Nights into Dreams is 20 years old today.
Have any of you played it? What do you think of it? Personally it's one of my favorite games of all time.
>>343945623
You're THAT guy right? Show us your collection.
Gets me everytime.
Aside from that, still looking forward to play it one day.
In the niiiiiiiiiight
Never played this game honestly, I did like that song from pso2 though
No kidding? Hot damn.
Its one of my two all time favorite games. Gotta go play it later.
>>343945872
>Show us your collection.
I think you've got the wrong person, all I've got is the original game, christmas nights, the PS2 version and the steam/PSN versions.
I've got a folder of Nights art/fanart on my computer though, I could post some of that I guess.
>>343946103
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdMtdXwk8Yoprobably the only good part of Journey of Dreams
>>343946609
Ya know that Claris' VA from the Saturn game singing that?
>You play with with an analog stick and fly in circles?!
>Revolutionary!
>>343946676
Did not. Pretty cool.
>>343946803
Hey, don't knock it 'til you try it.
>My biggest regret in life is that I didn't get to create this game.
Ya know who said that? Shigeru Miyamoto.
>>343945623
I thought it was really fun. It's a buzzword now, but I thought it was really comfy. Never played the sequel.
Wish I could emulate it.
>>343946949
Wasn't knocking it. That was my actual sentiment as a child, seeing it on display in stores.
>>343947008
SSF's a tricky bitch but you can get it runnin.
Failing that there's a Steam/PSN/XBLA port from 2012.
>>343946803
2deep4u
>>343947178
Meant that I wish I could emulate the sequel, but I have been hankering to play through the first one again.
neat
>tfw fell for the hype of a new NiGHTS game on the Wii
Why did that have to exist? It would have been better off just being a dead franchise that never left the saturn.
>>343947639
Hey, its not terrible. Its just very average.
>way back in the day
>small child, 13 at the oldest
>looking up info on old sonic games at the time (this would have been like 2005 or 2006 I think)
>come across some weird game for a system I've never even heard of called "NiGHTS into Dreams..."
>think "hey, that's pretty interesting."
>couldn't play it because I never owned a saturn, wouldn't have the first idea of how to get one, and even if I could I was a dipshit kid so it's not like I could afford it
>spend literal years reading up on the game, never a desperate desire but always something in the back of my mind as something to try one day when I can
>hear about PS2 port, get mad as fuck when I discover it's Japan only
>discover emulation, realize saturn emulation was kind of horse shit at the time (and still isn't that great today by the way) so could never get it running
>hear about a wii sequel, can't buy it since I only had a PS2
>finally around 2012 the HD port comes out and I can finally play it
>it's even better than those years of anticipation and hype made it out to be
>my face when
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So yeah I fucking love nights. I have a saturn hooked up to an old CRT in my room pretty much exclusively to play it when I get the urge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7yqKUnFb8Y
always wanted to play this game
My parents got me the Nintendo 64 for christmas and we didn't have enough for more than one console, but I was such a Sega fanboy I actually rented a Saturn form Blockbuster and finished NiGHTS all in one sitting
>>343947639
At least Nights still appears in any cross-over involving Sega.
>>343948738
oh hey thanks for the reminder that this exists.
Still have it with my Saturn. Dunno where my controller it came with got to though.
>/v/ constantly dickrides this game
>"Wow, some of the games /v/ has fellated have been pretty good, I'm gonna like this one"
>You fly in circles, the end.
You fuckers rused the shit out of me didn't you. You cheeky cunts got me good.
>>343948905
Yeesh. Dark times.
>>343948956
Any game with unique atmosphere and rudimentary, complicated gameplay is an instant /v/ classic.
>>343948956
>/v/ constantly dickrides this game
I pretty much never see this game mentioned on /v/ at all. Not even in a "oh it's shit way." It's just like it's fuckin forgotten or something.
>>343948956
You're not playing it right
20 already? Damn.
A fun little game though. Still have it CIB with the 3D controller. Actually had it, my saturn and Dragon Force out last week. Fun times.
>>343949096
>rudimentary
>complicated
unless you mean complexity emerging from simple mechanics, an explanation is in order
>>343948905
Didn't Dan Slott write that?
