Neverending Nightmares

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Posted on: September 26, 2014

Wytchblade

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Games: 511 Reviews: 9

The Nightmare ends too soon..

Oppressive, dark and disturbing sights are juxtaposed with a rather comical visual style overall. This sometimes works but generally fails to create the immersive atmosphere that this game solely would like to depend on. It is mostly empty space and repetitive rooms with fairly straightforward exploration, interspersed with very few, unchallenging 'stealth' sections. There are no actual puzzles or other real gameplay elements in it. Despite having multiple endings, they are rather uninformative and lackluster, therefore the Neverending Nightmare is not really appealing enough to offer much replayability as replaying the mandatory sections is quite tedious. While I enjoyed the game at times, I think the price tag is still too much for the very, very meager content that it actually offers, and that is the main offense to me. At the end of the day, I think there's plenty of better scary psychological horror games out there, cheaper or even at no cost.

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Posted on: September 27, 2014

BadDecissions

Games: 91 Reviews: 5

Long on atmosphere, shorter on polish

Neverending Nightmare is an indie surrealism/horror game developed by Matt Gilgenbach. This game might be best described as "exploration horror"; you wander around various creepy environments, drinking in the visuals and the music as the tension mounts, punctuated by the occasional (generally well-timed and well-done) jump scare. There are monsters, which have to be avoided, and they are appropriately creepy, but this isn't Amnesia or Clock Tower; the game is easy by design (on the theory, I think, that having to do the same section over and over isn't so so much scary as annoying). The music is excellent, instilling a real sense of unease (this is one of relatively few games where I'd actually listen to the soundtrack, if only one were included), and the art style is interesting, unique (well, it's clearly mimicking Edward Gorey, so in a sense that's the opposite of unique, but at least you don't see many other games using it), and generally effective. The story branches, with different levels and endings. But. But but but. Your character moves frustratingly slowly, and the movement animations are horribly amateurish. There is a run function, which will cause him to do a regrettable and hilarious slow-jog ... thing ... for about ten feet while making exaggerated panting noises. There's no animation for walking straight downward, so if you do that, your character will sort of float in that direction while his legs move as if he's walking forward. And while the art style works in general, I just can't get over the character model for the protagonist; he looks ridiculous. To get the different endings, you have to replay levels. Silent Hill and Amnesia, which have strong game-play elements, can get away with this better than Neverending Nightmare, which relies so heavily on pure atmosphere. The game is short, maybe two hours. This is intentional (a longer game would need a stronger central gameplay mechanic), but some gamers might want more for the price.

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Posted on: December 8, 2014

Hoonster

Games: 245 Reviews: 7

Interesting little horror game.

The game has interesting depiction of depression. It is very unique horror game and you can see that a lot of love has been put in to it. The art work is fantastic. Sound design is perfect. Sadly, the game is not really polished. While the art style is great, a lot of the assets are reused and enemy types are limited. The game is short (3-4 hours) yet the game feels like it drags on because background and enemies remain the same for . . quite some length. Would I recommend this game? Yes, but just know that the game is in unpolished state. I hope that the developers can expand the game later with a remake or DLC update.

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Posted on: December 5, 2014

FGogS

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Games: 88 Reviews: 3

Good, but too short.

One thing this game gets right is style and atmosphere. I was impressed the most with how well light and darkness work here given the graphics are made of pencil streaks in (mostly) black and white. Sound is great, too, and it is definitely a creepy game. The gameplay felt good, too, though not very deep. You pretty much just walk around hallways, rooms and a few other backgrounds, avoiding/hiding/running from humanoid monsters. You don't have much stamina, though, so you must be careful and pay attention, so in combination with the game's overall mood of peril, you're always tense. The let down comes with the game's length, it's really kind of short and it also doesn't really go anywhere with its story. First of all, you can guess very well what's going on rather early and not much is being done with it. Second, it's basically the same thing over and over, the story repeats itself too much, trying to get a point across that's both, painfully obvious and obscure. So do I recommend the game? Yes, when on sale, due to the short experience and because it simply leaves more to be desired. What's there's well done, but not enough. If you're okay with short, go for it.

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Posted on: December 6, 2014

Russonc

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Games: 370 Reviews: 3

Artfully Indie

Personally enjoyed my time with it so far (about 3 hours for 1st completion). There are 3 total endings, so I will likely go back to try for the others. I recommend this if you like very interesting visual style stories, with a little bit of game play elements. This is mature/gory, so be warned if that turns you off. Generally, you will be wandering around in a fairly well guided experience (you shouldn't get lost and have to figure out what to do next). There are a few sections with stealth or "running away" game play elements and only a few real choices that I could see so far. Music/sound is very good and fits the tense setting. A few jump scares which were very well done. After completing the game once, you do not have to redo it from the beginning to try for the other endings, which is nice. For me the detailed backgrounds, pictures made it fun to wander along and is likely why I took 3 hours (many say they've done it in 2 hours). My bias is towards these short, visual indie games that seem to be coming out a lot lately (The Cat Lady, Little Inferno, type stuff).

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