History YMMV / Brigador

* MoodWhiplash: Try listening to the audiobook before playing the game. It'll make you feel guilty for gleefully gibbing civilians. The game consists of an (admittedly well-written) ExcusePlot, which doesn't take itself too seriously, but the audiobook is a 100% straight-faced example of WarIsHell.

* NightmareFuel: There's a good few weapons that kill people in [[CruelAndUnusualDeath utterly horrifying]] ways. The Ploughman and Chuffer both melt away enemies with canisters of "Tubarão", a [[DeadlyGas horrifically toxic]] and [[HollywoodAcid corrosive gas]]. The Black Hand emits a radiation pulse that is [[ParanoiaFuel completely silent, can go through walls]], and causes "liquefaction of the dermis and internal organs" at 25 feet [[ArmorIsUseless even through armor plating]]. The Audio-Kinetic Pulse is a special device made for knocking down buildings that ''bursts'' civilians into a spray of LudicrousGibs. The descriptions for all of these make a strong point of mentioning that their use is a war crime. However, it's ''also'' noted that Brigadors are basically immune to war crimes charges, and the only people capable of ''enforcing'' war crimes proceedings against Spacers are ''other Spacers''... or are governments and corporations who ''hire them regularly''. As such they're either not going to enforce the claims of some dirt-eating vermin, are already too busy murdering each other for fun and profit to care, or are ''paying them to dole them out''.

** The enemy Buckmaster often gets the ire of players. It moves faster than most enemy mechs, and its Zeus railgun is dangerous because it does hefty damage and is HitScan, which means you can't evade once the railgun has fired. Freelance mode in the harder difficulties sometimes places a sheer amount of Buckmasters on the map, and you gonna have a tough time.

** The Bombucha is a formidable ActionBomb of Loyalist faction. Unlike other kamikaze units, its explosion deals very huge damage. It's lethal enough to [[OneHitKill destroy most player units instantly]] except the the most heavily armored units. Fortunately Bombuchas are not so fast, but still extremely dangerous.

** Warlod Kanta's bio states that Spacers consider cloning a taboo. The fact that Spacers have taboos in the first place is surprising enough, considering their culture is okay with committing mass murder and torture just for idle amusement, but that also raises a lot of questions. Why ''is'' it taboo? It's possible that they simply find it cheap or unfashionable, but it's also possible there's something about cloning that's so horrific, [[EvenEvilHasStandards even Spacers won't touch it]].

* NightmareFuel: There's a good few weapons that kill people in [[CruelAndUnusualDeath utterly horrifying]] ways. The Ploughman and Chuffer both melt away enemies with canisters of "Tubarão", a [[DeadlyGas horrifically toxic]] and [[HollywoodAcid corrosive gas]]. The Black Hand emits a radiation pulse that is [[ParanoiaFuel completely silent, can go through walls]], and causes "liquefaction of the dermis and internal organs" at 25 feet [[ArmorIsUseless even through armor plating]]. The Audio-Kinetic Pulse is a special device made for knocking down buildings that ''bursts'' civilians into a spray of LudicrousGibs. The descriptions for all of these make a strong point of mentioning that their use is a war crime. However, it's ''also'' noted that Brigadors are basically immune to war crimes charges, and the only people capable of ''enforcing'' war crimes proceedings against Spacers are ''other Spacers''... or are governments and corporations who ''hire them regularly''. As such they're either not going to enforce the claims of some dirt-eating vermin, are already too busy murdering each other for fun and profit to care, or are ''paying them to dole them out''. [[YouBastard Hey, that sounds familiar!]]

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The atmospheric UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}} soundtrack by Makeup and Vanity Set is a frequently praised aspect of the game, evoking classic Cyberpunk works and 1980's sci-fi films.

** Some of the pilot mugshot can be disturbing, such in case of the EyelessFace Oscar Allard, the mutated Kennedy Spits, or the oil-leaking Clotilde Aalto (doesn't help that her bio explains that she [[EatsBabies eat vat-grown Spacers as balut]].

* DemonicSpiders: The Bombucha is a formidable ActionBomb. Unlike other kamikaze units, its explosion deals very huge damage. It's lethal enough to [[OneHitKill destroy most player units instantly]] except the the most heavily armored units. Fortunately Bombuchas are not so fast, but still extremely dangerous.

* NightmareFuel: There's a good few weapons that kill people in [[CruelAndUnusualDeath utterly horrifying]] ways. The Ploughman and Chuffer both melt away enemies with horrifically corrosive gas made from a mix of HollywoodAcid and "tubarão". The Black Hand emits a radiation pulse that is [[ParanoiaFuel completely silent, can go through walls]], and causes "liquefaction of the dermis and internal organs" at 25 feet [[ArmorIsUseless even through armor plating]]. The Audio-Kinetic Pulse is a special device made for knocking down buildings that ''bursts'' civilians into a spray of LudicrousGibs. The descriptions for all of these make a strong point of mentioning that their use is a war crime. However, it's ''also'' noted that Brigadors are basically immune to war crimes charges, and the only people capable of ''enforcing'' war crimes proceedings against Spacers are ''other Spacers''... or are governments and corporations who ''hire them regularly''. As such they're either not going to enforce the claims of some dirt-eating vermin, are already too busy murdering each other for fun and profit to care, or are ''paying them to dole them out''. [[YouBastard Hey, that sounds familiar!]]

