History YMMV / FinalFantasyType0

* TierInducedScrappy: Any character not named "King," "Cater," "Ace," or "Trey," is much weaker in battle than those four characters on account of their ranged attacks. There's a large number of flying enemies in the game, as well as enemies that attack from balconies and towers, so using ranged characters is just plain smart. The melee characters need to rely on ranged magic to hit back, otherwise they're helpless and the game becomes significantly harder.

* BizarroEpisode: The transition to the final chapter. [[spoiler:Tempus Finis begins, envoys of the fal'Cie called Rursus appear to massacre the world's citizens, Cid departs to a temple that's appeared to usher in the end of the world, Akademeia's leadership falls apart and most of the students dies trying to fight the Rursus, and Class Zero's covert operations are exposed and they're blamed as scapegoats for this happening]]. And most of this information is conveyed by Rem's narration and a series of still screens. With the rest of the story up to that point being straightforward and simple, this sudden swerve makes the finale seem quite detached from the rest of things. There is some talk before about [[spoiler:how one nation uniting the world would bring in Finis]], but the suddenness with which it occurs is jarring.

** In-Universe example. In the Alternate Ending, Sice has feelings for [[HotTeacher Kurasame]] which she put into a love letter, but she's too nervous to give it to him. However, she accidentally presents it to Seven. It gets even more funny when the latter actually ''considers'' the relationship.

* AntiClimaxBoss: Unfortunately, similar to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Yu Yevon]], the FinalBoss is impossible to die against. However, it's not as bad a case -- while Yu Yevon was practically a joke of a boss, this time the boss actually needs a semblance of strategy to beat. It's just that he can't kill you as you whittle him down.

* NightmareFuel: There's something unsettling about [[HumanResources absorbing your dying enemy as mana.]] Bonus points for them exploding into red mist afterwards.
** And when you get a Game Over, your character is surrounded by a blue smoke ...which almost means [[spoiler:[[FridgeHorror the enemy is going to do the same thing with you]]... until [[TalkToEveryone NPCs]] in the game say that only the Magic Bureau, Class Zero cadets and black market traders know how to gather Phantoma, or even know it's existence]]

* AngstWhatAngst: The final chapter begins with Class Zero [[spoiler:returning to their Academy to find it in ruins with the corpses of their classmates littering the halls.]] They barely seem to notice, and in a cutscene a few minutes later are bantering with each other like normal.

* GameBreaker:
** The Regal Crown accessory[[note]]Obtained from the Class First Moogle after playing for 70 hours[[/note]] ''doubles'' a characters MP and boosts all Magic stats by 40. The Akatoki Amythest[[note]]Obtained from Celestia during the Milites ceasefire in a NewGamePlus if you got all five extra Classmates Zero[[/note]] increases all Magic stats by ''100'' and applies a permanent Quick status. Rem Tokimiya is a BlackMage who starts off with Twinspell and has more natural MP than any other two Classmates Zero put together. Give her the crown and the jewel, equip her with a Blizzard/Thunder spell (depending on whether you're fighting Concordia or Milites) and Fire spell of your choice, put on Avoid to deal with the SquishyWizard end of it, and you have yourself a Vermilion goddess of war.
** Rem is overpowered in general. It only lasts a short time, but her Undying Wish ability casts Reraise on the whole party, and even better, allows Rem to be revived after summoning an Eidolon.
** Avoid magic + Ace's innate Quick Reflexes = untouchable DeathDealer.
** Jack's Lightning Flash works wonders against [[ThatOneBoss the Dragon Egg]].
** [[DarkIsNotEvil Diabolos-class]] Eidolons are sold on their GravityMaster abilities, which fall under AwesomeButImpractical. What the Rubicus doesn't tell you is that the devil's movement is a swarm of bats that makes one think of the ''Film/BatmanBegins'' "backup" scene at Arkham. It's difficult to tell if the Eidolon can even ''take'' damage in this state[[note]]He can[[/note]], due to the fact that contact with an enemy results in Diabolos dishing out CollisionDamage with a Life Drain effect.
** Secret Training allows you to gain extra Experience points while you save and turn off your game. In a maximum 24 hours, your character will have gained around four levels. However, if you change the date on your system, you'll get the results instantly rather than waiting until the next day. With enough patience, you could give your characters quite an experience boost.

