Nimillion - The last expedition

My first thought when I saw this game was Sub-Terrania on the Sega Genesis. Underground, space ship, gravity mechanics, fighting space aliens, and there were even upgrades to collect along the way. Now I'm gonna have to go back and listen to that OST again, so thank you for that. Admittedly, when I saw the Metroidvania tag on the game, I was expecting it to be one connected adventure, so I was a bit confused that the game runs stage by stage without direct connections between levels. But honestly, I'm not bothered by that at all, I'm still loving the return of a type of physics-centered gameplay you don't get very often in 2D. Game's good, feels fun, and you can race on the leaderboards to brag to your friends, so I'm not gonna complain.

プレイヤースキルの求められる高難度ゲーム！ 多少慣れたと思った頃に新たなギミックが出てきて大破したり、隠された道を見つけて新たなスキルを発見したり、やりこみ要素たっぷり！ 音も耳に心地良くリラックスできます（操作は忙しいので心が休まるかはわかりません） ただ、日本語対応はしていないので全文英語ですがゲームプレイにはそんなに影響はないかと… 難しいゲームが好きな方々にぜひ極めて欲しいおすすめのゲームです

Here's my rapid fire review for the game! https://youtube.com/shorts/qRSca2ynOx8 In short, I loved it. Very creative throwback to the good old days. This eerie charming world that both includes speedrun like stages as well as massive sprawling metroidvania like levels a boss to take down. It is a challenging but fair game with tons of tools in its toolbelt to squeek out wins in any and all situations. If you're a fan of physics based navigational action adventure type games, sprinkled with some puzzle elements, You'll be right at home here!

The physics-based thruster controls are the real star here. At first they feel simple, but the deeper you go, the more you realize how much skill and precision the game demands. Every landing, every maneuver feels earned, and when things finally “click,” it’s incredibly satisfying. It’s the kind of game where failure teaches you something instead of just frustrating you. What really impressed me is how well the Metroidvania-style progression blends with the mechanics. Unlocking new abilities like shields, boosts, and zero-gravity movement genuinely changes how you approach exploration and challenges. The level design keeps evolving alongside your skills, so it never feels repetitive. The difficulty is definitely on the tougher side, but it’s fair. If you enjoy games that respect your intelligence and don’t hold your hand, this is absolutely your kind of experience. It captures that “just one more try” feeling perfectly. (And if you are struggling, the developer was kind enough to make some maps in their wonderful manual.) Also worth mentioning: the atmosphere and retro-inspired presentation give it a ton of charm. You can tell this was made with passion, and it really shows in the details. Overall, this is a hidden gem for anyone who loves skill-based gameplay, physics mechanics, and classic-style challenges.

This game keeps me coming back for more and as a casual gamer it suits me well, it reminds me of those lunar lander type games we used to have on the gameboy and I haven't really seen anything like it recently. Each section of each level gives its own unique challenge and it really feels like a realistic take on what the storyline sets out for in trying to escape an underground maze in a makeshift rocket ship. Some of the challenges are difficult and some I have yet to get myself co-ordianted enough for (those towers you need to charge up), but most of the 'completionist' type puzzles like this which are difficult can be bypassed as long as you can make it to the end of each level. You can easily come back later to find and complete the little bits you've missed. I am enjoying trying to make it through each level and come up with strategies to survive the various situations you encounter. This game is all about mastering the controls of the ship, knowing which direction is up even when gravity is reversed or your engines get disabled, and the physics of the various tools you pickup along your journey to counter the hostile environment you face on the path to freedom! The physics of the laser are great which serves as a gun to remove obstacles, a quick reverse gear (by recoil) and to destroy or bash away enemies in a tight spot. combining several tools you can stabilise yourself with anti gravity, line up a shot, shoot and then boost away with your shields on. If you get stuck you can use antigravity and the gun to reverse out. I am looking forward to getting to the end of the main levels so I can run back through to attempt to complete each level 100%. Also the really large levels are amazing, but I feel like I missed so much on some of them, I would love to see a way to go back/ 'fast travel' to a previously gained checkpoint so I can explore each area completely!

This game made me rage quit 17 times, I died over 800 times in the 30 hours it took me to beat it. It was soo much fun and hella rewarding when I finally finished it. Do not skip collectibles.

