History YMMV / SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters

* CreepyAwesome: [[spoiler: Demon Path Revya. Playing as them has you going down atrocity after atrocity with no sense of morality that put [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]] at his worst to shame, the only hints of redemption come if you lose FinalBattle, and nothing you do is PlayedForLaughs. But as horrifying as that it is, it's undeniable that there's a degree of awesome playing as a BigBad that ends with with a borderline ZeroPercentApprovalRating through their sheer depravity and still triumph of all that stands in your way.]]

** [[spoiler:Gestahl]] in the Demon Path; also the SecretCharacter [[spoiler:Median]] who has the same status and moveset as him.

** The Demon Path is...infamous.
** Also, Endorph is [[VideoGame/PhantomBrave Walnut]]

* LoveToHate: Gig.

** Kanan butchering the village of Pulkina[[spoiler: (and Danette's parents)]] in the name of Thuris.

** The Demon Path, to put it lightly.

* AntiClimaxBoss: The FinalBoss of the normal path is normally too strong to beat outside of a NewGamePlus, except you can make it weaker by killing its followers on the map, which will actually leave it weaker than the boss the penultimate boss.

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Gig is disliked by most of the cast. Among fans, he's the most popular character in the game, many times being amongst the top 10 in Nippon Ichi's polls.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTB_E8fLD3k&hd=1 Requiem of Gemini]]

* NightmareFuel: The Demon Path as a whole.

* NamesTheSame: No, the "World Eaters" in the title have nothing to do with the [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Khorne-worshiping Space Marines.]]

* MostAnnoyingSound: Pinot's high-pitched voice in the Demon Path, especially when she squeals "Demon Spawn!"
* NamesTheSame: No, the "World Eaters" in the title have nothing to do with the [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Khorne-worshiping Space Marines.]]

* CreepyAwesome: [[spoiler: Demon Path Revya. Playing as them has you going down atrocity after atrocity with no sense of morality that put [[VideoGame/GodOfWarSeries Kratos]] at his worst to shame, the only hints of redemption come if you lose FinalBattle, and nothing you do is PlayedForLaughs. But as horrifying as that it is, it's undeniable that there's a degree of awesome playing as a BigBad that ends with with a borderline ZeroPercentApprovalRating through their sheer depravity and still triumph of all that stands in your way.]]

*** One can also call how she deals with Danette. [[spoiler: She sees a child suffering from the memory of her parent's death, so she seals the memory. Which also leaves her stupid to the point of brain damage. Virtuous-as-Layna clearly has no understanding of people, despite good intent.]]
** Revya gets some of this thanks to the Demon Path. Particularly, was Revya's more vile personality in the Demon Path caused by him/her being DrunkOnTheDarkSide or was he/she EvilAllAlong?

* CreepyAwesome: [[spoiler: Demon Path Revya. Playing as him/her has you going down atrocity after atrocity with no sense of morality that put [[VideoGame/GodOfWarSeries Kratos]] at his worst to shame, the only hints of redemption come if you lose FinalBattle, and nothing you do is PlayedForLaughs. But as horrifying as that it is, it's undeniable that there's a degree of awesome playing as a BigBad that ends with with a borderline ZeroPercentApprovalRating through their sheer depravity and still triumph of all that stands in your way.]]

* FanPreferredCouple: While the game has no OfficialCouple, Gig X Revya is the most popular. They are "''soulmates''", after all.

* HoYay: Gig treats male Revya no different than female Revya. Right down to the soulmate business.

** The Demon Path as a whole for Revya, [[spoiler:starting with killing Layna and everyone in his/her village.]]

* MostAnnoyingSound: Pinot's voice in the Demon Path, especially her "Demon Spawn!"

* OlderThanTheyThink: A campaign that's about systematically killing everyone and everything in the game, is more about the supporting cast's reaction to the now-monstrous main character, and [[spoiler: seemingly ends with the destruction of all reality]]? ''Soul Nomad'' did the Genocide route before ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' did.

* {{Woolseyism}}: It's doubtful that the TakeThat to John Romero during the Asagi fight was there in the Japanese version...

* OlderThanTheyThink: A campaign that's about systematically killing everyone and everything in the game, is more about the supporting cast's reaction to the now-monstrous main character, and [[spoiler: seemingly ends with the destruction of all reality?]] ''Soul Nomad'' did the Genocide route before ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' did.

* CounterpartComparison: IllGirl Euphoria looks like an older bovine Castille[[spoiler:, Endorph's sister from ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'' who was also an ill girl. ]]

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: This game is just full of masterpieces to say the least.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTB_E8fLD3k&hd=1 Requiem of Gemini]]
** [[http://youtu.be/QtvdQkS-Fjc Crash Landing]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD9Vho0SVCU Rock 'n Rocks]]
** [[https://youtu.be/TKsWTPSlBCE Speed Queen]]. Players of ''VideoGame/Disgaea5AllianceOfVengeance'' may know it better as that game's Item World boss theme and Mystery Room fight theme.

