Me enganchó desde el primer momento, a día de hoy sus gráficos siguen siendo buenos, salió en el 2004 pero tuvo una remasterización en el 2016, gráficos, música, efectos, persecuciones, emboscadas, camadería, la historia que te atrapa, lo "mimado" que está, si te gustan los combates espaciales lo tienes que jugar, eso sí al principio es difícil, y algunos lo criticaron de lento (estás en el espacio y te lo enseñan lo más real posible), me hace gracia lo de las naves con el sistema de gravedad (ese giratorio de 2001 odisea en el espacio), puedes configurar la nave en cada misión, motores, armas, generadores, células de energía...¿qué armas me llevo esta misión? ¿me llevo cazas? brutal, ah y si tienes problemas de inglés (el juego nunca lo tradujeron, pero en clan dlan hicieron una traducción muy muy buena, gracias a los que la hicieron, de verdad. Os dejo el enlace de la traducción en español:
http://traducciones-videojuegos.clandlan.net/index.php?page=academia/view&id=443

If someone would ask me "Is this a good game?", my answer would be: "Well, ... it´s how the big boys do battle!"

You dont know what im talking about? If you should play this game, you will. :)

Imagine this:

You are the Captain of a Heavy Cruiser. You are in a space fight. Its your ship against two others.
The difference: Your ship is not very manoeuvrable. Its a large vessel. The term "Heavy" is no coincidence.
The two enemies are smaller, Less powerfull, but more manoeuvrable.

So, Captain! Give some orders! What are we going to do?

You decide to go straight in. Shields up, Weapons up!
"Give them everything we´ve got!"

After a short time, you will realise, that this may not be very effective. Your ship keeps firing and firing and nothing happens .....

Well, Captain. We need a new plan. Decide!
"Plan B: First, let us use our lasers! Target for their ...ahm, shield device. Without shields, they are helpless."

Here we go. We are firing. First hit. Second hit. Minor damage to their shield device. Looks good.
Then, our lasers stop firing.

Why?
Because, as mentioned, the enemies are more manoeuvrable than we are. They got behind your ship. They know what they are doing and they keep firing.

(Note: The good thing is, you dont have to press any buttons to turn your ship around. Your ship will do this for you. Tell the ship where to go, and it will do so. Because if you would also have to navigate while fighting, this would turn into a mess ..... unless you are George Takei)

But here we go. Your Ship-AI activates your thrusters (Yes, you can see them doing so and it looks great). Your ship turns around. Target in front of us. First hit. Second hit. Third hit. Your lasers keep firing!
"HAHAHA! TAKE THIS YOU B*******! What? ...... no damage?"

Why?
Well, the enemy ship did just turn around. The shield device is located at the top. Your lasers DID hit the target, but the wrong side. The lasers have no effect on the Hull and there is no shield device at the rear of that vessel.
The enemies keep firing.

"To Hell with them! Launch the Fighter Squadron!"
"But Sir, they ....."
"ATTACK!"

(Note: Fighters and Bombers are very effective in destroying devices. And they are fast. Rotation of enemy ships does not bother them)

Your fighters are going in.
"They won't know what hit them!"

Well .... your Officer tried to warn you. They have a laser flak system. Perfect for ........

AI Voice: "Fighter Squadron lost!"

Did i mention, that the enemies kept firing?

Now you may say: "What kind of idiot would do that?" I would say: "Vice-Admiral Norbank!" :)

You will see.


There are a lot of things that can go wrong. Most of the time, it is your fault. But you will learn from your mistakes.
After reloading, you will take down their flak and launch your fighters, or you will focus on their engines so that they wont be able to outmanoeuvre you.
Shields of the first ship are down? Let your laser aim for the devices of the second ship and activate your hull damaging weapons to finish the first one. There are a lot of possibilities.

There are situations, when you need a lot of patience. Even when flying trough space. Your ships wont charge in an instant after you gave the "Move" command! They are Heavy Cruisers with Fusion Engines! What do you expect?
It will take two seconds to heat up, then your ship will start moving.
Simple rule: The bigger they are, the slower they move.

Last words:
The Mission "The Fight for Earth" was one of the most entertaining missions i have ever played in a Space-Sim. And it was one of the hardest missions in this game. (Dont worry, you WILL restart the mission if you play it for the first time)
Advice: Dont start with the highest difficulty level. You wont stand a chance.

My opinion: Yes! It is a good game. I had a lot of fun playing it.
It is not a perfect game but it has many good moments, it is entertaining (very important for a game) and it has an awesome "Final" Battle.
Therefore: 6.5 out of 10.

Excelente juego táctico. Renquea en lo visual, eso está claro, es bastante antiguo. La historia es interesante y las operaciones muy granulares y satisfactorias. Una pena que no haya más similares.

A rollicking good 25 hour space opera. The tactical battles are difficult but fun and upgrading your ships with new goodies is gratifying. It's even fun to hate Admiral Norbank, who has got to be one of the biggest asses ever put into a video game. The gameplay is unique in that you have a relatively small fleet of large, powerful capital ships that do not maneuver quickly and have multiple weapon systems. They have a weight to them that feels awesome.

