Beautiful Ocean wins E3.

Posted by gamingeek Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:29:40 (comments: 530)
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Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:30:18

Foolz said:

Dvader said:
I will admit it, this game looks fantastic.

Somebody save this quote.

Don't save it, or when Vader picks it up for $5 a few years from now I'm in for some shit when it doesn't live up to expectations. Nyaa

angrymonkey said:
weak but positive  IGN US preview

-But I am looking forward to it, in the same way you might look forward to a relaxing vacation... or, like, a nap.  

:what:

Why must they write like that? They enjoy it, yet add some sarcastic line at the end.

At least this was true:

"Blue World is still really beautiful. Fish, dolphins, sea turtles, whales, and other ocean life swim around in an awesome display of aquatic fauna. There's something really relaxing about just swimming around and enjoying yourself. The fish move around realistically in schools, and everything has a level of detail that is impressive on the Wii."


aspro said:
^Did you get Afrika (Hakuna Matata in some regions)?

You PS3 guys can get the pan-asian version of Aquanaughts Holiday - in English and region free.

 
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:42:10

Weird, for some reason these pics didn't show up in the last batch.


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This is Oceane, daughter of the Costeau like old man who owns the R and R diving service. And just like when you take real pics, sometimes the characters blink when you take them. Grinning Or maybe she's just shy?

 
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:27:40

Pics from Tab @ GAF







 
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:35:38


Couple more pics I took.

Is this Shadow of the Colossus?

These things light up at night Grinning

 
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:43:44





I've been trying to take wide, zoomed out shots to show how the fish count has increased, but the lens isn't wide enough to show them all. When these are all moving about independently, it's pretty cool.

Going back to play the first, it's going to be very noticible.

 
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:33:16

aspro said:
^Did you get Afrika (Hakuna Matata in some regions)?

Can't use it.(yet)  Read a bit about it, not sure how good it is. Have you tried it?

gamingeek said:




Look at all those fish - get the trawler!

gamingeek said:

I've been trying to take wide, zoomed out shots to show how the fish count has increased, but the lens isn't wide enough to show them all. When these are all moving about independently, it's pretty cool.

Going back to play the first, it's going to be very noticible.


See, this drives me nuts with cameras in games. ( well, pretty much just this game)  I can't afford fancy lenses - not a lot of  wide angle ones, no tilt shift stuff, no big zooms, macro and no esoteric fish-eye stuff.  A wide angle would be great for this game and maybe a close up lens if the models could look ok. It's like having cars in GTA but just giving you a couple cheap and fuel efficient ones. What - I can't even afford a souped up camera in my video games?


 
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:27:02


The camera has changed a little, for the worse. In the first game you could choose your focus point by literally pointing in real time and clicking to take your shot.

In EO2 you have to choose and set your point, then take the pic after movement.

 
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:57:31

I have to say that the jukebox is pissing me off.

There is no good access to the in game licenced tracks.

I can live without SD card MP3s but having to play in silence a lot is starting to grate.
You can only access the jukebox once you've completed the story mode by buying it off Nancy.

You can only access the jukebox on nineball island. So for instance I set a track to play. Then I have to go through a load to go to a dive spot, then another load to load the actual location.

Then if there is a cutscene or minor event, the music track cuts out, the in game midi plays for the section and then instead of restarting the tune you were listening to, it just leaves you in silence and back to the in game track which triggers at certain moments.

There is nothing in the options to do anything about this.

I hope there is some underwater MP3 that nancy sells which fixes this.

If you do want to change a track you have to go back to the boat, go back to 9 ball island, then depart for the next area, then load the actual dive.

Grrrrrrrrrrr.
 
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:19:27

gamingeek said:


The camera has changed a little, for the worse. In the first game you could choose your focus point by literally pointing in real time and clicking to take your shot.

In EO2 you have to choose and set your point, then take the pic after movement.

I don't understand -if you have a fish in the top right of your camera screen how do you focus on it ?

 
Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:18:01
Can you turn the music off and leave the sound effects on?
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