Sword of the Sea

A sequel to ABZU in all but name. There are even assets taken whole cloth. I think it is an overall neat 3D platform. More fun in new game plus where speedrunning is encouraged. I also think that it is weaker then their last game The Pathless. The Pathless was fun because speed was a reward to good play and the way they recycled the Breath of the Wild formula was very creative. The skatebording aspect is somewhat pointless until new game plus where speed is once again rewarded by good play. In terms of structure, Sword of the Sea is a return to form in a way as it is much closer to Journey. To me, The Pathless felt like a leap forward as I didn't know Giant Squid could make this kind of game. Sword of the Sea is more their confort zone. Mind you, they are very good at it. As a note, I really wish Giant Squid had something to say. We are three games in, and it seems that they can only say that water and light colours are good and fire and dark colours are bad. I take time to write this because it seems to be a bit wasteful to deploy all that art just to say nothing. Why make a spiritual successor to their first game when you have nothing to add to this world?

I was looking forward to playing this game, but given it's made with Unreal Engint 5 and overall unoptimized state, I can't recommend it now. Maybe if the devs optimize it in the future, I might change this review, but for now it is what it is

This game is fantastic. It's nearly a perfect blend of the previous games in its spiritual legacy (Flower, Journey, Abzu, The Pathless), but it's better than any of them. This game is all about the joy of movement - it's an absolute delight just to move around and ride the waves of sand and sea. Even if there wasn't an objective, just aimlessly wandering around is incredibly fun. The graphics are amazing, and the gameplay loop is fun without overstaying its welcome. If I had one minor complaint, it would be that it's quite heavy on the GPU. Even with my 5070 Ti, I was struggling to maintain 60 FPS at 4k. This is a game that desperately needs support for DLSS. There's an in-game resolution percentage slider, and at 75% it looks pretty good and runs acceptably, but if you don't have a really beefy GPU you might struggle with this one. Overall, this is one of my favorite games I've played in the past year. I very very highly recommend it, especially if you enjoyed any of their previous games.

Oyunun tek eksisi güzelliğinden ikide bir ekran görüntüsü almak için durmam 10/10

Good game i like it, good story lovely artstyle. planned to play on steam deck but if i watch yt its ♥♥♥♥ there. so played on my pc and something it even dropped below 60 fps. which is weird. because if i see the artstyle it shouldnt be that hard to run. but idk im not an game engineer. anyway i liked it from the beginning to the very end.

Игра стоит 1к+, получается она должна затянуть меня своим визуалом, музыкой, атмосферой, ну и каким не каким сюжетом, так? Нет, не так, с такой ужасной оптимизацией хочется плюнуть в лицо разрабам, игре уже год, але, будем до ума доводить игру или будем хапать деньги и делать ровно ниxyя? P.S. Жму руку "умным" людям, что ставят игре лайк, но при этом сами же жалуются на просадку фпс и плохую оптимизацию. Вы просто молодцы, настоящий пример того, что можно вас кормить дeрьmом, а вы ему только рады будите (Винокуров одобряет 💩)

I cannot believe I almost missed out on this amazing experience. If other games had movement that felt half this good we'd be eating good 365 days a year. A short but stunning adventure that takes the best from Journey (which I liked), Abzu (which I didn't care for) and the Pathless (which I loved) to create a near flawless final package. Would recommend others to pick this up, potentially during a sale like I did.