History YMMV / RideToHellRetribution

* NeverLiveItDown: Jake destroying a power plant so he can deactivate an electric fence is brought up by so many reviewers[[note]]about the only reviewers who ''don’t'' mention the electric fence are [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] and WebVideo/ScottTheWoz[[/note]] (and mentioned so many times on this very page) that you'd think it was the only thing he ever did in his lengthy revenge quest.

* InferredHolocaust: Destroying a power plant dam could do even more damage than just shutting down an [[ComplexityAddiction electric fence]]. For example, Jake could've caused a massive power outage of at least four different states including his own, which would result in a massive increase in crime and rioting and cause lots of deaths from heat strokes due to air conditioning being lost. Even worse, if the explosion somehow broke through the wall of a dam, there could've been a massive flash flood that could cause the deaths of millions including Jake himself. Jake is very lucky that none of these are discussed, otherwise, he would've been targeted as an international terrorist for sabotaging a dam just to get past an electric fence.

** Given the game’s reputation, people have taken to using the 1% in the game’s title (which is meant to refer to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlaw_motorcycle_club#One_percenter biker culture]]) to refer to the game’s only redeeming factor (honest rating in cover), average score from critics, [[ObviousBeta or the amount the game was completed]].

* IdiotPlot:
** Much of the game is spent by every character doing dumb things to progress the story. The main revenge story itself is kickstarted by the Devil's Hand, instead of making sure that Jake was dead, stupidly [[OnceIsNotEnough shooting him once in the side and assuming that would be enough to kill him]].
** The rest of the game is full of these kinds of moments, mainly stemming from Jake's ComplexityAddiction. Instead of following the simpler route, he always has to try the hardest possible method, and the Devil's Hand themselves are packed with the most stupid-caliber thugs ever witnessed, and they amazingly fare even worse than Jake.
** Jake's uncle Mack also deserves a mention: the reason Devil's Hand ganged up on Jake and his brother was that he was wearing his dad's (who was killed by the Devil's Hand) jacket with his old gang logo on it. Since the Devil's Hand was not in any way laying low and Mack was well aware of the bad blood between them, he might have wanted to mention that wearing that jacket could cause trouble.
** The Devil's Hand could've simply killed Mack, Jake, and Mikey after killing their dad. Instead, they waited 25 years to kill them, despite living in the same small town and Mike literally having his dad's logo plastered all over his back. Also, there was no reason they could not have killed Jake right after killing Mikey in front of him. They do know they are brothers, Jake is in shock, the Devil's Hand has several guns pointed at him, and they just leave.

** Given the game’s reputation, people have taken to using the 1% in the game’s title (which is meant to refer to biker culture) to refer to the game’s only redeeming factor (honest rating in cover), average score from critics, [[ObviousBeta or the amount the game was completed]].

* BrokenBase: While '''everyone''' agrees that the game is bad, the big point of debate is whether the game is [[SoBadItsGood enjoyably bad]] or [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible unpleasantly bad]].

* UncannyValley:
** The characters are stiff and inexpressive to the point that they can barely open their mouths - and when they do, they look disturbingly like {{Muppet}}s, sometimes having no visible teeth or tongue. The "sex" scenes are the best example of just how unnerving the characters in this game are.
** Mikey's ventriloquist dummy-like mouth flaps combined with his bizarre neck movements borders on BodyHorror.
* UnfortunateImplications: As pointed out by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKucJJeZMwc practically]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1HTKWX15oo everyone]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWxEwdGpIPQ who]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGonA7VmW3U has]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2bB4aAQS-o reviewed]] the game, women are literal trophies that you get to have sex with as a reward for beating up their attackers.

** Much of the game is spent by every character doing dumb things to progress the story. The main revenge story itself is kickstarted by the Devil's Hand, instead of making sure that Jake was dead, stupidly [[OnceIsNotEnough shooting him once in the side and assuming that's the last of it]].

* InferredHolocaust: Destroying a power plant dam could do even more damage than just shutting down an [[ComplexityAddiction electric fence]]. For example, Jake could've caused a massive power outage of at least four different states including his own, which would result in a massive increase in crime and rioting and cause lots of deaths from heat due to air conditioning being lost. Even worse, if the explosion somehow broke through the wall of a dam, there could've been a massive flash flood that could cause the deaths of millions including Jake himself. Jake is very lucky that none of these are discussed, otherwise, he would've been targeted as an international terrorist for the perceived sabotage of a dam all for the revenge of his brother.

** Mikey's ventriloquist dummy-like mouth flaps combined with his bizarre neck movements borderlines on BodyHorror.

* InferredHolocaust: Destroying a power plant dam could do even more damage than just shutting down an [[ComplexityAddiction electric fence]]. For example, Jake could've caused a massive power outage of at least four different states including his own, which means that there would be many people out there that could potentially revolt against the government due to a massive blackout. Even worse, if the explosion somehow broke through the wall of a dam, there could've been a massive flash flood that could cause the deaths of millions including Jake himself. Jake is very lucky that none of these are discussed, otherwise, he would've been targeted as an international terrorist for the perceived sabotage of a dam all for the revenge of his brother.

* NeverLiveItDown: Jake destroying a power plant so he can deactivate an electric fence is brought up by so many reviewers[[note]]about the only reviewer who ''doesn't'' mention the electric fence is [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]][[/note]] (and mentioned so many times on this very page) that you'd think it was the only thing he ever did in his lengthy revenge quest.

