CVG had a chance to review the Japanese version of Forever Blue (also known as Endless Ocean) and they have the following to say:
“Swim lazily over coral reefs, admiring the fish and listening to the soothing/annoying sounds of Hayley Westenra, the Kiwi Charlotte Church. If that’s your idea of a good time, then welcome to your New Best Game Ever…Forever Blue is console psychotherapy, and it’s totally brilliant…It’s also a proper game, believe it or not, with missions and objectives. That there’s a complete lack of challenge in any of it only adds to its supremely relaxing nature…You play a diver with a massive boat and a chunk of ocean to explore.”
“In the early parts of the game, the aim is simply to explore the reef and learn about the fish. There are around 200 species to discover, with loads of different ones in each area. When you see one that looks new, you tickle it with the Wii remote and it’s added to your log book back on the boat…The boat is hooked up with email, through which other characters get in touch and arrange meetings. You’ll get to go on torch-lit night dives, search for treasure and explore sunken ruins…. It’s completely unlike any other game, with the possible exception of soaring on the hang-glider in Pilotwings 64.”
“…there’s an aquarium that you can stock up with anything you’ve found so far. Unfortunately the Japanese retail version we reviewed has a bug that kills the game stone dead if you add certain types of fish. Cramming a whale in there is fine but try getting a ray in the tank and the Wii will crash every time…the prospect of teaming up with a Wi-Fi dive buddy and watching penguins shooting through the water, leaving trails of bubbles exactly like we’ve only ever seen in wildlife documentaries, well, that’s sufficient incentive to keep us away from the buggy aquarium…Forever Blue. Buy it.”
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September 12th, 2007 at 10:31 am
Yay. I can even imagine my mother playing this game…
September 12th, 2007 at 11:09 am
I don’t know why, but I really really want this game. It would be a blast playing it with my wife. It’s like scuba diving without the expense of a plane ticket to the tropics.
September 12th, 2007 at 11:36 am
I’m guessing he got one of the buggy versions of the game. I’m now more interested in this game.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
Awesome. Im glad that this is getting good reviews so far…I loved the idea of just exploring a large chunk of water. Hopefully they iron out the bugs…