Nether

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4.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 124 Ratings

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  1. DarkFire
    Jul 17, 2014
    3
    The concept behind the game is, taken on it's own, rather good. I loved the idea of having an entire city in which to run around and try to survive. Unfortunately this game has become a showcase of poor design decisions and a dev team that apparently refuses to respond to community concerns and wishes.

    I tried to love the mixture of PVE and PVP game play but ultimately it just isn't    The concept behind the game is, taken on it's own, rather good. I loved the idea of having an entire city in which to run around and try to survive. Unfortunately this game has become a showcase of poor design decisions and a dev team that apparently refuses to respond to community concerns and wishes.

    I tried to love the mixture of PVE and PVP game play but ultimately it just isn't fun. Sadly the idea that you can spend hours and hours gathering gear, surviving the mutant hordes only to be randomly picked off by a sniper that you never even saw, only to have to start again afresh, seems to attract the most blaqtant griefers from all corners of the net. Spawn camping, tea-bagging and general griefing are all strong in Nether.

    If the dev team had opted for either a PVE or PVP mode, i.e. a SP game OR an MP game, I could see this being a success, despite the legions of bugs that infest the current build. Unfortunately there really isn't any long-term goal to the gameplay other than spawn-collect gear-die-start again. That captured my interest for about a week.

    I really can't recommend this game to anyone. If you like PVP games then ther's COD, Battlefield, Unreal Tournament etc. etc. If you enjoy PVE with a survival bent then I'd heavily recommend the STALKER games. Nether is a bizarre attempt to mix both game types and is one which sadly fails at the conceptual level, never mind the currently bug filled execution. Avoid.    … Expand
  2. Razorfiend
    Aug 3, 2014
    3
    While it´s fun to survive and scacange and the map is big and immersive, the lack off music makes it a dull experience.
    Also Hackers are EVERYWHERE and everytime I got good gear I got shot through walls or was shot while figthing the PVE enemies. Basicly you loose all your gear when you die and your levels are reset (though quickly earned) which makes is very newbie unfriendly. I dislike    While it´s fun to survive and scacange and the map is big and immersive, the lack off music makes it a dull experience.
    Also Hackers are EVERYWHERE and everytime I got good gear I got shot through walls or was shot while figthing the PVE enemies. Basicly you loose all your gear when you die and your levels are reset (though quickly earned) which makes is very newbie unfriendly. I dislike the hardcore PVP part, being camped at safezones, and the game REWARDS killing other players- NOT WORTH 30$ -
    Ingame micro transactions is totally lame when you loose what you buy.

    Avoid unless sadistic PVP player or troll hacker scum.    … Expand
  3. Gnajalf
    Jul 5, 2014
    0
    REVIEW AFTER THE FULL RELEASE-----------------------------

    This game feels like an Alpha, run like and Alpha and didn't change too much in 9 months. - key mapping is not complete (just some keys can be changed, to know what the rest of the keys do, you have to search in the forum for clues) - To change settings (controlls, video, audio) you have to connect to a server !!!!! I'm    REVIEW AFTER THE FULL RELEASE-----------------------------

    This game feels like an Alpha, run like and Alpha and didn't change too much in 9 months.

    - key mapping is not complete (just some keys can be changed, to know what the rest of the keys do, you have to search in the forum for clues)

    - To change settings (controlls, video, audio) you have to connect to a server !!!!! I'm serious

    - Server browser don't show the servers ping or location (lag, desync, ecc ecc) and sometimes freeze the entire game.

    - This is a huge pvp map, the Npc creatures are done well but the melee combact doens't feel smooth at all, the firearms action can be fun.

    - Character animations are the same from alpha, they need a lot of work. (other players are actually fun to watch moving around the map).

    - Characters costumization: almost none, some clothes and mask and they all looks terrible.

    - bugs, bugs and more bugs (ex: invisible walls where the map isn't finished)

    - Hackers, (due to the impossibility to see the server ping sometimes they are not hackers just people desynching so badly that you see them flying, passing trough walls , ecc ecc).

    - The atmosphere of the game at least is good, I love the big teleporting monsters called Nethers.
    It's a shame, this game could have been so gut but I don't see it going in other directions than a big death match map.

    - The new way to find stuff by always open boxes, cases, it's really done bad.

