but it has a minor glitch where the controls will get highlighted if you hold them for too long. This doesn’t affect gameplay though but it is kind of visually off putting and with the haptic buzz it’s a little interrupting. Visually the game is the same with only a major difference of the number keys being on screen which cover up gameplay a little bit. I under stand why it’s there, I just wish they’d put the actions in the menu so the game could be more visually appealing. These problems won’t get fixed though obviously because the game hasn’t been updated in years and I’m sure Kadokawa is done developing this port. If you want the true Yume Nikki experience I suggest playing it on PC the way Kikiyama intended; plus it’s free on PC and Steam!

After reading the reviews, I had serious doubts about buying this app. But because I absolutely love this game so much, I decided to bite the bullet and I bought the app. First thing I noticed that that it was half the speed of the original. Many reviews say this, but I quickly discovered that you just have to turn off low power mode to have it run at normal speed. It is just like the original but with some inaccurate names for the effects, but other than that, I would say this is really worth it if you like Yume Nikki. But, there is only one problem. You can’t rotate the screen. It is always with the charger pointing to the right side of the phone, and even if you rotate the phone, nothing changes. But it’s not even that big of a problem, it’s only an issue if you are charging your phone and it creates an awkward angle.Overall, great app, and the other reviews are making it seem really bad, which it’s not. I like it a lot.

First of all, I never bother with reviews, but Yume Nikki is a game so near and dear to my heart that I can’t stand seeing it done so dirty. First of all, the price point. If I’m going to /pay/ for a game that’s free on PC, it better be good. Especially more than a dollar. A huge issue in the game is the framerate. Going up/down staircases easily takes double the time it would normally, and the bike effect and speed glitch do little to help that. It takes an excessive amount of time. The controls aren’t intuitive, but I understand porting a game like this onto a device with no keyboard is difficult.Another technical issue is the fact that the music clips almost constantly, making some areas a pain to be in with sound on.There’s also a nitpick with the changing of some names. Medamaude and yuki onna have been changed to “eye palm” and “snow woman,” which makes it hard for a die hard fan to locate in the menu.I’m excited to have a version I can take anywhere, but there are too many flaws right now for me to be able to excuse having to pay three dollars for an otherwise free game.

So I’ve never played Yume Nikki before, and after the pain of trying to get it to run on PPSSPP (it’s a long story) I just decided to get the iOS port. I haven’t played it much, but after a little bit, I noticed a couple bad issues with the port. It looks, sounds, and runs great (with low power mode OFF) on my iPhone 14, but the touch controls are really bad. I tried connecting my Backbone, but it doesn’t work. There’s also clicking in the audio sometimes, and again, the touch controls are just miserable. If you hold on it for too long, it highlights it and does haptic feedback. Other than the awful touch controls and it costing money, it’s a good port.