Nightmare Creatures II

Nightmare Creatures II is a survival horror video game developed by Kalisto Entertainment and published by Konami for the PlayStation and Dreamcast. It is the sequel to Nightmare Creatures.

Nightmare Creatures II
Developer(s)Kalisto Entertainment
Publisher(s)Konami
Programmer(s)Stéphane Le Dorze
Artist(s)Pascal Barret
Composer(s)Frédéric Motte
Platform(s)PlayStation, Dreamcast
ReleasePlayStation
  • NA: 23 May 2000
  • EU: 12 October 2000
Dreamcast
  • NA: 8 June 2000
  • EU: 8 September 2000
Genre(s)Survival horror
Mode(s)Single-player

Plot

In 1934, Adam Crowley, an occultist and antagonist from the previous game, has created a vast race of mutant creatures, which he is using to wipe out a group of monster hunters called the Circle. Meanwhile, Herbert Wallace, a patient at Crowley's genetics hospital, escapes from captivity, armed with an axe. He arrives in London, where he discovers evidence of a picture of Ignatius Blackward, who in the previous game with Nadia Franciscus had defeated Crowley. In a fire, Wallace is rescued from it by Rachel, the only surviving member of the Circle. They head their separate ways, with Wallace venturing to Crowley's castle, only to discover that Crowley himself is not there, but he is in Paris.

He then falls down a chute, which leads to a biplane that he flies to France. Wallace enters a cinema, where he finds a note from Rachel informing him that she knows of Crowley's plans. He then proceeds onwards to a museum to meet up with Rachel, but unknown to Wallace, Rachel is captured by zombies. Wallace then enters the museum, where he finds a detailed blueprint of the Eiffel Tower, along with some of Crowley's plans. In a crypt which Wallace enters, he is attacked by zombies, escapes in a car, and crashes in an elaborate graveyard after getting assaulted by a zombie that hid in the back, where he finds a part of Rachel's shirt snagged on a tree.

Wallace departs from the graveyard, and falls into a sewer, which in turn takes him to the Paris underground, where he finds evidence of documents of ancient cults, and leads to the Eiffel Tower. He then climbs to the top of the structure, where he finds a grotesque monstrosity. Using dynamite, he explodes the creature, only for the explosion to throw him off the top of the spire. However, his fall is cushioned, and he is reunited with Rachel, whereupon they walk away together. Whether Crowley is plotting his next scheme or gone forever is completely unknown.

Gameplay

The gameplay is similar to the previous installment, seeing the adrenaline bar abandoned and the addition of fatality moves to execute weakened enemies.

Music

The game features licensed music from Rob Zombie in the cutscenes while the in-game music was composed by the Nightmare Creatures composer, Frédéric Motte.

Reception
Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
DreamcastPS
AllGame[1][2]
EGMN/A4.83/10[3]
Game Informer5/10[4]5.25/10[5]
GamePro[6]N/A
GameRevolutionF[7]C−[8]
GameSpot5.9/10[9]5.3/10[10]
GameSpy4/10[11]N/A
IGN5/10[12]8.3/10[13]
Next Generation[14]N/A
OPM (US)N/A[15]
Aggregate score
GameRankings49%[16]64%[17]

Greg Orlando reviewed the Dreamcast version of the game for Next Generation, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "Konami's 'dream' turns out to be nothing 'but clouds in our coffee.' (We sincerely apologize to Carly Simon.)"[14]

The PlayStation version of Nightmare Creatures II received "mixed" reviews, while the Dreamcast version received "unfavorable" reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[16][17]

References
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