** You can even disregard melee combat altogether and headshot enemies with your pistol before they get into fighting range. This may be why the EliteMooks have bulletproof masks to go along with their insane health capacity, as otherwise the player could go through the entire game simply shooting every enemy to death.

* BrokenBase: While '''everyone''' agrees that the game is bad, the big point of debate is whether the game is [[SoBadItsGood enjoyably bad]] or [[SoBadItsHorrible unpleasantly bad]].

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: A WideOpenSandbox [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge revenge story]] set in the world of 1960s post-Vietnam biker gangs is a rather unique, original, and potentially fascinating story and setting for a video game. Too bad anything good that could come from it is buried alive underneath a steaming pile of repetitive bad fights followed by repetitive bad sex scenes. Or if literally, everything else about the game wasn't even '''worse''' than the story itself.

* HarsherInHindsight: Eutechnyx, the developers of ''Ride to Hell: Retribution'', once made a game based on ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' which generally considered above-average though thematically it resembles ''Videogame/TokyoXtremeRacer'' more than ''The Fast and the Furious''. ''Videogame/FastAndFuriousCrossroads'' would somewhat unintentionally become the second time a well respected racing game developer's reputation (Slightly Mad Studios of ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedShift'' and ''Videogame/ProjectCars'' fame, the former responsible for helping [[VideoGame/NeedForSpeed a franchise]] trying to get away from being ''The Fast and the Furious'' RiceBurner
copycat of their ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUnderground Underground]]'' days) ruined by making a terrible action-oriented vehicle game.

* HarsherInHindsight: Eutechnyx, the developers of ''Ride to Hell: Retribution'', once made a game based on ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' which generally considered above-average though thematically it resembles ''Videogame/TokyoXtremeRacer'' more than ''The Fast and the Furious''. ''Videogame/FastAndFuriousCrossroads'' would somewhat unintentionally become the second time a well respected racing game developer's reputation (Slightly Mad Studios of ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedShift'' and ''Videogame/ProjectCars'' fame, the former responsible for helping [[VideoGame/NeedForSpeed a franchise]] trying to get away from being an [=FnF=] RiceBurner

* HarsherInHindsight: Eutechnyx, the developers of ''Ride to Hell: Retribution'', once made a game based on ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' which generally considered above-average though thematically it resembles ''Videogame/TokyoXtremeRacer'' more than ''The Fast and the Furious''. ''Videogame/FastAndFuriousCrossroads'' would somewhat unintentionally become the second time a well respected racing game developer's reputation (Slightly Mad Studios of ''Need for Speed: Shift'' and ''Videogame/ProjectCars'' fame) ruined by making a terrible action-oriented vehicle game.

* HarsherInHindsight: Eutechnyx, the developers of ''Ride to Hell: Retribution'', once made a game based on ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' which generally considered above-average though thematically it [[SpiritualAdaptation resembles ''Videogame/TokyoXtremeRacer'']] more than ''The Fast and the Furious''. ''Videogame/FastAndFuriousCrossroads'' would somewhat unintentionally become the second time a well respected racing game developer's reputation (Slightly Mad Studios of ''Need for Speed: Shift'' and ''Videogame/ProjectCars'' fame) ruined by making a terrible action-oriented vehicle game.

* HarsherInHindsight: Eutechnyx, the developers of ''Ride to Hell: Retribution'', once made a game based on ''Franchise/FastAndFurious'' which generally considered above-average though thematically it resembles ''Videogame/TokyoXtremeRacer'' more than ''Fast and Furious itself''. ''Videogame/FastAndFuriousCrossroads'' would somewhat unintentionally become the second time a well respected racing game developer's reputation (Slightly Mad Studios of ''Need for Speed: Shift'' and ''Videogame/ProjectCars'' fame) ruined by making a terrible action-oriented vehicle game.

* HarsherInHindsight: ''Videogame/FastAndFuriousCrossroads'' would somewhat unintentionally become the second time a well respected racing game developer's reputation ruined by making a terrible action-oriented vehicle game.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKucJJeZMwc&t=4m54s As ProJared mentions]], spamming the Heavy Attack breaks melee combat in two.

** Given the game’s reputation, people have taken to using the 1% in the game’s title (which is meant to refer to biker culture) to refer to the game’s average score from critics [[ObviousBeta or the amount the game was completed]].

* MemeticMutation: Given the game’s reputation, people have taken to using the 1% in the game’s title (which is meant to refer to biker culture) to refer to the game’s average score from critics [[ObviousBeta or the amount the game was completed]].

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: While Jake stealing a tanker and blowing up a power station just to disable a fence is still massive overkill, his rampage is (very slightly) LessDisturbingInContext depending on how you view the truckers and plant workers that serve as enemies in this section. The truckers attack Jake on sight even before he displays any intent to steal the tanker, and there's another trucker inside Colt's farmhouse threatening a hooker, which raises the possibility that they're connected with Colt's drug operation and not just innocent civilians caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.

* CriticalResearchFailure: The game developers apparently believed that plastic hockey masks can deflect bullets, given that you can't kill thugs with hockey masks by shooting at their heads.

** The game’s infamous sex scenes also qualify. The characters all look emotionless, and get it on ''with their clothes on.''