Down Abyss

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[quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_slop][b]Warning: AI Slop[/b][/url] This game is partially or completely made with talentless, banal AI generated content.[/quote] "Down Abyss" is an interesting idea for a game but the creative capability of the developer was insufficient to realize the dream, with extremely lacklustre in game visuals padded by lazy AI Slop (which is immediately enough for this to be rejected). The idea is fascinating, you're a giant robot with a lot of capabilities, but instead of twin stick shooting the world, you're playing a survival game where you aren't the one who has to survive, a little girl you escort is. You've got a progression system, collecting, all kinds of possibilities... and a completely rubbish technical implementation. As mentioned, this features really godawful, "wrong" looking AI slop instead of genuinely and sincerely created game assets, and most of the game itself is godawful 2D retro pixelcrap "art". It's hard to say if this was because the developer didn't have the skill to do the job of creating real game assets or couldn't afford to hire someone who does, but it also doesn't matter. What matters is that this looks bad b…

Definitely an interesting foundation for a game, though my gut tells me there's a tad bit of balance needed to certain aspects. At least at the start, the player will have to aggressively pursue the management of food, sanity and fuel in order to prevent Alpha-1 (the little girl) from expiring. The combat is pretty simple (triggers off a timer that occurs periodically that spawns enemies) and starts out less threatening than managing the four "survival" meters which drop quite swiftly. Mix that with the relatively slow movement speed of the robot as well as how long it takes to harvest nodes and you'll find yourself with a somewhat daunting task keeping those meters in check while you figure out how to progress and purchase upgrades to lighten the burden. While I do like the concept of taking care of another NPC's needs and the split between the cliff climbing side of things (for exploration and filling the mind meter) and the ground level exploration and resource collection, both aspects are fairly basic in nature. However, I do think the meters deplete a little too aggressively at the start. The one thing I wasn't particularly fond if during the cliff climbing phase is that…

Its alright if you play it for the Achievements. Translation and Sound is pretty rough but since its a free Game its kinda ok. Concept is interesting. Gameplay : https://youtu.be/FbEOiJ22AV8