Endless Ocean: Dive, Discover, Dream
by Nintendo
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Video Game Reviews of Endless Ocean: Dive, Discover, Dream
Customer Review: Boring!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
I read so many nice reviews of this last year searching for x-mas presents. I bought it and my kids said it was boring and then I tried to play it and whooa... boring, dull... It's not for kids who have short attention spans. There's no action, it's very passive. My kids like to learn about ocean life but I didn't find this game informative or educational. I thought it would be calming for my kids, I was hoping for a nice game without shooting. But this game felt like a mandatory work training video.Customer Review: Nice calm gaming experience
Summary: 3 Stars
This game is not for intense gamers. It's a calm gaming experience with beautiful scenery. You jump off the boat and dive through the deep blue see to find various sea creatures. The best part is the online experience. I can play online with friends. We can dive together so it's kind of cool. I'll admit, after a while it does get a bit monotonous so I put it aside for a month or so, then came back to it. It was a nice experience again. Customer Review: Its a 4 for fun and a 5 for relaxation!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is not for everyone. If your looking for something that will get your heart pounding, this is not it. I got this for my wife cause she use to scuba dive years ago. She really enjoys it. But I found myself playing it more and more. We have it on a 100" screen and its just so relaxing. We have had it over a year now and still play it. We use it more for a great way to mello out and unwind. If your looking for something simple, and relaxing this is it. Just remember, in real life you wouldn't pet and poke some of the ocean life you do in this game. :-PCustomer Review: Endless Ocean
Summary: 5 Stars
This is actually the second Endless Ocean that we have purchased. The first was stolen from my daughters home during a break-in. This is my grandson's very favorite Wii game and he can spend hours with me diving, exploring and identifying different kinds of marine creatures. I definately would recommend this game for parents or grandparents who have a little one that you want to spend quality time with.Customer Review: Despite the many positive reviews here...I think it's a HUGE disappointment.
Summary: 1 Stars
I rented this on a monthly gamepass and I would strongly recommend renting it vs. buying to try it.
I read many positive reviews of this game and thought it sounded great - free-form exploration would be great for my daughter (8 years old) who loves the sea & sea creatures (as do I).
Before letting you just jump in and explore the water like it should, you have to sit through endless text (two lines at a time and hitting "A" to advance it just like games in the 80's) telling you about the game & how to play (which really needs very little explanation). My daughter kept saying "I want to just swim around", but the intro stuff was so long & boring.
Kids who are not very good readers will need a parent sitting with them explaining things also and even good readers will not understand many of the words.
The game then tries to give you a series of tasks via your email -- to check bring up the menu, select "return to boat", click on the boat cabin to enter, click on the PDA, click on the email, then read. Why so many steps for such a core part of the game? Also, if this is a free-form game about exploration, why is it giving you tasks right away? The first few tasks seemed very dull also such as "map the lagoon" rather than fun things like "find a shark" or "feed a dolphin".
In the water in our 45 minutes of play we saw a few fish, one ray (briefly) and nothing else. No other sea creatures at all. My daughter kept saying that she wanted to see sharks, dolphins, sting rays, etc. Maybe you have to unlock cooler creatures, but why if this is mostly a free-form exploring experience?
To learn the name of a fish you must "touch" it repeatedly, some as many as 8 or 10 times. This is certainly not my idea of fun and nor would kids put up with it.
Maybe we didn't devote enough time to the game to get the full experience, but when it's not fun why bother? Why should I have to keep pressing a button while pointing to a fish to learn its name? We tried 4 different locations on the map and they were all very similar.