Take cover behind a wall as they return fire. Run towards enemies launching waves of bullets. Once you get the controls down, it handles like a dream. You can just get started killing some mutants. When you start it up, there’s no movies, no hype, no nonsense. There is no pretense to this game at all. Even if you’re the type that likes cinematic, immersive adventure games, give this one a shot. I would recommend Nuclear Throne to anyone that likes video games. Every time you play, it is literally a different game. Again this adds a new layer of difficulty, but it also goes a very long way in keeping the entire experience fresh. This means that it is not possible to memorize the levels beforehand and plow through them that way. One of the more interesting things about Nuclear Throne is that all of the levels are randomly generated on the spot.
Luckily, as an adult, at this point I can just go and drink a glass of scotch. There’s a certain unique depression caused by getting all the way to nearly the last level, only to lose, and be left staring into the abyss of having to start over again. I think these kinds of games could be used to teach resiliency to a whole generation of kids. True to genre form, if you lose you have to start over. Bosses will come seemingly out of nowhere and make an already crazy level even more maddening. Some monsters break through walls and surprise you, while others just try to lay into you with massive spurts of machine gun fire. Most charge at you, but some lay in wait. Monsters flood towards you from all directions. Although there are mutations you can earn that restore all health and give you more ammo, you generally do not recover HP between levels.Īnd despite the fact that some of the early levels can be pretty frenetic, frantic, and fast-paced, they pale in comparison with later levels. And, although there are health kits spread throughout the levels, they are by no means plentiful. Ammo can actually be hard to come by which means that you have to be somewhat strategic in the way that you advance.
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And really, who doesn’t love pumping a giant, mutant, radioactive scorpion full of shotgun shells? Or shooting a perfectly placed grenade into a tiny room full of toxic slugs and maggots?Īs the shooting-and-killing is clearly the fun of the game, everything has been designed to prevent it from getting boring. Considering how simple the game can look, there has been a great amount of detail put into distinguishing the weapons from one another and making each one fun in a slightly different way. There are more than 120 weapons which range from things as simple as screwdrivers or hammers all the way to ion cannons or grenade launchers. Simply put: Nuclear Throne is what a video game is supposed to be. Some of these skills are really cool, like the ability to plow through certain walls. Collect enough energy and your character will level up and earn new mutations that increase strength or grant new skills. Along the way, there are treasure chests that contain ammo, health kits, or new guns. The player has to kill all of the enemies in each level before being able to advance to the next. Getting to the Nuclear Throne can seem like climbing through a mountain range. True to form, the game is deviously difficult. While others are just more fun, like Melting who can detonate enemy corpses just like they were bombs. Some of the skills are more practical, like Crystal who can set up a shield against bullets. Some characters start out with fewer hit points (HP) than others, but with stronger special attacks.
Each of the characters has a certain set of skills, advantages, and disadvantages. The idea is simple: guide one of twelve playable mutants through a post-apocalyptic hellscape of monsters, robots, and freaks to seize the throne of the decimated world. Nuclear Throne by Vlambeer is a perfect follow up to those old school arcade shooters. But there’s also the nostalgia of being a kid at an arcade, endlessly pushing quarters into a game that was designed to eat your money with its insane level of difficulty. Undeniably, there’s the primal joy of lighting up a room full of 16 bit monsters with a laser submachine gun. There is something particularly sweet about a well-made shoot-‘em-up arcade game.
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