In Phantom Abyss, you compete with other players around the world to steal an idol from a temple filled with tough jumps, booby traps, and hidden keys.

However, not every run will end with the same success, so be prepared to fail until you learn the mechanics.

, you’ll acquire keys from chests that are used to go deeper into the dangerous temples. There you’ll find better relics, but larger threats. You’ll also find treasures that can be offered up in exchange for blessings.

Watching fellow players die in front of me. Not only did this clue me into how to approach problems, but sometimes, their corpses even gave me half a heart of health. 

Ultimately, From the Abyss won't enter history for having set any milestone within the console portfolio, because although it has a good presentation, its concept can result repetitive for players expecting a good blend between action and story.

The secrets are highly satisfying to find, and when a guardian is dropping poison bombs or just relentlessly advancing that can feel like it's working against the necessary concentration or experimentation needed to reach them. A lot of the time it can feel easier to just dash on through, ignoring the intricate room design to reach the door to the next one, and the next and the next until finally reaching the exit. Every once in a while, though, Phantom Abyss manages to balance the speed and exploration, and that's when it's at its best.

This is all to say that Phantom Abyss falls somewhat short on achieving the goal of offering a challenging parkour adventure in a roguelite package. The whip and phantom gameplay involving other players’ trial and error are unique, but its clunkiness, difficulty, and disparate progression are worth a pause.

If you can see them, they died which means they probably arent hacking Hackers, in my experience, suck at the game even with cheats. I've got my answer though, I was just curiouus about the speed.

I noticed during Phantom Abyss Game the daily tasks today, that some ghosts of players run away like hell, especially from the start at three times so fast speeding as I do.

Both Xbox and PC runners will get new updates and an overhauled experience including cross play for ghosts! pic.twitter.com/L42JVGipf4

With the Ice Whip, however, so long as you have the Icy Feet curse still enabled, you can use the momentum of your slide to boost your horizontal distance. Slide, let go of all keys and then quickly crouch and jump while you still have momentum.

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