Think your neighbor is a Doppelganger?
Here’s how to tell.
Nightmare Mode doesn’t take place in a normal office building.
Even the most convincing impostors have tells.
The Nightmare Office
The first, and most noticeable difference you will encounter, is thenew office.
Forplayers with Trypophobia, see to it you’vetoggled the Trypophobia featurein the controls of the main menu.
The Nightmare Office has a set of Trypophobia-triggering holes at thebottom rightof the screen.
Toggling the Trypophobia filter willcover these holes with goreso that they aren’t as obvious.
Insta-Death
The next major difference between Nightmare Mode and Arcade Mode is theimplementation of Insta-Deaths.
In theregularmode, youwouldn’t knowif you let a Doppelganger in until theend of the round.
However, in Nightmare Mode, Doppelgangers willmurder you instantlyupon being let into the building.
You’ll know right away when you’ve made a mistake.
Similarly,killing a Neighborwill result in a haunting, and you’ll get aspooky jump-scareon your screen.
double-check tobe as thorough as possiblewhen you are vetting visitors.
If you’re wrong, you won’t get to play any more of the round.
There are a bunch of new Doppelgangers to meet, so keep trying Nightmare Mode until youmeet them all.
Some havespecial encounters, like the Mask Ghost whoappears three times.
The biggest visitor change is theKiller Clown.
Winningthe Killer Clowns game or cardsirritates him, butkeeps you safewhilelosingresults inlosing the whole round… and your head.
Nightmare Neighbors
The Neighbors in Nightmare Mode are altogethermuch differentfrom those in Arcade Mode.
The new Neighbors are allspookyand evena little gory.
However, despite their disturbing appearances, these Neighbors arestill friendlyand you still need toprotect themfrom alien Doppelganger invaders.
Nightmare Neighbors havemore complex appearancesthan regular Neighbors and catching cosmetic inconsistencies ismuch harderthan in Arcade mode.
Some Nightmare Neighbors like Chaugnar, have Doppelgangers whose appearance isonly off by a barely-visible horn tiporincorrect tattoo.
Youwon’t get a letter rankingat the end of your Nightmare.
Instead, this game mode functions on apass-fail system.
Winning the round means youbeat the Nightmaresuccessfully.
To do this, let all Neighbors in, and cleanse all Doppelgangers.
The fact that Nightmare Mode rounds don’t affect your ranking is agood thing.
It also means you canexperiment as much as you wantin Nightmare Mode without ranking repercussions.
The onlyexception is the Collector achievement,which is earned by collecting all achievements in the game.
Peaching
‘Welcome Peach as a VIP’
Meet Peach.
In My Restless Dreams
‘Welcome the Nurse as a VIP’
Meet the Nurse.
‘Survive the Nightmare Mode’
Successfully survive a round of Nightmare Mode.
Prodigious Mind
‘Complete the Evil Chester’s quiz’
Solve Evil Chester’s quiz with all correct answers.
It earns you a permanent ‘Chester’s Badge’ as a cosmetic item in your Nightmare Office.
‘Get haunted by the Mask Ghost’
Meet the Mask Ghost.
She shows up three times.
Letting her in is a safe bet as she will not harm you.
Headache
‘Be murdered by the Entity’
Kill two Neighbors.
Collector
‘Unlock all the achievements’
Earn every achievement in the game, not just Nightmare Mode achievements.
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