Very good game. Nice graphics ok story and very realistic physics. The game is versatile and fun. Even humor is a very strong part, but mostly hidden..you need to have a sense for it. Just one name: Rear Admiral Norbank...this guy is hilarious! ;)) If you like a mixture of Freespace and Homeworld, GRAB IT, and have fun!

Excelent sci-fi RTS with great space conflict story.

Most parts of this game are only somewhat better than average, but what's outstanding in this title, are the almost realistic spacephysics and the smart shipdesigns. So, if you ever wanted to play a spacegame that also FEELS like one, Nexus is what you were looking for.

I really, really like this game. It's detailed, it's large, and it's extremely hard. But it's the kind of game you keep playing even if you get your behind kicked to the next millennium.

This game isn't buggy if you add the patch to it. People who can't get this game didn't try very hard. I love this game. Can do the Fight for Earth nearly every time - hint: use Big Bang missiles!

I think this game really awesome but extremely low paced. If you love epic sci-fi battles well, you'll love Nexus. On the other hand, if you're a fan of pure space strategy (i.e. HW, HW-C, HW2, Project Earth, Haegemonia), well, this game could not be for you. Anyway, i think this game an absolute must for everyone. S.M., Italy.

Great game. Altought is quite complex as any fleet strategie game should be. How easy it can be to control a Space Fleet? The Graphics are awesome, but the story so far is quite normal. Personally I prefer it to Homeworld, in Nexus we don't have to build nothing, we 've no Rp units or something like that. It's a plain "simple" fleet tactics, control and combat, but everyone should read the manual.… Expand

The Mods Bring the full potential of this game to its fruition. I am a great fan of mods an I think the ability to manipulate a game further at home is truly a marvel of the "Entertainment Age"

An absolutely stunning game marred only by a few bugs. The graphics are beautiful and the ships all look suitably unique. The explosions look utterly incredible. The gameplay is very good, when you control more than a couple of ships it can flick from slow and methodical to frantically micromanaging to keep your ships alive (especially the ones that carry over between missions) while striking back at the enemy. Do you concentrate on maintaining your shields or strike back at your enemies? Should you launch fighters into the melee or should you try to take out the flak guns first? Do you close to range and pummel the shields with energy weapons or stand off and use some of your precious, limited missiles? Do you charge your shields now and go in all guns blazing, or cloak your ship and sneak up alongside before opening up, leaving yourself similarly exposed? Making choices like this can make or break a battle, but there's no single way to do it. The story is absorbing and the characters and voice acting top notch. Your character, Marcus Cromwell's, diary makes for interesting reading, giving you greater insight into the background of the game and frequently making me laugh. Now onto the bad, even with the 1.1 patch, the game is a little buggy. It appears to vary between people, but on mine it manifested as blue screening and restarting my PC on certain opening cutscenes. This is, to say the least, rather annoying and made it necessary to save the game before starting a mission in case it crashed and lost all the modifications I'd made to my ships. This is the main reason I gave it a 9 out of 10, but if you like the game, it's a very small fly in the ointment.… Expand

Should there be one last space adventure game, this title truly cut it. Even for a 2004 game, it should inspire you cravings for space battles meet Babylon 5 style. Truly spectacular epic cutscenes as well as the narration. Gorgeous graphics, tactical gameplay, friendly interface. You would do well to play this one, or face the gallows! Even some space games of 2007 are put to shame by this title. Well done, HD interactive.… Expand

Best Tactical Space Game Ever. Fresh idea and amazing graphics. Battles on an Epic scale. The only game that is worthy of the backdrop of space!

Fantastic game. A user commented that ships never dies, something I thought too in the beginning. Once I figured out what modules/weapon works against this and that, the hostiles fell like flies (relativly). Brilliant game, only surpassed by Homeworld Series.

Holy Crap! Best overalll game that I've ever played. Played it one time through on easy for the story line and to see how it played, then immediatly played it through on hard and still found it interesting and picked up on new sublties in the storyline. Most definately worth the buy.

