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Last Year: The Nightmare is an asymmetric survival horror video game developed by Canadian studio Elastic Games. It was released for Microsoft Windows on 18 December 2018, distributed via Discord.

Last Year: The Nightmare
Developer(s)	Elastic Games
Publisher(s)	Elastic Games
Engine	Unreal Engine 4
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release	18 December 2018
Genre(s)	Survival horror
Mode(s)	Multiplayer

Gameplay

Set in a high school in 1996, the game pits five Classmates against a Fiend who can switch between three of four characters: The Giant, The Slasher, The Spider, and The Strangler.[1] Classmates roam the map completing a variety of objectives in order to escape, while the Fiend tries to stop them from doing so.[2][3] The Fiend is able to despawn and respawn outside the Classmates' line of sight with an ability called "predator mode".[2][3] This mode also allows them to place traps for unsuspecting classmates.[4]

Development

Kickstarter

In late 2014 Elastic Games decided to open a Kickstarter to fund the game. The initial goal was 50.000 CA$ but they ended up receiving 114.711 CA$

2016

In 2016 the first verion of Last Year alpha came to live and it was the first design of the game. Most of the things of this build did not make up to the end of the game, such as: Barricades, light traps, wire traps...

2017

In this version of the alpha not too much things changed compared to the live version of the game but here are some of the things that were changed: -Thins could actually interact with the environment, for example: You could break the generator from advancing or stop the bell tower escape gate from opening. -A workbench was added as an alternative to craft without a crafting kit. -In the final build of this alpha there was a progression build that allowed the classmates and thins to gain exp. based in the actions that they made while playing the game.

2018

A trailer for Last Year: The Nightmare was released in September 2018.[5]

Release

Last Year: The Nightmare had a closed beta period on 2–5 November 2018.[6] The game was distributed "first on Discord" for 90 days, after which the game could also be distributed via other Windows game vendors.[7]

2019

A re-launch, Last Year: Afterdark, was released on 10 December 2019 via Steam.[8]

Late 2021

Due to the bankruptcy of Elastic Games,[9] the game is no longer available on any platform, and owners of the game cannot launch it.

Reception

Last Year: The Nightmare received mixed reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the game holds a score of 73/100 based on 10 reviews.[10]

Jordan Devore of Destructoid praised the art direction of the game, saying it made matches "spontaneous and varied."[4]

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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[de] Last Year: The Nightmare

Last Year: The Nightmare (dt.: Letztes Jahr: Der Albtraum) ist ein asymmetrisches Survival-Horror-Videospiel, welches von dem kanadischen Entwicklerstudio Elastic Games entwickelt wurde. Es wurde am 18. Dezember 2018 für Microsoft Windows veröffentlicht.

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- [en] Last Year: The Nightmare

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