I went into The Abyss today. It’s a bit bloody dark down there, but I did find a sperm whale and loads of new (and mostly bizarre) fish species, including a really long stringy jellyfish thing. Also found a load of dolphins too, although I couldn’t make any of them my “partner”. And there was a walrus on my boat when I re-surfaced!
Hmm. I’ve just realised that I didn’t add this game to my database when I was updating it yesterday. Hence no little box art thing. Bah. Anyway. Today I took Oldman for another dive (isn’t there anyone else who needs a tour?), and found a few more items (like a picture frame). I also unlock the Aquarium, which I filled with assorted fishes. Mostly sharks and rays, of course. And a sea lion. After that, I went night diving looking …
I HAVE A DOLPHIN! And, in a rare moment of humour, I named it “John West”. We did some tricks, although I’m not really sure how, and went swimming. Then I took Oldman for another swim to find a clown triggerfish (which we did), and he sent me an email with some gloves as an attachment. I assume I must have printed them out and folded them up to wear them, or something. And then I went and found loads …
Would you believe it – the Wii’s disc slot actually takes games that aren’t Mario Galaxy! I’m shocked and amazed! Although technically, I suppose, Endless Ocean isn’t a game, as it’s more of a diving simulator. I played it for about an hour, and found around 15 species of fish. Also found a dolphin medal, have acquired a pet penguin, chased a dolphin, took some old bloke for a swim to look for wrasse, and found a bit of a …
Back when i originally played Journey, I was a bit unkind. I didn’t really get it and felt there was no actual game. Later, I came to realise that wasn’t really the point. So now I’ve played Abzû, I’m wary of doing the same thing. There’s no game, sure, and again, that’s missing the point. But the point is even less of a point than it was with Journey. Like that game, you travel a world with a lore uncovered …
September The beginning of The Big Game Crunch of 2007.¬¨‚Ć Basically, every game in the world arrived in the post and I had to play them all. Most played in September (once RE4 was out of the way) was probably Super Paper Mario.¬¨‚Ć A fantastic game, by all accounts, and coupled with RE4, Mercury Meltdown Revolution and MySims proved that the Wii certainly was a fantastic console. Sonic the Hedgehog made himself known this month too, with Sonic 2 on …
