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On Rails Bird Chasing game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Having enjoyed the first Nights the few times I was able to play it, and reading the considerable hype around the release (mostly from Nintendo Power who seem to be fully blind to this game's faults)I was excited for this release. What I found in this game was basically an on-rails bird chasing game... sure they throw in some other levels... like an on rails octopus chasing level or two...
Actually the boss levels are fun and unique, but they are over far too quickly and you are back to chasing birds around... The levels may look lush and fun... but you will be too busy chasing down birds to notice. There may be some neat places to explore and hidden items to find... but you won't get to them... you will be too busy chasing birds around...

If more of the game were like the boss fights, or some of the other unique and fun levels, It would be a great game... or if there was time to really have some free roaming fun in the lush environments... but there isn't... you just have to chase birds...
This game is too difficult for children and too tedious for adults... Those with an irrational nostalgia for Sega's hey day (yes... I'm talking to you Nintendo Power) might pretend this is a fun game... but I was disappointed. Rent before you buy... the boss fights are really fun.

3.5; as beautiful as it is flawed

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The original Nights for the Sega Saturn, like Panzer Dragoon Saga, was one of those cult classic games that many people still refer to when they talk about their favorite games but for the most part, most of us have only heard of it rather than actually played the thing. With massive demand and finally an announcement, players got excited that there was going to be as sequel, titled Journey of Dreams. But given Sonic Team's strange track record lately as well as the huge hype, could this really live up to the hype? Well it doesn't completely deliver so much as it delivers and then drops the ball then delivers again.

Story: Will, an aspiring soccer player, and Helen, a practicing violinist, are pulled into Nightopia, the land that's created when people dream. But the evil of beings called Nightmaren want to rid the world of Nightopia so it's up to Will, Helen and our favorite flying jester, Nights, to gather up Ideya, the components that make up Nightopia, and rid the dream world of Nightmaren.

Graphics: Recently I bought a component cable for the Wii which allows 480p resolution and Nights was one of the first to be tested and even without it, the game would still be amazing visually. With a bright color palette and lush looking levels, the game is a great example at how you don't need realistic skin tones to create great graphics and with 480p going, the game is even beautiful still. The cutscene graphics are okay but the opening cinema and the levels though are just vibrant and colorful.

Sound/Music: Normally in these kind of games, I just put on my own music but the music in Nights is very lively and filled with memorable, upbeat tones and is the kind of soundtrack that you'd very well consider buying. The voice acting, however, is not horrendous a la Sonic's 3D adventures but they're still unfortunate since the British accents are quite off and the readings are kind of stilted and awkward.

Gameplay: I had read several reviews where people found the Wii controls awkward so I thought I'd start right off the bat with a good-ol' Gamecube controller and controlling Nights wasn't even that much of a problem. While initially awkward to get the feeling for how it works, it soon became a breeze but when I thought I'd check out the Wii ones, I found them awkward as well and went back to the trusty Gamecube controller. The game also lets you use the Classic controller, Wii-mote by itself or standard Wii controls. Nights acts as a kind of rail shooter/Sonic the Hedgehog combo where Nights flies in the air and you control her direction from diving, climbing, doing loops (called Paraloops which act as a vortex sucking in important items within its radius) or dashing to gain speed and crash into stuff.

The big minus is the platform-style parts where you physically control Will or Helen (they "dualize" with Nights for the flying stuff) and with the normal controllers they're fine, the Wii controls just don't feel right, not to mention the very notion of having platforming in the game when it was doing just fine with being a rail shooter hurts it. The other negative is the checkpoint system or rather its lack of one as when you progress through the story levels, you get a cutscene, play a level than the stage boss but should you fail against the boss, you have to start the level over complete with cutscenes and the level you just killed. It's quite a buzzkill when you're playing and unless you're a pro that could get through the game without failing once, it's quite a downer when you have to replay what you just beat with no checkpoint in place.

Some are quite disappointed while others think its flawed but a good game overall. I'm in the second camp since I felt compelled to play again when I turned off the system but you kind of hope certain things are corrected for the hopefully-done 3rd game.

A Night-Mare

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Nights: Journey of Dreams is a dissapointment in many ways. I've never played Nights into Dreams Before, so I'm new to the series. There are two stories you can play in: Will's dream and Helen's dream. Both of them are pretty much the same. I hated both of them. Nights is a strange character who flies around in circles. All of the characters, especially Nights, had terrible voice covers.

Graphics: Don't be fooled by the pictures on the back of the box (the cutscene graphics)! At first you are introduced to beautiful, jaw-dropping graphics, but as soon as the cutscenes are over, the game takes a turn for the worse. The graphics in the gameplay aren't impressive at all. The graphics look like they'd be bad even for the Gamecube. That is unacceptable for a Wii game. Sometimes the game is blury. Sure, there are bright colors, but that is not enough.

Gameplay: Overall, the gameplay just wasn't set up well. I'm sure it wouldn't be as bad if the camera angle was better. The camera should have been from the back of Nights, instead of the side of her. Probably the worst part of the gameplay is the repetitiveness. Flying around in circles as Nights is very boring, and who wants to spend their time chasing birds around in circles anyway? The boss battles are frusturating and are much harder than they need to be. I had no idea what to do on many of them. You also have a time limit on all of the levels and boss battles, which stinks. If you fail a boss stage, then you need to start the whole level over again! Lame!

Controls: THe game gives you the option to choose from four control options (nunchuk, remote, Gcube controller, and classic controller). In a way this is good because you can choose which one you like the best, but I thought they were all confusing. Nights is harder to control than she should be.

To sum it up, Nights is a boring game that wasn't thought out very well with a dumb storyline and sloppy controls. I've never played the original Nights before, but I'm sure this must be a dissapointment.

Nights Into Dreams

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

It's fun making the character Nights fly through the stages.
I remember this game from Sonic Adventure DX when you go to the Casino stage as Sonic. The character is quite like Sonic only he can fly. The levels are stunning and very colorful. I hoped this game would come out so I could play it and make Nights fly.I can use my Gamecube controller on my Wii.

I give the game 5 stars!

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