrifies her other loved ones so that she won't have to spend an eternity alone. Her life ends far into the future, when you put her out of her misery. When Aldo and co get the chance to change history by showing Setaka what'll happen if he makes a deal with Reptires, he...[[IgnoredEpiphany ignores their warnings]] and forges on to see the witch. He refuses to tell Rildy what he saw because he knew she'd refuse Reptires's help and he couldn't bear to see Rildy die. Even though, you know, she probably wouldn't like being an immortal snake monster that ends up imprisoned with no one but her frozen victims as company. Needless to say, [[spoiler:having to live with the fact that his love decides to petrify herself so she doesn't harm others]] isn't tragic as it is karmic for his hubris.

* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: Within the gacha community, the story of ''Another Eden'' is usually treated as on par to, or better than ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' (another gacha praised for its story). This game's lack of a stamina system is seen as a plus that allows players to enjoy the story at their own pace, especially when events aren't time-limited. On the other hand, the core gameplay is far from perfect -- the scarcity of Chronos Stones after exhausting story achievements, on top of low gacha rates and lack of a BadLuckManipulationMechanic to offset it, make it difficult for a [=F2P=] to have a well-defined roster without buying in or playing for a long time. Especially unlucky players may find themselves forced to rely on and invest in the story characters just to advance.

*** "Concentrated Oil" dramatically increases the evasion rate of ''all allies and enemies'', which results in potentially wasting a lot of turns because the attacks simply refused to land.

** To keep them up with the ever-raising PowerCreep, old characters would get upgrades, be it in the form of Another Styles, Manifests, and even Alter characters. Every 5-star character released up to end of 2020 has received one of the above so far... except for Lovely, who went for years without any upgrade until her Another Style was announced. Players joke that she's been outright forgotten by the developers.
** Galliard was made playable in the end of 2019, but despite being a story-based character he hasn't even gained a 5-star upgrade. The enhanced version of his main skill remains locked behind a quest that is yet to be revealed., and players also joke that he's been forgotten by the writers.

** The daily Chrono Stones income has also been a point of criticism. When you take the AchievementSystem out of the equation, a player would get 30 free Chrono Stones each day, meaning they get a 10-pull every month or so. This does not match up well with the global client's weekly-to-fortnightly update schedule, and players have resolved to be very picky about the banners they pull on to maximize use of their Stones. At October 2020, the Chrono Stone income has been increased to at least 50 each day if you put up with some {{Ad Reward}}s, a change that is generally well received.

** For the tutorial encounter, the characters most recommended to pick were Miyu and Ciel as they have Other Tales content tied to them that would enable their 5-star upgrade, while the others are stuck at 4 stars. This recommendation pattern has waned over time as Akane and Nikeh gain Another Styles that push them to some of the best units of their element. After v2.2.6, Bivette replaced the others in this position, as her additional content is fun, yields a lot of Chronos Stones, and her upgraded form and personal weapon are on par with most other 5-star units.

** When asking for advice on Grasta loadouts, you're bound to hear some variation of "stack Pain Grastas". The [[StatusEffectPoweredAbility "Power of Pain" and "Power of Poison" Grastas]] bonus damage stack multiplicatively, leading to some impressive damage multipliers on an enemy afflicted by those ailments. You'll also eventually find some manner of guaranteed infliction of these ailments to minimize setup time. This setup is great for DPS and can be applied to almost everyone. And in a game that rewards striking hard and fast, you'll never see anyone recommend using any of the Life or Support Grastas.

* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: Within the gacha community, the story of ''Another Eden'' is usually treated as on par to, or better than ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' (another gacha praised for its story). This game's lack of a stamina system is seen as a plus that allows players to enjoy the story at their own pace, especially when events aren't time-limited. On the other hand, the core gameplay is far from perfect -- the scarcity of Chronos Stones after exhausting story achievements, on top of low gacha rates and minimal AntiFrustrationFeatures to offset it, make it difficult for a [=F2P=] to have a well-defined roster without buying in or playing for a long time. Especially unlucky players may find themselves forced to rely on and invest in the story characters just to advance.

** Shion was the butt of some jokes for years, since being one of the first DPS released meant that he was inevitably powercrept. This wouldn't normally be an issue, as the game tries to boost older units through Manifests, Another Styles, etc., but Shion was particularly notorious for all of his upgrades ''still'' [[LowTierLetdown being lacklustre and not helping him to catch up much]]. It wasn't until his True Weapon Manifestation that this was put to rest and he once more became seen as a solid DPS.