* PurposelyOverpowered:
** The Gideon class, which becomes available after you beat the game once. They've been compared to Majins in the VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness for how broken they are.
** The "Demon Force" Tactic, a EleventhHourSuperpower received right before the final battle of the Normal Path, can greatly hasten the LevelGrinding during "Inspection Room battles" when combined with the right decors.

* SuperlativeDubbing: The game is often cited as the best dubbed NISA game with Creator/YuriLowenthal's Gig being especially praised.

** [[https://youtu.be/TKsWTPSlBCE Speed Queen]]. Players of ''VideoGame/Disgaea5AllianceOfVengeance'' may know it better as that game's Item World boss theme.

** [[https://youtu.be/TKsWTPSlBCE Speed Queen]]. Players of ''VideoGame/Disgaea5AllianceOfVengeance'' may know it batter as that game's Item World boss theme.

* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Gig. Ask anybody about the game and they'll definitely say he's the highlight.
** Asagi, this being the game that started her trend in NIS's games.

** [[spoiler: Gig as he starts to regain his memories. He's still a {{Jerkass}}, but at he realizes that he was a good person wanted to help others whose memories were erased and he wrecked havoc on the world he was wanted to help, and enjoyed doing it.]]

* SuperlativeDubbing: The game is often cited as the best dubbed NISA game with {{Yuri Lowenthal}}'s Gig being especially praised.

** Gideons. They've been compared to Majins in the VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness for how broken they are.

* ThemeMusicPowerUp
** In the Demon Path however, Desperado usually plays when [[MoralEventHorizon something really bad]] is going to happen/is happening.

* AwesomeEgo: Gig. He is a rude {{Jerkass}} that acts like he's better than everyone else. His fans agree, especially because of how funny he is.

** ''Hey, I'm Kotaro. I'm gonna help you out for a while.''

* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler: Raksha, also responds to 'Levin'. Those filler sidequests are his {{Scheme}}.]]

* TheWoobie: Tricia. Especially in the Demon Path.
** IronWoobie: She's more like this in her ending.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: While Layna means well and is right about trying to fix the world, one could call her out on setting Revya up from the start without even asking until AFTER the fusion. [[spoiler: One could say she had it coming in the Demon Path.]]
** One can also call how she deals with Danette. [[spoiler: She sees a child suffering from the memory of her parent's death, so she seals the memory. Which also leaves her stupid to the point of brain damage. Virtuous-as-Layna clearly has no understanding of people, despite good intent.]]

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The first time you run into Heroman (no, not ''[[Manga/{{Heroman}} that]]'' Heroman), which is guaranteed to elicit a "what the fuck" the first time you see him. Even Gig is caught off guard by how silly he is. See VideoGameCrueltyPotential for more.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Gig. Ask anybody about the game and they'll definitely say he's the highlight.

* GameBreaker: Gideons. They've been compared to Majins in the VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness for how broken they are.
** [[spoiler: Gestahl in the Demon Path.]]

* JerkassWoobie: Though she never reveals her past to anyone but Trish, Shauna's past sucked. [[spoiler:Having her home hit with the game's equivalent to ThePlague, villagers breaking in to her home, separated from her family and caretaker, forcing herself to fend for herself at a very young age. Of course, she'd probably kick your ass if you try to give her a hug, unless you're Trish.]]

* MoralEventHorizon: The Demon Path as a whole for Revya[[spoiler:, starting with killing Layna and everyone in his/her village.]]

* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler:The Demon Path.]]

* ShockingSwerve: The Demon Path, to put it lightly.

* ThatOneBoss: Shauna can kill Revya without much difficulty due to Revya having a [[TacticalRockPaperScissors terrible matchup against the Gypsy class]].

** Gestahl is all about smashing your entire party ForMassiveDamage. And his tactics are all about smashing your entire party and any others on a line behind them ForMassiveDamage, or turning his [[ForMassiveDamage Massive Damage]] UpToEleven. His decors are all about nerfing your parties so he can hit you ForMassiveDamage even better. It's easy to see why he's very difficult, even when he's entirely alone.

* CreepyAwesome: [[spoiler: Demon Path Revya. Playing as him/her has you going down atrocity after atrocity with no sense of morality that put [[GodOfWar Kratos]] at his worst to shame, the only hints of redemption come if you lose FinalBattle, and nothing you do is PlayedForLaughs. But as horrifying as that it is, it's undeniable that there's a degree of awesome playing as a BigBad that ends with with a borderline ZeroPercentApprovalRating through their sheer depravity and still triumph of all that stands in your way.]]

* CounterpartComparison: IllGirl Euphoria looks like an older bovine Castille[[spoiler:, Endorph's sister from ''PhantomBrave'' who was also an ill girl. ]]

* ItWasHisSled: The Demon Path is...infamous.