Posted on: October 25, 2025
Plenny_S
Games: 2 Reviews: 1
untitled opinion piece
demons and angels need to take a chill pill.
Is this helpful to you?
Error loading patrons. Please refresh the page and try again.
Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Valdis Story: Abyssal City
Description
Over 40 years ago, the goddess Valdis was killed by her daughter, the dark goddess Myrgato. Since this event Myrgato has been at war with her twin sister, Alagath the goddess of light. This perpetual war is fueled by human souls that the gods use to create their warriors; Myrgato twisting souls into demons, and Alagath manipulating souls to create angels. Each day the remaining human population dwindles as they are forced to choose a side or die.
Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery. There are many customizable skills and equipment that will aid Wyatt on his journey.
Controller support: Valdis Story: Abyssal City supports XInput and DirectInput controllers.
Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery. There are many customizable skills and equipment that will aid Wyatt on his journey.
Controller support: Valdis Story: Abyssal City supports XInput and DirectInput controllers.
- Intense combat weaving sword and sorcery together seamlessly.
- Interconnected zones allow you to explore new areas or backtrack.
- Compelling original soundtrack spanning over 2 hours of music.
©Endlessfluff Games 2013
Goodies
manual
avatars
artworks
wallpapers
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:
Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility
Recommended system requirements:
Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility
Time to beat
10.5 hMain
15.5 h Main + Sides
22 h Completionist
13.5 h All Styles
Game length provided by HowLongToBeat
Game details
Genre:
Tags:
Languages
English
audio
text
User reviews
Posted on: March 22, 2017
BionicBull
Verified ownerGames: 488 Reviews: 36
Has potential, but incomplete
Valdis Story: Abyssal City is a metroidvania style game; you get new power-ups/ablities which help you progress further in the game. While the game appears to have the icing on the cake, it is missing some key ingredients. I was taken by the game's graphics, art, music and gameplay. Good designs of enemies, some pretty cool bosses and a decent character level-up tree. But, it ends there. The main problem with the game is there is no over-world map and story log. It's really difficult to navigate around the large areas and it's easy to get lost. I hope you like to write things down while playing a game because after someone tells you what you should do next, they don't tell you again. So, if you save and comeback later, the NPC won't tell you where to go next. You'll be lost at what you should do or where you should go. That may not be a big problem with some people, but it will annoy most. The next annoyance is the "cancel" or "dash" ability. You'll have to press down and then right or left, or diagonal right or left. This creates a problem when you are jumping around in high areas and fighting a boss. You will accidently dash when you don't want to which could cause an unnecessary death. Next, the timed puzzles. I got bored continuously doing these that I stopped playing. You need to hit some switches to open doors and get past them before they close and you'll need to do that annoying "cancel/dash" move which may cause you to f*** up! Lastly, the boring story. I was so bored of the story and didn't care about the characters. Sometimes I didn't bother reading the dialog of the chracters because the characters where just undeveloped and uninteresting. The story progresses in such an unnatural way. Valdis Story:AB is not the worst game in the world. It's playable and some may enjoy it, but for the rest of us, we would rather spend our precious time playing something more impressive.
Is this helpful to you?
Posted on: July 3, 2014
Burrito
Verified ownerGames: 1497 Reviews: 52
Fun Metroidvania with a broken sub-boss
This game has about everything I could want from a Metroid / Castlevania style game. Novel backdrop. Plenty of optional backtracking, but with a 'warp zone' style mechanic that keeps you from being more than five minutes from any given spot you've been before. However, there's an extremely annoying mini-boss well over halfway through the game. It combines an area attack (instant stun effect, hits well beyond it's animation, no interrupt window, unblockable) with throwing the player into big holes in the area, sending them back several screens to a point full of low-damage, high juggling enemies and a time-based 'puzzle' needing to be completed to get back to the fight. It's a luck-based fight with a long-term (walk away from the computer, read the paper for a while, get a cup of coffee) reset delay while you wait for your character to die and respawn in the mini-boss's room. This is a new miniboss though, and the game is under constant development. I can not imagine they won't fix this game breaker fairly soon... but until they do I wouldn't advise it to anyone.
Is this helpful to you?
Posted on: October 26, 2014
newfster
Verified ownerGames: 440 Reviews: 2
Epic reward despite brutal frustrations!
Wow this game blew me away with the epic battles and platforming adventure! I grew up in the original NES generation and have played more games than I can count on numerous systems. For me this is a wonderful excursion down the wonderful lane of Super Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night... mixed with Devil May Cry fighting dynamics. It's a love letter to the genre and boy does it deliver! It comes with it's issues and frustrations (and I mean rage inducing madness at times!) but in the end the journey was worth it and the control you master over your character is a quest in itself. Amazing music, sound design, graphics, art design, story and controls make it one bad-ass trip! Do yourself a favor and support the independent developer... I can't wait for part 2.... and even the expansions for this version. Bravo! I feel like a kid during the challenging NES days again :D
Is this helpful to you?
Posted on: July 23, 2016
ninjasrcool
Verified ownerGames: 78 Reviews: 1
It's not a good Metroidvania
Ok, I just finished the game on hard mode and I need to leave my thoughts on it. I'll start with the positives first. The game is beautiful! I enjoyed all of the sprite animations and the environment. It takes place in an underwater city surrounded by a mana field. I thought this setting was very unique, considering how many games I've played in my life. I also enjoyed the combat! It plays almost like a 2D Devil May Cry, where chaining larger combos together grants better experience rewards against normal enemies and increases your ranks against bosses. Getting an A or S rank against a boss is great because it gives you bonus experience, as well as stat upgrades. So that's all the things I liked about the game, unfortunately everything else was problematic, which is why I will not replay it. Here is a list of my cons: - The level cap is too low. Only 20?! - The enemies level up with you! I hate that in any RPG!! - The main character, Wyatt, is annoying. He doesn't go though any character development to become more likable. - The enemies are heavily recycled throughout the game. It gets boring to fight them after a while and none of the areas are memorable because of this. - There is no currency in the game, you have to barter with items that enemies drop. Major dislike! - You will need to respec your character to beat some tough optional bosses. Unfortunately, respecing requires you to farm some rare items from enemies. That's annoying!! - Some items needed to craft the best gear are extremely rare and limited per playthrough, such as ancient coins. There is no way to craft every weapon or armor in a single playthrough, which would not be a problem if the game had new game plus!! Why isn't there New Game Plus!? I don't want to farm all over again! - Exploration is NOT satisfying. This is the biggest problem. The treasure chests only contain craftable items, which you can usually get from item drops anyway. LAME!! So overall, it sucked.
Is this helpful to you?
Something went wrong. Try refresh page.
This game is waiting for a review. Take the first shot!
Add a review
Edit a review
Your rating:
Stars and all fields are required
Not sure what to say? Start with this:
- What kept you playing?
- What kind of gamer would enjoy this?
- Was the game fair, tough, or just right?
- What’s one feature that really stood out?
- Did the game run well on your setup?
Inappropriate content. Your reviews contain bad language.
Inappropriate content. Links are not allowed.
Inappropriate content. Content contains gibberish.
Review title is too short.
Review title is too long.
Review description is too short.
Review description is too long.
Not sure what to write?
Show:
5 on page
15 on page
30 on page
60 on page
Order by:
Most helpful
Most positive
Most critical
Most recent
Filters:
No reviews matching your criteria
Written in
English
Deutsch
polski
français
русский
中文(简体)
Others
Written by
Verified ownersOthers
Added
Last 30 daysLast 90 daysLast 6 monthsWheneverAfter releaseDuring Early Access