Mary Skelter: Nightmares

Mary Skelter: Nightmares (神獄塔 メアリスケルター, Kami Gokutō Mearisukerutā) is a dungeon crawler role-playing video game for the PlayStation Vita developed and published by Compile Heart and Idea Factory. A port of the game was included with the release of Mary Skelter 2 for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.[2][3]

Mary Skelter: Nightmares
North American cover art
Developer(s)Compile Heart
Idea Factory
Publisher(s)
  • JP: Compile Heart
Platform(s)PlayStation Vita, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch
ReleasePlayStation Vita
  • JP: October 13, 2016
  • NA: September 19, 2017
  • EU: September 22, 2017
PlayStation 4
  • JP: July 12, 2018
Microsoft Windows
  • WW: July 19, 2018
Genre(s)Role-playing, dungeon crawler
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

The game is a first-person dungeon crawler role playing game where the player guides a party of Blood Maidens through living dungeons in order to reach each one's boss, the titular "Nightmares." When in battle within the dungeons, each Blood Maiden has a Blood gauge that lets them enter Massacre mode in order to temporally raise their stats and give them bonus skills. If left unchecked, however, the Blood gauge will cause the Blood Maidens to go into Blood Skelter mode and uncontrollably attack friend and foe alike.

Plot

The story starts with the main characters Jack and Alice escaping from a jail cell with the help a group of supernaturally powerful girls called Blood Maidens. It turns out the entire city has been absorbed by a malignant being known as the Jail, and it has been releasing hostile monsters called Marchens. Realizing he has the power to assist the Blood Maidens, Jack joins their forces in order to escape the Jail.

Reception

Mary Skelter: Nightmares received generally favorable reviews. It received an aggregated score of 70.80% on GameRankings based on 10 reviews[4] and 76/100 on Metacritic based on 14 reviews.[5]

Hardcore Gamer's Chris Shive gave the game a 3.5/5, saying that while the game, "won't blow anyone away", it was still "a well put together, enjoyable experience."[6]

References
  1. Peterson, Joel (August 18, 2018). "Review: Mary Skelter: Nightmares". Destructoid. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  2. "Mary Skelter 2 details more systems, Mary Skelter: Nightmares remake". Gematsu. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  3. Craddock, Ryan (May 13, 2019). "3D Dungeon-Crawling RPG Mary Skelter 2 Is Heading To Switch In The West". Nintendo Life. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  4. "Mary Skelter: Nightmares for PlayStation Vita". GameRankings. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  5. "Mary Skelter: Nightmares for PlayStation Vita Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  6. Shive, Chris (September 25, 2017). "Review: Mary Skelter: Nightmares". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  7. Jones, Jenny (September 25, 2017). "Mary Skelter: Nightmares Review (PS Vita)". Push Square. Retrieved March 9, 2020.|
  8. Moehnke, Mike (March 11, 2019). "Mary Skelter: Nightmares Review". RPGamer. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
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