Dougs Nightmare Review (PlayStation 5)
Dougs Nightmare Review, What is a banana to do when he’s haunted by anxiety and inner demons? Doug’s Nightmare is a cartoony, hand-drawn bullet hell where your job is to help Doug the banana overcome his worst fears by pounding them into oblivion! Part top-down twin-stick shooter and part beat ’em up, Doug’s Nightmare pits you against swarms of bugs, mushrooms, floating brains, and more!
Dougs Nightmare Review Pros:
- Decent hand-drawn graphics.
- 295.2MB download size.
- Platinum trophy.
- You get the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5 versions of the game.
- Two difficulties – Easy or default.
- Controls option – auto attack on/off.
- Twin stick shooter-style gameplay.
- Comic book-style cutscenes.
- Anxiety plays a huge part, as enemies surround you your anxiety bar drains, and slows your attacks. Once the bar empties the anxiety form shows up and you have to defeat them.
- Opening tutorial.
- Food can be picked up which heals you.
- Teddy bears can be found and collected to replenish your anxiety.
- The game is played across houses and dungeons, and each room is an arena and you have to clear a room in order to move into another room.
- You get to choose the route you take.
- Fast-paced combat.
- Gifts can be opened up for weapons and clothing drops like hats, tops glasses, shoes, and costumes. You can equip them from the gift menu.
- 2D perspective.
- You can equip two weapons at once and swap between them with a button press.
- Interactive elements in locations.
- The map fills in as you explore.
- You can find and fight hidden enemies in areas that are clear.
- Big boss battles.
- Dying has you respawn at the last checkpoint.
Dougs Nightmare Review Cons:
- Slow-paced shooter.
- The enemies move so fast all the time that you cannot help but take damage.
- Boss battles are very one-note and just a huge bullet sponge.
- Pickups like Health and Bears disappear despawn too quickly.
- You cannot remap controls.
- Little replay value.
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Dougs Nightmare:
Developer: Undev Games
Publisher: Eastasiasoft
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