You know... good intentions and all, but it actually manages to surpass Abzu even though it's a much tamer, less artsy, more narratively confused version. That's pretty much it, the game is a thin abstraction layer over an ocean documentary which unsurprisingly is interesting. As such, it's not to be treated as a normal game, but rather a science communication device which it does well enough - but still leaves you yearning for more, because... well if you just connected it to Abzu's artistic direction (Beyond Blue isn't like hard, current science anyway) and an actual narrative, it could just achieve the goal that itself mentions right at the start: if you could anchor whales in our culture, then maybe we could save them.