    edit: Good news everyone!!!! Now they are addings keys that you can buy with real money to open box inside the game to have good loot!
    You can even play as a Nether, guess what? to do this you have to buy a potion on the store or buy a key to open a gold box that may have that postion... smooth!!!    … Expand
  4. Banhammer0
    Aug 13, 2014
    0
    >SCAM ALERT SCAM ALERT SCAM ALERT<
    AFTER SEEING A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF BLATANTLY FAKE REVIEWS I CHANGED MY SCORE TO ZERO TO COUNTER THEM.
    Warning: This game is in alpha, but devs purpsoefully removed early-access tag to sell more copies. Even the build is called alpha verison 0.x . Be aware that this ia game made by Sergey Titov, person responsible for a scam that WarZ/Infestation was. Now    >SCAM ALERT SCAM ALERT SCAM ALERT<
    AFTER SEEING A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF BLATANTLY FAKE REVIEWS I CHANGED MY SCORE TO ZERO TO COUNTER THEM.
    Warning: This game is in alpha, but devs purpsoefully removed early-access tag to sell more copies. Even the build is called alpha verison 0.x . Be aware that this ia game made by Sergey Titov, person responsible for a scam that WarZ/Infestation was.
    Now my review:
    One of the few things I like about this game is it's great artistic style depicting a city (supposedly based on Chicago) after some heavy-duty apocalypse, too bad the interiors are pretty much non-existent and there are some crappy low-res textures scattered around (omg the vending machines, they came straight from 8-bit games or what !?).
    It plays like faster DayZ, which some may hate other may love, basically everyone is shooting others on sight for their gear or just for fun, making this a hardcore pvp game type.
    When it works it's actually fun to fight with others for survival, and of course your gear and earned xp.
    It has some extra features such as territory wars, loot drops and courier missions but most are poorly implemented. Still a good thing there are some extra things to do.
    The game features skill trees and leveling which is actually pretty ballsy (I always wanted that in DayZ) and this is definitely one of the few good points.
    The problem is LAZY AND ASTONISHINGLY POOR CODING.
    Physics are non-existent, AI pathing is so bad every monster in the game has teleport ability so they can catch up. Hitboxes suck, there are a lot of colision problems (invisible obstacles).
    Interiors are either placeholders or a complete joke, basically large empty room with ramps **** stairs said the devs) connecting floors.
    It is also full of sadly P2W MICROTRANSACTIONS, like being able to buy golden keys which open additional loot containers that you can't open without them, said keys can also be sold for large amounts of in-game money. Apart from those there are mostly cosmetic items to spice up your character.
    The game is troubled by massive bugs and hackers are rampant, there are occasional connection problems with the server as well as crashes to desktop.
    There are stupid design ideas (like every time you relog your characters teleports to a random location ) that probably stem from HARDCORE LAZINESS THE DEVS PRESENT.
    Not only that but also devs are idiots who removed the "early access" and "alpha" tags from the game right before steam summer sale, which obviously a scumbag move to sell more copies. NOT SURPRISING JUDGING BY THE FACT THOSE DEVS MADE WARZ.

    Because of this hardcore laziness, scumbag marketing and generally terrible devs the game that could've been awesome is crappy and will probably never get much better. Bad 4/10.    … Expand
  5. ANGERMANAGER
    Jul 2, 2014
    0
    Words can't express how numb we have become waiting for the developers to fix this broken game. Instead of working on bug fixes etc, they have spent their time designing stupid 4th July hats, and yet another update downloaded to add to the frustration.

    Somewhere, long ago, there was a game here that 'might' have worked, but Phosphor should be held accountable by courts of law for    Words can't express how numb we have become waiting for the developers to fix this broken game. Instead of working on bug fixes etc, they have spent their time designing stupid 4th July hats, and yet another update downloaded to add to the frustration.

    Somewhere, long ago, there was a game here that 'might' have worked, but Phosphor should be held accountable by courts of law for deceiving the general gaming public into thinking they were going to get a working product for their money.

    Hopefully Steam will prevent this company from ever selling another game to the pc community.

    Time to walk away and keep walking from this excuse of a pc game !    … Expand
  6. agramon
    Jul 14, 2014
    3
    I would have given the game a 6 prior to the July patches.

    The loot system - Broken
    Hitboxes - Broken
    Hackers - Running rampant
    Servers - drop with no warning 3/4 are for EU - WEST
    Environment - Collision issues, clipping, instant death water
    Controls - sticks when walking forward at times, glider is unreliable
  7. Alsmir
    Jul 15, 2014
    0
    Amazingly bad clone of WarZ.

    I can't name a single good thing about this game. It's pretty much WarZ where you replace zombies with mutants.

    If you want any more proof that something is very, very wrong with this game just look at all those fake positive reviews posted by brand new accounts.
  8. Saikron
    Jun 25, 2014
    0
    It took me 20 minutes to even get a map to completely load. I kept getting stuck waiting for the UI to come up after joining a server.

    In only 25 minutes of playing after that, I found several bugs that I doubt will ever be fixed. When you can't do basic things like walk up a ladder or if there are ugly looking patches on the map where the level designers didn't bother to line up the    It took me 20 minutes to even get a map to completely load. I kept getting stuck waiting for the UI to come up after joining a server.

    In only 25 minutes of playing after that, I found several bugs that I doubt will ever be fixed. When you can't do basic things like walk up a ladder or if there are ugly looking patches on the map where the level designers didn't bother to line up the geometry, this is more than just evidence of where the game is in development. This is evidence of how much the developers care about the game and evidence of their ability to make it.

    This lack of quality really demotivated me to try and figure out where the actual resource caches are. I looked all over and through abandoned buildings and only found 2 containers. One needed a key that you pay real money to open, and the other one was empty.

    I paid only $3 for this game on sale, and I still feel ripped off.    … Expand
  9. NewWorldCritic
    Jul 9, 2014
    0
    When I bought this game a year ago, they claimed Early Access and Early Access only would not have access to 32 bit systems. Apparently now they're saying 32 bit never will. Now I have a worthless 30 dollar piece of crap sitting in my library. Way to lie and cheat your way into extra money, devs. Maybe this is a good thing because apparently the game sucks anyways.
  10. fillmore44
    Apr 27, 2015
    2
    Fillmore44

    I have been playing Nether since early December, 2013, and currently have logged more than 1200 hours in the game. Through the evolution of the beta version there was great transition and tribulation. Many players were dissuaded by the lack of support in curbing hackers from entering the game and putting regular players at a disadvantage. The outcry to curb the hacking and    Fillmore44

    I have been playing Nether since early December, 2013, and currently have logged more than 1200 hours in the game. Through the evolution of the beta version there was great transition and tribulation. Many players were dissuaded by the lack of support in curbing hackers from entering the game and putting regular players at a disadvantage. The outcry to curb the hacking and cheats fell on deaf ears and to this day the practice exists openly in the game with some players boasting about their hacks to the game. Many of us urged the developers to create a version where you were not killing other players, but focusing on the Nether only. The game did morph into a split version, one PVP and one PVE. There is a third game possibility called Last Man Standing which was an attempt to allow players to challenge other players in a version of "Who is the better killer."

