Under The Waves Reviews

This game is better than Subnautica somehow. Really good game.

I mean... I.... Im... I... Emma... im... Am.... i....... i cant.... im ..... it cant.... i cant.... im.... was that....... It isnt.... em... uh.... God damn, this is how almost all dialogues goes in this game. Pretty hard to listen to this no ending rumble for the whole game. I mean people can be like that, but it isn't the way to build story-line to engage a player. The game overall pretty good, tho. Short and sweet.

- Swimming with a game controller is horrible. Which is suprising for a game about swimming.... One trigger to move up, another to go down. The same trigger moves you forward when you are in the sub. Controlling the sub is different than swimming outside of it. Stupidest idea ever - The main plot is just lazy writing. I'm sick of walking in a straight line in super slow pace while the main characters mumbles nonsence every time he has a bad dream. He has a bad dream every day. - Mandatory mini tasks in the life capsule are a drag. Every morning you have to go to the coffe machine wait for it to make coffe and then wait for him to drink it. Is this really necessary? All this life capsule could just be a menu. You constantly have to walk from one end to another in super slow pace - Can't skip dialog and cutscenes. Even for small stuff like linteracting with items. If the main character or his radio friend is talking you cant interact with anything around you - Getting in and out of the mini sub takes forever. Tasks look like this: swim fast with the sab, go outside, move a lever or take something, swom to the next location. Do I really need to see that slow animation again and again? - You waste a lot of time collecting stuff around you. If there is 10 items floating within your reach you will have to push the button 10 times to collect them. In addition your reach is not very far so you will have to swim toward them which as I mentioned is quite problematic things to be changed - the plot (its a drag) - change the life capsule to a menu - remove getting in and out animation for the mini sub - fix swimming mechanic I gave this game a lot of time bacause I love aquatic games but its just infuriating to play

So far loving this game it's a cool look into SAT Diving but there are definitely more luxuries in this than IRL SAT Diving. I love the faces I can make in the mirror with a controller sadly is pretty limited when using a keyboard. As someone who loves to dive and is currently working towards a commercial diving career it's pretty cool finding a game that give a peek into underwater living. I love the seal we run into in the beginning and love seeing him swim around. Not going to spoil what happens to the seal later in the story.

Great atmosphere. Very intense story. Dont play if you get motion sick easily, some of the camera movement in the cinematics were a bit extreme. Worth a play for sure.

Loved the game, Atmosphere is 10/10, the sub is really cool with a really touching story. most of the story beats and level design/visuals do a really good job of trying to convey an overarching theme of the importance of environmental protection and regulation. the only drawback is other then using the naturally occurring story beats and visuals which was perfect in itself they really push way to hard on telling you what it the game is trying to convey rather then just letting you experience it - felt like that detracted a bit from the narrative.

Though I really love the environments, story, and character writing. I was having a few too many technical issues. Getting locked in place and physically couldn't move and having to go ALL the way back to the start of the day many times with the somewhat long cut-scenes just got annoying, wish there was an option to skip cut-scenes. Sad I've gotten those technical issues that tainted this game's experience. However, I DID really like what I played however, and I would recommend this game.

If you are fond of a) the sea and b) solitude, this is the game for you. It is a realistic Subnautica, not at all exciting in terms of gameplay, but subtle and mundane - the kind of mundane you can find working as a warehouse boy in Shenmue. The story is not something entirely new but really evolves to something deeper towards the end. The ecology aspect gets a bit "on your face" occasionally, but you can't really argue with the message. It is not a perfect game, but it is a special game.

This game had a pretty good story to it. Was a little short for my personal taste but was an interesting spin on dealing with loss packaged in a game that deals with environmental issues. This game does encourage some exploration but is mainly centered around the story. Although short I enjoyed the game quite a bit.

This game made me book a 3 week solo trip learning scuba diving to get over a bad breakup. One of the best cinematic experience Ive ever played.