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Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy
Operation Abyss is a first person RPG dungeon crawler with turn-based battles using a customized team of 6 characters from a total of 10 classes. Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy is a combined remake of the first two games in the Generation Xth trilogy, Code Hazard and Code Breaker, by Experience Inc. based on the Wizardry series. They were only ...
Details
- Released
- April 14, 2015
- Developer
- Experience Inc.
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
- Publisher
- NIS America, 5pb.
- Platforms
- PC
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Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
The PlayStation Vita might be a legacy platform in the eyes of Sony executives, but as long as publishers like NISA and bringing games like Operation Abyss to the west, there’s no reason to pack the device away into the attic. Operation Abyss is a thematically unique dungeon crawler, with some great systems underpinning it, and some of the best level design in the genre to date. And for all that, it’s a real, genuine triumph.
Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy is an excellent dungeon romp through a near-future sci-fi Tokyo.Finish that high-school class quick, so you can gear up and dive headlong into a quest for missing students that'll lead you into fierce battle against bizarre enemies. Best of all, this dungeon-crawler won't make you crunch more numbers than math class! (Unless you're into that.)
Despite the fact that Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy can be a bit by-the-numbers inside dungeons, it’s anything but in nearly every other facet of the game. While I probably won’t be rushing to complete it again anytime soon, it was a lengthy enough adventure that will stay fresh in my mind for some time.
Classic mechanics and modern aesthetic merge to make a solid dungeon crawler
Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy is a member of the all too uncommon first-person dungeon crawler club, and while it may be very complicated, it also offers an addictive experience for on-the-go that is bound to be enjoyable for fans of the genre.
To say that Operation Abyss is a disappointment is a bit of an understatement really. Having spent upwards of 50-60 hours enjoying Demon Gaze’s dungeons and zany collection of miscreants it was a title that was full of promise. Unfortunately, it seems that aiming for a darker tone has led to a game that lacks the humour and character that made Demon Gaze such an enjoyable romp despite its similar shortcomings. It’s the little things like characters not showing their names on the HUD, making it difficult to know which squad member you need to select to disarm traps, and the game’s inability to ...
With new and original ideas in very short supply, it’s hard to recommend Operation Abyss to anyone who doesn’t usually invest in offbeat Japanese roleplaying games. Yes, it may have all the essentials, but this is far from being a tour de force, feeling more like a flashy RPG Maker project than an actual published title.