This is the most challenging Bit.Trip, yet. It's all about timing and memorizing the layout of each stage. If you get tripped up you have to go all the way back to the beginning of the stage -- there are no checkpoints. Luckily, the layouts are set in stone, as opposed to the randomly generated levels of Canabalt. Levels are fairly short and you can keep trying as many times as it takes.
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The story might be long-winded, but the gameplay genuinely nudges at Final Fantasy's well established envelope. There's much to see and do, with the standard story being 15 to 20 hours long and an Awards mechanic that takes many more to exhaust.
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But to criticise Endless Ocean 2 for being boring or twee is to miss the point. It's a genuinely peaceful and relaxing experience, with a wonderfully becalmed atmosphere, subdued beauty, and an earnest, innocent attitude - all of them rare properties in games. Even the MIDI muzak and folk warbling of the soundtrack strike the right note, and in this context, the repetitive and simple gameplay has a quietly hypnotic quality. Give it a break, and you'll give yourself one too.But to criticise Endless Ocean 2 for being boring or twee is to miss the point. It's a genuinely peaceful and relaxing experience, with a wonderfully becalmed atmosphere, subdued beauty, and an earnest, innocent attitude - all of them rare properties in games. Even the MIDI muzak and folk warbling of the soundtrack strike the right note, and in this context, the repetitive and simple gameplay has a quietly hypnotic quality. Give it a break, and you'll give yourself one too.
There's been a real, well meaning shift towards making Endless Ocean 2 a more rewarding game. It has an episodic, globe-trotting feel to it now, which is all well and good, but what would counterbalance the fish-hugging is a healthy sense of threat, from both predators and the unknown parts of the map. There's none of that on offer though so, like most holidays, this is a welcome break for a period, but you'll be aching to get back to real challenge-and-reward gaming soon enough.
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