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====== Review: A Nightmare's Trip (2019) ======
Original post: https://misthold.dreamwidth.org/6135.html

**[[https://skyhour.itch.io/a-nightmares-trip|A Nightmare's Trip]] (2019)** is a visual novel where you play as Adrien, a nightmare brought to life. And then you take a trip to pseudo-Tokyo!

I liked the art in this game. The backgrounds are photos which have been run through an "illustration" filter (or something) and the characters are 2D illustrations. It's a neat style.

So, straight up, I didn't finish this game. I played about an hour, which I think was almost halfway through the game (it's short, under 3 hours). It's a visual novel but there's very little interaction from the player besides a few dialogue choices, which the game dev says lead to "subtle" plot changes e.g. nothing major. You get clues for the mystery of Adrien's creator but you don't DO anything with them. The people you meet talk for a bit, then leave and never contact you again (as of 1 hour into the game, anyway). Eh.

It's cute, but not enough story or character development to keep me interested. 

I do prefer games where choices matter and deciding on a particular "style" of dialogue means sometimes wildly different plot developments, so A Nightmare's Trip wasn't exactly a match. However, if you're really interested in a casual, relaxing game about a furry nightmare creature traveling to an alternate-dimension Japan, then go for it!

Price: $8.00

Available for Windows, Mac and Linux. I played the Mac OS version.