We're never getting another Aquanaut's Holiday – more's the pity – but the beautiful ABZÛ should sate your deep sea diving appetite for the time being. The first game by Giant Squid – founded by Matt Nava of Journey and Flower fame – is a presentational tour-de-force, and it controls pretty darn nicely, too. There's some gameplay embedded above, and you can find a full review through here.
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Looks nice for an indie, but I really wish somebody would use the full power of this gen's hardware to make a game like this. The Wii had Endless Ocean and Endless Ocean: Blue World, which even had online, but then the Wii U came out, w/ a Gamepad that would have worked great as a motorized sled or camera for moving around, but all we got was Scube Search in Wii Fit U, no Endless Ocean 3, which I can only imagine would have looked fantastic on Wii U or PS4.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK_oT73jgzg
@rjejr They should do a new Aquanaut's Holiday for VR:
@get2sammyb OK, I saw Aquanauts Holiday mentioned in the article, but I had no idea what it was, and knowing your eccentric taste in games I simply assumed it was something way weird like Hungry Giraffe.
Watching this vid, w/ the way cool Godzilla sounding theme song, yes, HD please. .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UhG44rtLFE
@get2sammyb Just found this shark infested vid, did these games ever come west? I'm a big fish guy, I even bought some awful fish tank "game" on Wii, can't believe I missed these.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCRetRH9w68
@rjejr I think the PSone version did. The PS3 one didn't, but you can get an Asian copy that has English text.
@rjejr Best thing to do is buy these games then I guess, let the big boys know there is a market for them!
Wow that actually looks pretty neat...
If it ever comes retail I'll pick it up.
@kyleforrester87 Well I'm sure I'll play it at some point, but all these games look like PS+ games to me, I rarely buy any indies unless they're on sale for $5. Of course it might help if I knew how much this game was, no mention of price here or in the review. I don't get "price blind" reviews. And I don't get the usage of all of this space not mentioning the price.
GAME OVERVIEW
ABZÛ Cover (Click to enlarge)
Title:
ABZÛ
Publisher:
Giant Squid
Developer:
Giant Squid
Genre:
Adventure
Tags:
Ocean, E3 2015
Players:
1
PlayStation Network Release Date:
2nd Aug 2016 (USA)
2nd Aug 2016 (UK/EU)
@get2sammyb Just FYI, the Chinese/English version is pretty rare, and the Korean/English version is even harder to find. They are also expensive; I paid $250 for a mint copy of the Hong Kong version earlier this year.
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