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Endless Ocean Luminous
Released On: May 2, 2024
62
5.6
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 55 Critic Reviews
62
22% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
69% Mixed
38 Reviews
38 Reviews
7% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 55 Critic Reviews
62
22% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
69% Mixed
38 Reviews
38 Reviews
7% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
This is a beautiful, serene and relaxing experience and I loved every second of it.
Endless Ocean Luminous offers some agreeable laid-back moments, but a lack of depth and complexity, even compared to the 15-year-old Wii entries in the series, waters down the game’s appeal. Endless Ocean Luminous was always destined to be a niche product, but even the diehards may find the game’s narrow focus on procedural generation and unexceptional online play over almost anything else a bit fishy.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 53 User Ratings
5.6
45% Positive
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
15% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
40% Negative
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 53 User Ratings
5.6
45% Positive
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
15% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
40% Negative
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
Definitely one of the most exciting games I’ve played this year. I love how relaxing and informative this game is. I never knew it had prequels on Wii!! As a first time player, I am delightfully surprised!
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Nintendo Switch
This game is perfect in what he's for
Association of Discovery, Research and Nature Prevention
And on top of that, that game clears my mind, it's super chill and pleasent to play
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Nintendo Switch
Endless Ocean Luminous occasionally has some interesting moments, but it squanders its potential with tedious gameplay and a boring sea.
It’s unfortunate that a niche series has finally made a return after so many years in a market that should be more receptive to its charms, only to make some big changes that significantly weaken the overall package. There’s still something to Endless Ocean Luminous, things you can’t find in this exact form anywhere else, but the loss of a properly designed world to explore and the sometimes tedious nature of the tasks it requires of you make this a difficult game to recommend with much vigor.
This is a pretty simple game to break down. You’re drifting through a beautiful ocean paradise, scanning marine life. Doing so teaches you more about them, and also saves the world. Getting to this story gets harder and harder as things progress. If you love the simple gameplay loop, you’re in luck! There’s so much of it to be had. But if this simple premise doesn’t immediately appeal to you, then this game will disagree with you completely. For the ocean life lovers out there, Endless Ocean Luminous will be a peaceful meditation and an extensive learning experience. There just isn’t a ton of gameplay to go along with it, is all.
As laidback and undemanding as the Wii originals but in the modern age it seems restrictive and repetitive in a way that’s unnecessary and even patronising.
Endless Ocean: Luminous could have been a realistic SCUBA sim with all the treacherous hazards that real underwater divers need to consider, a relaxing chill-vibes game that's mostly about finding fish with your friends, or a story-driven game centered around discovering awesome and even extinct underwater beasts. It has pieces of all of those, but it doesn't commit to any of them. Instead, it takes the enormity and glory of earth's largest and most mysterious region and turns exploring it into a dull, repetitive chore.
Everything about this game makes you relax and enjoy, in a transcendental vibe. Not everyone is prepared for this in an era of souls like and similar games, if you are looking for frantic action, this is not your game. Enjoy the beautiful soundtrack, graphics and rich biome. Swimming has never been so enjoyable.
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Nintendo Switch
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Nintendo Switch
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Nintendo Switch
As a huge fan of the previous games in the Endless Ocean series, I know with confidence that the developers of this game had the formula to make this a successful, long standing game that would attract both old and new players. However, they abandoned that formula entirely. Endless Ocean Luminous is missing some very essential features. As you’re swimming across the (mainly empty, lifeless ocean) you have many moments where you wonder, “what is this all for”? There are not enough incentives to continue scanning fish and exploring, other than some different colors for your equipment and some stickers. The environment becomes increasingly soulless and repetitive as you dive 3+ hours - soon enough you have already seen everything the game has to offer. One of the most frustrating removed features from the last Endless Ocean is the aquarium. This feature made you excited to scan fish because you could add your favorites to the aquarium and enjoy seeing them there.
With the story mode lacking, and both the solo dives and multiplayer dives being extremely repetitive, this game just doesn’t have much to offer. I’m a huge fan of the series and really hope there’s another attempt to recreate the magic of the previous titles.
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Nintendo Switch
Endless Ocean Luminous is a good ocean exploration game that you can play with friends AND that is why the game **** compared to the 2 previous entries that were made on the Wii for the same price.
It seems like modern developers treat Endless Ocean as a standard ocean exploration game so they removed the story, characters, hub worlds, and even catchy music because ocean games can ONLY be ocean games with no story, no characters, and only atmospheric music because it's an ocean game.
Endless Ocean Luminous compared to the other games is like comparing an early access alpha build to a game that is actually worth $50. Even Dave the Diver has more character, story, content, and interesting ocean exploration than a $50 Switch console success Nintendo game.
I recommend saving your money in buying copies of the Wii Endless Ocean games instead of supporting barebone games just because it has a multiplayer feature. And because Nintendo and Arika have forgotten why Endless Ocean is a unique franchise compared to the rest of other ocean exploration games.
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Nintendo Switch
Summary Take a deep breath and plunge into the Veiled Sea: an unexplored region with discoveries that change with each dive. Encounter and learn about over 500 species of marine life—some of which are presumed extinct, or even mythical!
Rated E
for Everyone
Platforms:
- Nintendo Switch
Initial Release Date: May 2, 2024
Developer:
- Arika
Publisher: Nintendo
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