Nation Red

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7.3

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  3. Negative: 11 out of 87

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  1. xX_Renegade_Xx
    May 26, 2011
    10
    I can't fault this game for support, the devs are on the Steam forums daily checking for problems or keeping us up-to-date with what new features/changes are coming with the upcoming patch. It is the best supported indie game I've seen on the Steam forums!

    The game is a top-down zombie shooter and fast-paced play but lots of fun too. I've put a lot of hours into this game and it never    I can't fault this game for support, the devs are on the Steam forums daily checking for problems or keeping us up-to-date with what new features/changes are coming with the upcoming patch. It is the best supported indie game I've seen on the Steam forums!

    The game is a top-down zombie shooter and fast-paced play but lots of fun too. I've put a lot of hours into this game and it never gets boring, the constant updates which include 4 player co-op, weapon upgrades, perk upgrades and new achievements, etc. keep the game fresh.    … Expand
  2. Shinigurai
    Jul 13, 2012
    9
    A classic top-down shooter following in the footsteps of great games like Crimsonland. Mobs of zombies shuffle toward you from every direction and you blow them to pieces with an arsenal of unique weapons and power-ups. The only thing that could have added to the replay value of this game would be persistent leveling, but it's hardly missed. A great game for such a rarely used genre!
  3. OzzyDot11
    Dec 14, 2011
    10
    Found this during the Halloween Steam sale, I mainly only play multiplayer and Nation Red is a blast. The perk system sets it apart from other top-down shooters, every coop game can be different. Already logged in 25 hours two week after getting it! Be warned it's fast paced and not at all easy!
  4. Kaese
    Jan 3, 2012
    9
    Nation Red is a much needed reincarnation from the likes of Crimsonland and Smash TV. It stays true to it roots, so don't expect a big story or traversal to the likes of Left 4 Dead. It is an arena shooter that sends you back to the arcade days. We have come to a time where local highscore tables are dead, the game however offers you online friends leaderboards and achievements to still beNation Red is a much needed reincarnation from the likes of Crimsonland and Smash TV. It stays true to it roots, so don't expect a big story or traversal to the likes of Left 4 Dead. It is an arena shooter that sends you back to the arcade days. We have come to a time where local highscore tables are dead, the game however offers you online friends leaderboards and achievements to still be able to chase score goals. The support the game received is unmatched by any other developer, not even Valve. When the game came out it was somewhat clunky and had a tiny featurelist, but what felt like 200+ updates, each taking community suggestions into account it became the best of its genre. Now take the low price into account and it is a no-brainer if you are even slightly interested into this style of game. If it's the best of its genre, then why isn't it a 10? 10's and 0's are the furthest of the spectrum and I could not think of a single game that would deserve a 0 or 10. So yes, Nation Red is near perfect at what it is and I can only recommend it to everyone who likes chasing scores.… Expand
  5. Whodigiya
    Jan 4, 2012
    9
    The premise is simple: you get dropped into an arena, you pick up weapons, kill zombies, and level up until you die at the hands of a mass of bloodthirsty monsters. It's a very simple concept, but it's unbelievably entertaining. I've never competed so hard to beat my friends' high scores in a game until I picked this one up. There are plenty of game types (mission, barricade, freeplay,The premise is simple: you get dropped into an arena, you pick up weapons, kill zombies, and level up until you die at the hands of a mass of bloodthirsty monsters. It's a very simple concept, but it's unbelievably entertaining. I've never competed so hard to beat my friends' high scores in a game until I picked this one up. There are plenty of game types (mission, barricade, freeplay, survival, local and online co-op), 4 different player classes, a slew of different weapons, dozens of perks and power-ups to pick up and utilize, and tons of achievements. The developers watch the forums and listen to feedback almost daily and many user generated ideas have found their way into the game. It's great fun! Try out the demo and blast the undead away!… Expand
  6. ColdSeer
    Oct 18, 2010
    8
    Nation Red is NOT just "another zombie shooter". We have the "Resident Evil" TPS series, yes. We have the "Zombie Shooter" top-down shooters too. However, Nation Red is way too different from those games to be even compared to them. This is my first review, but I'll try to make it as good as possible.

