Nightmare of Decay review

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, today is a game I found while trying to decide. Which games to get for my birthday, one of them was Cultic. I also gotten the rest of the games for Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium. The last game in that purchase was Nightmare of Decay. I finally dive right in indie games heavily inspired by Resident Evil series.

Nightmare of Decay (2022)

The beginning as well as the ending felt heavily inspired by Silent Hill 4: The Room. More directly exploring the apartment room in first person. I even say this looked better than that in comparison. As soon as the nightmare begins, it quickly started to felt like classic Resident Evil games. In most aspects, it felt just like those PS1 RE games many fans still play to this day.

Keep in mind, you are playing through the nightmare in first person mode. There are several classic RE references through out the game. Like the main hall looked very similar to that of Code: Veronica on Rockfort Island. A few enemies like zombies, zombie dogs, giant spiders and knight like enemies. They even hid an enemy reference to RE4's Regenerator.

Surprisingly tough enemy isn't a boss in the game. All the bosses do have health bars with their names present. Personally, I felt the most difficult boss fight was the three knights. Another boss creature is a bigger spider, a few RE boss references there. The one boss I wasn't even expecting is a killer rabbit. This could've been a reference to a particular Monty Python movie.

Which the game Shadow Warrior classic version openly references that too. Also expect to die a lot in this game. I would say the difficulty at best I played it on Normal. Normal quickly felt like Hard to me. I was struggling in a few ways which I will touch on shortly. Not only that, sometimes getting a few stuff you don't know what to do next.

You get a few weapons mostly the expected stuff in older RE games. Ammo can be a little hard to find at times. Thankfully, later on you do get a crowbar. Which takes time getting use to but helps in taking out zombies. Audio wise, all of it is done amazingly well. You do get an map to help get your way through. There's some puzzles but a good amount of stuff that requires things is mostly straight forward.

You also get a lot of save locations. Unlike classic RE games, nothing is required. So you can save as much as you want. There's a good variety of areas as you explore. You also got to deal with cultists, a reference to RE4 & possibly Blood on DOS. There's a locked room with a psychopath you could kill if you wanted to.

Like RE4, a little hidden are two shooting gallery mini games. Personally, the later ones is my favorite. A huge tip, use the pallet gun for these to not waste ammo. Unlike RE4, you will lose ammo using them in these mini games. Both of them has three prizes depending on your score. Yes it is possible to get all three prizes in a single go.

The difficulty was similar enough to the PS1 RE games for the most part. You will keep running into this black cat that talks to you. Yes you heard correctly, a black cat is your only ally. It is easy to get confuse where to go or being so low on ammo limiting your options. Which the later kept happening to me. You also get to see some surprising moments like a few suicides.

The game does the horror aspect incredibly well. You also can read files you come across. They do reference the card shape keys from RE2. You actually get to use most of them on a handful of doors. You also need to find bolt cutters. Which is becoming more commonly use in RE games. The game itself has plenty of surprises you won't expect.

There's a mess up side quest, you meet a creature in a wall. They simply want three female heads to collect. So you have the option to locate those missing heads then place them correctly. The magnum takes a little longer than expected to fire. You can sprint from enemies but be careful to not use too much of it or get grabbed by another enemy.

Speaking of that, it is very possible ganged up by enemies to die a lot faster in this game. You can use the famous shotgun trick done a little differently here. It's a bit mixed when you get grabbed. The only times you wanna get grabbed is if you're about to hit them with the crowbar or a powerful firearm. The enemy placement overall is mostly done incredibly well, little to none felt cheap to me.

You have no idea how bad I wanted to relive the feeling of classic RE games recently. I truly felt that through Nightmare of Decay. Stuff like this, I will keep a closer eye on indie horror games. Yes I'm aware youtuber Markiplier also played this game in a few YouTube videos. Among beating the game is a few modes to play.

The title itself is virtually perfect for the game. Some sections felt like reliving classic RE locations in a nut shell. This felt like they took the PS1 RE games remixed them into an awesome first person horror game. Clearly, the team behind this loves Resident Evil series. I can't necessary call this an RE clone game.

There's a major difference between knock off games & games inspired by them. Knock offs makes some changes but kept what they're pulling from RE like Cold Fear or Countdown Vampires. Games inspired by Resident Evil series felt like true fans recreated those RE memories through their own games.

Hell to even get this on Steam, I give respect to the team. I am not going to lie, my issues with the game aren't game breaking neither the difficulty simply too high. It's just a game you may want to use a guide most likely video walkthrough of the game. Trust me, watching some of it will go a long way here. I also liked one particular chest so happens to be a creature too.

Nightmare of Decay is absolutely mind blowing awesomeness. This is how I wanna relive the glory days of Resident Evil. The graphics sorta similar enough to PS1 RE games. Obviously, this made Resident Evil Survivor even worse because this was the real way of doing the same concept. Yes I'm sure a lot of people within RE community already knows about this game.

I say this is hands down an absolute must own/must play game. I would even say for being five bucks, this felt more like a game worth ten bucks or a little higher to me. So I quickly felt the price is great right off the bat. Nightmare of Decay is a truly amazing survival horror game that works incredibly well.