Nightmare Boy
- October 25, 2017
- The Vanir Project
If you're looking for an adventure with a unique look and its own sense of style Nightmare Boy can have its charm.
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Get on Xbox Games StoreIn Nightmare Boy , players explore a chaotic world called Noctum, where the king has vanished and a tyrant named Balder rules. As the protagonist, Baltazara, players must navigate a metroidvania-style 2D landscape, defeat enemies, and solve puzzles to save kidnapped children and restore balance to Noctum. Interactions with quirky NPCs can have significant consequences, making each playthrough unique.
Reviews
- graphics13 mentions
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- 38 % neutral mentions
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- story8 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
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- gameplay7 mentions
- 14 % positive mentions
- 86 % neutral mentions
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- grinding4 mentions
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- emotional2 mentions
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- replayability2 mentions
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- music2 mentions
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- optimization1 mentions
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Critic Reviews
Nightmare Boy (Switch) Review
If you're looking for an adventure with a unique look and its own sense of style Nightmare Boy can have its charm.
60%Nightmare Boy Review
Nightmare Boy, while stylistically interesting and unique, amounts to little more than a frustrating take on the Metroidvania genre in the long run. Its inconsistent difficulty curve means it's too hard to be entry level at times, while also being too easy to be anything else. Gameplay itself is actually quite smooth, with Billy moving and attacking seamlessly, but the constant screen rumble when attacking, and the bland level design, make combat far less enjoyable than it should otherwise be. Along with the inability to play with a Pro Controller while the Switch is docked, Nightmare Boy comes out as a messy Metroidvania at best.
50%Nightmare Boy Review
Nightmare Boy throws a whole heap of platform-adventure ideas at the wall, but only a few of them manage to stick. It's a Metroidvania with a distinctive style all of its own, but there are some glaring issues with its narrative, controls, pacing and performance. If you're after something completely different in the platformer category and have a high frustration threshold, however, there's a certain amount of quirky fun to be had here.
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