A recent thread about Returnal lead me to look up the sales of House Marques previous titles, and I was disappointed to see that Nex Machina has only been played by 100,000 PS4 players. That's less than 0.1% of the total PS4 user base.
That means that most of you, probably haven't played it.
The game has 88 on metacritic, coming in as the 61st highest rated game on the PS4. A must play for fans of action games, and yet, most people simply haven't played it.
Well, now's a great time to play it, because it's on sale on PSN for £2.71 or $3.39.
EDIT: I believe the sale is now over. Back to the regular £15 price (still worth it but yeah)
I really just wanted to highlight this because I really love Housemarque's games in general, and Nex Machina in particular is such a delight. It's a just an unbelievably fine tuned arcade shooter, with some fantastic visuals and particle effects, alongside a soundtrack that slaps.
If you're intimidated by this style of arcade game, I would point out that this one is more accessible than others. There are a number of difficulty modes, and you're provided with a number of lives on each run. You can also play through individual stages, or the whole game at once in an arcade style run.
There's a lot of depth to figuring out how to get the best score on each stage, and finding all the humans and secret areas, but you can get as little or as much out of this side of the game as you want to. It's not especially punishing unless you're a perfectionist.
So I'd really recommend giving this one a go.
That means that most of you, probably haven't played it.
The game has 88 on metacritic, coming in as the 61st highest rated game on the PS4. A must play for fans of action games, and yet, most people simply haven't played it.
Well, now's a great time to play it, because it's on sale on PSN for £2.71 or $3.39.
EDIT: I believe the sale is now over. Back to the regular £15 price (still worth it but yeah)
I really just wanted to highlight this because I really love Housemarque's games in general, and Nex Machina in particular is such a delight. It's a just an unbelievably fine tuned arcade shooter, with some fantastic visuals and particle effects, alongside a soundtrack that slaps.
If you're intimidated by this style of arcade game, I would point out that this one is more accessible than others. There are a number of difficulty modes, and you're provided with a number of lives on each run. You can also play through individual stages, or the whole game at once in an arcade style run.
There's a lot of depth to figuring out how to get the best score on each stage, and finding all the humans and secret areas, but you can get as little or as much out of this side of the game as you want to. It's not especially punishing unless you're a perfectionist.
So I'd really recommend giving this one a go.
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