NTE's New Horror Commissions Vary Widely in Scare Level
The scare ratings and puzzle-skipping show NTE's horror content is optional in practice, and an author who tested all four found the range wide enough that players bad with horror can still complete them.
Reporting from 1 source: Automaton.
NTE: Neverness to Everness added four Anomaly commissions in Ver.1.4, all with horror elements: a tiny-person escape from a giant kitten, a haunted house, a nightmare world, and a ghost bus full of mannequins. The horror varies sharply across them, and new character Kurobane's flight and item use can skip puzzles and chases outright.
The four Ver.1.4 additions land across a range: the mirror-world escape with the giant kitten is rated 1 out of 5, while the ghost bus of mannequins sits at the other end and stopped the author in their tracks. The ratings are the author's personal fear level, not a verdict on how fun each one is.
Mechanics cut against the scares. Kurobane, a new Ver.1.4 character, and Requiem can fly past furniture footholds and puzzle gimmicks. Those shortcuts are the same kind of accidental power creep the author treats as typical NTE.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.