Going Under Review (PlayStation 4)

Going Under is a satirical dungeon crawler about exploring the cursed ruins of failed tech startups. As an unpaid intern in the dystopian city of Neo-Cascadia, you’ll wield office junk as weaponry as you make your way through the offbeat procedural dungeons beneath your company campus.

Pros:

• Big bright colorful graphics.
• 1.96gb Download size.
• Platinum trophy.
• Invert axis and sensitivity sliders.
• 3 save slots.
• Assist mode settings-(optional) extra hearts, higher weapon durability, more invincibility after taking damage, more dodge roll invincibility, and lower enemy health.
• Office-based Roguelike gameplay.
• Tutorial pop-ups after a short intro to mechanics.
• Actions-roll/dodge, attack, throw, charged attack.
• Pick up any items you see and use as a weapon.
• Weapons have durability.
• Map uncovers as you play.
• Every run gets randomized.
• Boss fights.
• Sidequest gets given alongside your main quest.
• The map is split into rooms and doors will have icons on them that can indicate what to expect beyond the door.
• Abilities/power ups-find these and usually it will be a choice of two, they can be good or bad.
• Enemy health bars show.
• Defeated enemies drop cash.
• Shops can be found on a run and you can spend your cash on items or health.
• Earn EXP and rank up the perks/abilities that you use and this increases their effectiveness.
• An office-main hub where you can hand in and pick up quests, pin abilities, and choose your mentor.
• Simple enough combat.
• Can drive vehicles! They take damage and eventually blow up but still.
• Self-contained jobs in rooms with their own rewards.
• Cubicle crates-these house rewards like items and weapons or cash.
• A lot of Replayability.
• A fresh new concept.
• You have full control of the camera on the right stick.
• Counter for runs and wins.
• Apps-find them in dungeons and these grant buffs or one time attacks or abilities like faster movement or a cubicle crate drop or maybe even an ally to fight alongside you.
• Humor throughout.
• Unlock new dungeons with new items and enemies as you play.
• Cubits-earned in-game but also after a run and these unlock new skills.
• Weapons will have an icon next to the name that will tell you if its better/worse or the same damage as the current weapon.
• Mentors-give a buff like earn more money or get stuff for free. When you use a mentor you earn exp with them and level them up for new abilities.
• Addiction kicks in after a few hours.
• Can carry 3 weapons at a time and swap between them with a button press.
• Can break a lot of items and furniture in a room.
• Quit dungeon option.
• The game can be paused.
• Can turn Assists on from the main menu on any save slot even if you started a save without it.

Cons:

• Very slow starter.
• Chucks you in at the deep end.
• Constant difficulty spikes.
• When entering a room it can be hard to see around or an enemy could be in prime attack range.
• Combat takes some getting used too.
• The durability meter is not easy to read.
• Game is very slow at telling you things or what’s going on.
• When going from level to level you have to go through a tube but they constantly repeat the cycle of triggering the event (the tube is locked) and having you fight enemies then you go through.
• No jump or block buttons.
• The rooms feel small and cluttered.
• Only one control scheme.
• Never sure what each app actually does.
• You rack up a lot of jobs/side quests.
• Feels like all the weapons break way too quickly.
• Picking up crates is a pain especially as it drops your weapon.