Heavenly Sword/YMMV

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  • Complete Monster: Flying Fox.
    • King Bohan himself, while not as nasty as Flying Fox, still deserves a mention for breaking the neck of his loyal general and mistress, Whiptail, with his bare hands for failing to kill Nariko.
      • well, since Whiptail was already impaled with a BFS and probably she was crippled at best and agonizing at worst, it was more of a Mercy Kill.
      • Though since he didn't show any sadness or sympathy for her, and seemed more concerned with having one last grope, he still qualifies.
  • Crowning Moment of Awesome: Several, including Kai's eventual revenge on Flying Fox.
  • Crowning Moment of Funny: The entire sequence with Kai trying to get into the armory.
  • Crowning Music of Awesome: The entire soundtrack.
  • Memetic Mutation: Hat + Gong = Door opens! Also, Kai loves fireworks.
    • Also, "We may need you to play twing-twang" leaps into mind.
  • Moral Event Horizon: Flying Fox murdered Kai's mother, then had her stuffed, mounted and put on display. Years later, he shows Kai his handiwork.
  • Player Punch: Sort of. The scene in which Flying Fox, after spending a portion of the game gleefully tormenting Kai, captures her and then proceeds to hang her by the neck from a really big height (apparently killing her in the process), deliberately doing it as Nariko watches is just plain upsetting. Nariko's anguished screams at Kai's apparent death really serve to make the moment hit even harder (but don't worry, Kai gets better).
  • Tear Jerker: The ending. Enough said. Also, the moment in which Bohan is lying, helpless and blinded, while Roach runs to his aid, telling him that he's going to take care of him and begging Nariko to "please let me take him home" qualifies.
    • The apparent death of Kai also qualifies is rip-your-guts-out sad.
  • Uncanny Valley: Many had this impression about the use of Motion Capture in the game.
  • The Woobie: Roach, a rare villainous example. Kai, as well.