>>343949635
Yup.
>>343945623
Really?
Funny, I just started to get back into Nights recently.
IN THE NIIIIGHT
DREAM DELIGHT
I WANT TO SEE YOU STANDING THEEEERE
>>343949589
I should've been more clear, NiGHTS falls under the unique atmosphere part.
Game is simple and comfy, actually.
>>343948956
>/v/ dickrides nights
>all you do is ride in circles
So not only have you never played the game before but this is also you're first time hearing of it
>>343950668
How can you be cold in a dream?
Hard to believe it was really that long ago. I remember being incredibly sick Christmas Eve, crawling down the stairs from the very top floor of my mother's apartment complex since I could barely stand, driving with my grandmother back home, going to bed watching the Simpsons, still feeling like complete shit in the morning, but feeling better as I played Nights for the first time on Christmas morning.
>>343951238
By not being dressed properly, duh.
>>343951238
I've dreamed about freezing to death
>>343951305
Awww, thats a nice thought.
>>343951305
>family too poor to buy recent vidya or much vidya at all
>really want a saturn with nights
>have a dream that I see santa putting a saturn under the tree with nights
>run out of room in the morning to see a big box
>'Santa finally got me what I wished for!'
>it's just socks, pants and shirts
>still hug parents and be happy
Got it years later when I worked at a vidya store. Prices weren't insane like they are now on this stuff so I got it with a bunch of other neat Saturn games on the cheap. (At least what would be considered a steal or cheap these days.)
>>343945623
I coincidentally played it today for the first time.
I liked it. Good music and presentation too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UiF6XJ8U4g
Is Saturn's hairstyle based on NiGHTS?
>>343956212
probably. Nights is the closest thing that system has to a killer app.
>>343945623
I remember when the saturn came out and id get gaming mags every month, i was drooling over Nights and thought it was gonna be the playstation killer, was a poor family though, single mum with 3 kids, i had to share my mega drive and that was as good as it got, had some great fun with it though...never did get round to playing nights.
I like the character I thinksheis very cute.
But the games don't look very fun.
>>343956897
It's on steam these days.
Playing NiGHTs as child was a magical comfy time.
Honestly that's more recognition than I expected.
>>343950668
Claris is cute.
Happy birthday, and amazing fucking OST. I couldn't really get into the game though.. and I think both the game and the stylization are a little overrated. Just my two cents.
>>343957925
>>343957925
Gave me my first babby boner.
>>343957015
It dosnt really appeal to me any more, I only tend to play strategy games these days and occasionaly a bit of l4d2 with friends.
I will not orgasm to this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k75QjizPWvY
>>343945623
played it on steam for the first time a few months ago.
It's surprisingly deep. You can breeze through the levels fairly easily but the whole nightopian breeding system, getting the highest rank it's all as difficult as you want it to be
>>343945623
It's a love it or hate it Game .
Personally I think it has the same amount of gameplay as a visual novel. And to me it even at Release felt limited unlike mario64. But I guess it's comparable to stalker. Either you dig it, or you loathe playing it.
>>343958642
You're 100% right. I love the game to bits but I fully understand why someone would think it's dumb as hell.
i got the steam version like 2 years ago and never got around to playing it.
should i use the "brand new" graphics style or classic?
>>343959274
may as well use "brand new," classic is just the old assets running in the "brand new" engine.
I had no idea. I better get playing.
would be cool if the steam version had a mod that increases the draw distance
also an easier model changer so you don't have to mess with your pc's clock to play as reala and whatnot.
>>343958642
I fucking hate stalker....but then....like once every 18months...i get this urge....i dont nkow what it is...something calls to me...i have to go bac to the zone.....i fuc around for a few days....and then....bam...i fucking hate stalker.
It's fun, but seems a bit short to get all the praise that it does
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-bipME-fp0
>>343959860
It focuses on replay value, since you can't master the game mechanics and stages on one playthrough.
It looks like this is where the split is between people who like the game and people who don't
>>343960564
I like it, but it badly needs a true sequel with more levels
>>343950668
They're not even from the same town.
