Most people will do an internship with a company at some point in their life and that’s the story in Going Under. There you will do an internship at a company that makes drinks to learn the tricks of the trade regarding marketing. This company was bought by a large internet organization that resembles the world’s best-known search engine. Upon arrival, there seems to be a problem, namely monsters that are turning things upside down. As often happens, the intern gets to fix this, allowing you to explore the depths of the cellars below the company while defeating monsters. Read our review of it here Going Under.
The faint humor of Going Under is immediately clear by the extent to which the characters speak about internships and internet companies. The game doesn’t take itself very seriously, which gives it a light atmosphere throughout the game. The dungeons that sit under the company are inspired by all kinds of modern well-known media companies and apps such as Tinder, Bitcoins, LinkedIn, Whatsapp and more.
In every dungeon, the gameplay works the same, namely that you kill monsters room after room with the items found in the level. You can use keyboards, pencils, whiteboard markers and more objects against the enemies. Each weapon has a specific attack power and will break with varying use. This way you always try to have a number of weapons with you to cause damage.
In addition to these weapons, you can also find upgrades that are permanent during that game. Think of stronger arms so that you do more damage, but also the possibility that enemies will occasionally catch fire if you focus on them. You will find these in several places during your game, but you can also buy them in the shops during the levels. As you discover more, you will also unlock more upgrades to come across. Later you also get the option to use apps that help you once. Think of on-call helpers, an overview of the level where you are now or destructive messages that cause damage.
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Going Under is a fun game to play, but it gets a little repetitive once you have to do the same dungeon several times in a row to progress. You get assignments from your colleagues to do in the dungeons, which gives you more benefits for the next pots. Because of this, playing levels sometimes feels like a tedious job, because in the third level of a dungeon, for example, you have to kill a certain creature before you earn anything for it. In the beginning you can only play one or two dungeons, so you quickly experience the same battles with somewhat the same power-ups before you get more variety.
Ultimately Going Under a fun roguelike dungeon crawler for in between because of the lighthearted and humorous atmosphere and entertaining gameplay. It can sometimes be quite repetitive and lacks a certain depth, but because of many recognizable parts it plays nicely. So nice to play for a few afternoons, but due to the limited number of dungeons it is not interesting enough to keep doing it for a longer period of time.
Going Under was played on a Nintendo Switch for this review. The game is also available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.
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