** And when you get a Game Over, your character is surrounded by a blue smoke ...which almost means [[spoiler:[[FridgeHorror the enemy is going to do the same thing with you]]...until [[TalkToEveryone NPCs]] in the game say that only the Magic Bureau, Class Zero cadets and black market traders know how to gather Phantoma, or even know it's existence]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Nine and Queen are the two most often featured in fan-fic.
** Sice has more fanart than Rem.
** For a character who isn't playable and isn't entirely a part of the main group, Naghi has a huge following, more so than any other side character save for Kazusa or Emina.

* GameBreaker: The Regal Crown accessory[[note]]Obtained from the Class First Moogle after playing for 70 hours[[/note]] ''doubles'' a characters MP and boosts all Magic stats by 40. The Akatoki Amythest[[note]]Obtained from Celestia during the Milites ceasefire in a NewGamePlus if you got all five extra Classmates Zero[[/note]] increases all Magic stats by ''100'' and applies a permanent Quick status. Rem Tokimiya is a BlackMage who starts off with Twinspell and has more natural MP than any other two Classmates Zero put together. Give her the crown and the jewel, equip her with a Blizzard/Thunder spell (depending on whether you're fighting Concordia or Milites) and Fire spell of your choice, put on Avoid to deal with the SquishyWizard end of it, and you have yourself a Vermilion goddess of war.

* LGBTFanbase: Nine and King, despite being fairly lithe-framed and bishounen, tend to get this treatment.

* ThatOneSidequest: One of the optional combat exercises in subsequent playthroughs has the party storm a base like always. Except when you get to the boss, he runs off through the base and a Crystal Jammer field activates. For the rest of the mission, all magic is useless, but also all ''items'' are useless, which basically means no healing unless you have a Drain ability equipped, and only a few characters have those anyway. You don't even regen when standing still like normal. Have fun playing through the rest of the mission with no healing or buffs.

* AwesomeMusic: [[AwesomeMusic/FinalFantasy As to be expected of the series]].

** The game's ''announcement'' sent fissures through the fandom. The official announcement at E3 2014 came mere days after the fanmade English patch was released, and Square Enix sent a C&D to the creators to pull the patch. They did, but this being the internet, it's still out there and fans who want it can still find it. Behind the scenes there was a lot of drama, namely that SE had repeatedly tried telling them to not finish the patch weeks prior to E3. Further, the team felt the patch was not ready for such an early release (the final version that ''was'' put out has spelling errors and some parts left untranslated), but the leader of the team did it anyway, because according to rumors he knew or at least strongly suspected the official translation was to be announced at E3 and he wanted to push the patch out before the announcement. Was SE protecting their investment with the C&D or spitting on hardworking fans? Was the patch's early release just the creator wanting to push his team, or was he trying to stick it to the company? Should SE have even gone for an HD release or just translated the game for PSP to save time and money? What's more, the actual announcement was botched, as it was first announced that Type-0 HD would be for the Playstation Vita, and then corrected to [=PS4=]/Xbox One. Fans of the Vita took this as a massive middle finger, along with the general lack of attention given to Vita at the event. Suffice to say, this game's release is a touchy subject among those familiar with the week leading up to E3.

* GameBreaker: The Regal Crown accessory[[note]]Obtained from the Class First Moogle after playing for 70 hours[[/note]] ''doubles'' a characters MP and boosts all Magic stats by 40. The Akatoki Amythest[[note]]Obtained from Celestia during the Milites ceasefire in a NewGamePlus if you got all five extra Classmates Zero[[/note]] increases all Magic stats by ''100'' and applies Quick. Rem Tokimiya is a BlackMage who starts off with Twinspell and has more natural MP than any other two Classmates Zero put together. Give her the crown and the jewel, equip her with a Blizzard/Thunder spell (depending on whether you're fighting Concordia or Milites) and Fire spell of your choice, put on Avoid to deal with the SquishyWizard end of it, and you have yourself a Vermilion goddess of war.

