Relic Abyss

The story drags out and feels a lot like filler at times, but the gameplay is top notch and super enjoyable. Every character plays very different from the others and it's really exciting any time I unlock a new one. I'm really looking forward to see what gets added in as development continues, but I'm most excited for the Survivors mode ^_^

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 retrieve from the combat zone (there is even a cute fat blacksmith cat, I love him). The story in bullet heaven games isn't very deep, but I'm quite surprised that Relic Abyss went the extra mile here! The main story seems slightly inspired by the anime "Made in Abyss", with a deep, ominous abyss full of monsters and treasures. In this world the abyss contains an powerful evil entity that is fighting to crawl out of the breach and destroy the world with its army of monsters. The Goddess of light and good call the heroes to stop this monstrosity. This might not sound like something new, but within the first few episodes, as the plot develops and you meet new heroes, you can see there is more to the story: some of them seem shady or mischievous, plotting something within their own agenda beyond the basic killing monsters and looting stuff. On top of that you get a ton of characters and many more are in the way (I've only tried 4 till now). They all are well written and are distinctive, both in gameplay and in their looks, representing different archetypes you can see in many shonen, a thing that anime fans will love for sure.