有成就 没中文 尼米利安：最后的远征 发售前大型版本更新 本周为重磅更新，内容如下： 更新要点一览： 绳索道具现在可随时使用，不再占用技能栏。 现在你可以携带四个技能外加绳索（手柄右键肩键 / 键盘 F 键）。 利用小技巧，现在可以携带两节电池。 算是个我很喜欢的良性 bug，所以决定保留下来。 护盾支持提前主动关闭，能够更快再次启用。 第二位 Boss 奖励大幅提升：5 点能量值加一节 15 点电池，合计 20 点奖励，性价比极高。 修复第二位 Boss 在战斗末尾可能误伤自身的问题。 加油站优化：长时间停留休整不再消耗燃料。 调整所有 Boss 生命值数值。 游戏存档速度大幅提升。 更新世界地图内容。 修复最终 Boss 相关漏洞。 多处区域奖励点数进行修正调整。 修复大量关卡细节问题。 修正多处文字拼写错误。 还有不少细碎改动不再逐一列出。 游戏将于 4 月 13 日或 14 日正式发售，具体时间依所在地区时区而定。 希望大家届时能喜欢这款作品！ 一如既往感谢大家的支持，也特别感谢所有投入大量时长游玩本作的主播创作者！ 我会持续推送版本更新，并认真听取玩家反馈！ 此致 安东尼

日本では馴染みの薄いジャンルなので、デモ版を試すのが一番手っ取り早いぞ [hr][/hr] Nimillionは地下世界から地上を目指す、Metroidvania風のCave Flyer。 と言っても一般的なMetroidvaniaではなく、基本面クリア型で一部広い探索型ステージがある。 普段は重力があり、マップギミックや敵が殺しに来るのでアビリティを駆使し攻略していく。 広いステージでは途中でワールドマップへ戻る事ができ、チェックポイントから再開可能。 操作は加速と旋回で移動するAsteroidsスタイル。 他の挙動は逆噴射なし、旋回に慣性あり、弾に慣性が乗らない。 キーボードとコントローラ対応。マウスはUI操作のみ。 日本語未対応だがプレイにはあまり影響ない。 ただし一部仕様は説明を読まないと気づきにくいかもしれない。 グラフィックや演出、音楽のクオリティは全体的に高い。 クリアまでプレイした感想としては、MetroidvaniaよりもLunar Lander系要素の方が強く感じた 敵の種類は少なく、戦闘らしい戦闘はボス戦のみで、死因の多くは地形との衝突。 後半に行くにつれイライラ棒要素が増えていく。(それ程エグくはない) 一部のアビリティの使い道は少なく、もう少し新しいギミックも欲しかった。 Thrust(吊り)要素もあるがそこまで本格的ではなく、初心者にもやさしい。 地形へスタックしやすかったり、分かりにくいギミックがある点はマイナス。 一部の場所を除いて理不尽さを感じないのは高評価。あとボス戦楽しい。 総じてジャンル的な面白さは保証されているが、ゲーム的な面白さやレベル構成は少し甘い。 この手のゲーム初心者かつ高難易度耐性があるなら入門用としていいと思う。 逆にガチ勢にとっては少し易しく感じるのでクリアするだけならコスパはあまり良くない。 あと2ボス追加くらいのボリュームは欲しかった。 ただ、スピードランをするならリプレイ性があり、ルート構築やアビリティの使いどころを考える楽しさはある。 記録を目指すなら相当シビアになるだろう。 現在はアビリティ強化のリセットが出来ないのが難点だ。 期待値が高かっただけに残念な部分もあるが全体的には楽しめた。 [hr][/hr] 以下説明読まないと気づきにくそうな事などのQ&A 公式マニュアルは[url=https://nimillion.digitalcandy.agency/Nimillion_manual-guide.pdf]ここ[/url](ネタバレあり) [list] [*]倒れて起き上がれない！ [spoiler]Nebula DriftやNova Sparkを使って頑張ろう[/spoiler] [*]風に押し返されて進めないんだが？ [spoiler]Jet BlinkだけじゃなくNebula Driftも併せて使うとどうよ[/spoiler] [*]燃料なくなるとどうなるの [spoiler]めっちゃ重くなる！[/spoiler] [*]アビリティ強化どうするの [spoiler]一部のアビリティはCore Riftと呼ばれる場所で強化出来るぞ。撃つか触ろう。 他のアビリティは道中で見つかるぞ[/spoiler] [*]青いバッテリーはなんなの [spoiler]強化ポイントが貰えるぞ。持ってる間は少し重くなる。[/spoiler] [*]ピンクのパーティクル発してる機械なに？ [spoiler]中央に留まってゲージを溜めるとマップに怪しい場所がマークされるぞ[/spoiler] [*]なんかゲージが少し溜まった状態から伸びないんだけど？ [spoiler]節子、それゲージやない。バッテリーや[/spoiler] [*]狭くて取れないバッテリーあるけど 序盤なら[spoiler]とりあえず無視して先進めよう[/spoiler] 後半なら[spoiler]記憶から消去されたアビリティ持ってない？[/spoiler] [*]物吊って運んでたら死んだんだが？ [spoiler]自機から出てる内臓はダメージくらうぞ[/spoiler] [*]P[spoiler]lasma Shell[/spoiler]使ったのに爆死した [spoiler]CD中は一瞬発動したように見せかけてくるから騙されるな音で判断しろ[/spoiler] [*]ワールドマップのアイコンの違いなに？ [spoiler]◎は進行に必須、△は任意だがより難しい、🌐は広い探索型ステージ。 最後のステージへ行くには全てのボスを倒す必要がある[/spoiler] [*]QRコードっぽいのなに [spoiler]読み取りにくいかもしれないが全体マップへのリンク[/spoiler] [/list]

