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Saturday - April 01, 2017

Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy - Review

by Hiddenx, 09:45

Twinfinite has reviewed Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy:

Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy on PC

Procedurals are like the legends at the bottom of maps: they give us all the little calling cards and details, so that we understand the map more clearly. They go beyond genres, and in their focus deliver tailored packages: a court case; a police investigation. With Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy, you have a JRPG dungeon-crawler. There’s always something comfortably reassuring when something ‘knows what it is’; it doesn’t feel the need to overstretch or dilute itself for anyone. That can cut both ways, though. If what you have isn’t all that compelling, the game settles into convention like a comfy couch and stagnates.

A near-future Japan is visited by a cadre of ghouls called Variants. These things have come from an extra-dimensional plane called The Abyss – there’s your dungeon – and are up to absolutely no good at all. The Code Physics Agency is a government-funded platform, has you (and a group of super-powered teenagers called the Xth Squad) in its employ, and gives you a friendly but firm shove into said Abyss to save the world.

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What’s here isn’t bad at all; it’s by no means best in class, but it does deliver on its premise. There is satisfaction to be gleaned from the battles if you buy into the strategy and tactics; there’s a lot to take in here (well upwards of 30 hours); and it’s dressed up in sumptuous art. If you’re a sucker for a dungeon-crawler or for JRPGs, then this will sate your thirst two times over. There isn’t much here to recommend to the uninitiated though.

Score: 3/5 – Fair

Pros

  • Vibrant art is full of character and expression.
  • There’s a wealth of options for customization and statline tinkering.
  • A lengthy adventure with plenty of things to do.

Cons

  • Play is rote and gets dull.
  • Muddy, brown level designs all blur together.

Tuesday - March 28, 2017

Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy - Released

by Hiddenx, 21:13

The anime first person dungeon crawler Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy has been released:

About the Game

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Two girls are key players in the incident...What do they know!?

Multiple reports of kidnapping have shaken Tokyo to its core. Regrettably, these reports are not baseless rumors...

The victims are mainly young people and their numbers have been steadily rising. Variants and members of a mysterious group have been sighted at the scene of the kidnappings. Students from Hinowa Academy—the very school attended by members of the Xth Squad—are in danger.

In pursuit of the truth, closely held secrets will be exposed...

But this is far from the only incident plaguing the city.

There are reports of strange incidents known as Sprawl Terrors, in which buildings and people suddenly vanish into thin air. A powerful enemy with mysterious origins opposes your efforts to investigate this phenomena. Furthermore, there appear to be some familiar faces among your enemies.

As the situation grows more desperate, loyalties will be questioned!

Information about

Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy

Developer: Experience Inc.

SP/MP: Single-player
Setting: Modern
Genre: Dungeon Crawler
Combat: Turn-based
Play-time: Unknown
Voice-acting: Unknown

Regions & platforms
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· Platform: PC
· Released: 2017-03-27
· Publisher: NIS America