#nex machina

[dottyduke]

Play These If You LOVE Returnal

[fancypantsrecords]

Game Music Collective - Restart: Finnish Game Music Revised | Self-released | 2023 | Black

[bleedchan]

top down shooters. twin stick shooters. whatever. due to steam family sharing, i finally got around to trying nex machina, synthetik, and the ascent.

nex machina: getting points and just monotonously shooting enemies works better in robotron, where it has a manic, wario ware-like pace and a difficulty and intensity and chaos level so high you just get blasted back by it. in contrast this is too polished and too long. i hate that all enemies are red and all humans are green. by the time i got to world 2, halfway through, i was just thinking, "this is way longer than a typical robotron run, and i don't have any new guns, and i'm still not an anime girl, and points aren't money to buy new clothes to have her wear…"

synthetik: also not kawaii at all. you can tell they really like crusader no remorse and hell, same. they made a twin stick tactical shooter out of it where standing still to get headshots and pressing different buttons to reload tactically is incredibly important. again, because i'm just a robot instead of an anime girl, there's not much compelling me to keep playing, especially when i have to worry about ammo and getting headshots and i move so slow.

the ascent: tries to be more like a diablo or path of exile, but fails some very key things: 20 minutes in, i'm still shooting guys with my default starting pistol, doing the lololol sewers quest isn't being a cyberpunk wage slave just the worst, lololol. like. no level ups, no new guns, and the basic act of walking around and shooting guys feels like shit, unlike something like say, torchlight 2. dunno. plus, yup, you guessed it, despite being graphically lush and detailed, it's very very ugly. very disappointing. i can't make myself play any more of it.

[gmlocg]

2,620.) Nex Machina

Release: June 20th, 2017 | GGF: Arcade, Action, Twin Stick Shooter, Shoot 'Em Up, Bullet Hell, Top-Down Shooter | Developer(s): Housemarque Ltd. | Publisher(s): Housemarque Ltd. | Platform(s): PlayStation 4 (2017), Windows (2017)

[lawodcom]

The Finnish team Housemarque known for ... https://www.lawod.com/returnal-review-ps5-exclusive-released-for-pcs/?feed_id=8084 #gaming #game #videogame #pcgame #xbox #playstation #nintendo #steam #lawod

[bbs-backlog-challenge]

Nex Machina

Here is a game that you will very quickly be able to tell whether or not it’s your kind of thing.

To simply call it an arcade twin-stick shooter is a disservice; Nex Machina is as good as a twin-stick shooter can possibly be.

The sheer sense of speed in every facet of the game is exhilarating as you tear through enemies; even level transitions have an inexorable sense of danger as you blast from one still-smoking crater to the next nest of enemies. The screen is, at any one point of time, 90% comprised of lasers. All the while, an absolutely thumping synthwave soundtrack cheers you on in your unstoppable destructive rampage.

Fin or Bin:

It’s hard to find the words to describe Nex Machina- talking at length seems antithetical to everything the game is about. It’s hard as nails but generous with extra lives and continues, and while upgrades are lost on death they are very easy to pick back up again. Nex Machina does a superb job of making you feel like the most dangerous badass in cyberspace, and gives you ample opportunity to prove it, too. Go Finish off some robots already!

(Steam)

[fridge-reviews]

Mini Games 4

The criteria for this is very simple, all of these games can be completed in three hours or under (without using exploits etc).  The reason for this? Well I find that sometimes, often in fact, that people just don't have time to play a longer game. So I thought I'd show some of the shorter ones some love!

Shelter

Developer: Might and Delight Publisher: Might and Delight Rrp: £6.99 (Steam), £7.59 (Gog.com) and £7.68 (Humblebundle) Released: 29th August 2013 I always wondered what it was like to be a badger. I know that sounds like a weird thing to think about but it's just been something that has always dwelt in my brain. Shelter gave me a look into their world.

It has to be said its a very stylised game aesthetically speaking, the whole game has a design that makes it look somewhat like it was created from cardboard. The music was also very well chosen playing what I would describe as light percussive jazz as your badger sett explore.

Looking after your cubs can be quite difficult, I always found I was desperately searching for the next meal and when that wasn't on my mind keeping them safe from predators became my main concern. Honestly this game is so worth a look into!

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Typoman: Revised

Developer: Brainseed Factory Publisher: Brainseed Factory Rrp: £7.99 (Steam) Released: 15th August 2016 This is a platformer where you play as the literally word 'hero', like most platformers you work your way from left to right without dying too much. What makes this interesting is the word play, as in you literally play with words. Turn noxious gas into a life saving gasp by adding a p, or stop a trap going off by adding an s and it'll be a strap instead.

