Events that happen in one are explained in the other and vice versa. Each campaign - especially in the early hours - plays out through a variety of different circumstances. You're going to want to play both of these if you want the full picture. Going any further would delve into spoiler territory, but you are able to experience the story via two perspectives - Yuito or Kasane - each who have their own unique abilities and story beats to follow. In the world of Scarlet Nexus, Others are monsters which plague humanity, with the OSF working to defend the public against them. This can range from pyrokinesis to telekinesis, as certain members of the public belong to a company known as the OSF, the Other Suppression Force. It feels as though the story is always trying to fight for your attention and in the process causes a disconnect.Īs a basic outline, Scarlet Nexus is an anime action-RPG set in the near future where humans are gifted with unique powers. There's some enjoyment watching each story beat attempt to upstage the last by further reaching out of the realms of reality, but it's hard to resonate with a plot which constantly throws revelation upon revelation. It's utter nonsense - and not in the good way. It's narrative attempts to run parallel to all of this with the same degree of insanity, but ultimately falls short of its stellar gameplay.Īttempting to explain the plot of Scarlet Nexus would most likely end with you popping some painkillers as your brain helplessly attempts to process it all. How it eases you in and teaches you the mechanics up until this point is a stroke of genius, and is complemented by some truly visceral action. By the end of the game, you're not only directing the experience, but you're also producing it, controlling the lighting, and fulfilling the role of every member of the ballet. As their different experiences interweave with each other, it is only then that you will reveal the full story and unlock all the mysteries of a Brain Punk future caught between technology and psychic abilities in SCARLET NEXUS.With Scarlet Nexus joining Xbox Game Pass (September 30), we're re-publishing this review.Ī few hours into Scarlet Nexus your fingers are dancing around the controller as you're directing the ballet of action on screen. Since then, psionics have been scouted for their talents and recruited to the Other Suppression Force (OSF), humanity’s last line of defense.įeaturing a dual story, begin your adventure with either Yuito Sumeragi, an energetic recruit from a prestigious political family or Kasane Randall, the mysterious scout whose power and skill has gained great notoriety among the OSF. Those with acute extra-sensory abilities, known as psionics, were our only chance to fight the onslaught from above. Highly resistant to conventional attack methods, extreme measures needed to be taken to battle the overwhelming threat and preserve humanity. As humanity entered this new era, deranged mutants known as Others began to descend from the sky with a hunger for human brains. In the far distant future, a psionic hormone was discovered in the human brain, granting people extra-sensory powers and changed the world as we knew it.
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