+ A very nicely set mood with lots of cinematic effects, film grain, cinematic lighting and camera angles. This feels like a short movie at times.
+ A nice, eerie environment and a cozy base.
+ J0. The dog of the sea, the best friend.
- A terribly unlikeable main character. I get that he's not supposed to be snarky or collected as he's going through grief, but my god he is just so...lethargic in his speech. Also, just what sort of an insane person goes to the shower while wearing not only a full diving suit but also a beanie? Do people shower like that?
I knew what I was getting myself into - practically every game set around the ocean is always going to be about ocean conservation. It's good that awareness is being raised, but educative/informative topics don't make for a good narrative alone, there must be something interesting going on too.
From the very beginning, this was set up to be a very simple, rehashed story about the big bad polluter being destroyed by an ocean-loving hero. Not that there's anything bad with this premise, but their only "twist" to the template is a parallel story about grief and loss...told in the most mundane, expected and downright tedious way. How many times have we seen weird dreams about the sad past haunting the main character in a game?
Also, at times it feels like the writers played ABZU but hated the fish and the mesmerizing nature of the game. At other times, it feels like they played Firewatch but it was too nostalgic and calming for them.
Boring experience, albeit one that looks nice and has decent music.
+ A nice, eerie environment and a cozy base.
+ J0. The dog of the sea, the best friend.
- A terribly unlikeable main character. I get that he's not supposed to be snarky or collected as he's going through grief, but my god he is just so...lethargic in his speech. Also, just what sort of an insane person goes to the shower while wearing not only a full diving suit but also a beanie? Do people shower like that?
I knew what I was getting myself into - practically every game set around the ocean is always going to be about ocean conservation. It's good that awareness is being raised, but educative/informative topics don't make for a good narrative alone, there must be something interesting going on too.
From the very beginning, this was set up to be a very simple, rehashed story about the big bad polluter being destroyed by an ocean-loving hero. Not that there's anything bad with this premise, but their only "twist" to the template is a parallel story about grief and loss...told in the most mundane, expected and downright tedious way. How many times have we seen weird dreams about the sad past haunting the main character in a game?
Also, at times it feels like the writers played ABZU but hated the fish and the mesmerizing nature of the game. At other times, it feels like they played Firewatch but it was too nostalgic and calming for them.
Boring experience, albeit one that looks nice and has decent music.