    The Positive Points of Nation Red are : ---> "Upgrading" your character. This is a    Nation Red is NOT just "another zombie shooter". We have the "Resident Evil" TPS series, yes. We have the "Zombie Shooter" top-down shooters too. However, Nation Red is way too different from those games to be even compared to them. This is my first review, but I'll try to make it as good as possible.

    The Positive Points of Nation Red are :

    ---> "Upgrading" your character. This is a feature that you'll find in every single RPG. As you level up, you can choose new PERKS. These guarantee your character improovements. There are virtually INFINITE combinations of perks, each combo will probably provide you very different game play.

    ---> Infinite Replay Value. Currently (And you'll see why I said currently later on), there are 4 gamemodes: "Free Play" - Play an infinite game, leveling up while choosing carefully your weapons.
    "Barricade" - The only two differences are that you have the support from Barricades and Sentry Guns to help you killing zombies, and that you have to stop enemies from reaching a certain point.

    "Survival" - Free Play with absolutely no drops. You get to choose a weapon in the beginning, but that's it.. There will be NO MORE WEAPONS, NO MORE POWERUPS and NO PERKS.

    "Missions" - 18 missions at both day and night with great objectives. From killing X number of zombies to protecting a VIP.

    ---> On-line/Local Cooperative Games - The Co-Op 2-players and 4-players games are the best part of Nation Red. All the 3 previous modes are available for Co-Op. By focusing on playing with friends from the Steam Community, the On-line Co-op matches are EXTREMELLY addicting. Get a friend and go explode some zombies!

    ---> Community Support - Ever had to post something on the game's forum and wait for days to get an answer? This doesn't happen on Nation Red. SnowBrigade, the contact from Diezel Power on the Steam Forums is, by far, one of the best developers when it comes to listening to the community. In fact, we can literally say half the content we see on Nation Red now is from suggestions players have given through time. There are threads and more threads with suggestions.

    ---> Steam Leaderboards - There are leaderboards for EVERYTHING on Nation Red. Most kills, most time survived, most points, most experience, most kills in a certain period of time...So many I can't actually memorize them all!

    ---> Available in Several Languages - Nation Red is available in English, Deutsch, French, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese! And some of the translators are the players themselves!

    ---> Create you Own Maps - Although Nation Red doesn't have an editor, it's very simple to create your own map! All you need is a 3D Modeler and some other stuff I don't understand about! But I assure it's very simple.

    ---> Achievements - No need to explain this one. Because deep in our hearts, we're all achievement whores.

    ---> PhysX - The game's quality only became better when it migrated to the PhysX physics system!

    ---> Great Graphics, Great Performance - Although some players had problems with crashes and low FPS, that's NO MORE! In the last update, Nation Red developers apparently fully fixed those.

    ---> Think Fast or Die - If you want to do this while you drink tea and have someone massaging your back, DON'T! Nation Red is all about thinking fast and running and killing and running and then running a little bit more and then dying, because we all die no matter how good we are. Zombies are better.

    ---> Classes - You can choose your perks, your weapons, your character and, in the next update, you'll be also able to choose classes! CLASSES! Those have advantages and disadvantages. Great for 4-player Co-Op.

    Hell, that's a lot!
    Now, The Negative points of Nation Red:


    -> The game presents some bugs. That's due to the constant updates with HUGE amounts of new content. Developers have to divide their time between fixing previous bugs and creating new content. The latter generates more bugs, but these are always fixed in the next version. (For that, I got -2 from 10)



    Final Conclusion: Nation Red is way too cheap for it's quality. It's worth at least 3 times it's price (9.99 Dolars, on Steam - http://store.steampowered.com/app/39800/).    … Expand
  7. elessar101
    Oct 29, 2010
    8
    Clearly lildanny has issues, Nation red is well worth the price and continues to get ongoing support from the developer, who listens to the community and continues to improve and add more to the game.

