The Nest

I paid real money for this trash, and now devs made it 'free-to-play' and left it to rot. Disgraceful behaviour!

Please reinstate the original, one player, wave shooter that The Nest was. That's what I payed for and it worked fine. To replace it with something that doesn't function and is on-line only, then make it free, is absurd. Call this The Nest on-line and make it separate, instead of taking the original title I paid for away. Here at "The Nest" put back the original tower defense wave shooter. Call the other "thing" The Nest on-line. Just give me back my game...

The concept is amazing and if they do ever work on this again I hope they can make it work. However, I got this game when it was purchasable for $1.04 (taxes included) and I was full of hope to play an amazing game filled with grappling hooks and shooting. I then discovered that it was not what it was made out to be. It says it is compatible with HTC Vive but whenever I try to load in the tutorial it brings me to a dark map which i presume to be the tutorial map. When I looked at the news to see that they have basically abandoned the project and made it free without paying attention to all the people who bought this game I was furious.\
Concept = 10/10
Execution = 0/10

+Free

-Game is broke
-Devs forgot about it
-People who paid for it don't get anything back
-Game will never be finished

0/5

Even for free, I can't recommend a game that will never be finished. Especially since this one doesn't work anymore.

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Bought it as a single player sniper game. I load it up to play it again, I find the game completely changed. Action multiplayer only game now. It's like if I bought monopoly and it was patched into TicTacToe. Steam is apparently refusing a refund too. This is pretty bullshit.

The Nest was a promising single player sniper title when it came out... now it's a dead multiplayer game. I wish the devs stuck to what they said their plan was in the EA disclosures - single player sniper game with additional levels.

Bought this game as a single player game.
After the last update the single player was removed, now there is only multiplayer.
This is not what I bought.
As if it wasn't bad enough there are no servers, which makes it unplayable.
This feels like a fraud.
Sadly I cannot refund because I own it for more than 2 weeks.

Hey Developers, can you please add-in access to the original game? Honestly, I'm hating this one. It's not the game I got on board for. Why is the finished product a 100% completely different game? I don't know weather to recommend it or not, I think its up to the individual as to which game they prefer. if they had the early access one. For me, I'd rather still have access to the original.

3.0 out of 10

A one trick pony robot sniping game. Sniping from one spot with a bit of dodging, it's not stellar action. Nice visuals conceal a game that gets dull quickly after a 10 minute session, the rather short playtimes clocked up by other reviewers indicates this too.

More critical by far is the developer has failed to deliver the full game. It's over 6 months and counting since the last update, which is the same time past it's full release date. Cash grab and run? You decide!

In summary.... AVOID AS THE DEVELOPER HAS SEEMINGLY ABANDONED THIS GAME. DON'T LET YOUR MONEY BE STOLEN.

The game has been in early access mode for almost a year and from the looks of it, they haven't been working on it at all. It's basically a demo, 1 gun (that reloads itself, yawn) and one level. The enemies are dumb... and honestly, I'd have more fun shooting action figures with an air-soft gun. I initially expected these jerks to keep working on it, and release more content over time, but nope, they pretty much just took the money and ran. If they don't post any significant updates soon, I'm gonna write these guys off as scammers.

An overpriced wave sniper. This was an early promise. It looked alright at the time (it's fairly aliased, and the contrast is harsh), but it has not aged well. Maybe it received too much press at the time. Now that I've complained about how half the Unreal Engine VR games look like crap, I will note that the game remains the very simple demo it was when I bought it. One sniper nest, facing one direction, facing the same environment, shooting the same robots, with the same (singular) weapon, in either morning or night configuration. The developer or the potential customer reading this can do better. I believe they added Christmas lights during a holiday update, that's positive.

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Cool concept but hasn't really made any real progress since it launched in EA.

1 map + 1 gun = fun for 15mins (play time was mostly from an evening where I left it running while AFK)

There has been updates, but these are holiday related 'fun' updates, with no real updates to the core game, it's still very much a demo.

I can't recommend this game at this time. It has very little content and has not been updated in a long time. Last I heard they were working on multiplayer but that's the last thing I want to see in a game like this. There are a million other multiplayer shooters on Vive, stick to what made this game interesting in the first place.

This game seems dead in the water.

