Sword of the Sea

Great short game. The controls are intuitive and easy to pick up. It's a fun world to explore and find all the hidden alcoves. Amazing OST that I don't think I could ever get tired of. Kept me immersed throughout. I had some issues with frame rate and unfortunately had to turn the quality way down. Which sucks because the game is absolutely beautiful. I will personally be aiming for all achievements on this as I got most of them with my first two playthroughs.

I recommend the game but on discount. You can zoom through the game in about an hour. $40 as of 2026 is a bit rough. Assuming its because of the Unreal tax plus Malukah maybe? Its a super easy game, very grindy if you know these folks games when you want to 100% the thing. Nice visually and music was good as well. If you played the other games you know what you are getting into.

Cool game as a concept, but feels way too short and ended right as it felt like mechanics were coming together or the game was going somewhere. Unlocks also felt way too minor to warrant a second playthrough to grind out the second half of the upgrades I had to go. Go play Journey instead.

Pretty as always, the visuals never fail from Giant Squid, if you want a visual game to relax and enjoy but still have good controls in the gameplay, this is the game for that.

this was everything I wanted it to be and also more than that, it was really fun and beautiful, and challenging but not *too* much. it has so much of the wonder of abzu and I explored as much of it as I could (and still definitely didn't find everything). the story is really cool, the character and level design is beautiful, and most importantly, there's fish everywhere, and I love fish.

i think i got more parasympathetic sighs playing this than reading a book

Es bueno y lo recomiendo (en una rebaja, eso sí) pero creo que [i]Journey[/i] es más elegante y me gusta más habiendo salido 14 años antes. No es una comparación del todo justa (Matt Nava, el director de [i]Sword of the Sea[/i] era el director artístico de [i]Journey[/i] y ese toque sigue ahí, pero no dirigió [i]Journey[/i]) pero creo que válida. Con una comparación más cercana dentro de los juegos del estudio, veo cambios y mejorías con respecto a [i]Abzû[/i]... y algún estancamiento que me hace pensar en faltas de presupuesto y prisas a la hora de haber terminado el juego. El apartado artístico es muy bueno, al igual que el diseño de sonido y banda sonora. Sigue el camino de sus predecesores a la hora de narrar historias con su entorno de forma excelente. Me ha llevado 4h pasarme el juego la primera vez y me lo he pasado 2 veces más a la hora de escribir esta reseña, completándolo al 100% Como última cosa a comentar, el rendimiento es bastante malo y no se si se debe a falta de optimización, al motor gráfico de mierda (el unreal engine 5) o a una combinación de las dos. [u]Buen juego. Ligeramente decepcionado. F*ck UE5[/u]