There are a lot of tools available for modding the game but precious little has been done with them... not sure why. I got the game for $2.49, figuring for that price I could hardly go wrong. I was completely stunned at what I got and I can't figure out how I managed to miss this gem. Even if it isn't on sale it's worth every penny. If you like Sins of a Solar Empire or Homeworld then I can't imagine how you wouldn't like Nexus: The Jupiter Incident. Oh... and the Angelwing is simply an awesome craft that you can hardly help getting attached to.

I've seen a lot of bad reviews that complained that the game wouldn't run or that it crashed a lot. I'm not sure what their issue is but I can say that Nexus ran fine on my system (Windows 7, Intel CPU, Nvidia GPU) and I never crashed once while playing. On my original playthrough, the game lost some key bindings when I alt-tabbed out and it didn't have any Steam Integration, so I couldn't use shift-tab to access messages and whatnot. I also had to create my own desktop shortcut, as the game wouldn't run via the Steam generated desktop shortcut. The in-game videos also ran choppy from time to time, which was odd. ALL of this has been fixed with a recent update. Current generation resolutions are supported, it has Steam Integration, and the videos now run smooth as silk, though they are somewhat low res when compared to gameplay resolutions of 1920x1080 or higher. The game always looked good but now it looks better than ever! I'm finding myself just as captivated with the story, visuals, and gameplay on my second playthrough as when I first played it. Simply astonishing! If you have been on the fence about getting Nexus, don't wait another moment.

Hint: Read the manual. It won't take long, as the information is very concise, but there are some nuances to successful navigation (how to create your own navigation points), using all your weapons (how to attack multiple targets at once), and managing systems that you won't get from the in-game advice popups. :)

Great and intense space battles with cruisers, destroyers, fighter carriers and other heavy class battleships. Real time with pause -gameplay works ok and reminds me of old Interplay classic game "Star Trek: Starfleet Command".

During a battle, various weapons and resources play differing roles. Lasers and other beam weapons are used mainly for disabling enemy devices. Large missiles are slow and can be shot down with small fighters or FLAK-systems but have massive blast radius. Gatling guns, rail guns, plasma weapons and torpedoes are for hull destruction. Energy bombs are used for anti-shield purposes. Weapon power generators. Sensor arrays for detecting enemy equipment, ECM systems, ECCM systems!! And your battleship can hold few squadrons of small fighters, bombers, gunboats (or shuttles packed with space marine commando teams).

Visually game still looks very good after all of these years! The game difficulty can be pretty frustrating.. Even beginner difficulty level is really hard. Players who don’t manage their fleets very carefully are going to find themselves in pretty terrible situations, fast and brutal!


Some useful keyboard shortcuts (not explained in tutorial mode during first missions):
[ N ] - Yes! You actually can create custom NAV points!
[ S ] - Select all fighters and other smaller craft.
[ A ] - Select all large ships.
[ CTRL ] + [ S ] - Select all fighters from selected large ship.
[ M ] - Manual control panel on or off. [ R ] - Repair panel on or off.


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Juego de estrategia espacial con una historia y trasfondo interesante.
Las misiones se acaban por derrota o completar objetivos, no da la posibilidad de seguir jugando el mapa un rato para escanear los objetos por ejemplo, si hay un secreto deberás obtenerlo mientras haces la misión..
Puedes modificar las naves, pero tienes un limite de puntos de recursos por nave entre misiones, y también un limite de artículos pero ojo el stock es diferente entre misiones, los puntos de recurso que no gastes no se acumulan para la siguiente misión y además cada nave tiene sus propios puntos.
No puedes mover tu nave libremente, solo entre puntos marcados (naves, estaciones,...) lo cual no es muy útil estratégicamente en una batalla. No tienes control de velocidad, el juego transcurre siempre a la misma velocidad asique habrá momentos en los que te puedas ir a tomar algo en lo que hace lo que le has pedido... por suerte no son muchos momentos de la aventura.
Cada vez que ordenas moverse una nave, cambia todos los sistemas que usa... estas en combate y quieres que use el sistema ecm porque te están lanzando misiles pues lo desactiva y activa los sensores... le has programado que cada arma dispare a una nave pues desconecta la mayoría y si hay suerte te deja alguna disparando pero a otra nave... Esto cuando controlas una flota, tener que ir nave por nave dando orden, poniendo en pausar y volviendo a configurar todo una y otra vez es muy tedioso, repetitivo y aburrido...
Has dañado tanto una nave enemiga que la abandona la tripulación, pues tus naves siguen atacándola en lugar de cambiar de objetivo...
Con las armas de precisión tienes que poner la nave mirando en la dirección donde esta el que quieres dañar, y aunque haya otro dispositivo en el punto de impacto no cuenta...
El final es escueto por decir algo, podían haberse explayado con lo que le ocurre a cada raza...
La verdad es que los fallos en este sentido son muchos, al final una partida dura mas de lo que debería y resulta repetitivo y molesto, de no ser por esas cosas si lo recomendaría

Nexus: the Jupiter Incident is a great game for fans of scifi tv from the 90s and early 2000s. Love Andromeda, Battlestar Galactica or Babylon-5? Loved the Dominion War battles from DS9? This is your jam.