    Co op you will easily get your $5-$10 worth
  8. WingMan88
    Aug 1, 2011
    10
    Nation Red takes a lot from the classic Crimsonland and adds what that game was missing! Loads of powerups, perks, 4 player coop (Steam) and player classes. Once you get used to the arena-style gameplay, I was hooked! Very fun and better with coop! Definitely a must have top down shooter on the PC. (I think it's a Steam exclusive, not sure though)
  9. Christophe19
    Sep 28, 2011
    9
    Very addictive top-down shooter on Steam with devs. continuously adding more. It's a real arena shooter where you build your player with about 100 perks, which is a bit different from the likes of Alien Swarm. But the gameplay and coop will feel familiar. Comes highly recommended!
  10. bosshaywire
    Jan 18, 2012
    8
    Didn't expect to like it since I am usually not a fan of top-down shooters but this game is awesome nonstop massacre. One of the few good zombie games I own.
  11. OutOfPoint
    Jan 23, 2012
    10
    This game is awesomely fun and enjoyable. Blasting zombies has never been so addictive, and the online co-op makes it a good game to play with friends. Single player is great as well as you can challenge yourself to beat other's highscore with the leaderboard. If you like classic top-down arena shooter games like crimsonland, you will love this as well. This game is based on a similar perkThis game is awesomely fun and enjoyable. Blasting zombies has never been so addictive, and the online co-op makes it a good game to play with friends. Single player is great as well as you can challenge yourself to beat other's highscore with the leaderboard. If you like classic top-down arena shooter games like crimsonland, you will love this as well. This game is based on a similar perk and power up system as crimsonland. You have the option of choosing a perk each time you level up as you gun the zombies down. Another plus is that the support the game gets from its developer is amazing, as this game is still being updated by them with feedback from the community.… Expand
  12. Seiseki
    Oct 18, 2010
    8
    Nation Red has been getting constant updates since it's release a year ago and the developers are still looking to add new game modes, perks, weapons and zombies.
    A few months back 2-player coop was introduced and soon 4-player coop with new maps will be released.
    Nation Red has received the best post-release support of any other game I play, without resorting to paid DLC's. The    Nation Red has been getting constant updates since it's release a year ago and the developers are still looking to add new game modes, perks, weapons and zombies.
    A few months back 2-player coop was introduced and soon 4-player coop with new maps will be released.
    Nation Red has received the best post-release support of any other game I play, without resorting to paid DLC's. The down-side is that the frequent updates sometimes bring bugs and other nasty stuff.    … Expand
  13. Syncourt
    Oct 22, 2010
    8
    Nation Red - Great game with many different modes and many more to come. The game plays from a top-down angle with an overhead crosshair, or you can zoom to a (less viable but more visual) diagonal camera perspective. There are over 20 weapons to play with, such as the Berretta 93r, M1014 shotgun, AA-12, Dual Uzis, MP5k, Mac10, Nailgun, M16, AK-47, M240B, Minigun, Flamethrower and M79Nation Red - Great game with many different modes and many more to come. The game plays from a top-down angle with an overhead crosshair, or you can zoom to a (less viable but more visual) diagonal camera perspective. There are over 20 weapons to play with, such as the Berretta 93r, M1014 shotgun, AA-12, Dual Uzis, MP5k, Mac10, Nailgun, M16, AK-47, M240B, Minigun, Flamethrower and M79 grenade launcher. There are also over 70 perks to collect with each level you earn and many possible builds to fit your playstyle. There are a number of power-up drops like bullet time (slow motion), sentry guns, proxy mines, shield vests and uranium bullets. More weapons, perks and power-ups being added regularly with constant updates from the developers to the likes of (and inspired by) Team Fortress 2.

    Many features are still very new, like co-op and barricade modes and do have their issues, but they are constantly being worked on. This is a game that will start off good and just get's better and better with each update. The community forums are filled with new ideas and suggestions and the developers actually reply to a lot of them and have a lot of plans for future updates.

    There is currently 2-player multiplayer which you can play either co-operatively with shared XP on or off. But there is also a very interesting 'Anti-Perk' mode which pitts both players against each other and allows special perk upgrades that are built specifically to hinder another players survival capabilities.

