I don't really get it... pretty much a 2 hour ripoff

[CaptainNebulous]

Got this game, played it for about a couple hours and realized there's no real gameplay or even really anything impressive about it. The graphics are fairly unimpressive other than some of the lighting. The animals, for the most part, don't notice you. From what I can tell there's no way to die even when you hit a mine. All you do the whole game is follow chains and open doors... while attempting to be immersed in an environment that feels more like an above-water environment with some cheesy overlay put over it. That's seriously it.... follow chains and open doors.... and occasionally find some uninspired, hopefully placeholder resources. And that supposedly epic story turns out to be extremely linear and anticlimatic.... primarily because it's so generic and predictable. Literally anyone with a creative mind who sat down and thought about it for an hour could have come up with this story.

Now I have no idea how this game got so many positive reviews so quickly, but 20 dollars for what is essentially a slightly more robust remake of the underwater screensaver from Windows 95 is completely ridiculous. Factor in that a typical gamer will complete the entire game in less than 2 hours like I did, not even enough time to prevent a refund lol. I'd price its value at about $4.99. Don't buy it unless it's for sale at that price or lower. And quite frankly the existence of the superior but similarly priced Subnautica makes a far lesser game like this pointless to buy at 20 bucks. Glad that this ultimately didn't cost me any money to try out.

[Plastic Shitlord]

The game hooks people by the graphics (I'm talking about the actual graphics usage, not the amount of polygons), amazing world around the player and the relaxed pace of it - nothing hurries you up, you can just swim around and enjoy the mentioned world.

I don't own the game, sadly, so I could only experience that with something-that-steam-doesn't-allow-to-say

[Warnerator]

If ever there was a troll, he lives right here lol

[That guy with the Spoon]

the OP is spot on. i'll just leave this video here which basically backs up what the OP has said.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w93eytMroZk

[Psymon²]

Originally posted by MetalMastodon:

lots of words

I will have to assume you're baiting (hehe, pun).
Have you played flow?
Have you played flower?
Have you played journey?

ABZU is just like them... which is to be expected, since similar people worked on the games.

Were you expecting a challenge in ABZU?
Were you expecting a deep complex story?
You're either horribly misguided, or a sorry fool.

[That guy with the Spoon]

did you read what the OP said? he finished this game and refunded it as his total playtime was still under 2 hours.

so you're basically saying that this dev only released 'rolling demos' so far instead of actual games, because how is this a game if you cant die or as the guy on the video said you only perform inputs when you have to open a door and until then you're basically staring at a screen saver.

[Psymon²]

Originally posted by That guy with the Spoon:

how is this a game if you cant die

... I'm just going to nope away from this

[withravenoushunger]

If the game isn't your style, why ♥♥♥♥ on it? I don't like MMOs but I don't buy one and complain about the things I don't like in it.

[Hand]

Originally posted by That guy with the Spoon:

the OP is spot on. i'll just leave this video here which basically backs up what the OP has said.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w93eytMroZk

you beat me to it!
well played :P
but as mack sayed this game is not a game but interactive art
WHY IS THIS CONSIDERED AS A GAME

[Hand]

Originally posted by withravenoushunger:

If the game isn't your style, why ♥♥♥♥ on it? I don't like MMOs but I don't buy one and complain about the things I don't like in it.

the problem is that THIS IS NOT A GAME

[withravenoushunger]

Originally posted by Hand:

Originally posted by withravenoushunger:

If the game isn't your style, why ♥♥♥♥ on it? I don't like MMOs but I don't buy one and complain about the things I don't like in it.

the problem is that THIS IS NOT A GAME

It has some super light puzzle solving so it technically is. Not every game needs to have you killing things. Things like this are just meant to be relaxing. It's made for a specific kind of person. You know what is is so why complain?

[Hand]

Originally posted by withravenoushunger:

Originally posted by Hand:

the problem is that THIS IS NOT A GAME

It has some super light puzzle solving so it technically is. Not every game needs to have you killing things. Things like this are just meant to be relaxing. It's made for a specific kind of person. You know what is is so why complain?

its not a puzzle its fancy door opening simulator

[withravenoushunger]

Originally posted by Hand:

Originally posted by withravenoushunger:

It has some super light puzzle solving so it technically is. Not every game needs to have you killing things. Things like this are just meant to be relaxing. It's made for a specific kind of person. You know what is is so why complain?

its not a puzzle its fancy door opening simulator

I'm not even gonna bother. If it's not for you then don't bother sticking around. You're not contributing anything and you're wasting your own time.

[Hand]

Originally posted by withravenoushunger:

Originally posted by Hand:

its not a puzzle its fancy door opening simulator

I'm not even gonna bother. If it's not for you then don't bother sticking around. You're not contributing anything and you're wasting your own time.

and thats the sound of defeat

[Regardless]

Kinda abusing the refund system and a ♥♥♥♥ move imo. How could you not know what you're getting into with the 2k+ available reviews?

[That guy with the Spoon]

Originally posted by Regardless:

Kinda abusing the refund system and a ♥♥♥♥ move imo. How could you not know what you're getting into with the 2k+ available reviews?

its the dev's loss if they cant be assed to make a game that requires more time to finish it.