History YMMV / OneWayHeroics

* FranchiseOriginalSin: ''Mystery Chronicles'' was criticized for its invisible traps that can screw over your run. Chunsoft's previous ''Mystery Dungeon'' games (which the series was retroactively added to) also had these, and they also could screw you over if you were unlucky, but the addition of [[AdvancingWallOfDoom the Light Raid]] makes it even harder to recover from traps.

** ''Mystery Chronicles'' adds invisible traps that can screw over players in a tight spot. A later update to the Steam version added the option to make all traps visible.
** The sky "biome" in ''Mystery Chronicles'' takes the rarely-occurring [[BottomlessPit bottomless pits]] of the desert biome and makes them a feature of roughly half the tiles, especially at the north and south edges of the map. Without a means of escape such as teleport potions, a Force Bridge, or a way to fly above terrain, one can find themselves stuck between the Shine Raid and a dead end.

* {{Gamebreaker}}: with patience and some lucky enchantment scrolls you can make ridiculously powerful equipment in this category.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Dosey. Her inevitable [[spoiler:FaceMonsterTurn]] was tragic enough that ''plus'' added a hidden epilogue where you could save her, and she's one of the few returning party members in ''Mystery Chronicle''.

** ''Mystery Chronicles'' adds invisible traps that can screw over players in a tight spot. A later update added the option to make all traps visible.

* ContestedSequel: ''Mystery Chronicle'' is this, especially in comparison to ''Plus''. The major gripes with the former for most players are the unreasonable 30 FPS cap on a turn-based game (even on the Steam version), [[PortingDisaster performance issues despite the FPS cap]] and LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading on every platform, hidden traps that are hard to play around and seemingly only there to bring ''Mystery Chronicle'' closer to other Creator/SpikeChunsoft roguelikes (with only the Steam version having the option to toggle them off), and having none of ''Plus''[='=]s balance changes due to being a fork of the original ''One Way Heroics''. For some, all of these issues compounded together make ''Mystery Chronicle'' a harder sell over ''Plus'' (or even the original), while others ultimately don't mind these issues as much and think the criticism is overblown.

** Stacking 5 Pro-Wrestler perks (which increase unarmed extra hit chance by 30% and critical hit chance by 5% each) on either Swordmaster or Hero can be exceptionally useful thanks to their increased chance to hit multiple times per attack: much like in Franchise/FinalFantasy, this turns them into {{Bare Fisted Monk}}s with the ability to hit 2-4 times by default and only going up from there as they gain more Agility levels, and since they're not using any weapons, they can just sell off any that they find and not be restricted by their durability. Furthermore, since Pro-Wrestler also gives an increased critical hit chance, it's easy for them to hit 100% critical hit rate permanently, which increases their overall attack power by a good amount as well as bypassing the Demon Lord's barriers completely, allowing them to easily defeat'em in the first encounter with some liberal Awakening abuse. This is somewhat balanced by the fact that some enemies, like the Phantom Knight, are resistant to non-axe damage.

** The flavour-filled way the forced autoscroll is implemented makes it nightmarish. Imagine it, running endlessly from an all-consuming wave of darkness, with the knowledge that if you get trapped in a dead end you're doomed.
** Overlapping with Fridge Logic when you start encountering villages wiped out by monsters and beasts, though [[spoiler:all the doors are closed until you come]] and later you witness [[spoiler: the Corruption and villagers who are half-turned into monsters]], Demon Lord also mentions this. When running for 10,000 km, the terrain becomes increasingly scarcer, because you might be looping on to the lands already devoured by Darkness. And a long (25x times longer than usual) run through the wastelands puts a strain on player's mind.
** The protagonist is reincarnating in different dimensional versions of the world, partially remembering previous lives and what killed them. In some epilogues, the main character is implied to [[spoiler: start losing memories about self, his name and so on. Probably because of exploiting timelines.]]
** Die from damage over time by being lit on fire and you'll get [[HaveANiceDeath a disturbingly graphic description of your character agonizingly asphyxiating from the smoke.]]

** Starting the Force Knight quest will cause a building to regularly appear with an {{NPC}} that heals the player and restores their energy. As long as the quest is never advanced, this results in a guaranteed healing point, making it easier to get endings that don't conflict with the quest.

* AwesomeMoments: [[Awesome/OneWayHeroics here.]]

* FunnyMoments: [[Funny/OneWayHeroics here.]]

** In ''Plus'', Death Masks can take the appearance of their victims. Not only do you have to be paranoid of friendly [=NPCs=], there's also some FridgeHorror that if you lose to the Death Mask, it can pretend to be the hero and continue giving the world a false HopeSpot.

** The Tourist special ending is this, even on Afternoon Stroll and with preparations. Not only do they have low starting stats, they have a chance to fill out pages upon leveling, which means enemies will end up surpassing the player, especially in agility. [[LuckBasedMission At best]], the Tourist might gain enough Mountain Climbing and Swimming skill to outmaneuver enemies, find some strong allies (both NPCs and unique allies), or find plenty of towns to safely fill out more pages.

* ScrappyMechanic: ''One Way Heroics Plus'' is available as a standalone game on Playism, but on Steam (which is more popular in the West), you have to buy vanilla ''OWH'' first since ''Plus'' is marked as DLC. Most people who play ''Plus'' [[ComplacentGamingSyndrome don't touch the vanilla edition]] which makes that particular edition [[OneGameForThePriceOfTwo a waste of money for them]]. To add a little insult to injury, both editions are more expensive on Steam than on Playism.