Submerged: Hidden Depths

released on Dec 03, 2020

A drowned city, crumbling tips of skyscrapers stubbornly standing above the waves. Deserted villages, now inhabited by enigmatic creatures. And beneath the surging ocean waits an anguished, angry presence. Submerged: Hidden Depths is a non-combat third-person “relaxploration” adventure, set in the sunken ruins of a beautiful world. Take on the role of Miku and Taku – one cursed with a mysterious power that she wants to use for good, the other determined not to let it tear them apart. Boat across tranquil waters and storm-driven white-caps, explore and climb what remains of a once-towering city, and scour the buildings for the seeds of its salvation.


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If you want to relax, then this product will definitely satisfy your desire. There are no enemies in the game, you can't die, and generally you only need to press two buttons. We sail on a boat, admire the landscapes, climb the unsunken remains of civilization, and all this happens to the accompaniment of pleasant music. I would like to say more, but it’s like with painting, you just need to see it. The plot resembles a kind of mosaic that is assembled on different islands and ultimately consists of several sentences. All this writing does not contain any revelation and the whole essence of what is happening is clear from the first seconds of the game, since everything is conveyed through visuals.

5 hrs to beat, 2 more to get the plat. A fairly simple, repetitive and short experience. Feels like a game that ran out of funds half way through development, so they had to dispense with things like combat or a story. The graphics and music are nice. Controls are a little jank, both on foot and in the boat. Its very repetitive: go around the world map in your boat, grab a shit load of collectables, go up lookout towers, and grab a big seed thing and drop in it a hole, do that 9 times and the games over. there really isnt much of a story at all, but I enjoyed cleaning the map and getting all the collectables. Its short, unchallenging, repetitive, and the gameplay mechanics are pretty dated. But sometimes that's the kind of 'turn off your brain' game you need.

Basically the first Submerged but with some fleshing out of mechanics plus higher graphical fidelity. Very much still the chill (and short!) sailing/climbing game that its predecessor was.

It looks great and it gives me a Horizon Forbidden West vibe, but other then that it's not much to it. And also: I hate the boat