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?