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Choose between Yuito and Kasane, elite psionics each armed with a talent in psychokinesis and their own reason to fight. Complete both of their stories to unlock all the mysteries of a Brain Punk future caught between technology and psychic abilities.
SCARLET NEXUS is a anime, action and rpg game
developed by Bandai Namco Studios Inc.
and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
Released on June 24th 2021 is available only on Windows
in 12 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.
It has received 17,125 reviews of which 13,888 were positive and 3,237 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.9 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 7.99€ on Steam with a 84% discount, but you can find it for 4.71€ on Gamivo.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 | AMD FX-8350
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 760, 2 GB | AMD Radeon HD 7970, 3 GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 50 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Estimated performance: 1080p/60fps with graphics settings at "Low". Framerate might drop in graphics-intensive scenes. - 64-bit processor and operating system are required.
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I was genuinely surprised by this game. i genuinely enjoyed the story, especially the ending of the MP story as it just left my jaw on the floor. feel good anime adventure..... definitely some heart string tugging going on here though so bring tissues for a few scenes. but. to get the ultimate weapons, the highest grade content, to 100% this game is beyond ridiculous. i am very much a completionist but when i have to beat the game DOZENS of times to get everything i need? nope. done. thanks for the story. i'm out. i wanna be able to get the ultimate stuff BEFORE i finish the game, not after. do i recommend it? totally. but if you have that itch for completionist type games, don't start this journey you will hate yourself. I beat the MP's story line, started the FP's and just uninstalled when i realized its the same story from slightly different points of view. that being said. story: 10/10 gameplay: 8/10 there are some serious platforming issues in sections, as well as massively cheap deaths and skill ceilings making this game a pain in the butt for anyone with motor control issues. luckily the options has a few ways to combat this a smidge. graphics: anime niche is what it is. time investment: HEAVY.
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Rating: 7/10 (Recommended) A visually stunning action RPG with fun combat mechanics, but weighed down by repetitive gameplay and uneven storytelling. What I Liked: Combat is the Star of the Show: The combat system is flashy and highly satisfying. Using psychokinesis to fling cars, barrels, and other objects at enemies, while seamlessly chaining melee combos, feels amazing. The SAS system (letting you borrow abilities from your teammates) adds a lot of variety. For example, you can temporarily gain fire attacks, teleport behind enemies, or become invisible for sneak attacks. These mechanics encourage you to experiment, and the game rewards creativity in how you fight. Brain-Punk World & Style: Scarlet Nexus is visually stunning. The neon-lit cityscapes and dystopian atmosphere create a unique "brain-punk" aesthetic that blends futuristic technology with psychic abilities. The enemy designs, especially the "Others," are grotesque, creative, and memorable, like plants and machinery fused together into nightmarish forms. Dual Protagonist Structure: You can play as either Yuito or Kasane, and each has a distinct perspective on the story. Their paths overlap but reveal different details, making it worth playing through twice if you’re invested in the plot. This dual-narrative approach adds replayability and fleshes out the larger picture of the world’s mysteries. What I Didn’t Like: Repetitive Gameplay Loop: While the combat is great, the mission design drags it down. Too many levels feel like rinse-and-repeat tasks: go to a similar-looking area, fight waves of enemies, and move to the next checkpoint. Exploration is minimal, and the environments feel reused and uninspired by the later chapters. Uneven Storytelling: The story has interesting themes (like government conspiracies, memory manipulation, and identity), but the delivery is inconsistent. Cutscenes can feel overly long and filled with unnecessary exposition. The pacing fluctuates between long, drawn-out sections and sudden bursts of action. It sometimes feels like the story is trying too hard to be complex. Character Depth is Lacking: While the bond system (interacting with teammates to strengthen relationships) is a nice idea, most of the characters feel underdeveloped. Their personalities are often reduced to anime archetypes, and the bond episodes don’t add much substance. You’ll likely find a couple of characters you like, but many feel forgettable. Grindy Toward the End: The second half of the game starts to drag as the repetitive gameplay loop becomes more apparent. Enemies get stronger, but the tactics for defeating them don’t change much, leading to a grindy feeling. Overall Thoughts: Scarlet Nexus shines in its combat and visual design, delivering an enjoyable but flawed experience. It’s a solid game for fans of action RPGs and anime-inspired aesthetics, but it doesn’t quite reach its full potential. If you’re okay with some repetition and a story that takes a while to get going, there’s a lot to like here. Pros: Stylish and flashy combat with lots of depth Gorgeous brain-punk aesthetic Dual protagonists add replay value Cons: Repetitive mission design and environments Story pacing is uneven, with underdeveloped characters Gameplay loop can feel grindy by the end Recommendation: Worth picking up, especially on sale. Don’t expect a masterpiece, but if you love stylish combat and a unique sci-fi setting, you’ll likely enjoy it.
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A decent cyberpunk anime action game with good combat Pros + The story is decent, with many anime cringe tropes, but still interesting enough with its twists and turns in the plot to keep you engaged. + The game also has two protagonists , each with a different gameplay style and different companions' powers that can be used. It also offers different perspectives on the main story. + The game also has good world-building and lore to back it up. + The combat is the main highlight. I love it; there are a lot of combos with melee attacks, psychokinesis attacks, and also the powers from other companions that you can borrow . + The characters' cast is cliché , just like anime . There’s the tsundere, childhood friend, shy dere, etc., but I still like it. + The graphics are decent anime style , but I love the art direction of its cyberpunk theme. + The monsters are pretty good, varied enough, and complement the combat by encouraging the use of different powers. Cons - The level design is kinda samey , not really interesting. - The side stories about the companions are hit and miss for me. Some of them are good and give depth to the characters , but some of them also feel like filler and fall flat . - The side quests are flat—like the worst . They should have been called challenges or something because they don’t feel like side missions or quests at all, just tasks to do. - I don’t really like how the storytelling is presented, as it’s more like a visual novel for a game of this caliber .
