Last Year: The Nightmare

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  • Summary: Halloween night. 1996. A group of teenagers awake to find themselves trapped in a dark, twisted reflection of their sleepy hometown of Forest Hills. As they make their way across the East Side High School campus, they realize they are being hunted by a supernatural force taking the forms ofHalloween night. 1996. A group of teenagers awake to find themselves trapped in a dark, twisted reflection of their sleepy hometown of Forest Hills. As they make their way across the East Side High School campus, they realize they are being hunted by a supernatural force taking the forms of fearsome killers. Relentlessly pursued, the teens must band together to fight back, survive, and escape the terrifying anomaly they have come to know as The Nightmare.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Hooked Gamers
    Jan 11, 2019
    80
    Last Year: The Nightmare is off to a great start. It's a fun team-based horror title that is addictive to play and you can get lost in for hours, whether as the killer or the potential victims. My only real complaint with the game is that three levels is a bit on the slim side, but to their credit the maps are fantastic and exciting to play across the board.
  2. COGconnected
    Dec 27, 2018
    80
    Though I feel I’ve experienced every facet of what the game currently has to offer, I’ve enjoyed my time with Last Year: The Nightmare. It radiates the amusing aspects of teen horror films while introducing me to an excellent style of multiplayer, and I eagerly await the game’s evolution.
  3. CGMagazine
    Jan 31, 2019
    75
    Last Year: The Nightmare is an admirable take on the asymmetrical survival horror genre, and despite not doing too many things outside of the box, the stellar presentation and level of detail throughout helps the game survive long enough to warrant the price of entry for fans of the genre.
  4. IGN Spain
    Jan 9, 2019
    70
    An interesting way to re-conduct the style of Dead by Daylight. Powerful survivors able to win the battle if they work together. A good experience and full of strategical choices for the serial killer.
  5. Gaming Nexus
    Jan 22, 2019
    70
    While Last Year: The Nightmare shows a lot of promise, the game simply feels shallow at the moment. The game can be really fun at times but no progression, bugs and glitches and horrific balance issues can ruin all the fun.
  6. Game Informer
    Jan 15, 2019
    70
    The core gameplay offers moments of undeniable excitement, but without more depth, variety, and some sense of progression, Last Year won’t survive long against the competition.
  7. Multiplayer.it
    Jan 2, 2019
    68
    Last Year: The Nightmare shows a good potential, but is desperately needs additional content.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 16
  3. Negative: 13 out of 16
  1. DEVIIL
    Jan 8, 2022
    10
    The best in 2020 to 2022 Get it with free content, skins, creatures and characters now
  2. RandomKhaoz
    Dec 21, 2018
    9
    Last Year: The Nightmare is one of those games that has a lot of replay value. Sure there's not much since it just came out, but that doesn'tLast Year: The Nightmare is one of those games that has a lot of replay value. Sure there's not much since it just came out, but that doesn't mean it's a bad game like some people think. This game was obviously meant for fans of slasher horror flicks, so if you're not a fan of the horror genre, then this game is not for you. It is also an intense game, but once you get the feel of it, you're good to go.… Expand
  4. GodOfRanch
    Dec 22, 2018
    9
    This is a solid game if you are a fan of asymmetrical horror. There are some definite bugs to be fixed at launch as well as some much neededThis is a solid game if you are a fan of asymmetrical horror. There are some definite bugs to be fixed at launch as well as some much needed balance patches, however as a whole I give the game a buy. It's already better than similar games and is on par with dead by daylight which had a considerable head start.… Expand
  5. Khryn_Tzu
    Dec 20, 2018
    2
    I had high hopes for "Last Year The Nightmare." It had been in development for quite a while with a long drought of any real information,I had high hopes for "Last Year The Nightmare." It had been in development for quite a while with a long drought of any real information, then comes the PAX and the Beta. I merrily played the Beta and was interested but not sold. It's just a beta though, right?

    Then came release. A lot of the bugs and issues from Beta were not fixed. The balance of the game, while I realize multiplayer games can never be properly balanced, is still sorely out of the realm of fun.

    Having to use a workaround to get Push to Talk to work isn't something that should be on the player. And even with the workaround the game is still sonic chaos with people talking over each other and trying very poorly to be funny. Or as I have found out, racist and sexist openly because they have a microphone and internet.

    The lack of new content and objectives is truly damaging though. I can get over some bugs, lackluster graphics, and having to fix their own game to get PTT, but without content being pushed out this game is already going to be dead in water. They have a nice roadmap planned out, but so did Friday the 13th: The Game. Last Year:The Nightmare is following the same path as F13. Lack of variety in maps and objectives is going to drain the playerbase and any fun out of this game before it can take off.

    At present this game is a 2/10, maybe a 3/10 at best. Stick together, beat on the killer while making bad jokes, and enjoy the game while the playerbase lasts.

    This is another Friday the 13th, not a Dead By Daylight killer by any stretch of the imagination.    … Expand
  6. Parrots
    Jan 24, 2021
    1
    Last Year: The Failure. Poor devs, bad management that ban players for no reason, poor mans version of every survival type game there was,Last Year: The Failure. Poor devs, bad management that ban players for no reason, poor mans version of every survival type game there was, months of wait for Steam release, voice chat done so horribly on discord, etc.

    This game is a huge flop and we all called it. Good job Elastic Games, you released a boring dead on arrival game and even they abandoned it too. Grand opening of the company, grand closing.    … Expand
  7. death12123
    Jun 10, 2020
    1
    One of the worst game I have ever played.
    The developers are some of the worst people banning others for no reason, the characters are    One of the worst game I have ever played.
    The developers are some of the worst people banning others for no reason, the characters are generic and boring, Discord talk was garbage and feels almost no better on Steam, incredibly unbalanced, graphics are terrible, etc.

    Imagine Dead By Daylight, Friday The 13th and every other survival game possible like this mixed into a puke pile. Free to play phone games do better than this. Even the playerbase is more dead than Friday The 13th, a game that gets no updates at all.

    Pack it in and throw it away. Last Year: The Nightmare is the Last game Elastic Games should make.    … Expand
  8. zylex
    Jul 24, 2019
    0
    There have been no updates for months as well as 0 communication from the devs explaining what is happening, don't support this trash company

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