These hideous-looking creatures come in all shapes and sizes, yet their origin and reason for them being here are unknown – well, known by only a handful of people within New Himuka. However, enhancing the brain has a downside, it’s the number one food of choice for The Others! The Others are strange mutated hostile creatures that roam the world, they appeared many years ago and are threatening the future of the human race with their unstoppable thirst for juicy brains.
So, should you pick up Scarlet Nexus today if you like JRPGs, anime, and/or fantastic stories? Which version should you play first? Is the PS5 version very different to the PS4 Pro version? and Should you play the game and then transfer your save or simply play the current-gen edition? Let’s find out… Although the demo and initial tutorials didn’t grab my attention at first, I soon found myself addicted to the gameplay, hooked by the story, and unable to stop playing until I’d seen both stories through to the end and grabbed the platinum (which is why I’m a few days late with my review). To me, it felt like a combination of the latest Ys games and the Trails of Cold Steel series, offering real-time hack-n-slash combat with bond-based RPG team building. Scarlet Nexus was developed and published by Bandai Namco, directed and produced by developers who have worked previously on the ‘Tales’ series.
Scarlet Nexus requires two playthroughs in order to see the events that unfold through two distinct perspectives, a brilliant concept that works seamlessly both answering and creating questions at the same time!
The Quiet Man did this, despite many people criticising it due to them not understanding the concept, and you often see it in FMV adventure games where your choices change the story, making every playthrough slightly different. I love games that give you a reason to replay them, not only for new trophies but to observe new events and give context to things you may not have originally understood.