NiGHTS
Reviewed by Shinnokxz
The following few paragraphs are discriptions of the main
characters... As read from the Manual.
Elliot
Elliot is playing basketball with his classmates. Some of
the older kids from school show up and challenge Elliot and
his friends to a game. A teammate passes long to Elliot, who
is just a few feet from the net, but the star player on the
other team steals the ball. A long pass downcourt and a slam
dunk finishes the day. Elliot walks home, alone. After a
half day of depression, Elliot drifts into an awkward sleep.
Where he meets a creature named NiGHTS. They help her kill
of a species of madman from the dreaming world.
Claris
Today is Claris' chance to show her family she has stage
talent. The stageflight flares on, and her heart starts
racing. The directors are out there, watching. Claris
approaches the microphone, but something's not right. A
small voice inside tells her that everyone will laugh. A few
seconds pass, and the voice grown louder. No longer able
bear it, Claris Runs off the stage. She then runs into her
room, sob's on her bed, and falls into a driftful sleep. In
her sleep she also meets a creature named NiGHTS, the three,
Elliot, Claris, and NiGHTS fight the madman in the dreaming world.
NiGHTS
In Claris and Elliot dreams, they have seen NiGHTS, a being
capable of flying freely through the sky and performing the
trickiest of aerial acrobatics. But what is NiGHTS? A
Creature? A memory? Whatever he, or she is, NiGHTS plays an
important role in the upcmong battle with the evil madman, Wizeman.
'Nights' was released in 1996, Saturns best year. It
revolutionized gaming, not only was it the first ever Home
console game to support the Analog, it was an idea only Sega
could produce. Elliot and Claris venture into the world of
dreams with there friend, NiGHTS. There, they try to collect
Blue Gem cystal balls in order to defeat evil monsters and
conquer there dreams back. Wizeman, the lunitic man who is
raising hell in ordinary human beings Dreams, makes robots,
bosses, and other baddies for Claris, Elliot, and NiGHTS to kill.
Graphics: 10/10
The graphics in this game is utterly breath-taking. Though a
but gritty. NiGHTS enviroment is also new to the gaming
world, huge levels (or worlds) that are in the dreams of
Claris and Elliot. While you take the role of Claris or
Elliot, you can move freely in this huge 3-D world. While
summoning and being NiGHTS, you are put onto 'Five tracks'
in oreder to collect blue gems, collect point and kill the
bad guys. Now don't take me wrong, being on a 'track'
isn't bad at all, once you get the hang of the controls,
this will be a fun game to have bought. Well anyways, back
to graphics. The characters (Claris and Elliot) are actually
a little bit blocky, but for some reason, NiGHTS looks
wonderfully animated. The worlds, are huge, with dips,
canyons, snow, trains, and more, play a fantastic part in
this games creativity.
Sound/Music: 8/10
The music in this game is tuned very nicely, some of the
Songs are quite catchy. Though the sound effects sound like
something of of 'Mortal Kombat' for the Sega Genesis. They
involve 'Zing, boom, and Zap!' and other mediocre comic
sounds. Though only thing that really keeps the Audio
compartment from a lower score is the music. And possibly
makes this game a '9' and not a 10.
Gameplay: 10/10
Though when you start out the game seems frushtrating. Once
you have read and understood the story, this game is
actually quite addicitive. When you start the game, you'll
be offered to input your name, to save for records. Then you
will be able to access the options/sound menu's . Change if
you wish. Then when you get to the character select screen,
you will see Claris and Elliot pop-up in there nice 3-D
models. Once you select a character of your choice, you then
select a course. If you had barely bought this game, then
you would only be able to access one course, and that
'silver Gardens'. Once you select the course, you come
upon a brief loading session (may I add that there is hardly
ever any loading scenes), you come into a huge world. You
take your first step and a bunch of darned little birds
still all of your 'Lives' from there, you have to summon
NiGHTS, gain all of you 'Lifes' back. And defeat the boss
at the end of the level. Once you have started to get the
hang of it, the game is quite fun. There is some noticeable
slow-down, but now enough to lower the score. The control,
if you have the Analog Saturn pad, is terrific, but using
the normal Saturn gaming pad isn't much of a difference.
Final Word...
This is an swesome RPG/adventure game. You will not see it
at any online store or pawn shop for atmost 10 Dollars. It
takes gettiing used to at first, but once you have the
controls and story nailed down, you'll have a blast. Oh
yeah, I forgot to mention that there is also a 2-Player game
unlocked once you beat 'Reada' a male version of NiGHTS,
but it is one of Wizemans creations.
Overall: 9 out of 10
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