Madness: Project Nexus

The Good
This game is fun. Very fun. Gameplay is a bit wonky at first, but once you get the hang of it it's very addicting and satisfying to play. Even though you are violently killing 99% of the time, the game barely gets stale and remains fun through the whole Campaign.

Art and sound design is expectedly top-quality. Nothing to complain there. Worldbuilding is also pretty good, the game gives you many snippets of the world around you that you aren't forced to check but it's cool to see none the less.

The Arena Mode caught me off-guard with it's quality. Very interesting lore-wise, cool missions and the arenas themselves are more fun than you expect being just horde modes.

The Bad
Despite not feeling sick of it, I have to admit the game is repetitive. If mindlessly gunning and slicing through hordes for most of the game isn't for you, it will get old quick.

The Story Mode isn't very story-focused. The main plot is rather simple and the characters are kinda bland, especially in their dialogue, it's kinda obvious these guys weren't built for chit-chatting. The Arena Mode surprisingly had a more interesting plot, though that might be incredibly personal.

Losing in some stages in Story Mode can be pretty frustrating as the game likes to give you very sparse checkpoints. In Arena Mode that can be even worse, as you don't gain any rewards for losing a stage, this can lead to a pretty rocky start in harder difficulties as your character starts off rather weak.

The Bottom Line
A solid action game for just shooting, slicing, smashing, breaking, destroying and ripping apart grey men, with a few more neat surprises along the way.