Why are there so few Ocean games ?

[WhiteKitt]

Hi,

genre is not well fed

everybody loves subnautica and stranded deep is kickass

maybe it's in development but i want more open world ocean games

basically more Subnautica but bigger and better and more storms and jetskis

and aliens attacking earth idk

EDIT

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[WhiteKitt]

i want endless ocean 3 for PC

im not gonna buy a wii just for that game but it would be my main reason to buy a wii and another game i forgot that is wii exclusive and maybe for some sh*t like the skateboard controller or bow controller

anyways i started up subnautica again and had a great time right away but you can only play that every couple of months for 2hours or so...

i need fresh meat :D

[76561198356019466]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh0SC-bVKGc

[sleeps]

assassin's creed 4 is a fun game. one mode is where you swim to find treasure so you can build stronger jackdaw. although most of the game is about you become sneaky mfs and sailing because your greed say so

[Electric Cupcake]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IV8hCvsXy0

[Pharaoh (Revolution Idol)]

GTA4 is the best ocean-type game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcN7RP723eM

[Morkonan]

Цитата допису fbx2:

Hi,

genre is not well fed

everybody loves subnautica and stranded deep is kickass

maybe it's in development but i want more open world ocean games

basically more Subnautica but bigger and better and more storms and jetskis

and aliens attacking earth idk

Good water rendering is hard stuff.

And, when your game is all about "water" it has to be good, if not excellent - What else is your player going to be looking at all day.

Plus, staring at water can get boring, quick. Go play a good submarine or first-person surface water game on "real time" for a bit...

There are plenty of great "sub-sim" games out there, though. (Those can get very difficult, very quick, and some are focused nearly entirely on the "sub-sim submariner." :) ) There's a couple of "raft" games and plenty of "island survival" games with lots of water stuff to do. Pirate games, some decent-ish "Age of Sail" games. Several trading games with lots of shipping/Age-of-Sail/wooden-ship games...

In short, there's a bunch of games involving the ocean out there. BUT, again, water is hard to get right and ultimately it's boring without a lot of things to get the player heavily engaged.

I haven't looked at them all, but I do remember that one Pirates PVP game has some instances of water simulation/look that are pretty spectacular. There's also some very good late-gen subsim games that have excellent effects as well.

But, I've yet to see any ocean-going game that has truly realistic heavy storms and hurricanes in it... And, if someone did one with physically modeled wind&water effects, you could heat up a can of soup on your computer.

Imagine the tech-support tickets that would flood in!

"Experienced hurricane, computer crashed, a sardine fell out of it, and NORAD called me and asked me wtf I was launching."

[Devsman]

Цитата допису Patrizza:

Цитата допису Devsman:

I dunno, I don't feel like it's that uncommon a setting.

There were several Ecco games
There was an Aquaman game
Abzu
Ass Creed IV/Rogue

And tons of games from the "level archetypes" era had ocean levels:

Mega Man 5, 8, 9, X, X2, X4, X7, ZX, ZXA, Legends 2, Battle Network 5
Every Mario ever
KotOR
Kingdom Hearts
Crash Bandicoot Warped

Nearly everything you listed is more than a decade old so it safe to say that modern gaming does not care about ocean setting, let alone open world ones

A decade isn't such a long time in modern gaming. Graphics look about 1% better, framerates can go as high as you can get them, but design has not had one single advancement.

Now 20 years ago, we have some pretty obvious aging. But ten? Nah.

[ELiN0R]

Цитата допису Devsman:

Цитата допису Patrizza:

Nearly everything you listed is more than a decade old so it safe to say that modern gaming does not care about ocean setting, let alone open world ones

A decade isn't such a long time in modern gaming. Graphics look about 1% better, framerates can go as high as you can get them, but design has not had one single advancement.

Now 20 years ago, we have some pretty obvious aging. But ten? Nah.

I said "more than a decade old" that can mean even 1000 years. I personally see colossal differences even in decade old games and current ones but this isn't what the thread is about.
OP wants to play open world game with ocean theme, pretty sure he/she is not looking for Ecco or Aquaman from the early 2000's.

[Devsman]

Цитата допису Patrizza:

Цитата допису Devsman:

A decade isn't such a long time in modern gaming. Graphics look about 1% better, framerates can go as high as you can get them, but design has not had one single advancement.

Now 20 years ago, we have some pretty obvious aging. But ten? Nah.

I said "more than a decade old" that can mean even 1000 years. I personally see colossal differences even in decade old games and current ones but this isn't what the thread is about.
OP wants to play open world game with ocean theme, pretty sure he/she is not looking for Ecco or Aquaman from the early 2000's.

Derp, my brain somehow totally overlooked the open world thing.

[Mr. Tex]

Well, people are making them but they are very niche, like Stirring Abyss, Maneater, Aquanox Deep Descent, Uboat, Wolfpack, Fishing Barent's Sea, Ecosystem and so on.

Making a mainstream game is more difficult since it has to please more people.

[WhiteKitt]

yes correct i need 2010~ ish graphics. Im fine with that. Big gap compared to idk Half-Life

i know postal 2 is confusing "good" looking but i want graphic levels of rage 2

i don't need more since it only gets more tiring for the eyes and is often LESS fun to play

ELEX is a good example. It's a pretty chill ride bc the graphics aren't a million rays coming at you

[Out Of Bubblegum]

Not open world. But oceans.

The first two Bioshock games

https://store.steampowered.com/app/92000/Hydrophobia_Prophecy/

[ARGH!!]

Subnautica should have gone further with the sim aspect of the game.

[WhiteKitt]

Цитата допису Out Of Bubblegum:

Not open world. But oceans.

The first two Bioshock games

https://store.steampowered.com/app/92000/Hydrophobia_Prophecy/

i bought that one. Plays pretty good altogether

I don't get the negative reviews. The game is fine !

btw: im not getting bioshock. Played it on xbox 360 forever ago

not impressed except with bioshock infinite PC

[earlysunsets2]

Ocean used to make some great games. At least publish them.
Target Renegade, Chase HQ, Rainbow Islands, Operation Wolf, Batman the Movie.

I realise that's not what you're on about, but i just had a great burst of nostalgia for a second there.