It does depend on the game really. Wind Waker for example is an incredible game and the ocean is more that just a setting. Final Fantasy 11 online though, the ocean is the bane of many players existence.
Do you ever find yourself REALLY loving games with oceans in them?
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Don't really like water based levels(I think Ecco probably scarred me as a kid), but I can't deny that they tend to get some of the best music.(DKC, SM64, Endless Ocean, Chrono Cross, Super Metroid and Prime)
Wind Waker and Endless Ocean were both pretty good.
Wind Waker and Endless Ocean were both pretty good.
Water is an unexplored element in games in general, other than the severely overused "Water Magic" in many RPGs. Games haven't done much of a service to bodies of water big or small. Probably their best known usage is in military simulators involving boats.
If more games with oceans played like Skies, I would love them.sonicneedslovetoo said:
OT: not really. There are few "ocean" games I enjoy, let alone love.
I do have to admit I enjoy watching the rain fall on the ocean or the Alamo sea in the PS4 version of GTA V. Or even in puddles.Padwolf said:
Though I think this has more to do with my love of rain. In fact, we need more rain in games.
There was rain in Heavy Rain? Who knew!Padwolf said:
Makes me wish weather cheats didn't disable achievements in games. It's not like rain gives me unlimited ammo. Unless there's an InFamous game where you control water, then I guess it would.
Arkham knight wears rain like a polka-dot blanket. I'm not sure the police force will be too pleased to find out that Batman has only been leaving the station to frolic in the rain though. That fear gas must have had a different effect on the poor sod.Zachary Amaranth said:
I'm actually hard-pressed to think of an instance of above/underwater environments "sucking" as opposed to simply filling me with primal terror. Mario's various water levels, of which Jolly Roger Bay has always been a favorite (dat music!), WindWaker's Great Sea, to the ocean of Grand Theft Auto 5; hell, Zelda OoT's Water Temple is easily my second favorite behind the Forest Temple. I felt they were all incredibly atmospheric and an absolute joy to explore.Burned Hand said:
But then! Terror strikes!
Jolly Roger Bay was an awesome, superbly tranquil level ...until Unagi shows up. GTA V's underwater exploration is much the same until you see that first shark. Half-Life may already be tense, but the Ichthyosaur ramps that tension up to a height that has me save-quitting to do something a tad more upbeat for a while.
Water can be my best friend in creating unrivaled tranquility, or my worst enemy by putting me in a state of helplessness against not only the unknown, but the known among it. You're often completely, or almost-completely defenseless in the water. It's not often you're able to fight the submerged horrors should they appear, and if you can, you can't bring your all to the fight. You can't fight Unagi, only your painfully-slow crossbow and rinky-dink pistol work against the Ichthyosaur. And GTA V's sharks? You have a knife.
[sub][sub]Good luck.[/sub][/sub]
Yes I love oceans in games, and nobody has mentioned two that instantly come to mind for me. First is the Ocean in FFV, well plus it was one of the first games that gave you a pirate ship to sail on that ocean with.
But another amazing example is Minecraft, the oceans in that game, mostly safe except for a risk of drowning, and the awesome ocean monuments. Also minecraft oceans are filled with squid, and where else are you gonna get black dye, besides ink sacks?
Also we need more games with snow, not to mention snowfall. I love when it snows.
But another amazing example is Minecraft, the oceans in that game, mostly safe except for a risk of drowning, and the awesome ocean monuments. Also minecraft oceans are filled with squid, and where else are you gonna get black dye, besides ink sacks?
I love rain too, we need more games where rain isn't the sign of something terrible. Same with fog.Zachary Amaranth said:
Also we need more games with snow, not to mention snowfall. I love when it snows.
In pokemon games the Oceans that aren't in Hoenn are massive and full of suck, other than the legendaries.
I love water used as an atmospheric tool. One of the most terrifying parts on games for me is metroid prime when you first go underwater. You can breath, sure, but it's hard to see and there be enemies. Ain't got no clue what's coming ta get ya. Not to Mention resident evil 4.
I love water used as an atmospheric tool. One of the most terrifying parts on games for me is metroid prime when you first go underwater. You can breath, sure, but it's hard to see and there be enemies. Ain't got no clue what's coming ta get ya. Not to Mention resident evil 4.
Huh... You know, come to think of it I kinda do. Specifically the bright blue tropical kind. Both wander and submerged look strangely appealing to me despite terrible reviews, the locale is a large part of the reason I played firefall far longer than it really deserved, and if square enix thought I wouldn't notice the sudden lack of swimming around besaid island in ffx-2 they were sorely mistaken.
So yeah, please don't suck sea of thieves...
So yeah, please don't suck sea of thieves...
Definitely. In the first two Bioshocks, the ocean is kind of another character in the stories. It's always there, weighing down on the city and everyone in it (anyone who's still left).
Plus the tropical sea around the islands in Far Cry 3 is pretty cool, too.
Plus the tropical sea around the islands in Far Cry 3 is pretty cool, too.
Haha, was starting to think it was just me! No I hear you, something about water, and oceans especially, is just very, very cool.thejboy88 said:
I liked Bioshock: Infinite, but the floating city concept (for me) didn't hold a candle to Rapture. One of the biggest reasons I lost interest in Far Cry 4 (despite Far Cry 3 being one of my favorite games of all time) was their decision to move the games away from the tropical island settings (ditto for moving the Crysis games away from tropical islands).
Considering that I have a long-running waking nightmare/deep primordial fear of the dark ocean depths...
Not really.
It depends entirely on the context I suppose. For example:
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Not really.
It depends entirely on the context I suppose. For example:
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I cant really think of that many games I've played with cast oceans in them. Pretty much just Wind Waker, which happens to be one of my favorite Zelda games out of the whole franchise.
Depends on what the game does with them, if the ocean is just sitting there it's little more then a pretty sky box.
Games that are built around an ocean theme can be pretty awesome, you name a few titles and I'll add my own, or rather the memory since I forgot the name...
It was an underwater exploration game where you played a scuba diver on an upgradeable sub, went around various seas/levels exploring, acquiring artifacts, killing sharks and capturing a ton of sea animals with nets.
One of the secret levels was finding atlantis and checking out mermaids and Neptune. Good times and had fun with that back in the day.
Ah found the game and level in question, Treasure of the deep it's called!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmjDle5v7tI
Watch from 22ndish min for ps1 era Neptune and some mermaids being cruelly caught in nets amongst their own home, presumably to be dragged back above D:
Anyways moral of the story is the sea theme is a great one. Oceans make up like what, 70% of our planet? A lot of things can happen down there.
If so, yey, loved that demo disc.
Games that are built around an ocean theme can be pretty awesome, you name a few titles and I'll add my own, or rather the memory since I forgot the name...
It was an underwater exploration game where you played a scuba diver on an upgradeable sub, went around various seas/levels exploring, acquiring artifacts, killing sharks and capturing a ton of sea animals with nets.
One of the secret levels was finding atlantis and checking out mermaids and Neptune. Good times and had fun with that back in the day.
Ah found the game and level in question, Treasure of the deep it's called!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmjDle5v7tI
Watch from 22ndish min for ps1 era Neptune and some mermaids being cruelly caught in nets amongst their own home, presumably to be dragged back above D:
Anyways moral of the story is the sea theme is a great one. Oceans make up like what, 70% of our planet? A lot of things can happen down there.
Did it come on a demo disc with a similar t rex tech demo and some big chunky demos of "new" games like crash bandicoot, wipeout and some first person deus ex/systemshock-ish rpg set on a space station amongst others by any chance?thejboy88 said:
If so, yey, loved that demo disc.