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The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human

by YCJY

Price (US): $4.99

Included In: Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality

Genre: Action

Pitch: Metroid meets Shadow of the Colossus after global warming.

My expectations: The dense, layered pixel art and complex map imply that serious effort went into whatever it is I'm about to play. The screenshots don't present much obvious action, though.

Review:

Enemies are a threat in your typical Metroid game, but not for long. The first time through a new area, players are likely to be cautious; perhaps even fearful. By the third or fourth time through that same room, Samus will have grown so powerful that popping enemies is as challenging and meaningful as popping bubble wrap. Slamming a fist down on bubble wrap that was once a scary threat? Now that’s satisfying. Shadow of the Colossus does not fill its vast landscape with trivial monsters. It is a series of boss fights, where each boss is a world unto itself, to be studied, climbed, and attacked.

The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human wants so badly to combine the two, but it’s confused about which half of the mermaid is supposed to be a fish.

There’s no challenge, no satisfaction in moving through its oversized, vacant labyrinth. Boss fights are messy, twitchy shootouts that consistently overstay their welcome.

Players control a submarine, which scoots freely through the sidescrolling world. You can forget about the “how do I get up there?” puzzles that defined Metroid and Colossus. You can forget the appeal and depth of those games, altogether.

+ Looks good! (Mostly.) + Intuitive controls. + It's always nice to acquire a power-up. + Good message about the danger of global warming and the other ways we will destroy ourselves.

– A huge, maze-like, non-linear world...and most of it is empty? Are you kidding? – Weird visual problems. The slightly-off tiled background is a constant distraction. The submarine is a flat gray, without any shadows, and its pixels are a totally different scale from the rest of the game. Background and foreground can be hard to distinguish. – I'm hesitant to ding the game too harshly for this. I haven't tested any other controllers, so maybe this problem is unique to my weird hardware, but since I can only speak to my own experience: Yo, this is the worst rumble issue I have ever found in a game. The controller vibrates when you'd expect—getting hit, firing a harpoon, etc.—but then it keeps going for five seconds. That is a long time to shake at maximum power just for taking one shot. – Most bosses are faster than you and shoot projectiles without warning, so getting in their faces doesn't work. Taking opportunistic shots from a afar, and retreating further to recover health is a reliable way to whittle them down, but they set an instant-death trap that blends into the background, and there's another five minutes down the drain.

🧡🧡🤍🤍🤍 Bottom Line: Points for effort, but that's all. The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human is a shallow game (sorry) that fundamentally misunderstands everything that inspired it.

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When humanity prayed you were willing to offer them fair winds for their fishing vessels, and they enjoyed the riches and prosperity you provided. They knew the price, but cowardice overtook their faith when the time came to collect. The bishop of your church defied your will, but when the horrors of the deep emerge from the gloom he will beg for the mercy of a swift death.

Sea Salt is an action strategy hybrid, in which you are an Old God summoning unfathomable horrors to blight the human lands. You will have your sacrifice, and humanity will pay for denying you what you are owed.

Summoning a tide of minions, your army will emerge from the sea to take vengeance on the religious figures who have dared to defy you, and anyone else that stands in your way.

Developer: YCJY Games Publisher: YCJY Games Website:  http://www.whycjwhy.com/seasalt/ Platform: Windows / XBOX / Nintendo Switch Release 17 Oct, 2019 Price: $14.99

Sea Salt is also available on Xbox Game Pass console & PC, and will be leaving Game Pass at the end of January 2021.

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The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human is a new 2D pixel art, indie adventure game developed by YCJY Games. The story? You will adventure through a submerged planet Earth after it has become completely flooded due to climate change. (more…)

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Our latest gameplay video for The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human by YCJY is finished uploading!

I didn’t do any editing on this video and just kept it a little over 7 minutes long. I decided to do this because it’s pretty challenging to edit a game where 90% of the time you’re exploring haha. I cover the beginning of the game up until I reach the crossroads area.

The video also showcases The Worm boss battle and some exploration of the ocean as well.

If you missed our review for the game earlier, you can find it here: http://www.universalgamingreviews.com/the-aquatic-adventure-of-the-last-human-overview-and-review/

Happy gaming folks and thanks for watching!

-Shaun Meyers (Kyo Akiara) out!

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The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human Review

While I could reference games like Risk of Rain, Titan Souls, or Shadow of the Colossus as the ones that came to mind while playing The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human, none of them come as close as Metroid. And even then, it is not an apt comparison. The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human by YCJY is something all its own. It combines fantastic gameplay through exploration and boss battles…

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