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Endless Ocean, official quiet long river thread (Amir0x approved)
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Holy friggin WOW! Just got back from diving in the abyss. I spent about an hour down there and I think my jaw was on the floor the entire time. The atmospehere down in the darkness is amazing and the creatures and things that I encountered...once again, WOW.
Surrounded in complete darkness it was kinda scary to all of a sudden encounter a huge creature that was calmly swimming in it's natural habitat and just happended to hit my light.
I love this game! I have SMG and still I pop this in. That's saying alot.
The sperm whale, the giant squid, the huge shark (forgot it's name), the oarfish, the graveyard...
I love this game! I have SMG and still I pop this in. That's saying alot.
Grand_Gamer
Member
Add in the topic the american boxart:
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/4972/endlessoceanng5.jpg
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http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/4972/endlessoceanng5.jpg
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"Beat" the game yesterday evening. Or should I just say, I finished the main story.
Now I need to find all the debris scattered around the sea, in order to understand what they are meant to do, and of course I still miss many crabs, fishes, birds. Of the most exotic animals I only have one detail level of information and I want all three for all species.
Oh and I still haven't found where the ghost ship is. Anyone cares to show me in multi?
I'm in no hurry, though, as I plan to play this game basically as long as my Wii keeps functioning.. Let me know if and when you want to dive. Diving with someone else can help you, if anything because if you're looking to add species to your roster you can use some help.
Another kind of game I have in mind is finding a certain fish first. Whoever finds the fish first, blows the whistle.
If you want to play multi while drinking a beer just take advantage of the online forum.
Moby Dick sure is a beast!
Now I need to find all the debris scattered around the sea, in order to understand what they are meant to do, and of course I still miss many crabs, fishes, birds. Of the most exotic animals I only have one detail level of information and I want all three for all species.
Oh and I still haven't found where the ghost ship is. Anyone cares to show me in multi?
I'm in no hurry, though, as I plan to play this game basically as long as my Wii keeps functioning.. Let me know if and when you want to dive. Diving with someone else can help you, if anything because if you're looking to add species to your roster you can use some help.
Another kind of game I have in mind is finding a certain fish first. Whoever finds the fish first, blows the whistle.
If you want to play multi while drinking a beer just take advantage of the online forum.
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
i'm sure this must have been mentioned somewhere, but i'll ask nevertheless: does the game manual say anything about PAL and NTSC gamers diving together?
actually, that might be a FAQ so it may be better to put it in the OP.
actually, that might be a FAQ so it may be better to put it in the OP.
It's in the manual. You're welcome to join me in my micromeltdown.maxmars said:
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
CTLance said:
heck, and now i recall i even jested on your post. short memory FTL.
oh well, nintendo. as much as i don't mind friend codes, region-locking your online is plain fuckin retarded.
anybody in for a long-term 'everybody votes' campaign on the subject?
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=88101
*sigh* Eurogamer reviewed it. What can you do eh? It was never a game everyone was going to accept.
*sigh* Eurogamer reviewed it. What can you do eh? It was never a game everyone was going to accept.
Ah a decent review from http://www.n-europe.com/review.php?rid=335
Finished it yesterday (The main story anyway) and I still have like 40 creatures and 20 items to find, not to mention getting all additional creature info and all the extra clothing for yourself.
Speaking of clothing, has anybody gotten extra flippers yet? I get loads of suits and hairstyles but haven't had any flippers.
Speaking of clothing, has anybody gotten extra flippers yet? I get loads of suits and hairstyles but haven't had any flippers.
Mdk7 said:
Well they seem to appreciate that its something different.......... and that's it. They don't seem to recognise the games other qualities which is in complete contrast to the n-europe review. But that's the same as the game brink review vs something like the NGamer review (s).
The only reason I haven't been playing it recentely is because galaxy has taken over my life.
Air Zombie Meat
Member
Really like this game, glad I took the plunge. Not sure if i would have been happy paying full price for it though. It is really relaxing, whenever I sit down to play it I just veg out and before I know it I've spent a couple of hours with it. Uncovering all the squares on the map and finding new species is more compelling than I thought it would be. Wish I had an SD card though, the game has some nice music but not keen on the Westenra tunes. Finding the underwater ruins was great, but when Amazing Grace kicked in I started to feel a little sick. Had to go and kerbstomp some locusts to feel better!
am loving this game so far but just a quick question. When you get a dive and the client says, "I want to see species x" is there a way to pull open your creature book before you dive? Or even open your creature book mid dive? I'm pretty hopeless with remembering the names of the fish, so my dives with clients are pretty much, poke every single fish and hope I finally get the one they're after, kind of affairs.
Or will I just need to start remembering all of their names :-/
Or will I just need to start remembering all of their names :-/
maxmars said:"Beat" the game yesterday evening. Or should I just say, I finished the main story.Moby Dick sure is a beast!