    With an upcoming class based 4-player co-op mode being introduced soon, as well as many other features and overhauls, Nation Red is one of those games that I can always go back to. No other game does top-down zombies THIS good!    … Expand
  14. wololooo
    Mar 9, 2012
    9
    Frantic, non-stop zombie slaying action. Great varioation between the different game modes, and a huge amount of perks ensure you won't get bored quickly.
  15. ippudouk
    Feb 6, 2012
    9
    Initially simple top-down shooter which hits home when you play it for a while and start to understand the 100 perks which make your player into an ultra-violent killing machine! On-line coop tops it all off. Great fun. Tip: start in Barricade mode, it's a blast!
  16. pokrishka
    Sep 6, 2012
    10
    I would like to recommend this game to everyone who has 3 more friends ready to hit it. Of course you can play with strangers online, but it's just cooler to form a team and see how far can you get. Survival mode of this game is one of the most intense and interesting cooperative online play that I experienced. The game seems to be inspired by Crimsonland which I love very much. I stillI would like to recommend this game to everyone who has 3 more friends ready to hit it. Of course you can play with strangers online, but it's just cooler to form a team and see how far can you get. Survival mode of this game is one of the most intense and interesting cooperative online play that I experienced. The game seems to be inspired by Crimsonland which I love very much. I still think Crimsonland is better in it's simplicity, but Nation Red provides more fun because of 4 player survival coop. Great thing about this game is that the developer is very devoted to it, patches and improvements continue to be made and players' opinion is really being heard on Steam forums. For the price tag this game has it provides so much fun that I would call it a must have.… Expand
  17. mertcank97
    Mar 11, 2013
    9
    i played this game when "free weekend" in steam. It's really good one of the Zombie games in my opinion. There are so much weapons. And co-op teamwork of course! Maps are easy 2 understand. You can revive your teammates also. I would buy if it is played online. It is worth to buy.
  18. GameBrowser
    Oct 5, 2010
    9
    Definitely the best top-down zombie shooter on PC! You'll be under constant attack of zombie hordes. Bloody top-down action which is pretty difficult to start with but you'll soon get better at it. Very nice graphics for an Indie title with lots of game modes to play in. Free Play and Bridge Barricade are my favorites. There is an almost endless amount of perks to get (some are step-upDefinitely the best top-down zombie shooter on PC! You'll be under constant attack of zombie hordes. Bloody top-down action which is pretty difficult to start with but you'll soon get better at it. Very nice graphics for an Indie title with lots of game modes to play in. Free Play and Bridge Barricade are my favorites. There is an almost endless amount of perks to get (some are step-up perks which build on each-other) and which you'll need if you want to survive more than 5 minutes. It plays and 'feels' a lot like a top-down version of Left 4 Dead. Definitely one of the better Indie games I bought over the last year and Steam forum is constantly buzzing with new ideas, weapons,perks etc.… Expand
  19. NCPereira
    Dec 21, 2013
    9
    This game is a must buy! Often on sale for as much as $1.50, yet such a good game.

    The game is very fluid and the controls are great and very responsive.

    You won't get tired any time soon, because there are so many game modes and so much to do.

    And wait until you try Co-op, it gets even better!
  20. mick2d2
    Mar 22, 2013
    8
    This is zombie "Robotron" 8)
    It would be really cool if you could play with two joysticks!
    Lot's of powerups, fast action, a lot of fun for a twenty minute blast. The sort of game that will be fun to play from time to time for many years.
  21. Minghawk
    Oct 5, 2013
    9
    An easy game to misunderstand, Nation Red seems on the surface to be a cheap arena shooter version of Left 4 Dead. Spend some time with it however, and it it is revealed to be pretty much exactly that, but with a great deal more sophistication that you'd imagined.

    It offers several game modes, but the heart of the game is multiplayer barricade. Anyone who dismisses the game without    An easy game to misunderstand, Nation Red seems on the surface to be a cheap arena shooter version of Left 4 Dead. Spend some time with it however, and it it is revealed to be pretty much exactly that, but with a great deal more sophistication that you'd imagined.

    It offers several game modes, but the heart of the game is multiplayer barricade. Anyone who dismisses the game without trying this format hasn't really played it at all. Things begin calmly and escalate wave on wave, but the game only *really* begins once the perks begin to run out and everyone's decided to stick to their current weapons. Then it gets crazy, as you are forced to rely on the decency and usefulness of your cohorts. The beauty of it is that this is never as frustrating as it sounds: a new player or even a complete idiot is easy to support, and after one game most people are up to speed.

    I've put over 150 hours into Nation Red while I have some AAA titles waiting for my attention in my Steam account. I'll play it again this week, almost certainly.    … Expand

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  1. Absolute Games
    68
    Nation Red is not as simplistic as Legion of Man, DiezelPower’s previous creation, but it’s still dull and unimpressive.
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  2. PC Gamer UK
    73
    A surprisingly moreish zom-bomber. [Dec 2009, p.109]