
Play as the villain in Nefarious! An action platformer where you globe hop between several kingdoms kidnapping princesses who alter gameplay in unique ways. Then thwart various heroes in reverse boss fights, recreated iconic battles where you control the boss.
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Unleash a little anarchy! Tired of playing the hero? Experience the adventure from the other side of the coin with Nefarious! Play as the villain for a change and wreak chaos as you kidnap princesses from five different kingdoms who alter game play in unique ways. Stomp on heroes through several iconic battles recreated with you as the boss!
Nefarious is a 2d-animated action platformer, where your objective on each stage is to kidnap a princess and then escape with them! Heroes will attempt to thwart you, and many things may not go quite as expected.
Lovingly crafted 2d animation and illustrated backdrops.
Reverse boss fights let you fight the hero.
Globe hop between five different kingdoms and even more distinct locations.
Unlock several ammo types for your grenade launcher
Mix and match customization options for 10+ variations on your explosive punches.
Mystery and Intrigue, that if uncovered, unlocks a secret ending!
Engage in a comedic story exploring and deconstructing the video game trope of princess kidnapping.
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 40 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
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positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Reviews
for a comedy game i think this was pretty funny and cool (the mechanics and artstyle are a tad bland though) i liked it
All I can say is that it's good to be bad, and it's bad to be good
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it's a solid game, the ending's a bit of a mess but I'd still recommend it, soundtrack's great, the references and the game itself is funny. Plus being able to play as the villain is the selling point. 8/10 for me.
An absolutely stellar game, one of my favorites of all time. Music, visuals, and writing are all top-notch; oddly enough, the gameplay is the weakest part of the package in my opinion, but that's not due to it being bad so much as it is everything else being incredible. Highly recommend picking it up, and especially recommend checking out the still-ongoing webcomic that takes place after the game's good ending.
A forgotten gem. Any game where you play as the bad guy is worth trying.
Не плохо
Charming nostalgia yet original game. Story and characterization: 4/5 Without spoiling the game, you play as Crow who desire to kidnap certain characters for his own goal while fighting obstacles characters inspired by popular 2d 90s game characters. The game shine best when comes to characters interaction which takes place in hub place or levels. You do learn various characters situation and personality which can be funny, intriguing, character you want to root for, something that is sad, and WTF moment as well. ====== Gameplay: 3/5 Like megaman, you can customize your weaponry where one arm does punching ability which isn't that great to be honest where other arm can use 4 types of projectiles. The game does encourage you to use regular or sticky grenades to give you extra jumping boost to reach certain treasure chest (this is money), crowns, and vinyl records. Problem about this that you can't change weapons doing gameplay despite there are choices of using rockets and assault rifle which doesn't give you jumping boost. This would mean that you wouldn't use rockets or assault rifle until you finish the game. The game is generous to have saving point within the level and infinite lives. Since you are a super villain, you would interact with certain villains and get to use various machines on most levels. You can use 3 save files which can be convenient for those who are sharing the game. This game does something different compare to other 2d shooting games that I have ever played and that is using captives' passive ability to your advantage. Do note this passive ability isn't used often through out whole game which would have been neat idea if they did. ====== Music: 2.5/5 Music is okay which nothing really standout but there are few very annoying music. Luckily this game does give you option change the volume of sound and music. ====== Presentation: 4/5 I thought this game did good job for indie game where some are animated as well. Some characters needed to be updated for such as Mayapple does not look right when comparing her to other characters. Final thoughts: I highly recommend buying the game and it does worth sequel
I Love The Gameplay And Story
I love the idea of playing as the villian.
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