Kick Ass Kickstarters: Nelo
By Tanner Banks
3/5/2016, 7:15 a.m.
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Oh, sweet baby Jesus. When I first saw Nelo, I was thinking, “Great, another crappy sci-fi game…” I need to go back in time to punch myself in the teeth, because this game looks freakin’ sweet! It’s crazy when you see all the games being made by these super small teams, because this dynamic (and engaged) duo of Kevin Bryant and Michelle Morger have made a truly visually impressive game.
Set on an alien world decimated by his people’s creations, the Nightsithe, with nobody at your side and time running out to escape, you take the role of the titular character Nelo, a cybernetically enhanced badass who looks like a cross between Spawn and Dead Space‘s Isaac Clarke. Nelo is coming armed to the teeth as well, packing his super suit and the Hands of Aphelion. His super suit lets him zip around on the ground and air dash of the ground as well. The Nightsithe better hope to not catch his hands, because the Hands of Aphelion are four floating hands that can either rip apart the enemies in melee or blow them away with four guns at the same time. Suck it, Call of Duty.
The most exciting thing for me is the gameplay. There’s a lot going on with this game. Not only is it a run-and-gun third-person shooter, but at any time you can switch it to a top-down twin-stick shooter for a better lay of the land. Throw in the explorations mechanics for the levels, platforming sections, dog fighting in space as Nelo’s brother, and fighting as a cannon wielding mech suit. Throw in a combo system that lets you set off EMPs, go into bullet time, and set up a shield to either get out of dodge, or blow dodge the fuck up. There is so much going on with this game that it looks more like a game being led by someone like Riot or Blizzard (but not Ubisoft). It’s still waiting for the greenlight on Steam, but it won’t be long before it’s rocking the charts.
Seriously, this game looks absolutely bonkers! Fifteen minutes of gameplay footage and my heart is still racing after watching Nelo dart around the air and blowing up everything to kingdom come. I’m not the only one to be giving this game praise either, Nelo earned a spot on Epic Games’ Unreal Engine Booth at the 2015 Game Developers Conference and got tons of tips and positive feedback from gamers and industry giants alike. The game itself is in Pre-Alpha right now, so the game is a bit of a ways off, but this looks like it’s going to be a blast to play. The Kickstarter still has $20k to go and all I can say is go out and SUPPORT. THIS. GAME. If you want, check out the demo on IndieDB as well.