** In the FishingMinigame, every species of fish you can catch has a set of achievements for catching multiples of them, up to your 150th catch. This includes fishing enemies, strong Horrors, and even [[OptionalBoss the Lake Lords]]. Some normal fish species like the Rinde Sunfish are also incredibly rare, which makes it very tedious to progress its achievement set. Catching 150 of these rare or tough fish is more or less a BraggingRightsReward, and getting 150 of the more common fish easily nets you more than enough Fish Stones to fully upgrade all your fishing gear.
*** The rare fishing Horrors and Lake Lords also have their own set of achievements for fighting them multiple times, so you have two sets of annoying achievements for the price of one.

** Lavoger is your final obstacle to getting Serge's personal weapon, but it's a pain to fight. Lavoger starts with 10 personal stacks which fuel a barrier that gives it full damage reduction and massive self-healing. To damage it you must defeat its endlessly respawning minions one at a time, upon which its stacks go down, and so will its healing and defenses. If you killed both minions at once, it fully refills its stacks, easily undoing all your hard work. Also, it's got a HP stopper at the 50% mark so you can't burst it down easily once its defenses are down. In the meantime, the minions will harass you with attacks that threaten to put the party to sleep. The battle is tailored to show off Starky's supportive skill set, but you'll need to put in a lot of legwork to ensure your damage output is up to snuff or you'll lose the battle of attrition.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: In "The Celestial Tower and the Shadow Witch," you get to bear witness to the tragic love story between Rildy and Setaka, where in an effort to save Rildy's life, [[spoiler: Rildy is transformed into a immortal Medusa and accidentally petrifies her lover.]] She later petrifies her other loved ones so that she won't have to spend an eternity alone. Her life ends far into the future, when you put her out of her misery. When Aldo and co get the chance to change history by showing Setaka what'll happen if he makes a deal with Reptires, he...ignores their warnings and forges on to see the witch. He refuses to tell Rildy what he saw because he knew she'd refuse Reptires's help and he couldn't bear to see Rildy die. Even though, you know, she probably wouldn't like being an immortal snake monster that ends up imprisoned with no one but her frozen victims as company.

* LauncherOfAThousandShips: If the fanworks particularly in Japanese side are anything to go by, Aldo is shipped with ''a lot'' of the playable characters, male and female alike. Some of the fairly popular ones are Guildna/Aldo, Dunarith/Aldo, and Aldo/Shanie.

*** "Concentrated Oil" leads to some frustrating battles as it dramatically increases the evasion rate of ''all allies and enemies'', which results in potentially wasting a lot of turns because the attacks simply refused to land.
*** "Phantom Mist" dramatically reduces all party members and enemies' type attacks AND CriticalHit rates, turning the usual offensive powerhouses in your party into complete joke and potentially dragging the battle due to the significant damage reduction. Even worse, one of the {{Superboss}}es introduced in the chapter -- already has a gigantic amount of HP -- has to be fought in the area where this effect is permanently active, meaning that you need to prepare everything on the offensive to avoid triggering its further damage-reducing Aura or drag the battle for a very ''long'' time.

** When asking for advice on Grasta loadouts, you're bound to hear some variation of "stack Pain Grastas". The [[InjuredVulnerability "Power of Pain" and "Power of Poison" Grastas]] bonus damage stack multiplicatively, leading to some impressive damage multipliers on an enemy afflicted by those ailments. You'll also eventually find some manner of guaranteed infliction of these ailments to minimize setup time. This setup is great for DPS and can be applied to almost everyone. And in a game that rewards striking hard and fast, you'll never see anyone recommend using any of the Life or Support Grastas.

* MemeticLoser: To keep them up with the ever-raising PowerCreep, old characters would get upgrades, be it in the form of Another Styles, Manifests, and even Alter characters. Every 5-star character released up to end of 2020 has received one of the above so far... except for Lovely. Players joke that she's been outright forgotten by the developers.
* MemeticMutation: Aldo, user of the Friend Zone / Aldo is the [[ObliviousToLove densest matter in the universe]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Aldo attracts the quite obvious romantic attractions of many of the female cast members, but many of their character quests often end with him very explicitly calling them "friends", causing a great amount of frustration from the fanbase. [[/labelnote]]