The Abyss: Incident at Europa

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The Abyss: Incident at Europa
Developer(s) Sound Source Interactive
Publisher(s) Sound Source Interactive
Platform(s) Windows
ReleaseOctober 1, 1998 [1] [2]
Genre(s) Adventure
Mode(s) Single-player

The Abyss: Incident at Europa is a 1998 adventure video game by Sound Source Interactive, based on James Cameron's 1989 science fiction film The Abyss . [3]

Contents

The game, set six years after the film, is a real-time adventure game played from the first person perspective. [3]

Reception

Retro Gaming Magazine suggested "the game’s not as terrible as many people make it out to be". [4] PC Joker gave the game a rating of 39% [5] and GamesMania gave it 40%. [6] PC Gamer said "the level of frustration will quickly turn off a lot of inexperienced gamers." [7] Just Adventure felt the level of shooting was too little for action fans but too much for adventure fans. [8] The AV Vault felt it had "dated, blocky graphics [and] low production values". [9]

CD-Action wrote "The Abyss is second to none and will surprise you with its fineness". [10] Power Play Magazine thought the game was enriched by "unusual" puzzles and action elements. [11]

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