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Nuclear Throne
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Developer: Vlambeer
Content Rating: Everyone
Summary
Nuclear Throne is Vlambeers latest action roguelike-like about mutants fighting their way through a post-apocalyptic world. The radioactive waste in the world allows mutants to get ahead by mutating new limbs on the fly, the abundant availability of powerful weaponry make the quest to become ruler of the Wasteland one frought with peril.
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System Requirements
Recommended
- OS: Windows XP
- Processor: 2Ghz
- Memory: 2048 MB RAM
- Graphics: 1GB
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Additional Notes: This game is locked to 30 frames per second.
Minimum
- OS: Windows XP
- Processor: 1.2Ghz+
- Memory: 1024 MB RAM
- Graphics: 256MB
- Storage: 200 MB available space
- Additional Notes: This game is locked to 30 frames per second.
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Nuclear Throne is impeccably presented and tightly designed. There is enough variety in characters, upgrades and weapons to ensure that playthroughs never get repetitive and its visceral combat is a joy in itself. Its frustrating unfairness, however, holds it back and may alienate even hardcore roguelike fans. Not the heir to Isaac’s throne many had hoped for then, but still the best action roguelike of 2015.
Nuclear Throne might not be a super complex game, but it is a compelling one. Its action is brutal, over-the-top, and rewarding; a hyperactive arcade-style shoot-em-up with enough dynamism to keep me captivated moment to moment, but a strong sense of strategy to give me something to invest in over longer playthroughs.
Nuclear Throne is an experience you'll want to relive—for the inexhaustible joy of gliding through hails of ordinance, and for the many small discoveries you make every time you return to the wasteland. Roguelikes don't come much greasier or grubbier, but they're seldom this compelling, either.