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Nether
Nether is a fast-paced survival game that forces you to make quick life-saving decisions in an unforgiving environment. In this post-apocalyptic urban world, death is waiting around every corner, at the top of high-rise buildings, and in the grasp of powerful teleporting creatures known as 'Nethers'. These creatures and the other players are real challenges to overcome, requiring tactical gameplay, awareness, stealth, and cooperation. To navigate this high-tension environment, you must use skill and cunning in order to scavenge, trade, craft or loot for food, weapons, supplies, and other resources necessary to stay alive in a desolate and dangerous city. Team up with other survivors and take advantage of group play, as a tribe, to complete treacherous world objectives, or play as a lone wolf in an attempt to endure the hostile environment. In the end you must decide whether to Prey or Pray.
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11 reviews found70
CalmDownTom
Jul 11, 2014
The core of Nether – what it IS – hasn’t changed. It’s a game that requires your tender, loving care. It’s a seed; a seed with the potential to bloom into something beautiful and magnificent if you’re willing to get the right tools and put in all that work. And sure, there may come a time when a fox or a chicken or a mean old bully might dig up your seed, stomp all over your freshly blooming flower.
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Hardcore Gamer
Jun 15, 2014
All in all, Nether is a great time. It’s a highly engaging and realized survival experience; something we need more of. It certainly has its caveats, and I am rather upset at the issues still shown in it to this day, but it still offers a lot of fun.
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Softpedia
May 4, 2014
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Gaming Nexus
Sep 18, 2014
Nether has a lot of potential to be a great game, but unfortunately it suffers from odd design choices that make the gameplay experience an exercise in repeat frustration. The addition of microtransactions and premium currency was an unfortunate decision to include in a game focused around the survival gameplay genere.
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GameStar
Jul 3, 2014
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GameSkinny
Feb 5, 2014
Nether is fun and entertaining, but slow in the beginning stages. Playing and surviving is easier if you stay out of combat at first. Stick to scavenging from the environment and finding useful resources you can trade for food and other items you need to survive. Stay out of sight and hide in the shadows. Nether: A Survivalist’s First Impressions and Tips Just walked in the door after my first night of adventuring in the Nether.
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Gameblog.fr
Jun 23, 2014
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GameSpot
Jun 23, 2014
Nether is noticeably unfinished, and has a lot of work ahead before it resembles a solid game. But it has a discernible spark of life. There is potential for it to become a game worthy of attention. The environment it presents is huge, and the grayed-out portions of the map serve to tease you with even more areas to explore, and stories to create, in its bleak, abysmal, yet interesting world. If only it can learn to stop tripping over its own feet.
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Hooked Gamers
Jun 7, 2014
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Cubed3
Jun 29, 2014
It's not easy to score a game like Nether. Its half-finished state inevitably means that most of what it has to offer is not up to scratch…yet. A tentative four it is then, in the hope that Phosphor will put in the work and allow its game to reach its full potential. Until that point only the most dedicated survivalists should bother.
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