ABZU is an open world adventure game where you play as a diver traveling through the deep sea discovering ancient relics and mysterious technology, with a sense you’re being followed.
The game is absolutely gorgeous, with beautiful art and soundtrack. You definitely need to explore around to enjoy all of the scenery art and the creature art. I will say that after awhile I started to get a headache from some parts of the game being very bright, but that didn’t change my impression of how beautiful the game is.
You spend the game feeling followed, whether it is the robots that help open areas or the shark, with his unknown intentions. The game’s story is done so subtly but as you progress, you begin to connect the dots and see who the bad guy is.
This game is very almost too subtle though because it can be interpreted so many ways, and even when looking up what the game’s story is after finishing, I still didn’t get a clear answer. I can be part of the enjoyment to interpret the story with what you gather from the game.
My largest frustration with this game is the controls for keyboard and mouse are horrible, and probably the reason that when I first finished the game I was relieved and kind of hated it. To be fair, on the Steam store page, they strongly recommend a controller to play. I, however, got the game through Humble Bundle and not directly the Steam store, so I didn’t know that. Save yourself and play with controller.
The game only runs at about 2 hours, depending on how much achievement hunting you’re interested in. The quicker gameplay is nice since there is no audio or explicit story involved.
If you enjoy beautiful game art, subtle storytelling, and relaxing (with a controller) gameplay, I do recommend ABZU. It is currently $20 on Steam, which is a bit much for my taste so I’d buy on sale or through service like Humble Bundle or for a discount on Green Man Gaming.
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I’m not a gamer, but this game is super beautiful! O.o Dang, I need to start playing games again! (Well, I play on my iPhone… xDDDDD )
Great review. Abzu is a really great title and it’s also just really nice to play. Every now and then you need a game like this to just lose yourself in 🙂
I watched my husband play through this game and it is absolutely gorgeous! He did try playing without a controller at first, so I heard all about how difficult that is:P I’m glad you enjoyed it!
This sounds interesting but I’m not a huge PC/Mac gamer so I will pass until it comes to PS4. My favs for relaxing are Flower and Eden… although Eden can get me a bit worked up if I let it 🙂
I think it’s available for PS4 now. I also prefer playing games on console over PC.
Ooooh, thanks! Going to check it out!
Have you checked out the OST? It’s very good for a mellow listen.