Scarlet Nexus
In a far distant future, a psionic hormone was discovered in the human brain, granting people extra-sensory powers and changing the world as we know it. Just as humanity was entering this new era, deranged…
Scarlet Nexus is an adventure developed by Bandai Namco Studios, released 24 June 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It currently starts at $8.09 at Fanatical. The main story takes about 35.3 hrs to finish.
What Scarlet Nexus is
Scarlet Nexus is an adventure game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and released in 2021. It was published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In a near-future world where a substance found in the human brain grants people extrasensory powers, society depends on the Other Suppression Force to defend the city of New Himuka. Their enemy is the Others: grotesque, mindless mutants that descend from an orbiting Extinction Belt to devour human brains. The story unfolds through two new OSF recruits, Yuito Sumeragi and Kasane Randall, each wielding powerful psychokinesis and offering their own perspective on events. As they battle the Others alongside a squad of gifted comrades, the pair are drawn into the dark secrets behind the invaders and the society built to fight them.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 53 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Scarlet Nexus holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 7 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 79, across 103 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 35.3 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 60 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $8.09, that works out to about $0.23 per hour of the main story, or $0.13 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-3470 | AMD FX-8350, 6 GB RAM and Nvidia GeForce GTX 760, 2 GB | AMD Radeon HD 7970, 3 GB. An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 50GB. 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 costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $8.09 at Fanatical, 87% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Scarlet Nexus launched on 24 June 2021, within three weeks of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade and Final Fantasy VII Remake: Episode Intermission. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, Final Fantasy VII Remake: Episode Intermission.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Scarlet Nexus yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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