History YMMV / LastYearTheNightmare

** Lessened slightly by the fact that he's doing it to the kid's neck, which would still probably be enough to break it.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Generally, any time the Survivors have enough firepower to turn the tables on the Killer and make ''him'' flee for his life for a change. Or, even better yet, channel [[Film/It2017 The Losers' Club beating up Pennywise]] by cornering him and delivering a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on him with their improvised weapons.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Generally, any time the Survivors have enough firepower to turn the tables on the Killer and make ''him'' flee for his life for a change.

** The Giant is often compared to a Tank (being the biggest out of the current three killers, extremely buff and bald) and a Charger (ability to charge forward to grab a survivor.)

** "''Last Year'' is like ''[[VideoGame/FridayThe13thTheGame Friday the 13th]]'', [[RecycledInSpace but you can kill Jason!]]" [[labelnote:Explanation]]In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbmHn-IOug8 IGN's report on the Last Year demo at PAX East 2018]], many comparisons were drawn between Last Year and ''VideoGame/FridayThe13thTheGame''. According to one reporter, one key difference between the games was that the students could fight back and kill the Killer in Last Year. [[CriticalResearchFailure This quickly drew the ire of anyone who had even basic knowledge of Friday the 13th, as it was common knowledge that killing Jason is entirely possible in F13 (albeit only under one set of very specific circumstances).]] Many fans took to sarcastically referring to Last Year with said comparison. Nowadays, though, most fans have concluded that IGN meant that fighting the Killer was meant to be a regularly used mechanic in Last Year, as opposed to a rare InstantWinCondition that only extremely coordinated groups of players could pull off.[[/labelnote]]

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Some of the little messages that may appear when you're being brutally executed, such as [[{{Understatement}} "You might feel a slight sting"]] or "It was fun while it lasted".

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The students' response to the whole ordeal. They wake up to find themselves in their [[EldritchLocation Eldritch-Location-turned-school]]. A malevolent EldritchAbomination that can never truly die is after them in the form of any three deranged killers that none of them would stand a chance against one-on-one. So what do they do? Devise an escape plan that uses each student's talents to their advantage, grab or [[MacGyvering MacGyver]] whatever weapons they can find, and ''beat the living daylights out of the killer'' whenever he dares to show his ugly face while they're following it. It's almost like watching [[Film/It2017 The Losers' Club]] all grown up.

* FunnyMoments:
** If the Giant grabs Nick and lifts him up, one of his possible responses is "No no no no no! I get carsick!"

s* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The students' response to the whole ordeal. They wake up to find themselves in their [[EldritchLocation Eldritch-Location-turned-school]]. A malevolent EldritchAbomination that can never truly die is after them in the form of any three deranged killers that none of them would stand a chance against one-on-one. So what do they do? Devise an escape plan that uses each student's talents to their advantage, grab or [[MacGyvering MacGyver]] whatever weapons they can find, and ''beat the living daylights out of the killer'' whenever he dares to show his ugly face while they're following it. It's almost like watching [[Film/It2017 The Losers' Club]] all grown up.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The students' response to the whole ordeal. They wake up to find themselves in their [[EldritchLocation Eldritch-Location-turned-school]]. A malevolent EldritchAbomination that can never truly die is after them in the form of any three deranged killers that none of them would stand a chance against one-on-one. So what do they do? Devise an escape plan that uses each student's talents to their advantage, grab or [[MacGyvering MacGyver]] whatever weapons they can find, and ''beat the living daylights out of the killer'' whenever he dares to show his ugly face while they're following it. It's almost like watching [[Film/It2017 The Losers' Club]] all grown up.

** "''Last Year'' is like ''[[VideoGame/FridayThe13thTheGame Friday the 13th]]'', [[RecycledInSpace but you can kill Jason!]]" [[labelnote:Explanation]]In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbmHn-IOug8 IGN's report on the Last Year demo at PAX East 2018]], many comparisons were drawn between Last Year and ''VideoGame/FridayThe13thTheGame''. According to one reporter, one key difference between the games was that the students could fight back and kill the Killer in Last Year. [[CriticalResearchFailure This quickly drew the ire of anyone who had even basic knowledge of Friday the 13th, as it was common knowledge that killing Jason is entirely possible in F13 (albeit only under one set of very specific circumstances).]] Many fans took to sarcastically nicknaming Last Year with said comparison. Nowadays, though, most fans have concluded that IGN meant that fighting the Killer was meant to be a regularly used mechanic in Last Year, as opposed to a rare InstantWinCondition that only extremely coordinated groups of players could pull off.[[/labelnote]]

