From the Abyss fits squarely into the dungeon crawling category and features a solo hero who roams around the world in search of an evil beast. Along the way, treasure is collected, monsters are struck down, and levels are attained. The control scheme uses the D-pad for movement while the stylus may be used to select items or navigate through the menu shown on the touch screen. The fighting is in real time and takes place right on the world map where slashes may be chained together to beat back groups of monsters.

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» At the outset of the game, two male heroes and two female heroines are available for the choosing. After selecting your preferred character, you'll get to choose one of four colors to paint the hero. Next, a series of four questions (in Japanese) are asked and you're to select an answer from four possible choices. After completing the questionnaire, you can enter the hero's name in hiragana, katakana, or English. A short introductory sequence plays while your character is generated and the adventure begins.

» The game features a unique chain combo system where attacking a monster so that it bumps into another monster will impart damage on both monsters. Smack a monster into even more monsters and every beast takes a hit and so on and so forth for interesting chain attacks. The effect is somewhat reminiscent of pool where each monster is like a cue ball that smacks into the other monsters to impact damage.

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