I got this as a gift because I adore little nightmares as a franchise. I had high but somewhat simple expectations of this game, but what I played was disappointing to say the least. Janky is certainly a word you can call it, too.
I've heard the bots for when you don't play with a friend is also intensely buggy, and seen it first hand.
The story seemed like someone trying to make a 'little nightmares'-esque game, but not getting there by a while. it felt like a cosplay of the franchise, and not a continuation or a story that fit within the already existing other games.
the atmosphere was good in some parts, but only in a few.
everything just seemed so... convenient???
in the other two games, the story was about children in a world that wasn't meant for them and threatened them, and it felt like that, which is why it got to feel so terrifying at times. but LN3? it's as if the world was meant FOR the kids but invaded by the monsters. and it's an interesting concept, but it wasn't done right. it didn't feel right. no hurdle felt satisfying to go through.
it did not feel like Little Nightmares.
i felt that Low and Alone having their weapons from the get-go disappointingly convenient.
there's co-op but it's not used in story. there isn't a single part of the game where both characters are ACTUALLY separated. on different screens.
every death of a character felt extremely conveniently placed and not in-universe logic. just there because it moves the story forward, just there for that. painfully obvious.
Also, the characters feel so empty at the same time except for a couple cutscenes, and i barely noticed almost up until the end.
it feels like we're controlling vessels with barely any feeling showing except for the specific animated cutscenes.
we can't even hold hands, which is a pet peeve of MINE completely outside of gameplay, but it would show how close they are to each other, it would instantly give them so much more personality.
it just felt like an empty cosplay.
I know nothing about supermassive games, so i won't comment on them, they had things right, maybe they just weren't fit for little nightmares.
