Nex Machina

Nex Machina has more depth than we see from most entries in this genre. Twin stick shooter purists will love it for its fast paced action and incredible presentation, but this is a game that’s clearly been designed to keep you coming back for more.

As a long time fan or a newcomer to the genre, Nex Machina is great addition to the SHMUP games list. It hits all the right notes and offers a satisfying experience. Available on both PC and PS4, this is a game I would recommend for lovers of the genre or those interested in trying out a reimagining of the classic genre.

The game design and pacing are nothing short of brilliant. It's possibly the most satisfying twin-stick shooter I've played, and it's without a doubt my favorite Housemarque project to date. It's also cool to know that legendary designer and Robotron's own Eugene Jarvis was involved. It shows. You can feel it.

Nex Machina has no interest in wasting your time, and with the variety of difficulty levels it has a lot of meat to offer to anyone remotely interested. Mechanically simple and yet satisfyingly difficult, a quick game can easily turn into hours of robot crushing, adrenaline pumping action.

Nex Machina is quite simply one of the best games of 2017. It offers simple yet incredibly fun, fast-paced gameplay and it has immense style. Do not sleep on this game.

Despite the frustrations its upgrade system often caused me, I had a good time navigating Nex Machina’s array of twin-stick shooter challenges. The appealing art, energetic soundtrack, and pixel-perfect gamepad controls made me own every failure and look forward to whatever might come next. Arena mode seems to be where most of the lifespan on this one will come from, and I look forward to seeing people who are better than me at it pull off some crazy runs to climb the rankings. Nex Machina is not for the faint of heart, but a recipe to delight those looking for an attractive, arcadey challenge to overcome.

Limited multiplayer options aside, Nex Machina is a game that confidently meets expectations. It's difficult, intensely satisfying, and packed with enough secrets and lofty secondary objectives to keep you enraptured for hours. It's a classic game at heart, but with refined challenges and exacting mechanics, it feels right at home in the modern era.

As someone who spent way too many quarters as a kid trying to top the high scores of others, I’m glad I don’t have to constantly put money into Nex Machina. Eugene Jarvis and Housemarque have come together to create one of the best playing twin-stick shooters ever made. While I do wish there was more content (I can only hope this gets the same amount of support as Resogun did) , there are enough difficulties that I’ll still be learning the intricacies for several months to come.

Nex Machina is another fantastic arcade-inspired retro homage from the folks at Housemarque. I think it may be the most stressful of the trio of such releases from the studio so far, but that’ll give more hardcore players an added push to get good and improve their scores. Lesser-skilled players, however, may feel even more lost among the madness.

I have always been a massive fan of Super Stardust HD, but I never thought Housemarque would be able to reach those dizzying heights again. I was wrong. Nex Machina takes all that was good about SSHD and turns the dial up, making this game my new favorite Housemarque game and one that I urge each and every one of your to go out and buy. Be warned however, it’s going to make your thumbs sore.

Immaculate level design, devilish enemy placement, and a steady but always punishing difficulty curve help Nex Machina stand head and shoulders above most competing shooters, not to mention the early arcade titles that inspired it, like Robotron: 2084. That’s meaningful, as Nex Machina was created in cooperation with Eugene Jarvis, one of the designers of that early classic game. Nex Machina is far deeper than first impressions might suggest, and can offer many hours of searing challenge, presuming you’re willing to face a little eye strain.

Nex Machina is quick, challenging, and exactly what the arcade shooter genre needed. The team at Housemarque has clearly taken a lot of influence from shooters of the past while still knowing how to add their own special spice to the mix. With enough content to keep you busy for months and a high level of difficulty, Nex Machina is a game that you will return to time and time again.

This is a love letter to classic twin-stick shooters. With input from one of the kings of the genre in Eugene Jarvis, there was almost no way this could fail. It’s a fast-paced, colourful, and bullet-rich affair that will have you coming back for more again and again.

The spiritual sequel to Robotron becomes the definitive dual-stick shooter, and one of the best arcade games of the modern era.Perfectly crafted stage design, flawless controls, and an amazingly consistent flow of action. Fun weapons, decent boss battles, and local co-op mode.Enemy design can be a little indistinct at times, and more stages would’ve been nice.

Nex Machina is the pinnacle of all things Housemarque, with concepts and ideas that have been refined over many games in their purest form. That’s both its strength and its weakness, as there is nothing you haven’t seen before in one of their previous games. If you are a fan of the Finnish developer’s game, this is still an essential purchase, but if you’re a newcomer, this is the best place to join the party.

A highly intense arcade shoot-fest, the combination of the talent at Housemarque and the expertise of Robotron and Smash TV creator Eugene Jarvis has come together to deliver another exemplary title in the Finnish developer's catalogue.

The movement is snappy and responsive, the feedback from your weapons is satisfying, and the chaos on screen is perfectly balanced and, at times, glorious to behold. We also appreciated the fact that the studio has spread its wings beyond the confines of PS4 (although perhaps the PC version could have done with a few more customisation options, and swapping between input devices wasn't as easy as we would have liked).

Nex Machina is everything that an arcade game should be: addictive and accessible yet bursting with hidden depth. Housemarque continues to be the master of the dual-joystick shooter with a sublime effort that harks back to the coin-op glory days of yesteryear. This is a near-perfect complement to the ridiculously good Resogun, and deserves to find a place among your PS4's hard drive space.

Housemarque has broken its own quality barrier with Nex Machina. This pulse-pounding twin-stick arcade shooter is the developer’s finest work. Brutal, compelling, enthralling and layered with hidden depths, Nex Machina is awash with retrotastic glory, and serves as the new benchmark for twin-stick shooters.

