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Thoughts on the Endless Ocean series.
16 years ago
General
I recently bought the second Endless Ocean game, and I thought I'd comment on it and the previous game.
First, I loved the original game to bits. Very relaxing and fun, with some truly epic moments (The Sperm Whale appearing from the Abyss area, to the loudest, booming part of Benedictus? HELL YES). The controls worked well enough, particularly for a Wii game, and the story was relatively interesting.
I've not played much of the second game yet, but I do have one major complaint already. The Pulsar. The Wiimote controls, while suitable for the main moving-about bits, are NOT suited to quickly turning and shooting at PO'd marine life, and the Classic controller's controls are even clunkier, IMO.
As for the series as a whole, though, there *is* one flaw; The graphics.
Oh, sure, they're pretty, particularly for a Wii game, but I have a large HDTV. And the Wii's graphics suffer *badly* in HD. I wish someone'd make an Endless Ocean (or similar light, relaxing, explore-y type) game on one of the other consoles, something with little to no real conflict, just pretty scenery and exploring.
First, I loved the original game to bits. Very relaxing and fun, with some truly epic moments (The Sperm Whale appearing from the Abyss area, to the loudest, booming part of Benedictus? HELL YES). The controls worked well enough, particularly for a Wii game, and the story was relatively interesting.
I've not played much of the second game yet, but I do have one major complaint already. The Pulsar. The Wiimote controls, while suitable for the main moving-about bits, are NOT suited to quickly turning and shooting at PO'd marine life, and the Classic controller's controls are even clunkier, IMO.
As for the series as a whole, though, there *is* one flaw; The graphics.
Oh, sure, they're pretty, particularly for a Wii game, but I have a large HDTV. And the Wii's graphics suffer *badly* in HD. I wish someone'd make an Endless Ocean (or similar light, relaxing, explore-y type) game on one of the other consoles, something with little to no real conflict, just pretty scenery and exploring.
