Jack and the Blood Team will face countless perils in regaining all that has been lost, to finally escape once and for all!
Enter the world of Mary Skelter: Nightmares - a darkly sinister dungeon-crawling RPG set in a mysterious tower inspired by twisted fairy tales. Guide your hero Jack and a band of powerful Blood Maidens, the only heroes capable of cutting a path through a living dungeon inhabited by Nightmares – near unstoppable creatures that unceasingly pursue you through fiendishly constructed labyrinths. Fight through legions of “Marchens” using your Blood Maidens’ unique powers and the blood of your enemies to exploit weaknesses, buff your skills and enter a powerful ‘Massacre’ mode to gain the edge in combat. As the Blood Maidens cut through their enemies only Jack’s blood and the Mary Gun can hope to control the Blood Maidens’ violent heroics. A bloody, dungeoneering challenge awaits!
- Customize your characters with 20+ jobs, each with their own unique skillset and stats!
- Challenging Nightmares chase you through the dungeons – use special abilities to lay traps and gain the advantage before battle! Some say there are giant Nightmares so large they span multiple floors…
- Fill your blood meter to transform and deal more damage in the powerful Massacre mode, or reduce it to heal the party and receive stat boosts!
- Explore the twists and turns of the Jail and satisfy its bloody curdling desires to earn helpful Jail Bonuses in your quest to escape!
MARY SKELTER: NIGHTMARES ©2018 IDEA FACTORY / COMPILE HEART All right reserved. Licensed to and published by Ghostlight Ltd.
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KotHellPrayer
Games: 133 Reviews: 1
Pretty decent!
July 19, 2018 Verified owner
Mary Skelter: Nightmares is a dungeon crawling RPG, so it's pretty different from Idea Factory's most titles, such as Fairy Fencer and Neptunia series. It was launched originally for the PS Vita system, so don't expect the best graphics (as if would matter, as it's anime-style animated). I've played the original version, that explains why I'm reviewing it with less than one hour in-game here. The game is good and very enjoyable. It's not the best DRPG or a game you'll remember for decades, but it's too good for RPG fans to avoid it. Basically, the plot is set in a place called Jail, where you play as Jack and Alice (both inmates) to uncover its mysteries. You'll meet other maidens while you play the game, having more strategy options during battles (obviously). I've played on GOG the
SonataFanatica
Games: 341 Reviews: 14
Very good dungeon crawler
July 19, 2018
If you have a soft spot for first-person dungeon crawlers with single-step movement, 90-degree turns and turn-based combat (as in the Etrian Odyssey series, Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey or Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers), this one will definitely be right up your alley. The labyrinth you're traversing is divided into several districts, which are also interconnected, so that there's a big and quite varied world. Characters in this game are mostly girls that are based on characters from folklore and fairytales. Apart from the protagonist, there are Alice (from Wonderland), Gretel (from Hansel and Gretel), Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Thumbelina, Rapunzel, Kaguya from Japanese culture, and Cinderella – though they are depicted as some kind of "American McGee anime
MAjestyOfOmneQ
Games: 34 Reviews: 4
A truly quality Dungeon RPG!
July 19, 2018 Verified owner
TLDR; Amazing Dungeon RPG with minimal fan-service, an intriguing plot and fantastic mechanics! Mary Skelter: Nightmares is a First Person Dungeon RPG with Turn-Based Combat... and a realtime thrill! The plot is wonderfully dark! Enter the Jail: a violent construct packed to the gills with 'Merchans' - various creatures hellbent on Alice and Jack's demise. Team up with a group of survivors known as Dawn to investigate not only the labyrinth that has imprisoned them... but also to discover the truth behind the Blood Maidens. Merchans act as the game's random encounters. Walk around or hit an event and a turn-based battle will ensue. However, those who have played Etrian Odyssee will face an innovative take on the FOE: 'Nightmares'. The dungeon will go dark and on higher dificulties,
rkohnj
Games: 355 Reviews: 1
Fun and expansive dungeon crawl!
July 20, 2018
First off: I have the PS Vita version, so this review won't cover any issues that might have occurred while porting the game over to PC, if any. Mary Skelter: Nightmares is a very expansive grid-style dungeon crawler. The art is nice, with lots of variations for each character. The dungeon crawling is fast-paced and there are a lot of interesting mechanics that depend on the special abilities of each character. There are lots of traps that require the use of character or player skills. Some of the maps are incredibly large, which reduces the requirements for grinding--as a concrete example, one of the areas consists of around five floors, each on a 60x60 grid. Just exploring these areas fully gets you most of the experience you need to advance. The class/job system is well
Erbsenbrei
Games: 378 Reviews: 2
Nice entry dRPG
July 23, 2018
Having originated on the Vita (on which I've also played the title), it had quite tough competition along side of Demon Gaze I + II, Operation Babel/Abyss and last but not least the Vita dRPG heavy weights of SoSC and DT2. dRPGs are a dying breed and thus, as a fan of the genre, picking up any title may be a worthwhile long term invest. This game in particular isn't outstanding but not entirely bad, either. I personally have not cared a lot for the story and the characters but the dRPG elements. Unlike most dRPGs this one does come with a story though, so that may be a plus for some - particularly if one happens to like it. You've got your usual tropes covered and characters aren't particular deep, let alone developing. Dialog can be tedious and suffers a bit from the P5 syndrom where