Nex Machina es perfección arcade con acción desenfrenada, controles precisos, gran diseño de niveles y altas dosis de desafío. Si alguna vez te gustó alguno de los productos de su desarrollador o los juegos arcade en que se inspiran sus obras –como los juegos del legendario Eugene Jarvis involucrado en este proyecto– no dudes en adquirirlo para tu PS4 o PC.

No es tan simple como decía antes, claro; hacen que lo parezca, pero no lo es. Nex Machina es de los juegos de Housemarque que me gustan, debo confesar; más puro, pero también algo más delgado, que Alienation, por mencionar otro juego reciente del estudio, en el que se añadía densidad a través de una serie de sistemas que hacían que el juego fuera algo lento como arcade y poco interesante como otra cosa más complicada.

Si bien es cierto que la ausencia de un modo historia puede lastrar la longevidad y el atractivo del título para un público más generalista, las posibilidades que nos ofrece Housemarque a nivel de clasificaciones y retos personales para lograr las mejores puntuaciones hacen de Nex Machina un título muy adictivo y que no dejaremos de jugar una y otra vez hasta llegar a nuestros objetivos. Pura acción, frenetismo desbocado y un modo cooperativo sencillamente genial hacen de este shooter un must have para los amantes del género.

Un arcade con todo el sabor de la vieja escuela, que no decepciona en su jugabilidad ni en su aspecto audiovisual.

Nex Machina es, sencillamente, uno de los mejores juegos de Housemarque (que no es poco) y uno de los mejores twin-stick shooters que hemos jugado. Es divertido, completo, dinámico y muy atractivo visualmente, e introduce ideas interesantes para rejugarlo una y otra vez. Si te gustan el género y picarte para superar puntuaciones, no lo dejes pasar.

Un juego de la vieja escuela, de esos con muchos disparos, una dificultad exagerada y una constante sensación de 'no poder' para al final poder. A esto habría que añadirle un apartado gráfico a la altura de los tiempos que corren, mecánicas novedosas para el género y una evolución y variedad más que correcta, configurando con ello uno de los grandes indies de esta primera mitad de 2017.

Nex Machina es diversión de la vieja escuela. Housemarque vuelve a demostrar que es uno de los grandes estudios en cuanto a shoot'em ups de estilo clásico, y adapta una fórmula ya veterana a los nuevos tiempos con mucho acierto. Por supuesto un juego de estas características no es para todo el mundo, claro, pero quien desee un entretenimiento rápido, frenético y colorista para pasar un buen rato encontrará aquí la alineación perfecta de astros.

Nex Machina ist ein klasse Twinstick-Shooter, der euch in Null Komma nichts in die Zeit der Spielhallen beamt. Das explosive Erlebnis kann einen unnachahmlichen Sog entwickeln, in dem man wie eine Flipperkugel von Stage zu Stage geschossen wird: Kaum hat man eines der kleinen Areale gemeistert, katapultiert einen die schwungvolle Kamera in das nächste. Dabei ist die DNA von Resogun spürbar, so dass man ähnlich offensiv den Sprint dosieren muss, um sich sowie alle Menschen zu retten.

Seuls les véritables accros du beau jeu et de la réussite chiffrée pardonneront en effet à Nex Machina sa légèreté en contenu et l'absence d'une coopération en ligne. De toute façon, eux seuls pourront profiter pleinement de sa courbe de progression démoniaque, qui commence sur une lutte pour la survie à chaque niveau et se termine sur de l'optimisation minutieuse du multiplicateur de points, dans l'espoir d'inscrire quelques précieuses journées son nom tout en haut de l'affiche.

Dans une marée de twin stick shooters médiocres inondant le marché, et à l'ère des mondes ouverts et des niveaux générés procéduralement, Nex Machina nous emmène dans une expérience régressive qui saura séduire les amateurs de scoring ainsi que les joueurs plutôt en quête d'un jeu restreint en contenu mais à maîtriser sur le bout des doigts.

La campagna è godibilissima e dotata di una quantità sorprendente di cose da scoprire, con i suoi mondi coronati da ottimi scontri con i boss, ma risulta al momento un po' troppo breve e priva di un contorno in grado di garantire quelle sei, sette ore di intrattenimento a cui Housemarque ci aveva abituato con le sue ultime produzioni. Il tempo è tuttavia un concetto relativo in Nex Machina, e ve ne renderete conto quando il vortice travolgente del suo gameplay vi catturerà per l'ennesima volta.

Nex Machina è il gioco perfetto per una sessione di gioco breve, ma in cui concentrare una dose di azione, di esplosioni e di ritmo tali da saziare l’appetito videoludico per un bel po’ di tempo. Peccato che quando la fame torna, Nex Machina non ha molto altro da offrire, come molti altri suoi elementi, la co-op in locale è un tributo ai tempi che furono, ma la presenza di una più moderna modalità online avrebbe di certo garantito una maggiore longevità, che forse in futuro verrà raggiunta tramite nuove modalità ed espansioni.

Il gameplay è eccezionale, grazie a un sistema di controllo semplice e pulito e a un game design di altissimo livello. Il tutto accompagnato da un’estetica gustosissima e da una colonna sonora fantastica. Sia chiaro, non è un gioco per chi ama iniziare e finire storie, per poi metterle da parte. È invece più come comprare un cabinato per viverci storie infinite.

Dat neemt niet weg dat Housemarque een game heeft neergezet die staat als een huis. Het oogt goed, het klinkt lekker en de besturing werkt perfect. Af en toe is het alleen onduidelijk waar je je begeeft op het veld. Maar losgezien hiervan is het een vermakelijke game die elke liefhebber van twin stick shooters zeker eens gespeeld moet hebben.