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Nex Machina |OT| Insert 80 Quarters
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Agent X
Member
It's a great action-packed game, just as you might expect from a Housemarque. The graphics are smooth and colorful, and the music is reminiscent of classic Amiga games from the early 90s. The only issue I'm having (for the time being) is that the online scoreboards don't seem to be working for me. I'd love to see how my scores stack up against the rest of the world.
plasmawave
Banned
Sensory overload.
Hispanicguy
Member
Holy shit. This is the most intense game I've ever played. LOVE it.
Here's the soundtrack on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/35BhmUHXtU6ouuNDHsgR79
Here's the soundtrack on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/35BhmUHXtU6ouuNDHsgR79
Brian_FETO
Banned
What I like about Nex Machina is it doesn't have the slow ramp up of Resogun, always made restarting from the beginning kind of miserable when you want to jump right back into the craziness
Nex Machina starts fast right off the bat and only gets crazier
Nex Machina starts fast right off the bat and only gets crazier
baberunisei
Member
Wow, the game is awesome. Played 3 worlds on rookie only, but i can already see the geniuses at housemarque got to improve on something that was already perfect: the Respgun gameplay. Really, playing this game is a huge pleasure.
Hispanic! At the Disco
Member
Game's great. Played world onw on the medium difficulty then again attempting to get all the "hyoomans" on veteran. I thought I had gotten them all but was still missing quite a bit!
Game moves too fast to explore so i'll have to play on the easiest difficulty to look for the secrets
Game moves too fast to explore so i'll have to play on the easiest difficulty to look for the secrets
VlaudTheImpaler
tl;dr
Finger hovering over buy button.
Just need to know if 21:9 support is there.
Just need to know if 21:9 support is there.
Frag Waffles
Member
Cleared the first 2 levels on experienced and oh yes. This game is freaking legit so far. And the soundtrack is incredible too. I'm just sitting here at the title screen absolutely loving the theme song. Game is hard as hell too and no save point in arcade? Guess I'll have to just git gud.
Hispanicguy
Member
Just beat it on Experienced. Must have went through 40 credits lol.
The music is fantastic!!
They outdid themselves with this one.
Yea, that's where I had trouble. Aim for the rocket launcher. Helped out big time.
The music is fantastic!!
They outdid themselves with this one.
Pretty great game so far.
I got to the boss of World 6 on Experienced and had to tap out, even with 50 lives left. The precursor to the boss is just brutal on continue.
Yea, that's where I had trouble. Aim for the rocket launcher. Helped out big time.
The game makes me think about Turrican a lot, especially with that "Matter" gun ^^.
Holy shit that final boss.
Get the rocket launcher, or prepare to suffer. Important tip: on the second phase, you can ignore the hexagram lasers surrounding you: they are harmless even when they close in.
This has possibly been one of the best arcade games I've played in a decade.
Immediately pre-ordered Matterfall.
Get the rocket launcher, or prepare to suffer. Important tip: on the second phase, you can ignore the hexagram lasers surrounding you: they are harmless even when they close in.
This has possibly been one of the best arcade games I've played in a decade.
Immediately pre-ordered Matterfall.
This game is an absolute fucking blast on PC!
This is my best score so far on the first world (rookie difficulty since it said it was the recommended/default difficulty to start with):
A couple of things for those going for high scores and are new to the game:
- Dash at the end of each level right as the outer ring meets the inner ring around you, you get a bonus.
- Blue tinted boxes can be shot with normal weapons to break. Do this to reveal secrets (humans, secret stage terminals, etc.)
- Yellow tinted boxes seem to only break when you hit them with your special weapon. These also tend to give nice bonuses.
- Once you find a secret level terminal (looks like a computer terminal or a bit like an arcade cabinet), shoot it enough times until it says you actually unlocked the secret level.
- Don't be stingy with your dashes or special weapons. They seem to recover very, very fast.
