Little Nightmares is an outstanding little horror title. It’s noticeably short, on this replay it took me barely over 2 hours to beat it, and I probably could’ve done it faster. But in that short frame of time, the game is expertly crafted, creating an amazing horror experience and a really memorable one as well. There’s so much style to Little Nightmares, and I absolutely adore it.
This game already starts strong with its aesthetics. I like the sort of nightmare child book aesthetic of the game, I don’t know if that accurately describes it, but that’s what it feels like to me. The distorted proportions, and how the adult characters are designed its amazing. As well, the scale and size of The Maw is outstanding. So often I was just in awe by the size of some locations, this game is visually stunning and it’s already an amazing strength.
And gameplay wise, Little Nightmares isn’t anything too complex, but it’s still amazing. It feels purposefully clunky, it’s not smooth movement or controls, but it makes perfect sense to why. You’re so much smaller than the world around you, it can’t work around you, you have to work around it. I absolutely love the chase sequences in this game, having to run from the game’s monsters are really cool, chase sequences are genuinely some of my favorite moments in videogames. I also really love the game’s puzzles, while they’re most of the time not anything too complex, Six’s movement makes each puzzle really fun. And the fact that a good number of puzzles include the monsters lurking around makes them so fun and tense too.
Another thing I want to mention is how fun dying is at times. The game is able to create some great moments of horror, and some moments are really tense because of it. But Six as a character ragdolls most of the time when the player dies, and it’s really funny. While that could be considered a critique by some, I really love it, it balances the game a bit mood wise, it’s sort of dark comedy in a way I feel. I remember a time I was absolutely launched into a death pit cause I was swung off a door handle, and it was really funny.
I didn’t play the DLC mainly because I don’t have it, so I can’t really judge it’s quality, but if I had the chance to get it, I’d gladly play it. Little Nightmares is a really fun game, so the more I can play of it, the better.
I really love Little Nightmares. It’s such an amazing little game, and it’s honestly kind of surprising that not only did it get a sequel, but it’s getting a third game as well. There’s so much I adore with Little Nightmares, it has one of the best aesthetics I’ve seen in a horror game, and I can’t ignore the scale of it. I haven’t played Little Nightmares 2 yet, but I really should.
This game already starts strong with its aesthetics. I like the sort of nightmare child book aesthetic of the game, I don’t know if that accurately describes it, but that’s what it feels like to me. The distorted proportions, and how the adult characters are designed its amazing. As well, the scale and size of The Maw is outstanding. So often I was just in awe by the size of some locations, this game is visually stunning and it’s already an amazing strength.
And gameplay wise, Little Nightmares isn’t anything too complex, but it’s still amazing. It feels purposefully clunky, it’s not smooth movement or controls, but it makes perfect sense to why. You’re so much smaller than the world around you, it can’t work around you, you have to work around it. I absolutely love the chase sequences in this game, having to run from the game’s monsters are really cool, chase sequences are genuinely some of my favorite moments in videogames. I also really love the game’s puzzles, while they’re most of the time not anything too complex, Six’s movement makes each puzzle really fun. And the fact that a good number of puzzles include the monsters lurking around makes them so fun and tense too.
Another thing I want to mention is how fun dying is at times. The game is able to create some great moments of horror, and some moments are really tense because of it. But Six as a character ragdolls most of the time when the player dies, and it’s really funny. While that could be considered a critique by some, I really love it, it balances the game a bit mood wise, it’s sort of dark comedy in a way I feel. I remember a time I was absolutely launched into a death pit cause I was swung off a door handle, and it was really funny.
I didn’t play the DLC mainly because I don’t have it, so I can’t really judge it’s quality, but if I had the chance to get it, I’d gladly play it. Little Nightmares is a really fun game, so the more I can play of it, the better.
I really love Little Nightmares. It’s such an amazing little game, and it’s honestly kind of surprising that not only did it get a sequel, but it’s getting a third game as well. There’s so much I adore with Little Nightmares, it has one of the best aesthetics I’ve seen in a horror game, and I can’t ignore the scale of it. I haven’t played Little Nightmares 2 yet, but I really should.