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Neon Abyss (2020)

Veewo Games

Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

3.15 from 122 ratings

1272 members have it in their collection · 18 playing now · 744 backlogged · 46 wish listed

How long? Main story 24h (from 2 logged playthroughs)

Neon Abyss is a frantic, roguelike action-platformer where you run ‘n’ gun your way into the Abyss as part of the Hades formed ‘Grim Squad’. Featuring unlimited item synergies and a unique dungeon evolution system, each run diversifies the experience and every choice alters the ruleset. Get ready to unleash hell! Combining furious run ‘n’ gun action and deep, roguelike … Read more
Neon Abyss is a frantic, roguelike action-platformer where you run ‘n’ gun your way into the Abyss as part of the Hades formed ‘Grim Squad’. Featuring unlimited item synergies and a unique dungeon evolution system, each run diversifies the experience and every choice alters the ruleset. Get ready to unleash hell! Combining furious run ‘n’ gun action and deep, roguelike mechanics, Neon Abyss pits you as a member of the ‘Grim Squad’ – a task force set-up by Hades himself to infiltrate the Abyss and defeat the New Gods. Death is not the end as every time you die, you’ll find yourself more empowered than before. Read less
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Developers
Veewo Games
Publishers
Team17, Yooreka Studio
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Shooter
Themes
Action
Series
Neon Abyss
Steam
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Release dates

  • Jul 13, 2020 (Europe) Nintendo Switch
  • Jul 14, 2020 (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One

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V1CGaming

Review V1CGaming 2/5 · Feb 11, 2022

Lacks distinctive elements.

Neon Abyss has a great artstyle, the soundtrack rocks and there’s a lot of variety regarding the bosses, weapons and the different skills you can unlock. The procedurally generated levels, however, leave a lot to be desired.

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anarchistica

Review anarchistica 3/5 · Dec 28, 2021

I don't hate it? *visible confusion*

Playtime: 2h41m

Intro

Neon Abyss is a roguelike action-platformer. You pick a character and try to make your way through 5 maps to face the final boss.

The Good

  • You aim with the mouse. If your action game has shooting this is basically a must.
  • There's an easy mode. This makes the game substantially less frustrating.
  • Really nice variety in …
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Playtime: 2h41m

Intro

Neon Abyss is a roguelike action-platformer. You pick a character and try to make your way through 5 maps to face the final boss.

The Good

  • You aim with the mouse. If your action game has shooting this is basically a must.
  • There's an easy mode. This makes the game substantially less frustrating.
  • Really nice variety in enemies.
  • Some of the weapons are quite neat (sound gun, windmill gun).
  • Backtracking is fairly quick and painless.
  • You can blacklist items and enemies.
  • Weapons get pretty crazy with a bunch of upgrades.

The Bad

  • I've seen (almost?) exact copies of rooms two-three times already.
  • You always seem to have too many purple crystals.
  • Platforming is bland and there's no dash or double jump or anything (only with items).

The Ugly

  • Respeccing costs 20 boss gems (you get 2 per normal boss, 10 for endboss).
  • This cost isn't shown on the respec button. Oof.
  • The grind is insane, of course. You have to spend 200 boss gems on upgrades to even unlock the last page of upgrades.
  • Unlocking new characters takes too long too as a consequence.

Conclusion

Normally i hate this kinda thing but this was entertaining for 2,5 hours. If you unlocked new characters far more quickly i would've stuck with it longer.

5/10

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Gangreen

Status Gangreen Jul 31, 2020

So I was very eager to try this when it came out.

I very much like the play control wherein you can shoot any direction while moving and platforming in a different direction. Makes for more interesting and yet frantic fights. The art is fantastic with tons of bright neon colors and bizarre enemy types.

But the big downside is …

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So I was very eager to try this when it came out.

I very much like the play control wherein you can shoot any direction while moving and platforming in a different direction. Makes for more interesting and yet frantic fights. The art is fantastic with tons of bright neon colors and bizarre enemy types.

But the big downside is there is just too much randomness without any feeling of progress. There is a bunch of treasure chests gated by one-armed bandits, the eggs that house unique allies very frequently fail to hatch and give you nothing, and very often there are far more chests gated by rocks and locks than you have grenades and keys for.

Most of the weapons are fairly bland and not exciting to use. Weapons seem extremely limited for the purpose of creating more challenge, but that makes the game much less fun to play.

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