First Impressions: Little Nightmares II Demo
How will the sequel compare to the original?
One of the surprise hits of 2017 was a horror-tinged puzzle platformer from Malmo, Sweden-based Tarsier Studios, called Little Nightmares. The game literally dripped with atmosphere, telling its story through the environment you were tasked with traversing. Terrifyingly-proportioned humans pursued your character relentlessly through a claustrophobic nightmare of a ship, gorgeous and vile at the same time. Brief blissful moments of safety punctuated the overall feeling of dread you faced throughout the adventure.
All of this made the original an instant classic, and more than 2 million copies later, we are on the precipice of the sequel. I’ve written about the first game and interviewed a co-founder of the studio, so the sequel has been at the top of my most wanted list ever since it was announced. Now that the demo has arrived, what does it show us about the developer’s vision for our re-entry into this world?
Back to The Maw
We’ve known for a while now that the game will take place in the same universe as the original, in a world known as…
