| View Larger Image | Nexus: The Jupiter Incident | CD-ROMby Vivendi Universal
| List Price: | $19.99 | |
| | Publisher: | Vivendi Universal | | Format: | CD-ROM | | ESRB Age Rating: | Teen | | Platform: | Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP | | Model: | 72324 | | Operating System: | Windows 2000 | | Release Date: | 2005-02-22 | | Sales Rank: | 14,070th |
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FEATURES | - Epic campaign with 6 Episodes and more than 26 thrilling missions
- Powered by Mithis' unique Black Sun 3D engine
- Spectacular real-time battles with breathtaking motion picture quality
- Diverse mission types - espionage, fight, stealth, sabotage, rescue, science, etc.
- NPCs and crew with improving skills
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Product Description
At the dawn of the 22nd century the conquest of space and the colonization of the solar system is being monopolized by several huge and ambitious mega-corporations. Although extremely delicate and vulnerable, a balance is maintained by these companies. At the very edge of the solar system the companies make a discovery which will shift the technological advantage and upset the balance. And so a new conflict is born: "The Jupiter Incident". You are Marcus Cromwell, a young but already famous captain. With your legendary spaceship Stiletto you find yourself in the middle of the conflict. Nexus - The Jupiter Incident is a real-time mission-based tactical space game featuring spectacular real time battles and breathtaking motion picture quality. Focus on tactics and action as you control up to a dozen battleships encountering aliens, unknown solar systems and astrophysical phenomena in your struggle to save Earth. 6 different alien species with race-specific tactics and 30 alien spaceships More than 50 unique characters and 90 different weapons and devices More than 50 capital ship types and 10 small ship types More than 350 planets, moons etc. in 10 solar systems Flexible star map system - animated map objects, light flares, etc. Zoom in on every planet, moon, comet, asteroid field, etc. in a fully 3D environment Planet movement based on real physicsMultiplayer Features - Internet and LAN Playable alien races with unique abilities Diverse missions Built-in voice-com support In-game browser through HD Interactive's authentication server |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 31 reviews)
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Nexus great space epic by Seasoned Gamer (SF, CA USA)  4 Stars
June 05, 2009
The company that made nexus went bankrupt. The game has various problems which may have been the caused bad sales. If set the skill on easy, it's turns out hard later on. The graphics are great, but Nexus 2 GFX are better. They should have polished the GFX before releasing it. Some ships look like flying boxes. The gameplay can be annoying. Attack shields then switch command to attack hull, repeat as needed. Some simple changes to the game code could have fixed it. Some bugs were left in the game code that could have been fixed. The talking heads should have been done differently.
On good side, the gameplay is thrilling epic space battles with a great story. You really feel like the fate of the galaxy is on you. The graphics are great. The weapons on shields are right out of star trek and look really cool. The game mod'ing ability makes it so easy to change things. The complex strategy involved leaves you with many different ways to defeat the enemy. The game interface is straightforward and simple.
If I can find a way, i'd produce a limited release of the original game, drm malware free. This game with some changes had the potential of being one great games of all time.
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A Great Bargain Bin Find by S. Clark 4 Stars
September 09, 2008
When this game was released its success was marred by a number of game stopping bugs, and a somewhat unfinished campaign. Those bugs have since been patched, and if you take care to see that you've got the correct patch for your version, this is actually a really great tactical space combat strategy game.
Though the campaign does seem unfinished with a rather unsatisfying ending, highly customizable ships, great ship and effects graphics, and a surprisingly well done story with quality voice acting, make this game a great bargain bin buy.
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This is the game I've always wanted by D. Rodrigues (Bethesda, Maryland United States)  5 Stars
February 11, 2007
If you enjoy science fiction, space operas, huge battles in space with massive ships tricked out with outrageous weapons, buy this game. But don't stop there, if you want a game with a great story, wide open options to customize and manage your fleet, and top-notch voice acting, again, buy this piece of software magic. It is a steal. Why this game has not won tons of awards is a mystery. If you have been tempted to buy more expensive space combat games with the words trek in them, you'll have far more fun with Nexus.
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Solid game by shoegrease 4 Stars
January 04, 2007
On a 10 scale...
