Luna Abyss

Solid combat, beautiful environment design and amazing audio work. Would highly recommend. The story may be a bit convoluted but there are enough codex entries to mostly figure things out.

A solid "Buy on sale". Its a bullet hell fps. There was obviously a lot of budgeting involved in the development, but for the most part they made it work. The combat starts slow to teach you the ropes, then picks up pace significantly towards the first major boss. The game then continues to develop straight through to the final fight in an organic way. My main gripe is that the game feels incomplete. The ending doesn't feel right. Like there was something more that should be there. A "post game" mission of sorts. I doubt we'll see it, unfortunately. Regardless, its a satisfying few hours. I'd say 7-12 hours, depending on what difficulty and how many collectibles you end up searching for. Just wish there was that last push at the end for an ending that was more satisfying.

I originally bought this once I saw the art style and thought the combat looked like it could have expanded into something interesting, but what I learned is I really should read more reviews before I jump in a game blind. The aesthetic looks amazing with some excellent structural and character designs. The game overall ran well in terms of optimization and the platforming movement is quite good. This is all I can really say for the positives though. Combat is bland, mostly due to the limited enemy variety and only having four weapons to utilize the mechanics, which boils down to breaking two types of shields. Given the length of the game clocks around 6 hours (3 if you start using the accessibility features, will cover later), it might be okay for some. The main issue is the enemy attack patterns are similar in most aspects (nothing fancy, shotgun blast, line and spiral tracking) and the rare boss fight (not counting the few that are just normal enemies later on) boils down to flip switch, shot switch, or kill enemies to remove invincibility between minion spawns. Platforming is at least a little more robust, but there are long stretches of level sections that are just simple jumps and falls either acting as loading screens or stretching it out enough to allow dialog to play (and you feel the emptiness of this world after awhile). Even the collectibles felt sanitized with how many white paint symbols there were. Not terrible, but there were plenty of times the motivation to continue died due to the lack of challenge (even on max difficulty settings). The worst aspect of this game was without a doubt the writing. The voice acting was okay, but the dialog constantly pulled me out of the experience. For being set 200 years in the future (even with the story reason for some of characters making the stretch less of an issue), the language just doesn't match the tone or otherworldly feeling of this setting. There are other story issues that felt underbaked or even forgotten by the time the credits roll, which wasn't enough to hide the fairly predictable story beats. Another issue, surprisingly, is the wide range of accessibility features. Some features I can understand (visual ones are desperately needed given how much of a headache the bullet spam can be with particle and screen flashing when hit by certain attacks), but is a teleport function for platforming needed for a single jump? No damage during combat? You are better off making a instant kill option over no damage if the goal was helping progression over learning fights (which is made easier with the lock on setting). I am all for accessibility (I need it from time to time due to my own problems), but this is the first time I honestly had to question the excess of the settings. Normally the combat and environmental story telling can carry a game for me (even if a lot of the areas in the first half are way to dark), but the dialog and writing were enough for me to put this as a don't recommend.

A beautifully unique blend of platforming and shooting in a bullet-hell style. Had a lot of fun with this one, actually sat down for a solid 6 hours on a day off work just to finish it because it was that immersive and interesting. I usually struggle to play games for that long in one sitting anymore without needing a break. Pros: + Surprisingly decent story that gives you a lot to think about. World-building is nice since, for the most part, you don't need to ruin the flow of progression by constantly looking around for secrets. They're usually quite obvious + FPS gameplay is simplistic but doesn't outstay its welcome via not being a heavy feature of the game + Incredible atmosphere and visuals. Very unique mix of industrial/fantasy and an awesome colour palette + Voice acting generally pretty good + Level design overall pretty decent (though rather linear) + Upgrades etc. are well paced and all feel good to use + Soundtrack is good, just nothing to write home about + Appears to take mild inspiration from games like Returnal and Metroid Prime and does it well Cons: - One of the later levels is padded out far too much - Platforming is a bit inconsistent at times due to floatyness (mostly the dash), leading to "deaths" that feel a bit ass at times - The "hub" if you can call it that, feels like a bit of wasted potential, as is the room you're in between missions. Indie dev budget be like that though, so it's okay. - Due to the combination of simple gunplay and platforming, the game can feel a bit tedious here and there - Shotgun (won't spoil the name) sound is ear-piercing lmao Well worth the money. Play it.

Muy buen juego, la historia te atrapa, los escenarios también están increíbles, jugabilidad increíble, pero.. Y ESE FINAL QUE FUE?!?!?!?! ME CORTASTE TODO EL ROLLO además COMO QUE NUNCA LE PAGARON A SUS DESARROLLADORES, tan bien que construyeron el mundo y el diseño y me entero que por lo mismo que critica el juego que es la CODICIA, si hubiera sabido eso ni compraba el juego maldicion

très bonne découverte, le gameplay est correct, la DA est folle, le setting science fiction et le scénario sont intéressants. Quelques points perfectibles mais le jeu vaut largement le coup Crève-coeur que le studio ait été dissous juste aprés la sortie du jeu. Monde de merde.

Простенькая, но приятная игра. Очень бюджетная, но от этого видно как авторы пытались заморочиться над историей и геймплеем (не без проблем, конечно). Жаль, что студия пострадала. Пожалуй, для меня это первая игра в жанре буллет хелл, если не считать Ниров и подобных.