This is my best score so far on the first world (rookie difficulty since it said it was the recommended/default difficulty to start with):
A couple of things for those going for high scores and are new to the game:
- Dash at the end of each level right as the outer ring meets the inner ring around you, you get a bonus.
- Blue tinted boxes can be shot with normal weapons to break. Do this to reveal secrets (humans, secret stage terminals, etc.)
- Yellow tinted boxes seem to only break when you hit them with your special weapon. These also tend to give nice bonuses.
- Once you find a secret level terminal (looks like a computer terminal or a bit like an arcade cabinet), shoot it enough times until it says you actually unlocked the secret level.
- Don't be stingy with your dashes or special weapons. They seem to recover very, very fast.
Just beat the arcade mode on Experienced after 2.75 hours. (Probably not the best difficulty choice starting out.) That last boss is maddening.
I started the boss battle with somewhere around 60 continues, beat my head repeatedly against a wall again and again and again, and finally beat him with just 9 continues left. Thought I was going to run out of continues.
The rocket launcher definitely helped.
I thought I had a solid grasp on the first few levels thanks to both betas, but there are so many more things to look out for than just the humans.
I started the boss battle with somewhere around 60 continues, beat my head repeatedly against a wall again and again and again, and finally beat him with just 9 continues left. Thought I was going to run out of continues.
The rocket launcher definitely helped.
I thought I had a solid grasp on the first few levels thanks to both betas, but there are so many more things to look out for than just the humans.
Just put it in rest mode.
ManUnkindH
Member
Amazing OT, glad to see the game gets the attention it deserves. Can't wait to play this tonight!!!
Crab Milk Mickey
Member
1CC reminder: there's
after completing a run like that.
EDIT: or maybe tied to just playing through Veteran? Not sure.
a secret boss (no ability to retry if you run out of lives against it)
EDIT: or maybe tied to just playing through Veteran? Not sure.
Trouble with that is, the external HDD just sits there whirring in rest mode.
Only have internal so didn't know that! SSD time ;-)
Hispanicguy
Member
That's good to know. Thanks!
Did some runs of the first world on rookie. Just to find all the secrets and whatnot. Currently 3rd place. Need to work on my human combo.
Will take a crack at Veteran when I wake up.
One thing I really like is how it goes 0-100 right from the beginning. No need to wait for it to get hard.
Savantcore
Unconfirmed Member
Told myself I could wait, now I've got major FoMO, now I've missed out on the PS+ discount.
blastprocessor
The Amiga Brotherhood
Sure will do when it's unlocked in 3 hours or so. My monitor is 1440p so that's what i'll be gaming at (not trying any downscaling until later).
Radiant Silvertuna
Neo Member
I will be getting this. Not sure when, but I will.
No online coop.
Oh that's a shame, but at least I won't have to spend any money on a new ps+ sub.
Elvin Atombender
Member
Something happened with the speaker in my DS4 while playing this. There was a sudden loud noise and now the volume is much lower and there is a bit of crackling.
It isn't the same playing without the voice coming from the controller.
It isn't the same playing without the voice coming from the controller.
abracadaver
Member
Does the game have HDR support on PC?
Theslammer
Member
WHAT?!
Ps4 only.
I was going to ask which platform should I get it for. I dragged my feet (actually purchased Matterfall at full price before this) and missed the PS+ discount. I'll probably get it on PC now. You're right, very high chance this is free by later this year/next year.
Kimkitten88
Neo Member
Amagad, really nice OP! Defiantly know what I'm gonna do tonight. Shame that Darkest Dungeon DLC released last night aswell. Oh dear, what to do >_>.
Anyways, the game looks really freaking awesome!
Anyways, the game looks really freaking awesome!
Deathknell
Member
Is it playable with mouse and keyboard?
I missed the discount as well, and the PS4 Pro version doesn't have downsampling either :/
MrJohnSherry
Member
Just completed the rookie arcade mode on a launch day PS4 - looks and plays beautifully. No frame rate drops and it's gorgeous to look at IMO.