Someone Takes the Time To Review Endless Ocean
Filed in archive News on January 29, 2008
Here's a portion of the Gamedaily review of Endless Ocean, thankfully free of silliness:
Nintendo provides you with lots to do. As you run across different forms of aquatic life, you can log them in a personal encyclopedia. It works in the same fashion as a Pokedex would with Pokemon creatures. In addition, you can also train a dolphin to do tricks, and it will swim alongside you as you explore.
Furthermore, the game lets you work with others, such as taking pictures or leading fellow divers on tours. You won't encounter any missions involving a spear gun or dangerous pirates, but an experience like this doesn't require them.
Seriously, this game looks interesting! As interesting as No More Heroes? I dunno, but it is $20 cheaper.
One more thought:
At the Guildhall we've been talking about what constitutes a "game." Obviously in many ways Endless Ocean doesn't really qualify- but what it does qualify for is that it provides "play," that is, a wide open arena to relax in.
Read the whole review here.
Tags: Endless Ocean Sandbox games on Wii Casual Games on Wii Cheap games for Wii nintendo endless+ocean
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Rating: 7.67 out of 3 vote(s) cast.
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Response from:
J.B.
(01/30/08 8:41am)
That's cool that you're talking about what constitutes a "game" as part of Guildhall. It's crazy to watch how that has changed, if only since the days of the Internet exploding. I was actually just reading an interview with Reggie from a few years back where he talked about the demographics of the Wii and of Second Life (a "non-game") intersecting quite a lot. It's cool to see that Nintendo has a handle on facts like that...
Response from:
Rob Howard
(01/30/08 11:04am)
Interestingly, despite all of the professors having extremely good "core gamer" street cred, are all extremely positive with Wii. They all seem to think Nintendo's rebirth has been very good for the industry.
Which is interesting because none of them, with the exception of the LucasArts guy with multiplatform titles (he worked on Shadows of the Empire, might hav even been creative lead on it?), have actually made games on Nintendo platforms.
Which is interesting because none of them, with the exception of the LucasArts guy with multiplatform titles (he worked on Shadows of the Empire, might hav even been creative lead on it?), have actually made games on Nintendo platforms.
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