    Over time the development company has apparently sold the rights to the game to a third party, who in turn have failed even basic maintenance and have made no effort to enhance the game. Thus the number of players have dwindled significantly. Logging into the PVE servers is a major problem as many of us cannot connect to those servers. The Nether support is quite the joke. The web page technical support is blocked by IE 11 and Mozilla Firefox as unsafe. Forum discussions go unnoticed and basic upkeep of the game functions is lacking in almost all respects. Occasionally they will reset a server and things will work for short periods of time before dwindling into glitched Nether characters and lack of collectible assets. It is sad to see a game that was running upwards of two dozen servers to now having only a few and only a handful of diehard players, of which I consider myself one.    … Expand
  11. pretzel911
    Aug 22, 2014
    0
    Game is pretty much broken, you have about a 40% chance of being able to play upon purchase.

    Other than that there is not really much I can tell you about this game. Since after purchase the most I did was read a couple hundred posts on how to get it to work.
  12. XYLUM
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    Another **** game from the ass of Sergey Titov, the scamming **** loser behind other classic ripoff titles like Big Rigs Racing and The War Z.

    As usual anything that douche is involved with, linked too or even observed looking at , this game is a completely unfinished, undeveloped unapologetic cash grab... The guy seriously needs to be banished from the gaming community. He is    Another **** game from the ass of Sergey Titov, the scamming **** loser behind other classic ripoff titles like Big Rigs Racing and The War Z.

    As usual anything that douche is involved with, linked too or even observed looking at , this game is a completely unfinished, undeveloped unapologetic cash grab...

    The guy seriously needs to be banished from the gaming community. He is nefarious, untalented and devoid of class.

    As usual mad promises were made, the game sold early access, more promises were made, unhappy customers were silenced, the forums and steam groups locked and censored to keep people from warning others about this sad piece of **** Same old song and dance that we have all become accustomed to whenever this **** "Sirgay Rippov" is involved.

    A word of advice outside of not buying this trashy pathetic excuse for entertainment... anytime a new game sounds too good to be true... do a little research... if **** Sirgay's name ever comes up, immediately stop looking and move on to a real title.

    If after seeing his name you are still considering buying his **** game, then burn 50 bucks in an ashtray, eat the ashes while standing in front of a mirror and call yourself stupid while you ram a combat boot up your own ass. It will be a better a more enjoyable experience then playing anything this scumbag is associated with.

    If you have had the misfortune of buying games made by this scamming piece of **** consider getting together and filing a class action lawsuit against him, his companies and associates, and also contact the better business bureau, federal trade commission and try to press charges against this **** for the many, many, many counts of fraud he has perpetrated against you, your fellow gamers and gaming community as a whole. Seriously.

    -XYLUM    … Expand
  13. newturtle3
    Aug 20, 2014
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is really buggy, even after various 3GB updates, that make more bugs than fix mind you, it is a disaster. As of right now when I typed this if you join a server, you will either 1 get an error that says you need to update the gold currency please try again later 2 not be able to join or get re routed back to the main menu 3 no servers in the server list or 4 if you can get a server and join you spawn with 999 max of everything, player kills, health, ammo, etc.. but remain still, can't move or exit, you need to either shift tab or kill the program to exit.
    The devs made it worse by saying they turned over the game to another team in early July, and saying they, phosphor games, will have nothing to do with the game at this point, and all updates are to be don't by another group.
    The last nail in the coffin was when they made their signature game currency, nether gold, available to all products, not just limited to buying only cosmetics and taunts, and upping the price of in game items through the roof. They even removed their previous statement set awhile back about only being able to buy cosmetics and taunts with in game nether gold. This is not nether anymore, just a pay 2 win train wreck scam full of bugs, broken hopes and dreams. On the upside no more hackers, considering they can't even use the game as well.
    Don't buy the game, at this point I would recommend going for other games such as Day Z, Rust, TF2, or other fps/survival games.    … Expand
  14. LionPatriarch
    Jun 27, 2014
    0
    The game doesn't even work. It's been months since it's been in "Alpha". I just bought the game about 5 days ago and I still can't get past the first screen. It freezes at the server screen even if you let it load without moving the mouse or clicking. The game is broken and I wish I could get a refund.
  15. WhatILack
    Jun 24, 2014
    2
    I first purchased Nether during its early access period and thoroughly enjoyed my experience for a while, the bugs we're excusable as it was a "Beta" and the game play was mostly solid. I met a group of players which eventually became one of the largest clans within the game, [UTO].

    I ended up putting just under 500 hours into the game total, the enjoyment dropped as the many games bugs    I first purchased Nether during its early access period and thoroughly enjoyed my experience for a while, the bugs we're excusable as it was a "Beta" and the game play was mostly solid. I met a group of players which eventually became one of the largest clans within the game, [UTO].

    I ended up putting just under 500 hours into the game total, the enjoyment dropped as the many games bugs remained undealt with and the developers focused on adding new buggy features against the communities wishes of fixing old content before adding more. The developers repeatedly claimed that the game had VAC enabled anti-cheat software, which turned out on multiple occasions to be untrue. Being a lack of Anti-cheat the game quickly became full of hackers. Slowly servers filled with illegitimate players, starting with just the occasional one or two. But eventually hackers we're an everyday occurrence which drove many players away, until myself and the rest of my clan could take no more and found other games to play.

    All in all the game had great potential, but with a development team that both lies and doesn't seem to listen or wish to act on the cries of their community, I don't see this game going anywhere fast.    … Expand
  16. cylian3
    Jul 7, 2014
    0
    A sad The War Z clone that manages to be the biggest train-wreck performance failer I've seen for quite a while now, even surpassing Arma 3 as It struggles to render low-quality textures and some random sprays of grass at 20-30 shaking FPS with the default settings.