Now I need to find all the debris scattered around the sea, in order to understand what they are meant to do, and of course I still miss many crabs, fishes, birds. Of the most exotic animals I only have one detail level of information and I want all three for all species.
Oh and I still haven't found where the ghost ship is. Anyone cares to show me in multi?
I'm in no hurry, though, as I plan to play this game basically as long as my Wii keeps functioning.. Let me know if and when you want to dive. Diving with someone else can help you, if anything because if you're looking to add species to your roster you can use some help.
Another kind of game I have in mind is finding a certain fish first. Whoever finds the fish first, blows the whistle.
If you want to play multi while drinking a beer just take advantage of the online forum.
If you find fish or something during multi, it gets added to your roster or you have to return later?
slaughterking
Member
Either that or just keep on poking every fish you see. A mix of both options did it for me. The encyclopedia isn't accessible while you're diving.santouras said:
I'm finding myself remembering the names of the fish. Was quite surreal walking into the local seafood shop and knowing which fish was which :lol
Sadly I haven't touched the game since Mario Galaxy came along but I swear as soon as I get those 120 stars I'll go back to diving.
Sadly I haven't touched the game since Mario Galaxy came along but I swear as soon as I get those 120 stars I'll go back to diving.
Albino_Samurai
Member
Picked this up on the day of release, together with SMG.
UT3 came out recently, wich i've been waiting for a very very long time and build a custom PC for.
And Umbrella Chronicles!! As a Resi fan a must have offcourse.....
Haven't played anything other than Endless Ocean though.
The awesome diversity in animals and surroundings have absorbed me completely and i won't quit playing till i find all species and artifacts, eventhough i finished the main objective (Help the biatch on th boat find the "White Mother").
Everytime i find a species i haven't seen before i spend at least 20 minutes getting to know it and admire the the details, specialy when in "focused" mode.
Once waited for a fish to turn to it's side for the perfect snapshot, when a slug i hadn't noticed came stumbling in the focus point. Awesome.
Another highlight was diving in the abyss, goingl the way to the bottom, turn around in the pitch dark to find a Spermwhale comming straight towards me, face first!
Resi "dogs thru windows moment" there!
Same with the Giant Squid actualy....
Most of the encounters have just been like : "whooooaaaa......"
Diving with a friend is very cool aswell, although i don't think the progress of the game (collecting artifacts, new fish, etc) is saved after the session has ended.
Can see eachothers "Graffiti" wich is nice. And the commands done by using the D-Pad are handy too. Having a chat on MSN on the pc next to me worked better though...
Most of the awesomenes of the game(?) has allready been described in this thread , but i would like to comment that i hope there will be more of thse sots of games in the future.
Or perhaps even Updates thru Wii24 or Shopping Channnel.
Endless Jungle? (Forever Green) ? Endless Desert? (Forever Yellow)
Or perhaps another version, but then based on the Great Barrier Reef?
I'd buy em.
Imagining a game like this with the the "focused view" kind of graphics constantly...
UT3 came out recently, wich i've been waiting for a very very long time and build a custom PC for.
And Umbrella Chronicles!! As a Resi fan a must have offcourse.....
Haven't played anything other than Endless Ocean though.
The awesome diversity in animals and surroundings have absorbed me completely and i won't quit playing till i find all species and artifacts, eventhough i finished the main objective (Help the biatch on th boat find the "White Mother").
Everytime i find a species i haven't seen before i spend at least 20 minutes getting to know it and admire the the details, specialy when in "focused" mode.
Once waited for a fish to turn to it's side for the perfect snapshot, when a slug i hadn't noticed came stumbling in the focus point. Awesome.
Another highlight was diving in the abyss, goingl the way to the bottom, turn around in the pitch dark to find a Spermwhale comming straight towards me, face first!
Resi "dogs thru windows moment" there!
Same with the Giant Squid actualy....
Most of the encounters have just been like : "whooooaaaa......"
Diving with a friend is very cool aswell, although i don't think the progress of the game (collecting artifacts, new fish, etc) is saved after the session has ended.
Can see eachothers "Graffiti" wich is nice. And the commands done by using the D-Pad are handy too. Having a chat on MSN on the pc next to me worked better though...
Most of the awesomenes of the game(?) has allready been described in this thread , but i would like to comment that i hope there will be more of thse sots of games in the future.
Or perhaps even Updates thru Wii24 or Shopping Channnel.
Endless Jungle? (Forever Green) ? Endless Desert? (Forever Yellow)
Or perhaps another version, but then based on the Great Barrier Reef?
I'd buy em.
Imagining a game like this with the the "focused view" kind of graphics constantly...
I'm stuck! 
