
Game
Abuse
79IGDB player score
19 ratings
About this game
Abuse resembles a side-scrolling platform game. The game is marked for its unusual control scheme: The keyboard is used to move Nick, while the mouse is used for aiming the weapons. The basic gameplay consists of fighting various enemies (mostly the various forms of mutants, who prefer to attack in huge swarms) and solving some simple puzzles, most involving switches.
The protagonist of the game, Nick Vrenna, has been unjustly incarcerated in a prison where the staff are performing unethical medical experiments upon the inmates. A prison riot occurs and an experiment goes horribly wrong. The people inside the prison - except for Nick, who seems to be immune - get infected with a substance called Abuse that transforms them into monsters. Nick takes a laser gun and goes on to single-handily destroy all mutants, stop the substance from spreading further, and escape from the prison complex.
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Game facts
Release date
Feb 29, 1996
Developer
Crack dot Com, Exakt Entertainment
Publisher
Alive Mediasoft, Bungie, Electronic Arts, Exakt Entertainment
Platforms
Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, DOS, Amiga
Genres
Shooter, Platform
Themes
Action, Science fiction, Horror, Survival
Game modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective
Side view
Critic score
86 / 100 (1 reviews)
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