This game isn't bad. But I don't reccomend it for the following reasons:

1. If you're used to shooting real rifles (I am) you'll find the position of the scope on the gun, while accurate to an RL gun, makes it very difficult to see through in the vive because you'll be looking at the edge of the lens, thus making everything blurry. This leaves you with two options: 1) move your head. 2) move your body. Both throw off years of muscle memory. :( Putting in a method to move the scope to the right or left of center would fix this problem...i'd rather my gun look weird and work/feel right, than my gun look right and work weird.

2. The AI is...really simple. As long as you kill your target with the first shot, none of the other enemies will notice you. "Cool! A reward for precision!" Yea...but...they don't react *at all*. They don't seek cover, they don't dip and dodge, they don't try to find you. Nothing. They just wander around like braindead robots.

3. The hardest difficult just puts armor plates you have to shoot off on, so that it takes two headshots to kill. Sure, I have to dodge a shot everytime i try to kill something, but...that feels like a downgrade. Its just irritating that the way they make it harder is to make it take two headshots. I'd rather it be harder by the AI having better reflexes, or actively trying to find me, requiring me to be sneaky.

The Nest is the first VR game to come out with a heavy and primary focus of sniping, and it's a good thing that it is because it does so very well.

The Nest is very immersive right off the bat, especially so on the night map variant currently available.

At $10 I would say this is nearly worth the full cost, but it will no doubt be 100% worth it as more content is added. You can get my full thoughts on the game from my first impressions video .

In the current build of the game, there seems to be an issue with firing shots on every trigger-press. If I pull the trigger down slightly to ready a shot, and then click the trigger to fire the shot, sometimes nothing will happen. This can really screw you up in a game of this nature and I assume it will be fixed soon.

Note that my playtime isn't indicative of how much time I've actually spent playing since this isn't my primary account for enjoying my games.

Very early, but a solid concept. I'm rating on did I have a good time w/ what I played? And the answer is an easy yes. The scope zooming mechanic is very intuative as well as aiming down the scope. It's arcady but it fits the purpose and style of the game which is sci fi w. robots so far.

A really fun game if you're a sniper at heart!

Remember that the motion tracking is very accurate, so you'll need to focus like you're shooting a real gun long distances.
Even trigger squeeze, no jerking the trigger here.
Use the pad of your finger, not the tip not the crease.
Watch your breathing, try to shoot at the same part of your breath each time.
Don't hold your breath too long or you'll shake.
Keep both eyes open to help keep awarness around you.
Brace the gun(controller) with your off hand.
Hold the gun (controller) not tight not loose, hold it like you're holding a baby chicken, don't want it to get away, don't want to hurt it.

Fun little game, glad I picked it up, looking forward to how it moves forward.

Also looking to make a stock and holder for the controller. this is the first game i've wanted to do that with.

Might be a little light on levels/content, but REALLY polished for an early access and far ahead of other early access games.

I truly hope I can recommend this game further down the road. As it is, The Nest is a cool concept that's fun for about 10 minutes, but like a lot of these VR games, is a one trick pony. The sniping is fun, the zooming in is cool, playing at night is awesome, but you see all of it and do all of it before you can even really get into it. I know the game is Early Access. I hope the devs keep working on it and add new locations and a campaign and everything we could ever want. But a score should not be based on hopes and dreams. I will definitely keep checking in on this every time there's an update, eager to give that thumbs up.

'The Nest' by Invrse Studios places you in the shoes of a tactical sniper. Your living room is now a sniper nest with a single window. Sound awesome? It is.

It's been a while since we've had a decent sniper game on any platform (Silent Scope, anyone?). I played with a large box in front of me that I could rest/lean on. This aided in immersion and, of course, steadied my aiming. I had an absolute blast! Headshots are so damn satisfying.

Judging from the placeholder text in the menus, it seems that Invrse is committed to adding a full campaign and even multiplayer. While light on content right now (Early Access), at only $8.99 this game is well worth the price of admission! GET THIS NOW!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgrwuN9nnIo

I only played the first round using a chair back for the window as was recommended (TY) and managed to freeze it taking a screenshot but i got to say i Love it!!! after playing pc FPS for almost 20 years this is the first time i really felt like a sniper, VR is Amazing!! The scope worked great for me, and the in game graphics were pretty damn good considering im running a 6 year old i7 with a gtx970 thrown in. I am looking forward to see how this game evolves, Great Job Dev's Thank You ;}