Others say...

"Sweet!"
First off, to REALLY enjoy the game you need a big surrond sound system and a big monitor, but hey, what game dont you have to have thoes things? But anyway, this game is awsome. Pretty much, the game says you have to do X things each mission and then sets you free. You decide which weapons to equip your ships with, and more importanly, WHERE to equip them. This game is played in 3 dimentions, so weapons mounted on the bottom of your ship cant fire at targets above unless the ship rolls over or flips around (it does it automatically). It also has some funny dialogue (like commander Sweetwater calling your AI a "cyber pet" and "anal-retentive ignoramous"). The graphics are spectacular, they really took advantage of the space setting to give wonderfully detailed objects and backgrounds.

There are some cons tho, namely there is NO ending! You complete your final objective, you see a little cutscene that ends with your AI saying that shes going to kill gods, and it ends. You never know what happened to most of your friends or anything...guess they all end up killed.Guess this really cane be called a con, but for a while your under the command of Rear/Vice-Admiral someguy, who puts you down every chance he gets, even after you save his life...TWICE! And he does other things that make life much harder for you for a while, but that just adds an interesting part.

DOnt be intimidated by the commands and everything, once you get used to them its aight, and once you get over the lack of sleep from staying up all night and playing this, its aight too.

"Good game if you give it a chance"
When I first picked up this game and tried to play it, the intro scene interested me. I go to play the game, and the interface is really really wierd. After a couple hours of trying to get down the interface the game gets very interesting. The story is amazing in it and the gameplay is awesome once you get used to it, but when one first picks up this game it seems a bit overwhelming. Awesome game if you love games that are a little experimental.

"Not a Homeworld clone"
When I first saw screenshots of Nexus:TJI, I figured it was just another Homeworld-type game. Since I rather enjoyed Homeworld, I proceeded to buy it. For those that are expecting Nexus to be that, you're in for a surprise, though not necessarily an unpleasant one.

The most notable difference between the two games is that you don't harvest or build anything in Nexus. You're assigned a few ships (I've never seen more than 10 under my command) and can usually configure them before each mission. Oftentimes you don't even start with all of them, but receive the remainder as reinforcements after an objective is completed. Lost ships are replaced automatically, but with default equipment, which is pretty bad if you get in the habit of taking casualties. The weapons available for upgrade, and the number you can add on, are more or less predetermined. Adding points to the main character's engineering raises the amount you can 'purchase,' but I've found this has little impact in general. Resource units don't carry on between missions, so there's really no management aspect to the game.

That said, the lack of resource focus means you'll be far more concerned with the mission objectives, which run the gamut of stealth to all-out war. The missions in general are well planned and remarkably challenging- on the hardest difficulty I actually got stuck about 1/3 of the way through the game. There are some issues in weapon configuration, which can cause you to scrub out on a mission the first time if you didn't know what you needed to equip, and oftentimes you're given few if any hints in this regard. Despite that, the missions are generally fun and fast-paced.

I have to say, though, that at times I wanted to pull my hair out when playing through some of them. You're often put up against massively superior enemy units, and one wrong move can mean your doom (or losing a ton of ships, which is pretty much the same thing). Some battles can drag on forever, with your fleet exchanging potshots with strong enemy warships until someone's shields finally go down. I actually left to eat lunch during some of the longer ones, and came back to find my fleet happily victorious. If you respec all your weapons for each mission you might be able to go faster, but only at the cost of expensive general-purpose upgrades like shields, power cells, and engines.

The game mechanics in general are well done and quite intuitive (despite what others here have said). There's advanced movement controls, but these are generally not needed. You issue basic orders to your ships, and they do their best to carry them out. Sometimes they may seem to take their time, but this is because even your fastest ships tend to be pretty slow and sluggish.

The graphics and sound are both very well done. This is pretty clear if you've seen any screenshots of the game. The campaign is interspersed with full motion video cutscenes, and all dialogue is spoken. Some of the alien dialogue is really irritating, but that just gives you more reason to kill them all. In general, the campaign is interesting and immersive, and the mission objectives go beyond the usual 'kill them all' scenario. As previously mentioned, the missions are challenging, and get more so as the campaign progresses. Perfectionists will be hard-pressed to finish without losing any ships even on easy difficulty.

I didn't have any serious technical issues with the game, though it doesn't seem to like multitasking. Load times were short, and Nexus ran very smoothly on my rather average PC.

If you're the type that appreciates real time combat, sci-fi, and/or 3-D strategy games, Nexus is certainly a good pick. I would say it's one of the only truly difficult real time strategy games out there now, so those just seeking a challenge of any sort might want to check it out.

"Best Science Fiction Game Yet"
For those of you who love science fiction, this is the game for you. All those trekkies and Star Wars fans out there will appreciate the thrill of being able to pilot a fleet of starships. The game starts out relatively slowly as you learn the basic navigational controls. You're soon in your first battle however, and this is when the real fun begins. Your ship, the Stilleto, has a wide selection of weapons and a wing of fighters at your disposal. The tutorial guides you through the use of the various weapons and their applications against enemy vessels.

You take command of the alien vessel the Angelwing relatively soon after this. Without giving away all of the story, you wind up traveling across the galaxy via a network of wormholes, engaging in heated space battles and meeting many new alien races. These include the violent, warlike Gorg, the mysterious, elusive (but helpful) Ghost, the ancient, benevolent Vardrags, the Locust, and the super-advanced Mechanoids. It is your job to remove the Mechanoid threat from the universe with the help of the Ghost, Vardrag, and an AI being named Angel.

You eventually have command over several ships, some with unique abilities like the all-powerful Seige Laser. Success requires a player to use the strengths of these various ships as a unified whole (This can prove to be quite difficult for beginners: I would recommend visiting gamefaqs.com for strategies).

Problems with gameplay are relatively few, but include:
1. No display indicating number of torpedoes in upgrade screen
2. Difficulty in tracking positions of multiple ships over a large area.
3. Destruction of fighters while returning to their respective ships.
4. Problem with Seige Laser Formation in tracking a moving target (the Formation moves very slowly and must readjust every few seconds to follow a target moving laterally).

The main problem is replay value, which is somewhat low. However, the game will keep you entertained for at least a good twenty hours even on Beginner difficulty. Despite the above problems, this game is worth buying, especially if you enjoy science fiction in any form.

"OUTER SPACE IS WAITING FOR ORDERS"
Space strategy games are a very special category of games with a very long history starting in early 80's with the big hit title "ELITE". Since then many things have changed of course but the main concept remains the same. You start the game with few missions more let's say instructional just to get more familiar with the interface. Right after this you will be able to command about 2 or 3 capital ships and about the same amount of squadrons. Things are easy for the moment but as you go on and on with your game you will be in the very interesting situation to manage more than 15 different ships with different specifications something that will challenge your strategic abilities. During the historical space battles you will able to take in real time decisions. For succefull results you got to know all the string and weak points of your and your enemy's fleet. Space bar is pausing the time to give you time to think and decide.
Nexus has amazing graphics and sound that will enjoy even the most difficult gamer. Personally I would expect a more easy game play. I think it will entertain you for many hours.