I unfortunately pre-ordered this game thinking that it might be actually good. Oooh boy was I ever wrong about that, but I was younger and far dumber and gave into the hype back then. They even have the audacity to claim that Kikiyama consulted on this game which is just...LMAO. Don't be a dummy and make the same mistake I did. Instead, save your time, hard-earned money, and sanity and don't ever bother playing this insipid 3D garbage game, never ever. In fact, just forget that this abomination even exists at all, like how Pluto isn't a planet anymore. Close your eyes and wipe it from your mind. Then go and play the original Yummer Nikker masterpiece instead, which is now also on Steam, FOR FREE. Now that's a dream worth having.

tldr, don't bother, just play the original - it's amazing

first, the good:
-the music (although it is mostly remixes)
-the redesigns of stuff from the original game are cool
-it looks good sometimes
-you can collect and view concept art
-there's some original stuff and its alright
-uhhhh.... the minigames are pretty fun

now the rest:

the main problem is the fact that progression is mostly linear while the original can be beaten in any order. you need to get this thing to give to this guy to get this thing to do whatever and you need this effect to get to this area to get this thing, etc

another problem is not knowing what to do, which was part of the original game but there it was fun because exploring in the original was fun because the atmosphere was so unique. here, the atmosphere is worse and exploration is worse cus the areas are either 2d corridors or tiny 3d areas.

there isn't much platforming, and when it is there it's pretty bad cus you can't move the camera and you only get the umbrella effect (double jump) fairly late into the game

puzzles, there aren't many and they're mostly basic

there are also some jumpscares and chase sequences, which are inherently dumb to have in yume nikki, and the chase sequences are just "hold right and maybe jump"

overall, it pales in comparison to the original and as its own thing it ranges from okay to very bad. oh yeah and it's very overpriced

but i got a yume nikki profile background so i guess it was worth it :steamhappy:

i don’t typically leave serious reviews but this one felt right to do. i’ve grown up and played the original yume nikki multiple times over the last decade and i adore that game. i really truly hoped it would’ve been as magical as the original. in some aspects it does keep the magic, but in most, it’s lacklustre at best. i liked seeing all of the characters and scenery reimagined in a 3d world but dear god some of the chase sequences/puzzles/red light green light, etc etc, were so bad i couldn’t even bring myself to finish them. the street world with the eyeballs being one of the worst contenders. at what point does the eyeball have to reach to kill me? how am i supposed to lure an eyeball to a hand if they just follow me around? it genuinely just doesn’t make sense to me. and the platforming aspect is REALLY hard considering you can’t move your camera. and the linear progression takes away one of the most fun parts of the original game. i was really looking forward to playing this, but my excitement was ill founded. no disrespect to the devs, because i see what the image you were going for was, i just feel the execution was lacking.