That review sucks so much. You see the game is one of two halves. Firstly it has this story driven 10 hrs of the game which was missing from the first. And then you have can play it with the same serene atmosphere of the first. So its sandbox and story driven.
You may think that a game like Endless Ocean: Blue World won't appeal to you at all. The first Endless Ocean was a glorified diving simulator which led some people to complain that it wasn't a game at all. I was right there with you guys; I could barely muster up the interest to slip the disc into my Wii. A title centered on diving was so out of my gaming wheelhouse that I thought I'd hate every blue-tinted minute of it. I don't even like seafood.
I was wrong.
Let me put it in game terms you can understand. Have you ever tried to get all of the achievements in a game? Do you get a special kick out of completing quests in an RPG while collecting crafting materials and leveling up your riding skill all at the same time? Have you ever gotten a kick out of finding something in the sand, and wished it was part of some grand story involving sunken castles and ancient treasure? Do you have a completionist gaming attitude that drives you to purchase every unlockable item and level up everything? Is there a part of you that needs to explore every part of the map? Do you have even a passing interest in marine biology?
If you answered yes to one or more of those questions, then there is more than enough game in EO:BW to keep you occupied for hours more than most titles out there. There's just so much to do. You can concentrate on the adventure story. You can collect ancient coins. You can design your own private reef. You can take clients diving for specific creatures, or you can take on photo assignments to snap pictures of marinelife for magazines. You can befriend aquatic mammals and teach them tricks. You can curate the three floors of an aquarium in Japan. You can salvage goods from ancient Greek shipwrecks in the Aegean Sea. Through it all, you are rewarded by leveling your skills and given currency which you can spend on more collectibles or better equipment to further advance your diving abilities. Even some of the items you purchase open up quests, stories to be told and even more things to achieve.
But the beauty of EO:BW - strike that, the beauty is the fish and other creatures you encounter, more on that later - the best designed part of the game is that it doesn't force you to do any of these activities. You are free to progress however you like and the game incentive-ises each of them so that they do not feel worthless. And each system is integrated. I found it satisfying every time I recognized a new species of fish and was rewarded with another ding. That fish was then added to my encyclopedia of marine knowledge back on the base at Nineball Island and I could add it to a tank at the aquarium in Japan.
Eat your heart out Jacques Cousteau and Steve Zissou. There's a new diver in the water. And his name is GG. *sigh*
I have some time to play again o/ Just one more dolphin show to do before the 20'st one but still a long long way before the 1000000 and counting needed for the temple *sighs*
Still, here is my last aquascaping for the coral reef: "Tapis rouge"
I played some more, I am now exploring Cicero's Straight and Valka's Castle. Finding new treasure is so addictive and GG is actually useful. He actually tells you how many treasure are around. After Cicero's Straight I will explore the Arctic.
P.S. how did you call your animal partners.
I have two, the dolphin you get from the beginning. I called him Flipper. And the porpoise you found trapped in a ice cave. I thought he looked kinda posh so I called him Master Higgins.
I played some more, I am now exploring Cicero's Straight and Valka's Castle. Finding new treasure is so addictive and GG is actually useful. He actually tells you how many treasure are around. After Cicero's Straight I will explore the Arctic.
P.S. how did you call your animal partners.
I have two, the dolphin you get from the beginning. I called him Flipper. And the porpoise you found trapped in a ice cave. I thought he looked kinda posh so I called him Master Higgins.
MILK, yeah I know, lazy.
And Beezo.
Mekere said:
I have some time to play again o/ Just one more dolphin show to do before the 20'st one but still a long long way before the 1000000 and counting needed for the temple *sighs*
Still, here is my last aquascaping for the coral reef: "Tapis rouge"
In the back Snow white is dancing ^^
I like how you positioned the statues and the reeds at the back.
BTW, I have no idea what I am doing in training. I still haven't unlocked befriending to get the amazon river doplphins. I have trained for ages, have unlocked all the tricks, I even leave it on free training and let them do their thing while I want tv on another channel. When am I going to get befriending info?
You need either 20 dolphin shows or 100 trainings. For the shows you really just need one dolphin trained and once it's at its top, just leave it. I'm still training all my dolphins for the titles >_> 2 done, a lot more to train
You need either 20 dolphin shows or 100 trainings. For the shows you really just need one dolphin trained and once it's at its top, just leave it. I'm still training all my dolphins for the titles >_> 2 done, a lot more to train
So what like train ONE dolphin, each move till they tell me to stop and then they will say I can do shows? Then do 20 shows and its unlocked?
Ugggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh
What if I leave my one dolphin in free training for like a couple of hours?
You can do shows as soon as your first dolphin reach its first level. The dolphin doesn't have to be fully trained, you have a test to pass, and the requisites of the first one is quite low. The second test the requisites are: 4.2m and more for spin, front and back jump. 7.4s and more for singing, waving and tail walk
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You didn't forgot to talk to Hayako to pass the test right ?
You can do shows as soon as your first dolphin reach its first level. The dolphin doesn't have to be fully trained, you have a test to pass, and the requisites of the first one is quite low. The second test the requisites are: 4.2m and more for spin, front and back jump. 7.4s and more for singing, waving and tail walk
...
You didn't forgot to talk to Hayako to pass the test right ?
Uh, I might have. She's generally quite useless sitting at the desk so gave up chatting.
That's a whole lot of awful.
That review sucks so much. You see the game is one of two halves. Firstly it has this story driven 10 hrs of the game which was missing from the first. And then you have can play it with the same serene atmosphere of the first. So its sandbox and story driven.
This is one game that covers all the bases.
Escapist review
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/7241-Review-Endless-Ocean-Blue-World
Still, here is my last aquascaping for the coral reef: "Tapis rouge"
In the back Snow white is dancing ^^
I played some more, I am now exploring Cicero's Straight and Valka's Castle. Finding new treasure is so addictive and GG is actually useful. He actually tells you how many treasure are around. After Cicero's Straight I will explore the Arctic.
P.S. how did you call your animal partners.
I have two, the dolphin you get from the beginning. I called him Flipper. And the porpoise you found trapped in a ice cave. I thought he looked kinda posh so I called him Master Higgins.
MILK, yeah I know, lazy.
And Beezo.
I like how you positioned the statues and the reeds at the back.
BTW, I have no idea what I am doing in training. I still haven't unlocked befriending to get the amazon river doplphins. I have trained for ages, have unlocked all the tricks, I even leave it on free training and let them do their thing while I want tv on another channel. When am I going to get befriending info?
So what like train ONE dolphin, each move till they tell me to stop and then they will say I can do shows? Then do 20 shows and its unlocked?
Ugggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh
What if I leave my one dolphin in free training for like a couple of hours?
...
You didn't forgot to talk to Hayako to pass the test right ?
Uh, I might have. She's generally quite useless sitting at the desk so gave up chatting.