Others - Completed - Nightmare sphere [v1.02] [Mickmanx]

3 stars? On one of the best controlling metroidvanias ever made?

No, I think not.

Nightmare sphere is a classic side scrolling platformer/hack and slasher, with focus on the combat. You end up over time with amazing control over the main character, including something like five jumps and multiple dashes. I have never, before or since besides the sequel (nightmare sphere zero), seen such fluid movement which you completely control. The game is a joy just to move around.

The combat, thanks to the controls, is quite fun, and a few enemies are a challenge, though ultimately with so many movement options it boils down to skill with them. The H content is bit lacking, being essentially small 3dish sprite sex, but unusually you can give birth, and what's more the monster "babies" will do what you'd expect horny demon slug babies to do to mommy.

Its an interesting game, the sequel, despite never being finished, is even better, but this is still very good. I love the controls, the combat is cool, and the h-scenes are decent, if not exactly going to rock anyone's world. Five stars.

I mean, how would I say this... This game is old AF.. But it is one of the most revolutionary game for me, this game is the one that jumpstart my love for platformers.. (Yes, I played this prior to diving into the Castlevania series.)

From what I could remember:
- This game have decent gameplay for a platformer.
- It has RPG elements like morality system / karma? (Collect red (Bad)/ white lights (good) karma / light fragment) by saving or killing / violating NPCs.
- NPC interaction is somehow affected by this karma system.
- Necrophilia warning (You can Rope downed humans / NPC to recover HP (It will turn them into undead and you will acrue Bad karma))
- Pregnancy and child birth as part of gameplay
- Some platform level is annoying and as evident of it's age, several quality of life options are not available.
- H might be clunky to trigger. You might have to be downed / off balanced to trigger H without dying.
- Key binding here is annoying so read the instructions first before playing.

Hmm, I am not sure how to rate this.

Apparently this is an older game - never heard of it before.

The gameplay is actually surprisingly fun. I played for 30 minutes so far and it feels rather smooth so far.

For the gameplay, this seems to work well. And I like a metroidvania. Heck I loved Kurovadis by Kyrieru back then.

However, regarding the H-Content... it's there. But it's badly visible. I don't know if there will be a gallery after beating or so. I don't know which enemies you can have sex with. Apparently I am too dumb to get fucked.

From what I have seen, H-Scenes are only initiated by you being hit to the ground - not every enemy can do this... and you lose HP when being raped. Actually enemies recover HP when they rape you - I think this is fun.

So, I would say - The Gameplay alone is actually fun! Maybe about a 4/5 for me?
However,I am here for the Ecchi, and although it's there, it's tough to experience it, so I will rank it 2/5 as H-Game for the Lewd stuff. If it at least zoomed in on sex scenes, or gave a detailed view on the side, it would be better.

But you are happy to try it and have a different opinion! I am happy about the early variation of enemies. You quickly fight Goblins, Dogs, Fairies, Slugs(?), Skeletons...

... I am just confused about the random names on the enemies? I don't understand what that is supposed to be good for.