Relic Abyss

Relic Abyss, developed by Reverse Loop and published by Mameshiba Games, takes the increasingly popular survivor-style roguelite formula and injects it with a surprisingly rich blend of fantasy adventure, cosmic horror, and long-term progression systems. Set in a world being consumed by a mysterious force known as the Abyss, the game places players in the role of heroes fighting against extinction. While the premise is simple on the surface, the title uses its setting effectively to give weight to every expedition. The combination of medieval aesthetics, forgotten technology, and Lovecraft-inspired monstrosities gives Relic Abyss a personality that separates it from many of its genre contemporaries. The game's greatest strength lies in the sheer amount of customization available. Players can unlock up to twenty playable characters, each possessing unique strengths and combat specialties. These heroes are further enhanced by an extensive skill system featuring well over a hundred abilities, including powerful ultimates that can dramatically alter a run. Relics, equipment enchantments, and collectible enemy cards add additional layers of strategy, allowing players to create speciali…

Really enjoyable and just challenging enough. Lots of characters to try and plenty of skills to mix and match.

There's a huge feeling like I'm playing something totally non-sensical, and not the good kind. Like most others once your skill goes up past a certain level your eyes become useless since you can't even see your characted much less the thing inflicting injuries. Then suddenly game over! I don't even know how I beat the first boss the first time round. Hope this gets better I also hate the fact that I need to manually pick up chest loot. I can't even see the characted much less the loot drop. A pointer to show chest drops would also be a good idea.

Highly recommended bullet heaven game! I'm not an expert in the genre, I played Vampire Survivors a couple of times in a friends house. You know how the formula works: a dopaminergic loop of rewards and flashy attacks that keep you hooked while testing your reflexes with some new magic. Although Relic Abyss isn't yet as famous, I think this game has nothing to envy to other titles of this category. In fact, it does a lot of things very well, things that other similar games don't take into account. For starters, the game is still on Early Access, but you already have a ton of content and the developers push constant updates every few months, so you can expect a very big game when the title reaches its 1.0 version. Relic Abyss has a very cool anime aesthetic, mainly inspired by 80-90's animes. The style is gorgeous, you can see this in every game character, every portrait and even in the hand drawn cinematics (I'd love to see a full show animated with that style!). The gameplay, as you could expect, is addictive and fun. You have a hub area where you meet new characters, both NPCs that either give you quest or help you forging new weapons with the money and resources that you ret…

Fun game!

Not sure what it is but something is working here, i usually fall asleep after awhile in these games to repetitive but this one keeps me going, i think it is the sub goals on the maps that actually rewards you for playing constantly with more then a 1% upgrade rewards (sure they have them as well) and also the story is great, the little cut scenes are fun and keeps me want to see more. The story progression should be tied to actual missions on the maps and not based on loading screens as it is now except a few, you can basically just go into a map and then just quit the map to go back and the story will progress. Also it would be nice to have a "end of current content" dialog pop up when there is nothing more to do with a npc/story instead of having to guess if i am done for now.