    Besides that there's really not much else to say than to give you my whole-hearted recommendation to avoid this like the    A sad The War Z clone that manages to be the biggest train-wreck performance failer I've seen for quite a while now, even surpassing Arma 3 as It struggles to render low-quality textures and some random sprays of grass at 20-30 shaking FPS with the default settings.

    Besides that there's really not much else to say than to give you my whole-hearted recommendation to avoid this like the plague. The developers have showed time on and on again that they not only have no idea what they're doing but they also refuse to listen to the community and one shining example of this is how everyone on their forums and the steam community hub almost all agreed on that players are capable of moving far too quickly. What do they do in Patch 6? Why, increase the base walk speed!

    And as you can probably see on the mindless 100/100 scores being splurted out like spoiled milk by Metacritic accounts that have no other reviews whatsoever, the developers are desperately trying to save the already ravaged public image of this flopping turd game at a daily basis while also eagerly censorshipping any and all criticism the game receives over at the Steam's community hub.

    Short said, MEDIOCRE game with putrid people behind it, eagerly trying to cover up all the bad parts.    … Expand
  17. i76
    Jun 11, 2014
    0
    Made by Sergy Titov, the boy behind warz/infestation.

    This game is basically warz v0.3

    Avoid, its a terrible game but more than that don't give these scumbag developers a cent.
  18. Sweaer
    Jun 7, 2014
    5
    Meh, a bit fun at first. Im sure that this game will appeal to some people. If you can stand a such aggressive community.
    If you try to be a friendly player, you´ve gotten to the wrong place. Pre made players rule the world of nether while the solo players instantly kill you on sight. Dropping an item for another player, normally a sign of being nice, is here a sign that you have stuff    Meh, a bit fun at first. Im sure that this game will appeal to some people. If you can stand a such aggressive community.
    If you try to be a friendly player, you´ve gotten to the wrong place. Pre made players rule the world of nether while the solo players instantly kill you on sight. Dropping an item for another player, normally a sign of being nice, is here a sign that you have stuff and you will be killed instantly.

    The important areas are camped. I do support camping though since it is a realistic strategy (compared to no-scoping).

    The players I have contacted or chatted with in game are easily the most immature, childish and ignorant players I have ever met in an online community.

    Summary: I always wanted to like this game, and I do enjoy some exciting and fun PvP. The way the PvP plays out though... Its just tiresome and boring. The melee combat in PvP is one of the most underpowered ones I have ever seen in gaming. The survival aspects of the game are very simplified and the game focuses on "gang wars", which is hard to get into if you get sniped when you spawn.    … Expand
  19. NetherPlayer
    Aug 9, 2014
    0
    Fun the first hours, absolutely horrible after that. I have spent nearly 100 hours to get good at this game. I knew it was hard to get started, I could read it everywhere. But after 100 hours, this is what remains:

    - You try to be friendly with your own tribe members, to get back stabbed. - You try to do the objectives in the map, to get nothing on return. - You try to progress in    Fun the first hours, absolutely horrible after that. I have spent nearly 100 hours to get good at this game. I knew it was hard to get started, I could read it everywhere. But after 100 hours, this is what remains:

    - You try to be friendly with your own tribe members, to get back stabbed.
    - You try to do the objectives in the map, to get nothing on return.
    - You try to progress in order to be decent at PVP, but you'll get shot by campers in the main leveling courses of the game.
    - When you finally progress, you will die because of any bug. Mainly: a Nether will kill you with 1 hit despite you being full HP, or you will get stuck in any of the (poor designed) furniture around the map, or you will die from fall damage despite being flying with a glider, or you will die because you spawned near a Nether Swarm and a stupid popup dialog will come in your face blocking your UI...
    - If despite everything of the before mentioned you manage to survive, a hacker will always do its job and finish you the more frustrating way possible. Despite of half of rightful community offering to be watchers, asking for spectate mode, asking for anything to be done with hackers, developers are still ignoring this problem that arose in mid february. 5 months later, the problem is worse because, guess what? Hackers know the game is abandoned, and they are more frequent than ever. You will even see some bragging about it. Then you will go to the forums, post a picture and BOOM! get your thread closed because you are prosecuting someone. hahahaha.

    RUN FROM THE GAME! Don't buy it!! Don't buy any game from this developers, they don't know how to put together 2 lines of code to fix even the more elementary problems the game has.    … Expand
  20. Jackthehedgy
    Jun 9, 2014
    0
    Reasons not to buy it:
    1. No goal. None you just run around and "survive". No endgame.
    2. No reason to work to together. No matter what you do you can still hurt you buddies so goodbye trusting anyone. 3. Everyone is just out to kill each other. Just a glorified deathmatch. 4. Every enemy teleports, goodbye running away if you know you can't win. 5. The enemies are laughably easy    Reasons not to buy it:
    1. No goal. None you just run around and "survive". No endgame.
    2. No reason to work to together. No matter what you do you can still hurt you buddies so goodbye trusting anyone.
    3. Everyone is just out to kill each other. Just a glorified deathmatch.
    4. Every enemy teleports, goodbye running away if you know you can't win.
    5. The enemies are laughably easy unless encountered in hoards.
    6. They just shoved it out the door despite its full of bugs.
    7. Terrain is horribly glitched I've falling out of the map multiple times, got stuck multiple times, and hell just walked under the map, multiple times. Water is just a joke either it'll kill you insanely fast 'cause you get stuck or just straight up instant kill you.

