Nanobotic

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Nanobotic is a multiplayer shooter game. It was developed by FrozenPixel (FPX) and was released on April 22, 2019. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Nanobotic is a free to play first person shooter multiplayer online battle arena extravaganza (FPS MOBA). In Nanobotic you can craft weapon elements on the spot and switch between them with ease, you can also craft different types of artificially intelligent (AI) minions and control their actions.

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Audience ScoreBased on 126 reviews

gameplay14 positive mentions

story3 negative mentions

The game features a unique combination of FPS and MOBA mechanics, offering a fresh gameplay experience.
The developers are highly responsive to community feedback and actively work on updates and improvements.
The crafting system allows for a variety of weapon and minion combinations, adding depth to gameplay.

The game suffers from a low player count, making matchmaking difficult and often resulting in unplayable matches.
The user interface and controls are unintuitive, leading to confusion during gameplay and in the tutorial.
Many players report bugs and performance issues, indicating that the game is not polished enough for a stable experience.

gameplay
36 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is characterized by innovative mechanics and fast-paced action, with many players praising the unique gunplay and modular weapon customization. However, issues such as frustrating matchmaking, a lack of player guidance, and inconsistent performance detract from the overall experience. While the game shows promise with its fresh concepts and active development, it still faces challenges in execution and player engagement.
- “Great graphics and innovative gameplay!”
- “The gunplay is unique and exciting with great mechanics, and the movement is fast and fluid.”
- “The mechanics of having a modular weapon with many different combinations of bullet type, barrel, elemental type, and so on really give the game a layer of depth that isn't just point at heads and click over and over.”
- “Not enough players, very hard to start, not fun to join games and have no clue what's going on even after the tutorial explained the mechanics but not how to actually play.”
- “I found the introductory gameplay tutorial to be dull; a little cringy and badly designed.”
- “Controls are glitchy, no hit registration, stuttering gameplay on a 1080ti.”
graphics
23 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics of the game have received mixed reviews, with many praising the beautiful aesthetics and innovative design, while others criticize the unpolished look and graphical bugs. Overall, players appreciate the decent visuals and fast-paced gameplay, though some note that the graphics settings are inconveniently accessed. Despite some technical issues, the game is generally considered visually appealing and runs well on various systems.
- “Great graphics and innovative gameplay!”
- “Fresh mechanics, beautiful graphics that aren't demanding at all, and a very nice UI make it a great game.”
- “It's beautiful graphics-wise; they've really managed to get this looking wonderful, not just graphically, but with the consistent aesthetic throughout.”
- “The graphics have this glossy yet unpolished look to them, very unpleasant to look at, and it manages to look worse than most source games of today.”
- “Looking as though those indie devs consist of only one programmer on Unity and two 3D graphics artists, no wonder the gameplay as a fast-paced MOBA-FPS mashup ends weak in oversaturated movement in a maze-like claustrophobic map design.”
- “There's destruction of floors and walls with explosive rounds, but I couldn't tell what was broken and what wasn't in my gameplay because the fragments of each broken item seemed to build up on the ground/around the object in what seemed to be a graphical bug.”
story
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story is criticized for being overly convoluted, involving nanorobots and time travel, which detracts from the overall experience. Reviewers feel that the developers relied too heavily on player-versus-player elements instead of investing in a well-crafted single-player narrative, leading to a lack of engaging storytelling and character development. While some aspects of the game, like the progression system, are praised, the tutorial's confusing mission explanations hinder the player's ability to fully appreciate the story.
- “The developers made the fatal, lazy mistake of believing that PvP, other players, would be an acceptable substitute for doing the difficult job of adding single-player level design, storytelling, NPCs, and other rich aspects of designed game content to the game.”
- “It has very interesting features and the progression system in the first mission is amazing and on point.”
- “There was an extremely long and contrived plot about nanorobots destroying the world, then using a wormhole to bring humans back to the future to control giant robots because the nanobots got bored, or something.”
- “As of right now, though, I got stuck in the tutorial due to mission explanations.”
- “Game mechanics are a story of their own.”
stability
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's stability has been a significant concern among users, with many describing it as incomplete, buggy, and unpolished. While some acknowledge that it is typical for an alpha release and appreciate the efforts of the development team, the overall consensus leans towards it being a frustrating experience due to its numerous bugs and imbalances.
- “Sure, the game is not bug-free, but for what it is and how big the team is, it is much better than one can expect.”
- “The game runs smoothly most of the time, and I rarely encounter any major issues.”
- “I've experienced very few crashes, which is impressive given the scale of the game.”
- “First up, the game was obviously incomplete, buggy, imbalanced, and unpolished.”
- “Initially, I started playing and it was fun, but a little buggy in its current state, as is to be expected of a game in alpha. However, I was ready to put it down.”
- “Boring, broken, buggy mess.”
music
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game has received mixed reviews; while some players appreciate its cool vibe reminiscent of Bioshock, others find it repetitive and uninspired, with complaints about it overpowering tutorial audio and a lack of adjustable settings. Overall, the sound design is seen as either bland or annoying, detracting from the overall experience.
- “The music is super cool and accentuates a vibe reminiscent of Bioshock, one of my all-time favorite games.”
- “The music is repetitive and uninspired; the sound design is otherwise either bland or annoying.”
- “I couldn't leave my match, and the tutorial was drowned out by the main lobby music.”
- “There were no settings that I could find, and I wasn't able to turn down the music.”
optimization
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The optimization of the game has been criticized for significant stuttering issues and frame drops, even on high-end hardware like the RTX 2080 Ti and 1080 Ti. Players have reported severe input lag and glitchy controls, which detracts from the overall gameplay experience, particularly in a fast-paced shooter environment.
- “On top of the really fun input lag I was experiencing, I was also seeing stuttering on an NVIDIA 2080 and Ryzen 7 2700X.”
- “Not just minor stuttering; I could easily forgive that (although in a shooter like this, it's kind of a massive detriment). I was seeing frame drops from 100+ down to ~10.”
- “Controls are glitchy, with no hit registration and stuttering gameplay on a 1080 Ti.”
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players note that while initial challenges can be frustrating, overcoming them enhances the overall experience, making the game more enjoyable and encouraging replayability.
- “The game offers so many different paths and choices that each playthrough feels unique and engaging.”
- “With multiple endings and character builds, I find myself coming back to explore every possibility.”
- “The random events and challenges keep the gameplay fresh, making it hard to put down.”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players express a strong emotional response to the game's environment, with the cramped map design evoking feelings of frustration and sadness, highlighting the unexpected depth of emotion in a fast-paced FPS setting.
- “For such a fast-paced FPS game, the maze of walls in this cramped map made me want to cry.”