ABZU - Did anyone else pick it up?

Thesnipergecko · 4 Aug 2016 at 10:37

Being a massive fan of this type of game FlOw, Flower, Journey. I gave this a bash on launch and I;m glad I did.

It's a fantastic little game, albeit very short (duration in spoiler)

2 hours

It has replay-ability and is always great to jump on for a relaxing session before bed.

Just wondering if anyone else picked it up and what they thought?

bimbleuk · 4 Aug 2016 at 13:34

I watched a YT review and yeah the aesthetics are lovely despite being fairly short short but console only isn't it so I'll have to wait for a play through.

Mobius 1 · 4 Aug 2016 at 14:15

gonna pick it up after work. looks relaxing, which is what i need at the moment.

bought hyper light drifter a few days ago, i cant get into it, its just too hard.

Thesnipergecko · 4 Aug 2016 at 15:19

bimbleuk said:
I watched a YT review and yeah the aesthetics are lovely despite being fairly short short but console only isn't it so I'll have to wait for a play through.

It's also available on Steam.

Chaos · 4 Aug 2016 at 18:40

I enjoyed it, the graphics are amazing.

It was very similar to Journey but I enjoyed Journey more.

bimbleuk · 4 Aug 2016 at 19:19

Thesnipergecko said:
It's also available on Steam.

Cool I'll have a few chill out sessions with it then

Mobius 1 · 4 Aug 2016 at 20:17

It was very good. Very chiled. Unfortunately it's rather short.

mikeym · 4 Aug 2016 at 20:56

Enjoying it so far - very relaxing and loving the way it is progressing...

ic1male · 4 Aug 2016 at 21:07

After having bought Shadow Complex at full price and now just a few months later it's half off, I'll wait until the PSN christmas sale.

Emlyn_Dewar · 4 Aug 2016 at 21:39

I'm quite happy that it is short in a way. I missed collectables on first playthrough, and it's definitely one I want to go through again to see what I missed.

Music is amazing, adds to an already great atmosphere.

almoststew1990 · 6 Aug 2016 at 19:41

I've been tempted to pick it up. Even though my previous experience with Explore 'em Ups is not great- they look good in videos but I get bored in about 30 mins...

mikeym · 6 Aug 2016 at 20:25

I let my 5yr old and 8yr old have a go on Abzu this morning. After about an 1hr of shared gameplay neither had mastered the controls! They don't play on the PS4 much having said that but both enjoyed playing. My 5yr old was very proud to have acheived a decent leap out of the water with a triple boost.

They also enjoyed spotting a lot of the different species - amazing what they have learned from years of Octonauts

Emlyn_Dewar · 7 Aug 2016 at 14:43

For those that are into this sort of game, what else should I try that'd offer a similar experience?
I'm yet to play Journey, so will be picking that up.

I really enjoyed the couple of playthroughs I had of ABZU. Still need one more to get 3 collectibles, and imagine I'll go back every so often.

Chaos · 7 Aug 2016 at 16:18

Emlyn_Dewar said:
For those that are into this sort of game,

Journey and Flower are worth checking out.

Thesnipergecko · 8 Aug 2016 at 08:57

Chaos said:
Journey and Flower are worth checking out.

This and give flOw a go too.

Jae-So · 11 Mar 2017 at 23:48

Wow just picked this and finished it with the wife. Amazing game, short but sweet. Could be my favourite indie game of all time; well this and Ori.