This game is cool, and it's very unique. I really like how you can see what's going on in each part of the house at a given time, and piece together the story.
That is, in theory. As Scott the Woz pointed out, you can't really enjoy that aspect of the game because you're too busy trying to catch the vampires so you don't lose.
This game ain't great, but I have a lot of respect for it and the ideas presented.
That is, in theory. As Scott the Woz pointed out, you can't really enjoy that aspect of the game because you're too busy trying to catch the vampires so you don't lose.
This game ain't great, but I have a lot of respect for it and the ideas presented.
*Technically played the PS5 LRG release but I cannot find a specific release date for the port so I cannot add the data to Backloggd
I wanted to play this with a friend who helped me secure a hard copy when I was running a little low on dough, and I was finally able to. The both of us had a mostly good time besides my frustration getting the hang of how the game works. Though there is an included manual, both that and the initial menus do a poor job of onboarding the player, making the initial experience a frustrating trial-and-error effort until you understand the three or so functions you need to repeat to see the ending.
Onboarding issues aside, Night Trap serves its purpose of being a glorified party gag best suited for groups of intoxicated friends (or at least ones that appreciate silly games). Without multiple eyes watching the cameras (if you're using the modern convenience mode) or a friend scanning a walkthrough next to you, the repetitious gameplay and cruel tricks the game tries to pull would sour fast. I'm glad I had my first experience with a "backseat gamer" in the share play chat.
The game, itself is whatever 25 years later, but the packaging of said product is arguably more important when "preserving and enhancing" the experience. Night Trap's 25th Anniversary release has enough goodies to suffice, with several interviews, behind-the-scenes photos/promos, and a 45-minute "movie" version of the game you can watch; it's not a lot, but it's enough to justify buying a modern port of a SEGA CD game.
Lastly: no, the 4K transfer for the PS5 version is not worth it. I don't know much about the equipment used to shoot/preserve the master used for the updated edition, but most of the scenes aren't clean and upscale enough to make any reasonable difference if I were to buy the PS4, Switch, or PC versions of Night Trap.
I wanted to play this with a friend who helped me secure a hard copy when I was running a little low on dough, and I was finally able to. The both of us had a mostly good time besides my frustration getting the hang of how the game works. Though there is an included manual, both that and the initial menus do a poor job of onboarding the player, making the initial experience a frustrating trial-and-error effort until you understand the three or so functions you need to repeat to see the ending.
Onboarding issues aside, Night Trap serves its purpose of being a glorified party gag best suited for groups of intoxicated friends (or at least ones that appreciate silly games). Without multiple eyes watching the cameras (if you're using the modern convenience mode) or a friend scanning a walkthrough next to you, the repetitious gameplay and cruel tricks the game tries to pull would sour fast. I'm glad I had my first experience with a "backseat gamer" in the share play chat.
The game, itself is whatever 25 years later, but the packaging of said product is arguably more important when "preserving and enhancing" the experience. Night Trap's 25th Anniversary release has enough goodies to suffice, with several interviews, behind-the-scenes photos/promos, and a 45-minute "movie" version of the game you can watch; it's not a lot, but it's enough to justify buying a modern port of a SEGA CD game.
Lastly: no, the 4K transfer for the PS5 version is not worth it. I don't know much about the equipment used to shoot/preserve the master used for the updated edition, but most of the scenes aren't clean and upscale enough to make any reasonable difference if I were to buy the PS4, Switch, or PC versions of Night Trap.
Night Trap é um jogo bem interessante na verdade... Principalmente se você levar em conta o lançamento e o console do jogo original (Lançado em 92 para o Sega CD)
O jogo é um FMV, ou Full Motion Video, um estilo de jogos que se utilizam de videos pré-gravados que são iniciados em determinadas ordens de acordo com os comandos do jogador, dando a ilusão de controlar um filme.
Pensando como um jogo de mais de 30 anos atrás, ele é bem divertido, interessante e bastante funcional. Seu objetivo é utilizar as cameras de segurança de uma casa para ativar armadilhas e proteger as protagonistas dos invasores.
A gameplay é simples, você troca as cameras e utiliza de um botão para ativar as armadilhas. As atuações são bem cara de um Filme B dos anos 80, porém não são ruins a ponto de estragar a experiência do jogador como normalmente eram as atuações de jogos dos anos 80/90.