    Do NOT buy this game, it's just a pvp mess and doesn't deserve your time what so ever. If you want a pvp game try counter strike, TF2, hell even COD would be a better choice than this. This is just scam city hell there is even rumors floating around that this is made by the same people that made WarZ (know as infestation now)    … Expand
  21. GenoMan
    Jun 7, 2014
    0
    The game is oddly close to the rubbish infestation survivor stories. They will ban you from their steam forum if you so much as mention it. I would steer clear of this game until it goes F2P and it will.
  22. Utran
    Sep 20, 2014
    0
    Jogo lixo, lixo é pouco pra essa droga, comprei o jogo e até hoje nem consegui logar, ja criei varias contas , fundi com steam, mandei email , e absolutamente nada faz o jogo funciona e agora nem responder os email respondem,

    esse jogo merece ser banido do steam, nota zero com louvor se tive-se como dar menos que zero eu daria. ainda bem que paguei so 5 reais nesse lixo nuclear. não    Jogo lixo, lixo é pouco pra essa droga, comprei o jogo e até hoje nem consegui logar, ja criei varias contas , fundi com steam, mandei email , e absolutamente nada faz o jogo funciona e agora nem responder os email respondem,

    esse jogo merece ser banido do steam, nota zero com louvor se tive-se como dar menos que zero eu daria. ainda bem que paguei so 5 reais nesse lixo nuclear.

    não compre esse jogo.    … Expand
  23. Cyliann
    Jun 20, 2014
    0
    The definition of an abysmal turd, Nether is a sad War Z & Day Z malformed clone that manages to be the biggest train-wreck I've seen for quite a while now, even surpassing Arma 3 in terms of shoddy performance as It struggles to render low-quality textures and some random sprays of grass at 20-30 shaking FPS with the default settings far into the beta and much of it being hunked over ontoThe definition of an abysmal turd, Nether is a sad War Z & Day Z malformed clone that manages to be the biggest train-wreck I've seen for quite a while now, even surpassing Arma 3 in terms of shoddy performance as It struggles to render low-quality textures and some random sprays of grass at 20-30 shaking FPS with the default settings far into the beta and much of it being hunked over onto this.. "Release".

    Besides that making the observation that the game is clearly not ready for released, suffers from crooked groundwork and misguided development cycles, there's really not much else to say than to give you my whole-hearted recommendation to avoid this like the plague. The developers have showed time on and on again that they not only have no idea what they're doing but they also refuse to listen to the community and one shining example of this is how everyone on their forums and the steam community hub almost all agreed on that players are capable of moving far too quickly. What do they do in Patch 6? Why, increase the base walk speed!

    The case was the same regarding discussions that the Nether (PvE enemies) needs to be tuned down a bit or be implemented with a proper AI (As all they do right now is spam teleports, being impossible to run from more than 98% of the time due to nonexistant pathfinding). What'd they do shortly after release? Up the "difficulty" in the worst way possible, ofcourse!

    And as you can probably see on the mindless 100/100 omg perfect gaym scores being splurted out like spoiled milk by both other users here on steam and over at Metacritic (that features accounts that have no other reviews whatsoever) the developers are desperately trying to save the already ravaged public image of this flopping turd game at a daily basis while also eagerly censorshipping any and all criticism the game receives over at the Steam's community hub.

    At the end of the day, this is nothing but a MEDIOCRE game that's unfinished with a bunch of putrid people behind it, eagerly trying to cover up all the bad parts. Needless to say, you should save your money.    … Expand
  24. MineCat
    Jun 26, 2014
    7
    I bought Nether relatively recently, and I've been playing it a lot. The gameplay is a fun and interestingly new take on the average zombie apocalypse game, but it lacks a few important features of a good game. It's pretty unstable, and often the main menu takes minutes to unfreeze to the point of usability, and collisions are pretty messed up. That said, I've being playing with a friend,I bought Nether relatively recently, and I've been playing it a lot. The gameplay is a fun and interestingly new take on the average zombie apocalypse game, but it lacks a few important features of a good game. It's pretty unstable, and often the main menu takes minutes to unfreeze to the point of usability, and collisions are pretty messed up. That said, I've being playing with a friend, and it's been one of the most enjoyable games for us to play together. It encourages teamwork and is difficult enough that achieving your goals actually feels like it's worth something. Overall, the gameplay is fun and engaging, and if the devs can get their **** together and fix the major bugs it would easily be the best post-apocalyptic game I've played.… Expand
  25. zer0t3ch
    Jun 24, 2014
    8
    Pros:
    Great content
    Fun gameplay
    Interesting experience
    Strays away from the cookie-cutter "zombie-survival" genre

    Cons:
    Laggy (Poorly optimized)
    Unbalanced gameplay
  26. Blackstarhalo4
    Jun 6, 2014
    10
    Great game! I highly recommend it to anyone who is a fan of DayZ or Survival games. This game exceeds expectations at its playability, and there are very little bugs other then with the dirt bike. Enemies are great and its online is just as fun as DayZ. 10/10
  27. Trance
    Jun 25, 2014
    6
    It's not bad but it's not good, in fact at this stage it's a rather pointless/plot-less game with annoying enemies to grind through and hackers ending your fun in the blink of an eye.

    But sometimes while walking through the baron wasteland I found myself immersed The graphics are fantastic and the games a real treat for the eye, it just needs more backbone, a lot more backbone. This    It's not bad but it's not good, in fact at this stage it's a rather pointless/plot-less game with annoying enemies to grind through and hackers ending your fun in the blink of an eye.

    But sometimes while walking through the baron wasteland I found myself immersed The graphics are fantastic and the games a real treat for the eye, it just needs more backbone, a lot more backbone.

