Abzu

released on Aug 02, 2016

Abzu is an exploration game where you are a lone diver in a lush ocean world. The diver descends deeper and deeper into the depths, where she will encounter majestic creatures, discover ancient secrets, and search for her true purpose. Abzu roughly translates to "The Ocean of Wisdom" from ancient Sumerian.


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Abzu is a surreal ocean explorer game that doesn't need complex gameplay to make it a good game. However, it is more like a visual experience than a video game. The art direction in this game is nothing like I have ever seen before. Any screenshot of this game could rival modern art. No need to worry about difficulty in this, you can’t even die. The frame rate on Switch can be a bit stuttery, but in general, the art direction makes up for it. The game utilizes a live orchestra. This really strengthens the vibe this game is going for. Oftentimes the music will be cleverly timed with an event. I won’t spoil it, but in the later half of this game, some cool sci-fi elements are introduced. The gameplay is extremely simple. Press ZR to dive, swim around, and occasionally do some simple puzzles.

Um dos jogos mais relaxantes que eu já vi, achei que ia bater uma talassofobia mas não foi o caso, ele é lindo demais e o fato de não ter história escrita é o ponto mais bacana

It was looking beautiful, but then "BOOM": talassophobia

A soundtrack that spurred things on and kept me playing. The fish were nice. Wish there were online strangers in this, too.

Me pareció un juego con buena ambientación y emotivo. El problema es que se me hizo aburrido en muchas partes más haya de la narrativa visual.
En lo personal, no soy mucho de jugar juegos de agua, me aburre por lo lentos que son, pero este, más que nada su estética lo salva.
-Juego Platinado

First half of the game is a dive with the best visibility, the second half of the game gave me decompression sickness.