{"id":26921,"date":"2026-06-03T00:01:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T00:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=26921"},"modified":"2026-05-23T09:27:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:27:50","slug":"nero-sci-integral-edition-switch-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/03\/nero-sci-integral-edition-switch-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Nero & Sci: Integral Edition (Switch, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Here\u2019s a fact about me.\u00a0 I\u2019ve never liked math.\u00a0 If I ever became a super villain, there are two ways you could defeat me.\u00a0 My only two weaknesses are country music and math.\u00a0 So when I get a press release claiming a game will make me like math, I\u2019m like, \u201cOK, challenge accepted.\u201d\u00a0 So here\u2019s Nero & Sci.\u00a0 Nero is a shy lonely little alien who works at a library, and one day while dusting off some old books in the basement, Nero knocks off one of the books and it opens up and all heck breaks loose.\u00a0 Then Nero meets a little flying jellyfish thing named Sci.\u00a0 Together they must save the day in this 2D puzzle platformer.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on Switch and PC but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

To control Nero, you move with the L stick and jump and double jump with the B button.\u00a0 Another button makes you do a little slash attack to enemies.\u00a0 Control Sci with the R stick to make it fly around.\u00a0 Hold down the R2 button to make Sci pick up objects, and the L2 button makes you see into another dimension to find hidden things to help you solve puzzles. A second player can use another controller to move Sci as well. \u00a0You\u2019ll move through the 2D stages doing some light platforming, but every so often you\u2019ll be stopped to do a cleverly disguised algebra equation.\u00a0 So you\u2019ll use Sci\u2019s abilities to pick up blocks with numbers on them to place them where they need to be, or Nero can flip switches.\u00a0 Sometimes you must view that alternate dimension to get clues to the puzzles as well.\u00a0 Collect little while balls to purchase upgrades on a skill tree, and apples to give you hints on the puzzles.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, this game did not make me like math.\u00a0 The platforming is fine, but the puzzles are unintuitive and feel like homework.\u00a0 The map screen is hard to navigate and I couldn\u2019t figure out if there was a way to save my progress mid level (they are rather long stages, or at least feel that way). And that alternate dimension thing just feels like an unnecessary added step.\u00a0 I think the only people who will like this game are players who already like math.<\/p>\n

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Nero & Sci is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You can slash at enemies that disappear when defeated and that\u2019s it.\u00a0 Strong reading and math skills are a must, so this game is best for older kids.\u00a0 Probably ones who are about to take algebra classes.\u00a0 It would be good practice, so this game is definitely considered educational.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s a fact about me.\u00a0 I\u2019ve never liked math.\u00a0 If I ever became a super villain, there are two ways you could defeat me.\u00a0 My only two weaknesses are country music and math.\u00a0 So when I get a press release claiming a game will make me like math, I\u2019m like, \u201cOK, challenge accepted.\u201d\u00a0 So here\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26921"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26923,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26921\/revisions\/26923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}