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Even the Ocean
From the creators of Anodyne comes a grand story about Aliph, a lowly power plant technician for Whiteforge City, who finds her world turned upside-down after a routine maintenance trip goes awry. Now, working directly with Whiteforge's Mayor Biggs to face an unknown menace, Aliph must navigate her newfound power and influence to save the city. Aliph's identities, environmental issues and the world’s fate all hang in the balance of Light and Dark energies.
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10 reviews found80
Otaku Gamers UK
Aug 26, 2020
Even The Ocean is one of those titles you’ll either love or hate. It’s more of an experience than a game at times and that could be its detriment to some
80
Pure Nintendo
Sep 10, 2020
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80
Nintendo Blast
Oct 24, 2020
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80
CGMagazine
Jan 6, 2017
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75
LadiesGamers.com
Sep 11, 2020
Overall, I enjoyed my time with Even the Ocean. I liked the flow and feel of the puzzle platform segments but sometimes the heavy emphasis on story slowed things down too much for me. If you are looking for a casual puzzle platformer with a deep story you most certainly should check out Even the Ocean.
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33bits
Dec 2, 2020
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60
Seafoam Gaming
Apr 27, 2021
Even the Ocean is a game I can commend for the sheer amount of accessibility options and being able to configure the game to pretty much any playstyle you like: whether you’re a reader, a player, a puzzler, a speedrunner, this game has the options to help make things a breeze, which is something I honestly wish more games in general would do. It’s just a shame that the story in Even the Ocean didn’t grip me much until the midway point of the adventure, leaving me to stick to the gameplay-only mode for the sake of seeing more puzzles, which ended up feeling dull after a while, despite some clever concepts.
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Rapid Reviews UK
Nov 12, 2020
Starting a new job is never easy. But for Aliph, a freshly-qualified power plant technician, the pressure is taken to a whole other level when her colleague Cassidy is killed in a tragic accident on her first day. With her protective armour damaged beyond repair, and no working radio to call for help, she is forced to manually balance the light and dark energies of the world within herself and navigate through the dangerous Fay Rouge power plant alone in order to repair its circuits and restore its power to the city of Whiteforge. Aliph’s success in restoring order to the Fay Rouge plant with only a shield for protection brings her to the attention of Whiteforge’s own Mayor Biggs.
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Kritiqal
Mar 4, 2021
Even the Ocean sits unfortunately between an early indie hit and a decade defining classic. It is the studio’s most technically accomplished game to date but lacks the emotional heft of its siblings; a delight in itself that falls shy of the incredibly high bar Analgesic have set for themselves. But as a transitional piece it is one of the best modern examples we have of thematic development across games, made more interesting through Anodyne 2's parallels. More immediately, Even the Ocean's post-game content elaborates on Analgesic's creative process, building context through a collage of playable drafts, half-formed ideas, and broken mechanics. This “shadow world” of sorts is like looking at Analgesic’s sketchpad, the messy work-in-progress design documents so rarely published (data leaks notwithstanding).
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Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Feb 21, 2018
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