In the far distant future, a psionic hormone was discovered in the human brain, granting people extra-sensory powers and changed the world as we knew it. As humanity entered this new era, deranged mutants known as Others began to descend from the sky with a hunger for human brains. Highly resistant to conventional attack methods, extreme measures needed to be taken to battle the overwhelming threat and preserve humanity. Those with acute extra-sensory abilities, known as psionics, were our only chance to fight the onslaught from above. Since then, psionics have been scouted for their talents and recruited to the Other Suppression Force (OSF), humanity’s last line of defense.
Featuring a dual story, begin your adventure with either Yuito Sumeragi, an energetic recruit from a prestigious political family or Kasane Randall, the mysterious scout whose power and skill has gained great notoriety among the OSF. As their different experiences interweave with each other, it is only then that you will reveal the full story and unlock all the mysteries of a Brain Punk future caught between technology and psychic abilities in SCARLET NEXUS.
Kinetic Psychic Combat – Using psycho-kinetic abilities, the world around you becomes your greatest weapon. Lift, break and throw pieces of your environment to build your attack combos and lay waste to your enemies.
Exterminate the Others – Deranged mutants that descended from the sky, highly resistant to conventional attack methods and defenses. Tormented by the constant pain of their mutation, they seek brains of living organisms to calm their madness.
Discover a Brain Punk future – Explore and protect a futuristic Japanese landscape that combines inspirations from classic anime and western science fiction.
A Dual Story Experience – Dive into a complex story of bonds, courage and heroism, crafted by minds behind the iconic Tales of Vesperia.
Storyline
Set in a near-future alternate reality, Scarlet Nexus imagines a world where humanity has built its civilization around a substance discovered in the human brain that grants extrasensory powers. This psionic society faces a relentless threat from the Others, mindless mutants that descend from an orbiting Extinction Belt to devour human brains. Standing against them is the Other Suppression Force, an elite unit of gifted soldiers who defend the city of New Himuka. The story unfolds through two of its recruits, Yuito Sumeragi and Kasane Randall, each wielding powerful psychokinesis that lets them hurl objects and debris at their foes while fighting alongside comrades whose abilities they can temporarily share. As the two young operatives take up their duties and confront waves of the Others, they begin to uncover unsettling truths about the origins of these creatures and the society that has trained them to fight, drawn toward a mystery reaching far deeper than the battles fought on the streets of New Himuka.
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