* TheyJustDidntCare: The HD port unfortunately has a lot of cut corners and half-assed effort. Many visuals are of terrible quality because the model and/or texture was not improved from the PSP version, even the models that ''were'' upgraded still have questionable quality, parts of the translation are sloppy, and the voice acting is subpar. Combined with many reviewers agreeing the game is a case of PlayTheGameSkipTheStory, and it results in asking if this title is really worth $60, or was even worth porting to the [=PS4=] when it seems the [=PS3=] would have handled the port just fine.

* MoralEventHorizon: Any potential chance for redemption or sympathy Cid might have ever had goes out the window in Chapter 7 when [[spoiler:he plants an Ultima Bomb in Qator's Magitek Armor, planning to blow up his own nation's capital to finally kill Class Zero. And he doesn't even tell Qator, to boot.]]
** Actually, judging by the English version, that was probably a random Imperial Quaestor who had come completely unhinged at that point.

** In the first light novel there's an entire chapter dedicated to Ace and Izana, in which the latter describes the former as having a "pretty face that could be mistaken for a girl's".

** And when you get a Game Over, your character is surrounded by a blue smoke ...which almost means [[spoiler: [[FridgeHorror the enemy is going to do the same thing with you]]...until [[TalkToEveryone NPCs]] in the game say that only the Magic Bureau, Class Zero cadets and black market traders know how to gather Phantoma, or even know it's existence]]
* TheScrappy: Many hate Machina for his {{Wangst}} over his brother's death, being cold and often lashing out at Class Zero except for Rem without listening to them, [[spoiler: being TheMole to his classmates for a basically paranoid council, his FaceHeelTurn and his slaughter of his fellow Suzaku (never mind that it's partially because of his memory loss), revived at the end while the rest of the Class Zero students are dead, and effectively becoming the leader of Oriense without being called out for any of his wrongdoings.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: A surprising number of supporting characters are sidelined in the game. Outside of Class Zero, Kurasame, and Arecia, you can count on one hand how often most other characters appear beyond [=NPCs=] to talk to between missions. It's a pity, too, because they seem rather interesting and could probably contribute a lot to the story.

** The game's ''announcement'' sent fissures through the fandom. The official announcement at E3 2014 came mere days after the fanmade English patch was released, and Square Enix sent a C&D to the creators to pull the patch. They did, but this being the internet, it's still out there and fans who want it can still find it. Behind the scenes there was a lot of drama, namely that SE had repeatedly tried telling them to not finish the patch weeks prior to E3. Further, the team felt the patch was not ready for such an early release (the final version that ''was'' put out has spelling errors and some parts left untranslated), but the leader of the team did it anyway, because according to rumors he knew or at least strongly suspected the official translation was to be announced at E3 and he wanted to push the patch out before the announcement. Was SE protecting their investment with the C&D or spitting on hardworking fans? Was the patch's early release just the creator wanting to push his team, or was he trying to stick it to the company? Should SE have even gone for an HD release or just translated the game for PSP to save time and money? What's more, the actual announcement was botched, as it was first announced that Type-0 HD would be for the Playstation Vita, and then corrected to PS4/Xbox One. Fans of the Vita took this as a massive middle finger, along with the general lack of attention given to Vita at the event. Suffice to say, this game's release is a touchy subject among those familiar with the week leading up to E3.

* TheyJustDidntCare: The HD port unfortunately has a lot of cut corners and half-assed effort. Many visuals are of terrible quality because the model and/or texture was not improved from the PSP version, even the models that ''were'' upgraded still have questionable quality, parts of the translation are sloppy, and the voice acting is subpar. Combined with many reviewers agreeing the game is a case of PlayTheGameSkipTheStory, and it results in asking if this title is really worth $60, or was even worth porting to the PS4 when it seems the [=PS3=] would have handled the port just fine.