Endless Ocean Luminous Review – Good Vibes, Okay Game

Limitless Ocean Luminous is the third instalment within the sport collection from Arika and 14 years have handed for the reason that launch of Limitless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep. With such an enormous hole between releases, followers of the earlier Limitless Ocean video games have been interested in what Luminous will deliver. Will it’s extra of the identical chill vibes and ocean adventures, or is there extra?

Sadly, Limitless Ocean Luminous doesn’t appear to supply way more than its Nintendo Wii predecessors. The vibes are the identical, with the same soundtrack to swim together with, however there may be little sense of journey. At its primary degree it’s an satisfying sport, however does it have sufficient going for it to maintain gamers invested?

The options it does have are effective, if somewhat lackluster. Let’s begin with the sport’s important mechanic: scuba diving and exploration. The controls are simple to make use of and easy, making it an actual pleasure to swim by the open world. Limitless Ocean Luminous boasts a brand new function the place each dive is randomly generated, preserving each distinctive. I’d not have even seen this if I hadn’t examine it. It took me occurring 5 or 6 totally different solo dives to note that often there may be extra coral, or an underwater construction to discover.

The diving itself is enjoyable and enjoyable with loads of fish to find, together with some fairly wonderful creatures. As you swim in your customizable scuba gear, your job is to scan any lifeforms you discover and choose up mysterious treasures. As soon as scanned, you’ll be able to take a photograph to report every kind of fish.

You’ll be able to select to exit on a solo dive or dive with as much as 30 others in a web-based multiplayer. The expertise of a shared dive is okay, though there may be nothing to set it aside from a solo dive aside from different folks being there. One of the best factor a few shared dive is your XP is boosted when you’ve a swim buddy with you. Plus the emotes are cute.

Limitless Ocean Luminous has included a mess of actual sea life in addition to extinct and legendary sea beasts. My solely gripe is that it will have been higher to have a separate mode for legendary sea creatures. I a lot choose to search out, scan, and catalogue sealife that truly exists. However perhaps that’s simply me. As soon as the creature is scanned, you’ll be able to test it in your logbook. Right here yow will discover enjoyable information about it, together with what number of occasions you’ve seen one throughout your dives.

There’s a thrill to coming throughout one thing as magnificent as a whale shark or humpback whale. That is very true when you’ve been swimming about scanning shoals of tiny fishies solely to lookup and see the nice beast looming over you. Different small thrills come from discovering an immensely deep trench and diving headfirst into the darkness. The fish and different sea life are lit by your headtorch, making a lot of them look extra eerie than typical. That slight shiver you get from shining your gentle on a freaky-looking fish is, sadly, as near a way of jeopardy as you’ll expertise.

If we examine it to Limitless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep, we might really feel like we’re lacking out. The addition of aggressive creatures and a pulsar weapon in Adventures of the Deep was key to the thrill. In Limitless Ocean Luminous, nevertheless, that is distinctly missing. It is not sensible to be swimming subsequent to sharks and never have them even attempt to nibble your flippers. We’re advised that this fictional sea has a mysteriously calming impact on the creatures dwelling there… However that doesn’t clarify this beast:

I imply, take a look at him all battle-scarred and bloodied. His title is Thanatos, for goodness sake, it actually means “The Dying Intuition”! For me, it will have actually kicked this sport into second gear if there had been some battle. Nothing too robust, it is a cozy scuba diving sport in spite of everything, however one thing to present it some zest.

I hoped a number of the pleasure would come from the story mode however it’s simply too slow-moving. You unlock every chapter after you’ve scanned a selected variety of fish whereas out on a solo (or shared) dive. I discovered this tedious.

The variety of required fish appeared excessive and this was solely compounded by the very fact I didn’t come throughout many shoals of fish throughout my first dive. It’s far simpler to scan 1000 fish if a few of them are in a gaggle of 20+. When you fill your quota and you’ll proceed the story, it’s so quick that it barely feels price it. There’s an eco-based theme to the story earlier Limitless Ocean gamers will acknowledge, with a little bit of added ‘mysteries of the deep’ enjoyable.

The dearth of risk apart, Limitless Ocean Luminous is fairly common. The graphics are effective, the mass multiplayer is cool, and the creatures are fascinating. In the event you prefer to have a listing to finish and a love of the ocean, then this sport is ideal. If, nevertheless, you might be in search of one thing that gives greater than only a peaceable swim and a slow-moving story, then it might not be price your time.