7 people found this review helpful
Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 55.6 hrs on record (52.8 hrs at review time)
Posted: 18 Nov, 2023 @ 7:30am
Updated: 18 Nov, 2023 @ 7:55am

Do not mistake my thumbs down and think this is a bad game. It is not - it is a competently made, rapid flowing, FUN online PvP with multiple game modes and mechanics with lots of Depth. The thumbs down is simply gesturing in a roman emperor fashion to look down, reader. Like a hooked shark, this game used to be a quite lively one, but after being thrown back into the ocean with its fin severed it had some difficulty staying afloat and eventually sank to greet the seabed with a heavy thump. Now it only gets occasional visits, mostly by parasitic maggots and bacteria. (no offense to the lovely people on the discord.)

In case the pressure in your head has gotten the better of you - The game is dead. The online population perfectly encapsulates the vast nothingness of the open sea. Which is a bloody shame, because it is really fun when you do find games to play. With some more love, and less cutting off fins for lavish cuisine decor, it might still have been playable. But as it stands it has been abandoned by the developers for other projects, which also doesn't seem to be swimming so smoothly anymore.

If you are ones of those tech bro AI fanatics and can't wait until the takeover, then playing with the bots in this game might be the hook for your gums. But if 16,99€ for bot matches doesn't sound appealing to you, then your options are 1) Join the discord to arrange matches with roughly the same people, of which some are DISGUSTINGLY good. 2) Abstain.

It's with a sinking heart I recommend the 2nd option.
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2 Comments
女無さん 19 Nov, 2023 @ 11:08am 
Yeah. People have pointed out that they should adopt the free to play model and make their money from the loot boxes. That might be a step in the right direction, but it seems like the developers are more interested in chasing trends with other live services. Hopefully they come back to this one as it is arguably the most successful of the bunch.
brody 19 Nov, 2023 @ 10:48am 
This game had always intrigued me, but when I found out about it, a lot of people had already pointed out that the population was desperately low, so I have second-guessed for long time and ended up not buying it.
They may not have the money or the plans to do so, but unless they remaster the product or something and market it as a new product, the population will not return. If they do that and rework and resale it, I'm going to buy it and I'd love to play it.