ScrewyAurum Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Nexuiz Platform: XBLA Timed Exclusive Genre: Arena FPS Developer: illfonic Publisher: THQ ETA: Q1 2012 The history of Nexuiz goes back to 2002, when a small group of Quake modders put together the concept. A decade later, a revamped version of the popular mod is coming to consoles and PC thanks to yet another small team born out of the Quake modding community. Developer Illfonic, a team of only 10 guys, is resurrecting the game with the CryEngine 3, the Crytek developed game engine made famous by Crysis 2.Given the bunny hopping, lightning fast navigation, and boisterous arsenal featuring death dealers like rocket launchers and mortars, Nexuiz should feel immediately familiar to anyone who cut their teeth on games like Unreal and Quake. The game features nine maps, each of which is used for either team deathmatch or capture the flag battles. Matches cap out at eight players, but most of the maps are concentrated enough that you won't miss the extra soldiers at your side. When a match starts, players race to gather armor and new weapons that are strewn across the environment. The best thing you can find on the map isn't a weapon, however. To give this new version of Nexuiz a flair of its own, Illfonic has introduced game changing power-ups called mutators that operate much like those found in Mario Kart. Use the right mutator at the right time, and it can drastically change the trajectory of a match. Illfonic says the game includes over 100 mutators, each of which vary in strength and effectiveness. Some of them, like the Color Blind mutator, simply change the perspective of the players by making everything black and white. Others -- like the jet packs, nukes, or instakills -- have a more visceral impact. Mutators come in three general flavors -- some mutators affect only your team, others apply only to your enemies, and the third type influences everyone in the arena. Players gain these mutators by either finding them on the ground or unlocking them via kill sprees. It may be a multiplayer-only Xbox Live and PSN game, but Nexuiz features everything you would expect out of a modern muiltiplayer shooter, including persistent ranking, stat tracking, medals, and unlockables. Because all of the weapons are there for the taking in the matches, players don't need to unlock new weapons or attachments. Instead, you spend experience points to make your favorite mutators appear more frequently in during matches. Nexuiz is one of the flagship titles of Xbox Live's House Party, which means you can expect to see it hit your console sometime between February 15 and March 14. Look for it on PSN and Steam shortly thereafter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRINI87 Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 New screens Quake mod Nexuiz (pronounced "nexus") is so heavily modified that it's practically it's own game. It has been for years, since 2005, with a modified Quake Engine, completely overhauled weapons, but the same fast-paced gameplay. Someone at THQ must have been fond of the PC mod, because not only is it making a big comeback, it's coming back stacked. Nexuiz, the new one that is, is a multiplayer-only XBLA title that looks and feels completely different from the original. It's not quite as fast, due mostly to the slower speed of its CryEngine 3 tech (more delicious screenshots here), but several key improvements have been made to overhaul the previously simplistic gameplay and give it more life. see more at Kotaku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeehunter Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 ^^ 1st pic looks like Halo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SRINI87 Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 Release Feb 29th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScrewyAurum Posted February 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Ign score 8.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRINI87 Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 12 mins of PC version Gameplay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gta_mad Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 To be successful in Pc 1.FOV OPTION/caps(that fov is horrible) 2.Unreal like movements 2.Dedicated server 3.Mod tools Otherwise it will just die day 1,otherwise looks pretty good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 Man this looks so f**king good. Its a shame that this will never take off on consoles (and most probably PC either). Would love to be wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Tried the XBLA demo. Doesnt really work with a controller. You need a mouse and keyboard for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMG Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 You had me at Unreal and Quake. Steam version it is. Day one bitches! Day f**king one. Dont you say that to every game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeehunter Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 For 200 MS Points on XBL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spindoctor Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 For 200 MS Points on XBL still a waste of money. i got it for free on pc (by using up gmg store credit) and i still regret it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeehunter Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 The game is sh*t .. Not playable at all :| I hope Hybrid is good But still 200MP is worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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