History YMMV / ResidentEvilGaiden

** When the BOW starts chasing you around the ship and for it's final boss fights, the only way to get rid of it is to constantly score critical hits until it flees, the actual flee feature is disabled (despite this being the one time it would be useful) and this forces you to waste a ton of ammo or rare gas greandes to fend it off.

** You can't cancel fleeing a battle, accidently hit the wrong input and you're stuck trying to flee while all the zombies present on-screen instantly get close to deal damage.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Making [[EnsembleDarkhorse Barry Burton]] a main playable character was a great idea that deserved a much better game. It wouldn't be until thirteen years later that we would [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2 finally get one.]]

* CriticalResearchFailure: The manual and game state that the anti-Umbrella organisation is formed of former S.T.A.R.S. members and ex-Umbrella employees. Leon is neither of these.

* WhatAnIdiot: Leon deciding to leave a defenseless young girl in the middle of the sun deck, by herself, with zombies roaming around.

* FanonDiscontinuity: This game is ignored as much by fans as it is by the [[CanonDiscontinuity creators]]. For good reason, since it's generally regarded as one of the worst in the series [[spoiler: and implies that beloved character Leon is killed and replaced by a B.O.W.]][[note]]Although before Capcom discarded ''Gaiden'' from canon, very early design notes on ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' toyed with the idea of this "Fake Leon" B.O.W. being a recurring enemy for the real Leon to deal with, suggesting Leon was never intended to be killed off.[[/note]] At least, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4cMXNaMoI4&list=PL7CDC9C8722379A0F the music is great]], with several memorable (for 8-bit) horror and action themes.

* FanonDiscontinuity: This game is ignored as much by fans as it is by the [[CanonDiscontinuity creators]]. For good reason, since it's generally regarded as one of the worst in the series [[spoiler: and implies that beloved character Leon is killed and replaced by a B.O.W.]] At least, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4cMXNaMoI4&list=PL7CDC9C8722379A0F the music is great]], with several memorable (for 8-bit) horror and action themes.

* MostAnnoyingSound: *grabbed by zombie* (in overpitched voice:) DUNDUNDUN'''DUN'''DUNDUNDUNDUN'''DUN'''DUNDUNDUNDUN'''DUN'''....

* WhatAnIdiot: Leon deciding to leave a defenseless young girl in the middle of the sun deck, by herself, with zombies roaming around.

* TheyJustDidntCare: At one point Semtex is used to blow up a door. There's no explosion, no sign of damage, and the door looks unharmed as if it were opened by a key. Zombies can also grab you at times without even touching the character, and some shots in different cutscenes are obviously the same but just edited slightly.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Making [[EnsembleDarkhorse Barry Burton]] a main playable character was a great idea that deserved a much better game. Thirteen years later, [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2 we finally got one.]]

* ScrappyMechanic: Occasionally, zombies fall to the floor, allowing you to search them. But also, they may just be [[NonLethalKO downed]] and can grab you and pull you into another battle! To make matters worse, they probably will be the DemonicSpiders.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Making [[EnsembleDarkhorse Barry Burton]] a main playable character was a great idea that deserved a much better game.
** [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2 Which it did!]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Making [[EnsembleDarkhorse Barry Burton]] a main playable character was the only really great idea to come out of ''Gaiden'' and, frankly, it was an idea that deserved a much better game.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Making [[EnsembleDarkhorse Barry Burton]] a main playable character was the only really great idea to come out of ''Gaiden'' and, frankly, it deserved a much better game.

* FanonDiscontinuity: This game is ignored as much by fans as it is by the [[CanonDiscontinuity creators]]. For good reason, since it's generally regarded as one of the worst in the series [[spoiler: and implies that beloved character Leon is killed and replaced by a B.O.W.]] At least, the music is great, with several memorable (for 8-bit) horror and action themes.

* FanonDiscontinuity: This game is ignored as much by fans as it is by the [[CanonDiscontinuity creators]]. For good reason, since it's generally regarded as one of the worst in the series [[spoiler: and implies that beloved character Leon is killed and replaced by a B.O.W.]]

* CanonDiscontinuity: ''Resident Evil: Gaiden'', was made by a completely different developer and is entirely ignored by the rest of the series (despite being written by the director of ''Resident Evil Code: Veronica'').
** FanonDiscontinuity: This game is ignored as much by fans as it is by the [[CanonDiscontinuity creators]]. For good reason, since it's generally regarded as one of the worst in the series [[spoiler: and implies that beloved character Leon is killed and replaced by a B.O.W.]]

* WhatAnIdiot: Leon deciding to leave a defenceless young girl in the middle of the sun deck, by herself, with zombies roaming around.

* FanonDiscontinuity: This game is ignored as much by fans as it is by the [[CanonDiscontinuity creators]]. For good reason, since it's generally regarded as one of the worst in the series [[spoiler: and implies that beloved character Leon is killed and replaced by a B.O.W.]]