Little Nightmares succeeded in simplicity, the easiest solution to a puzzle was usually the right one, and mastery of stealth and movement came quickly. Luckily these are very rare encounters and were not enough to soil my overall impression and experience with the game. Add to that the difficulty of timing and aiming these swings in 2.5d, and it ends up being incredibly frustrating. These weapons swing incredibly slow, with each swing leaving you vulnerable for a second if you miss, and everything that attacks you will kill you in one hit. These are sections that require you to grab ball-peen hammers or broken pieces of pipe to smash the porcelain heads of evil dolls, or try and smash the disembodied hands of various mannequins. These combat encounters are mercifully few and far between, but still left me frustrated every time. The change I am referring to is the new combat mechanic. Little Nightmares II succeeds in all the same ways the first one did, although the one big attempt to change things up was ultimately the only miss for me.

Tarsier Studios got started making DLC for Little Big Planet in partnership with Media Molecule, and some of that influence can be found in the Little Nightmares universe. The fact that Little Nightmares was able to stand out as one of my favorite games in a year that was packed with so many good games really says something about Tarsier Studios first full outing. 2017 brought us Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Nier: Automata, Nioh, Horizon: Zero Dawn, and so many more. Little Nightmares was a surprise hit that managed to stand out in a year full of incredible releases.

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