These add a genuine unpredictability to each match, something earlier arena shooters easily could’ve used. These include perks that range from invincibility and infinite ammo, to setbacks like jumping around on a virtual pogo stick or suffering color blindness, unable to tell your teammates from your opponents, save for when you’re targeting them – which could be too late. These little buggers can change the tide of a match rather quickly, either giving you a wondrous advantage or putting you in an awkward position to get fragged something fierce. In addition to a multitude of weapons ranging from the rocket launcher to the pulse rifle, it also comes with one neat quirk known as mutators. There are nine maps in all, not a bad selection considering the game’s downloadable origins.īut there’s more to Nexuiz than that. This is a frantic first-person arena shooter, one loaded with everything from multi-tiered levels where you can drop through floors to jump pads that launch you in the air, putting you right back at square one as you hunt for opponents. Nexuiz only features two main modes – capture the flag and team deathmatch – and while that may be disappointing for those expecting the next Modern Warfare 3 layout, it’s more than suitable considering what Illfonic Studios was originally shooting for in concept. The plot isn’t the greatest, but, really, coming to this game for a plot would be like going to Leisure Suit Larry for dating advice. Their battle looks far from over, but someone looks to take advantage and sets up arena battles for the two parties, where others can tune in and watch frag after frag. The game features a full-blown arena battle between the Kavussari and the Forsellians, who have been tearing each other a new one for centuries. THQ has finally released Nexuiz (pronounced Nex-uss), a project that’s been in the works for some time over at Illfonic Studios, and, for the most part, it lives up to the hype.
Well, good news for those of you who were looking for new territory to cover. It’s been a while since we’ve seen a good quality arena shooter, hasn’t it? In fact, the last one we can recall was Quake Arena Arcade for Xbox Live Arcade, a game that was poorly marketed but still looked pretty damn good for a years-old game rebuffed for the high-definition era.
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