You guys ever notice the director in Claris' ending looks like Steven Spielberg?
Given how involved he was in production, that was probably intentional.
>>343961004
I only thought he was the first play tester.
>>343945623
>Nights into Dreams is 20 years old today
Shiieeet. Comencing Night dump
This game is fun at any age. You can't go wrong.
>>343961181
First person to ever try the 3D controller, too.
Around the office it was even informally known as 'the Spielberg controller'.
I'm so happy that I came back from a long, hot day and found a NiGHTS thread. Thank you, OP, you're still kind of a fag, but a cool one, like Nathan Lane <3
>>343962682
I try.
>>343963160
Heh. Amusing.
>>343963160
>>343963160
You can have this pixelized NiGHTS I made just for that pic
Favorite track in the series along with the jingle when you beat a boss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsIgPAj3zww
More NiGHTS for bump
>>343963601
Sorry if there's confusion, I'm exhausted..
I meant "just for that pic, you can have this pixelized NiGHTS I made"
Pic related is another one, but I didn't make it
>can never lucid dream
>will never visit Nightopia
>>343964067
I'd be hard pressed to tell you my favorite track, they're all great.
I do use https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xynUuVytsr8 as my ringtone though.
>>343965351
>mfw I can lucid dream occasionally but half of them turn into nightmares
>>343965351
>people who can't lucid dream are either visitors that couldn't/didn't set NiGHTS free
>or ones that did not defeat their Nightmaren and so lost NiGHTS
>>343964067
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHdPy0Sy-2g
My favorite
>>343965735
>have nightmares almost every night but endure them because I have work in the morning
>>343965786
Well, thats a downer...
>>343945623
NiGHTS had the best art style ever in a game. Truly MAGiC.
Have you guys all had the chance of using the single best retro-controller ever made? This thing is a piece of art.
>>343966052
oh
I'm sorry to hear that, anon
>>343966665
I want that shit so fucking bad. white saturn is sex
>>343966160
As Wizeman once said "as long as darkness exists within the hearts of humans, then I... and the nightmares... shall never be destroyed"
Being that NiGHTS is a Nightmaren, and therefore a creation of Wizeman, that means that NiGHTS will live on as well [as long as there is light].
I said NiGHTS was lost, not gone forever
>>343966665
Damn, I'm stuck with the black one...
>>343967110
Maybe one day I'll visit that place...maybe one day...
>>343967037
I have the white controller, but my console is actually a model 1 grey.
>>343967246
still sexy. gives me a boner
>>343967326
Vidya hardware gives you a boner? Check this out, then.
>>343966665
That controller is underrated as fuck.
Despite how it looks, it's actually really comfortable and the shoulder buttons are amazing.
It also has the Saturn's D-pad, which I don't know why they didn't use for the DC controller.
>>343965735
>>343966052
>I never dream anymore.
>I never get to feel that rush, gripped by sheer terror, thrown awake in the night
>All I get is 8 hours of emptyness
>>343967421
yeah those prongs make my dick rock hard pal
>>343967508
Yeah, the shoulder triggers are the absolute best. The Dreamcast's controller is inferior in every single way, except maybe for the VMU gimmick.
>>343967687
I always feel horribly groggy when waking without a dream
How do you feel waking up?
>>343967842
I remember seeing a dreamcast prototype which was just a 3d pad with a VMU really haphazardly thrown on the top and christ do I wish that was what the actual controller was.
>>343958523
>that music
I swear I've heard that before thinking that was from an anime for the longest time. The credit song is from an anime, right?
>>343965937
nostalgiing like a motherfucker
>>343967687
Most cases where people think they don't have dreams they simply forget them, as opposed to them never happening.
I wish I had more money to blow into retrovidya. Saturn stuff can be surprisingly cheap, so long as it's not NTSC.
I never understood why people didn't like Journey of Dreams when it was basically the same thing with more content.
I guess they just hate it because it's not the original.
best Nights music comin thru
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQsxclTIHz8
>>343965351
>try to lucid dream
>visited by shadow people
Never again
>>343969480
this made me afraid to get sleep paralysis.
