(Incomplete, 20 hours in)
Narrative: 2.5
- Serviceable, light, is consistent and always providing things to do. Overall uninteresting but serviceable for the gameplay and aesthetics
Graphics: 4.5
- The best pet of the game is the presentation and the short cutscenes that are beautifully animated. However, unique animations are often replayed and the pacing of new animations slows while you progress
Gameplay: 3
- combat, fishing, serving, and farming are all engaging enough. No single component is fantastic or worth playing by itself, but the pacing and changing aspect of the gameplay keeps each fresh so far.
X-Factor: 4
- The are fishing games, farming games, resource management games, exploration games, etc.. One of the best parts of Dave the Diver is giving you small samples of each without requiring too much in any one style of gameplay
Overall: 3.5
- A very well polished experience with great production value. The game unfortunatly feels to have terrible pacing with the hand holding of the story and quests—I am 15-20 hours in but still feel as if I’m in the tutorial and every player decision is preplaned. The game is far too linear for my liking; the constant interruptions and hand holding make it difficult to just play as a casual game for me
Narrative: 2.5
- Serviceable, light, is consistent and always providing things to do. Overall uninteresting but serviceable for the gameplay and aesthetics
Graphics: 4.5
- The best pet of the game is the presentation and the short cutscenes that are beautifully animated. However, unique animations are often replayed and the pacing of new animations slows while you progress
Gameplay: 3
- combat, fishing, serving, and farming are all engaging enough. No single component is fantastic or worth playing by itself, but the pacing and changing aspect of the gameplay keeps each fresh so far.
X-Factor: 4
- The are fishing games, farming games, resource management games, exploration games, etc.. One of the best parts of Dave the Diver is giving you small samples of each without requiring too much in any one style of gameplay
Overall: 3.5
- A very well polished experience with great production value. The game unfortunatly feels to have terrible pacing with the hand holding of the story and quests—I am 15-20 hours in but still feel as if I’m in the tutorial and every player decision is preplaned. The game is far too linear for my liking; the constant interruptions and hand holding make it difficult to just play as a casual game for me