** "''Last Year'' is like ''[[VideoGame/FridayThe13thTheGame Friday the 13th]]'', [[RecycledInSpace but you can kill Jason!]]" [[labelnote:Explanation]]In IGN's report on the Last Year demo at PAX East 2018, many comparisons were drawn between Last Year and ''VideoGame/FridayThe13thTheGame''. According to one reporter, one key difference between the games was that the students could fight back and kill the Killer in Last Year. [[CriticalResearchFailure This quickly drew the ire of anyone who had even basic knowledge of the mechanics of ''Friday The 13th'', as it was common knowledge that killing Jason is entirely possible in F13 (albeit only under one set of very specific circumstances).]] Many fans took to sarcastically nicknaming Last Year with said comparison. Nowadays, though, most fans have concluded that IGN meant that fighting the Killer was meant to be a regularly used mechanic in Last Year, as opposed to a rare InstantWinCondition that only extremely coordinated groups of players could pull off.[[/labelnote]]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The students' response to the whole ordeal. They wake up to find themselves in their [[EldritchLocation Eldritch-Location-turned-school]]. A malevolent EldritchAbomination that can never truly die is after them in the form of any three deranged killers that none of them would stand a chance against one-on-one. So what do they do? Devise an escape plan that uses each student's talents to their advantage, grab or [[MacGyvering MacGyver]] whatever weapons they can find, and ''beat the living daylights out of the killer'' whenever he dares to show his ugly face while they're following it. [[Film/It2017 The Losers]] would be proud.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The students' response to the whole ordeal. They wake up to find themselves in their [[EldritchLocation Eldritch-Location-turned-school]]. A malevolent EldritchAbomination that can never truly die is after them in the form of any three deranged killers that none of them would stand a chance against one-on-one. So what do they do? Devise an escape plan, grab or [[MacGyvering MacGyver]] whatever weapons they can find, and ''beat the living daylights out of the killer'' whenever he dares to show his ugly face while they're following it. [[Film/It2017 The Losers]] would be proud.

** Lessened slightly by the fact that he's doing it to the kid's neck, which would likely be more than enough to break it.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Some of the little messages that may appear when you're being brutally executed, such as [[{{Understatement}} "You might feel a little sting"]] or "It was fun while it lasted".

* NightmareRetardant: One of the Slasher's executions. He raises his axe above a helpless student. You cover your eyes, expecting him to split the student's head open in the most gory, horrific way possible... but instead, for some reason, he decides to pummel the kid to death by hitting them with ''the top of the axe'' over and over.

* FandomRivalry: With ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'', due to both games being AsymmetricMultiplayer SurvivalHorror games featuring a team of survivors trying to escape by completing objectives against one serial killer.

* NightmareRetardant: One of the Slasher's executions. He raises his axe above a helpless student. You cover your eyes, expecting him to split the student's head open in the most gory, horrific way possible... but instead, for some reason, he decides to pummel the kid to death by hitting them with ''the back of the axe'' over and over.

* NeverLiveItDown: Elastic games is never, ever going to hear the end of those jokes about "Last Year" being [[{{Vaporware}} the scheduled release date of the game instead of the title.]]

* NeverLiveItDown: Elastic games is never, never going to hear the end of those jokes about "Last Year" being [[{{Vaporware}} the scheduled release date of the game instead of the title.]]

* NightmareRetardant: One of the Slasher's executions. He raises his axe above a helpless student. You cover your eyes, expecting him to split the student's head open in the most gory, horrific way possible... but instead, for some reason, he decides to pummel the kid to death by hitting them with ''the top of the axe'' over and over.

* FandomRivalry: With ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'', due to both games being AsymmetricMultiplayer SurvivalHorror games featuring a team of survivors trying to escape by completing objectives against one serial killer.

* FandomRivalry: With VideoGame/DeadByDaylight, due to both games being AsymmetricMultiplayer SurvivalHorror games featuring a team of survivors trying to escape by completing objectives against one serial killer.