Nether
Nether is a fast-paced survival game that forces you to make quick life-saving decisions in an unforgiving environment. In this post-apocalyptic urban world, death is waiting around every corner, at the top of…
Nether is an indie developed by Phosphor, released 5 June 2014 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Nether is
Nether is an indie game developed by Phosphor and released in 2014. It was published by Nether Productions, LLC. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Nether is a fast-paced survival game that forces you to make quick life-saving decisions in an unforgiving environment. In this post-apocalyptic urban world, death is waiting around every corner, at the top of high-rise buildings, and in the grasp of powerful teleporting creatures known as 'Nethers'. These creatures and the other players are real challenges to overcome, requiring tactical gameplay, awareness, stealth, and cooperation. To navigate this high-tension environment, you must use skill and cunning in order to scavenge, trade, craft or loot for food, weapons, supplies, and other resources necessary to stay alive in a desolate and dangerous city. Team up with other survivors and…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, open world and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Nether holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 13% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 9 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.4 GHZ Quad Core or Better, 4 GB RAM and Nvidia GTX 460/ATI Radeon HD 5850. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Nether launched on 5 June 2014, within three weeks of Watch Dogs, Mario Kart 8, Wolfenstein: The New Order and Shovel Knight. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Watch Dogs, Mario Kart 8, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Shovel Knight.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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