Nightmare Boy

"Nightmare Boy"

Reviewed by Amy

In Nightmare Boy, your character Billy is kidnapped from your room and taken into the dream world Donorok, as a gift for a queen in hopes of gaining back her favor. Chaos rules over Noctum after King Aster goes missing. Everything is completely unstable and the evil is slowly absorbing the surrounding areas.Balder a horrible enemy to the world orders the Monsters to capture any child that falls into the Nightmare You fight through levels to figure out how to wake up and return home. You must also rescue all the captured children. This MetroidVania really has the feel of a lot of classics. It really reminds me of Decap Attack or Gex probably two games you guys aren't old enough to remember. The graphics are super cute. and colorful. The game can really be tough at times. Lot of the bosses wore me out, felt a little like Cuphead getting the patterns down and dying, and repeating multiple times. You have to purchase your saves, but they are really inexpensive. I know people who love classic platformers are really going to enjoy this. it really has a Sega Genesis feel to it.

Pros: Cute story line

Colorful graphics and environments

Boss fights are challenging but not discouraging.

Really fun enemies and characters

Cons: You have to pay to save,but not reallyexpensive.

Dialog drags a bit between characters.

Overall: 8.0 A delightful Metroidvania that mixes what is great about retro gaming with what makes gaming great today.