É um jogo divertido de se jogar e uma ótima pedida para quem curte jogos retro.
O jogo é um FMV, ou Full Motion Video, um estilo de jogos que se utilizam de videos pré-gravados que são iniciados em determinadas ordens de acordo com os comandos do jogador, dando a ilusão de controlar um filme.
Pensando como um jogo de mais de 30 anos atrás, ele é bem divertido, interessante e bastante funcional. Seu objetivo é utilizar as cameras de segurança de uma casa para ativar armadilhas e proteger as protagonistas dos invasores.
A gameplay é simples, você troca as cameras e utiliza de um botão para ativar as armadilhas. As atuações são bem cara de um Filme B dos anos 80, porém não são ruins a ponto de estragar a experiência do jogador como normalmente eram as atuações de jogos dos anos 80/90.
É um jogo divertido de se jogar e uma ótima pedida para quem curte jogos retro.
this is so campy and dumb the idea that American politicians threw a hissy fit over it is so funny
interesante revival de un juego muy de su época
Really neat for what it is
I have no clue what happened but honestly I loved it
An interesting but heavily flawed piece of gaming history where part of the industry became really obsessed with full-motion video for a hot minute.
Night Trap itself has a unique flavor and the hokey acting/scenarios are really fun to see, it just gets really frustrating at points to merely complete its only scenario (which is about 20 minutes long). Still, people that like goofy teenager scenarios from the late 80s-early 90s will definitely find something to love.
This anniversary "remake" is the best way to go as the picture quality is crystal-clear, and the preview feeds make it much more accessible to manage the scenarios.
Night Trap itself has a unique flavor and the hokey acting/scenarios are really fun to see, it just gets really frustrating at points to merely complete its only scenario (which is about 20 minutes long). Still, people that like goofy teenager scenarios from the late 80s-early 90s will definitely find something to love.
This anniversary "remake" is the best way to go as the picture quality is crystal-clear, and the preview feeds make it much more accessible to manage the scenarios.
This game is... actually decent!?
Yes the infamous Night Trap is often regarded today as being a terrible video game but an interesting piece of history. So I was shocked to find myself actually enjoying it. I purchased this mostly out of sheer curiosity, I wasn't alive when the game first released but am well aware of the shit storm that it along with other games caused.
That shit storm is all the more hilarious in hindsight, this is so ridiculously inoffensive it's almost hysterical. They really went out of their way to make the "violence" as cartoony as possible. And yet somehow there was still outrage. I'm sure there is some deep lesson about mob mentality here somewhere.
So what does the game actually play like? Well the closest thing we have in the modern era (at least that I can think of) is the five nights at Freddy's series. Night trap has you switching between various camera feeds in an effort to protect some really stupid teenagers from enemies that barely know how to walk. All you have to do is be looking through the camera at the right time so you can press a button to trigger a trap. Occasionally you will also have to change the access code for the traps as the villians will change it to prevent your meddling.
With all of this switching back and forth between cameras the nonsensical plot will probably be completely lost to you. Beating the game in this new anniversary edition gives you the ability to watch all the important scenes as a movie. I HIGHLY recommend you do so. But unlocking this feature is easier said than done. Night Trap is a surprisingly difficult game that will require you to memorize where and when things happen. All the events happen in the same order each time you play, the only difference is what the trap codes get changed to.
Of course you can always just look up the order of events online and beat the game with ease, but where's the fun in that?
Yes the infamous Night Trap is often regarded today as being a terrible video game but an interesting piece of history. So I was shocked to find myself actually enjoying it. I purchased this mostly out of sheer curiosity, I wasn't alive when the game first released but am well aware of the shit storm that it along with other games caused.
That shit storm is all the more hilarious in hindsight, this is so ridiculously inoffensive it's almost hysterical. They really went out of their way to make the "violence" as cartoony as possible. And yet somehow there was still outrage. I'm sure there is some deep lesson about mob mentality here somewhere.
So what does the game actually play like? Well the closest thing we have in the modern era (at least that I can think of) is the five nights at Freddy's series. Night trap has you switching between various camera feeds in an effort to protect some really stupid teenagers from enemies that barely know how to walk. All you have to do is be looking through the camera at the right time so you can press a button to trigger a trap. Occasionally you will also have to change the access code for the traps as the villians will change it to prevent your meddling.
