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2.7 / 5

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Platform
PlayStation
Genres
Adventure
Player Perspective
Third person
Developers
Kalisto Entertainment
Publishers
Konami
Release date
May 24, 2000

Summary

Nightmare Creatures II drops the adrenaline bar of its predecessor and leans into brutal, fatality‑style moves that let you finish off weakened foes in graphic fashion. You play solely as Herbert Wallace, the escaped test subject, and the unlockable monster‑play option from the first game is gone, focusing the experience on a single, gritty protagonist.

The PlayStation version is notable for its soundtrack, which mixes original compositions by Frédéric Motte with licensed tracks from Rob Zombie’s *Hellbilly Deluxe* and *American Made Music to Strip By*. Critics were split: GamePro praised its mature rating, blood‑splattered visuals and sharp audio, while GameRankings recorded mixed scores for the PS release and unfavorable ones for the Dreamcast port. The Electric Playground even gave the PlayStation build a favorable preview, highlighting its polished action‑adventure feel.

Storyline

Nightmare Creatures II picks up in 1934, a full century after the events of its predecessor. The occultist Adam Crowley has bred a massive army of mutant creatures to eradicate the monster‑hunting Circle, while his captive patient Herbert Wallace breaks free from Crowley’s genetics hospital armed only with an axe. Wallace reaches London, discovers a photograph of Ignatius Blackward and Nadia Franciscus—heroes who once defeated Crowley—and is rescued from a blaze by Rachel, the Circle’s sole survivor.

Guided by a note from Rachel, Wallace follows a chute into a biplane that carries him to France. In Paris he battles zombies in a cinema, a museum, and a graveyard, uncovers blueprints of the Eiffel Tower, and finds ancient cult documents in the underground. He finally climbs the Eiffel Tower, detonates a grotesque monstrosity with dynamite, and is thrown from the spire only to land safely and reunite with Rachel.

The duo walks away together, leaving Crowley’s ultimate fate ambiguous as the story ends on a cliff‑hanger.

Edited by Maya Carter

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Game modes
Single

Alternative Titles

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