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Submerged is a third-person combat-free game in which you explore a mysterious flooded city and discover the beauty of desolation in vast outdoor environments. You take on the role of Miku, a young girl who has brought her wounded brother to the city in their small fishing boat. Navigate the flooded city streets by boat, scale the drowned buildings, and use your telescope to scour the city for the supplies needed to save your dying sibling. As you explore the city at your own pace, you encounter the habitat that flourishes in this colorful place and discover hidden objects that piece together the story of a broken world and a broken family.
Steam User 20
First chapter of the "saga" with all the graphical limitations that existed in 2015. Even if it's still beautiful to look at and play. 8/10 my rating.
Steam User 14
Climb the gray buildings within the beautiful landscape of an urban apocalypse; cross the reflections of the sunset and moonlight on the sea aboard a boat. This marks the beginning of quest to rescue younger brother amidst the submerged city and the concrete jungle covered in green.
수몰된 도시와 녹색 덧칠된 빌딩숲 속에서 남동생을 구하기 위한 여정.
Steam User 8
A drowned city, a strange infection. Taku and Miku arrive at a submerged metropolis in search of medical supplies air-dropped and abandoned on rooftops left over from the end of the world. Taku is injured with a high fever, so it’s up to Miku to take care of her little brother and climb the ancient, crumbling towers. The animal life here is strange, tinted green with glowing bioluminescent spots that light up at night similar to patches of plants floating on the water but even stranger- Miku doesn’t think she and Taku are alone.
2-5+ hours, Submerged is a post-apocalyptic open world with parkour that I actually consider to be a walking sim. It’s fairly relaxing, there is no time limited events, it’s impossible to fall or die, and there are no enemies. While the puzzles are non-existent, the storyline is learned slowly through drawings collected encouraging adventures around the city and looking for landmarks. Graphically, the game is beautiful, climbing around and up towers is pretty fun, and I particularly enjoyed the overgrowth of plant life even in the most unlikely places. Dolphins follow your boat as you explore and there are quite a few interesting locations and encounters should you choose to play.
Steam User 4
Submerged is Chill & Relax! The visuals are wonderful, the story is sad, and the gameplay is not bad. Over all great game for family night. However, this is in no way an action/shooter game. There are no enemies, it is a search and rescue adventure. Enjoy
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Steam User 3
Submerged
Positives:
+ Nice concept
+ Very relaxing and therapeutic
+ The atmosphere
+ The nature sounds
+ The music
+ Most of the graphics
+ The exploration
+ Nicely made waterworld
+ Acceptable length if you want to unlock all acheivements (about 5 hours)
Negatives:
- The distance view is not the best looking (a lot of aliasing and not far enough)
- A bit slow speed when climbing etc.
- Controlling the character should have been a bit better
- Some of the sounds are unnecessary (the girls moaning when climbing, jumping etc.)
- The story is a bit unclear
- Very short length if you only play the main campaign (about 2.5 hours)
If you like any of this: to relax & explore, listen to good music & nature sounds, ride boats, enjoy the ocean & wildlife, well this is your game.
Ive enjoyed it a lot, and highly reccommend it and also the sequel (Hidden Depths), which is better in many ways.
Total Score: 7.5/10
Steam User 3
YOU
You play as Miku, a young girl who looks to be about 12 years old. You have a younger brother with you, Taku, who is unconscious and injured. The world has been flooded, and you and your brother are arriving at a building (the shrine) in your boat. You carry your brother in and lay him down. Now the game begins.
SUPPLY BOXES
You have to collect 10 supply boxes (food, clean water, bandages, medicine, bug spray, etc) from around the city. To do this, get back into your boat, ride over to a skyscraper, and climb it. The skyscrapers which have supply boxes can be identified easily. Hanging from the top of them will be giant tattered banners with red & white stripes.
The supply box will either be at the top of the skyscraper, or near the top. When you open the box, you will automatically fast-travel back to the shrine where your brother is. Rinse and repeat for several hours until you have finished the story by climbing 10 skyscrapers and collecting 10 supply boxes.
SECRETS
There are "secrets" located throughout the city. I don't see why they are called secrets, because they are neither secret, nor hidden. They look like brightly-shining diamonds floating above pedestals. When you touch them they disappear from your sight, and a new entry will appear in your journal. Your journal tells the story, but not with words. The story is told with hieroglyphic pictures on cards, so you're probably not even going to understand most of it.
There are over 100 secrets in the game, but only 60 of them which tell the needed story. Each skyscraper will usually have 3 to 5 of them. The rest are scattered about the city on other buildings or structures sticking out of the water. You do NOT have to find all of them to finish the game. To finish the game, you merely have to find all 10 supply boxes.
CLIMBING
Climbing the skyscrapers is done by using and navigating rooftops, balconies, vines, and ledges. The task of making it to the top of each skyscraper, and finding all the secrets located on various balconies and rooftops, is a puzzle for you to solve. Climbing paths will split, and some will lead you to dead ends.
CONTROLS & SHORTCUTS
The controls are as simple as can be. Movement is the standard 'WASD' keys, and interacting with an object is 'E'. Shortcuts are 'J' (journal), 'M' (map), 'T' (telescope), and 'Esc' (menu options). In the menu you will find a "postcard" option which lets you take screenshots without the GUI showing.
MISC
You cannot slip, fall, walk off a ledge, or drown. You cannot be hurt at all. There is no combat, no skills to learn, and no leveling up. You have a telescope to use, which can help you locate secrets and supply boxes, but you don't have to use it at all. You'll discover everything just by boating around the city. Whenever you come close to something important, it will appear on your map.
PERSONAL
I bought this game because the concept of exploring a flooded/submerged city sounded exciting, and because of the graphics. The graphics are absolutely phenomenal. However, the game wasn't as exciting as I thought it would be. There's no variance here. Just "ride in boat, climb skyscraper, ride in boat, climb skyscraper, ride... ". As such, after about the first hour I became bored.
Finding all the secrets just seemed to be busy work to pad the game's play time. Also, the near-constant chittering of the dolphins and the screeching of the seagulls/pelicans became quickly annoying and highly irritating. And it rains a lot, which really dulls the scenery. I wish I had played this BEFORE buying the sequel, because I could have saved myself some money.
Although I was very disappointed by the game, as it did not match my expectations, I'm giving it a thumbs up because the game DOES do what it was designed to do, and does it well. I experienced no glitches or bugs, and the achievements were very easy to get just by exploring and progressing through the game.