With all of this switching back and forth between cameras the nonsensical plot will probably be completely lost to you. Beating the game in this new anniversary edition gives you the ability to watch all the important scenes as a movie. I HIGHLY recommend you do so. But unlocking this feature is easier said than done. Night Trap is a surprisingly difficult game that will require you to memorize where and when things happen. All the events happen in the same order each time you play, the only difference is what the trap codes get changed to.
Of course you can always just look up the order of events online and beat the game with ease, but where's the fun in that?
the best possible way to experience this goofy fmv classic
Never want to play again such bad controls and hard to play
Some of the most fun you can have is getting drunk with your bros and playing Night Trap for hours.
the villains of this game are just people with green eyes
i mean its kinda hard to give this game a proper review since its kinda ingrained in gaming history but its an OK movie and a difficult game. my only real complaint is if you make one small mistake you could potentially lose a lot of time that you have to spend just doing it all over again which is always frustrating. other than that the acting is cheesy so if you like funny B-movies then you will be entertained. Deffo don't think its any sort of violent enough to warrant making the ESRB, but i guess people were just afraid of a new media form back then. Definitely funny to look back on and it's good that this is on modern platforms with the original film for preservationists sake but there's really only a certain group of people that would be into this kinda thing.
We need more video games featuring original pop-songs involving their titles.
Get Ready to Rock
This God of War
Is Gonna Start
RAG-NA-ROK!
Anyway: Hilarious generational pearl clutching aside, this is a fun execution of a cool gimmick. Only true annoyance is the strict completion ratio that they put upon you to keep the sequences going. I kept getting "fired" so often that I got annoyed. Not entirely interested in finishing this, but it's cool that it exists.
Get Ready to Rock
This God of War
Is Gonna Start
RAG-NA-ROK!
Anyway: Hilarious generational pearl clutching aside, this is a fun execution of a cool gimmick. Only true annoyance is the strict completion ratio that they put upon you to keep the sequences going. I kept getting "fired" so often that I got annoyed. Not entirely interested in finishing this, but it's cool that it exists.
Bought this to experience this classic without expecting too much. I always wanted to own the early CD based systems of the early to mid 90s to experience all these FMV games and I'm glad they re-released Night Trap in this new package.
I'm also glad they added quality of life improvements such as different camera views and alerts that make things a little bit easier. At any rate, the game is not great and the fun instead relies on the cheesy acting and ideas of the time.
I'm also glad they added quality of life improvements such as different camera views and alerts that make things a little bit easier. At any rate, the game is not great and the fun instead relies on the cheesy acting and ideas of the time.
Review #25 - 2020
A game so silly, you'd be shocked to find out it's one of the reasons why the ESRB exists. Originally released in 1992, this 25th anniversary edition of "Night Trap" is the optimal way to experience this piece of video game history. It packs in not only the game and several ways to play it, but it also includes a documentary and other behind the scenes footage, giving you a look in how games like this were made back when FMV games were all the rage. It's quirky. It's challenging. It's an early 90s time capsule.
A game so silly, you'd be shocked to find out it's one of the reasons why the ESRB exists. Originally released in 1992, this 25th anniversary edition of "Night Trap" is the optimal way to experience this piece of video game history. It packs in not only the game and several ways to play it, but it also includes a documentary and other behind the scenes footage, giving you a look in how games like this were made back when FMV games were all the rage. It's quirky. It's challenging. It's an early 90s time capsule.
This is the best way to play this game (if you ever actually wanted to). The game itself is not fun, like; at all. But it does come with a bunch of cool extras that I find infinitely cooler than the game itself.
An… interesting experience.
To be honest I am somewhat fascinated by this game based off the controversy it (partially) caused, but that aside, all it really is is just an interactive version of a bad 80s/90s horror movie.
Also they said this game was never going to appear on a Nintendo system, blatant false advertising.
To be honest I am somewhat fascinated by this game based off the controversy it (partially) caused, but that aside, all it really is is just an interactive version of a bad 80s/90s horror movie.
Also they said this game was never going to appear on a Nintendo system, blatant false advertising.