How Yume Nikki Defined a Generation of Misanthropes
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- This little game has no combat, or story. Its all about you exploring the twisted depths of your mind, and recording it in your dream diary. This is a game about being lonely, about being afraid, and about exploration. Its featured in Strange Gaming, after all!
Yume Nikki is a game released in 2004 using the RPG Maker engine. Its famous/infamous for its ambience, minimal storytelling, and exploration, but you probably knew that.
Yume Nikki is well-known, well-known enough to seem cliche to cover. However famous it is, you might be surprised how many people haven't played it, despite all the games that took so much inspiration from it.
Today, I seek to give you a retrospective on this interesting little piece of freeware as part of my Strange Gaming series, where I cover atmospheric and weird games. Subscribe for more strange games to be covered!
[If you came from the original video: • [OUTDATED] How Yume Ni... you're a legend]
What I changed is that I shortened the Kyuu-Kyuu-kun section, and added a new music track, as well as explain how the old Louis CK Russia story made me feel the exact same type of loneliness that Yume Nikki did.
My name is Peter, and I cover strange and interesting video games every single week. Join me in my journey to talk you ear off about every single one!
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►Timestamps:
Intro - 0:00
Humble Origins - 2:38
Exploration - 6:04
feelings - 19:37
Legacy - 28:54
Music used in order
-Graffiti City Clothes Shop - Yume 2kki
-White Noiz - Silent Hill 2
-Twilight - Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
-Dark Water - Yume Nikki
-Lotus Water - Yume 2kki
-Quet Water - Undertale
#yumenikki #rpg #rpgmaker #horrorgaming #strangegaming - Hry
this is the game that convinced baby 11 year old me that video games can be art and expression and not just tasks to be done, enemies to be slayed, and characters to be romanced.
Playing yume Nikki at 11 must be wild
I played yume Nikki at 11 for the first time😅
Way to make my first day back just as entertaining as mutahar did during the creepy gaming days.
Was that a side series from haunted gaming?
Yume Nikki is so, so, so special to me. I played it when I was a little girl myself, on my chunky little laptop. I was about ten or so and I played for years, long before it came out on steam; I played an English fan-patch. I had learned of the ending before I played, but it didn't change my experience. I just never ended it. I kept playing and exploring and discovering and never dropping effects. Sometimes, it did feel lonely, and a little anxiety-inducing, but in a way that was cathartic and even fun for me. I was a pretty lonely and isolated kid, so I think Yume Nikki made me feel seen somehow. I took comfort in it as it became more and more familiar. Once, during the part of the game where you can go inside the mountain on Mars, I just sat there in my little desk chair, watching and listening. And I cried. I didn't know why. I still can't really articulate it. But there's an artistry to the game that just wrenches emotions out of you wordlessly. It's probably why I have such a respect for surrealism today. I'd bring my laptop places just so I could play it if I knew I'd be gone awhile and needed something to do. Yume Nikki was, and still is, my comfort game, and it makes me so happy to see people picking it up and experiencing it for the first time. I was so stoked when it came out on Steam, which makes it easier than ever to recommend it to friends. It's so very special to me, and I hope people are discovering it for years to come.
This was a wonderful retrospective, and you helped me put into words why I love this game so much. Thank you!
This is really just a beautiful game. People can copy it as much as they want, but the og just has a certain vibe that’s unexplainable.
this video really struck a chord with me. i have been playing yume nikki since 2009, and love this video. it is the most intimate and understanding explanation of this game i have seen. you really nailed it on the head here and love the information you shared within the video, and those that you chose not to share as well out of respect.
i love the radiohead and yume nikki "feeling" comparison. yume nikki for me is one of those games that i go back to when i am in bad parts of my life to feel "understood", or to relate in a way, and do the same thing with radiohead. the empty world and loneliness especially when growing up had me relate to this game more and it became a lifelong interest of mine and influenced my life and my art to this day, and i haven't really seen many other people make this comparison or statement. despite how unnerving the creatures you encounter are, i can still start to recognize them as friends when i see them again.
thank you for making this video its awesome
the simple "hi vriska!" felt like an assassination attempt i got caught so off guard
AAAHH
i always wish i could play this game blind again, but i do feel a bittersweet comfort knowing the layout of the whole dream world and knowing where my favorite places are
I've been on and off obsessed with Yume Niki since I was roughly 13. At this point my main focus is achieving what Kikiyama got (or Banksy in a similar sense) - having my work realized but also being left the fuck alone day to day.
my guy youre using the outdated wiki. its been moved to the yume wiki page now !!!
also as someone whose been in yume nikki hell for several years and made many fangames, cool video i think its nice
I'm going to revisit this game.
It was a surprise to hear you discuss Radiohead in the middle of all this. I, for one, have felt comforted by their music (at least until I lost that connection with them after 'Hail To The Thief'). Still sometimes felt lonely, but there was always a strange optimism within it all. Maybe it was because I was in my formative years, and I was hungry for anything new, back when 'new' meant something worth pursuing. It felt like the band were with you, that they were saying "things can be dark, but it's okay"
These days, in my early forties, I feel more alone than ever sometimes.
