Nightmare Boy is a fun experience for a few hours, and a lot of the glaring design choices around the gameplay can be overlooked or ignored for the most part. While Billy may feel heavy to control, he does almost always make it to the platforms, while the fighting systems are quite basic, but it allows for the focus to be on the exploration side of...
Nightmare Boy2017
Nightmare Boy
2017 BadLand Publishing62Worthwhile
Playtime
ModerateTypically 10 hours
Playable on
Available on
- $9.99
- $12.99
Game modes
Details
- Launch
- October 25, 2017
- Developer
- The Vanir Project
- Publisher
- BadLand Publishing
Overview
Nightmare Boy is a metroidvania, action/adventure 2D game where you'll meet weird and unique friends and foes. But tread carefully: Quirky characters and their reactions can have game-changing consequences. Be prepared to collect rare items, vanquish enemies, and eventually face your deepest fears.
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Reception
Press59
Players65
MediocreWorthwhile- OpenCritic59from 8 reviews
Nightmare Boy, while stylistically interesting and unique, amounts to little more than a frustrating take on the Metroidvania genre in the long run.
In conclusion, the game is good but it can be improved, it gives the impression of being a bit on fire and that it lacks many aspects (especially the control), however, for those who love the graphic aspect of it and the art Go ahead, it's your game!
In the end Nightmare Boy offers up something thoroughly different from a visual standpoint and can be quite challenging, just not always for the right reasons. If you give it some time it does pick up momentum and you can get into a groove but when you hit the spots where you're not sure where you're going, things understandably drag quite a bit. Probably...
Overall, Nightmare Boy is a lot of fun, despite it’s many flaws. It’s not the best Metroidvania on Switch in terms of gameplay by a long shot, but the sense of style it embodies is enough to carry it, and the overall experience does improve the more you play.