FPS Abyssus is allowed to call itself ‘brinepunk’ but you all need to stop this nonsense immediately afterward

Abyssus

Muster your fireteam, blast through the corrupted denizens of an ancient, sunken civilization, and wield godly powers in Abyssus – a fast-paced cooperative FPS and roguelite brinepunk adventure.

Anyone who is not trying to sell your something will tell you that ‘punk’ is a mostly meaningless term, mainly popularised by Malcolm McLaren and Vivian Westwood so they could sell bondage gear to teenagers. It is, of course, very punk of me to recognise this. However, this hasn’t stopped every other videogame released in the last 74 years trying to coin their own punk subgenre. The latest to do so is ‘brinepunk’ FPS Abyssus, which seems to have mostly arrived at the terms by being ‘a bit Steampunk, but underwater’. Abyssus looks cool, and so with the power vested in me by the Greggs vegan sausage roll I had for lunch today, I hereby declare that this is the last game allowed to do this. Let’s see if it’s making the most of it, at least.

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