![]() ![]() A Friend in Need: In the first game, when Marchani appears to rescue you in the final boss fight and in One Night: Full Circle, if you get the good ending.Kind of subverted though, in that you get penalised for killing too many monsters.Actionized Sequel: The third game is clearly more action focused than the first two games, with multiple equippable weapons and the ability to bludgeon random monsters.Also kind of subverted with Tom in One Night: Full Circle, who's actually a shadow person and not even human.Kind of subverted with Colt in One Night and One Night: Full Circle, given that he is a CIA agent, though he's arguably as unprepared for the events of the series as any other character.Action Survivor: All of the protagonists, especially those of the second game such as Sara, who writes books for a living.Technically, it's not abandoned, but is 'has' been out of commission for several months by the time you get to it.Abandoned Hospital: You get to explore one in the third game.Abandoned Laboratory: The original game takes place in 'The Complex', which is primarily a research facility, though also includes an office building and a prison.The One Night games contain examples of these tropes: However, it was ultimately cancelled, as the creator refocused on the Legionwood series. Initial fan reaction is that the game is quite a departure from the original trilogy, though this seems to be intentional, as the developer has stated that he intends to give the series a graphical overhaul and reinvent the gameplay. Funds for the game's development were raised through an Indiegogo campaign, and a playable demo of the game which includes the first area has since been released. Ī follow up to the series, titled One Night 4 was announced in early 2013. ![]() The three games are free to download here. ![]() In 2012, the author of the games released polished versions of each one with rewritten dialogue and additional puzzles, and the games continue to be updated on a regular basis. The first game is notable for being the very first survival horror game made in the engine. The One Night games are regarded by most as being some of the better horror games to come out of the RPG Maker scene, having been reviewed and featured in gaming magazines such as PC Gamer, as well as being the subject of several Let's Play videos, which usually involve people screaming incoherently into microphones with a shaky scare-cam. ![]() The series' story is known for being particularly complex and branches across multiple timelines and alternate dimensions, though it's mainly just an excuse for the horrors that the characters are subjected to, which, by RPG Maker standards, are pretty damn scary. The three games, presented in non-chronological order (much like Yahtzee's Chzo Mythos) chronicle the struggles of a series of protagonists against a supernatural race known as Shadow People that attempt to undermine the human race. The One Night Trilogy (sometimes referred to simply as One Night, after the first game) is a series of freeware survivalHorror/adventure games created by Dark Gaia Studios (who later went on to write sci-fi novels) in RPG Maker VX, comprised of One Night (2008), One Night 2: The Beyond (2010) and One Night: Full Circle (2011). ![]()
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