It has a style, but it doesn’t really carry the game as heavily as the sound or gameplay. Unlike titans of the genre like Binding of Isaac or Enter the Gungeon, Nuclear Throne just looks a little bit empty. As is common with the genre, it goes for a pixel art aesthetic. Graphically Nuclear Throne is a bit simple, perhaps too simple. The soundtrack is firmly in the background to not distract from the carnage, but it got it’s hooks in me straight away, and I can’t stop humming the title track.
Every shot has so much ‘ooomph’ behind it giving the game a real sense of weight. Every gun from basic pistol to double barreled shotgun sounds amazing. Nuclear Throne’s sound design is one of the biggest contributors to its seductive appeal. Controls are tight and responsive, weapons are satisfying to use and it all just meshes together and makes a wonderfully enjoyable soup. Luckily for us, Nuclear Throne is an absolute blast from death, to death. Of course that investment would be for naught if the game wasn’t actually fun to play. A typical newbie run might last 1-2 minutes, so jumping into a round of ‘Throne is a fairly small time investment. It will strike hard, fast and often and upon death, you lose all your progress. Not all weapons are created equal, and you can only carry 2, so experimenting and finding the best loadout is all part of the fun.ĭespite the sizeable array of boomsticks at your disposal, death is an inevitability. Rocket launchers, lasers, miniguns, the game has it all.
Luckily for you, Nuclear Throne provides a large selection of weapons in which to face the mutated horde. Everything from bandits, rats, ninjas, robot dogs and terrifyingly large scorpions (to name a few) are itching to nab a piece of your radioative meat. Your path to said Throne is blocked by literally hundreds of enemies, most of which are going to use everything at their disposal to kill you. You take the role of a mutated animal – although plants and rocks may also gain sentience – and you make your way through a series of levels to reach the titular Nuclear Throne. This means lots of runnin’, lootin’ and of course, shootin’. Nuclear Throne joins the ever expanding, seemingly endless library of Rogue-Likes on the Switch.
Nah, that one sticks around like a bad smell. Games come and go as quickly as you dip in and out of sessions, but not Nuclear Throne. During my hiatus, I found great comfort in the pick up and play nature of the Switch.
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