>>343969048
That's just the results music from Into Dreams.
>>343968290
Nope.
A Nights anime would be cool though.
Maybe a short or a full on movie.
>>343970283
Man, imagine a short done by the guys who did the Night of the Werehog short.
>>343968879
The cutscenes are just flat out bad. Weird VA, ugly graphics (which admittedly probably has a lot to do with being a wii game) and just an odd sense of jankiness all around.
The main stages are an inferior version of what NiD did. The whole "chasing a bird thing" simply doesn't work as well as the "collect 20 blue chips" did in the original. It feels backwards due to the changes.
The rest of the levels are tedious at best and miserable at worst. All of them are nothing but filler that do nothing but drag out the game. Being longer does not mean being better. I was honestly disgusted at the rhythm stage because it seemed so amazing at first but it just controlled so badly.
And honestly worst of all the game just feels like it's riding the original game's coattails too hard. Everything good it does is just a remix of the original, whether it's the level aesthetics, the boss gameplay, or even some of the music. People rag on Sonic for changing too much but games in that series rarely feel like they're just relying on the games before them, even something like Sonic Generations doesn't feel as derivative.
Can we sexualize NiGHTS? Just a little bit?
>>343970918
Nights does have a pretty nice ass.
Reala thread? How nice of you.
>>343971210
we can sexualize Reala too desu.
Is it bad that the leap of faith before the final level probably impacted me more emotionally than any other game I've played
>>343970918
It's not that kind of dream anon
>>343970389
>Werehog short
This is a thing?
Is it even a good thing?
>>343971389
>This is a thing?
yeah
>Is it even a good thing?
also yeah
modern sonic team might be hit-or-miss with game design but they're god-tier at pre-rendered animation
>>343971389
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OEFupXCwR8
>>343958642
Same amount of gameplay as a VN? What?
It's a time attack arcade racing esque game. It's 100% gameplay with a focus on replay ability and skill improvement.
Sometimes I think half the people who talk about nights don't really understand how it's mechanics work
the game never really clicked with me
should probably go and give it another shot one of these days
>>343957925
kid me used to think lewd thoughts about Claris
hadn't even played NiGHTS because I'd never so much as seen a Saturn, I only knew about it from reading shit on The GHZ.
>>343967508
it's ugly as shit, but it's literally the DC controller but better
>>343969048
>tfw can hear it now
I wish the pinball in Casinopolis wasn't so shit.
>>343971942
Here's the thing that most people don't get about NiGHTS. You don't attempt to finish the stage as quickly as possible, it's all about doing laps as fast as possible for maximum points and hitting the chamber at the last moment.
When played correctly NiGHTS is an exhilarating score attack game.
>>343971942
>I wish the pinball in Casinopolis wasn't so shit.
You have no idea how depressed I was when I played Sonic Adventure last year and saw how much of a slow slog the pinball levels were.
Remember this shit?
>>343971293
I think you mean Reala get to sexualize YOU.
>>343972556
Never played the game but I love billy hatchers design
>tfw grandfather worked for Sega until the year before Saturn was discontinued in NA and I got all of the non-shovelware games for Genesis and Saturn games as they came out
Finding Nights in my mailbox and booting it up was a fucking magical day.
>>343972556
I remember enjoying that game a few years ago.
kind of wish I still had a Wii or GC to play it on
might try to play it in Dolphin, or find the PC version
Nights is for ___________
>>343972870
Kicking back and enjoying one of Sega's best games.
>>343972870
Teaming up with to protect the dream world
>>343972870
Dualizing
>>343971736
>Ghost mermaid wanting the werehog D
There's so many things I want to say and ask, but that did look pretty decent.
>>343971654
It was animated by Marza Animation Planet, not Sonic Team.
>>343972556
This game has the best boss theme fuckign ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFbc1OBFm2E
Bretty fun game.
>>343973827
I think Sega bought them and made them a Sega animation studio.
They do good work.
Welp, off to bed.
Goodnight NiGHTS fans. Pleasant dreams.
>replaying the game because of this thread
>suddenly remember Jackle is the only boss I just can't get a grip on
like I know what you're supposed to do but I just can't execute it for shit.