I think one of the best things about this game is the storybuilding and atmosphere. I really liked playing Homeworld 2 but it didn't make me feel emerged in the story or emotionally connected to the characters. I think Nexus does this job a lot better. The developers at made an interesting story around it and in stead of the monotone storytelling of Homeworld2, Nexus has lots of conversations in it, which truely gives you the idea that you're dealing with crews and captains in stead of computerized hunks of metal in space. I don't agree with people saying that this game doesn't have any strategy in it. I found myself playing and replaying missions, trying to find the right weapons for the right situations and trying out different ways of defeating th enemy. All in all, I must say I really enjoyed this game but I'm sure that, especially because of the slow pace of the game, it's not for everyone...… Expand

The atmosphere of the hole game is glamourius, and I think the best think in this game is the story and the caracters. And the battles are interesting as well, you have to use your logic and creativity to win them. I really hope that the second 'epizode' of this will be at least as great as this first one.

Fantastic game. Looks great even after such a long time. Easily one of the best space RTS games I have played. Some critics here rated it low because they didn't manage to kill the ships. Well, get rid of the shields first guys. If you can't do it, then do the tutorials. A steppingstone but once over it the game is really good. I could not let the game go and I don't find many games like that nowadays. Besides, below $10 for a game like this? I know it's old now but it's a bargain at that price for what it is offering.… Expand

minus a few crash bugs that you can easily recover from with saving the game is great. Unless, I guess, your one of the few who aren't literate enough to learn how to take down shields. Anyone who likes space combat games should drop the $10 for this. I'm not sure how to even take the "critic" scores, they give this game a 77 and players give it 8.7. Empires TW just came out and got a 91 from critics and a 7.4 from real players and I see why mine crashes after every engagement. I'm just not sure what critics are good for, they just give all new games high marks if they come from big name companies and assume they suck from smaller ones without even trying the games it seems then I'm just left disappointed with games that i wish we're as good as this one.… Expand

It's 2007 and i picked this up for $10, it's been one of the best games i've played for a while. To say it's real time strategy is a bit misleading, this flows a locked story line where each mission is a progressive battle, test or puzzle. The gameplay is awesome and looks amazing still ! The storyline is very sci-fi and keeps you in suspense, really liked the characters and they tend to grow on you over the course of the game, but the best is the huge battles with very customiseable ships. Awesome.… Expand

Played for 2 hours, still cannot understand anything, nice 3d environment, but poor navigation and very poor control over what units are to do. Also I stillhave no clue how todetermine distance nor range of any unit including my own. My ship spent much of its time shooting useless units and ignoring those that I wanted to destroy. This is not a TFS, but a game of gussing. If you have played homeworld, do not waste your time, as it is a complete let down,not to mention waste of money. I had high hopes for an enjoyable game, but got this. Sometimes it pays to wait before buying a game this is one such time.… Expand

This is a great game, without a doubt one of the most challenging tactical space games that I've played. It is also the buggiest game that I have ever battled through to finish. Some missions have to be done a certain, specific way; others flat out crash if things are exactly right. Great game that needed a little more work.

Visuals are great. That is about all of the positive I can think of. I am about 4-6 missions in and I give up. I have got better things to do with my life than to put up with enemy ships that are not allowed to die. Their components are not selectable. I 've just finished a 40min fight where in the end, They stopped shooting and I had shot everything off of them I was allowed to. Yet they did not die and the game just continued on and on and on with nothing in sight but frustration. It is hard to not be worth the $7.00 I paid for this game but this game managed that feat. Avoid this game. Avoid this game. Do not waste your money on this game. Buy something else. Buy anything else. Just not this game.… Expand

Did 26 missions, the second to last mission, Fight for Earth is a nightmare. Spent more time with the spacebar then playing the game. The spacebar pauses the game. Played it on beginner, just who plays it on the upper levels of difficulty, I don't know. Tried the cheats, (the Trainer) and the game just crashes. This could have been and all time great RTS Space Game even better then HomeWorld, but the programs dropped the ball and played mind games on the Fight for Earth Mission. Be well advised to buy this game used and be ready for a lot of hidden secrets and bugs. What a waste of talent that went into this game.… Expand

IMHO: Excellent gameplay, brilliant gfx, awesome music and a very good tutorial. If someone playing for 2 hours still can't see the point... Well, perhaps the problem isnt with the game! Reading the manual or restarting episode1 and reading (not just skipping) the tutorial messages could help... And this is NOT an rts like homeworld. But it IS a tfs - the best one!