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1* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The whole game's original soundtrack is pleasant listening to while playing, and is deliberately made to be calming. Get your headphones prepared and enjoy this amazing [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9QuksWVvB9U28w0i3DeaET8nXCzZ8x0L soundtrack]].
2* CultClassic: While the game was highly praised upon release and gained favourable reviews from critics, it sadly has fallen into mainstream obscurity. However it has gained some recognition after getting a speedrun from WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter.
3* DifficultySpike: The first 2 levels are easy, the 3rd and 4th will start challenging the player, the 5th and 6th are where things really get hard and the 7th (last) level has some puzzles that will really tempt you to use a free token. This is also combined with SerialEscalation-- the 5th and 6th trickster have two phases to their challenges while the 7th (last) trickster has ''three''!
4* GeniusBonus: The seven tricksters' backgrounds and lore are this unless you are really versed in literature and mythology. Also, plenty of this game's puzzles are based on very obscure works of art.
5* HarsherInHindsight: The very first level is New York city and there are plenty of photos depicting the city with all of its buildings, including the Twin Towers and World Trade Center. [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror Two years later and, well]]...
6* HilariousInHindsight: The majority of tricksters are known only to hardcore mythology fans. However, they have gained popularity through other sources of media. Coyote, Raven, Anansi and Puck have all appeared in ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', Maui has been made famous thanks to ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' (which is also made/owned by Creator/{{Disney}}), while Monkey ([[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Sun Wukong]]) has been made famous due to ''Manga/DragonBall'' and lastly Eris appeared in Creator/{{Dreamworks|Animation}}' movie ''WesternAnimation/SinbadLegendOfTheSevenSeas''. Coincidentally, the very famous and possibly most popular trickster god Loki also is owned by Disney after the company bought Creator/MarvelStudios.
7* ThatOneBoss: Both Monkey and Anansi's challenges are harder than the first 4 tricksters due to having 2 phases, with the first of them being multiple small pieces that need to be placed in hard-to-understand places because the images are '''deliberately screwed up''' and become visible only after clearing the second phase. Raven despite coming after them with 3 phases and being the FinalBoss is debatebly [[AntiClimaxBoss anticlimactic]] and more tedious than outright difficult seeing as his challenge has large pieces that could easily be placed (though the second phase has 2 pieces that are almost identical and could easily be confused). Heck, even a professional player has complained that Anansi's trickster challenge puzzle stinks [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_rYDfoF6Bw here]].

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