Transcendental experiences are hard to fully capture by any medium, I find. It's not exactly an art that one can easily do, even when they have the right ideas in place. In that regard, I found ABZU to be pretty ok all things considered. It's beautiful for sure, soundtrack is pleasant, the sights and sounds certainly engage me for about an hour. But, maybe due to the limits this kind of shot in the dark is, or just due to my tastes alone, I was the opposite of 'gripped' past an hour in and all the way to the end of the game.

Even still, I certainly can say that if you think the concept of a beautiful underwater sim captivates you for quite a while, then there's no harm in picking ABZU up. I for one felt a very middling amount of enjoyment in this venture.