You’ll constantly be switching between short- and long-range weapons and defensive gadgets while trying to outmaneuver other pilots. Combat is extremely fast - bewilderingly so at first - and you have plenty of tools at your disposal to take down your enemies. There was a solid hour at the beginning where I had absolutely no idea what was happening in combat, but once it clicked, I didn’t want to put the game down. It never really shakes up the formula, no matter how many different ways it dresses up what you’re doing, and even within missions themselves, some of them simply have you fighting off waves of baddies for so long that I started to feel fatigued.įortunately, combat in Project Nimbus feels great. As you would imagine, that makes Project Nimbus feel extremely repetitive. There is some variety to the missions, which might task you with flying under the radar to destroy a hidden base, defending a crucial piece of infrastructure, or escorting an unarmed ally, but it always boils down to shooting down lots and lots of mechs. The levels themselves are completely uninteresting most of the time, it’s just a bit of ground clutter for you to fly above. Sometimes, you’re already under attack by the time the mission’s name fades from your screen. Each mission starts, usually after a short cutscene, with your mech floating high above the Earth ready to take on dozens of enemies. By that I mean, fighting is about all there is to do in the game, which is both a strength and a weakness.
These are the kinds of mechs that can change directions on a dime and come equipped with particle cannons and laser swords alongside their missiles and machine guns. Aside from monitoring your ammo and boost gauge, there’s really nothing restricting how hard you push your machine and how recklessly you operate it. Originally released in 2017 on PC, it’s now made its way to the Nintendo Switch with Project Nimbus: Complete Edition.Ĭompletely on the opposite end of games like Battletech, which dive into deep simulation of their mechs’ structure and systems, Project Nimbus turns its robots into physics-defying, airborne weapons.
2017’s Brigador filled that gap for fans of tough, tactical combat, and Project Nimbus could do it for players who like their mechs fast and flashy. High-profile games like Battletech and Daemon X Machina are a welcome sight for mech fans who’ve gone too long with a big stompy robot game, but between the blockbusters, you need some solid smaller hits to keep the genre alive.
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