RATE THE GAME - #389 - Nights into Dreams

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Game 389 - Nights into Dreams
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9

Some of it is nostalgia, but overall it was fun as hell to play back in the day

8

Nothing else like it

8.5

Really fucking cool and played it with 0 nostalgia

I have a friend with a Sega Saturn. Maybe one of these days I'll play this.

Up

7.3/10

6

played it a few years ago, so no nostalgia. It was solid but nothing extraordinary imo

What a weird footnote in history this is.

That said, I remember playing it on a Saturn Kiosk at Sears as a kid. It was fun, I didn't understand the controls though.

Later I got it for free on Steam. I figured out the controls but it's still a weird game lol

8

6

6.5

I'm so torn on it because I think like aesthetically and creatively its like a 9 but actual gameplay wise its like a 3

9

8

There's such a gulf here between the creativity, soul and passion on display here and the actual gameplay, but darn if I don't smile and feel warm inside every time the game is mentioned online or represented in some other Sega property.

Ending theme song is 15/10 nostalgia though
https://youtu.be/Biw2V00-FNo

Any more?