6.4 /10 1 Votes
59% GameFAQs Initial release date 17 January 2008 Genre Role-playing video game | 7.5/10 IGN 59% Metacritic Developer Sonic Powered Co. Ltd. Platform Nintendo DS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publishers Aksys Games, Sonic Powered Co. Ltd., Nobilis Modes Single-player video game, Multiplayer video game Similar Children of Mana, Lunar Knights, Summon Night: Twin Age, Soma Bringer, Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
From the Abyss (フロム・ジ・アビス) is a dungeon crawling role-playing video game. It was developed by Sonic Powered and published by Aksys for the Nintendo DS. It was released on January 17, 2008 in Japan and August 26, 2008 in the United States.
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Gameplay
In From the Abyss, players control an adventurer in the land of Rubenhaut. Rubenhaut was a peace-loving country, ruled by queens until a dimensional gate the queens had used to seal away evil was broken. Rubenhaut's armies were incapable of fighting off the evil demons and now it is up to the player to seal them away once more.
From the Abyss sends players into randomized dungeons to fight monsters and collect items. Dungeons may be of a variety of themes such as fire and ice. A map is automatically drawn for the player as they progress through each dungeon, which itself is laid out on a grid. Single player and co-op modes are available but co-op does not allow the player to progress the story.
Reception
Official reviews for From the Abyss have been critical of the gameplay. Criticisms include "monotonous dungeons" and a "simplistic plot". The average score on Metacritic is 59%, pooling reviews from 9 separate online sources.