The game looks amazing. Even for how its aged the ship models are superbly designed and rendered. Capital ships move like big ships should. They don't stop instantly, they ignite massive reversing thrusters and stutter to a halt. When they turn they're lumbering behemoths coming to bear. They fire great big guns that put great big holes in whatever is unfortunate enough to be standing in their path. Destroyers dance and twist and zip along at high speeds and its fun to watch.

The galaxy itself lends itself to the feel of old gritty scifi. Planets move and rotate between missions as time passes. There's a real sense of travel and distance. The HUD is clean without cutting out necessary information. Everything is at your fingertips, and if you feel overwhelmed? Spacebar pauses the action. You can play at your own pace. Issue orders, observe the battlefield, get a sandwhich, get a coffee, plan your enemies destruction.

The story is appropriately late 90's scifi crazy. Weird alien fleets, a bizarre AI woman who lives in your computer (before it was overdone) and a mysterious precursor ship that you use to tear through the galaxy looking for answers and by answers I mean enemies and by looking I mean shooting them in the face repeatedly. Save the galaxy, save yourself, murder everyone you meet.

The multiplayer is a blast. I mean seriously, its hilariously fun.

And for such an old game? I didn't have a single problem getting it running and I was a bit surprised at that considering some of the other revews. I'm running a new computer and it launched up for me but standard warnings apply as with all older games on steam. You might have to do some troubleshooting to get it to run. If you're not comfortable with that I understand, and that's perfectly cool: but if you give Nexus - the Jupiter Incident the effort you'll find the payoff was well worth it.

This is one of the games you can refer to as a hidden gem, largely ignored but actually quite incredible, which is a terrible shame. Metacritics and the score is mainly bashed down due to the learning curve and massive technical aspects.

Mission briefings give you fully explorable solar systems, with impressive lighting looking akin to something from KSP.
Ship explosions look really good, there's no magically disappearing models, and they even launch escape pods.
The ships can be disabled as well and proceed to drift in space (but can still be destroyed)
Ship systems are fully modular, which is a crucial aspect of the game campaign, these systems can be targeted and disabled as well. (shoot all engines and the ship stops).
Ship movement looks far more real and is far, far less arcade like than the vast majority of mass produced space RTS you find today, they even have small directional engines on board that are fired when the ships turn.
The learning curve is indeed very steep, but if you can overcome the vast technical aspects the game offers you'll find yourself a space combat RTS which is Homeworld tier good, it really is worth a try, and this is a game from 2004.

Un RTS "on the rails". Una secuencia de misiones que encima has de resolver de una manera determinada.
El combate no es divertido a causa del sistema de control. Por ejemplo, si ordenas a la nave ir hacia un sitio deja de disparar, porque mover es una orden y atacar es otra, así que nada de maniobrar: O atacas en linea recta o te vas.

I've always felt that it was a shame that Nexus - The Jupiter Incident didn't get more press. I realize that it's somewhat Russian in nature (which is obvious from the storyline and the odd dialogues), but the core of the game is brilliant.

Nexus is, at its heart, a fleet management game, a tactical strategy game set in space. Folks have compared it to Homeworld, but they are completely different. Homeworld was an RTS, with the emphasis on "Real-Time". Homeworld was hectic and fast-paced, and also involved creating swarms of enemies and sending them at your foes. In Nexus, you control a ship (and later, a fleet of ships) that you may have the option of configuring with different weapons, and during battle, you can pause, and target specific ships or even specific subsystems on ships, and oh, it is so good!

Even though this is an old game, the graphics are stupendous. The ships are detailed, and individual ships have their names written on them. As ships take damage, you can see the scars on them. Weapon turrets rotate and swivel. Even better, the ships feel like they have mass, in that turning and speeding up and slowing down takes time. I've only ever played this on a widescreen monitor, previously with a hack. Seeing it now, the way it should be, makes it really special for me, because I can finally see the briefing videos the way they really are. Not that the briefing videos are all that good, but at least now I know what's going on.

Sounds are passable. It's the usual pew-pew and rattle, though the sound design is really well implemented. If you zoom in towards a ships' engine, the screen seems to shake, and the engine sound is magnified as though you're caught in the ship's wash. Zoom in towards a particular turret, and you can hear that louder than the others.

Voice acting isn't bad, but the writing is odd. It's understandably English, but you can tell that it wasn't written by someone whose first language is English. There'll be a turn of phrase, or an out-of-place idiom, or something that's a bit out of place. The voice actors do the best they can. The guy voicing the main character, Marcus Cromwell does a pretty good job of narrating the story. It's not going to win any Oscars, but it's servicable.

The gameplay is simply brilliant. The earlier missions act as tutorials, not just introducing the Universe, but also introducing basic mechanics. It gives you enough to get you started, but you will need to figure out the advanced targeting features if you want to get good at it.

I love Nexus, and I think that anyone who's the least interested in strategy or space games should check it out.