Think Animal Crossing meets Jacques Cousteau. It is a essentialy a marine biology game where you perform tasks similar to Animal Crossing, or you just freely explore the sea. The more tasks/missions you complete, the more stuff you add to your inventory. I have screwed around a ton with this game so far, so all I have really received is an Email device, a radio, and an underwater pen that is allowing me to vandalize the Ocean.
I bought this game more on a whim than anything, I had read a lot about it and had an interest, but it wasn't exactly on my buy list; but when the price showed up as half of what I expected it to be, I figured "why not"?
I must say I am largely impressed with the game, we put a soundtrack onto it (My radio plays one mp3 looped, I have no idea why), the Vice City Soundtrack, Wave 103 and Flash FM =P Of course, there's a lot of other music that can be unlocked within the game, and I felt the music would be very suitable of a game like Xenosaga.
The major portion of the game is the study of marine life, adding more and more to a growing encyclopedia; I was pretty drunk for a lot of it (as we were playing it before heading out) but from what I gather there are several different levels of knowledge about the marine life, like bronze, silver, and gold; and you gain more and more info to your encyclopedia for it. There are certain missions available such as guide another diver down to observe life, sometimes he/she'll be interested in finding a certain sort of sea creature; missions are acquired and chosen through Email. In addition, there is online multiplayer, so if anyone else here gets the game, then it is diving time.
All in all, it is a very relaxing game, like animal crossing you can't die, you can swim directly over a stingray and you won't die. The most impressive lifeform I have come across so far is a big whale, it kind of scares the **** out of me when it sneaks up on me, but I realize this is hardly a survival and horror game. There's a lot to explore, certain places that are too deep for regular equipment (with the starting stuff you can dive down about 150 feet). I like the game, certainly worth the 29.99 I paid for it.
I actually originally went to get No More Heroes, but didn't bother. Instead I bought Endless Ocean and Hotel Dusk for DS; I also got the new Advance Wars for DS (though Advance Wars is going to be a gift for someone, someone who I will be able to borrow from this summer of course), and a THIRD PSX memory card (this time Sony brand, since my last two won't work with my new PS2).
I bought this game more on a whim than anything, I had read a lot about it and had an interest, but it wasn't exactly on my buy list; but when the price showed up as half of what I expected it to be, I figured "why not"?
I must say I am largely impressed with the game, we put a soundtrack onto it (My radio plays one mp3 looped, I have no idea why), the Vice City Soundtrack, Wave 103 and Flash FM =P Of course, there's a lot of other music that can be unlocked within the game, and I felt the music would be very suitable of a game like Xenosaga.
The major portion of the game is the study of marine life, adding more and more to a growing encyclopedia; I was pretty drunk for a lot of it (as we were playing it before heading out) but from what I gather there are several different levels of knowledge about the marine life, like bronze, silver, and gold; and you gain more and more info to your encyclopedia for it. There are certain missions available such as guide another diver down to observe life, sometimes he/she'll be interested in finding a certain sort of sea creature; missions are acquired and chosen through Email. In addition, there is online multiplayer, so if anyone else here gets the game, then it is diving time.
All in all, it is a very relaxing game, like animal crossing you can't die, you can swim directly over a stingray and you won't die. The most impressive lifeform I have come across so far is a big whale, it kind of scares the **** out of me when it sneaks up on me, but I realize this is hardly a survival and horror game. There's a lot to explore, certain places that are too deep for regular equipment (with the starting stuff you can dive down about 150 feet). I like the game, certainly worth the 29.99 I paid for it.
I actually originally went to get No More Heroes, but didn't bother. Instead I bought Endless Ocean and Hotel Dusk for DS; I also got the new Advance Wars for DS (though Advance Wars is going to be a gift for someone, someone who I will be able to borrow from this summer of course), and a THIRD PSX memory card (this time Sony brand, since my last two won't work with my new PS2).
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