I found this game to be highly enjoyable, albeit difficult.

The graphics in this game are simply the best I have seen in a game of this genre, and the weapon effects are spectacular, as are the gigantic explosions that are a result of destroyed ships. Sound is also spectacular in this game.

Gameplay was easy to learn, with a well-made interface, allowing you to command a fleet of large spaceships with ease, but the game was difficult at times, but I find difficult games highly satisfying.

As well as the excellent graphics, sound and gameplay, the game has an immersive science fiction story to go along with it.

The only negative aspect of this game is that it easily crashes on lower-end systems, but this isn't enough for me to lower my rating.

I highly reccomend Nexus: The Jupiter Incident, easily a full five stars.

The core of the game is real-time space battles, where you typically control 1–4 battleships, fighting against (of course) overwhelming odds. The story is reasonably terrible, involving multiple alien races, AIs, and irritating human companions. The script and voice acting is uniformly horrible, and if it wasn't for the important information often imparted in briefings you would by justified in clicking through them all. The campaign is entirely linear, which isn't really the impression given in the promotional blurb.

Between missions you get to upgrade your ship(s). The list of weapons & devices you can equip is long, but generally you can rely on incremental improvement in the equipment available after each battle.

In battle you seem to have a lot of control over ship systems, but very quickly you realise that beyond selecting targets, and fighting style (attacking shields, ship sub-systems, or just going for all out destruction) you can pretty much leave it up to the ships to sort themselves out. Getting rid of the micromanagement means you get to sit back and the space fireworks (exploding space battleships are pretty awesome to watch).