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in terms of 90s aquatic games,,, don't sleep on b.l.u.e. legend of water or diver's dream for the ps1 !! should be included in the list of relevant games

but no fish!!!

What is the goal of Luminous?

There's a BAB game? Whoa. That aside - is there anything from Luminous that you enjoyed?

I’m glad this game is getting the hate it deserves. Anyone who likes it has mental problems.

lol I’m glad this crappy game is getting the hate it deserves. I hope Arika goes bankrupt, and anyone who unironically enjoys it should be institutionalized.

0:35 Goosebumps Horrorland video when? 👀

Endless Ocean Luminous almost feels like a tech demo, and I wonder if it's because the Switch 2 is around the corner, and once that happens any new Switch games won't get much attention, if any at all, so they had to rush it. The basics of Luminous are great, the worldbuilding is great, they just need to do more with it. I will be truly saddened if they don't take what they've made and make a true Endless Ocean 3 for the Switch 2, because otherwise Luminous will just feel pointless. I'm having fun with the game, I like some of the lore, but it won't stick with me nearly as much as the first two. And it definitely isn't the sequel I hoped it would be. But if they use what they've learnt with Luminous to continue the series, I will be happy with Luminous. If not... I don't want to return to the almost futile feeling of hope for an Endless Ocean 3.

Nice video! My mum actually visited that basin in Tanzenia not too long ago, and I found your criticism of there being no local NPCs quite interesting since that's also a problem I have with Endless Ocean 2: there's no Micronesian NPCs within Pelago, which is why if I ever write an EO2 novelisation, I would probably racebend Oceané as half-Micronesian from her mum's side and then show her local family. Also I saw 'Twilight Princess' on your shelf and that is my favourite video game -if not story- ever!

Hey, I just found your channel after playing Endless Ocean 2 again in like 10 years and looking up what other people think about it on UA-cam. Pretty sweet videos :D I'm so sad Luminous just isn't that organic, immersive and wondrous evolution of EO2, like EO2 was for EO1. I adored all the handcrafted environments, the mystery of the story, the adorably and painfully Japanese-written characters, the beauty and wonder of all the underwater realms that Blue World immersed me in. I'm not at all interested in an online mode, especially if it isn't released on PC. I played EO2 on my Wii back in the day, and after that melted in the summer sun at home, I used an emulator to revisit it a few weeks ago. I don't own a Switch, and definitely not getting one just for Luminous. I really hope to see an Endless Ocean 4 some day that lives up to what EO2 did so well and improves upon that.

I waited till I had played through the game at least a good bit before I decided to watch this vid, and yeah, I agree with all your points. Overall, it feels like ARIKA had a lot of ambition going into this and, after finishing their pre-Endless Ocean games, Everblue and Everblue 2, they could've put a lot more into this game, but with how it plays and feels, I wouldn't doubt that they got a request to do this game kinda last-minute and didn't exactly have all the time to fully execute exactly what they wanted to.

The Switch is more powerful than the Wii right? I swear the shading and rendering in this game has taken a downgrade, everything looks like matte clay. I'm also flabbergasted at just how many mechanics were cut from the Wii games, it feels like they took some major steps backwards.

Very dissapointing compared to the first two

There could be several reasons to pre-order a digital game: 1. A promotion or sale on the pre-order price 2. You have some extra money and you want to buy the game now rather then wait and possibly not be able to (not everyone has the flexibility to always buy games) 3. To surprise yourself later on, you go to start up your switch, and woah oh yeah I did order that game cool 4. Excitement over the game, some people just want to know they've got the game for sure even though there wouldn't be anything in their way

I will preorder a game I am 100% buying, usually a known entity (souls or final fantasy) and the benefit to me is to get whatever silly preorder bonus there might be but also to preload the game on my console. Usually if I am preordering, it is a game i want and the last thing I want to do on the day of is deal downloads. But as I only do it with games I am nowhere near on the fence about, I have no qualms doing it.

i miss the celtic women the most

One solo dive.... Tell us how fun it is after 10 solo dives and if you mentally survive random repetitive generation

I didnt play yesterday but I've seen almost every fish besides the ones that show up after scanning smaller 6 to 10 smaller fish.

Ive seem the same spots over and over again, I feel like they basically have a select few areas and just spin them around each time you play, + I only ever get in dives with no more than 8 to 10 people usually about 5 to 7, would rather all the previous features and no multiplayer

Man they have to update this game I feel so ripped off, I will see if the devs say anything about updates in the next 2 weeks if not then I'll sell it somewhere

So disappointed you can’t stroke the fish to get knowledge. I’ve lowered my expectations but am getting it anyway. Exploring and collecting are my two favourite things to do in a game. Looking forward to filling in the inevitable survey and giving feedback.

I’m so sad. I really wanted this to be good at the very least. I loved the older games on Wii, and I just don’t know why they went with whatever this is. I almost preordered and I’m very glad I didn’t. I was waiting and watching the subreddit and waiting for people’s updates who had preordered and it within a few hours it was just a flood of people who were really let down. That’s too bad because we were all rooting for them. They did something special with the first 2 games.

I don't see how you could mess up making a game about looking at fish.... oh... That's how. lol. funny stuff.

It's not a good Endless Ocean Game nor a good game at all :( I am reselling it today .

