Nuclear Dawn

InterWave Studios · Sep 26, 2011

Mature

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Nuclear Dawn is a first-person shooter that combines the traditional thrills of action games with the fast paced tactical structures of real time strategy titles. Blast your way through a wartorn post-apocalyptic earth in your Exo power armour, use adaptive camouflage to sneak up on your enemies, or assault enemy emplacements with your squads, while your commander fortifies your base and forward positions in the most explosive and dynamic tactical experience this side of actually starting World War Three, and then scrambling in a desperate race for resources against your former friends.

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Critic 7.2 (6 critics) · Gamer 7.8

Critic reviews

PC Gamer
Duncan Geere · Nov 27, 2011
8.3
There's a few rough edges here and there. But those negatives are far outweighed by the inspired map design, the surprisingly complex technology tree, and the fun of throwing yourself against, or sneaking around behind, enemy lines. It's well worth dropping in on Nuclear Dawn: despite frayed edges, it deserves a community explosion.
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GameSpot
Brett Todd · Oct 13, 2011
7.5
More so than many games, Nuclear Dawn is what you make of it. Go into a match with a smart, hands-on commander and experienced players who are willing to take orders, and you will be rewarded with a white-knuckle tactical struggle. Go into a match with players who don't know what they're doing, and you're guaranteed to get into a sloppy brawl. Still, the great enjoyment that can be had in the former matches makes it worth your time and energy to struggle through the latter.
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Destructoid
Allistair Pinsof · Oct 10, 2011
8.0
If InterWave manage to grow alongside the community, Nuclear Dawn could become the most important FPS game to arrive in a long time. Right now, it’s a welcome replacement for Team Fortress 2 and stopgap until Natural Selection 2. Nothing would excite me more than to see Nuclear Dawn grow and mature into something more. Even in its current, less-than-ideal state, I can say I haven’t had this much fun with a FPS in some time.
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Game Watcher
James Day · Oct 02, 2011
6.0
The game’s presentation is also very middle of the road. The project began life as a Source engine mod back in 2006 and while the promotional materials claim it to be based on the Left 4 Dead 2 engine it definitely looks closer to a Source game circa 2006. I find it odd that such an indie project decided to go for a realistic, resource intensive look rather than a stylised, scalable and less demanding direction.
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jeuxvideo.com
Anagund · Sep 29, 2011
5.5
S'il y a un élément qui ne doit jamais être mis de côté par les développeurs d'un jeu multijoueur, c'est bien l'équilibrage. Malheureusement, et malgré ses qualités, Nuclear Dawn pèche sur ce point important. Espérons tout de même que les serveurs se remplissent assez pour que InterWave Studios continue de se pencher sur la question afin de rendre les parties un peu moins aléatoires. En attendant, si vous avez de la chance, il y a quand même de quoi se prendre au jeu.
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XGN
Tristan Brinkman · Sep 27, 2011
7.7
Op basis hiervan kunnen we melden dat er flink wat bugs verholpen zijn en dat de game een stuk vlotter speelt. Zo maak je nu als de Stealth klasse meer kans tegen de Exo en zijn er ook wat aanpassingen gemaakt aan de levels, met name bij de twee kampen. Hierdoor kun je als verliezende partij toch nog een kans maken om het tij te keren.
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