{"id":2377,"date":"2021-11-30T16:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T22:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ggndev\/?p=2377"},"modified":"2021-11-30T06:56:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T12:56:36","slug":"the-worst-game-i-have-ever-played-nero-the-sniper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghostgamer.news\/the-worst-game-i-have-ever-played-nero-the-sniper\/","title":{"rendered":"The worst game I have ever played: NERO The Sniper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the typical delay of releases, there aren’t many new games coming over the next couple of months. It gets even more challenging when you’re relegated to a really specific set of niches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sniper games are far and few in between, so when a Google alert came up for a new sniper game by a studio making their first foray into FPSes, I was.. curious. Sure, the press releases that came into my Google alerts feed seemed like those iffy gray-hat SEO tactics, but.. I wanted a new sniper game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I played it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then I laughed my ass off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I put a whopping 20 minutes into the game before I decided.. Yeah, that’s enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NERO the Sniper is.. Well, it’s a ripoff of mechanics from countless other stealth and sniper games, and it is exceptionally poorly done, even for early access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The hiding in tall grass stealth? You’ve got to be in a VERY specific spot to actually hide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The graphics? Oh man, so awful.. And it appears that all the characters have very short legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The weapon mechanics? Laughable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The “choose how to do it” system? Yeah, not really.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was just no fun. Riddled with bugs, including bullets not actually hitting, the aforementioned tall grass issue, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hilarious part, though?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s got “Very Positive” reviews on Steam. Look for yourself<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This game has the quality of those churn & burn studio games that just try to capitalize on current trends. While this is more common in mobile gaming, it’s obviously not limited to that field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When I say the worst game I have ever played, I’m saying something: I played the original E.T. game on Atari (yes, I’m that old). I had more fun there than I did with NERO The Sniper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even being early access, it’s.. Laughably bad. So, so bad, even at the $19.99 purchase price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 3 years in development, you’d expect something a little less.. jank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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