Question, anybody know who NiGHTS is?
from VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to retrogaming@lemmy.world on 24 Aug 2024 19:22
https://lemmus.org/post/7173225

I’ve been playing NiGHTS for years and I forgot who or what the character is in the game.

Does anybody know about this character?

#retrogaming

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jordanlund@lemmy.world on 24 Aug 2024 19:37 next collapse

There’s a Wiki:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nights_into_Dreams

Kolanaki@yiffit.net on 24 Aug 2024 19:39 next collapse

All I remember is that I was super excited for this game because of the hype and then when I finally got to play it, it was kinda shit.

Pistcow@lemm.ee on 24 Aug 2024 20:24 next collapse

I hated the original Saturn controllers.

DempstersBox@lemmy.world on 25 Aug 2024 04:30 collapse

I only ever played the demo, and I really dug it.

Would love to try out the whole game.

Did not hear any hype though

MajorHavoc@programming.dev on 25 Aug 2024 15:47 collapse

It’s in Steam now for like $7.

It played fine on SteamDeck after I searched up which version of Proton to force it to run under, and did some controls mapping.

That said…It’s… Just the demo.

Unintuitive boss fight mechanics, a one hit kill and a three life maximum (before the game resets itself!) means: I just kept repeating the demo for the vast majority of my play time.

I could watch a tutorial on the rest of the bosses, but honestly the later levels (that I have reached) are just different paint added to first level.

6/10 - It’s surprisingly good for being one of the earliest attempts at a making a 3d game.

If I was going to replay it, I would seach up a boss fight tutorial first, to save myself time. It’s just not worth playing through the whole game each time I want 3 more chances to guess each under-communicated boss mechanic.

hitstun@fedia.io on 25 Aug 2024 19:09 collapse

Actually, you can still get the full Steam game for free at https://www.sega60th.com/register

MajorHavoc@programming.dev on 25 Aug 2024 22:47 next collapse

Ooh. Neat!

LowtierComputer@lemmy.world on 26 Aug 2024 17:10 collapse

Not really free if you have to link your account.

TBi@lemmy.world on 26 Aug 2024 17:34 collapse

Yeah, free if you give us all your game and play history…

RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world on 24 Aug 2024 20:43 next collapse

The game you bought to get the 3D pad for the Saturn.

BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org on 24 Aug 2024 22:41 next collapse

The character is named Nights. Right? I thought that was the point of the title.

ouRKaoS@lemmy.today on 25 Aug 2024 00:47 next collapse

Ah, yes. The tech demo for how analog controls work…

Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 25 Aug 2024 02:01 next collapse

Yeah, they’re the character from that pinball mini game in Sonic Adventure.

hitstun@fedia.io on 25 Aug 2024 03:43 next collapse

I've only actually played the first game, but as I understand it, NiGHTS is a high-ranking Nightmaren just like the monstrous bosses they fight. NiGHTS happens to be powerful enough to be independent. Whenever the other Nightmaren mug a dreaming visitor, if the visitor keeps hold of one of their Ideyas, NiGHTS finds it more fun to help the visitor wreck everything instead.

Edit: corrected NiGHTS to they/them pronouns (and while I'm here, you can still get the Steam version of NiGHTS for free)

Droechai@lemm.ee on 26 Aug 2024 19:27 collapse

I just get localhost refused to connect a few screens in

TBi@lemmy.world on 26 Aug 2024 17:32 next collapse

I had the original game and loved it. Initially hated it because it wasn’t what I was expecting, but since I paid so much I played it and got into it. Fun game.

VanHalbgott@lemmus.org on 26 Aug 2024 17:38 next collapse

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2ugly2live@lemmy.world on 26 Aug 2024 18:17 collapse

My grandma loves this guy! I played a bit when I was younger, but this and sonic were her shit.