Night Gazers

"Who watches the watchmen? We do, honestly."

- Night Gazers

The Night Gazers are an enemy introduced in Dark Deception: Unchecked Limitations. They make their first appearance in Melodramatic Museum as the primary enemies.

Appearance
The Night Gazers resemble statues made of diamond in 19th century British suits, they often wield a cane, and similarly to their golden cousins, have a constant grin on their face.

In Frenzy Mode, their skin lights up in the dark, and they have red eyes. Their uniforms are also slightly darker.

Personality
The Night Gazers are posh and refined, but also sadistic and insane. They are very similar to the Gold Watchers in almost every aspect, but also view themselves as superior to all others due to their diamond bodies. They treat themselves as if they are perfect.

Powers
The Night Gazers have the same abilities as the Gold Watchers, but are also stronger and can teleport.

Behaviour
The Night Gazers use a more advanced version of Gold Watcher behaviour, only moving when not seen by the player. Unlike the Watchers, the Gazers will try to camp the player near Soul Shards at later parts of the level. The difference between the Night Gazers though will only accelerate their movement speed up when close to the player, but observing them for long enough, then they will teleport behind the player, therefore making it difficult to keep an eye on them for too long. However, their teleportation range is limited.

When a Night Gazer gets into range of the player, they will raise their staff and deliver a dangerous beam of dnergy directed towards the player. Much like Joy Kill's beam attack, this is a continuous beam which makes it significantly more dangerous as these will not only keep the player in place, but to also move freely, no matter If the player is looking away or directly at them. This beam does low damage per hit, but it can hit the player at a very fast rate because the Night Gazer tracks the beam towards the player if they move. After a number of seconds, the Night Gazer will stop shooting the beam. They will stand completely still with their staff for a cooldown before preparing to attack again.

Starting from Zone 3, the Night Gazers' AI have been dramatically upgraded to be more complicated, where they move and teleport independently outside of eye contact. By concentrating high amounts of energy from their staffs, the Night Gazers can shoot a triple barrage of laser projectiles all at once in the approximate direction of the player.

Trivia

 * E describes the Night Gazers as even more twisted and vile statues, and remarks that they are the main security system of the Museum. As such, the Night Gazers are considered to be far higher than the Gold Watchers in terms of rank and social standing, yet nonetheless still lower than Platini herself.
 * In terms of physical strength, the Night Gazers are superior to Platini, but do not possess anything against her speed and time stop.
 * While the Gold Watchers seem to be based around the 18th century, the Night Gazers are based around the 19th century.