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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 281.2 hrs on record (34.1 hrs at review time)
Posted: 3 Oct, 2021 @ 9:24am
Updated: 3 Oct, 2021 @ 11:14am

SOMEWHERE IN NEVADA

MADNESS: Project Nexus is a Third-Person arcade-y Action game with Run n' Gun / Beat'Em Up type of mix thrown into it.
Based on the Newgrounds' one of the most popular Flash Animations about excessive violence and vicious brutality
Madness Combat , comes a game adaptation of the same premise of Madness Combat, brought by the same guy(s) who created this game!

Story Campaign
The game takes a journey after the events of the flash game Madness Project Nexus Classic*[www.newgrounds.com].
From destroying AAHW's assets to fleeing to Nexus City and it's surrounding areas "somewhere in Nevada".
You primarily take role as Hank J. Wimbleton, Sanford and Deimos with one objective in mind... Destroy Project Nexus.
On your way, you will face groups of enemies sometimes the thrice the size of you. Bandits, AAHW, MERCs... And maybe even the cast of popular MC characters like Sheriff, Dr. Christoff or Tricky.
Whether you wanna go alone or with 3 other friends in Local Coop, you have 20 Levels worth of pure violence and killing to go through! They all patiently await your arrival!

*Madness Project Nexus classic, while it is a predecessor game to this game, isn't required to play to give you a backstory to see where you're left off.

Arena Combat
Your character. In Madness universe. Would be fun to see how it feels to be the Killing Machine on your own.
Being basically brought from zero, you are tasked to help out one guy to save Nevada from destruction.
Start off a business as one of the toughest and the deadliest companies that Nevada has ever seen.
Train and equip your character to your fitting or to adapt your origins.
    Choose between 4 combat methods.
  • Unarmed will help you deliver deadlier punches
  • Melee will teach you how to use anything blunt or sharp more effectively
  • Ranged makes you use guns like a professional
  • Acrobatic teaches you how to avoid most dangers by dodging your way and throwing weapons
With 4 Contracts and 8 Missions, you will never be bored of what's going to be thrown at you. And in case if you do get bored, deploy on Madness and/or play the Missions on Endless waves after beating their standard objectives.
You don't have to do this alone, you can hire some goons (or Hirelings) which will aid your journey into becoming a lethal killing machine and drop in some expendable troopers to assist you in combating whatever's thrown at you.

DISCLAIMER: Arena Combat is Solo play ONLY!

There are a lot of subjects to uncover for this mode, as all of it affect you and your Hirelings' statistics of the gameplay, but the game does a good job explaining individual mechanic once you get hooked up.

The Playground
The game's very own Sandbox Mode. Go crazy with unit combinations or just make a benchmark by throwing more than your rig can handle. All the power to you.

Overall side notes

First two modes have 3-4 Difficulty Options when you're about to approach their missions.
  • Tourist being the easiest, or how I'd like to call it... for Non-Players
  • Normal giving you just enough challenge to keep you interested and not make you punish that much for minor mistakes.
  • Tough will test your mettle with how well you handle the combat scenarios, because even a small mistake can cost you a Corpus*
  • MADNESS (available when you beat the mission on Tough) gives out that Madness Combat pacing where there's nothing but swift and constant violence and everyone's overall health is reduced to the point where 3rd hit can prove to be the one that breaks the Corpus*

*Corpus is the game's equivalent of Health Bars, depending on what you play, you and even your enemies have set numbers of Corpus where enough damage done to the player/enemy can break one point of Corpus.




After sinking a lot of hours playing through both primary game modes on Tough Difficulty. Faced fails and victories, and pretty much set a record of killing off enemies in one minute, I can safely say that it's one of the rarest gems you will find on the Store, provided you come from games that feature violence, guns, blood and gore altogether.
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Digstar 16 Jan, 2023 @ 8:38pm 
Good review:cozybethesda: