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** The river rapids level, while short, is truly frustrating, especially on harder levels. You have to use the motion control on the Vita to move him, and the last several rocks will be your undoing many times.

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** The river rapids level, while short, is truly frustrating, especially on harder levels. You have to use the motion control on the Vita to move him, dodge the rocks, and the last several rocks will be your undoing many times.
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* ReplacementScrappy: As the game takes place before ''Drake's Fortune'', Marisa takes Elena's place as Nate's love interest. Fans derided her as a weak replacement for Elena for being TooDumbToLive and [[DamselScrappy constantly getting herself in trouble and having to be rescued by Nate]]. Even Sony had problems developing her during the test trials. At first testers complained she was too weak, then when they tougheedn up, she ended up "like a bitch" and on the third attempt, she was too similar to Elena.

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* ReplacementScrappy: As the game takes place before ''Drake's Fortune'', Marisa takes Elena's place as Nate's love interest. Fans derided her as a weak replacement for Elena for being TooDumbToLive and [[DamselScrappy constantly getting herself in trouble and having to be rescued by Nate]]. Even Sony had problems developing her during the test trials. At first testers complained she was too weak, then when they tougheedn toughened her up, she ended up "like a bitch" and on the third attempt, she was too similar to Elena.
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* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Roberto Guerro]] is an overthrown [[TheGeneralissimo dictator from Panama]] who refuses to move on from his former seat of power, seeking to gather enough resources to launch a hostile war against his dissenters and retake his position as ruler. An utter madman who subjects prisoners to torture and doesn't hesitate to [[BadBoss murder his own men]] for the slightest [[YouHaveFailedMe errors]], Guerro amasses more riches by kidnapping and ransoming men, women and [[WouldHurtAChild children]] alike, murdering any of them whose ransoms are not paid. Guerro plans to find the treasure of the Golden Abyss and use it to fund his warmongering, completely aware and uncaring that the gold is radioactive and could kill countless people once he floods the marketplaces of the world with it.
* MoralEventHorizon: Jason Dante is already an immoral jerkass who is OnlyInItForTheMoney but he crosses it [[spoiler:wanted to sell irradiated gold to the black market even after knowing it beforehand]].
* ReplacementScrappy: As the game takes place before ''Drake's Fortune'', Elena's role as Nate's love interest is replaced by Marisa Chase doesn't suit well by the fans. Even Sony has problems developing her during the test trials. At first testers complain she is too weak, then when they toughen up, she ended up "like a bitch" and on the third attempt, she is too similar to Elena.

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* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Roberto Guerro]] is an overthrown [[TheGeneralissimo dictator from Panama]] who refuses to move on from his former seat of power, seeking to gather enough resources to launch a hostile war against his dissenters successors and retake his position as ruler. An utter madman who subjects prisoners to torture and doesn't hesitate to [[BadBoss murder his own men]] for the slightest [[YouHaveFailedMe errors]], Guerro amasses more riches by kidnapping and ransoming men, women and [[WouldHurtAChild children]] alike, murdering any of them whose if their ransoms are not paid. Guerro plans to find the treasure of the Golden Abyss and use it to fund his warmongering, completely aware and uncaring that the gold is radioactive and could kill countless people once he floods the marketplaces of the world with it.
* MoralEventHorizon: Jason Dante is already an immoral jerkass {{Jerkass}} who is OnlyInItForTheMoney but he crosses it [[spoiler:wanted [[spoiler:when he reveals his intention to sell irradiated gold to the black market even after knowing it beforehand]].
though he knows it's dangerous]].
* ReplacementScrappy: As the game takes place before ''Drake's Fortune'', Marisa takes Elena's role place as Nate's love interest is replaced interest. Fans derided her as a weak replacement for Elena for being TooDumbToLive and [[DamselScrappy constantly getting herself in trouble and having to be rescued by Marisa Chase doesn't suit well by the fans. Nate]]. Even Sony has had problems developing her during the test trials. At first testers complain complained she is was too weak, then when they toughen tougheedn up, she ended up "like a bitch" and on the third attempt, she is was too similar to Elena.
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* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Roberto Guerro]] is an overthrown [[TheGeneralissimo dictator from Panama]] who refuses to move on from his former seat of power, seeking to gather enough resources to launch a hostile war against his dissenters and retake his position as ruler. An utter madman who subjects prisoners to torture and doesn't hesitate to [[BadBoss murder his own men]] for the slightest [[YouHaveFailedMe errors]], Guerro amasses more riches by kidnapping and ransoming men, women and [[WouldHurtAChild children]] alike, murdering any of them whose ransoms are not paid. Guerro plans to find the treasure of the Golden Abyss and use it to fund his warmongering, completely aware and uncaring that the gold is radioactive and could kill countless people once he floods the marketplaces of the world with it.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Jason Dante is already an immoral jerkass who is OnlyInItForTheMoney but he crosses it [[spoiler:when he already knew that the gold is irradiated and still wanted to sell it into the black market]].

