Real Life/YMMV: Difference between revisions

** ''Nine'', counting the [[Spanish Civil War]] cutscene, although that one was [[Gambit Pileup|poorly written and confusing]], with many reviewers complaining that [[Gray and Gray Morality|none of the main characters were particularly sympathetic]].

*** Meanwhile some hack was going over a newly independent Poland and decided that after making its breakout appearance on world maps that it was going to have its epic. It digressed into antics including [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] leading into a [[Gambit Pileup]] that caused wars with the Soviet Union and Lithuania, an internal coup and border disputes with Czechoslovakia and Hungary. Reads like train wreck [[Fan Fiction]] [[It Got Worse|culminating with the invasion]] by [[Those Wacky Nazis|Hitler]]. God was likely on one hell of a bender when he wrote the interwar period in the region.

* [[Anyone Can Die]]: {{spoiler|And everyone eventually will, '''even you!'''}}

** It's still far short of ''[[Bokurano]]'' in terms of deaths.

** Predation is the natural answer to overcrowding, but it still raises the [[Fridge Logic]] question of how death is a cure for itself.

** Suffice it to say that death mechanics get a lot of player criticism.

* [[Arc Fatigue]]:

** The War On Terror Arc has been going on for nearly ten seasons.

* [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]: This work has [[Real Life/Funny|its own section]].

* [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: [[Real Life/Heartwarming|Has its own page for this too]].

* [[Designated Hero]]/[[Designated Villain]]: Many, many examples. A notable one for Designated Hero would be Stalin in the [[World War II]] arc, who's own atrocities were just as bad, if not worse, than Hitler's.

* [[Die for Our Ship]]: Unfortunately, in extreme cases, it can become [[Murder the Hypotenuse|literal]].

*** Fans who love action scenes, however, tend to love the early episodes more. Some cool random encounters such as the Mammoth and Dodo just aren't available anymore. And since the weapons are much harder to acquire and use since the ''Modern Age'' patch, this series is more or less in a state of [[Badass Decay]].

** Many say that Europe's Grew The Beard during the Renaissance.

* [[Holy Shit Quotient]]: [[Trope Namer]].

* [[Idiot Plot]]: An [[Reality Is Unrealistic|unbelievable]] amount of characters had to be involved in a giant [[Credit Card Plot]] to start the current Financial Crisis miniarc.

* [[Possession Sue]]: A common practice in Real Life fan fiction.

* [[Protagonist Centred Morality]]: Very common, especially in international politics. Every nation fighting each other claims they're doing it out of self-defense, even if it's patently false.

* [[Ruined FOREVER]]: Every significant bill ever written into law has ruined Real Life in the eyes of at least one person.

* [[Scrappy Level]]:

** Certain diseases/symptoms; also, the fact that you have to [[Loads and Loads of Loading|queue up for many things because of limited server capacity]].

** The "International Copyright Law" mechanic is extremely unpopular; of course, the whole "Anti-Copyright" is a [[Scrappy Mechanic]] for a lot of other people.

** Winter. Everyone becomes much more grouchy, not to mention the cold.

* [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny]]: The reason why a [[Children Are Innocent|child sees everything in the world as wonderful]], while with most adults, [[Knight in Sour Armor|familiarity has bred contempt.]]

* [[Sequel Displacement]]: World War II is far more remembered than World War I.

* [[Spoiler]]:

** Cyrus dies, Alexander dies, Qin Shi Huangdi dies, Caesar dies, The Allies win, Hitler dies, The Allies win again, Stalin dies, Mao dies, Oswald kills Kennedy<ref>[[Wild Mass Guessing|Probably]]</ref>, Nixon lied, Capitalism wins (except for the Cuba and NK special conflict zones).

** {{spoiler|Everybody dies, including you.}}

* [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]]: Constantly, many people complain that the present series is not as good as 'the olden days'.

** "For thousands of years, man thought the moon was made of [[Blessed Are the Cheesemakers|cheese]]. We went there in the 60's, and proved it was made of rock. We haven't been back since."

* [[Video Game Movies Suck]]: Nearly ubiquitous.

* [[Visual Effects of Awesome]]: Aurora borealis.