Underplayed Gems

Aeon Must Die (2021)

Aeon Must Die cover
Developer
Limestone Games
Platforms
PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Genres
Fighting, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
Main story
about 8.0 hours
Completionist
about 10 hours
Where to get it
Nintendo eShop

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How it feels

A breakneck, tactical beat-em-up with risk-reward combat and a grim, colorful world that feels like an over-the-top anime VHS tape.

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About

“Aeon Must Die!” turns the beat-em-up genre on its head introducing breakneck risk-reward gameplay, innovative tactical fighting favoring brains over reflexes, and an RPG alignment system that tracks how you behave as a warrior and changes the challenge and story accordingly. The ruthless, grim but colorful world looks and feels like that ridiculous action-packed anime VHS tape your parents heavily disapproved of. Go on a violent journey with a disgraced symbiotic emperor, a fuel-blooded amnesiac with a hole in his head and a sentient hoverbike.

Screenshots

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