Nex Machina
From the collaboration between Housemarque (Resogun, Alienation, Matterfall), and Robotron and Smash TV legendary creator Eugene Jarvis comes Nex Machina, an explosive arcade experience created with…
Nex Machina is an arcade developed by Housemarque, released 20 June 2017 on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Nex Machina is
Nex Machina is an arcade game developed by Housemarque and released in 2017. It is available on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
"Humans have become so dependent on technology that they cannot avert their eyes from portable devices anymore. Around them, machines have reached consciusness and surpassed human intelligence tenfolds. No reasons to be servants now – robots are clearly the superior lifeform. And to make their point, they start eradicating all human life…"
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 39 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Nex Machina holds a critic score of 91 out of 100. That places it above 98% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 20 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-4690 or AMD FX-4300, 4 GB RAM and 2 GB Video RAM - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD Radeon R9 270. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Nex Machina launched on 20 June 2017, within three weeks of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Diablo III: Eternal Collection, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age. It reviewed better than all of them. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Diablo III: Eternal Collection, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Nex Machina yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 3 videos →
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