Night Trap - 25th Anniversary Edition

PC players were promised a major update over a year ago. Not only has the game not been updated since 2017 but it still contains a number of issues that are not present in other versions. Please fix.

Travel back to time to punch that senator in the face.

night trap and mortal kombat were the main reason the esrb rating system came to be 30+ years ago. americans have always been fond of violence, so much so that they celebrate it almost every week at randomly selected schools, and none of these have any nudity (no naked dana plato for you, son, not in this movie anyway), so it was very strange. looking for rhyme, reason or common sense in politics over there (or pretty much anywhere) even back then is a fool's errand though. thank gosh for esrb anyway because as we know, if you tell somebody they shouldn't play (read, watch, listen to, do) something, they'll obey without question, just ask barbra streisand. that's why nobody under 18 has ever played grand theft auto. kids aren't sneaky bastards, stores and companies care more about the well-being of youth than their own profits, and parents are really responsible and always pay attention to their children. case closed. the more over-the-top something is, the harder it is to take seriously, but some morons in congress managed to do it with one of the cheesiest, least believable fmvs ever. filmed in 1987, the premise is some girls are having a slumber party while clumsy vampires are trying to get rid of them with scooby doo levels of 'violence'. rotating bookcases, trap doors, stairs turning to slides, real hardcore stuff. the ladies aren't even scantily clad, except one in a nightgown at one point, tantamount to porn for sure. ironically, they perform the [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gxT-C48iyg]theme song[/url] in the living room, none the wiser that it's describing what's happening to them. it ain't [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDhvRWqV9_E]take a stand[/url] from phantasmagoria, my favorite fmv ever, but catchy enough. gameplay is similar to [url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/dohi64/recommended/1414500]voyeur[/url] (another blasphemous title from the same era) or do not feed the monkeys if you're looking for a more recent, non-fmv example. you're basically kevin mccallister's a/v club alter ego, watching camera feeds from all the rooms, triggering traps to protect the ladies. be at the right place at the right time, which I find incredibly stressful, hate timers and timed nonsense with a passion. clicking the video pauses the game (can't do anything then) and different ui layouts are available from various iterations over the years, with the option to have real-time camera thumbnails instead of static images. that definitely helped, as did the fact that spamming the trap button isn't penalized normally. still not a single volume setting, resolution options or subtitles, but there's a new survivor mode and a bunch of extras. around the halfway point of the 25-min playthrough there's a checkpoint and only the trap codes are switched a few times, mostly before the save, everything else is always the same, except the various endings based on performance. can't let certain individuals die or be captured, and there are a few checks to see if you're efficient enough at catching augers, so ignoring the story and concentrating on intruders is the way to go. about 60 of 100 is enough to finish and some mistakes lead to alternate endings and bonus scenes, not just a game over. if you're going for those, leave the good ending for last, as completing the game erases the checkpoint. or you can edit the save to re-enable it and set the number of captures at the time too. failing one of the final bosses, so to speak, counts as finishing the game. not enough to remove the checkpoint, so I could experiment further, but enough to unlock the theater (without a notification until the good ending), where you can watch all the cutscenes at least briefly witnessed while playing. my frantic clicking during failed attempts unlocked most but some remain locked when they shouldn't, while others are watchable without triggering them, and at some point the all scenes unlocked achievement undeservedly popped as well. none of the videos, including interviews and such, have an interface, can't even pause, just sit and watch for who knows how long. sadly, the prototype (scene of the crime), another ending and a piece of behind the scenes are tied to perfect completion, good luck with that on your own, or even with a guide. I didn't want to meticulously follow one, but missing (bugged or otherwise) videos and the prototype itself can be unlocked by editing the save as well, or you can watch them on youtube. the prototype has more skin than night trap (still no nudity, just towels and lingerie), can't be paused and there are no interactions. watch people in various rooms for a few minutes, then point at the culprit, done. I played the dos version way back when, and despite a lot of the ingredients not being my idea of fun, I really enjoyed it then and even more now because it's exactly my kind of cheesy 80s 'horror' situation otherwise. I was pleasantly surprised and glad when it showed up on steam, and unpleasantly surprised that gog with all their virtue signalling didn't jump on it. though jumping would require an effort, not just empty words. anyway, if you like the main mechanic, similar movies, or just want to experience a piece of video game history brought a bit closer to modern standards, give it a go. it's a good package that could've benefited from more polish.

This is a really fun and addictive game. I was originally attracted to it due to the controversy, and the fact that the description of its contents didn't seem to match the scale of it. It's definitely quite tame, especially by today's standards, but also when compared to practically any movie from the 80s or 90s, and also to other old video games, like mortal kombat. There was definitely a huge exaggeration around this one, but it led to the video game ratings system, which is cool. Gameplay wise, it's very interesting, definitely different than all games I've previously played. It actually gets repetitive quite soon, but achievements greatly improve replayability, since it becomes addictive to try and reach those goals. I've had enough of it for now (edit: I actually realized I was closer than I thought to getting all achievements, so I did; survivor mode is hard at first, but once you get the hang of it, and reach level 25, you can basically keep going forever, and the total auger count includes this mode) , but I'll probably go back to it someday, like I do with fun movies I've liked in the past.

what happen to all the bits with Corey Haim in it did they cut all those parts out???