    This isn't WarZ 2.0, it's nothing like WarZ/Infestation, this has potential and the latter doesn't.    … Expand
  28. P0rnflakes
    Jun 28, 2014
    5
    Nether provides a very atmospheric experience even in it's unfinished form.
    The name of the game is kill or be killed, whether that is from the various creatures scattered about the world or from the other players you share the environment with.
    Nether players will quickly become your main concern when you are not within one of the scattered safe zones around the world. Nether players    Nether provides a very atmospheric experience even in it's unfinished form.
    The name of the game is kill or be killed, whether that is from the various creatures scattered about the world or from the other players you share the environment with.
    Nether players will quickly become your main concern when you are not within one of the scattered safe zones around the world. Nether players for the most part will shoot first and ask questions later so having your wits about you is key to survival.

    The game world is a decent size and allows for up to 64 players connected to any given server at a time. The servers are plentiful and located by region so you can pick a server that is closest to you.
    There are many areas of the map greyed out at the moment presumably to be added in a a later date.
    You level up your character by carrying out courier missions, scavenging for items, crafting and killing monsters. Perks are gained to add to you character as your level increases, and passive perks are gained as your account level increases. The former are lost on death and need to be reacquired so dieing is not without consequence.

    Equipment can be quite hard to come by but for those who wish to fast track to cosmetic glory you can pay real world cash to buy the items you want in game. But for those who enjoy getting things through game play there is nothing you can by paying you can't get through play. These cosmetic items are found in golden loot containers and opened with keys you can buy with in game currency, and provided you are wearing them or have them in your global inventory they will not be lost on death.

    there are some minor bugs still to be ironed out, including floating terrain features and some glitchy parts of the map that you can get stuck on. Water also appears to be very glitchy as well but i feel sure these issues will be addressed in upcoming patches.

    For the price of a ticket to the pictures you get a very absorbing game, I've had over 20 hours so far and still feel like playing some more.
    Recommend.    … Expand
  29. Ithharr
    Jun 28, 2014
    6
    The Good - It has all the elements in place to make it a fantastic game if the developers committed themselves to finishing it and not flushing out their microtransaction store before that. They could be on to something. With adding new combat animations (present animations are fairly static) and a good fleshing out of the NPC quests, weapons, and world events it has the potential to beThe Good - It has all the elements in place to make it a fantastic game if the developers committed themselves to finishing it and not flushing out their microtransaction store before that. They could be on to something. With adding new combat animations (present animations are fairly static) and a good fleshing out of the NPC quests, weapons, and world events it has the potential to be truly a good game.

    The skill trees - I've found myself enjoying the these, building characters for very different things.You can actually specialize which is a major improvement over this studios past games. Again this needs more fleshing out to be truly good and the rate at which you level needs to be toned way the hell down but it is a decent starting point.

    The NPC combat with the teleportation mechanic is actually interesting and outright horrifying. This is a massive step in the right direction (Case in point, if running in the subway while a surge is occurring on the surface... the horrors warped down into the subway because of the noise you make and they damn well try to kill you). The NPC's are actually pose a threat. Add a dozen + world events and another dozen monsters or so to the game, more weapons diversity (and animations) added, and it could be a very good STALKER-esque game.

    One of the more recent additions are the transformation potions, giving you a short (~2 minute) glimpse of how the monsters behave by letting you play as one. This has been a source of great amusement for me and terror for those on the receiving end.

    The Bad - The playerbase (initially) & Repititon - Before clan assignment you really are just some random schlub. Your life has utterly zero meaning or value outside of a of "loot pinyata." The good news is that generally clan members do not outright attack each other. There is also a problem of "A lack of things to do" at present. There need to be additional events added that force people to either work together to survive or that make the world more dangerous to all the survivors when they either do nothing or going for a cheap kill. - Needs more horror and more survival is the gist here.

    The Ugly - This is twofold, first the server load time. It is outright atrocious. It easily takes 5+ minutes for the server list to just load up. Secondly, the luggage - Sergy Titov & Hammerpoint interactive the creators of the engine and the mind behind The War Z/Infestation Survivor stories - They have a history of starting projects and never finishing them, moving on well before anything is actually finished. The engine in both Nether and Infestation Survivor Stories is dated and it shows especially in the realm of combat animations. This could be addressed but it has yet to be touched.    … Expand
  30. jimm3ron
    Jun 29, 2014
    5
    i bought this game during steam sale. i have to say the game is nowhere near finished. it went from early access to release in a snap of a finger and it shouldnt have.

    the things i liked about the game is first and most of all, the new concept. you no longer fight slow zombies that are impossible to kill and impossible for them to catch you. the enemies you fight this time around are    i bought this game during steam sale. i have to say the game is nowhere near finished. it went from early access to release in a snap of a finger and it shouldnt have.

    the things i liked about the game is first and most of all, the new concept. you no longer fight slow zombies that are impossible to kill and impossible for them to catch you. the enemies you fight this time around are aliens. one of the reasons this is a good thing is because ITS NOT ZOMBIES. i think we all had enough of those sodding things. the aliens you battle in this game can teleport and surround you very quickly, thats why a strategic approach is always advised.

    killing other players can be very annoying, especially if you are new and others that have a higher level get a kick out of ruining the game. it sucks. here it has a smart way of discouraging such behaviour. the more players you kill, the more aliens will be after you. which i think is something unique ive never seen in another game and its a great implementation.

    unable to think of any other positive things, here come the negatives.

    if you dont have someone to play with, it gets boring. and the reason it got boring for me? i played for an hour and i didnt find ONE ENEMY. NO ENEMIES! it was ridiculous!

    there is such an annoying bug once the game has started. it freezes for 5 minutes on the server selection, no alt tab, no mouse movement, no alt f4, youre stuck. control alt delete is possible but then you are forced to terminate the game through system process.

