The Abyss
Shaggles · 2023 · Adventure, Action, Souls-like, Lovecraftian, Bullet Hell
PC
2 user reviews100% · 2
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About The Abyss
“The Abyss” is a concoction of the 3 genres known as Bullet Hell, Souls-Like, and RPG. There are over 20 levels with a plentiful amount of unique bosses and enemies scattered about the game. There are also quite a few puzzles and challenges sprinkled about. Put nightmares to rest to learn the Lunar Secrets of Mondriech by using the abilities and equip able runes that are collected throughout the game. In “The Abyss” there is a full movement and dodge system, as well as a projectile based combat system that deviates from the typical souls-like combat. In “The Abyss” you can only take one hit before you are sent back to your last checkpoint. “The Abyss” takes a deviation from the typical grindy RPG elements that you see everywhere. Instead of grinding enemies over and over to level up your stats there is only one stat, and that stat is your skill level. The bosses progressively get harder and require the player to have more of a grasp on the game mechanics to beat. “The Abyss” features custom controls for your keyboard inside of the settings as well as some accessibility settings like turning off the camera shake, and a performance mode. There are plentiful secrets just waiting to be discovered hidden throughout "The Abyss."
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
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2D Dark souls. executed perfectly. Game of the Year. Amazing idea. it is a gaming master piece.3 found this helpful
In this game you move through each level until you reach the end where you encounter a boss that you must defeat in order to finish the level. The learning curve isn't too step because you only need to learn a handful of controls. As you progress through the game the bosses get harder almost at the same rate your skill increases which makes the game always challenging. A better tutorial would be helpful but it doesn't take very long to learn the controls anyways, a better tutorial would just help you learn faster. The only REAL complaint I have is that there is no window between when you encounter a boss and when they start attacking you, a quick 2-3 second window between when you encounter a boss and their first attack would be nice. Overall this is a decently well made game and for only 5 dollars its worth a try.3 found this helpful
A copy of this game was provided to me by the developer for review purposes. [h1]Good Idea, Poor Execution[/h1] [quote]Please [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/38944951-Bottom-of-the-Dumpster-Fire/]follow my Steam Curator for more interesting games like this[/url] and [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbST5JiVsu0]feel free to watch this review in video format[/url].[/quote] I'm going to be honest, I have a very soft spot towards games that have ambition and heart poured into them, so I tend to overlook some flaws as a result. I like the concept that's being provided here, as a skill-based side-scrolling platformer where you have to dodge tons of bullets and die in one hit. I appreciate the developer for finishing their dream project. The problem is that I don't really like anything else about the game. The worst part is how dark it is. Thankfully, the playable character has eyes, but when you have a black character on a black background with black ground makes it very hard to see anything other than the bullets, and to properly dodge things as a result. It also doesn't help that the entire character appears to be one massive square hitbox (although it might not be,…2 found this helpful
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