Project Nimbus: Complete Edition

Bad controls.

Started off so strong, then it started quoting Gundam and Modern Warfare for some reason and slowly devolved into a buggy, unfocused mess. But I will say, this was definitely the most schizophrenic game I've ever played. For better or worse. If all you want is Armored Core at home though, wait for a sale and buy this for a dollar, you will legitimately get a lot of value out of it at such a cheap price.

Well, quite the geenric Mecha game, but even with that, I had my fun with it, even more since I got it for 2 eu :'D Sadly the main Campaign is quite short.. 6h even with failing a mission or 2. The cutscenes were just horrible almost slideshows at times.. oki not almost, there were a few? But even with that, it was a great time when you realize how the autolock works, I played the game without it for 3h.. and made it just ALOT harder for myself, but then it clicked and EVERYTHING DIES!! Still the gameplay itself was ok, so a 6/10 from Catto, a one days Campaign with some extra if you want to stay. wishing the best for all of you from Catto! Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/mnjauthecat Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@MnjauTheCat?sub_confirmation=1 Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mnjauthecat Day of Streaming without skipping a day - 1855

This game is a indie through and through. The graphics and animations are servicable if stiff. But it wears its inspirations on its a sleeve of being a Ace Combat and Mecha game. The main point however is that its so cheap that its a damn steal. For the price being paid on sale, you can't complain on how solid and genuinely well done the game is.

Imagine if Ace Combat and Gundam had a baby. Taking DNA from both franchises and creating something new. If that sounds like something that you're interested in, go for it. It's not bad to wear your heart on your sleeves like that though. But i did burst out laughing at the final mission quoting Ace combat 5 almost verbatem. I do hope the developers have more to this coming in the future since there's a lot to explore and a few questions unanwsered. That said, the plot is a little hard to follow in the early stages. this is probbaly because of a lack of cutscenes until what I consider the second act. that being: when both of the lead women get their second frames. It also sounds like there was some work done at that point because the audio suddenly kicks into high gear and comes in *very* loudly.

The mech controls are very satisfying, the story isn't a masterpiece but it's engaging enough, and it has some other game modes in case you finish the campaign. My only complaints are 1) It's actually pretty hard to see the enemy mechs, they are too small and most of the time you'll be dogfighting at high speed. It's not a gameplay issue since there is auto-lock, but the mechs on this game are so detailed... It's a shame we can't visually see much. 2) (This is linux specific), most cutscenes on Linux does not work, showing the "TV rainbow error" instead. So we can only hear the audio and see the subtitles. I thought this was specific to my PC specs, but checking for the game on ProtonDB it seems like i am not the only linux user that is running through this issue In general, a great 08/10 game. It's fun, It has a balanced difficulty, the soundtrack is nice and the story is engaging.