Am I gonna watch this video, even tho I watched the outdated one just two days ago? Yes.
came here from the analog horror video, glad you mentioned that you have videos like this
what is "embarassing and awkward" about toby fox's interview with kikiyama?
exactly like he asked decent questions didn't really say anything too weird I don't see the issue
Plus if Tony actually asked about the game kikiyama 100% would not have freakon answered
I get so annoyed when people say toby wasted that interview or something. Like they think kikiyama was ready to dish out the deepest secrets of the motivations behind yume Nikki
The Trails joke kinda broke me lmao
your video is officially the first time i have heard of this game
Same. Saw it was on sale, searched for a review and found this. Figured if it's good enough to warrant a video essay, it's gotta be good.
@@FreddyBoBeddyyume nikki is and will always (with hope) be free :]
@eccentric_creampuff4983 Turns out I was looking at the sequel I guess. That's good to know though. I'll look it up.
@@FreddyBoBeddy hell yeah
And you were looking at yume nikki dream diary on steam. Most people think it’s bad, I think it’s meh? Don’t get it
It’s like a 3d remaster of the original yume nikki* but I think it only has like 2 hours of gameplay or something..
I started playing this game when I was around 8. Nearly 10 years later and I still play it religiously! Its so influential and powerful. I can't begin to describe the impact it has had on my life.
Oh, I see you updated the video. I'll change the link on mine.
Cheers!
Strange gaming i honestly think is the superior series on your channel compared to the analog horror stuff.
I think a pretty good comparison can be made with other ambient or electronic works like music by burial, natural snow buildings, akira yamaoka, william basinski etc.
I like it that when people describe this game, it really feels like they are describing their own dreams
I LOVE THIS BREAKDOWN THIS IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR
me wondering why people are looking at arg videos when in fact yume nikki is goated.
that is indeed one of the monument productions in history of games.
simple but as painter is sharing with receiver feelings and character via simplicity of paint, as that game through simplicity of patterns, repetetive sounds and basic convention of RPG Maker is sharing serious mental luggage
Absolute banger you are so underrated dude
25:35 lol Toby Fox swiped a few notes from Yume Nikki for the Ruins theme
good video :) (why the reupload though?)
Saw ur vid from the worst analog horror series, found ur channel. I love ur content keep it up
thanks for reminding me my country is a gold standard for misery and alienation
I wonder how an imscared video from you would go
I actually never played that game. Good idea for the future!
@@heypeterReal It's neat. Certainly has some unique ideas, especially for the time. Very much looking forward to whatever that dev makes next!
Worth a quick look, if nothing else.
Thanks for the video
the four horsemen of inspired by yume nikki and earthbound
Omori
Jimmy and the pulsating mass
Lisa the painful
and Undertale.
an online friend that convinced me to play yume nikki told me that one of the effects required going in and out of that house and turning the lights off some ridiculous amount of times, like 2000 or something. as tedious as it seemed, given how obscure a lot of the other things you can find in the game are, I felt inclined to believe him.
also as a side note, in japanese the number 2 is generally read as "ni", so the correct pronunciation for the title "yume 2kki" is "yume nikki", just like the original game.
He's baiting you to trigger the Uboa event lol. You get no effect from it but it's quite a jumpscare.
@@monochrome4937 I know, this happened almost 10 years ago.
19:00 I had an ad right after she jumped. dear god youtube what the hell
dotflow video when
This game made the “he is Already dead is doesn’t know it”
Good video :D
I knew about the existance of this game but i always thought it was an earthbound game and just 2 years ago i discoveres it was free. Man i regret not being into this game til recently
ive played yume nikki, its unofficial sequel, (all thanks to the web browser port)
VRISKA MENTIONED??????
Yumi Nikki is one of those games I always look back to as an iconic gem. One that should be played by those who can appreciate games for being art and not just collection challenges or adventurous storytellers. While Yumi Nikki may not have a concrete story to me, it does tell a lot simply by showing and not telling. It is an inspiration to many including myself, and one game that I'll forever respect at breaking the mold on how games needed to be. Not all games need to be "shooty, action, do this to get thing done" kind of game. Some games can be chill and not give you much and still be engaging. After all, less is more.
Yeah I'm inspired by it at some extent
I really wanna start my career as a game dev, i already signed up my bank acc, now i only need to find a good site i can raise my funds for the setup and what i should look up to learn more
After seeing some games as age went on after 2004 i learned some things
Guess starting a stream career along it might help with maintaining a stable base so i won't have many problems
I'm doing my part🪖
Im sorry but you lost me at radiohead
I swear I'm not basic. This sounds....Awfully boring.
The barracks must have a death wish 🎅🎅🧚
CAN YOU KIDS STOP RUINING THE COMMENTS SECTION FOR TWO SECONDS
@cyanbug3021 this man has already lost it he just doesn't know it 🎅🎅🎅🐈
you're a lil bored and mean
no idea what Yume Nikki is
One of the best bizarre video games ever made and it needs so much more love
I'm probably the few people who didn't really like this game. But it's because it feels purposeless, some secrets were too hidden for me (unless I look through walkthroughs), and in the end it doesn't even matter. But I do understand the appeal of this game and some places were definitely beautiful and fun to stay in. And some of the skills we have is really cute.
I prefer a Roblox fan game that has lore and THE MINSTRAL BLOXXER