Nuclear Throne is Vlambeer in its element - a fast, crunchy projectile-saturated shoot 'em up roguelike. Unlike many roguelikes, it's not really focused on "builds" - there are upgrades, yes, but these upgrades are rather rudimentary things like "move faster" or "have more max health". The simplicity works well for the game, though, since the focus is meant to be on the combat itself. There's a lot of weapons in the game, most of which are pretty fun to use, especially when paired with certain characters' special abilities and late-game Ultra Mutations. The ability to loop through the game after reaching the titular Nuclear Throne adds a fun amount of replayability to the whole thing, especially since it only takes a handful of minutes to get there. All in all, this is a very solid title.

Reviewed on Oct 12, 2020


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