NightCry
Project Scissors
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Adventure, TPP, survival horror, horror, action adventure, singleplayer
OpenCritic
An action-adventure game stylistically inspired by Japanese horrors. The game was developed by Nude Maker studio in cooperation with many genre veterans, who have created such franchises as Clock Tower, Silent Hill, and the Ju-On movie series. Night Cry takes place on a passenger ship. A series of brutal murders that take place there scares the passengers and makes it impossible to continue the cruise.
Night Cry on PC and PSV is an action-adventure game stylistically similar to Japanese horrors. The game was developed by Nude Maker studio. Many Japanese horror veterans helped in creating the game. The main designer was Hifumi Kouno who also designed first two installments of Clock Tower series. Masahiro Ito, who for many years worked on Silent Hill series, was the character designer – he created such legendary monsters like nightmare nurses and the Pyramid Head. Takashi Shimizu, the director of the Ju-on movie franchise, was part of the development team as well.
Plot
The story of the game takes place onboard a luxury passenger ship. A series of brutal murders take place in the middle of the cruise through the ocean. Among the victims are crew members. At some point there are no longer enough of them to continue the cruise and the ship becomes a prison for the passengers who remain alive. The player assumes the role of one of the lucky survivors whose task with discovering who is the murdered. It is the only way to save himself and other innocent passengers.
Mechanics
Night Cry is an action-adventure game in which the “adventure” is the dominant part. During the game player explores the ship, speaks with passengers, gathers items and solves riddles. From time to time there are some action sequences, but these are not typical battle sequences – during most of them the player must hide from the murderer and, if detected, escape from him. Some riddles have a time limit and if the player doesn’t solve them quick enough, the character which he controls dies.
Last updated on April 1, 2016
Videos and Screens
[1:39] NightCry trailer
[0:47] NightCry teaser
VGChartz: 4 / 10 by Adam Cartwright
NightCry almost reaches “so bad it’s good” status, but veers on the side of frustrating a little too often.
Goomba Stomp: 5.5 / 10 by Taylor Smith
I can only recommend NightCry to the most diehard of Clock Tower fans, people that enjoy the old point-and-click style of games of old and the weird shenanigans of classic video game horror. The barebones story, the cardboard characters, and stiff gameplay can only be saved by the hardest cases of nostalgia.
Digitally Downloaded: 4.5 / 5
Your enjoyment of NightCry is going to depend a lot on your perspective, which is why I suspect this is going to be one of the most divisive horror games since Deadly Premonition. To judge NightCry at face value would be to grossly overlook all the work that Nude Maker has done to create an authentic Clock Tower-style, classic stalker horror experience for the modern day.
NightCry Summary
Platforms:
PC Windows March 29, 2016
PlayStation Vita January 31, 2019
Developer: Nude Maker
Publisher: Playism
Age restrictions: 18+
NightCry System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz/AMD Athlon 2.5 GHz, 2 GB RAM, graphic card 512 MB GeForce 8800/Radeon HD 3830 or better, 5 GB HDD, Windows 7/8/10