Nexus: The Jupiter Incident was one of my all time favourite games and it seems that other people have found it excellent too so that even though the original developer went bust, a sequel finally looks to be being made.
Please support the sequel from here and make sure it happens!
http://www.games-plant.com/nexus2/ From this link
http://theparanoidgamer.com/most-wanted-team-up-with-gamesplant-to-bring-nexus-2-to-fans/ Hungarian game developer Most Wanted Entertainment have announced plans for a self-developed sequel to their highly-rated space RTS Nexus: The Jupiter Incident, with the company partnering dedicated crowdfunding site GamesPlant to supplement their own financing.
"Launched in 2004, the game was highly acclaimed as one of the best spaceship battle games ever made, and continues to attract fans even to this day."
“We re-launched the original Nexus on Steam a while ago, and even now we see a substantial amount of new players buying the game each month”, said Horneman. “We have a very vocal fan base, and know that there’s a large number of people out there who would love to see a sequel made”.
Start with a few small research vessels with no shields and pea-shooters for weapons and work your way up to a small fleet of cruisers and battleships with increasingly powerful weapons. Lavish graphics (especially for 2004) and decent sound effects are a major part of the appeal of this game too. There's no resource collecting like in Homeworld, instead there's a certain amount you can spend on loadouts at the beginning of a mission which may or may not make it more appealing to you than Homeworld.
N.B. If you've never played it before, watching gameplay on YouTube probably won't sell it to you: I was going to include a link but couldn't find one worthy enough.
