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The Rare Nine

The Rare Nine - ultrafast and explosive beat 'em up, in which you should break through the darkness and hordes of undead in a giant skyscraper. Also you can enjoy a lot of great chiptune music.

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Agafonoff
Publisher
Agafonoff
Release
October 31, 2017
8 years and 276 days ago
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Mixed101 reviews52.5%

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The Rare Nine - ultrafast and explosive beat 'em up, in which you should break through the darkness and hordes of undead in a giant skyscraper. Also you can enjoy a lot of great chiptune music.

You can get random objective from "Wheel of fortune", and got rare "Artifacts", which drops from enemies or level objects.

We are giving you a chance to choose an unique hero. Every character has its pros n' cons. If you can fully take control your hero, you will become godlike destroyer in this hell. Buddy I think you got the wrong door, the paradise club's two blocks down.

Key features:


  • Ultrafast and dynamic gameplay, where reaction are not most important thing, also you can use "Artifacts" items, which help a lot in gameplay process.
  • Various effects, which you can get with damage. Here's temporary effects, like: bleeding, poisoning, slowing movement. As permament effect - breaking bones, that type will downgrade your character.
  • Every choosed character is unusual by his abilities and absolutely different parameters.
  • Giant objective rooms filled with different objects, consisting of a pure pixel.
  • The style and appearance of the locals really impressive
  • Game music are completely consists from chiptune tracks
  • Strict palette, gives a special atmosphere to the gameplay

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