Graphics...9
Gameplay...8
Story......8
Replay.....6
This game has no significant flaws. Overall the game is really fun to play but, I would caution anyone who is not a fan of this particular type of game. My affinity for space battles and strategy helped this game score bigger with me than it would for certain others. Rated on just it's strategy alone, it's still a solid game. That stands true even for those not partial to the setting. As for the replay, there isn't much of a reason to revisit the game once complete.
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Good game that has a lot going for it, but it's not without its shortcomings by Joe Majsterski (Houston, TX United States) 4 Stars
September 15, 2006
First of all, let me say that I'm a big sci-fi and astronomy buff. Between the recent debate and decision about what formally constitutes a planet, and all the hype surrounding the impending arrival of Spore, I've been worked into a frenzy over the last few months. So, I've been looking for good space-themed sci-fi games to tide me over for the coming months. I recently purchased Nexus as a way to tide myself over. For the most part, I have not been disappointed.
The basic story of the game is that you play the role of Marcus Cromwell, a war hero that had gone missing for some ten years before being recovered from hibernation in orbit around Mars. Your family has a proud history of space exploration and combat, and your father disappeared trying to pass through a wormhole with a colonization fleet. You start the game working for one of the handful of megacorporations that basically run space travel in the solar system.
Things progress fairly quickly, and that is one of the strengths of the game. You start out with an unimpressive cruiser, but soon discover alien technology and a much cooler ship with lots of neat abilities, which you control most of the game. You also pick up more support ships as the game progresses, and more and greater powers with your primary vessel.
The gameplay is pretty good, but not great. Often, it feels like you're just along for the ride while things just happen. If you don't have the best assortment of weaponry (and trust me, there are a lot of options), battles can take forever to complete. Of course, you can always restart missions, but this entails reconfiguring your weapon and device load-outs. Luckily, this is a mostly smooth process, although I did find one thing that bothered me. Most ships come with somewhere between a dozen and perhaps thirty hardpoints where all manner of weapons, engines, shields, and miscellaneous devices can be attached. However, each hardpoint slot can only be used for certain types of devices or weapons. The problem stems from the fact that some slots can be used for more than one type of item.
So, let's say you're going on a recon mission. You'll want to take that multi-use light weapon/scanner slot and put a data scanner into it. But if you've already got a light weapon in that slot, you can't move it to another dedicated light weapon slot. You have to get rid of it completely, and you get no credit for having it. It just disappears. This is mildly frustrating, but you generally have enough resource points that you can pretty much get what you'll want or need to complete a mission.
The battles themselves are pretty fun, but like I said, it doesn't always feel like you have that many options. It's pretty much attack an enemy's shields, knock them out, attack their hull, rinse, repeat. There are a variety of situations you'll encounter, however, such that you're not always in a straight-up combat situation. This keeps things from getting too repetitive or dull.
Of course, one of the great things about this game is the fact that even when you're just watching battles unfold, you'll be pleased, because the game looks pretty great. The weapons all have distinctive looks and effects, and when lots of stuff is happening simultaneously, things can get exciting. Also, the sound effects are top notch, with a number of really odd sound effects for the weapons, and also for the other bizarre occurrences you'll encounter while travelling the galaxy.
Speaking of sound, the voice acting is surprisingly good. There is a lot of spoken dialogue between and during missions, and thankfully, the actors are almost universally perfectly cast. I never found myself wishing they would shut up. The variety of characters and their interactions create a pretty good dramatic backdrop for the action. The only voices that seemed a little excessive and over the top were one of the more violent alien races, but only just barely. Otherwise, the sound was generally awesome.
The game probably has limited replay value, since it's primarily one large campaign, and half the fun is watching the plot unfold, although skirmishes could be entertaining, in theory. The only issue is that, without a storyline to carry you along, battles might be a lot less compelling.
Overall, Nexus: The Jupiter Incident is a really cool game. I particularly enjoy the fact that it's set just a century in the future, and begins by showing how mankind has make progress with space exploration, but maintains realism, evinced by the fact that you initial journey from Mars to Jupiter takes approximately eight months. As new technologies and more advanced alien races are encountered, however, the technology level jumps significantly. It all feels like a natural progression, of course allowing for the sci-fi elements and the fact that you must suspend disbelief.
Despite its minor flaws, I would recommend this game to anyone who's everenjoyed any of the Wing Commander games, or Freelancer, or even space RTS games like Homeworld or Star Wars: Empire at War. It's somewhere in the middle, with a little for everyone.
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