Sunday, February 03, 2008

Nights: Journey into Dreams (wii)

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So, Superbowl Sunday, and I have a non football related game for you. Today's game is Nights.

Story: You are either a boy or a girl and are drawn into the world of dreams. There you meet Nights, a carefree androgynous being who likes to fly around. He gets in trouble, you rescue him, you fly around trying to save the dream world. Not exactly story of the year. 3/5

Audio: The music has a surreal, cutesy, dreamlike feel to it. i can't explain it exactly, but it suits the game so no complaints. 4/5

Graphics: The game has cutscenes which look good, and the non cutscenes aren't bad, but they aren't amazing. Still, the environment is fully developed and looks good. 4/5

Gameplay: Nights offers you the choice of controller. I made due with the wiimote, but shortly in i seriously considered switching to a gamecube controller. When you play as the little kid, the game isnt' too hard to control, but then you merge your kid with Nights and you fly. Flying is not that intuitive. Supposedly you are suppose to point where you want to go and you'll go. This happened sometimes, and then my sensor sent me to the other side of the screen and i started flying the the wrong direction. Of course you might say this is a wiimote issue or sensor bar issue, and so it might be and i'm not gonna complain too much. What did annoy me while flying was trying to do this one attack which name slips me now. Basically you're supposed to loop the cursor around and Nights does a vortex that sucks in enemies and items. Often when i told it to circle i flew back and forht and did not do the attack. Sometimes I'd od the attack without knowing why. I think a gamecube controlle would make it much better. Anyhow, the game basically has you walk around as a kid or fly around as Nights, going through loops and hunting down enemies. It's nothing deep or thought provoking. 3/5

Replay: I don't see a point. 2/5

Overall: The game is bright and colorful and friendly, so if you have a wii and want something to distract kids, this might be it. But I wouldn't recommend it for most people. 2/5

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