<s>
NightCry	B-Application
is	O
directed	O
and	O
written	O
by	O
Clock	O
Tower	O
series	O
creator	O
Hifumi	O
Kono	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
considered	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	O
in	O
March	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
in	O
January	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
were	O
also	O
planned	O
,	O
but	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NightCry	B-Application
largely	O
takes	O
place	O
on	O
the	O
Oceanus	O
,	O
an	O
ocean	O
liner	O
attacked	O
by	O
an	O
evil	O
creature	O
called	O
the	O
Scissor	O
Walker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NightCry	B-Application
is	O
a	O
3D	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kono	O
notes	O
that	O
the	O
female	O
protagonist	O
of	O
NightCry	B-Application
is	O
louder	O
and	O
more	O
confident	O
than	O
the	O
female	O
protagonist	O
from	O
Clock	O
Tower	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
took	O
to	O
crowdfunding	O
platform	O
Kickstarter	O
to	O
raise	O
funds	O
for	O
a	O
PC	O
version	O
in	O
January	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
29	O
March	O
2016	O
,	O
while	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
port	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
31	O
January	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critical	O
reception	O
to	O
NightCry	B-Application
was	O
mostly	O
negative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Caitlin	O
Cooke	O
of	O
Destructoid	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
2	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
in	O
light	O
of	O
the	O
numerous	O
game-breaking	O
bugs	O
,	O
the	O
absence	O
of	O
voice	O
acting	O
from	O
most	O
scenes	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
unreliable	O
controls	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
which	O
remained	O
even	O
after	O
several	O
post-release	O
updates	O
,	O
she	O
could	O
not	O
"	O
recommend	O
anyone	O
play	O
NightCry	B-Application
unless	O
you	O
have	O
a	O
steel	O
resolve	O
,	O
unlimited	O
time	O
on	O
your	O
hands	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
penchant	O
for	O
terrible	O
physics	O
and	O
animations	O
straight	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
PS2	O
era.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
gave	O
it	O
two	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
stars	O
,	O
and	O
summarized	O
,	O
"	O
I	O
had	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
fun	O
playing	O
NightCry	B-Application
,	O
but	O
I	O
have	O
to	O
admit	O
that	O
the	O
nostalgic	O
feelings	O
it	O
evoked	O
made	O
me	O
much	O
more	O
willing	O
to	O
overlook	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
many	O
flaws	O
,	O
as	O
objectively	O
it	O
’s	O
far	O
from	O
the	O
best	O
of	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ambition	O
and	O
the	O
unique	O
vision	O
of	O
NightCry	B-Application
genuinely	O
make	O
me	O
excited	O
that	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
future	O
in	O
traditional	O
gameplay.	O
"	O
</s>
