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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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?

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[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 24 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago
[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

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 6 points 3 weeks ago

I hated the original Saturn controllers.

[-] DempstersBox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

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 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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 2 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Not really free if you have to link your account.

[-] TBi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago
[-] hitstun@fedia.io 9 points 3 weeks ago

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 2 points 3 weeks ago

I just get localhost refused to connect a few screens in

[-] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] VanHalbgott@lemmus.org 3 points 3 weeks ago
[-] TBi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[-] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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

this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2024
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