On YoYo Games, you can find all kinds of games, but it's not often you find original and entertaining games. The Love Nightmare really does a good job at being original and entertaining. With the simple goal of gathering hearts, the only challenges you'll face are spikes on the walls and spinning spikes. With 25 levels and each one harder than the last... I can only describe it as IRRITATING. But that's not to say it's a bad game, I actually like it. But it took me hours to beat. It really makes me wonder how many people actually beat it. I mean I was about to quit by level 15, but once I beat that, I was about to do the same on level 18. After a couple of hours of rest, I beat it. But then I felt like quitting on level 20. I'm glad I didn't because I did beat the game, but if I felt those feelings more than once, who is to say that others didn't just go with those feelings? If you ever play it, just give it time. If anything, this game is a game of patience.
-GRAPHICS-
Something about this game really shows you that simple graphics can be the best. Love Nightmare shows off these really beautiful/colorful graphics, but if you examine them long enough, you'll see that they are just simple sprites. When playing the game, you see that the screen is all shaky. At first I thought it was a glitch, but if you think about the story real fast, you'll know that the character is in a dream. So this plays on the fact that dreams are vivid. So you take control of a ball in a dark room. Some light comes off the character, so really that's the only thing you'll be able to see. It's not much, but it gives a nice feeling to the game. I really like the graphics. It takes what is simple and makes it great.
-SOUND-
This is what helped me a lot in the game: music. The music in this game is nice and calm, which later turns pretty epic. The game only has one song, but it's a good song that is very catchy. I don't really get tired of listening to it. If you (toadfrogs) ever plan to put this song up for download, I would totally get it! But anyways, other sounds in this game are very simple sounds, like a small, low beat when you collect a heart and "pew" sound when you die. Every time I collect a heart I feel so relieved, only to have it ruined by the sound of death. It really bothers me at times, but on level 24, when you reach the top of the level and there are just so many hearts, I was in heaven. Relief has never felt so great!
-GAMEPLAY-
This is the irritating part. Though the gameplay to this game is very smooth and fun, if you make just one mistake, you lose the level. It really gets hard by level 18. I wasn't ready for that level and I ended up dying like 45 times before I could finish it. When playing this game, the only buttons you will need are the arrow keys. Simple enough and easy too! By pressing up, the gravity will pull you up. Same with down, except the gravity pulls you down. This really gets fun after a while, but then come the levels that expect you to fly. By carefully pressing up and down, you'll stay in the air. Not that hard, you actually look like a ghost at times. The only problem with this is that you have to be PERFECT at it. If you mess up, you'll have to start the level all over. This really gets painful when you collected all the hearts except one. That happened to me a lot on level 20. But if you stop and examine the level, you'll have a better chance at beating it. That's where the game really makes you, the player, really think. I like that about this game. A lot of games need to make you think so that it's like you are in the game. Really cool. For me, in order to pass a lot of levels, I had to die like, 25 times. That isn't cool, but maybe you can do better? Overall, the gameplay is really good. It's you as a player that has to make the right choice.
-STORY-
The story for this game is a little weird. In the beginning it tells you that you’re a guy who can't get a date for his life, but when you do, it totally sucks. Needless to say, the character's life probably isn't that great. To make things worse, it's Singles Awareness Day- I mean Valentine's Day. So this means that the guy's first ever date sucked on Valentine's Day. I feel a little bad for him. But what ends up happening is that you fall asleep and you have a dream about the place that no one has ever managed to escape. So you'll have to be the first. Unless, you quit during the game, then you're just a quitter. If you do live to the end, the game tells you that your date sucked, but there are still plenty of fish in the sea. This gives the character hope. Let's cross out fingers that he won't have this dream again if his date sucks.
-INTERFACE-
Everything here is good. Games on YoYo Games really do need a good interface, which this game does. Maybe it'll rub off on other games.
So after beating the game, I was very, very happy. Love Nightmare is a great and fun game that has its fair share of flaws, but perhaps that's a good thing. When something has flaws, that means there is room for improvement. The game can only get better from here. Thank you toadfrogs for giving us gamers a great game to play. If you are a hardcore gamer, then this game might not be for you. If you are a casual gamer, then you'll love this. To be honest, I don't know why this game was never put on a tablet or a phone. It seems like my ideal game for those kinds of platforms. This developer has a lot of talent and I'm excited to see what else he will bring to the table.
GRAPHICS: 5/5
SOUND: 4/5
GAMEPLAY: 4/5
STORY: 3/5
INTERFACE: 5/5
OVERALL: 4/5
Download: Love Nightmare
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