What I liked about Nivalis Nights right away was the atmosphere of ordinary people's everyday survival in a city under the watch of corporate security forces (CorpSec). Raids and checks on citizens are an everyday occurrence, while a curfew, caused by the appearance of a mysterious serial killer, restricts movement at night.

Every day shopping in the supermarket is, for most of us, a boring routine. You go, pick up a few things while trying to emerge from a sea of shelves that call out for you to spend money even though you don't need any of it. When you avoid all those nasty "neighbors" and the rest of the population and finally return home, you feel an enormous sense of relief. This is why Discounty exists.