    massive frame rate issues. i had everything in lowest settings and the fps was dreadful. and the most important of all? NOT ALL RESOLUTIONS SUPPORTED! if you have a monitor that is anything other than the standard resolutions you are in trouble. i have a 1050p monitor and that resolutions for this aspect ratio are not included. CLEARLY NOT A FINISHED GAME. you can change the res in the settings file but if you want to change a graphics option then you are forced to chose a resolution as well since all those options are in the same selection and not separately.

    the game has so much promise but it fails to deliver. although i really love the concept and the idea and the mechanics behind it, it is clearly not finished. i would not have bought it for the full price, but the 4$ i spent during steam summer sale to get it, makes me feel like i should wait until the game improves on the things it hasnt before i give it another serious shot. i hope the game doesnt die since its a new game and there is a player base of 600 people.    … Expand
  31. Anonimo
    Jul 1, 2014
    10
    Fanculo a tutti quelli che dicono che nether fa schifo, è fottutamente epico.
    Potrà essere un gioco ancora in fase di sviluppo ma ha molto futuro davanti a sè
    Molti si lamentano che nether non abbia uno scopo principale, ma se è un multigiocatore di massa così ti aspetti di trovare un finale ? L'ambiente di gioco potrà anche avere dei piccoli problemi relativi a bug vari, ma essendo un    Fanculo a tutti quelli che dicono che nether fa schifo, è fottutamente epico.
    Potrà essere un gioco ancora in fase di sviluppo ma ha molto futuro davanti a sè
    Molti si lamentano che nether non abbia uno scopo principale, ma se è un multigiocatore di massa così ti aspetti di trovare un finale ?
    L'ambiente di gioco potrà anche avere dei piccoli problemi relativi a bug vari, ma essendo un giocatore di questo titolo mi sono imbattuto in 3 bug dopo 30 ore di gioco.
    I nemici sono innovativi e interessanti anche se, è questo è da ammettere, sono molto stupidi e facilmente li si può respingere ma con un po' di lavoro da parte degli sviluppatori di sicuro la loro intelligenza artificiale raggiungerà livelli buoni se non ottimi.
    Per quanto riguarda il trovare gli oggetti, beh è relativamente facile e questo toglie molte ore di gioco in quanto trovare cibo e materiali è semplice come bere un bicchiere d'acqua.    … Expand
  32. SarneySafado
    Jul 2, 2014
    9
    Play great, has a bugs is very true! Makes u think that living the apocalypse, hehehheheh, if you have trusted people to play even better, is the hint: if anyone approaches vc outside the safe zone, put bullet!

    Graphic top, addictive and difficult gameplay Loneliness and tension all the time and much happiness in the findings. Note 9.0 because of bugs. 70hs playing
  33. Tiber
    Jul 6, 2014
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. In this category, it is the best game.
    Is still under development, but who does not like to play or which sub-Rust want!

    When developers reach so far as to say: What are you made ​​it to the final stages and will be saying something in the game, it's likely people will also positively assessed this game. 10 points so far, because I see things that are not included and must progress to the point 10, because 1-2 years from now it will be 10 points of the game like the rest of the game!

    Ha fejlesztők eljutnak odáig, hogy azt mondják: tessék itt van eljutott a végső stádiumhoz és valamire mondható is lesz a játék, akkor valószínű többen fognak pozitívan is értékelni ezt a játékot. Eddig 10 pont, mert látok benne olyan dolgokat ami a többi hasonló játékban nincs és a fejlődéshez kell a 10 pont, mert 1-2 év múlva is 10 pont lesz ez a játék!

    sorry! google tranaslate!

    T.    … Expand
  34. badbd518
    Jul 31, 2014
    6
    this game is a great game
    i have had a bit of fun with it
    it is still in beta as far as i know
    and it really is a good game on steam
    i give this game an
    68/100
  35. Exorween
    Aug 5, 2014
    10
    Great game !
    Fun gameplay !
    I recommend it to anyone who is a fan of survival games like DayZ and other !!!

