Endless Ocean: Luminous (2024)

Dive in and survey a mysterious underwater world. Take a deep breath and plunge into the Veiled Sea: an unexplored region with discoveries that change with each dive. Encounter and learn about over 500 species of marine life—some of which are presumed extinct, or even mythical!

Simulator Adventure 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)Nintendo Switch

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Plot-driven, grave, earnest and warm.

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Digitally DownloadedMatt SainsburyApr 20244.5/5 stars
It’s ironic given everything I have just written above that I would never be game to go scuba diving myself. I can be pretty severely risk averse, and just like bungie jumping, skydiving, and motorsports, I’m not going to be jumping into the ocean depths anytime soon. That just makes me appreciate Endless Ocean all the more. It’s a chance to enjoy the qualities of scuba diving at their best (at least, as I imagine them to be), without having to actually put myself out there. This is a beautiful, serene and relaxing experience and I loved every second of it.
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God is a GeekAdam CookApr 20248/10
Endless Ocean Luminous is a lovely adventure that lets you play your way, and rewards you with a relaxing feeling few games offer.
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Pure NintendoJemma CassonMay 20248/10
Endless Ocean Luminous continues the relaxing series, changing a few things but keeping the core mechanics in place. It's easy to lose yourself in this environment, though newcomers like myself might enjoy it moreso. I genuinely enjoyed my time in the water and will continue diving for some time to come.
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GameSpotSteve WattsMay 20243/10
The SCUBA simulator has relaxing chill vibes for a little while but quickly runs out of oxygen.
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Slant MagazineRyan AstonMay 20241.5/5 stars
The game does include a functional and robust multiplayer mode, where groups of up to 30 online players can dive together, but to what end? As the gameplay itself is so simplistic and the sessions poorly emulate real diving, the cooperative experience is fairly inane. Outside of enlisting others to hasten the progress of unlocks, there’s very little to this mode, and the same can be said of most everything that Luminous has to offer.
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About the game

Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Developer: Arika
Publisher: Nintendo
Released: May 2, 2024
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Perspective: Third person

IGDB rating 6.0/10 from 5 ratings.

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