Despite its engaging concept and moments of brilliance, the game is held back by these shortcomings, making it a journey of both delight and disappointment.

Hundreds of these ghosts can be skittering about at any one time, leaving blue trails to tell you where they’ve gone. In this way, each level becomes a kind of foot race to reach the idol first. In another way, it provides a clear guide for what to do and where to go.

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Now runs have this thing where at the end of a level it adds a random challenge to your run. You have no control over witch modifier you get and some are way worse than others. sometimes runs feel very easy because you get lucky and others just feel like ♥♥♥♥ because you got bad luck.  

With the Ice Whip, however, you can cover absurd amounts of distance very quickly, and I would bump it up a tier or two if you choose to run with said whip.

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This is all to say that Phantom Abyss falls somewhat short on achieving the goal of offering a challenging parkour adventure in a roguelite package. The whip and phantom gameplay involving other players’ trial and error are unique, but its clunkiness, difficulty, and disparate progression are worth a pause.

Be warned, you only get one attempt at each temple and failure or settling for a lesser relic means you will never see that temple again… The cleverest players will use the phantom runs of failed attempts from other players to their advantage and avoid the missteps and mistakes that led to their doom.

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If you are using lightning or ice whip, you can probably stay ahead a good bit longer, but it is still a very fast guardian.

My biggest gripes with this Phantom Abyss Gameplay action platformer concern the temperamental physics, repetitive maps, and lengthy load times.

Já se passou Muito mais de 1 ano e meio desde então e a desenvolvedora vem melhorando e expandindo constantemente este game a ponto por finalmente estar pronto para eliminar a tag de Entrada Antecipado e executar sua chegada tais como um título 1.0 e 'completo'.

Armed only with a whip and your guile, you get one attempt, and only one person in the world will succeed at clearing any given temple. If you successfully claim a relic, that exact temple configuration is locked forever, serving as a trophy of your victory. There’s no fear of running out of temples, however, as there are countless ruins with unique layouts, thanks to Phantom Abyss

S and PC through Steam. We think it’s pretty safe to say that Phantom Abyss has undergone a dramatic transformation, culminating in the long-awaited, massively improved, and greatly expanded launch of the 1.0 version of the game.