History YMMV / RidesWithStrangers

%%* UncannyValley: The models for the human characters look very disturbing. For the drivers, it's understandable since they're designed to look and act creepy.%%no citation

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The whole message in the game is that hitchhiking is dangerous, which is very TruthInTelevision.

%%** The Minister. His greeting to the player makes it very clear that there's something wrong with him. It doesn't get any better if you ask him what the worst thing he's ever done is, and he calmly admits to raping, torturing, and murdering people. If you have the chance, you better tuck and roll out of his car before he attacks you. You can also hear the muffled screaming of someone he has kidnapped and locked in his trunk. At times, you can hear a knife being unsheathed. If you fill his Sketch meter, he will [[JumpScare yell "YOU FUCKING HERETIC!" at you]].%%no citation

%%** The Minister. His greeting to the player makes it very clear that there's something wrong with him. It doesn't get any better if you ask him what the worst thing he's ever done is, and he calmly admits to raping, torturing and murdering people. If you have the chance, you better tuck and roll out of his car before he attacks you. You can also hear the muffled screaming of someone he has kidnapped and locked in his trunk. At times, you can hear a knife being unsheathed.%%no citation

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: When Donald asks you about the worst thing you've done, you have the option of picking "I shoved six grams of coke up my ass [[IBangedYourMom and fucked your mother]]".
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: With the premise of the game changed to Elora wanting to get home to see her dying mother, and the gameplay being changed so that each stranger can only take Elora a certain distance (meaning she will have to hitch rides with several of them), the whole game gets a tone of this due to the fact that Elora is bound and determined to get there in time, and won't let anything stop her. She will hitch rides with bisexual nymphomaniac rapists, pedophilic serial killers/torturers, Norman Bates-type freaks, and [[MonsterClown monster clowns]] to get home to see her mother.
* MoralEventHorizon: Father Donald Earl Mcarthur has raped, tortured, and killed many, with little boys being his "passion".
* {{Narm}}: The game's strength is in the slow build up of tension as the Strangers slowly reveal their gruesome actions. [[JumpScare And then they growl at you like a cartoon character.]]
* NightmareFuel: Hoo boy, yes. The concept is enough to make anyone shake.
** The Minister. His greeting to the player makes it very clear that there's something wrong with him. It doesn't get any better if you ask him what the worst thing he's ever done is, and he calmly admits to raping, torturing and murdering people. If you have the chance, you better tuck and roll out of his car before he attacks you. You can also hear the muffled screaming of someone he has kidnapped and locked in his trunk. At times, you can hear a knife being unsheathed.

* ParanoiaFuel: This game runs on this trope. Being picked up by someone, especially if you don't have anyone else to help you, who could be a potential danger to you.
** The fact that some of the strangers are the kinds of people you would consider trustful in real life, such as a priest, a detective, a pharmacist, and a grandmother. This is a reminder that even the most trustworthy people could be wolves in sheep's clothing.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The whole message in the game is that hitchhiking is dangerous, which is very TruthInTelevision.
* TearJerker:
** The fact that you can't do anything to help the unfortunate man in Father Donald's trunk. As of the current build, there is no indication that Donald (or any of the strangers) will be brought to justice, so you are left with the knowledge that, sometime after the ride is over, Donald will kill the poor man in his trunk, and he will still be free to continue killing children and adults afterward (and in the case of the former, raping and torturing them as well).
** Elora's mother is dying, and Elora is trying to get home to see her one last time. If the player loses, not only do Elora and the mother not get to say goodbye, but the rest of the family wind up losing not one but two relatives on the same night.
* UncannyValley: The models for the human characters look very disturbing. For the drivers, it's understandable since they're designed to look and act creepy.

* AdultFear: The entire premise of this game can definitely be considered a real fear for many people taking rides with strangers, especially for women.

* AdultFear: The entire premise of this game can definitely be considered a real fear for many women.

* {{Anvilicious}}: The whole message in the game is that hitchhiking is dangerous, which is very TruthInTelevision.

* CounterpartComparison: The Mommas Boy is shown to be AxCrazy in the "Meet The Strangers" trailer, with the right side of his face twitching. A lunatic mommas boy horror villain. Sounds like Norman Bates.

* SugarWiki/HeartWarmingMoments: With the premise of the game changed to Elora wanting to get home to see her dying mother, and the gameplay being changed so that each stranger can only take Elora a certain distance (meaning she will have to hitch rides with several of them), the whole game gets a tone of this due to the fact that Elora is bound and determined to get there in time, and won't let anything stop her. She will hitch rides with bisexual nymphomaniac rapists, pedophilic serial killers/torturers, Norman Bates-type freaks, and [[MonsterClown monster clowns]] to get home to see her mother.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: When Donald asks you about the worst thing you've done, you have the option of picking "I shoved six grams of coke up my ass and fucked your mother".

* UncannyValley: The models for the human characters look very disturbing. For the drivers, it's understandable since they're designed to look and act creepy.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: When Donald asks you about the worst thing you've done, you have the option of picking "I shoved six grams of coke up my ass and fucked your mother".
* CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming: With the premise of the game changed to Elora wanting to get home to see her dying mother, and the gameplay being changed so that each stranger can only take Elora a certain distance (meaning she will have to hitch rides with several of them), the whole game gets a tone of this due to the fact that Elora is bound and determined to get there in time, and won't let anything stop her. She will hitch rides with bisexual nymphomaniac rapists, pedophilic serial killers/torturers, Norman Bates-type freaks, and [[MonsterClown monster clowns]] to get home to see her mother.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming: With the premise of the game changed to Elora wanting to get home to see her dying mother, and the gameplay being changed so that each stranger can only take Elora a certain distance (meaning she will have to hitch hides with several of them), the whole game gets a tone of this due to the fact that Elora is bound and determined to get there in time, and won't let anything stop her. She will hitch rides with bisexual nymphomaniac rapists, pedophilic serial killers/torturers, Norman Bates-type freaks, and [[MonsterClown monster clowns]] to get home to see her mother.

* TearJerker: The fact that you can't do anything to help the unfortunate man in Father Donald's trunk. As of the current build, there is no indication that Donald (or any of the strangers) will be brought to justice, so you are left with the knowledge that, sometime after the ride is over, Donald will kill the poor man in his trunk, and he will still be free to continue killing children and adults afterward (and in the case of the former, raping and torturing them as well).

** The Minister. His greeting to the player makes it very clear that there's something wrong with him. It doesn't get any better if you ask him what the worst thing he's ever done is, and he calmly admits to raping, torturing and murdering people. If you have the chance, you better tuck and roll out of his car before he attacks you.

* CompleteMonster: Father Donald is an extremely devout PedophilePriest who hates and wants to "purge" all members of the LGBTQ community despite [[YouAreWhatYouHate being a homosexual himself]], and admits to kidnapping, [[ColdBloodedTorture torturing]], [[SerialRapist raping]], and [[SerialKiller murdering]] ''countless'' [[WouldHurtAChild children]]. Yup, he's pure evil, plain and simple.

** The Minister. His greeting to the player makes it very clear that there's something wrong with him. It doesn't get any better, if you ask him what the worst thing he's ever done is, when he calmly admits to raping, torturing and murdering people. If you have the chance, you better tuck and roll out of his car before he attacks you.

* ParanoiaFuel: This game runs on this trope. Being picked up by someone, especially if you don't have anyone else to help you, who could be a potential danger to you.