Review: Beyond Blue (PlayStation 4)
Beyond Blue is a single-player narrative adventure that takes you deep into our planet’s beating blue heart. Explore the awesome wonder and unbounded mystery that exists within the world’s ocean.
Pros:
- Really nice detailed graphics.
- 11.58gb download size.
- Platinum trophy.
- Invert axis and sensitivity sliders.
- Subtitles-on/off.
- Tutorial at the start.
- Scanner-scan and document the fish.
- Buoys-they have a sound identifier on them that allows you to scan, mark, and listen to species of fish which in turn gives you mission objectives.
- Well voiced characters.
- Science log-details all the information on scanned species.
- When scanning you get a clear indication of progress and a brief idea of what the species is and what they are doing.
- Free to play how you want.
- Solid easy to use controls with the scanner having full 360 control.
- Scanning uses a simple system-if the circle on them is dotted then you are too far away, a hollow circle means they are not scanned and a filled-in circle means they are scanned.
- Very chilled out soundtrack.
- In-game cutscenes.
- You learn without realizing it.
- Submarine-main hub to play music, rewatch cutscenes, advance the story with phone calls.
- Multiple choice interactions with your team.
- Regions-can replays them once you fi Ish the story in them and they become Freeplay.
- Zoom scan-lock onto a fish/whale etc and scan them in more depth.
- Missions pop up on the screen.
- Insights-unlock mini-documentaries of original footage and interviews from the BBC archives.
- Zen-like experience.
Cons:
- Mouse cursor stays on screen even when using the controller.
- Mouse cursor comes back to front and center after each cutscene/mission.
- Little replay value.
- You have to have the scanner up all the time to check if you have scanned the fish.
- Short game, only a couple of hours.
- Little variation, its just scanning fish and laying down trackers.
- Slow pace.
