5/20/2023 0 Comments Nuclear throne loading screen tips![]() If that were all the game offered this would be the end of proceedings. Nuclear Throne’s central gameplay loop is the same we’ve seen a hundred times over: Select a character, run off into the wilds of warfare, die, repeat. You have to earn its respect by battling through its roguelike-like sensibilities. Nuclear Throne doesn’t hate you, it just doesn’t respect your fresh face and eager attitude. The game views you with the same passionless-contempt exhibited by the neighbour’s cat when it won’t stop peeing on your lawn. One thing you learn right away about Nuclear Throne is that it doesn’t like you. ![]() Nuclear Throne firmly grips onto the fundamentals of twin-stickery like an obsessive cover band, sublimely hammering every important note without feeling the need to add bloat to an already exceptional gameplay model. While the former sentiment is complete nonsense, the latter is as salient as they come. Anyone passing over a screenshot or trailer would think it’s yet another attempt to reinvent the twin-stick shooter wheel without changing anything. At first glance however, it can be hard to see why. Name ring a bell? Well, it’s far from surprising as Nuclear Throne spent two years germinating in the crucible of Steam Early Access before finally landing on PC, PlayStation 4, and Vita. However, the world is uneventfully spinning on it’s axis so the only way anyone’s likely to experience such eye-swiveling lunacy in the next few years is through the crooked lens of video games or, to be more specific, Nuclear Throne. If the end of the world as we know it means I can jaunt across the hellscape alongside sentient crystals, a mutated fish, and a chicken with a penchant for slicing creatures to ribbons, then bring it on - sounds like a legendary shindig.
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