Aeon Must Die! puts the player in the role of an unfortunate nameless Starspawn, a being made of fire. The unlucky hero lives in a world where symbiotic void creatures have embarked on a galaxy-wide journey of extermination, believing that it is their divine duty to extinguish all life in the universe. At the head of this is the evil Emperor Aeon. The game opens up with Aeon betrayed and bound to the Starspawn. As quickly as you can say “Tom Hardy and Venom,” the two are forced to work together to survive. Aeon wants to return to the head of his empire, while your character wants to rescue Nebula, a person important to them who is currently being possessed by Aeon’s betrayer, Ivory. Naturally, now that the despotic emperor has fallen, every other being in the world is eager to take his head.
Aeon Must Die! is best described as a one-on-one beat-’em-up. It’s not a fighting game, and it…