I have ALWAYS been curious about this game since I grew up hearing about it as this devil product that would like poison my crops and salt my land and let me tell yeah... It's pretty good! Great port that works super well! I enjoyed the camp and I never stopped laughing at all the goons falling into trap doors and crab walking around in the background. Worth the price of admission!

I would steer clear if uninterested in digital history... the game is just clicking all over for traps so not much of a game, but rather an interactive movie.

This game stands out more for what it represented in the 90s, than for actual gameplay. The game is hard and unforgiving, but it sure looks like everyone who put it together had a great time. The US Government misrepresented this game as a horribly violent, pornographic abomination that had to be removed from store shelves, but if you play it, its a fun little FMV based game where you trigger clever traps to protect a group of teenage girls. They did a great job with this remaster, the video quality is so much better than its early Sega CD days and there are several gameplay quality of life improvements.

Night Trap - 25th Anniversary Edition is a good cult classic horror game and a pretty good anniversary game as well, so the story. There has been a recent string of disappearances that has been happening the only connections there are is first the fact that the people that has disappeared were all teenagers to young adults and second these seem to have taken place in a vineyard, luckily S.A.C.T Special Control Attack Team is on the case. They have hacked into the vineyard’s security system and have control of its traps that the vineyard’s been using to capture their victims, but they still have to figure out what is really going on so they have sent their best a young agent to investigate. But this mission would not exist without control who will monitor the situation and use the traps and that person in control is you, yes you, you must protect the girls investigate what's going on and capture anyone that looks suspicious or else this mission is doomed. Okay then let’s talk about the likes, the story is pretty good it has this nice cheesy B horror movie vibe with a good balance of goofy, funny and legitimately creepy moments. And with its FMV look it really makes you feel like you're watching an 80’s horror movie. I also like how you can change the story a bit, it's not like a choose your own adventure where every choice matters, no it's just certain things you need to do in order to not get a bad ending. The gameplay is pretty good, it’s like, well for a more modern example it’s kind of like Five Nights at Freddy's where you have to check different rooms with a security camera and when you see a monster you have to activate a trap to capture them. It was an interesting concept and the traps have good animation to them. The graphics are good basically it's an FMV from the actors to the set pieces it's all live action, but I found that pretty good since it made you feel like you were in a movie and in each room/set piece is quite good it makes it look like a real house. The levels were good it takes place in a house, but the house is quite memorable and there is not a lot of rooms, so you won't be getting lost. The characters were good, interesting, weird, bit over the top and fun, these characters you're going to love they're just quite memorable even if some are not on for that long. I really like the bad guys the Martins they're quite goofy but charming and a little intimidating and you can tell that the actors who played all the characters in the game were having a good time with it, which is always nice to see. The acting was good, definitely feels like acting for the time that you'd see an old B movie horror movies. The main game’s enemies the Augers are actually very good; they have a creepy looking design and strikes a good balance of goofy yet creepy, the best comparison to would be the clowns from Killer Klowns from Outer Space. The bonus features of this Anniversary Collection were very good not only do we get theater mode where we can watch all the scenes that played in the main game, we can also watch the documentary A Dangerous Game and learn the history of the controversy. I found it quite fascinating to watch and learn that this game was one of the main reasons why we have the game rating system and we also learned that because of the controversy this game was able to sell quite amazingly after the controversy, also those senators we're jackasses. Like seriously they definitely had no idea what they were talking about this game was about as violent as any horror movie that came out during the time maybe even less so. Anyway you can also watch an interview with the game’s writer/director and you can also play the proto game that helped make the scene of the crime, basically you have to figure out who stole a rich man's money. There’s also little bits of images you can unlock by doing certain things in the main game that shows some behind the scene things and when you're done all that, there's survival mode a game where you just capture Augers and try to get the best score. There is also you can play different versions/layout of the game from the 1993 layout to the 2017 layout. Okay then let’s talk about the dislikes, The game can be a bit frustrating at times like you have to capture a certain number of augers or its game over, problem is the game doesn't tell you how many you need to capture, luckily a person called theunivurs posted an answer to that in guides called Required captures (main game) which helped. There's also some bugs in theater mode, basically certain cutscenes didn't unlock even though I watched them multiple times, I even unlocked the achievement full motion video rental and still those things still remained locked. The scenes are the scene two in hallway one, scene six and Eleven in living room, scene fourteen in hallway two and scene seven in the bathroom. Also there's a missing scene in the game basically where Sheila Martin the matriarch vampire captured and bites the main character that scene is missing. Also I would have liked videos in of each of the augers falling into it various traps. Also the layout in 2017 re-release was bad for the reason that the map that each variation of the game had was too far back and blurry, should have been under the screen or right next to it. Okay then now that I told you this Night Trap - 25th Anniversary Edition is a good cult classic horror game and a pretty good anniversary game as well, it has a pretty good story, good characters and very good bonus features. So I do recommend this game if you want to play one of video games classics and you're looking for a cheesy kind of horror game this is for you, also apparently there's going to be a sequel night trap, I honestly can't wait it'll be interesting to see what a sequel to night trap will be like with today's technology and a bigger budget.

♫♫Love is easy by the light of day You get the boys to fade away Though at sundown when darkness falls Passion burns and danger calls So, girls, go out only if you dare You better be good You better beware Night Trap!♫♫