>>343946609
I liked the wii game a lot actually.
>>343945623
Played it on Steam.
Okay mechanics for a racer/arcade hybrid ruined by the tiny FoV that was common in Sega games at the time. Lent to less reaction, more rote memorization, which I'm not interested in at all.
Does anyone else have a problem with the config for the pc version?
>>343974357
Sweet dreams anon
>want to play nights properly so badly
>saturn emulator is pretty bad
>ps2 port is japan only or something
>pc version stays in 800x600 windowed mode for some reason
>>343976234
There's an HD re-release
>>343976234
I understand how you feel (see >>343948317)
can't really tell you anything for the PC version since I don't really play it (my computer is a toaster) but the PS2 version is basically just the PC version with worse controls if memory serves. Maybe go on the steam forums or something to ask if anyone has a workaround with the resolution problem?
>>343976371
I'm aware of that, on ps3 and xbox360 right?
My ps controller doesn't work that well, but I could try that
So why is it that the Wii game is such a travesty? I haven't played either of the Nights games but I'm curious to know why everyone seems to hate the Wii one.
>>343977278
not sure, i've only played the wii one and thought it was a ton of fun.
Say what you want, but Journey of Dreams had some fantastic music. And Claris is my first vidya crush.
>>343977278
>>343970545
my personal take on it anyway
>>343977278
It's not half as bad as people make it out to be. It was made by Sonic Team and if you want more NiGHTS it'll satisfy the itch. I think people freaked out over the octagonal classic controller analog housing and the cutscenes, mostly. That and it's being compared to a legendary Saturn fapfest.
>tfw getting C ranks in almost every stage (except spring valley which I've probably played a thousand times by now due to Christmas Nights)
goddamn I've gotten rusty since the last time I played this
>>343977278
There's only 2. It basically tried to stretch the first one's play style with a lot of filler(racing, kid only levels, ect). The first game was nothing but collect enough chips and blow the speres up and then a boss fight. While understandable, the gameplay would be pretty short if they didn't. Its just that it came from Sonic Team's 2004-2008 phase were they needed to rush most of their games out. JoD was just a really rushed for a game.
>>343945623
>initial release february 1995
>20 years old today
Uhhh...
>>343979285
>>343973316
>>343980702
i was there for the drawthread that was posted ini'm not sure if i actually posted anything
>>343958091
>2016
>looks like 1998 anime web turnpike art
>>343947639
Sure about that son? That fuckin' OST though.
JoD becomes a much better game once the story is over, since you can just replay the main missions and not have to put up with the filler.
>>343977278
2000's Sonic Team Syndrome. More cutscenes and filler than there needed to be. The main missions in JoD are perfectly fine and hold up to the originals, but at the cost of stupid padding.
>>343945623
played the demo alot.....wish i could have played the whole game.....:( same thing with brave fencer musashi.....unfulfiled dreams...:(
>>343984383
nights is pretty cheap on steam these days
>>343967687
I hear that using marijuana can lead to you not having dreams, if you do take it, your dreams might start to get back after you stop for a while.
>>343967246
I'm sure I've seen this exact image on /vr/, did you post it there?
>>343956212
I think the giant neck collar thing is a more obvious reference if anything.That show was boring shit but I'd be lying if I said Saturn and MD weren't total cuties.
>>343948956
>You fly in circles, the end.
Yeah. This was pretty disappointing when I finally played it and this was the majority of the game. Pretty sure I would have not even been impressed by it if I played during its prime.
>>343984383
do you know what a fucking space bar is
>>343989485
not that person but, is it some kind of far-out candy bar?
nights is a girl!!!!!
>>343992346
NiGHTS is a trap. Just had to fly under the radar because it was the 90s.
>>343992507
nights is genderless
>>343992507
back to /b/ faggot
>>343995789
>doesn't realize /v/ is almost as gay as /fit/
>if fucking traps was gay in the first place
Accept the feminine penis or GTFO
>>343996213
It's completely gay, that's why it's a good thing. Women are disgusting and so is anybody who likes them.