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---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☑ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☑ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☐ Worth the price ☑ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- 8/10
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An innovative and unique, yet greatly flawed anime punk JRPG 7.5/10 Well, Scarlet Nexus is definitely a work that has mixed reviews, polarizing yet uniquely positioned. While it has excellent visual art full of futuristic punk, a brilliant original soundtrack, and an extremely thrilling combat experience, as a JRPG the plot experience it brings to players is truly a disaster, completely different from the traditional JRPGs that have always focused on plot narrative. Coupled with the highly repetitive gameplay, Scarlet Nexus has long been controversial among players. How did Scarlet Nexus go from being highly anticipated to being virtually ignored? Through exquisite anime rendering, Scarlet Nexus presents players with a futuristic and gorgeous holographic world. Prosperous electronic cities, decaying abandoned urban ruins, silent underground railways, solemn central computer, and cold, windy, snow-covered mountains... The outstanding art design is enough for players to enjoy an unprecedented visual feast, and the atmosphere and artistic conception created are unparalleled and unforgettable. Speaking of gameplay, Scarlet Nexus is extremely easy to get started with while remaining innovative and exciting. While using simple hack and slash as its core gameplay, it also incorporates psychokinesis, sclerokinesis, invisibility, teleportation, and other superpowers to assist in combat. Combined with the numerous invincibility frames, the game's combat experience is exhilarating and refreshing while not losing the upper limit of operation, which focuses on testing the player's use of superpowers and mechanisms. The dazzling linkage COMBO, team QTE cooperation, visual image, and avant-garde brain field not only bring players an excellent visual experience but also a full sense of team combat feeling. The male protagonist who focuses on melee slashing and the female protagonist who focuses on long-range psychokinesis allow players to experience different combat experiences in the two playthroughs. In addition, the map design of Scarlet Nexus is also excellent, and the immersive sound effects and excellent music are a highlight of it too. The bond chapters and basements create a sense of character life and the team atmosphere, could also bring players a different immersive gaming experience. If the plot outline of Scarlet Nexus itself could be better developed, its story could actually be far above average. However, the poor narrative technique makes it the biggest flaw of this work. Lack of foreshadowing, far-fetched logic, and improper connections are everywhere in each chapter, especially the first half of the male protagonist's story. It feels as if a team of writers without any communication or collaboration jointly constructed a story, and the result is a fragmented and extremely divided chapter plot. While the few dynamic 3D cutscenes are truly smooth and excellent, most conversations between characters are still presented in a semi-static, PowerPoint-style format, many characters also have exaggerated, rigid, and repetitive animations, and the widespread of bouyomi in full voice acting have contributed to the lack of expressiveness and the bloated and boring plot content of this work. The outstanding visual art of this game is based on the anime style, which makes it have a certain threshold for appreciation. Other inhumane designs such as the consequences of overwriting the completed save files, no dialogue history, forced automatic playback of dialogues, poor camera locking, and cumbersome gift giving further undermine the gaming experience. Though the game content is rich, it becomes extremely monotonous and boring in the late stage. The reuse rate of scenes and enemies has reached a very scary level, the side quests and bond chapters battle design are also repetitive and boring. The plot content of the two protagonists is similar, which is why many players find it difficult to maintain freshness in the second or even first playthrough. The game's unique combat mechanics and logic which is very different from most action games also require a certain amount of time to get started. Scarlet Nexus is indeed a regrettable work. In the first few hours, the stunning visual art, satisfying combat experience, and smooth performance may captivate most players, but as the plot deteriorates, combat becomes more repetitive and the playthrough grows more cumbersome, it becomes difficult to retain players, the seemingly substantial game content ultimately become more bloated and boring. Despite this, Scarlet Nexus manages to achieve a somewhat cohesive plot, which means players are more tolerant of the plot and can endure the monotonous and repetitive game content in the middle and later stages can still get enough fun from this game's unique and exhilarating combat experience. It is worth mentioning that the spin-off story in DLC Brain Eater pack is unexpectedly excellent and should not be missed; while the promotional TV anime of Scarlet Nexus performed relatively poorly and is only recommend for fans who are very interested in the characters and worldview of this game. Find my reviews valuable? [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/justgamecurator]Click here to join my curator group. Your support is my greatest motivation!
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Frequently Asked Questions
SCARLET NEXUS is currently priced at 7.99€ on Steam.
SCARLET NEXUS is currently available at a 84% discount. You can purchase it for 7.99€ on Steam.
SCARLET NEXUS received 13,888 positive votes out of a total of 17,125 achieving a rating of 7.94.
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SCARLET NEXUS was developed by Bandai Namco Studios Inc. and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
SCARLET NEXUS is playable and fully supported on Windows.
SCARLET NEXUS is not playable on MacOS.
SCARLET NEXUS is not playable on Linux.
SCARLET NEXUS is a single-player game.
There are 7 DLCs available for SCARLET NEXUS. Explore additional content available for SCARLET NEXUS on Steam.
SCARLET NEXUS does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
SCARLET NEXUS does not support Steam Remote Play.
SCARLET NEXUS is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Bandai Namco Studios Inc.
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Bandai Namco Entertainment
Release
24 Jun 2021
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