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Space Avenger: Empire of Nexx

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41%Game Brain Score
music, graphics
gameplay, story
64% User Score Based on 14 reviews

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Space Avenger: Empire of Nexx is a single player role playing shooter game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Clement Willay Games and was released on October 9, 2020. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Space Avenger is super fast paced top down arena shooter with multiple ships and tons of upgrading options that will help you in your war against the Empire of Nexx. Traverse intense battles across multiple worlds as you attempt to push the Nexx back and save your people!

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64%
Audience ScoreBased on 14 reviews
music3 positive mentions
gameplay3 negative mentions

  • Addictive and fun casual top-down spaceship shooter with a variety of upgrades and weapon combinations.
  • Good soundtrack and sound design that complements the gameplay experience.
  • Challenging boss fights and decent difficulty curve that reward player skill.
  • Keyboard and control scheme is poorly designed with no mouse support or key remapping, making the game unplayable or frustrating for many players.
  • Heavy grind required to progress, with repetitive missions and costly upgrades that diminish enjoyment.
  • Lack of polish including poor translation, missing video options such as resolution settings, unresponsive auto-targeting system, and limited enemy variety.
  • gameplay
    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is generally seen as mediocre and overly challenging due to weak starting conditions and bullet sponge enemies, which can make it more frustrating than enjoyable. Its simplistic mechanics and limited enemy variety further restrict engagement, leading some players to find better alternatives with similar gameplay. Overall, the difficulty is notable but doesn't fully compensate for the lackluster gameplay experience.

    • “For length, has 'difficulty is content' as a mechanic, and I got to the 'epilogue' in 4 hours.”
    • “Stars are used to upgrade your ship, which is necessary to make your gameplay experience more tolerable rather than fun since the ship you start with is painfully weak and enemies are bullet sponges that can kill you within seconds.”
    • “This also limits gameplay because now you can’t have too many enemy types or enemies on screen in fear of unbalanced difficulty.”
    • “You can’t zombie out and play the game for its simple mechanics because of stuff like this even though the game is super bare-bones and simplistic.”
  • story
    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story offers a casual, linear mission structure with numerous missions and some side quests to maintain player interest. However, progression heavily relies on repetitive grinding through the same missions on easy mode to gather currency for upgrades. Overall, the narrative serves more as a backdrop to the gameplay rather than a deeply engaging experience.

    • “There seems to be quite a lot of missions here and a casual story to keep things moving.”
    • “There are side missions also to change things up.”
    • “The grind consists of running the same missions over and over again on easy mode, because there is literally no point in going for medium or hard since you get the same payout.”
    • “Instead, you're just strafing around relatively small, empty arenas (other than a few asteroids you can blow up for items) through a linear mission system collecting stars for currency and then retaining said currency after you die.”
    • “You will be repeating missions to earn more currency to buy more upgrades which will allow you to get further into the game.”
  • music
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game is generally appreciated for being good and enjoyable, though some find it repetitive. However, technical issues such as the inability to turn off the music detract from the overall experience.

    • “But it's a very nice game with great music. I wish and hope there can be updates so it will be bigger, deeper, and better.”
    • “The soundtrack is pretty good.”
    • “The music is good but repetitive.”
  • graphics
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics are generally considered serviceable and appropriate for the game's style, delivering nice visuals and action without being particularly impressive or groundbreaking.

    • “Nice action, very nice visuals and really good sound design.”
    • “The graphics are servicable, the sound is servicable, nothing breathtaking.”
    • “The graphics are okay for this kind of game.”
  • grinding
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding in the game involves repetitive missions to earn currency for numerous upgrades, making progress feel slow and requiring significant time investment.

  • replayability
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users find the game’s replayability well-balanced with its length and price, suggesting it offers good value for multiple playthroughs.

    • “I also think the price point is just right for the length and replayability.”
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Space Avenger: Empire of Nexx is a role playing shooter game with science fiction theme.

Space Avenger: Empire of Nexx is available on Nintendo Switch, PC and Windows.

Space Avenger: Empire of Nexx was released on October 9, 2020.

Space Avenger: Empire of Nexx was developed by Clement Willay Games.

Space Avenger: Empire of Nexx has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Space Avenger: Empire of Nexx for its music but disliked it for its gameplay.

Space Avenger: Empire of Nexx is a single player game.

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