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* MoralEventHorizon: Jason Dante is already an immoral jerkass who is OnlyInItForTheMoney but he crosses it [[spoiler:when he already knew that the gold is [[spoiler:wanted to sell irradiated and still wanted gold to sell it into the black market]].market even after knowing it beforehand]].
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* MoralEventHorizon: Jason Dante is already an immoral jerkass who is OnlyInItForTheMoney but he crosses it [[spoiler:when he already knew that the gold is irradiated and still wanted to sell it into the black market]].
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* ThatOnePuzzle: There's one puzzle involving invisible ink that reacts to bright light. It's solved by exposing the Vita's rear touchscreen to light... and somehow, holding it half a damn inch from a blazing light bulb isn't enough to make it react. And when it does work, the progress crawls along maybe 2% and stops until you get light on another spot by waggling it around and cursing. The frustration stems from the game implying that you need to expose the rear touchpad area to light, when it's in fact the rear *camera* that handles the detection.
** Some events require the player to pick up items and clean them by rubbing off the dirt. Frustrating controls (requiring *both* touchpads) aside, certain artifacts need to be completely spotless before the player is allowed to continue, even if the relevant information is revealed after just a bit of cleaning.

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* ThatOnePuzzle: There's one puzzle involving invisible ink that reacts to bright light. It's solved by exposing the Vita's rear touchscreen to light... and somehow, holding it half a damn inch from a blazing light bulb isn't enough to make it react. And when it does work, the progress crawls along maybe 2% and stops until you get light on another spot by waggling it around and cursing. The frustration stems from the game implying that you need to expose the rear touchpad area to light, when it's in fact the rear *camera* ''camera'' that handles the detection.
** Some events require the player to pick up items and clean them by rubbing off the dirt. Frustrating controls (requiring *both* ''both'' touchpads) aside, certain artifacts need to be completely spotless before the player is allowed to continue, even if the relevant information is revealed after just a bit of cleaning.

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* ThatOnePuzzle: There's one puzzle involving invisible ink that reacts to bright light. It's solved by exposing the Vita's rear touchscreen to light... and somehow, holding it half a damn inch from a blazing light bulb isn't enough to make it react. And when it does work, the progress crawls along maybe 2% and stops until you get light on another spot by waggling it around and cursing.

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* ThatOnePuzzle: There's one puzzle involving invisible ink that reacts to bright light. It's solved by exposing the Vita's rear touchscreen to light... and somehow, holding it half a damn inch from a blazing light bulb isn't enough to make it react. And when it does work, the progress crawls along maybe 2% and stops until you get light on another spot by waggling it around and cursing. The frustration stems from the game implying that you need to expose the rear touchpad area to light, when it's in fact the rear *camera* that handles the detection.
** Some events require the player to pick up items and clean them by rubbing off the dirt. Frustrating controls (requiring *both* touchpads) aside, certain artifacts need to be completely spotless before the player is allowed to continue, even if the relevant information is revealed after just a bit of cleaning.
** In an subversion, there's a slide puzzle late in the game that looks like it will take a long time to figure out...until you realize that you can freely drag and drop tiles between any location, removing the challenge almost entirely.
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* {{Waggle}}: Many of the features, such as using the touchscreen to zoom the camera (with your finger inevitably covering the scale), the light exposure puzzle, and a main menu that does not respond to the D-pad and scrolls chapters right at a flick.

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* {{Waggle}}: Many of The game, a launch title for the features, then-new Vita, was designed specifically to show off the hardware's gimmicks and consequently features a lot of this. This includes features such as using the touchscreen to zoom the camera (with your finger inevitably covering the scale), using the rear touchpad to do the same, the balancing events that require tilting the Vita, the light exposure puzzle, and a main menu that does not respond to the D-pad any buttons and scrolls chapters right at a flick.requires touch input to operate.

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* ThatOneLevel: The river rapids level, while short, is truly frustrating, especially on harder levels. You have to use the motion control on the Vita to move him, and the last several rocks will be your undoing many times.

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* ThatOneLevel: ReplacementScrappy: As the game takes place before ''Drake's Fortune'', Elena's role as Nate's love interest is replaced by Marisa Chase doesn't suit well by the fans. Even Sony has problems developing her during the test trials. At first testers complain she is too weak, then when they toughen up, she ended up "like a bitch" and on the third attempt, she is too similar to Elena.
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The river rapids level, while short, is truly frustrating, especially on harder levels. You have to use the motion control on the Vita to move him, and the last several rocks will be your undoing many times.times.
** Playing the previous level on Crushing mode. You have to run away with guns blazing at you from all sides with little cover available and by the time. To make matters worse, Chase's AI might sometimes block your path, slowing you down and making you a sitting duck. And since there is no checkpoint, multiple attempts are required in this level.
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* ThatOneLevel: The river rapids level, while short, is truly frustrating, especially on harder levels. You have to use the motion control on the Vita to move him, and the last several rocks will be your undoing many times.
* ThatOnePuzzle: There's one puzzle involving invisible ink that reacts to bright light. It's solved by exposing the Vita's rear touchscreen to light... and somehow, holding it half a damn inch from a blazing light bulb isn't enough to make it react. And when it does work, the progress crawls along maybe 2% and stops until you get light on another spot by waggling it around and cursing.
* {{Waggle}}: Many of the features, such as using the touchscreen to zoom the camera (with your finger inevitably covering the scale), the light exposure puzzle, and a main menu that does not respond to the D-pad and scrolls chapters right at a flick.

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