Nuclear Blaze is a firefighting, 2D pixel platformer from Sebastien Benard, lead developer and recreation designer for Useless Cells. As a firefighter, you might be tasked with extinguishing an out-of-control forest inferno, however whereas doing so that you encounter a mysterious navy facility and head inside to uncover the supply of the ferocious blaze.
The whole marketing campaign lasts a bit longer than an hour and spans varied facility areas you need to clear of fireplace to progress. This includes aiming your hose with the analogue stick and spraying water by pushing sq., our favorite! Some areas can even have sprinklers which might be turned on with the flip of a change and locked doorways that block your path, requiring you to gather both a key or swipe card to proceed. It’s all quite simple gameplay, missing selection as the one new mechanics added all through are dodge rolling and armour, neither of which handle to modify issues up considerably.
Nuclear Blaze does an excellent job of being accessible to all ages, with the flexibility to regulate the pace of fireplace unfold and hose power on the fly by means of your complete recreation. There’s additionally a devoted Child’s Mode, straightforward sufficient for a 3-year-old, with invincibility, auto bounce, and auto purpose energetic, permitting you to deal with saving furry felines from the flames. On the opposite finish of the size there’s the Maintain My Beer mode, which is a extra intense expertise with further navy turrets and quicker hearth unfold to maintain you in your toes.
Nuclear Blaze is an pleasant pixel platformer that will get all of the fundamentals proper however lacks any significant depth to maintain you engaged. Its huge array of issue choices might be praised for making it accessible to all, nevertheless its extremely brief runtime makes it a really satisfactory expertise.