

That said, they do the job adequately, and honestly, with the speed of combat and the way Nuclear Throne runs, you don’t get much chance to look around anyway. However, visually it’s not as good the graphics have a certain retro roughness to them. So far, so Enter the Gungeon, and to be honest, Nuclear Throne certainly reminds of Gungeon – at least without the bullet enemies.

You control your chosen mutant with the left stick, and aim your weapon of choice with the right, before pulling the RT to shoot. Gameplay is viewed from a top-down perspective. As you can imagine, this is a recipe for chaos, and boy does Nuclear Throne like to bring the boom! What this means is that the creatures you control are not people, but fishmen, plants, eyeballs and so on, and in order to level up, they have to collect radiation in order to mutate further.

The post apocalyptic part of Nuclear Throne’s description is not the normal kind of post apocalyptic time frame we are used to: you see, it’s here where humanity as an entity is extinct, and the mutants and monsters have taken ownership of the world. Those interested in grabbing Nuclear Throne can pick it up on Steam Early Access and can assist with the game's development by participating in Vlambeer's Twitch livestreams every Tuesday and Thursday.The story of the game is a fairly interesting one. You can check out its first iteration in the video below. The character model for the nuclear throne is in its early stages and will likely undergo changes before the game's final release. After that, there'll be a period of polish and certification, after which the game will launch officially on PC, Mac, Linux and then PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita." That's when all the content – the levels, enemies, weapons, mutations, crowns, secrets and so on – are in the game. The next stage is known as content-complete. You can technically walk around, shoot things, collect ammo, mutate, find crowns, uncover secrets, fight bosses, pick up things, find cursed and golden weapons, play co-op and all the other things that you're used to from Nuclear Throne.

"Nuclear Throne is starting to reach a state known as feature complete - it's the point that denotes that the systems that power the game are now all in place. "In terms of reaching release-ready, we're about half way," said Vlambeer's Rami Ismail on the Vlambeer website. The throne's inclusion marks a significant milestone for the game, indicating that its development is about 50 percent complete. A lone skeleton sits atop the game's nuclear throne and once it gets taken out, the throne will come to life with guns and cannons blazing. Oh yes, an actual nuclear throne! That will no longer be the case, though, as the latest Steam Early Access build introduces an official endgame scenario that has players doing battle with a final boss: a literal nuclear throne.Ī new level has been tossed into the third level of the seventh world, with no minions whatsoever. Vlambeer has tossed an awful lot into its roguelike, Nuclear Throne.
