While Dave the Diver is very enjoyable for the first few hours, the gameplay starts to fall off in enjoyability fairly quickly.
The loop of fishing for the restaurant and then serving said fish to customers is a fun experience and also feels like 2 games in 1, a great deal!
But after the first 4-5 days in the game, you start getting bombarded with a lot of new quests and mechanics at once without being properly introduced to them, which not only feels a bit tiresome and tedious, it also detracts from the original loop you were introduced to since you now have to fetch some starfish or something as well as the fish for your restaurant.
Other than the gameplay though, the game is awesome! The visuals underwater are stunning, the music is soothing and the characters are funny and genuinely interesting (for the most part).
The game is definitely a fun brief romp, but I'd say the hype was very overblown for what the gameplay ultimately is.
The loop of fishing for the restaurant and then serving said fish to customers is a fun experience and also feels like 2 games in 1, a great deal!
But after the first 4-5 days in the game, you start getting bombarded with a lot of new quests and mechanics at once without being properly introduced to them, which not only feels a bit tiresome and tedious, it also detracts from the original loop you were introduced to since you now have to fetch some starfish or something as well as the fish for your restaurant.
Other than the gameplay though, the game is awesome! The visuals underwater are stunning, the music is soothing and the characters are funny and genuinely interesting (for the most part).
The game is definitely a fun brief romp, but I'd say the hype was very overblown for what the gameplay ultimately is.