Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX
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Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX is an indie developed by Inti Creates, released 26 September 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX is
Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX is an indie game developed by Inti Creates and released in 2019. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the near future, in a nation unknown... Humanity has entered a new age where the majority are now “Adepts” — people who possess supernatural powers known as “Septimas”. Humans who do not have Septimas, known as “Minos”, are being hunted and executed by the “Institute for the Promotion of Human Evolution ‘Sumeragi’”. Among these Minos, whose everyday lives have turned into a living nightmare, there was an urban legend spoken of only in hushed tones: tales of the “Luminous Avenger iX”. It was a rumor of a warrior clad in pure white armor, accompanied by the Muse of Hope, Lola, who fought for the sake of all Minos — This story begins when the Luminous Avenger iX, or “Copen”, encounters a…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Azure Striker Gunvolt series
Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX is the seventh of 16 entries we hold in the Azure Striker Gunvolt series. It arrived 2 years after Mighty Gunvolt Burst. The next entry was Blaster Master Zero II: Copen from "Luminous Avenger iX" in 2019. Its critic score of 82 is 2 points below the series average of 84. The highest-rated entry is Azure Striker Gunvolt at 95.
How it was received
Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 78% of the 5,099 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 13 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX launched on 26 September 2019, within three weeks of Disco Elysium, Borderlands 3, GreedFall and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019). It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Disco Elysium, Borderlands 3, GreedFall, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019).
Cheats and codes
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Official trailer
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