Harmonic Depths

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This would be a neutral review if it were possible. I landed on "negative" because it doesn't look like the devs were even trying. If anything changes for the positive then so does my review. [i]-UPDATE: I'm tentatively changing to "positive" after the dev reply below... aww, and losing my ratings lol [/i] I only checked out casual mode, which is pretty much - and I don't use this term lightly - a mildly interactive screensaver. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, if that's what you're looking for. Just be aware that it lacks even the most basic things you might expect from an actual game. If you've seen the trailer, you've seen most of the game. When the screen turns black, that's not a cut to a different part of the game - that's what it's like. You see your relaxing (?) lo-fi shark swim around and then suddenly, often without any visual clue like a gate of some kind, you're teleported to a different scene. There don't seem to be many of them, and some are tiny. Some locations look interesting, but from what I could see there are no items to find and no ways to interact with anything, you can't even stop unless you hit an obstacle. I experienced quite a lot of clipping through rocks and stuff like that. I see potential for patching this into more of a game, if the devs are interested in more than a money grab (which I have my doubts about). Things in need of adding: an options menu with video and audio settings, something that makes it clear where you'll get to a new scene (maybe a magic portal that would explain why things suddenly look different), a compass or something else that helps with orientation, maybe even a map that gets uncovered as you explore, a little intro, a nicer loading screen, probably some collectible like shells or whatever... There are a lot of possibilities that would add more value. Idk, maybe survival mode is mind-blowing, but according to the description the only difference is that you have to eat fish (presumably just by swimming near them). Casual mode as it is now... I had it running while I was eating something and it was nice enough for a free review copy, but I wouldn't have felt good about paying the current introductory price for it. * * * If you like chill and story-driven games, check out my curator [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35872486]Peaceful Adventures and Stories[/url]. You're also welcome to join the [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/chilladventures]group[/url].