This seems like a huge downgrade from the last one

I wouldn't be so disappointed if it was just a few features like aggressive animals were removed. But so many features from the previous games were removed it basically doesn't even feel like an endless ocean game. The aquarium being the most disappointing feature removed imo,

Great video, I’ve been following your channel for some time and was curious to see your thoughts on this one when it came out. The thing for me is that this game really doesn’t feel like an endless ocean game. I grew up with EO2 and played countless hours finding all the fish, treasures, and gaining enough pelagos to reopen the cavern of the gods. Just the whole vibe of having a team of divers go on an adventure across multiple different seas, meeting up at the island or aquarium, unlocking all the different diving gear. It’s just not here at all. The controls feel different too. Never would I find myself wishing a game had floatier controls, but here I am. And yeah, I get that this is more laid back and doesn’t intend for the creatures to be dangerous (even though they added Thanatos and multiple large, dangerous marine reptiles), or have scary situations, but that’s also something EO2 excelled at. When I play subnautica, I’m afraid that a leviathan will kill me. When I play EO2, I’m afraid I’ll find something in the depths that I shouldn’t. This game had so much potential to expand on a bigger story, have more unique designated areas to explore (rather than one big randomized area), have a campy yet endearing cast of characters, and have more secrets to find. Seriously, I was shocked when I started to find many of the named mythical creatures from EO2 within the first hour, having done absolutely nothing. I remember having to do puzzles and waiting for full moons and following birds across the world to find certain creatures. I don’t know. This game is certainly its own experience, but it seems far from an endless ocean game… Very curious to see your thoughts on the game as a whole once you finish it, but I’m with you on this one for now, just replay the first two games or load up Abzu lol

God this games look soo poorly made ...

this is exactly the video i was looking for, i felt the same ways you mentioned in my initial reaction, this feels more like an endless oceans spin off game, i mean its relaxing for what it is but just not worthy of the EO name imo. oh well, i can only hope it sells well so nintendo ports the old games over to the switch

This is a damn good video, Checkov. Hit alot of the most important aspects while also keeping it succinct. I couldn't have said this stuff better myself. I am excited to see your future videos on the game.

I really enjoyed the multiplayer loop but yeah I miss a carefully crafted solo map with features that have been abandoned (and no hub 😢)

I find it kind of crazy that almost none of your predictions happened. I was really excited to see this game add to the series in many of the ways you predicted, but it just doesn’t feel like an endless ocean game to me…

How to make 3d computer play 2d game inside 3d box?

My interpretation of Hin and Hoan was as a Child of Earth and Sea thing, referring to the player? Perhaps a cut secret relating to atonement that was too dark to keep its rating so low

Love flood myths and exploring ancient cataclysms. Cool tie in with Cthulhu :)

I'm hoping the ingame transaction clause is simply that upcoming dlc packs will be available through the game menu, and not only through the store page.

I never played this series before or any underwater game but I am excited and hoping it’s a good game. Gonna wait for the reviews before I purchase the physical.

On a complete random conversation yesterday i brought up endless ocean to a younger friend who just Wasnt old enough to play a video game when the games came out kek. And looked up on youtube to give him some footage of what i was talking about. You cant imagine my surprise and joy seeing not only videos months old, but a new game trailer at that. And thus i found this channel. I'll be looking back at the things posted (i live me some LORE) and wait to dive back when it comes out. Have a good one.

Hear me out: we know the inhabitants of the ruins fled to the west, but we don't know how far. What if their descendants settled in Zahhab and created the Cavern of the Gods? Maybe their early attempts to create/master the Song of Dragons led to awakening Cthulhu when they didn't get the melody right. And then they used the correct form to send the Dark and White ones on their respective paths. In creating the Cavern of the Gods, they built countermeasures in case Cthulhu struck again. They'd use the changing currents to confuse it and lure it in, at which point Okeanos' Guardian would stall while the Singing Dragons destroyed the structure, either crushing or trapping Cthulhu so that it could never trouble anyone again. This failsafe was never needed, and then L&L Diving Service had to figure out how to deal with it. Just a thought.

They either re-feature Hayley Westenra's music or the nostalgia that players are looking for won't be sensed in the new one.

I hope there are still rivers and that you can turn off predators chasing you. Ever since a shark I couldn't see chased me in Endless Ocean 2, I didn't boot it up again.

While I also am not a fan of all the very obnoxious misinformation and cheap "scary stories" spawned by the bloop, I will say, if endless ocean is piggybacking off of all that but just to add a couple mysterious mythological creatures, I'm all for turning it into a modern mythos rather than presenting it as a real thing. The bloop story gets passed around so much because it's admittedly pretty interesting, so directing people's attention away from it as a "real cryptid" and more embracing it as a mythological creature is a really fun way to express the mysteriousness of the sea that attracts people to those stories

Am I the only one that thinks the original endless ocean games look much better? Not only the graphics but the overall interface?

This is so beautiful to see

In game purchases will likely mean that you can open the eshop to purchase nintendo switch online, or maybe some dlc maps down the line.

a free 7-day trial for NSO has me a bit worried that itll be heavily multiplayer focused, instead of singleplayer focused, hope im wrong

Another question arises from the tablets. If the people moved out west to rebuild their flooded kingdom, why does the flood kingdom have the tablet. Surely, that would have been inscribed somewhere in the newer kingdom, unless the structure we find actually is the second kingdom. Was there 2 great floods? Is there another structure hidden even deeper below the waves?

Definitely going to be getting this Endless Ocean 3 for the switch. Loved the original 2 games from my middle school years in 2011

Another piece of evidence implying that orcas may be related to the storm god (and apologies if someone has stated this already) is the fact that, in Endless Ocean 2, the partner orca's special trick is called "Thunder Cyclone". Could be nothing, but interesting nonetheless.

I could see the “in game purchases” be related to the Nintendo Switch online required for online play.