The only and single reason why I don't recommend this game because the actual game is NOT AT ALL what you would expect from a game that is using this thruster/gravity combination. So anyone like me who tought this is like the others that uses such movement WILL be dissapointed the same way. For anyone else, this is a platformer trough and trough, except instead of airdash, double jump and all that common in platformers, you have the gravity/thruster combo, and a variety of abilities to manipulate your movements to do cool manuvers and hit time scores with the leader board literally in your face. The metroidvania aspect is there. You get new stuff, upgrade some to achive more efficiency and get to places you couldn't before by going back to maps you been before. The movement of the truster/gravity, the camera, the "allowance" of knocking the wall ALL perfect, even running out of fuel gives you a level of control, you might desire. The abilities are all well defined and multipling the gameplay, really cool (if you into that). A very good time attack platformer. Graphics, UI design, asthetic, sound everything is really really good, and well tought trough, except one thing. As a hobby developer i happened to program the same game also in UE in hopes to have a nice graphics for my game, and found out why I belive this game was a mistake to program in UE. The physics in UE is working to the 4-5-6th decimal, especially on high frame rate the input and calculations are so precises that even if you live forever and FARM this game, you likelly never ONCE could reproduce the exact same imputs that would resoult the exact same fly path you got that one time. Some people might like that if you get lucky and farm a particular time attack you aim for just as much you hit those decimals and got an unbeatable score, some other people might consider they prefere repeatable way of going at speedruns, like mario with a predictable frame rate and other old games for that reason to replicate and train yourself to perform the best possible route. I personally think the later should be the norm, and not atribute a persons unbeatable score to luck, cuz thats what he had, something the original person wouldn't be able to replicate, like ever. So for that reason i think UE was a poor choice to make a time attack platformer.

At first I liked the challenge of this game, but the longer I played it, the more frustrated I became. It's fun to have challenges, but this game is so unforgiving that it makes me wonder what the dev was thinking when making it. Any micro-corrections in the controls lead to a loss of control of the spacecraft and a loss of time. That's fine; you can correct, but one of the core mechanics is you race these sparks around tight corners to upgrade the craft or unlock an ability. First, if you overshoot or tap a wall, it spins you out of control; this is on normal difficulty. The second maddening mechanic is areas of wind; it blows you back during the racing. Any movement too slow or not upgraded, and you get stopped, restarting the whole process. To make matters worse, even if you outrace the spark, it punishes you for not landing at the end before the spark reaches the platform. After trying to obtain one ability in the first main dungeon more than 60 times, I stopped playing—not because of my skill, but due to the game's lack of forgiveness. I played the Dark Souls and Up series of games, beating them; this game is by far much more rage-inducing and minimally rewarding. It's like Lunar Lander for sadists. Further playing this game would have led me to destroy my controller and my sanity. Maybe I'll pick it up again another time, but due to the extremely high skill level, I just don't see that it's worth spending time practicing the mechanics while juggling gravity and seeing minimal returns. If you want rage-inducing, controller-destroying 8-bit madness, then this is the game. For me, that is reserved for Dark Souls and old emulated games. Example: Rock Man for the NES. You died too many times; you had to start from the beginning. This game just taunts you. says, "Get GUD," then poops all over your chest.