Is Night Creatures a fun game?

[cho_aniki]

 
     Hello all,
                  I've been thinking of getting the game Night Creatures lately, does anyone have this game and is it any fun?

                  I have heard people saying it is flawed and the controls are terrible, but it just seems like the type of game I usually like so I would 
                  really like to try it.

                  Despite the flaws and all, is the game any fun to play or is it a game that one should avoid at all costs? 


                                                                                                                     

[cho_aniki]

     Sorry for the double post, I actually forgot to mention something.   I have found some info on the internet which says the Night Creatures 
     HuCard can work on a regular Japanese Pc Engine.

     Can anyone confirm this?


                                             

[runinruder]

Night Creatures can be fun if you're willing to laugh at it.  It's like a goofy Simon's Quest with poor controls.  The "quest" only takes about twenty minutes to complete if you know what you're doing or have a FAQ in hand, and there are only three tunes in the whole game.  It's not a well-crafted product by any means, and it's not something you should buy if you're looking for a serious quest game, but it's kitschy entertainment and fairly challenging (if not always for the right reasons). 

[Necromancer]

Night Creatures is 95% pure, unadulteratedly shit.  Like runinruder said - the controls suck and the music is lacking.  Add crap hit detection, poorly animated sprites, and repetitive game play, and you have one spectacularly trashy game.  On the plus side, some of the backgrounds do look pretty, but I would consider some of the other titles in the TG-16 library first.

[Keranu]

 

[Pcenginefx]

Night Creatures is hands down the worst game on the Turbo in my book.  Like previously stated, the controls are horrible and the hit detection is wayyyy off (meaning you will get hit a LOT.)

[nat]

It must be pretty bad if Aaron actually blessed us with a message.

[FM-77]

Wow, I thought it sounded interesting when I first saw this thread, and when Runinruder compared it to Simon's Quest, I was even more intrigued. The later responses killed all my hopes though.

[Black Tiger]

Night Creatures can be fun under the right circumstances, like if you commit yourself to beating it no matter what, like I did.

Although the collision is broken, its not much worse than Ninja Gaiden NES.

The graphics aren't terrible, its just that the game as a whole is so obviously unfinished.

It doesn't go for much, so if you're a fan of the TG-16 and adventurey games like Simon's Quest, its worth trying.

Its true that there are better Turbo games, but you can always say that there are better games when talking about any title.

I like it, so its possible that other people in the world may also be able to appreciate it.

[Turbo D]

I played  the rom on magic engine, wasnt very good. I suggest you test it out too, atleast before picking it up .

[FM-77]

You made it sound interesting again. Is there a japanese version?

[nat]

I believe it's one of those USA-only titles.

[FM-77]

Damn. I need a Turbo Grafx.

[cho_aniki]

   Actually, you don't need a Turbografx. 

   Apparently Night Creatures is the only US HuCard that works on a Pc Engine.

   

[ParanoiaDragon]

Can anyone confirm that?  I thought there was a different number of pins, on PCE cards, compared to Turbo cards.