    Rating : 10/10 for increase the user score ( I would like to know why player put 0/10 ?!)
    My realy rating is 7/10
  36. FeartheBear
    Oct 7, 2014
    0
    This game is just... Horrible Horrible Horrible. This game is an example of a cool idea, Decent graphics and then a poor follow through that kills it.
  37. icequibe
    Oct 18, 2014
    7
    Nether is a game of Wonder and Exploring. Most points the game exceed you to make life changing decisions.(in game way!) You can team up and fight for your life. Or go alone fighting your darkest fears. I'm a big fan of DayZ, so as soon as i saw yet another survival open world game i decided to buy it. This game kept me occupied for hours trying to get gear and defeat the nightmaresNether is a game of Wonder and Exploring. Most points the game exceed you to make life changing decisions.(in game way!) You can team up and fight for your life. Or go alone fighting your darkest fears. I'm a big fan of DayZ, so as soon as i saw yet another survival open world game i decided to buy it. This game kept me occupied for hours trying to get gear and defeat the nightmares surrounding me. This game isn't as amazing as DayZ but it has potential! There are some problems throughout this game though. For example As soon as you spawn you either get killed by Over Powered Player or monster. Also This game is for experienced Survivalists. Because as soon as you spawn in you get killed by other players. But overall i've enjoyed this game and i believe it has great potential!… Expand
  38. Kanazawa
    Jan 30, 2015
    0
    Garbage. Can't get the basic things right. Just trying to create an account and start the game is a nightmare. The site is hot garbage and they don't respond to tickets days after submission. Don't waste your money.
  39. RoofieColada
    Oct 1, 2014
    3
    What can I say that has not already been said? The game is still a mess, the dev's continue to be dishonest and deaf to its player base. And over a year and a half after picking it up, I don't see it getting better enough to even keep it on my hard drive. I might revisit the game if they ever get it to live up to half its potential. But until then I will rate it honestly, This game IS NOTWhat can I say that has not already been said? The game is still a mess, the dev's continue to be dishonest and deaf to its player base. And over a year and a half after picking it up, I don't see it getting better enough to even keep it on my hard drive. I might revisit the game if they ever get it to live up to half its potential. But until then I will rate it honestly, This game IS NOT a 10 or a 9 nor is it a 0 or a 1. It is what it is, and I just cant recommend this to anyone. But instead of having a post deleted for just mentioning any real complaints I or anyone might have with the game. I will just move on.… Expand
  40. hectorsOsa
    Jul 15, 2015
    10
    This game go so panned by players. I hate FPS, and I love Nether. Its frustrating to die, but man that's what makes my heart pump. No other game freaks me out like this one. What matter to me replay-ability and I get that time and time again with Nether. I f'cking love this game. I wish there was more support for it.
  41. THeurfwild
    Sep 28, 2014
    10
    Exit the safezone with butterknife-they are coming for you
    Step into the water-you stick and instadie
    Shoot your weapon-The entire city will hunt you down. Get into a safezone-you are getting surroundet by campers that wait you exit or safezone become compromised to take your stuff. Walk on the streets of the city-you wont make it more then 2 min before a camper kills you. Stay afk    Exit the safezone with butterknife-they are coming for you
    Step into the water-you stick and instadie
    Shoot your weapon-The entire city will hunt you down.
    Get into a safezone-you are getting surroundet by campers that wait you exit or safezone become compromised to take your stuff.
    Walk on the streets of the city-you wont make it more then 2 min before a camper kills you.
    Stay afk for 30 sek-horde of 30 monsters is coming
    Team with someone-You will hurt him in combat
    Recive a fake party request every 5 mins so they will easly find your location.
    No matter what are you doing , its impossible to survive more then 30 min.. you are getting stucked into the bugged map , you are going to fall tough the bugged walks , Team with somebody-ops i didnt knew friendly fire is on. A teleporting monsters that you cant escape or kill are after you , hackers are finding you tough buildings and wasteland campers are waiting safezone to become compromised to kill the afk players , a maroders that walking around to make ppl sad , even if they have only butter knife detect you.. you will pay and wont play this game more then 2 hours    … Expand
  42. Dishes
    Oct 23, 2014
    0
    The environment is built very nicely and gives a great feel of some abandoned, overgrown city. But, playing the game, you would think it is still in Alpha, well it's not. Apparently this game is a full release, which is horrible because the game has an extremely high amount of glitches and bugs, as well as very stuttery jolting player movement. The game has absolutely no story behind itThe environment is built very nicely and gives a great feel of some abandoned, overgrown city. But, playing the game, you would think it is still in Alpha, well it's not. Apparently this game is a full release, which is horrible because the game has an extremely high amount of glitches and bugs, as well as very stuttery jolting player movement. The game has absolutely no story behind it and simply thrusts you into this environment with only a butcher knife. Spawns are all random and do not blend with the environment. They glow and shine, which really creates an eyesore when they are among the bleak apocalyptic environment. Enemies are limited on variety and seem to be scarce until you alert one, then the entire town comes down on your head. Not only do the monsters like to rush you in huge herds, but every monster seems to teleport as well... literally, I mean they have the ability to teleport around, making combat extremely irritating. When you die, you lose everything, including your skills and level, making player advancement VERY annoying.
    PvP is horrid due to stuttery movements and unfair placement. It is basically a game that you have to pay to win because unless you use real money to pay for weapons, you are stuck with melee weapons and a handgun, unless you somehow manage to save up enough in game cash to buy weapons at the marketplace. There is no universal bank system to save your cash, so that means when you die, you lose it all, and good guns are incredibly expensive. Safe Zones disable your ability to attack and lose health inside the safe zone, which creates a huge player camping perimeter around each safe zone and usually leads to you getting your face blown off the moment you step foot outside of the safe zone. Food and water seem to be very scare as well and you are constantly becoming hungry and/or thirsty, so a lot of times you end up dying of hunger/thirst.
    This game also comes with two DLCs, which are $14.99 and $19.99. These DLC's do nothing but unlock little portions of the map that are identical to the rest, nothing special in the slightest. Now on top of all of these horrible game features, the creators of the game are built up of mostly the same people who made WarZ, which was a cash grab. Due to the quality, state, and developers of Nether, it is easy to say that Nether is simply another cash grab like WarZ. If you are debating on getting this game, don't, it is simply a waste of money that would go to the low lives that developed this game just to steal people's money.    … Expand
  43. NetherSucksAss
    Nov 27, 2014
    1
    Terrible Game. Fun, but not worth your time. Crashes every 30 minutes and has bugs since 2013 they still have not bothered to fix. Fun till you release that on every server, at least 1 person is hacking and your unable to do **** except die over and over again. And there is no point. They try and scam you with their "gold" currency **** Overall don't waste your money or time. Go and play aTerrible Game. Fun, but not worth your time. Crashes every 30 minutes and has bugs since 2013 they still have not bothered to fix. Fun till you release that on every server, at least 1 person is hacking and your unable to do **** except die over and over again. And there is no point. They try and scam you with their "gold" currency **** Overall don't waste your money or time. Go and play a real survival game like day z.… Expand

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#97 Most Discussed PC Game of 2014

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

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  2. Mixed: 6 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. Gaming Nexus
    Sep 18, 2014
    65
    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.
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  2. CalmDownTom
    Jul 11, 2014
    70
    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.
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  3. GameStar
    Jul 3, 2014
    62
    Online shooter of average quality that doesn't feel like it's finished yet.
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