Endless Ocean - First Impressions

[Faxanadu]

You can go out and buy this game - or not if you dont want to. Take your time, no stress. It will still be there once you make up your mind. We got all the time in the world. Care for a drink first? Oh, and sit back, relax and enjoy.

Thats more or less the attitude of the game. Very non-chalant. Very relaxed. No stress whatsoever - and no real objectives.

On the other hand. That is quite fun. You just fool around a bit, the deep sea is quite relaxing and having no pressure to perform actually makes you sit in the sunchair even more relaxed than ever. (yes there is a sun chair on the boat)

Did I mention that this game is really slow paced and non goal driven? Oh yeah, and quite relaxing as well. But only if you want to.

Some minor negative points to this really relaxing non stress game:

• DONT YOU DARE TOUCH THE FISH IN REAL LIFE!!!! The game tells you to learn about the animals, go touch em. Dont ever try this in real life. Either a scuba diving master will commit justifiable homocide on you or some barracuda will bite your fingers off. This is the most annoying part for a real life scuba diver.
• No simulation aspect. Oh yeah, just dive down 30 metres and go up in one go - no worries. Diving sickness? never heard of it. And air seems to be plenty. Granted, I havent gotten far in the game, but no sim aspect seems available. No planning the route (Deepness, currents etc.) and no health check constraints (like having to wait at certain depth intervalls). Again, be carefull and dont do this in real life.
• Whats with the graphics? This game actually would benefit from some advanced graphics capabilities as underwaterworlds are quite complex and "full of life". This looks a bit bland in comparison. Its nice, but not specacular.

Overall, its quite nice though playing this game. Very relaxing, quite good controls and a new concept have me wanting more. Now on to those shipwrecks.

I would right now give it an 8/10. Especially for not having me stressed out.