I'm visiting the ruins at Marige Atoll.. and have discovered many tablets (I think three or four so far..) and some treasures lying about.
But I can't figure out what to do to progress with the story.. I went diving there for a couple of days, and I can't seem to find the entrance to those rooms that are shown as darker squares on the map.. I keep getting blown out by the current. Any help would be appreciated!
I'm visiting the ruins at Marige Atoll.. and have discovered many tablets (I think three or four so far..) and some treasures lying about.
some of which were cursed?
But I can't figure out what to do to progress with the story.. I went diving there for a couple of days, and I can't seem to find the entrance to those rooms that are shown as darker squares on the map.. I keep getting blown out by the current. Any help would be appreciated!
peetfeet
Member
Kuran said:I'm stuck!
I'm visiting the ruins at Marige Atoll.. and have discovered many tablets (I think three or four so far..) and some treasures lying about.some of which were cursed?
But I can't figure out what to do to progress with the story.. I went diving there for a couple of days, and I can't seem to find the entrance to those rooms that are shown as darker squares on the map.. I keep getting blown out by the current. Any help would be appreciated!
I'm guessing you have only found the tablets, have you managed to get into any rooms you could'nt get into initially?
If i remember right theres something you need to pick up on the roof of the ruins, also theres some cracks in the roof, go investigate those.
I found 'The Sunken Ship':
Endless Ocean - Sunken Ship
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU0UQd4MK94
Endless Ocean - Sunken Ship Manta Rays
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpfIoecmfWQ
and this little fella:
Endless Ocean - Sunken Ship
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU0UQd4MK94
Endless Ocean - Sunken Ship Manta Rays
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpfIoecmfWQ
and this little fella:
Monkeylord
Member
Tab0203 said:
I found the Ships Graveyard last night too. Try poking the big fella... see what happens ;-)
tassletine
Member
maxmars said:"Beat" the game yesterday evening. Or should I just say, I finished the main story.Moby Dick sure is a beast!
Now I need to find all the debris scattered around the sea, in order to understand what they are meant to do, and of course I still miss many crabs, fishes, birds. Of the most exotic animals I only have one detail level of information and I want all three for all species.
Oh and I still haven't found where the ghost ship is. Anyone cares to show me in multi?
I'm in no hurry, though, as I plan to play this game basically as long as my Wii keeps functioning.. Let me know if and when you want to dive. Diving with someone else can help you, if anything because if you're looking to add species to your roster you can use some help.
Another kind of game I have in mind is finding a certain fish first. Whoever finds the fish first, blows the whistle.
If you want to play multi while drinking a beer just take advantage of the online forum.
The ghost ship alters between three different locations. Finding all the peices of the compass will give you those. If you feel impatient try poking your head up out of ther water, as you can see if it's the vicinity more clearly. I think it only appears at night as well.
Monkeylord
Member
tassletine said:
I first found it during the day. It is quite big though, so you can see it even if it's a way off.
This game is so frustrating, nowhere near as great as Everblue 2. However, I keep playing... Anyway, i'm stuck again.
The idiot chick on the boat keeps talking about something being behind the vents in the abyss, i've dived there about twenty times, at night when the vents are off, found a fossil piece, two pieces of coral, a cocht-something fishe (ive rubbed it up to know it), found the skull fossil on the wall yet she won't shut up about the vents. What else does she want from me?
Tab0203 said:
holy crap
where did you find this one? Is it the ancestor of the white sharks which the description book tells about?
Ocean's Graveyard. It says "The legendary great white shark with a giant body and a length of over 7m. Its name is that of the god of violence and death that features in myths around the islands of Paoul. Can be seen swimming around all areas of the Ocean's Graveyard all year round."alex1893 said:holy crap
where did you find this one? Is it the ancestor of the white sharks which the description book tells about?
The game has seasons.
Edit
Here's "photomode". It adds saturation and blur, depending on the lens and where you focus the pointer.
alex1893 said:holy crap
where did you find this one? Is it the ancestor of the white sharks which the description book tells about?
How did you guys find that badass white shark? I've been to the ghost ship 6 + times and the white sharks I see are tiny ass boring ones. Damn am I in the wrong season? And that manta ray display was OMG. I've seen the one huge manta.
Tips on finding the ghost ship, its normally near the bottom of the map in the middle or in the wide space in the top left of the map near the great drop off, it moves so you have to check each location. Its there night or day. You can normally see it above the ocean surface too.
"Can be seen swimming around all areas of the Ocean's Graveyard all year round."gamingeek said:
I found him around the plane debris area diving through a part of the fuselage. (edt: I was wrong, try the pipes.) It triggers a cutscene.
I just noticed, youtube videos look much better (almost like the original) on my girlfriends iphone.
I knew about the Apple/Youtube encoding deal, but I never tried one of my videos. Pretty cool. I want an ipod touch.