<s>
Nefarious	B-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
platform	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
StarBlade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
funded	O
through	O
a	O
Kickstarter	O
campaign	O
,	O
raising	O
over	O
$50	O
,	O
000	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
on	O
January	O
23	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
were	O
released	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Nefarious	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
takes	O
control	O
of	O
Crow	O
,	O
a	O
supervillain	O
who	O
captures	O
princesses	O
to	O
power	O
his	O
doomsday	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
other	O
platformers	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
the	O
boss	O
and	O
must	O
defeat	O
the	O
heroes	O
in	O
boss	O
fights	O
,	O
many	O
of	O
which	O
take	O
inspiration	O
from	O
classic	O
video	O
game	O
series	O
like	O
Sonic	B-Application
the	I-Application
Hedgehog	I-Application
and	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
features	O
unique	O
gameplay	O
segments	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
role-playing	O
game	O
boss	O
battle	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
series	O
and	O
a	O
dating	O
sim	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
makes	O
plans	O
with	O
his	O
majordomo	B-Language
Becky	O
to	O
travel	O
to	O
the	O
neighboring	O
kingdoms	O
and	O
kidnap	O
four	O
more	O
princesses	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
emit	O
a	O
powerful	O
energy	O
which	O
he	O
needs	O
to	O
power	O
his	O
doomsday	O
weapon	O
,	O
the	O
Doom	O
Howitzer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nefarious	B-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
,	O
Nefarious	B-Application
received	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
65/100	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
release	O
and	O
67/100	O
for	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rowen	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
narrative	O
and	O
environment	O
,	O
but	O
wrote	O
that	O
"[Nefarious]	O
fundamentally	O
fails	O
to	O
live	O
up	O
to	O
its	O
promise	O
in	O
a	O
way	O
that	O
is	O
hard	O
to	O
forgive	O
"	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
sloppy	O
game	O
that	O
feels	O
in	O
many	O
respects	O
half-done	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2018	O
,	O
game	O
director	O
Josh	O
Hano	O
began	O
releasing	O
a	O
continuation	O
of	O
the	O
Nefarious	B-Application
story	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
an	O
ongoing	O
webcomic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crow	O
also	O
appears	O
as	O
the	O
final	O
boss	O
of	O
the	O
2018	O
crossover	O
fighting	O
game	O
Indie	B-Application
Pogo	I-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
stage	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Sovereign	O
.	O
</s>
