Call Of The Sea Review (Steam)
Call of the Sea is an otherworldly tale of mystery and love set in the 1930s, South Pacific. Explore a lush island paradise, solve puzzles, and unlock secrets in the hunt for your husband’s missing expedition.
Pros:
- Awesome graphics.
- 36915MB Download size.
- Steam achievements.
- Controller support.
- Graphics-fullscreen, resolution, v-sync, field of view slider, motion blur, and graphics quality.
- Controller-Invert axis, sensitivity sliders, vibration, and key bindings.
- Hearing-impaired subtitles support.
- Really good voicework.
- Puzzle survival gameplay.
- Beautiful island to explore.
- Journal–keeps track of clues and lore.
- Set in the 1930s.
- You are looking for your husband who never returned whilst looking for a cure for your infliction.
- Occasional prompts will appear with the controls.
- Puzzle game with exploration mixed in.
- Unlock shortcuts.
- All items have a one time use.
- Requires out of the box thinking.
- The strong main character.
- Simple controls.
- Can bring up the journal whenever.
- Save when you want.
Cons:
- No button prompts just a blob to show it’s interactive.
- Lacks a tutorial that is helpful, you get pop-ups but the timing is all off.
- Some interactions require to pinpoint accuracy when clicking.
- No help or hints system.
- The opening puzzle is the toughest as you don’t know what the game can do or expect from you.
- Hard to read the writing in the journal.
- Slow pace.
- The interactive blob is hard to see at times as the bright colors and sunshine make it look like a sheen or shiny graphic.