NightCry

You never go full jank.

NightCry is a pretty bad point and click, horror game and what makes it even more sad is that it’s done by some of the original team that worked on the original Clock Tower games, but what is the story. On a cruise ship people are having a good time, whatever it’s on their honeymoon, attending a fancy party or for business. But unbeknownst to these passengers especially three passengers, one of them a young girl named Rooney, a creature with a giant pair of scissors soon attacks everyone. Now we follow the story of three people desperately trying to escape, will they or will they go down to Davy Jones locker. Okay the likes, the gameplay is a mixed bag I'll talk more about it in the dislikes, but the basis is like Clock Tower and Clock Tower 2, the monster shows up and you must run, hide or find different items that could be used as a weapon to chase the creature off, nothing too complicated, but again it does have a big problem. The puzzles are okay some of them are actually were pretty clever like the suitcase puzzle and the billiard puzzle. The graphics are okay it has a nice use of colors and designs, they remind me of the graphics from Deadly Premonition which is not a bad …

i havent finished the game yet im on the final chapter near the end tho and i wanna say that overall this game is actually pretty good for an indie project. the graphics are lacking but theres a real passion behind this game i think overall its pretty cool the choices/actions u make determine the ending like the og clocktower however this game is significantly long so it makes it more annoying to reach a bad ending especially because many of the story affecting actions are easily missed such as getting a ring from a vending machine. although the game uses a flowchart system showing u exactly what lead u down ur urrent path so after ur first run it shouldnt be hard to see what u missed. as for puzzles and progression, its fine theres this annoying system where a character wont speak all their dialogue at once so u need to talk to them multiple times in a row to progress, one section like this in chapter 3 can lead to a bad end if u dont call ur friend in between talking with a crew member, kinda stupid but it makes sense i guess considering the context of the scene.... genuinely dont think this game is possible without a guide cuz of how many small actions can kill u or give u a …

Honestly? I loved this more than I thought I would. It's janky as hell and feels extremely low budget but it's a charming little game with clever puzzles. Also Monica is a badass. If you have a soft spot for PS1/PS2 Survival Horror games you'll enjoy it.

NightCry is a weird and wonky game. You can see the Clock Tower-roots in the gameplay, but it is completely it's own thing. Fair warning, this can be a frustrating game due to the gameplay and it is not really scary due to a lot of things being accidentally comical. It is not for everyone. If you are looking for a solid horror game to play alone, look somewhere else, but if you are looking for something fun and weird to play together with friends then this is a good choice. Still leaving this as a positive review because I love wonky japanese games.

This game is janky as hell and hard to play (in a bad way), but if you're a Clocktower fan it's easy to ignore those bad parts and have a good time. If you don't know what Clocktower is or don't care for it, then don't waste your money. You'll hate this. DON'T play without having a guide on hand, otherwise you'll likely screw yourself over and have to replay the game from the beginning just because you missed one item or dialog line.