If you have no interest in retro gaming and aren't willing to look past its limitations, Night Trap's repetitive nature is likely to confuse and irritate you. Come at it with an open mind and an enthusiasm to discover (or relive) the brief period when we all foolishly thought FMV was the future, and you'll find a charmingly silly game accompanied by...
Night Trap1992
Night Trap
1992 Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd.67Worthwhile
Playtime
BriefIt typically takes about 1 hour to finish the game.
Playable on
Available on
- $14.99
Game modes
Details
- Launch
- October 15, 1992
- Developer
- Digital Pictures
Overview
Five girls go to a party to a nice house on a lakeside. Five girls disappear without a trace... Now another five girls go there, in order to spend the vacation with the Martins, the owners of the house, in particular with the lovely Ms. Martin. This time, you should not let them die a gruesome death! Because "nice people" can sometimes turn out to be... yes, that's right - vampires. The whole house is full of traps, that are intended to catch the poor innocent girls, so that the vampires can suck their blood... ugh. Luckily, the brave adventurer is there in order to cease to be hunted and to become a hunter instead! Set the traps so that they will capture the villains themselves, using precise timing and good organization.
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Reception
Press57
Players86
MediocreGreat- Metacritic50from 7 reviews
- OpenCritic62from 12 reviews
Night Trap: 25th Anniversary Edition is a short but fun game with plenty of extras to make it worth your time and money. It's a time capsule to a time in gaming when having full motion video on your TV screen that you could interact with was mind-blowing and, considering we've been getting new interactive movies to play on PlayStation 4 thanks to Wales...
Night Trap: 25th Anniversary Edition is a curious throwback to an important piece of video game history, but one that currently serves more as a museum piece than an entertainment product. For FMV fans or retro enthusiasts, there may be some value. For the general public, however, the game fails to justify its modern existence.
FMV games are back in full swing, so this is the perfect time to dive into one that is now part of gaming history. Kudos to Screaming Villains for their work on the game since the footage has been considerably revamped giving us the definitive version of the game.
Night Trap: 25th Anniversary Edition may not be a game you enjoy, but it's still a game worth your time. Even if copious levels of late 80s and FMV cheese aren't your thing, the game's cheap and includes plenty of bonuses that give a much deeper appreciation of this controversial classic.