* NightmareFuel: There's a good few weapons that kill people in [[CruelAndUnusualDeath utterly horrifying]] ways. The Ploughman and Chuffer both melt away enemies with horrifically corrosive gas made from a mix of HollywoodAcid and "tubarão". The Black Hand emits a radiation pulse that is [[ParanoiaFuel completely silent, can go through walls]], and causes "liquefaction of the dermis and internal organs" at 25 feet [[ArmorIsUseless even through armor plating]]. The Audio-Kinetic Pulse is a special device made for knocking down buildings that ''bursts'' civilians into a spray of LudicrousGibs. The descriptions for all of these make a strong point of mentioning that their use is a war crime. However, it's ''also'' noted that Brigadors are basically immune to war crimes charges, and the only people capable of ''enforcing'' war crimes proceedings against Spacers are ''other Spacers''. As such they're either not going to enforce the claims of some dirt-eating vermin, or are already too busy murdering each other for fun and profit to care.

* NightmareFuel: There's a good few weapons that kill people in [[CruelAndUnusualDeath utterly horrifying]] ways. The Ploughman and Chuffer both melt away enemies with horrifically corrosive gas made from a mix of HollywoodAcid and "tubarão". The Black Hand emits a radiation pulse that is [[ParanoiaFuel completely silent, can go through walls]], and causes "liquefaction of the dermis and internal organs" at 25 feet [[ArmorIsUseless even through armor plating]]. The Audio-Kinetic Pulse is a special device made for knocking down buildings that ''bursts'' civilians into a spray of LudicrousGibs. [[RealityEnsues The descriptions for all of these make a strong point of mentioning that their use is a war crime.]] [[CrapsackWorld However, it's also noted that Brigadors are basically immune to war crimes charges.]]

* PlayTheGameSkipTheStory: While the various lore and backstory bits are generally seen as entertaining and well-written, the game's campaign, which consists of a barebones tutorial and single-district scenarios loosely strung together, is seen as fairly poor with the real meat of the game being in Freelance mode. The developers have announced plans to revamp the campaign in the near-future, so this may still be averted.

* NightmareFuel: There's a good few weapons that kill people in [[CruelAndUnusualDeath utterly horrifying]] ways. The Ploughman and Chuffer both melt away enemies with horrifically corrosive gas made from a mix of HollywoodAcid and "tubarão." The Black Hand emits a radiation pulse that is [[ParanoiaFuel completely silent, can go through walls]], and causes "liquefaction of the dermis and internal organs" at 25 feet [[ArmorIsUseless even through armor plating]]. The Audio-Kinetic Pulse is a special device made for knocking down buildings that ''bursts'' civilians into a spray of LudicrousGibs. [[RealityEnsues The descriptions for all of these make a strong point of mentioning that their use is a war crime.]] [[CrapsackWorld However, it's also noted that Brigadors are basically immune to war crimes charges.]]

* SpiritualAdaptation: Of isometric action games of the 1990's, particularly the ''VideoGame/StrikeSeries'' in the game's tactical vehicular gameplay, along with ''VideoGame/{{Crusader}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Syndicate}}'' in its dark Cyberpunk styling. There's also quite a few who consider it a pretty good ''VideoGame/MechWarrior'' game.

* AwesomeMusic: The atmospheric UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}} soundtrack by Makeup and Vanity Set is a frequently praised aspect of the game, evoking classic Cyberpunk works and 1980's sci-fi films.
* NightmareFuel: There's a good few weapons that kill people in [[CruelAndUnusualDeath utterly horrifying]] ways. The Ploughman and Chuffer both melt away enemies with horrifically corrosive gas made from a mix of HollywoodAcid and "tubarão." The Black Hand emits a radiation pulse that is [[ParanoiaFuel completely silent, can go through walls,]] and causes "liquefaction of the dermis and internal organs" at 25 feet [[ArmorIsUseless even through armor plating.]] The Audio-Kinetic Pulse is a special device made for knocking down buildings that ''bursts'' civilians into a spray of LudicrousGibs. [[RealityEnsues The descriptions for all of these make a strong point of mentioning that their use is a war crime.]] [[CrapsackWorld However, it's also noted that Brigadors are basically immune to war crimes charges.]]

* SpiritualLicensee: To isometric action games of the 1990's, particularly the ''VideoGame/StrikeSeries'' in the game's tactical vehicular gameplay, along with ''VideoGame/{{Crusader}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Syndicate}}'' in its dark Cyberpunk styling. There's also quite a few who consider it a pretty good ''VideoGame/MechWarrior'' game.

* AwesomeMusic: The atmospheric UsefulNotes/Synthwave soundtrack by Makeup and Vanity Set is a frequently praised aspect of the game, evoking classic Cyberpunk works and 1980's sci-fi films.

* SpiritualLicensee: To the ''VideoGame/StrikeSeries'' in the game's isometric perspective and tactical vehicular gameplay, and ''VideoGame/{{Crusader}}'' in its dark Cyberpunk styling. There's also quite a few who consider it a pretty good ''VideoGame/MechWarrior'' game.