
If one’s imagined world of nightmare and the real world unite…. The hide-and-seek game of death in the world of nightmare begins. Discover hints and save yourself from the nightmare!
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similar to corpse party, free and quick!!
[h1]Summer Nightmare — ~0.1h played | Achievements unlocked | Free[/h1] [quote][b]TL;DR[/b] — A free “school + curse + everyone dies” visual novel. Lots of bad endings (often the same vibe), predictable mystery, and a generous amount of gore. Not memorable, but hey: it’s free.[/quote] You know that kind of VN where you walk into a school, the atmosphere screams “something is wrong,” and five minutes later you’re watching people get turned into modern art? Yeah. Summer Nightmare is exactly that. The setup is simple: students, an “entity,” a mystery, and a steady descent into carnage. The game leans hard on bad endings—so hard that you might start feeling like you’re collecting variations of the same “well… everyone’s dead again” postcard. There isn’t really a shining “good ending” to chase either, more like “less bad” endings and a lot of “nope” endings. Story-wise, it’s competent but very fan-service in the narrative sense: it gives you the horror beats you expect, without surprising you. The culprit is “the one you’re not supposed to suspect”… which often means you’ll suspect them anyway. The writing does the job, but it’s not the kind of plot that will stick to your brain for weeks. Content warning is crystal clear though: [b]violence/gore[/b]. People getting chopped up, bodies, blood, the whole package. No sexual stuff here—just pure “welcome to the meat section.” Presentation is manga-style and… fine. Not ugly, not amazing: just correct. The audio is also “serviceable VN mood,” with small piano-ish mystery cues that do what they’re paid to do. Would I recommend it? If it cost money, I’d hesitate. Since it’s free, sure—try it, see if the vibe clicks, and move on if it doesn’t. [h2]QUICK SNAPSHOT[/h2] [table] [tr][th]Category[/th][th]Verdict[/th][/tr] [tr][td]Genre[/td][td]Visual Novel / Horror[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Hook[/td][td]Cursed school mystery + lots of bad endings[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Mature content[/td][td]Yes — Violence/Gore[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Steam Deck[/td][td]Unknown[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Achievements[/td][td]Yes[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Playtime (me)[/td][td]~5 minutes[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Buy advice[/td][td]Recommended (because it’s free)[/td][/tr] [/table] [h2]RATINGS[/h2] [table] [tr][th]Category[/th][th]Score[/th][/tr] [tr][td]Overall[/td][td]★★★☆☆[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Story / Emotion[/td][td]★★★☆☆[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Originality[/td][td]★★☆☆☆[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Gameplay[/td][td]★★★☆☆[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Art / Presentation[/td][td]★★★☆☆[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Audio[/td][td]★★★☆☆[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Pacing[/td][td]★★★☆☆[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Tech Polish[/td][td]★★★☆☆[/td][/tr] [/table] Curator group: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/mexargaming [/bbcode]
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Обожаю аниме новеллу рассчеленёнку без цензуры.
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Nice sound effects and gore artwork!
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Non mi sento di votarlo negativamente a causa delle CG, dato che c'è ne sono veramente tante e non sono fatte per niente male. Si vede che comunque gli sviluppatori si sono impegnati sotto questo punto di vista. I characters design si possono salvare in parte e anche le ambientazioni (seppur classiche) ci stanno. Però ragazzi... mamma mia quanto sono brutti i dialoghi. Sono piatti, (esattamente come le personalità di tutti gli studenti) noiosi e monotoni, e non trasmettono neanche alcun tipo di ansia o tensione. (che ti aspetteresti da dei ragazzi che hanno visto un sacco di cadaveri smembrati dei loro compagni di classe ma vabbè...) Onestamente non sono riuscito neanche lontanamente ad essere coinvolto dalla trama e ne ad empatizzare con qualcuno degli studenti. proprio ZERO! Più che altro, l'unica cosa che ho fatto dall'inizio alla fine di questa breve (per fortuna!) visual novel è stato ridere di quanto fossero fuori luogo i dialoghi e di quanto fossero cringe. Sembrava come se gli studenti si stessero tutti quanto facendo una passeggiata per il mercato con quei toni cosi scanzonati invece di avere l'ansia e la paura di poter diventare le prossime vittime XD. Come detto all'inizio, non mi sento di sconsigliarlo, però non prendetelo neanche lontanamente come se fosse un'horror perché non lo è! è solamente molto splatter, nient'altro.
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