Nightmare Boy

I can't say that I don't like the game, as, conceptually, I do. Unfortunately, the faux-interlacing effect that the game has destroys my eyes, and gives me a headache after ~15 minutes of playing. We moved away from interlaced monitors for a reason, and it wasn't because an artificially-generated interlacing effect is somehow less annoying. Unfortunately, as another reviewer mentioned, there are no video settings at all. No option to choose your resolution, no option to disable the interlacing effect, and, seemingly not even an INI file I can edit to change settings. It checks your hardware, and sets things how it feels like they should be configured, and that's all. Add an option to disable interlacing so that I can get into the game a bit, and I might recommend it. Edit: The game is much more playable at 1080P, thanks to the new resolution settings, but the interlacing still bothers me - though, not nearly as much as it used to. I would still like to see the ability to disable the...

A really fun little Metroidvania game that is literally family friendly. A 5 year old can play this and enjoy it and a 50 year old can play this and enjoy it as well as everyone in between. The graphics are charming, the combat is rewarding and challenging right from the get go (depending on set difficulty). Has a nice retro filter if you're into that, it can be toggled on or off, so you don't HAVE touse it. Definitely worth the 10 dollars it costs.

No options to change resolution or pick desired viewing mode such as windowed, borderless, or fullscreen. This game forces a specific resolution in fullscreen because reasons. Cannot recommend this to anyone with a basic feature such as viewing preference customization removed for the end user.

This is a really cute Metroidvania/platformer. It is the right amount of spooky for Halloween and has a lot of charm. There are many colorful enemies, backrounds and friendlies, which is really refreshing in our current dark gloomy trends in gaming. At the time of writing this I appear to be about 75% along in the game and around 5 hours in. This game seems to be a little on the challenging side for a mostly casual gamer like myself. I did end up switching the difficulty to easy, but that's after playing through a ton of Cuphead recently and getting tired of dying a lot in. I do want to make a point to say the music is really good. It helps to push the game even more towards Castlevania, which is great for me. For under $10, it's a great game for fans of Castlevania, or for people that like Metroidvanias and want something a little different. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bEoHf17H-g

This game is awesome, pure and simple. ( And I own a TON of platformers ) I will edit this review as I progress in the game...

fun but challging game.

The game is a good platform/metroidvania with smooth controls and nice graphics. I would not say it's a masterpiece but it's worth playing.

Cool graphics. Controls are nowhere near as good as the store page would imply. Jumping has an actual invisible cooldown, it's impossible to jump again immediately when landing. You'll have to wait about half a second at the least. It also boasts a decision system where your choices influence the game. This would work much better if it DIDN'T ingrain them into your data. You can die or kill yourself after making any choice but the game is gonna stick with what you picked. Basically it's probably very easy to fuck over your own progress by picking the 'wrong' dialogue options. As other reviewers pointed out, the game uses a permanent old TV effect which you cannot disable. The few settings options that are offered are for sound, resolution and m+k/controller options. I'm probably not going to continue playing this game as all these little things combined with seriously slow and boring dialogue and unskippable cutscenes which are also slow.

I want to like this game but so far I am hitting some major sticking points that make this game incredibly difficult to recommend. First the controls feel incredibly inconsistent. Sometimes double/triple jump just don't trigger. You can be spamming your jump button and have no response from the game. This includes attacks either sometimes not working at all or just not connecting with enemies. Wall grab is incredibly inconsistent when jumping off a wall. Sometimes you jump short distances, sometimes long. I thought I was holding a direction wrong on the d-pad but that turned out to not make any difference. It felt random. The little creatures that the game establishes early on that you should not kill are everywhere and can be killed by just about anything you do. One of the most aggravating things is sometimes enemies will just stand on a group of them or these things will hide behind a chest which you need to attack to open. This means there are points where you pretty much have ...

play it with trainer, metroidvania style, good game, but difficult.