Through the proper execution of combos and psychokinetic attacks against an enemy, players can access more powerful environmental attacks using specific objects that upon impact are capable of doing immense damage if an additional Quick Time Event is successfully performed with one or both analog sticks. What makes Scarlet Nexus so enjoyable to play is a simple yet solid hack-and-slash combat system that builds multiple layers of interesting elements on top of it, the first of course being Yuito and Kasane’s psychokinetic powers. Certain story events will see those members change, constantly forcing players to get accustomed to using different characters and their powers in the field, even those who aren’t necessarily their favourites yet whose “bond events” and related skill perks are just as rewarding. Also keeping things interesting is how the game immediately thrusts players and their chosen main right into OSF recruit training following the tutorial, introducing them to the large family of supporting characters that Kasane and Yuito will fight alongside, hang out with, romance or bond with.
Of course, as is common with these sorts of stories, Yuito and Kasane will soon discover that The Others are not their only enemies and that there are potentially even worse threats already existing within their ranks…but if you eat this sort of thing up like I do you’ll be pleased to know that Yuito and Kasane’s journeys, while obviously connected are also bespoke, so when you finish the first character’s adventure you can then start a new game with the other and see a completely different side to the story. Both Yuito and Kasane are powerful psychokinetics, capable of not only of moving objects both large and small with their minds, but are also natural-born leaders that can use the Struggle Arms System (SAS) to “borrow” the abilities of up to four other members of their squad, making them an even more formidable force against The Others.
Standing between The Other and the annihilation of New Himuka are the country’s National Defense Forces and the aforementioned OSF, with each member of the latter group wielding unique, powerful psychic abilities capable of destroying Others.
In the game, players assume the role of either male recruit Yuito Sumeragi or female recruit Kasane Randall, both freshly-minted members in the OSF (Other Suppression Force), an elite branch of the military in New Himuka that is tasked with protecting the country’s citizens from a brain-consuming race of beasts collectively referred to as “Others.” Others regularly invade human cities through an anomaly in the stratosphere called “The Extinction Layer,” which sees these creatures randomly drop from the sky to cause carnage and chaos wherever they land.Ī disturbingly bizarre cross of oversized human parts, animal parts, plant life, ancient sculpture and 20 th century furniture, The Others a unique Japanese take on the concept of “destroyed beauty,” which extends to the crumbling outskirts of the capital city, Suoh, long abandoned by humanity in the face of the alien threat.
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