Then you have the controls which are quite minimalist and after a few attempts at swimming, you’ll soon be a scuba diver expert as you commence your ‘journey’ underwater. Given the freedom offered to the player, this Abzu would also be amazing on the upcoming PlayStation VR but nonetheless, it’s still an amazing and calming experience without it, especially on a 50″ LED TV. Furthermore, your character is a mystery who has an interesting relationship with the Great White Shark who is also part of your adventure with this secret slowly being revealed as you swim through the many levels in this game. The more you explore, the more the game rewards you which is definitely a highlight of this title. To complement the game, composer Austin also gives Abzu a very powerful and emotional soundtrack, just like he did with Journey.Īt its core, Abzu is also an exploration game with puzzles thrown into the mix as you explore this surreal underwater universe with fish, coral, tunnels and ancient buildings.
Although a spiritual successor to these games, Abzu takes the player on another journey that although is familiar, is also strangely alien as you explore this underwater wonderland that merges the known with the unknown.
4 ABZÛ PS4 Review (ABZU PlayStation 4 Review)įrom the artistic minds behind Journey and Flower comes another surreal and otherworldly adventure with ABZÛ, a game that successfully transforms the player into a scuba diver as he or she attempts to bring life back to the underwater biome from its lifeless toxic poison.