Here's the thing for me, even though I did enjoy the storyline I honestly had way more fun with the two mini-games that come with it, one of which is a word hunt where you get sixty seconds to find as many words as you can. The other is a bit more complex, in this one you are given a target word to spell and a series of letters. However those letters aren't enough to spell the word you've been asked for. So you have to spell other words and use a mechanic that you learned in the storyline to turn that word into another word that is associated with it. You then take what letters you need to make the initial target word. I know it sounds complex but after a few tries you start to get into the swing of it.

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Tracks – The Train Set Game

Developer: Whoop Group Publisher: Excalibur Games Rrp: £14.99 (Steam) Released: 28th September 2017 (Early Access) Have you ever played a game that's just... nice? Something pleasant and relaxing to play? No real stake going on, no missions, just do what you want? That’s this game. I have to say I bloody love this game, it brings me to back to a time in my life I never knew I missed. Playing with Early Learning Center style wooden trains. You get to lay out the track (with nothing telling you you're about to run out of resources since there are none) and you never run out of track. It can be a ludicrous as you want it to be, just so long as you train doesn't collide with furniture. 

It has to be said that this isn't just a track laying simulation game, there’s also a part where you can pick up passengers and actually act like a functioning toy train. Even ride in it. But I'll be honest here, I didn't care for that bit. I just wanted to keep building tracks and watching the train go from in the drivers seat.

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Nex Machina

Developer: Housemarque Publisher: Housemarque Rrp: £14.99 (Steam) Released: 20th June 2017

I'm not good at bullet hell games, generally I try to avoid them because they just get me angry and stressed out, I just can't reach that 'zen' state that some people do with them. However I did find myself enjoying the game quite a lot. Like all the games on this list its very short but it also has a lot of replayablity. Even though I finished the main campaign I found myself returning to this game over and over just to see if I could lower my completion time.

Its definitely not an ugly game, although its not like you'll get much time to actually spend looking at the scenery and models. Its also got a real love for neon pink, which I'm kinda’ into.

My only real gripe with this game is the cost, I find the price of £14.99 for this game to be a bit too high, not for how long it lasts and what it provides. 

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Small Radios Big Televisions

Developer: Fire Face Corporation Publisher: Adult Swim Games Rrp: £8.99 (Steam) Released: 8th November 2016

A game published by Adult Swim and its a bit strange? I think the shock may just kill me. All joking aside though, games that Adult Swim has its hand in have a tendency to be rather odd, in a good way. They're one of the few publishers where I find that pretty much everything they put out appeals to me in some way.

So what is this weird game? Well for all intents and purposes, I suppose its easiest to call it a point and click adventure. That is what you do for the most part, solve puzzles in the environment by find the right objects to use. Also you have to corrupt cassette tapes to find gems to open doors... did I mention this game was weird? I enjoyed it though, I can say that.

[lodgeofthecat]

Walk, Slash n' Shoot! The Cat is playing Dear Esther, Golden Axe and Nex Machina

[thecomicon]

Sony Interactive Entertainment Acquires Housemarque

Sony Interactive Entertainment Acquires Housemarque

In what is perhaps one of the least surprising acquisition announcements lately, Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced they’ve acquired Housemarque, the studio responsible for Returnal, as well as Nex Machina and Resogun. Housemarque has been a studio closely aligned with Sony Interactive for some time now, with most of their games last generation being exclusive to PlayStation, and…

[theplaystationbrahs]

New Details About PlayStation's Acquisition of Housemarque Revealed By Hermen Hulst

New Details About PlayStation’s Acquisition of Housemarque Revealed By Hermen Hulst

PlayStation announced early Tuesday morning, the publisher would add a new studio to its portfolio of teams. Joining the likes of Naughty Dog, Santa Monica, Insomniac, Sucker Punch, Guerilla and more, is Housemarque. The creators behind the critically acclaimed Returnal, Alienation, and Resogun add even more punch to a prolific lineup of talent. (more…)

[germality]

Difficulty options in video games are usually meaningless.

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Games mentioned: Diablo 2, World of Warcraft, Watch Dogs Legion, Rage 2, No Straight Roads, Nex Machina, Mario Odyssey, Mario Maker, Darksiders

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[titlescreenthursday]

Nex Machina

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[gamefanatics]

Joel Ramirez's Top 5 Games of 2017

This year is finally coming to a close and I could not be happier to move on to a brand new one. However, 2017 was not all bad. We had one of the best years in video games ever! Nintendo returned to glory with the Switch, PlayStation continued to kill it with exclusives, and Xbox, they launched

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[jmanvelez]

Artwork for my Storm Runner shirt design from Housemarque's Nex Machina, available via Fangamer here: https://www.fangamer.com/products/nex-machina-storm-runner

[notoriousgrd]

Just some random lovely videogame art posted to the gaming forum I lurk on. Mass Effect 2, Haunted Castle (Castlevania Arcade), ESPrade, Nex Machina, Secret Of Mana.