

Amashilama believes this will liberate Kiengir, but in actuality it would destroy both worlds and many others including Earth. The Lamassu explains Amashilama's plans: she will acquire an army of war machines known as Siuna and use them to raze the mother world A'ansur. Indra later acquires a humanoid replacement body and does battle with Amashilama, but both parties find that the advanced technology built by the native Sagiga will always prevent them from dying. It explains that its actions are to prevent cross-contamination between separate universes, such as those of Earth and Kiengir.Īmashilama tricks Indra into giving the former control over the latter's body and trapping Indra's consciousness in Damu's drone form. Indra also encounters the Lamassu, a highly advanced AI that released the robots to exterminate all humans on Kiengir and destroy the cargo lift. The unknown person behind the ansible messages eventually reveals herself as Hammond. She is horrified to learn that Damu was converted as a young child. Indra acquires more Arms such as the sentient Damu, who can transfer Indra's consciousness to a small drone. Furthermore, the cargo lift was destroyed so that it could no longer be used to leave Kiengir, and a group of Kazakh scientists from nearby Sagimbayev Station were never heard from again. The researchers explain that they were studying this world – Kiengir – with Hammond until robots appeared and attacked the researchers, killing most of them and leaving the survivors isolated from each other. Indra finds the base camps of Hammond's research team. Amashilama is an "Arm" – "an intelligent collection of machines" – that has bonded with Indra's body. She drowns in rising water, but finds herself reconstructed at a mysterious altar by an entity that introduces herself as Amashilama. Indra explores Jones Station and is teleported via a cargo lift to a reality she does not recognize. Upon powering up the prototype, Indra receives a message from an unknown source telling her to come to Antarctica if she wishes to see her missing daughter again. The acquisition includes Hammond's original prototype for ansibles capable of zero-latency communication. In 2053, Indra Chaudhari, founder and CEO of the Globe 3 megacorporation, purchases Hammond Corp after its owner Elizabeth Hammond vanishes while carrying out research in Jones Station, Antarctica. Indra is frequently required to move through the Breach to progress to its equivalent locations in the Overworld, and vice versa. The Overworld is larger and appears largely natural and akin to Earth, while the Breach appears more digital and can only be accessed by Indra in the form of an artificial drone. Most of Axiom Verge 2 is set in the world of Kiengir, which is split into two parallel dimensions known as the "Overworld" and "Breach" respectively. Unusually for a Metroidvania, most bosses are optional and can be bypassed with no consequence to progression. Her attributes such as health and attack power can be upgraded freely using Apocalypse Flasks scattered around the map. Indra battles enemies either with weapons such as axes and boomerangs or by hacking them to alter their behaviors. Most of Indra's power-ups come in the form of "Arms", entities with various powers. The game focuses on action and exploration, and features many items, enemies, and power-ups. The gameplay borrows elements from games from the 1980s and 1990s such as Metroid, Contra, Blaster Master, and Bionic Commando, among others. The player controls Indra Chaudhari, a mysterious billionaire.

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Plus one other major feature players will be excited to discover on their ownĭespite being a numbered sequel, Axiom Verge 2 is a standalone experience you can play whether you've finished the original or never even heard of it - although the original is certainly worth giving a try if you haven't.Just like its predecessor, Axiom Verge 2 is a side-scroller action-adventure game.Speedrun Mode - play with a streamlined interface and additional features to facilitate speedrunning.Launch a remote drone with its own separate abilities and behaviors.Hack any enemy with unique and interesting consequences for each.Expansive non-linear exploration of a huge interconnected map.Here's how Happ describes it (thanks, Gematsu): Axiom Verge 2 is out now on PC, PlayStation 4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch for $19.99, following a shadow drop during Nintendo's August Indie World presentation.Ĭreator Tom Happ first unveiled the game during the October 2020 Indie World presentation, though it was delayed from its intended release date of later that year.Īxiom Verge 2 boasts a larger map and several new features, including drones, enemy hacking, and a built-in speedrun mode.
